Abercrombie and Fitch Model
Here’s what I saw at the entrance of Abercrombie and Fitch. Love that tourist “model.”
Not sure about the lighting on the poster’s face, purposeful or accidental?
What’s Up This Week
Just some things coming up this week of April 30.
- TJ Maxx Ward location grand opening
- LEGO Minifigures Series 7 releases
- Cactus Bistro in Kailua opens for lunch and dinner
In Case You Didn’t Know….
Whole Foods Market Kailua opens for business at 7am daily, and is like, the only time the store is empty.
Didn’t Wait for Fabio
There was a line to meet the personification of romance aka Fabio at Whole Foods Market Kailua so I bailed. Can you spot Fabio in the picture?
Coming in May, LEGO Minifgures Series 7
Just heard that Series 7 of the LEGO minifigures arrive in May. While I’m not an avid collector, getting a few of these from specialty LEGOs is fun. The Galaxy Patrol guy is definitely cool. The Ocean King is different, and I like the headdress of the Aztec Warrior.
Here’s a video describing each Series 7 character and how you can tell what’s in the packages by feeling them.
Kapaa Get One Tesla
So there’s one Tesla Roadster, and from its license plate, it or the owner is from Kapaa, Kauai.
L&L Barbecue Opening in China?
If I understand this right, L&L Barbecue is opening shop in China.
Wonder if the loco moco will be a hit?
What Does It Mean @ryankanno?
There is something there, but what is it? It can’t be pure coincidence. Something kismet is at work trying to tell me something. What is it that Ryan Kanno is trying to tell me?
All his messages came in a burst of a week. A tofu katsu. Then seeing Mr. Kanno’s coworkers and running into acquaintance, @parkrat. Next day, another inference with @worldwideed and his VH07V gear. The day after I was wearing gear from Threadless which by the way, Ryan introduced me to. Â So it didn’t faze me when the week ended walking around Kanno’s alma mater.
All this while I was attending a Microsoft SharePoint developers class. Hmmm… then this tweet.
[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/ryankanno/status/193538222616363008″]
And then it was clear. I had no idea what his tweet meant. Zip. Nada, and I didn’t care about developer tools. There was the message – I’m no developer. It’s not my passion. Visual Studio, Git, MonoDevelop, my eyes glaze over. If you want to talk athletes and their shoes then I come alive, and that’s all Ryan Kanno was trying to tell me. Stick with your passions, let them guide you, and don’t be something you’re not.
Thanks, Mr. Kanno. You do work in mysterious ways. 😉
Installed Crazy Cache
To help offset some of the suspected slowdowns from CloudFlare, I installed the AskApache Crazy Cache plugin as recommended. Wow, performance of page loads seems way spiffier than before!
Not sure if this is Crazy Cache at work or maybe CloudFlare made some improvements? If I’m feeling adventurous, I might swap caching plugins and try out the higher-learning-curve W3 Total Cache.
CloudFlare Clouding Pulpconnection?
So when Dreamhost and CloudFlare announced their partnership, it seemed too good to be true. A content delivery network (CDN), an optimizer, extra security, analytics all for free? I had to try it out, and I did.
A few days after the announcement, CloudFlare seemed to be living up to its promises. But in the following week, strange things began to happen. Pulpconnection responded slowly, not necessarily bombing out as with past outages, but something wasn’t right. Then came the 502 Bad Gateway errors off and on.
Google searches brought up similar complaints after moving to CloudFlare. To help alleviate the complaints, there is this CloudFlare support wiki entry with some performance suggestions. I installed the CloudFlare plugin with database optimizer function, but that hasn’t seemed to help.
Because of slower performance, I noticed a drop in traffic over the past week starting around April 20.
I’m not sure if the service is simply overwhelmed with an influx of DreamHost customers. While I want to continue using this service, right now it just feels too unstable. It’s up, it’s down. It’s working, it’s not working. Sometimes, performance is excellent, but at many other times, even I can’t stand the sluggishness.
Do I keep CloudFlare, hoping their service scales and stabilizes? I’ll give it a few more days before making a decision.
Somehow This Is Not Surprising
Kailua is no longer the top choice for Oahu’s next landfill location due to a data error. Â Somehow this is not surprising.
Or maybe Ikaika Anderson deserves a +1.