A favorite Friday takeout meal comes from Food Company. Their menu is extensive, but the specials (surf)board is where it’s at!
At the very top of the specials board is a new favorite, the seared ahi with jalapeno ponzu sauce (I call that “jalaponzu”). 🙂
I’ve used the Intense Debate commenting system since November 2009, and it’s worked well enough. But… it wasn’t what I exactly wanted. Sure, functionally, it performed as advertised, but small things added up. The full featured comment interface looked cluttered and only recently, registered comments and trackbacks were not showing up completely. You would see them in the Recent Comments sidebar widget, but the post itself wouldn’t display the comment.
Enter Disqus. This is another popular commenting system that has similar features as Intense Debate. I’ve always envied the look of Disqus’ commenting section, and with some compunction, I made the switch. Don’t get me wrong. I’m still a fan of Automattic products like WordPress, VaultPress, Gravatar, PollDaddy, and more, but it’s time to disqus.
The main stairway leading to the Hale Koa hotel in Waikiki has got to be one of the most confusing ever. If you ever walked up these steps, you know what I mean.
Each step is so long, you need to take an intermediary step just to reach the next step level. So instead of taking one step per leg stride, you have to step, walk on that step, then step up one. It reminds me of entering and exiting a stopped escalator. Your natural body motion gets confused.
You know it’s time for Hawaii elections when you see neighborhood walls covered with campaign signs.
So I watched the live stream of Boinx Labs unveiling their latest iPhone 4 app, You Gotta See This, and viewers could interact with the Boinx Labs hosts.
I said aloha from Hawaii and little did I know how lucky this message of aloha would be. Throughout the show, the hosts randomly picked viewers to win prizes, and I won a You Gotta See This logo-ed shirt! Late last week, there was this package in the mail all the way from Germany.
Cool! Thanks Boinx Labs and You Gotta See This (which is a great app by the way).
This freezer unit with cube, block, and crush ice surely has character!
From the set of Pirates of the Caribbean 4.
Went to check out the hoopla at Heeia Kea Pier in Kaneohe, the filming site of Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides. Though Captain Jack Sparrow, aka Johnny Depp was no where around, the crowds were still coming. We lucked out with parking right at the pier side and stayed for about 15 minutes.
From the distant public viewing area, you couldn’t see very much of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Lots of props and equipment blocked a clean view of the ship, and those were skeleton props in the cage hanging from the ship’s stern.
The little deli/supply store at the pier must have had more business than ever during the filming. The panoramic picture was created using Boinx Labs You Gotta See This.
Not sure if these bumper stickers are still there at the Windward end of the Pali, but someone wants to make sure we keep the country cropped.
Not sure where I saw this sign, but I thought it was entertaining:
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I googled “kenmore power miser 9” and this is the first search result.
Not a good sign for our Power Miser 9 and its pilot light that’s been going out recently.
Once again, the Cadillac Escalade is nationally one of the most stolen vehicles. So if you got one of these pimpin’ beasts, look out for its hotness!
But in Hawaii, keep an eye on your 1995 Honda Civic. This aging, popular classic is the theft of choice for Hawaii autos.