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21 Slang Words You Should Know Before Visiting Hawaii (Part 1)

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NEENZ tweeted about the 21 slang words you should know before visiting Canada and asked for a Hawaii version. Sure!  So here is my list of 21 slang words you should know before visiting Hawaii (at least part 1 of the list).

Note: Hawaii slang is mostly based on the long standing Pidgin English, well covered in Pidgin to Da Max. This list ain’t going up against this classic, but instead is my interpretation weaved in with familiar faces. 🙂

Basics

lua – bathroom. After flying for hours over the Pacific Ocean, one of your first stops will proably be the lua. Kane is for the men and wahine is for the ladies.

howzit – the all around Hawaiian-style greeting asking in easy going short form, “How is everything going?”

shaka – the universal hand gesture of Hawaii that can be used as a form of thanks, a greeting, or a good bye. LA Laker Kobe Bryant demonstrates the shaka.

kobe-shaka

While driving in Hawaii, If you ever make a mistake and inadvertently cut someone off, be sure to immediately sign the shaka as an apology. I call this the “shakalogy.”

shark bait – the stark white skin tourists like to tan while visiting the 50th state.  Why “shark bait?” Because in the ocean, sharks find that white skin so visually yummy.  Be sure to slather on that SP50 sunscreen even on your ears and top of your feet.

haole – a white person but not necessarily derogatory or demeaning, just a fact. Chris Pirillo is a haole who typifies shark bait.

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Culture

ohana – your family, can consist of immediate family members, extended relatives, and friends. If you want an impromptu gathering of your ohana, just go to any grand opening of a new store like Target. You’re guaranteed to see someone from your ohana.

“small world” – you’ve heard how it’s a small world after all. Well, living on an island hyper-sensitizes this meaning. With an estimated 1.5 degree of separation in Hawaii, it’s hard to keep secrets. Somebody knows. But it’s also part of the social fabric of Hawaii that engenders the spirit of aloha.

“where you went grad?” or “what school you went?” – because it’s a small world, Hawaii’s one of the few places where your high school matters. This is one of the first questions local people will ask each other when meeting for the first time. Yes, even when at sea on board a nuclear powered naval aircraft carrier, “where you went grad?” rings true (see the 5:05 mark).

poho – a waste of time. Trying to keep secrets from your ohana in Hawaii’s small world is poho.

Dining

ono – delicious, scrumptious.

malasada – a doughnut-like pastry with Portuguese origins. Hawaii’s version of Krispy Kreme way before there was Krispy Kremes.

Zippys – Hawaii’s equivalent to (but more ono than) Denny’s. Always serving Hawaii comfort food. Here’s a haole eating ono grinds (food) at Zippys.

Continued in Part 2 of 21 Slang Words You Should Know Before Visiting Hawaii.

The Law of Lady Gaga

It’s a very little known law that whenever you hear Lady Gaga’s Just Dance as someone’s ringtone, you are compelled to oblige. Yes, in the land of Kanno, when the Lady sings, you must (safely) stop whatever you are doing and break into dance.

What dance to do? Here’s a demonstration of the sprinkler, lawn mower, and rolling the dice. You can even do the karate chop sprinkler!

“Naughty” Videos for the Week

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Just some “naughty” videos to start your week.   

Your guilty pleasure, Miley Cyrus, has a top seller with Party in the USA. But these fellows naughtily ignored copyright issues and created their own flamboyant video called Party in the FIP. Surprisingly, Disney is overlooking this copyright transgression and letting the guys party in the USA.

Tisk, tisk, Lonely Island, why so much naughty profanity in your music? But of course, it’s not bad, it’s incredibad! And who else swears like a sailor other than a sailor? Here’s a Navy themed remake of sailors rapping I’m on a Boat. This one is NSFW due to an abundance of naughty language.

Naughty, naughty, naughty.

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Glee Soundtrack

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Gleeks already know of the great music from the upcoming series Glee so why not give the musical gift of Glee this coming holidays? Starting November 3, you can buy the first volume of Glee: The Music and share it with your friends for Christmas.

Nothing says the holidays like Don’t Stop Believin’, Somebody to Love, Sweet Caroline, and Gold Digger!

Updated: Here’s the complete track listing for Glee: The Music, Volume 1

Where’s Your Froyo From?

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Where do you get your frozen yogurt from?  Luckily, Oahu will have 23 froyo locations jammed on to this island.  Here’s a map showing 23 locations of Orange Tree (includes upcoming locations), Red Mango, Menchies, Yami, Yogurtland, Yogurt Mama, and TCBY.


View HI Froyo in a larger map

Who will remain standing once the Froyo Wars is over?

Updated: Added yogen fruz and Milano Freezer bringing the total to 27 (thanks @surfchik4jesus).

Can’t Wait for the Froyo Wars!

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How many frozen yogurt chains are there in Hawaii now? You know they all can’t make it here on this froyo saturated island. I can’t wait for the wars to begin and see who’s left standing.

The contenders:

  • Yogurtland – across from UH in that location that keeps changing vendors, Pearl City, and Hawaii Kai
  • Orange Tree – expanding in the “smaller” markets around the island and is opening in Ala Moana
  • Red Mango – now at Kahala Mall and in Waikiki
  • Menchies – at Ward, Kapolei, and Mililani
  • Yogurt Mama – only Kailua and about to battle Orange Tree
  • Yami – the venerable chain that survived the last froyo war
  • TCBY – still kicking
  • Milano Freezer – Westridge Shopping Center Aiea
  • yogen fruz – actually taking on the challenge of Windward Mall!

Who else will be competing and fighting as your froyo favorite? The upcoming winter months will be the first test. Any bets who’ll fold first?  Yogurt Mama is the easy pick with a single (bad) location and Orange Tree opening up the street.  And notice, not one opening in Windward Mall (updated with yogen fruz who will be opening a location in the mall).

Me and My Drobo

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Since a few have been asking about my recent Drobo purchase, here’s some info.  I bought the “basic” Drobo unit without the DroboShare hardware.  And no, the Drobo, even with the DroboShare, does not support the wicked fast iSCSI transfers.  Only the DroboPro unit can handle iSCSI.

Doing some quick price checks, I placed my order through Newegg.com.  At the time, Newegg’s Drobo cost was cheaper than most other online stores, Drobo was offering $50 back, and Newegg’s shipping to Hawaii was the lowest at ~$30.

My needs for a Drobo are pretty straightforward.  My internal drive was filling up and I already have an external drive for Mac OS X Time Machine backups.  The biggest problem is drive space for audio and video files.  I also have an AppleTV which syncs with the iTunes library.  If you want movies and television shows sync-ed with your AppleTV, then you need to leave them in the iTunes library.  This is where the problem comes.

With too many videos, especial HD ones, and high resolution pictures the internal drive fills up quick.  And I don’t want to manually add and delete movies to iTunes.  I didn’t want to get yet another basic external drive for my movies since there would be no backup of that.  So that’s where the Drobo fits in.

I have 3 drives in my Drobo which automatically configures a data redundant scheme.  Setup of a Drobo is easy, too easy in fact.  Nothing exciting.  The hardest part was clearing a space on my crowded desk for the hardware (which is bigger than I expected).  I’m using the FireWire 800 interface, and USB 2.0 is available.

For now, I migrated my iTunes music to the Drobo.  I haven’t moved my entire multimedia library including videos and pictures since I’m not exactly sure how that’s done.  Migrating iTunes music is documented and moving my entire Mac OS X Home directory is documented, but I haven’t found how to move the pictures and movies folders to another drive.  But moving my music alone freed up over 100 GB of space on my internal drive so that’s good enough.

I also use the Drobo for working on iMovie projects.  The speed of the Drobo was a concern of mine, but it’s been fast enough.  One minor thing is that the Drobo does go to sleep once in awhile so the drives take a few seconds to spin up when that happens.  It’s noticeable but not overly so.

I guess I could also use the Drobo for Time Machine backups since it is compatible.  But because I already have an external drive dedicated to Time Machine, I’ll keep this arrangement.

To round out my backup and archive scheme, at the suggestion of @mirthlab, I might have to reconsider something like SuperDuper.  Maybe I should move my Time Machine backups to the Drobo then repurpose my external drive as a SuperDuper clone??

So there you go about my Drobo.  If got any questions, leave me a comment.

Another Sign I’m Getting Old

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I noticed my car radio is dialed into 96.3 KRTR more often – a sign I’m getting older. I’ve been taking a break from my iPod to listen to weather and traffic reports, but I can’t really find a station to lock in on. I know that it’s gonna be a good night for the boom boom pow if I blame it on the alcohol. And yes, I know the androgynous Lady Gaga wants to just dance and take a ride on my disco stick. Is there anything else playing?

And to Maleko, you’re okay but at times a little rude. KC and Taka, not understanding what Taka is saying was fun years ago, now it’s kinda annoying. Sam Da Man, you had chance, but the pair of Rory and Gregg still reign. The range and spontaneity of these guys still can’t be touched. Only if the Wake Up Crew weren’t on 98.5 (which still isn’t programmed into my radio). I just can’t get into their music format. But then if I do, maybe that’s yet another sign that I’m getting older.

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