You have to love Civil Beat’s display of the 2012 poll results. So clean and simple with a clear view of the information.

The coverage of the Star Advertiser isn’t bad but relies on a slider to navigate between the various results.

At least the Star Advertiser removed that obnoxious advertisement they had in 2010.

Here’s CB’s video commemorating their first year.

In Pulpconnection fashion, here are some blog posts about Civil Beat.

• Watching the Civil Beat
• Civil Beat on the Airwaves
• A Most Delicious Tweetup at Farmers Hawaii
• Civil Beat Inspired Kicks
• Visual Comparison of Hawaiiâ€s Election Coverage
• Iâ€ve Been Civil Beat-en!
• Styling with Civil Beat

To top off their birthday celebration, Civil Beat is giving away goodies. Not only can you get discounts on Civil Beat subscription memberships, but members can also win an iPad 2.

Happy Birthday Civil Beat and may the fourth be with you.

Yay! But really, my hidden agenda for wanting this tee? Besides its cool factor, it’s a good match for these Air Max 95 Bright Mandarin kicks!!

Not quite these Civil Beat-inspired kicks, but they’ll do nicely! Thanks again Civil Beat!

About a third of the screen of the Star Advertiser site was advertisements! Meanwhile on Civil Beat, you could glance at poll results, headlines, and discussion in the same screen space. Much better!

While you’re at Civil Beat, be sure to read the grades given to local TV and newspaper coverage of the primary election. I wonder what grade Civil Beat would give its own election coverage?

I must say that I enjoyed Civil Beat’s live blog of the election, reading not like typical news articles, but instead, like… well, a blog. The pictures were fun, the tone was fun, and the insider perspectives from the various campaign headquarters added to the appeal. And geeks know this post was made for tabbed browsing!

While sort of off-topic, these Abercrombie & Schatz tees are a cool design inspired by the stylings of Abercrombie & Fitch. But, no, I don’t want to see Abercrombie and Schatz modeling in an Abercrombie & Fitch store.

Check out the
Nike Air Max 95 iD Shoe
I designed at NIKEiD.com

This is the generated wallpaper version.

So how would this new design translate to Nike kicks? Well, it might look like these (iconic) Air Max 95s.

The “light” colorway.

The “dark” colorway.

I’d rock either of these (in a size 10)! And yes, the custom embroidered text is #becivil.

If you missed the show, it’s now available for listening (the Civil Beat interview is about half way in).

I’m not going to rehash the conversation since you should really listen to it yourself (especially at the 28:07 mark), but there were some personally memorable moments.

Did I mention the 28:07 mark of the podcast?  That was memorable.

I couldn’t believe the issue centering around the use of PayPal for Civil Beat.  This topic went on for several minutes.  Yeah, you gotta have a PayPal account to sign in to Civil Beat and also to pay for your subscription.  PayPal is like the biggest online payment system so this makes sense.  And um, isn’t there like a link between PayPal and eBay, and eBay and Pierre, and Pierre and Civil Beat? Hmmm…  As to the comment about only techies using PayPal, here’s a response.

Then came the talk about design and aesthetics.  Uh oh.  Design and what looks good are tied to personal tastes. Oh that jab about Civil Beat looking Web 1.0-ish had to hurt! But the Civil Beat team has a thick skin.

I haven’t listened to the entire podcast again, but was there only one caller (albeit with a multi-part question)?

Still, all around a great interview, especially at the 28:07 part.