Supporting “Perpetuating Our Traditions”
The 57th Cherry Blossom Festival is themed “Perpetuating Our Traditions,” and we are now supporters, buying a shirt and program guide.
We’re rooting for Tanya Masunaga to make the Cherry Blossom court.
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102.7 Da Bomb Going Away?
Heard Rella of 102.7 Da Bomb say that after 8 years on the radio, Da Bomb was going away. Was in context of tough economic times but might also be a marketing trick/promotion. Did the station change owners? New name for the station?
More details on Monday at 7:00 with Sam Da Man.
When’s Hawaii Getting Kimchi Tacos?
Sounds like a winner, combining Korean and Mexican flavors into a multicultural treat. I wonder when this crossover will cross over to Hawaii?
And Kogi Korean BBQ-To-Go uses Twitter to announce their next location.
SDV Fail (Sorta)
My recently installed SDV tuning adapter failed me tonight during UH’s win over Fresno State in men’s hoops. The cable signal just stopped, and I wasn’t receiving all the stations. Weirdly enough, the freebie HD channels were there (1003, 1006, 1007, etc) but nothing else. After being on hold with Oceanic for a long time, the rep told me to disconnect and reconnect the USB cable.
That did the trick. Didn’t have to power cycle the actual unit. Pretty random and strange “outage” that only affected some stations. At least the Rainbows won though I missed most of the game.
Only in Hawaii – Spam Singles!
This can only be in Hawaii. Single slices of Spam packaged up for sale at your local supermarket, in regular and lite versions!
You never know when you need Spam on the go.
SDV Tuning Adapter Installed!
Bright and early this morning, an installer from Oceanic Time Warner showed up for the installation of my SDV tuning adapter. The overall install took a long time since the thorough tech checked signal strength throughout the household. Once that was done, the installation of the SDV tuning adapter was quick.
The boot up of the tuning adapter took longer than the unboxing and connecting of the device itself. The adapter I got? It’s a Cisco STA1520 which Engadget showed some time back.
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The installation and cost of the tuning adapter is free, and what do I get from this box? Not much. I now get a few additional digital channels that Oceanic converted to SDV, but I’m not paying for additional premium stations or packages. I might get the HD pack for $7 a month which I could not receive without the SDV tuning adapter. So now I got options of paying Oceanic more money each month!
Tannya Joaquin Joins KGMB9
Former KHON Channel 2 news anchor Tannya Joaquin started her new job over at KGMB Channel 9. She now anchors the 5 and 6 PM weeknight broadcasts. Along with her on-air duties, she even has a KGMB9 blog called Ad-Lib where she explains why she “crossed the road” going from KHON to KGMB.
And yes, Tannya did go from Channel 2 to Channel 9 on 2-2-09, her official start date at KGMB.
I hope she continues her reporting on the fun stuff too. Like the iSpam incident in 2005 and going to Kicks Hawaii for Black Friday sales coverage.
With her move and other KGMB9 additions, I think there’s a serious shift in local newscaster eye candy. In 2005, KGMB didn’t even rate in the Listmania of Hottest Local Newscasters (unless Liz Chun was misrepresented with KITV), but now, Channel 9 has a damn strong showing.
LOST at Miki’s
Earlier in the week, LOST was seen setting up behind the Pearl Kai Shopping Center. Today, they moved down the road a bit to Lehua Ave and Fourth Street and took over the tiny Miki’s food stand. Better known as a late night hangout offering ono grinds at 2 am, this stand was transformed into a taco bar by the LOST production crew. Here are a few pics.
If you’re lucky, you can catch tonight’s filming, and no, I don’t know if Miki’s will be open for late night business after the shooting.
Ace of Cakes LOST in Hawaii
Duff and the creative cast of Charm City Cakes are in Hawaii filming for their Food Network hit, Ace of Cakes. Through clandestine means, I learned about the filming at Tropics Community Activity Center on Schofield Barracks and being a fan, headed there to find a mass of cake fanatics.
We waited in the long line that wrapped around the Community Center but got to see Duff give an interview in the back of Tropics.
Surprisingly, the line moved quickly, and we were packed inside in a matter of minutes.
Duff, Geoff, Mary Alice, and the rest of the cast were introduced, and the show was underway. Duff explained that Ace of Cakes was in Hawaii for several reasons. First of all, the show was invited to Hawaii by Army fans stationed here. Still though, the cost to bring the cast and crew to Hawaii would be too much both for the Food Network channel and the Army. This is where the mega-ABC hit, LOST, stepped in. You see, LOST members are also big fans of the creativity of Charm City Cakes, and you know where LOST is filmed right?
So the big budget of LOST paid for Ace of Cakes to come to Hawaii! During their stay, Ace of Cakes filmed an episode, Duff and the crew accepted their Army invitation to Hawaii, and Hawaii fans benefitted. Not only that, but of course, Duff would need to work his cake magic while in the Islands and he did so, twice.
Going back to LOST for a bit. To return the generosity, Duff created a cake for LOST to be unveiled sometime soon. Sources say Duff met Jorge Garcia earlier this week, but the LOST cake is still a shrouded mystery like the show itself.
Back at Schofield, Duff designed a cake dedicated to the servicemen and women in the Army, and it looks like this…
Spoiler Alert! Don’t watch the video if you do NOT want to see the cake.
http://www.youtube.com/v/7PcYLw6wrTI&hl=en&fs=1
It was too crowded, so I didn’t stick around to try to meet Duff, Geoff, or Mary Alice or get closer pictures. I did get a picture of the non-big-three.
A few more pictures in my Picture Gallery.
https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
Thanks Ace of Cakes (and LOST)! And thanks to Schofield security and the staff of Tropics for keeping everything under control and accommodating all fans.