This morning my wife Emily started talking about a book she was reading that really struck a chord with me. The book is about a girl who struggled throughout school. She was disruptive in class so the school wrote her off as “challenged” and sent her to a “special” school. Her parents then sent her [...]
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A few weeks ago I tried tandem paragliding at Makapu’u. Amazing experience. We flew all the way over to Waimanalo and back. The flight was an hour long. Raymar (Ray) was an awesome pilot.
Switzerland has enlightened me. The Swiss really have their green thing going on, and there’s a few things that have me scratching my head thinking “why the hell doesn’t the US adopt this stuff?” Are we too proud to admit that another country has done something better? It’s time to swallow our pride and adopt [...]
How to watch commercial-free HDTV on Demand without cable
Published November 7th, 2008 in Awesome fun stuff on the internet and daily life. 11 CommentsI have recently found a zen with my digital media setup, and would like to share this knowledge with you. The way it works is that I get notified when there are new episodes of my favorite shows available for download (sometimes before it is shown on the networks!). I then download them in HD [...]
New solutions create new problems. Are the new problems worth the solution?
I recently read the book Rich Dad / Poor Dad which was a really enlightening book. Its the unique viewpoint of a person who was raised by 2 main mentors in life. One of them was his real dad…the poor one who was all about getting the good education and good job and working hard [...]
Today I sold the beloved Jeep. It was not practical for our needs and we hardly drove it anymore since we got the CRV and take the bus most places. It was a damn fun Jeep though and the ultimate island explorer. It will be missed.
Sometimes the internet ceases to amaze me. Yesterday I get a facebook invite from a friend that Don Ross (my acoustic guitar hero) and Andy Mckee (You tube rockstar with over 50 million views) were playing as a duet in the restaurant in the building where I work. It was the first show (in Honolulu) [...]
An electric chair for blood-sucking mosquitoes
Published January 7th, 2008 in daily life. 0 CommentsWhere I live the mosquitoes thrive in the wet humid climate. There are nights where these blood-sucking vultures will have their way with you, leaving sometimes hundreds of annoying itchy red bumps to deal with. For xmas Emily got me this awesome electric fly swatter, which brings me much satisfaction while not only swatting these [...]
How to buy DRM-Free digital music as cheap as possible.
Published January 6th, 2008 in daily life. 0 CommentsI’ve figured out a pretty good way to buy digital music and avoid getting the DRM version unless absolutely unnecessary. Anytime I discover some music I want to buy, heres how I go about finding/buying it:
1) First, I have an eMusic account. Its $20/month, DRM free, and I get 50 downloads. The catch is they [...]