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Entries from October 22nd, 2009

A follow-up on January’s puppies

October 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Dogs, Photographs

Just a little “then and now” report. Remember the puppies born back in mid-January? Most were adopted, but two stayed with their mother and her people. They live just around the corner from us. The top photo was taken when they were about five weeks old. Well, they’re pretty much all grown up now. I [...]

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UH Board of Regents may have violated Sunshine Law in secret discussion of financial exigency

October 22nd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Politics, Sunshine

The University of Hawaii Board of Regents may have violated the state’s Sunshine Law by secretly discussing and approving then-President David McClain’s plan to declare that the university is facing a financial emergency. The board’s action reportly took place during an executive session which excluded the public. McClain’s declaration of fiscal exigency, issued July 28, [...]

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Another colorful morning

October 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Kaaawa, Photographs

It was another of those colorful dawns in Kaaawa today. The layer of clouds trapped the colors. Like yesterday, commuters on the way to work were pulling over to take cell phone pictures. We were walking. Much easier.

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Residency ruling makes political waves and other mid-week news

October 21st, 2009 · 12 Comments · Blogs, General, Politics

We’re baaack! Hopefully. I’ll be watching closely today to see whether the major computer glitches of the past week have really been solved. Do try to read the comments or leave one of your own and let me know your experience. In the news. There are going to be a number of office holders doing [...]

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Today at dawn

October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Kaaawa, Photographs

I’ve spent too much of the past week trying to diagnose and repair the problem that surfaced with this site. I was bogged down in it for days after it slowly dawned on me that this wasn’t a little nuisance but rather a serious issue. In any case, now that it’s on the way to [...]

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Thanks to Ryan Ozawa, who led the charge of the geek cavalry to the rescue

October 20th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Blogs, General

He’s The Man! Ryan was on my short list of people to receive my call for help earlier today when I realized that my attempts to resolve the blog issues of the past few days were just digging me deeper into trouble. It didn’t take him long after getting my plaintive plea for help to [...]

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More WordPress troubleshooting…HELP! AAARGHHH!!

October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · General

Okay. I need to tell you that I’m way over my head trying to troubleshoot what’s happening. #1. The RSS feeds have been corrupted, apparently. Feedburner reports an “invalid token” in several spots, and the WordPress forums are full of similar woes, mostly without comprehensible solutions. That would mean that processing the feeds breaks down, [...]

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WordPress troubleshooting, continued…

October 20th, 2009 · 6 Comments · General

Is this a clue? This little chart displays statistics from my Feedburner RSS feeds. The green line displays subscribers, a fairly constant number between 400 and 450. The blue line, which has dropped dramatically over the past week, represents “reach”. Reach is the total number of people who have taken action — viewed or clicked [...]

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