Most bus stops in Kaaawa lack basic amenities. There used to be benches under small shelters from the rain in the two stops in front of the 7-11, but both have been removed. One was hit by a car, the other was found to be encroaching on the adjacent property. Recently, though, it looks like [...]
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For the past two years, sunshine advocates have managed to beat back a bill move most consumer complaints against licensed professionals out of public view. The bill passed in 2010 but was vetoed by Gov. Lingle. It surfaced again this year, passed the House, but died in the Senate. So I was very interested to [...]
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I couldn’t help but notice an AP story on airline fuel costs in today’s Star-Advertiser. U.S. airlines burn an average of 22 gallons of fuel for every 1,000 miles each passenger flies. At $3.03 a gallon, airlines are currently spending $330 per passenger just on fuel for a 4,950-mile transcontinental round-trip. This can’t be good [...]
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UPDATE: It only took the Apple Store 24-hours to report that my MacBook Pro has been fixed. They believe it was all software related. They were able to reinstall the latest system software, and after the new update the computer appears to be operating normally. The drive did not have to be wiped clean, so [...]
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This photo captures the feeling of this morning. Moments of sunny weather, soon replaced by the clouds and rain in the background. The morning started with hope spawned by accident. I had been fiddling with my computer and, as has been the case for over a week, it tried to start but got hung up [...]
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For those who might have been following the saga of my most recent computer issues, they have not been solved. They were merely deferred in deference to our week on the mainland. We ended up traveling with Meda’s computer, an original MacBook Air. It’s slow but adequate for travel, and it handles blogging better than [...]
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We returned last night from a week on the mainland, during which Meda gave the 2011 commencement address at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. We made the 4-1/2 hour drive from Portland to WW and back along the Columbia River Gorge, with the river nearing flood stage. It was amazingly beautiful. The Whitman commencement [...]
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A couple of days ago, I was doing a quick Google search to see whether any mainstream media had picked up my story on Senator Clayton Hee’s misleading financial disclosures. The answer, at that time, was “no.” But I was interested in one listing, where the headline from my blog was found on something called [...]
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