I never you could catch squid slices in the wild. Learn new things even at my age

Back into the top half of the table. 3 wins on the bounce. #Arsenal whew. Onward

Exodusmusic.apple.com

An XS Max can still take these shots.

4 years ago this week I had a total knee replacement. I believe in science. I frequently do 15k steps a day. Prior surgery I had a hard time walking across the room.

Are we going to do this or what?

I have an older external drive with Thunderbolt. To use it with my new M1 Mac Mini, i bought the apple adapter. Whenever the drive is plugged in using the adapter the Mac goes into a restart loop. When the drive is plugged in using USB, no issues, just slower transfer.

I signed up for the Craft apps a few weeks ago and got an invite today, after looking around, it looks cool, but it’s way too complicated for my needs. I just need a list and a calendar and contacts.

Streaming without a cable account is good most of the time, but most news organizations require a cable login.

Last day of our acquaintance music.apple.com

Watching the Apple+ series on 1971 and the connection of Music to the war protests. I was 12 years old and vaguely recall the news of the era, but very much know the music. Parallels to now … and not. Think we’re dying of death by a thousand cuts and not one big thing.

Didn’t order any of the new Apple gear, but did pre-order the Kindle Signature edition.

This experiment of democracy in the US is not looking good.

A Government of the people, by the people, for the people. A flight from Tyranny.

Not sure it’s going as planned. The three branches of government are supposed to be a check and balance, but not so far apart that nothing gets done or they can’t be checked (SCOTUS).

I’m old, but not limits how much coffee I have old

I moved my mail to mailbox.org a year ago, not a single issue and they have so many features that I haven’t scratched the surface of

A treat from my childhood that I still love

Think I’m going to get this for my M1 Mac Mini - add a 1TB SSD (not included) and ports, for less than Apple wanted for 1T

My inbox filled with emails from App Devs touting the new features on IOS 15, albeit mostly iPad features. I’m ostensibly not an iPad user, had to dig through the email to find iPhone features.

Guess I’m the rare bird on here that doesn’t use an iPad. I have one.

The Wire. IBM Selectric. My Dad had one at home I could use for my homework now and then.

If this debt ceiling thing isn’t fixed, can we just shut down Washington? They’re not doing anything anyway. At this point, they’re just getting in the way.

This what happens on the west side of Hawaii Island. The wind has to go around 2 big mountains and 1 smaller one and it hot right where we are. Mauna Kea the talked mountain in the world, if measured from its base at the bottom of the ocean Mauna Loa. The largest mountain based on volume. Hualalai just a smaller one, over looking Kona

WAKE UP, SAILORS, SCURVY IS A HOAX

One hundred and fifty nine years ago this week, in 1862, 75,000 United States troops and about 38,000 Confederate troops massed along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

My wife and I had an interesting talk last evening. We’ve always been bullish about the future, but after watching a little CNN last night and thinking about the past few years, we’ve both given pause. We’re in our 60s, very positive, pragmatic people, and have seen the world bounce back from some nasty shit in our short lifetimes. The current trifecta of the environment (global warming), COVID (and what may come next) and the political environment in many countries including the erosion of democracy are big worries

Could be our parents had similar concerns about Viet Nam or the cold war? We pulled through those ok, but not feeling good about our current challenges.

We feel lucky being Hawaii, we will definitely have weather concerns (storms and rising seas), we’ve shown we can manage a pandemic, though the state lost their way recently by reopening travel too soon. Hawaii is more liberal politically and geographically protected.

Maybe, just maybe COVID will start to peter out and science will prevail, and maybe a slightly more progressive populace will rise up and restore some balance to politics and maybe then we can pull back from the precipice on the environment. Lots of maybes there.

Guess we can continue to think globally and act locally and stay positive. It’s not looking too good for our kids though.

Losing weight is great for so many reason, but some of my favorite clothes look like clown clothes on me now. Having to give a lot of them away.

#InterMilan is having a goal party. 6-nil with 20 min left

After a year and a half, I’m really missing that 3rd place in my life. The Starbucks or other coffee shop that I used to regularly stop at on my way to or from work as a transition between the two.

Put your lights on music.apple.com

I read a book slow and deliberate. I don’t have lots of reading time, but do carve out a couple of “quiet” hours a week to read longform.

Getting in to Literal app. It imported my GoodReads library. A few books I started and didn’t finish. I used to read a lot business book, management books, sports and sports personalities books. Now I’m really only interested in classic literature.

If these Afghan refugees speak English and are willing to work, bring ‘em on.

Thinking about it. I use my IPhone XS for more things, more often and for more average hours per day than any other device, including the TV. I love this phone and will keep it for a while. After all, next year’s iPhone will be “the best phone they’ve ever built”

I’ve been a fan of 1More wired in-ear headphones. My 3rd pair. I wear them out. Wear them daily

Just came across this looking for something else. My Dad in the middle with his brother, my Grandfather and Great Grand Parents that came over from Parma Italy (to Boston)

I love Gary Hustwit’s work, watch Urbanized free for a few days more .

The tourism lobby won over public safety. Global infectious disease expert: ‘Hawaii forgot what was making - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4

how does the Epic court decision affect the average Joe (or Mary) consumer? not through the eyes of an app dev, but through the eyes of someone who never heard of Epic.

I work a lot of nights, therefore I often sleep in the daytime, tolerating all sorts of societal noise pollution in the development we live.

I would just once like to power up a leaf blower or power tool at 1am. Oops, sorry

Recalling David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech It’s a good reminder, especially during these times. This was 16 years ago and sounds like it was written yesterday.

Been watching a lot of shows in the DC world, need to get back to Marvel for a while.

Interesting. I may have used this feature a few years ago, but I’ve changed and much prefer quiet when I need to concentrate or even nap or sleep at night. I have really good ear plugs. 9to5mac.com

Hands-on: Here’s how Background Sounds work in iOS 15

Still on a Stones kick music.apple.com

Managing a restaurant during this period is brutal. Short staffed, but as busy as we can handle. We were on a waiting list from 11:30am (we open at 11) til 8pm. It’s like this almost every day. We seat as many tables as we feel comfortable giving a good experience to. I had another 18k+ steps day. Whew.

Pictures of You music.apple.com

Falling Rocks @pratik

Came across this tree that had fallen over a long time ago. Kind of looks like driftwood.

Got out of the house on a rare day off. With the extended COVID spike we’re experiencing, we went down to Ke’alakekua Bay. This shoreline trail heads north towards the Captain Cook monument

Love this:

WE’RE THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE AND YOUR BILL HAS GONE TO COLLECTIONS

I’m done with Witecutter then daringfireball.net

Wirecutter Goes Behind The New York Times’s Paywall

Surfing the internet in one window, scrolling social media in another and the Mac app store say no internet connection. I think it’s confused

Started to get some glimpses of the speed of my M1 Mac Mini

Two + years ago we were definitely looking at moving to Italy when we retire (I was working on my Passport), maybe in 8-10 years. But everything that’s happened in the past 2 years has changed our view Not only COVID, but how politics have gone and split around the world, the world economy has been and the entire environment mess. I’d really like to just stay here, right on this island the rest of my life. Maybe move up more out in the country.

The simple joy of crossing something off of my Teux Deux list as complete.

I pretty much beat up my Field notes books

Got my new Spoke Design pen. Love it, though the first thing I did was change the ink cartridge to a Fisher Space pen refill. Now it’s complete

Had to pull the trigger and get a Thunderbolt 2-3 adapter ($50). The speed of my new M1 Mac Mini is irrelevant when my drive is plugged into a USB port

Set up a custom domain email address in iCloud w/seldom used domain. It worked almost instantly. Might revive use of the domain name. Remember the days when we would all create a website for the most mundane of things. Don’t really have the inclination to do that.

I’m worried in the face of these numbers, it’s not possible to stay safe. Record cases recorded today.

Yea you got, speed freak jive. music.apple.com

Ok done for tonight

RIP Charlie music.apple.com

With no travel and minimal dining out, we’ve paid off the every debt we have excluding the home loan. We have already stated chipping away at the principal on that too.

Give me one reason music.apple.com

My wife has her tea lined up on the appropriate mug

New Mac Mini up and running, but my 2 big external drives are Thunderbolt 2 and the new Mac is Thunderbolt 4, need to get at least 1 $50 adapter. Also could no Migrate my MBP as it’s on the beta. Need to wait until I can put the public beta on the new Mac

With COVID cases and hospitalizations skyrocketing in Hawaii there is talk of another lockdown and also vaccine passports. I would be reticent to enforce a passport in the restaurant that I manage as it would put my staff on the front lines of enforcement, and anti-vaxers are very vocal and sometime violent. But if a lockdown is the alternative, then ok ✅

With this big push to get vaccinated, I got my flu vaccine today. I got my COVID vaccine in April.

COVID had a big day in Hawaii, sure feels like it’s winning

Someday we’ll be able to restore a Mac from iCloud

Really liking the Axios daily newsletter “🐪 Good Wednesday morning! Smart Brevity™ count: 1,457 words … 5½ minutes. Edited by Fadel Allassan.”

Fun day tomorrow

I think my 2014 Mac Mini got wind of the new Mac Mini’s arrival tomorrow and decided to quit working. It’s done this before, stuck in a start up loop. Just wants attention. The old one is time machine backed up and to another Arq drive, though it has an old 1T Fusion drive, the new one is a 256 SSD, so can’t move the data anyway.

I read this book many years ago, he’s right in that the Supreme Courts purpose is to uphold the constitution, not make political decisions. They also need to keep the public’s trust. a.co

“Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View” by Stephen Breyer

Mahalo everyone. Guess I went through a few days of my entire feed being about writing tools and cameras. I’ve spent some time tweaking it. I’ve been a life long nerd, but kind of thinking the COVID experience and age has made me more analog. Rediscovered reading too.

Feels odd here. I don’t write, don’t have a camera, don’t have a farm. I do talk to people a lot and get out and about on this stunning Hawaii island and I do listen to a lot of music.

So many writers here talking about their workflows. I’m more of a doer. Managing a restaurant and all. My team, customers, menus, repair and maintenance, vendors and product. I use the TeuxDeux app for to dos, notes app to save stuff calendar app and paper (order guides, etc)

Ordered a Refurb M1 Mac Mini. This will be my computer going forward. My 2015 MacBook is hanging on, but I don’t really depend on it. The things that I need to do on a computer are becoming less and less.

I’m a definitely a napper. I love a good mid day nap. It has to do with working a lot of nights through the years.

This hasn’t seemed to throttle the number of visitors. We’re #2

in other news, I bought a Milanese Loop watch band with my first Apple watch, and 2 watches later it still looks and feels great. I’ve lost a lot of weight since I bought it and it’s nice to have something that still fits nicely.

Went back to the Apple Mail app on MacOS a couple of months ago. Can’t do it. Back to Spark.

Twitter has taught me a couple things. First, there are some incredibly brilliant people in the world. Second, they are vastly outnumbered.

The best quote I’ve heard in a long time, from an Irish fisherman on Irish TV. “If I get a problem, I just troll it behind me and just move on with life”

Friday afternoon. Gettin Jiggy music.apple.com

Ordered this Pen, I guess I got the last one

Btw. I like the Fisher refill as it work consistently in a restaurant setting. Especially writing in the freezer and refrigerator and well on paper stained with all sorts of stuff

I prefer pens that support the Fisher Space pen refill. Looking for a good slim pen with a clip.

My college car. Glad is couldn’t talk.

Found this photo of my Dad in the late 70s with his Heathkit CP/M based computer named “Charlie” on the table behind him. He used it for mailing lists. I could tell stories.

Baby I love your way music.apple.com

Productive (rare) day off. Gotta take them when I can. Watched 2 episodes of Punisher, 2 Episodes of Titan, ran some overdue errands, took a nap, worked on a puzzle and topped it off with a Root Beer float.

A root beer float is so good anytime. Especially now.

Pretty much decided that I won’t replace my dying iPad. Will upgrade my iPhone 10XS likely this fall and my 2015 MBP whenever it decides to die.

COVID Delta cases continue to blow up in Hawaii. Gov says no lock down in the plans, but I’m not so sure.

And so it begins…

That’s probably my most used feature A much-needed Spotlight on the best iPhone feature nobody uses - Macworld

This is so cool kottke.org

Miniature Life

time to change T-Mobile password - AGAIN

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

Jump Around. About all we can do in the era. music.apple.com

About 0 seconds remaining. Huh?

Recalling back in the day when you could edit your iPhone apps and screens in iTunes. If I recall Xcode can do this, but don’t want to put that behemoth of an app on my aging Mac

The first rule of holes is, if you’re in one, stop digging. Not sure wether to apply this to where we were in Afghanistan or where Biden is now.

I don’t want to be mad about anything today. Turning off the TV

Lose. File a lawsuit. www.kitv.com

Blue Origin sues US government over NASA’s decision to award SpaceX lunar lander contract

I don’t take near as many photos as I did when I managed as resort hotel. Lots of scenery at a beach resort… not as much in a sushi restaurant.

It works, but I don’t think it plays lossless music

Taking a hiatus from trying to watch live sports. It too frustrating trying to find a place to watch a match or game I want in the non-cable world.

Time to head back to reality.

Summertime music.apple.com

I’ve lost so much weight that I’m cold all the time, my wife is at an age where she has her own global warming thing going on. In any given room either she comfortable and I’m wearing a sweatshirt or I’m comfortable and she’s on fire.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” ―Albert Einstein

This doesn’t look good. Cases are blowing up in Hawai’i. This could be really bad.

For the past 40 years, when I am upset or annoyed, I often put on this album, very loud. Usually snaps me out of it. Saw Van Halen live in 1981 ** music.apple.com

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Going and studying in old school music.apple.com

What my age again? music.apple.com

Just watched Suicide Squad. What a fun ride.

COVID is relentless. bigislandnow.com/2021/08/0…

Great story. The saved at lot of homes bigislandnow.com

245 Water Drops Help Douse Historic Big Island Fire

Since the environment, politics, the pandemic and news in general has gone worse, I just bury myself at work, where I have at least a certain amount of control and mostly ingore the rest of it for 10-12 hours a day.

We had a scare at the restaurant, an employee’s Mom was exposed to a housekeeper who tested COVID positive. This employee had lunch with her Mom and came into work and hung out with 4 other employees behind the restaurant with no mask and sharing cups. The Mom came pack positive on, but all of our staff came back negative. It’s been a rough 3 days waiting for everyone’s results. We’re also in the midst of a rather large spike of cases on the island. I’ve worked every shift since Wednesday. Running on fumes.

Dodged a bullet. Kind of woke everyone up - I hope.

I just want to fly on Delta and enjoy a Corona and not have to worry about being around people.

I like Scarlett’s character, but Marvel can make another star www.bbc.co.uk

Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow

Good riddance July 2021. You won’t be missed

Used to be when a new business was coming to the community and adding xx number of jobs, it was good news. Now it’s “good luck with that”

As I continue prune my Twitter follows, my feed is almost all Football (soccer) and tech. I will continue to unfollow any anyone with political posts.

The definitive ZZ Top play list. In honor of Dusty Hill music.apple.com

RIP Dusty Hill music.apple.com

I’ll have to dig up some ZZ Top later. 😟 variety.com

ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies at 72

I want my MTV

youtu.be/AGZSWdh17…

Got to give it up music.apple.com

I’ve unsubscribed from so many email newsletter and lists that my inbox is becoming a quiet place. If the NSA still wants to read the email of Americans, mine is very boring.

Marvin Gaye music.apple.com

I’m working to make it so I get news in a more intentioned manner. I’m over the non stop feed of way more than I need to know. Deleting news apps.

The old ways was you either picked up a newspaper (or spotted a headline walking by a news rack) or turned on a news program.

Just rewatched the season ending episode of Loki. What started as such a simple premise in the first preview, sure blew up into a myriad of variants.

This is getting critical. Losing some staff due to normal attrition (moving career change, etc) but new applications and hires aren’t keeping up.

Barry White provided the soundtrack to many a high school date in my era. music.apple.com

I have an iPhone 10XS. It’s still in perfect shape, not a scratch. I’m on my 2nd #Nomad case (wore one out). Many drops. In addition to its in intended purpose, I often use my phone as a coaster for my drink or my coffee.

The Panic PlayDate looks very cool, but I am on the list for a Steam Deck. Still thinking

I’m not planning on watching any of the olympics. Between COVID and the entire thing going against the will of the Japanese people. Plus disqualifications over marijuana as a performance enhancer.

They were quite the spectacle when we were younger. ABC announcers Chris Schenkel, Howard Cosell, Jim McKay, Curt Gowdy, Dick Button,

• COVID / Delta
• Environmental issues
• Voter suppression
• Business staffing issues
• Too many shows to watch
• Not enough good pizza
• Arsenal FC
• Dodger injuries.

Other then that, Life if good. (These are all external) Entire family’s health is good

Interesting times.

It’s time to close out this day music.apple.com

Way before UB40 music.apple.com

Crazy little thing called love. That’s what we need now more than anything. music.apple.com

The 80s is the decade of my 20s. I was married to my first wife in the 80s and my only daughter was born in the 80s. I remember every one of these songs.music.apple.com

I’m scared overcast.fm

Can’t gallop polls or some other group do a big survey about why people aren’t apply for jobs, it’s everywhere.

Honolulu County made a deal that restaurants could open full capacity if they checked COVID tests and vaccination cards. A couple of places tried it, but none stuck with.
I knew as soon I heard it, that’s a situation no restaurant wants to be in the middle of.

These Billionaires flying in space, trying to make it look easy. I clearly remember the Space Shuttle Challenger. Complacency or simple human error will cause one of these ships will have an accident. It’s only when and who is on it.

Now that Apple has created every genre Spatial music playlist possible, how about a Spatial Music “Just for you” with music I actually listen to.

Not getting vaccinated is part of a larger issue of so many people who are choosing to not take responsibility for their own health. They eat poorly, aren’t active, don’t do any preventative healthcare, get sick and expect the healthcare system to fix them.
My wife works in healthcare management. We’ve had this discussion many times. Even with Medicaid that costs nothing and gets them a ride to the doctor, doctors struggle to get patients to go in for the most basic healthcare. They don’t go to the Dr till they’re really sick, won’t pick up their perceptions and then get mad because the Dr didn’t fix them.
How can we expect them to get a vaccination when they won’t even take care of their most basic health. My wife hears this rant from Doctors all the time. That’s all for now.

Reserved my Steam Deck. It’s the first gaming device I will have purchased for myself in many years.

When we remodeled our condo 2 years ago, we had a conversation about warmer summers possibly more hurricanes in the Pacific. Didn’t think it would happen this fast. We did invest in more robust A/C and larger, more efficient ceiling fans. It sure makes a difference now.

I haven’t had HBO for years. Now with HBO+ I can watch all of those critically acclaimed shows from years past that I missed. Finished True Detective last well. Just started the Wire.

Just finished a 14 hour shift. No one is apply for jobs. I have talked to so many other managers and business people in all kinds of businesses and everyone says the same thing. It’s not just a hospitality thing, it’s a no one is applying thing.

I don’t have an issue with breaking up all big tech into smaller companies.

Interesting business name.

U like the degs ?

Global warming has been a political football for over 40 years. I’m really starting to feel it’s too late stop it. It’s more like how can we live with it.

Deadly Heat, Fires, Deadly virus still around, voting rights on the chopping block, along with Democracy, inept Senate Democrats. Thinking I want to hunker down on this rock in the middle of the ocean, but a maybe further mauka (further up the mountain) and off the grid.

Stairway to Heaven

Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright, they just seem a little weird. music.apple.com

The Sam Cooke serenade music.apple.com

This quote:

For all the fuss about supporters singing “Football’s coming home”, English football fans generate atmosphere by reacting to events more than by creating a constant wall of sound, as you might find in other parts of Europe

theathletic.com

Cox: England’s attacking at 1-0 was desperately poor. They failed when they were winning, not in the shootout

What I really liked about the Euros was it was football with the handbrake off, save for all but the first 2 min of England’s performance yesterday.

I miss going to the Borders Books & Records Cafe. You could grab book from the store and read a preview over coffee or take the coffee over and preview a CD. Nothing close that on Hawaii Island. Plenty of coffee shops, but none with books. That loss is one of the reasons I feel reading got away from me all those years ago.

Lot of Brits showing their okole after the match. Would have likely done the same if they won.

#ForzaItalia

I’m about 30% through East of Eden. Only read the Cliff Notes version back in college, long over due. Thoroughly enjoying the read. This feels like the impetus to getting me back into long-form reading after a number of false start the past few years.

Current status

I’m a huge sports fan, but really have no interest in these ill timed, made for TV Olympics. Feel bad for the athletes.

Amazon provides a QR code to return to a UPS store rather than a label. The one UPS store in Kona has a line out the door every time I go, the limited opportunities, I have to go by there. There is apparently no way to just get a label.

This is good: It’s the Seinfeld theme but mashed up with a hit song from every year Seinfeld aire

Here come those Santa Ana winds again music.apple.com

“Man It’s a hot one, like 7 inches from the mid day sun” Just popped up in the playlist I’m listening to. That lyric seems so appropriate for what’s going on now.

On another note, love this. Classic covers 30 Years of TSJ - The Surfers Journal

Our VP of operations and CEO will be in my store on Monday. Going to have a conversation on the possible paths forward on staffing. Current path not tenable

well, I have my MB export, not quite sure how to get it into DayOne yet.

We don’t have any wild fires and the volcano isn’t active, but we still have nice sunsets.

Worn

I often miss the analog days of the 80s. Had a pager, not a phone. Used pay phones. Read the paper, had magazine subscriptions. Looked through the TV guide to see when shows were on. Life was more measured and time off was really time off.

We had our fireworks a day late due to technical difficulties. Nice show

Going to work on a day off for the 2nd time in 3 days. It’s fun being boss.

Someday, we’ll have enough staff that I can have a full day off now and then.

ESPN+ turns out to be a joke, can’t watch anything of substance without a cable subscription.

They both work. If only for nostalgia sake. I tried last year, can’t get a SIM card for the iPhone 1. The kids at ATT thought I was joking and just laughed. The real problem is the network won’t support it.

Have very much enjoyed the international competition more than the EPL season by a long shot. Much more diverse and creative matches. Euro and the Americas

Well, earlier in my life we left Viet Nam and it fell, and here we are further down the road of my life and we’re leaving Afghanistan and it too will fall.

I guess the lesson we haven’t learned is don’t get into a fight you can’t win.

Love this song writing Deacon Blues music.apple.com

We are all misfits living in a world on fire music.apple.com

Found this in the closet. It starts up. The battery fine. Now how to get music on it.

Companies won’t ship batteries outside the continental US anymore. That means no more do it yourself battery changes to my devices.

Very exciting Tour stage today. The tour has been blown up by Pogacar. Great stage win by Dylan Teuns. Loved his interview

Most of my Twitter feed is Brits. They are insufferable with England up 3-nil.

ESPN sells the alternate feed as a benefit. No replays, doesn’t follow the action, follows 2 player and 2 static cameras

I really hate the #Espn only gives me this feed because I don’t have a cable subscription, even thiugh I’m an #ESPN+ subscriber

Dead letter box

Got an Apple Watch for my birthday. I haven’t gotten a new personal Apple device for a couple of years, save for an Apple TV last year. The set up took minutes. After only a day, nice having battery life again.

My brain on Thursday

Was not a fan of everything Donald Rumsfeld did (he passed today), but loved this statement and have used it often.

Closed my BBVA account. The final chapter of the Simple Bank story is closed. The big banks won this one

Tried the new Outlook for Mac for a day, it’s really dumbed down, went back to the old version. Hope they don’t force a change.

Too low for Zero**

Great to have someone speaking for us. There’s a hundred reasons that restaurants don’t have national representation.

overcast.fm

Not near as hot as PNW, but then we have 68% humidity.

My new Apple Watch has gone from China > Anchorage > Louisville so far, now it has to come 4,368 miles back west to Hawaii

Friday 9am HST - BELGIUM v ITALY. Whew! Calendar block. Froza Italy

Apps and services that purport to offer “Lifetime” plans or access are a marketing ploy. Whose lifetime is it, the lifetime of the EULA? Don’t believe it. Companies are bought, sold, get sherlocked or just plain shut down, and often take your data with them.

What is life music.apple.com

I’m not really a Bezos fan and in Hawaii, fast Amazon Prime shipping isn’t really a thing, but purely as a streaming service, Amazon Video is right in there with the other streaming services at $119 a year, then throw in the MGM acquisition and Amazon music.

I’ve been listening to this Chez Baldwin play list. This list was made from vinyl records left behind in his France house when he passed in 1987. It was on Spotify, I turned it to an Apple playlist. music.apple.com

What do you remember from 1965? My aunt played these songs very loud. music.apple.com

Amazing Grace music.apple.com

Back to Apple mail on my Mac. The least buggy of the bunch. Since I use Mailbox.org for my email, using OX Mail on IOS.

Lots of chat about Twitter. Through the years I have curated my Twitter feed to match what interests me. Football (Soccer), tech, news that I trust, movies as well as some specific people that I have followed since Twitter’s early days. I have the bar set very low for unfollows.

The greatest technological innovation of my lifetime is seedless watermelon.

Getting Spatial music.apple.com

We’re never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy. music.apple.com

I’ve only bitten on 1 Prime day deal, an iHealth scale based on an email from iHealth. Since I’ve been using their products for years, I knew it was a deal ($24.99). Ordered an Apple Watch from Apple as I had a trade in. My V4 is still in good shape, except for the battery life.

My Apple Watch V4 is getting a little long in the tooth. The battery time is going downhill fast. Ordered a new V6. No cellular this time. Don’t use it anymore. Used to use cellular when I managed at a large resort.

I was shopping for and bought only one thing on Amazon Prime day. A new iHealth digital scale. My old one is on its last legs. $24.99 is great deal for basically the same thing.

My Father’s days have become much different now with all of my Grandfathers (I actually had 4 due to divorces and remarriages), my Father and Step-Father and even my Uncles all passing in the past few years. I just have a simple glass of Whisky in memory of them all.

Went on a date night to a new restaurant/ bar in Kailua Village. A-Bays island grill. They’ve had one in Waikoloa for a few years. Kailua town was so busy, a mix of visitors and locals, every bar and restaurant and the streets were packed.

There are so many tourist in town, the floodgates have been opened.

Spicy links and poi. Yum

Gone back to the open spaces Home Screen. Everything on the Home Screen including what’s in those folders is used often

A long list that I created in the #TeuxDeux app last night during a meeting disappeared after an app update today. I’m very upset that that app right now. Recreating the list to the best of my memory in #Things and on paper.

We have unplugged and boxed up our Amazon echos. Too many times, something we talk about shows up on my Amazon page or my Wife’s Facebook page. (I don’t use Facebook) too many times for it to be a coincidence.

Aloha Friday in Kona

This isn’t fair, but it’s the nature of technology. This 2013 MacBook Pro with an old spinning drive still works, has some issues, but still works. This 2015 MacBook Air with an SSD is dead

This is a massive property right in the middle of Kailua Village. It’s been in the Kimi family since the 1960s. The kids are cashing out, it needs to be razed and rebuilt and they can’t afford it. Property rich and cash poor. Some investment company with no ties to Hawaii will snatch it up.

I’m as much a nerd as the next guy and I love a rocket launch, but all of the space folly with no goal other than to just go there seems wasteful. I really like the idea of going up there to look back here and see what’s going on and what damage we’s causing.

It’s been said may times that when a couple has a baby it multiplies everything in the relationship, good or bad. It can also be said the pandemic shined the same light on society. It amplified the good and the bad in society

Numbers from this past Monday show more people flew into Hawaii Island than a Monday in June 2019. - 1. What pandemic. - 2. Everyone wants to go somewhere other than home.

The last one before I drift off “Into the mystic” music.apple.com

My Daughter is named Jessica. This song didn’t hurt, even though it came over a decade before she did. music.apple.com

In Spatial audio.

My Dev account expired last week, but my Mac had an update and downloaded Monterey. Oh well.

I have no desire to travel anywhere. I feel very safe and content here on Hawaii island. Also almost as far away from Washington DC as I can get, unless I go to Guam.

The employee crunch is starting to show up in restaurants with cut back menu offerings, more self service, take out only. The ones that are saying to just pay them more, don’t run a restaurant or under restaurant economics. We can pay more, and just make do with less people.

The Democrats lack creativity and guts. Wimpier versions of the GOP. We’re destined to the 1% getting it all and mediocrity for the rest with a failing infrastructure so a bunch of old white guys on the hill can stay in power and rich.

Current rant is over..

Great start in Euro2021 for #Italy

It’s interesting that 30 years ago people always said you didn’t go to Kona Community Hospital to get better, you went there to die. The facility was really bad. It was old, crumbling and dirty. It was built to serve the plantation community.

I must say, they have really got their act together in the past decade. They have a top notch emergency room (I’ve been there too many times) and Oncology unit and have remodeled rooms and their surgery center. But old perceptions die hard.

People still say they’ll fly to Honolulu for surgery or anything non-emergency related or even drive to North Hawaii Medical Center 30 miles away.

Feel like Italy has a real chance in the Euros. More so than in recent years

Quite the eclectic Spatial audio playlist. Good job Apple music.apple.com

Movement of jah people music.apple.com

Living in Hawaii so many things happen before we even get out of bed. Today’s internet outage, most of the stock market trading day, football matches in the UK, and even the 9-11 attacks. That’s why I check my phone first thing when I wake up to see what I’ve missed.

I am reticent to turn spatial audio (Dolby Atmos) always on. It might mess up a sound I’m used to on certain songs.

Well, Apple made no mention of getting Hawaiian Street names correct in Maps directions.

Kind of annoyed that those who didn’t get vaccinated and said how bad it is will get swag for finally making us all safe.

Reward bad behavior

Siri: flush the toilet - oh doesn’t do that yet?

Still excited about what Apple has coming, but my days of being involved in making the sausage are over. My job is analog. People, food, equipment.

Let my Dev membership lapse. Watching WWDC from the outside. No betas for me this time.

★ “The clearest signal that a novel risk is emerging is anomalies—things that just don’t make sense. This sounds obvious, but most anomalies are difficult for people to recognize.” HBR

Easy to see in retrospect.

Roam music.apple.com

My wife bought an HP Chromebook at Costco. She admitted she was sad about losing her MB Air, but we agreed that when the inevitable happens to my 2015 13” MBP, we will get one of the M1 MacBooks and set it up as a 2 user machine. I’m at work 10 hours a day and many nights, so that will work.

After losing so much weight, I actually get cold at night. Not typically a thing in Hawaii, especially down close to the ocean. I just bought long pants pajamas for the first time in my life.

Hawaii Island had higher visitors numbers than this time in 2019 and they’ve stoped airport COVID testing. The streets in Kailua Kona are packed with people and traffic is very sticky.

I guess we’re cured and this is over.

My wife’s 2015 Mac Air finally die, just like that. Worked Tuesday night, dead on Wednesday. Now she won’t pay for Mac, she just wants a cheap lap computer. oh well.

Grilled cheese sand before I head off to work.

This steam (Kolekole) down by the ocean is fed by this waterfall (Akaka Falls) 3 miles up the valley

Beautiful

Listening to loud music trying to get in the mood to go work. My supervisor called out. Said it a family emergency. I call BS without more info. So the boss goes in on his off day.

music.apple.com/us/album/…

Summer music.apple.com

I miss the days when sports were only about the game/match. Now it’s more about the noise that happens between the games/matches. Takes the joy out it.

Finally took the time to clean up bookmarks. It’s been too long. Had a folder of COVID links that I don’t really need anymore. I remember checking these pages of charts and graph and case counts daily a year ago.

I signed up for AARP last year when we were shopping for car insurance. I get almost weekly snail mail from them. I guess they assume those north of 60 don’t do digital. We were the digital first adapters.

Love this comparison.

Seeing what’s going on in these GOP strongholds in regards to voter rights seems to foreshadow a real rigged election, not a lie.

The Kolekole Gulch state park is basically under this old railroad bridge. The bridge was abandoned after the 1946 tidal wave and rebuilt for autos in the 1950s. It now supports Hawaii Belt road over this gulch. Very peaceful place to stop.

I love how views of the Pacific Ocean peak out between buildings in Honoka’a town.

We got out of town today, which means going over to the east side of the island. First stop was Wifey’s Waffles in Honoka’a town for some amazing waffle cone creations. Then Kolekole state part. Used to camp here as a kid. Finally Akaka falls state park before having a late lunch in Hilo. Fun was has by all

scal·a·wag /ˈskaləˌwaɡ,ˈskalēˌwaɡ/ noun. INFORMAL noun: scallywag a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.

This is interesting. Up for bid? Hawaii Island Paddlesports Association, Kona Sailing Club leases in question

I negotiated the original lease and HIPA had 501©3 status, but let it lapse after I left. I was one of the founders of and was President it for 15 years

Here we go.

Hawai´i’s Tourism Industry Rebounding Faster Than Expected [https://bigislandnow.com/2021/05/27/hawaiis-tourism-industry-rebounding-faster-than-expected/]()

Bring in on. bigislandnow.com

Russian Spy Vessel Confirmed Off Hawai´i Coast

We know what you did during the lockdown [https://www.youtube.com/embed/4WTpO9y2Dh4]()

This is so true, but brutal

I really wish … … oh never mind.

Back to reality

An old quote that still rings true “I have a reasonably and responsible attitude towards my major competitors, I’d like to see them all dead”

I now use my iPhone as my primary computer device for large swaths of the day. I also use it more for communication than is recent years primarily with my supervisors, staff and corporate office. Slack, email messages, ProService, phone. Quite the change from 18 mos ago

The Hawaii GOP just picked a new wingnut to be their party chair. She (looks to be north of 70 yo) just did an interview on morning news. Paraphrasing; Election was stolen, this vaccine is bad and young people are joining our party in droves.

How I spent my day off.

Trying to revive the old Mac Mini. Disk Utility found a couple of errors. Reinstalling OS now. Then we’ll see.

All things must pass

Yep, old Mac Mini has bad SSD. I’ve changed them before and not sure I want to do that. Don’t “need” as new one, but may justify it in the end.

Looks like my 2016 Mac Mini is failing. It’s backed up and only used as a home server. No data lost, just a beloved machine.

This Gaza strip mess is going to blow up, ISIS will come back in spades. They just need an excuse and Israel and the US are giving it to them.

I had this ball for at least 40 years.

Watching 1980s music videos on YouTube. It’s was MTV’s golden era

My wife is set up for the morning.

I saw them in LA in ‘82. It was an amazing show back then too flip.it

Favorite Concerts Ever: Los Lobos Live at the Whisky

Many Rivers to cross. Mood music music.apple.com

My Apple Dev account us up for renewal, can’t even remember how many years it’s been, but not renewing. I’m becoming just a simple end user. Also backing off from app betas once the ones I’m currently on expire. Just don’t have the time or brain power, just want stuff to work.

Over the years, I had automated many of the lights in our house. Living room, kitchen, lanai. Voice or app activated But periodically the devices lose their way; connection drops or typically resets its connection on an app update. I’m finally over the dog and pony show of crawling behind the entertainment center or on top of a cabinet to reset the wireless switch.

Going back to manual analog switches for the time being. I need to find a place to put the switches that make them more accessible. That’s a project for an empty day off.

It’s so easy when it works, but so aggravating when it doesn’t

I look at blood work labs as a report card on my health. 4 years ago in my state of health back then, I dreaded opening that report card. Since then, I’ve lost 75# and have kept it off for a year. Got blood work results today. Perfect numbers.

The conversion from Simple bank to BBVA bank began today. Not going well. It said my activation failed 3 times, now I’m locked out. I all but emptied my Simple account as a wait and see about #BBVA. So I wait longer

There’s are 2 old old sayings in Hawaii (marketing etc) “Lucky you live Hawaii” & “Hawaii, The Health State”. They both apply here. Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Most People Surveyed In Hawaii Say They Will Get Vaccinated

Just found these in an iPod touch box

Bummed that Parma Calcio FC couldn’t pull it together this year and will relegated to Serie B. It’s been a good run since their bankruptcy in 2015, reformation of the club in Serie D and their sprint back up to Serie A.

Roam music.apple.com

I’m glad I live in a place where COVID, Vaccine and global warming denial are believed by a smaller minority than many places in the mainland states

Watched Mortal Kombat on HBO+ today. Not sure I would have gone to the theater to see ir, but I found it entertaining.

HBO+ will be boring next year when new films aren’t premiered there on the same day as theaters

You gotta die of something [https://vimeo.com/63802530]()

A sip of Dublin.

Just rewatched Tenet. I think much like Matrix and Inception, it will take a couple of viewings to totally understand the depth of the stories.

Sunday afternoon

Doing a mass unfollow and cleanup on Twitter today. The feed has gotten a little out of hand.

Quite the kerfuffle at Basecamp. I took a long solid look at Hey, but didn’t bite. Happy with Mailbox.org

Unintended consequences. The government has given out additional unemployment $$ and addl. weeks of eligibility plus child credits and payments, but rather than seeing that as extra money to get a leg up, an entire swath of the population sees it as a chance to not have to work.

I’d get a 3rd COVID vaccine if it would make me invincible to COVID. Would still wear a mask, haven’t contracted a cold or other roving virus since I’ve gone back to work..wearing a mask, among 30 employees, with kids and large families.

Put too much cinnamon in my oatmeal.

Just that

I’m in the middle of sorting out what’s in Jane’s head on Doom Patrol. I don’t have the brain power to apply to this Matrix theory right now. A 2nd Matrix by the Oracle. Whew www.inverse.com

‘Matrix 4’ plot theory solves a huge problem: How is Trinity alive?

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand. -Leo Durocher

With new guidelines suggesting those who have been vaccinated don’t need a mask outdoors, but how do we know who’s been vaccinated and who not? The honor system is questionable with all of the anti-masker / anti-vaccine people about

I’m keeping my distance.

Last year during the lockdown I had a few bored moments.

IMHO the Hawaii Dept of Labor needs to shift back to enforcement on Unemployment abuse. There are 100s of open jobs on Hawaii Island and people no-show for interviews and don’t return calls for offers of work. The restaurant that I mange is closing sections of the dining room.

As Simple Bank goes away and becomes BBVA bank in a few days, I downloaded all 107 statement. I was lucky to get into the Simple Bank beta in 2012 as a virtual bank, It was my primary institution for quite a while. Sad to see them go.

We went to get some gelato in Kailua town this evening. Other than masks, it almost felt normal. Lots of tourists and locals out. Nice.

Fresh Ahi Poke on Inari. Yum!

Listening to a pre COVID playlist from back when I had a 30 mile commute each way to work. Now it’s 3 miles.

Still works.

With all of the Euro Super League BS last week, Watching #COPA90 videos is exactly what I needed. “This is why we love Football”

“The floor is a hard, unforgiving taskmaster. But the floor never hits you – you hit the floor.”

Love Train music.apple.com

I just bought a new Apple TV last year, hopefully the new remote will be available on its own.

Tonight’s mood

Anita Baker. The Queen of the Quiet Storm radio format of the 80s music.apple.com

I’ve been using the Fluid app for years to make web apps in the Mac apps. Love it and it still works great.

I really do like the sarcastic and cynical tone of the DC Doom Patrol series on HBO

Looks like the only problem I encountered with my 2nd vaccine shot has been a bout of slight lethargy. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. Possibly extra coffee will be in order.

Apple is pretty good at creating the Made for You playlist in the music app, but the weekly email that they send has nothing I’m remotely interested in.

2nd shot in the bag (or in my arm)

mailbox.org just released new a pricing structure. Game changer.

I’ll move my primary mail account there. Though I just renewed my Hover email for a year, I’ll make the move gradually.

Going through the master drive where I’ve dumped data from the past, oh about 20 years. Scans, photos from old devices, exports from apps I stopped using and services that shut down. Looking back, I’ve forgotten how many different note apps I’ve used through the years.

Looking back on 2020, 2021 is going much better.

I think I should play this to start my day, every day

youtube.com/watch

What’s next “I meant to take out my pen and write a ticket, but I mistakenly took out my gun and shot”??

For what?

Nine months since I got my weight under 200# (from a high of 268 in early 2019). Feels good to hold the weight loss. Have failed many many times before.

I now bounce between about 190-196# depending on what I’m doing and eating.

Even after hundreds of eye drops post retina surgery and the subsequent procedures, I still don’t like putting in eye drops.

I miss Tim Russert on the Sunday morning talk.

First these big corporations start documenting and writing you up for little, seemingly benign incidents that eventually force you into a PIP (perform improvement plan), then they got you. These plans can be so subjective and company leaning that you don’t have a leg to stand on.

Amazon will clean house after this vote. Companies know how to get around retaliation claims and manage someone out the door. It happened to me at Marriott.

During last year’s lockdown and stay at home orders, I realized I don’t really miss being around crowds and lots of people. I work in Hospitality and am around enough people and get my socializing at work, but when I’m off, a secluded spot seems best for me.

Been consistently unsubscribing to listservs and marketing emails over the past couple of months. My morning email, when most of them hit, is down considerably.

Over years of using different email clients; mail.app, Outlook, Airmail, Spark, there are a bunch of extra folders in the IMAP structure created by the different apps. Took time today to clean up this mess.

Hawaii Volcano National Park

One of the few things I’ve had for more than 40 years. Still works as is it when new.

A continuing annoyance is blogs and e-lists that post links to articles behind paywalls without mentioning that fact. I’m pretty much tapped out as far subscriptions go. If I add one, then one needs to go.

Looks like I’m going all in with #Mailbox.org. Have 1 there now that I’ve been playing with.

I’ll leave the others in Hover where the domains live, but will forward the mail to Mailbox as they come up.

I’m going to want to ride Amtrak when we next go back to the continent. It is going to get better.

Start a new job on Monday. Feels good. Had a zoom call with the corporate team last Monday. They offered an attractive compensation & benefit package.

The current manager is leaving “organically” (do to a life changes). I will get a 1 week crossover with him.

The Paramount app is a drama queen

Fatal error? I’m not sure anything actually died

American Pie

Did something good for my mind and attitude. Sharpened all of my knives. Takes me a couple of hours.

Brisket sliders from #OhanaQ BBQ in Kona. #Yum

Renewed my ServeSafe training. Got 1 wrong (50 questions). I can live with that. Good for another 3 years. They added use of hand sanitizers to the training (it doesn’t replace hand washing).

The GOP wants an ID to vote, but not to buy a gun. WTF

I took this photo 1 year and 1 weeks ago on Alii Drive in Kona when we first locked down. It was heartbreaking then and still is. A number of small businesses didn’t ever reopen.

That stuck ship is huge. The ones that we get on Hawaii Island are stacked only 2 containers high.

Just rewatched Chinatown with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. Havn’t watched it for at least 10 years. I have much more appreciation for the quality of the film.

What I like about Micro.blog (and App.net before it) as well as Mastadon is my feed is not controlled by an algorithm. It’s organic.

Just that.

We cancelled cable a month ago, and it’s mostly OK. A flaw in streaming is you can’t bookmark or save specific feeds or channels within or outside of apps. On cable you just go to the channel number or to your favorites.

For morning news. we need to go into an app, then either search for or scroll to the channel. To change to a different news network, its change app and repeat.

The AppleTV app tries to consolidate “Up Next” or “What to Watch”, but thats for Movies, TV and Sports. I hope they add “frequently watched” or “continue” Maybe it will in time. I guess it assumes TV is event based and not for casual watching. This would require cooperation by the individual apps who want to keep you inside the app.

I’m guessing over time, the apps will add features and muscle memory will kick in. After-all, most of the apps (Paramount & Peacock) have only been around a few months.

Side notes: - Fox Sports (owned by a cable company) and Disney owned ABC still requires cable account sign in. That will change, they’ll want to cash in. Would be nice to have ABC inside the Disney app. - The CNN app also requires a cable login to watch the live feed, though it’s available in the Pluto app. - The Pluto app is more like cable, tons of silly channels, set favorites and it’s free. - The Paramount app has the local CBS feed in their app, Peacock does not have the local NBC feed. - Hulu has FOX and ABC, but not live local feeds without Hulu+ ($72+/mo), but does have the shows.

Now, where was that movie I wanted to watch?

Finished all 3 seasons of #Legion I know, late to the game. Would love to see all of the main characters in #MCU at some point.

I must be the oddball here. I don’t use Ulysses or Drafts. I tried them both, more than once. If I want to write something, I just go to the app I want to write in and write. I didn’t feel the need for an app in the middle.

As we come to the end of the 1 year sign up deals for many of the streaming services, some decisions will be made. Can’t really afford to keep them all.

I’ve lived in the middle of this battle. This is a great overview: The Controversy Over Building One Of The World’s Largest Telescopes

There are deep divisions, reminds me of what’s going nationally. Someone in these groups needs to get brave and find a way through.

Not sure if I’m ready to do the entire 4 hours this soon Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Justice is Gray

The only reaction that I had from the vaccine was a craving for glazed donuts and I wanted to listen to ‘80 music. I’m curious what the 2nd shot will bring.

Just finished watching “The Head” on HBOMax. Wasn’t sure at the start, but it turned out to be a very good mystery. Quite the twist at the end.

It says season 1, Not sure what a season 2 would look like.

Had my shot in my bad left shoulder (3 detached tendons), so I can’t tell whether the pain my regular shoulder pain or if it’s from the shot.

Weight loss

Got mine.

I’m not sure if I’m interested in seeing Justice League in black and white, it’s already a rather dark movie. Though after seeing an interview with Zack Snider about his affinity for movie history, I understand why he’s doing it.

Watched in section today, but finished Zack Snyder’s Justice League. What a BIG movie. Really enjoyed it. I don’t get into this actor or that actor would’ve been better, I just enjoy the film.

Watched the first ½ on TV in 4:3 ratio, then 2nd half on my iPad in full screen.

Was laid off due to COVID lockdown 1 year ago tomorrow. My career (hospitality)has not recovered yet.

I’ve tried a couple of other things with no success. The places that are reopening are doing so with smaller crews. Had one interview yesterday and one on Friday.

There are some days I just need to listen to REALLY LOUD Rock-n-roll. Right now is one of those times

#ChildofThe70s

Would like to see Dr. Manhattan & Vision sit down for a cup of coffee and talk about the end of the world.

Nice to see a shopping center developer using Lawae Fern in their landscaping

It really is the wrong way

Going back to rewatch the Watchman series from last year on HBOMax. I’m seeing things that I missed the first time already.

Closed a few accounts Linkedin ✓ Facebook ✓ Instagram ✓ Mothballed my website ✓ About.me ✓

so far, more to come

“The floor is a hard, unforgiving taskmaster. But the floor never hits you – you hit the floor

Quarterly sync done. I have a password protected 4T drive that I keep at my step-son’s house. Once a quarter I bring it home and sync any data added to the home server master drive. We are in a Tsunami evacuation zone, so can’t be too careful.

Trust the science

Really enjoyed watching the videos on the St. Patrick’s Festival TV website. Really put me in the mood and showed a different side of Ireland

I’m pretty much equal parts Irish and Italian - roughly 40-45 odd % each. As I’ve gotten older, I pretty much identify equally with each. I love Irish music, whisky and beer and Italian food and wine. I feel that I could live in either county and feel at home.

“Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint–and another one!”

Happy St Patrick’s Day Sláinte

Erin go Braugh

My wife did her prep for cancelling cable.

This just happened

‘Ohia Lehua on the Kamana Mana trail

Made fresh Spaghetti Carbonara after seeing it on Stanley Tuci’s CNN show.

Can only watch so much food on TV before I need to make it. Side benefit of being a former chef, it’s not a reach for me to make almost anything (that’s not baking).

One dynamic of canceling cable is for 40+ years the behavior has been to turn on the TV, power up the cable box, then scroll the cable guide for something to watch. Sometimes watch a specific show intently, most times scroll till something remotely interesting pops up, then watch it or just have it on while I do something else. Not having cable requires a more intentioned action. Have to choose a streaming app, then do a more focused scroll. If something has been saved in a watch list, which app? The Apple TV app tries to be a hub, but not everything is there. It’ll take a few weeks to sort out.

Saturday afternoon libation

I only had a Facebook account to stay in touch with a relation overseas, I used my Grandfather’s last name rather than my own, don’t want to engage on that platform. I was recently harshly criticized by a family member for not using my real last name on Facebook. F%&k Facebook. Deactivated the account.

What kind of sucks about the new Stimulus is that we changed banks 3 months ago and there was no way to update the bank info on the IRS website. Now they are sending money to accounts with still no way to update the info, so the money will bounce back from a closed account and we’ll have to wait months for a paper check.

Been thinking a lot about opening a small Irish / British style Pub here in Kona. Small meaning 20-25 seats (1 person operation, much larger will need 2 people). Focus on service and atmosphere over sports and gimmicks. More like the pubs of 50 years ago. A place to meet someone after work for a pint or a small celebration or date. Ran some numbers, keeping it small and simple keeps overhead low so it wouldn’t need a lot of revenue to keep it going. Location just needs street frontage and some parking. Lots of options in Kona if one is creative.

Guinness Draft and a few other beers. Irish whiskies and few other spirits a couple of wines Grilled sandwiches with chips and baked beans. Bar snacks. Could also make beef pies. Small TV for soccer and rugby.

Named McBroom’s, After my grandfather.

Now that I’ve seen WandaVision all the way through, I’ll go back and binge watch it all over again.

One channel / app we’ll lose is CNN live. But with Trump out of office, even that is less important

It’s official, we’re cutting the cord and canceling cable. The recent price increase was the last straw. We’ll lose a couple of apps that don’t have a subscription and are tied to the cable account. I’ve had a cable account for over 40 years.

Crossroads www.hawaiiboy.me

Hawaii is not only NOT part of a grid, each island has its own power generation. It’s Not Just Texas. The Energy Meltdown Can Happen to Your State, Too. – Mother Jones

Down to the River

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B00138GYXU?do=play&trackAsin=B00137G8DW&ref=dm_sh_Lu8jY5JdPJN5j1qszbBkGyncU

Check out “The River” by Bruce Springsteen on Amazon Music. https://music.amazon.com/albums/B00138GYXU?do=play&trackAsin=B00137G8DW&ref=dm_sh_Lu8jY5JdPJN5j1qszbBkGyncU

No flood map for Hawaii. We’re not really part of the nation, besides, why would island flood? feeds.fastcompany.com

Is your house going to flood because of climate change? These maps will tell you

My favorite mug, that my wife has commandeered.

Republican president and COVID mess Republican state leaders in Texas and the current weather crisis

Not thinking it’s a coincidence.

Beef pies galore.

The news looks like the movies The Day After Tomorrow and Contagion combined.

Brought the grandsons and their friends to the pool. Rather chase master, their playing Corona virus. Keep away from the one with the virus

Just turned off most notifications on my iPhone so I’m not distracted when I’m reading in the Books app or Kindle on my phone.

This book, which I read a few years ago, really shows how fragile and how much of an experiment our Democracy is from the beginning. There is not really a blueprint, it’s a work in progress and no two are alike. a.co

“The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution (Simon & Schuster America Collection)” by David O. Stewart

Will not be renewing my Apple Dev account, will just sign up for public betas. My tinkering days are winding down. Will also only sign up for App betas sparingly. Pulling back from tech.

Managing a small restaurant it’s almost all about people in person.

I haven’t posted anything since Jan 2. Here’s the big things that happened in January from my view

January 2021 - [ ] Extremists stormed the US Capital - [ ] Trump’s 2nd impeachment - [ ] I started a new job, back in F&B. The job I’ve wanted for the last 10 years. - [ ] My Mom passed away from COVID in a care home in California - [ ] Biden took office. - [ ] Started. Social media diet. Seems no one noticed, but I feel better. - [ ] Much less time online. More movies and at least an hour a day reading books. - [ ] Restarted my website business. Built 3 sites already. I guess there’s demand. - [ ] My wife got vaccinated (through work) - [ ] Arsenal FC got back to winning ways On to February

It dawned on me tonight, after my Mother’s recent passing (COVID), I am now the oldest in our immediate and extend family. No Parents, Grand Parents, Uncles or Aunts are left. I have younger siblings, cousins and a daughter. It really is my turn. #responsibility

Hiatus

I just watched the first episode of Restaurant Hustle on Food Network about Chefs, Restaurants and COVID. This show made me sad, happy and proud of the industry that I have spent most of my life working in.

The opposite side of the earth from Kailua Kona is NW Botswana, a New Years Day tanget

New Years at Anaeho’omalu Bay (A-bay). Everyone suitably spaced. Brisk breeze, but nice. I used to manage at the Marriott resort behind us. Mixed memories. Been coming to this beach for over 30 years. Great family beach

My 2 Tilley hats. I’ve had these for decades. A quick wash and air dry and they bounce back. Comfortable all day out in the sun.

Not optimal, but it helps none the less, our stimulus showed up in the bank this morning.

Starting out 2021 with a cloudy and hazy sunrise. TBH, kind of like the outlook for 2021. Want to be positive, but so much is hazy right now.

At least I know I’ll have a new job in 3 weeks

Happy New Year East coast - 5 hours to go here.

Trump’s vaccine plan is like the USPS just leaving the mail at the airport and letting the states sort it out.

If you haven’t read Ed Yong‘a article, please do. Herd immunity is a moving target. It’s not some magical place Where the Pandemic Will Take America in 2021 - The Atlantic

What a long strange trip it’s been, but we’re still Truckin. music.apple.com

The loss that hit me the hardest was Chadwick Boseman. So much talent taken early. Cancer sucks

I lost 51# this year, mostly in the first 9 months and have kept it off the last 3 months. Focusing on making it stick this time.

Goodnight moon

A degree of time wasting onefoottsunami.com

💧 I’m Saving Hundreds of Microseconds Each Day

Truth is, this was not the worst year in my life. It’s was very different, but I had some unique experiences, some great memories and also did some things I never would have done otherwise. Of course this is not taking into account challenges in other parts of the world. This is only speaking for me, also everyone in my family has avoided COVID so far.

My worst year was 2017 (medical challenges - almost died). Came back stronger

Lots of posts about new phones and Macs. I need to live vicariously through you all. We’re in the mode of playing out the string and using our tech until it dies while fastidiously backing up all data until that fateful day.

I need a calendar / date based note app. I’m testing Agenda and Note Plan. I need to add, notes, names, phone numbers, tasks.

Note Plan seems to have. the edge for ease of entry and retrieval.

Big year coming www.inverse.com

Every Star Wars and Marvel show or movie coming in 2021

Pretty much what I expected. Summer

The universe doesn’t care

check the box with bicycles, what am I missing?

I just inhaled a perfect Rib Eye steak right off the Grill with caramelized onions and glass of Woodford Reserve, If I die right now, I will die happy.

I’ve never been one to look back other than as a lesson.

In 2021 I expect better finances, less stuff, renewed relationships, progress in the job front and move forward in learning Italian language.

His days are numbered, but Christmas has been a welcome respite.

Upped my computer audio sound with the Fulla Schiit DAC/AMP

Bigger sound for streaming.

Sorry King Arthur Flour, can’t pull the trigger.

The little tree on top of the air purifier. Now running 24/7 with volcanic emissions being what they are.

This was amazing. The only problem is season 3 is far far away disneyplus.com

I thought you might like “Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian” on Disney+.

I bought NotePlan 2, now I need to spend some time working it into a workflow

It’s working, our air quality inside is down to good numbers. It was 75 before we locked down.

The VOG (Volcanic Haze) is bad today, we have all of the windows and doors closed and have the A/C on and the air purifier cranked up.

We asked our kids to get us alcohol rather than Starbucks cards this year, being that 2020 is what it is.

I’m old enough to remember Viet Nam, African famine, oppressive dictatorships, regional genocides, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunami, ebola, AIDS, wildfires, chemical spills, industrial disaster, environmental disasters, dam breaks etc, etc.

These were all mostly regional. Flashes on the evening newscast (or now on social media), then you move on with your life.

The difference with COVID is that it’s worldwide, and everyone, everywhere has had a similar experience. These other events are still happening, they are just layered on top of the common experience of a pandemic.

Before Trump and BLM I generally didn’t make consumer choices based politics. That has changed, there are companies I go to lengths to avoid.

One of the best adverts of the year youtu.be/kU9bENZ_0…

Shades of 2018 during the of lava flows. Air purifiers running 24/7 in the house.

Christmas gift opening with 2 Grandsons here and Granddaughter via Zoom

On tonight’s cocktail menu Hot Buttered Rum Cranberry Old Fashioned Hot Apple Cider (with Irish Whisky)

Seems I’ve seen this play out somewhere before

With the Volcano back in flow mode and volcanic haze dominating the sky line, I went back to a photo from last years Holiday period.

Nice Burberry debuts a mesmerizing, modern take on ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ - Ad Age

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you

Nuclear winter sunset

Actually, Kilauea volcanic haze

Hualalai without and with VOG - volcanic haze

The VOG (Volcanic haze) is definitely back after the volcano only being active for 2 days. Guess she was feeling that COVID was getting all of the attention.

Starting to see the first vestiges of volcanic haze that hangs over West Hawaii when the volcano is active. We’ve had a 2 year respite. The VOG was prevalent for the previous 20 years.

This will come to a big surprise tothose people who bought property sight unseen and moved here during COVID.

Shazam sucks at Hawaiian music

The stars were behind clouds, so we’ll look at pictures instead.

Making Cranberry Old Fashioned for Christmas Eve. Fun times

Happening now: a new eruption of Kīlauea inside Halemaʻumaʻu

It’s beautiful, but can be devastating. If we see a return to volcanic haze hanging over the island, it means respiratory issues fo everyone

See live webcams inside Halemaʻumaʻu, courtesy of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: go.nps.gov/1o1nze

Oh oh. Here we go again. This is 2020 giving us a final slap in the face. bigislandnow.com

Kīlauea Erupts on Sunday Night

The Professor and the Madman. boxd.it

It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas - December snow on Mauna Kea

My wife has always over cooked cookies and I have given up trying to fix it, I just dip them in milk.

After a couple of interviews, Rethinking going back into food & beverage. Expectations to hit pre-COVID revenue & profit numbers are unrealistic. Though I did get a surprise call from the GM of another car dealer, a 30 year friend. They sell Hyundai and Subaru rather than Toyota’s I sell now Less brand status, but way better work environment. Besides, I’ve owned a Hyundai for 8 years. Talking again after New Years.

With Fargo and Mandalorian over till next year, I guess I’ll go back to reading

Just watched Tenet. It had premise and promise, the story line was kind of thin.

You’re part of the problem, part of the solution or just part of the landscape.

It’s just like the flu

Glassware. I basically have the proper glass for most types of wine, beer and cocktails.

Look what I found. This is a rare find in Hawaii. It wasn’t cheap. The last Shiner Bock I had was in Texas about 10 years ago. Yum!

“Serve cold…and often”

Massive cleanup of bookmarks in Safari today. Deleted over half

On balance, most of 2020 really sucked, and still does, BUT, The Lakers, Dodgers, Biden / Harris, my wife and living in Hawaii made it slightly less so.

The Georgia run-off “could” start 2021 off on the right foot.

Took this photo of the Waimea pastures and Mauna Kea is 2012.

Seeing a lot of posts on camera. I sold my last proper camera early this year. Had used only occasionally for the past few years. No patience to tinker with setting. Now I can Moment lenses for my iPhone, though the phone alone is good enough for me

Planning our next Mac purchases. My wife’s 11” air is getting a little long in the tooth and my 2015 13” MBP is not far behind. She’ll need a laptop, I’m considering a new Mac Mini.

Then and now

Can’t wait for this election cycle to end. I work with a group of far right conspiracy theorists. I’ve had to listen to every single conspiracy regurgitated over and over. Now they’re saying all of their guns will be confiscated and they’ll have to fight with sticks and stones. I so want ask who they will be fighting. Oh and how anarchy will prevail after Jan 20

The unfortunate chain of events; I had a mocha mid afternoon yesterday, led to waking up at 12:30 AM - wide awake, which led to taking ½ an ambien which has caused a thick morning fog which I’m sure will lead to extra coffee this morning.

Seeing a lot commercial for movies “only in theaters” Not for us. We’ve come this far with no COVID, we can wait.

2021 Supra Coupe. Have $55k of spare cash?

From yesterday. Mise en Place for cranberry scones. They came out great. I’m still annoyed that I can’t make clotted cream. I can’t get the correct whipping cream (not ultra pasteurized)

Watched Mank last night on Netflix. I enjoyed it, but then I like subtlety and interesting dialog.

My wife hated it, she wants entertainment where she doesn’t have to think.

Can’t believe this album is 25 years old. I can clearly remember getting the CD when is came out and driving along the south coast of Maui on business in rental car listening very loud music.apple.com

Soon is a relative term during COVID. This has been like this since January

Out cruising at the Waikoloa resort. The activity calendar has not updated since…pre COVID

I was a big fan of Mountain in high school. Even had a bootleg live album. music.apple.com

My Sonos speakers are crapping tonight, back to TV

Holiday beverage

Rewatching Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy with Gary Oldman before it disappears from Netflix. A great old fashioned spy movie, the kind I grew up watching with my Dad.

I don’t like the culture of car sales, I do love my customers. I’ve been told by customers that I’m a refreshing change and not like any other car salesman (I’m not ruthless, I’m respectful of the customer as a person). That all being said, I still sold 7 cars this week.

Stepped outside to this

Epic. Can’t wait ‘Loki’: First Trailer for ‘Glorious’ Time-Twisting Disney+ Series - Rolling Stone

If the SCOTUS does anything to mess with the election, there will be civil war. The Black Lives Matter protests will seem tame compared to what will come and the Trumpites will be emboldened. It would be ugly.

Current status… for at least another week.

I don’t agree with hyper analyzing every Biden pick, maybe the big cabinet positions.

Let’s judge the body of work. He needs to put in people that he trusts to go in the right direction without micromanaging them.

I grew up at the old Honolulu Stadium watching the Hawaii Islanders Triple A team. Minor league baseball has a place in my heart theathletic.com

The new minor-league affiliates of all 30 MLB teams, explained

Fascinating take. www.inverse.com

‘Mandalorian’ theory: Boba Fett easter egg reveals how Season 2 will end

New annoying behavior by my Beats Flex headphones since the iPhone update. They disconnect when the phone is locked as I get the reconnect window when I unlock.

I’m not a coder, never have been, I speak english (and Hawaiian and a little Italian - still learning) I just watch all of those posts about coding and the app used for such go by like a foreign language.

Trump just said “skyrocket downward”. Huh?

parking is getting a little crowded up there

I think we can file the vaccines under sometimes “perfect is the enemy of good enough”

This caught my eye in this video. Son of Mauna Kea

For those who don’t know, Mauna Kea is here on Hawaii Island and is the tallest mountain on earth from base to peak at more than 33,500 feet [10,210 meters].

I loved this album when it came out. I had the vinyl.

Lazy Sunday afternoon

Going out for anniversary dinner tonight. Outdoor dining

Baked scones for the first time, used a basic recipe from King Arthur flour. They came out pretty good.

I’ve been hesitant to make scones, as I had so many bad ones through the years. The best scone I’ve ever had was in Enniscorthy, Ireland, at Cotton Tree Cafe

The best streaming service is one that you will watch. There are so many, We started keeping track of what service the shows or sports that we watch are on to help make educated decisions on what to keep.

One step closer to getting out of car sales and back into hospitality. Meeting with the owner of a pair of restaurants (working on a third) here on the island this week. It would be back to my wheelhouse and comfort zone.

We left the beach earlier that we wanted. It was beautiful day, It was starting to get crowded and not a mask in sight. Lots of larger groups starting to congregate. We were just feeling uncomfortable about the whole thing.

Beach day

Tonight

I’m glad we have The Onion. #Levity Jared Kushner Says States Should Have Planned Ahead Before Joining The Union

Goodnight moon

Usage observations. The Beats Flex has a way better, consistent and persistent connection with my phone that the AirPod pro. Sound is better on the AirPod pro if it’s actually connected

Just sayin’

December F%k’N FIRST 2020.

Don’t know if I feel “what the hell happened to this year” or “ let’s get the damn thing over with”

COVID will be with us well into 2021, but stay safe and whatever at this point.

Maybe Micro.Blog can do seasonal icons ???? I

My vehicles 1985 Isuzu Pup. 250,000 miles 1995 Nissan Frontier 103,000 miles 2004 Nissan Fromtier 101,500 miles 2013 Hyundai Accent 103,500 so far

This may not be much on a continent, but I have driven over 550,000 combined miles (4 different cars) over 30 year on Hawaii island. Only 2 speeding tickets and 1 fender bender.

Rosalita music.apple.com

It’s Cyber “I’m going to work and not spending any money” Monday

It’s a very Merry Christmas

Macy’s is so devoid of inventory it sure seems like they’re closing.

Democrats best not fall into infighting, complacency & trying to grab power for their slice of the party. We could be sitting here 4 years from now with a Republican president elect wondering what the f%&k happened.

The Republicans are already at work to win it back

Go to hell 2020. We’re having a Christmas

This just happened. Glad I looked up.

Got my AARP card today, time to embrace being old(er). You only get old once, hopefully it lasts a long time.

Sunset looking west, moonrise to the east.

I am very close to exiting the car business. My 5 month experiment is closing. The dark side of car sales is too much for me. I could deal with it if we were in a better economy and I was doing better financially.

Stormy night last night, not a cloud in the sky today. Gonna be a hot one.

Deleted the mother lode of black Friday emails, don’t need anything and the the family has been prepared for a different type of Christmas.

Had our Thanksgiving Japanese Dinner at #IzakayaShiono in Kona, They opened a few weeks ago. (opening was delayed by COVID lockdown). The service and food was great. They were very respectful of COVID, tables spaced, etc.

Great to support a local small business.

We don’t have Autumn leaves in Hawaii, we do have that Fall feeling music.apple.com

How soon is now. music.apple.com

“When you say it’s gonna happen now, well when exactly do you mean, See, I’ve already waited too long. And all my hope is gone…

We went for a Thanksgiving walk down at the Four Season Hualalai oceanside walking path. It’s nice to see the resort slowly awaken from its COVID forced months long slumber. We saw a number of staff doing preparation work

My wife went all in holidays today. Even the fireplace app on AppleTV

My wife and I are not having anyone over, we’re going out for dinner. Japanese bistro food. Untraditional

I had tight nuts during the election

This pair of roosters live between 2 parking lots. In the afternoon at Ace Hardware next door and in the morning they’re on our side

The holiday season, where I can count on getting an email from any company I’ve purchased from in the internet era.
It’s easier to deal with than a mailbox full of catalogs

Late to the game (literally). But just blew through Monument Valley. Really enjoyed it. Downloaded MV II. We’ll see how long that takes.

Ravel’s Bolero is such an amazing piece of music.

The sound of inevitability

#Trump

www.youtube.com/watch

Look what I found. This will be fun disneyplus.com

I thought you might like “LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special” on Disney+.

129 days till Opening Day #Dodgers

Dug out my trusted cast iron skillet to make Cajun blackened chicken. Due to smoke alarms, I put the pan on the grill outside and got it nice and hot. Came our perfect.

I really like the Airmail app on IOS, but the Mac version is so so

Couldn’t resist, had all of the ingredients, had to make another batch.

As a life long nerd and also old enough to recall Mercury and Apollo, landing a rocket on a dime, back on earth continues to amaze me.

I am a sports fan for escape and moments off joy. The Lakers and Dodgers were solid. So far #Arsenal and #Inter not so much

Long shadow

Made roasted corn and jalapeño corn bread on my day off yesterday. It was a great addition to breakfast this morning.

Enjoyed the Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix.

We had our own share of War protests in Hawaii. Honolulu was a stop for kids going to and from Viet Nam. The protesters had a constant presence in Waikiki in the late ‘60s - early 70s

I have signed up for too many lifetime subscriptions that went out of business. No thanks. flip.it

Store and protect your digital life with this lifetime subscription

All this happened in my adult life.

I used DOS for the first few years on a PC clone (a Gateway if I recall) Had a Mac at work in ‘86. The first version of Windows was very bad twitter.com

Day off beverage choice

I had forgotten how good this album was. music.apple.com

Just watched “I am Greta” on Hulu. Shame on us, we have been nothing but complacent.

The climate needs everyone.

My Apple Watch battery time is massively degraded since the last update. Sucky

Public health 101 C’mon Hawai’i A Secret to Vermont’s Pandemic Success

Double rainbow

This was a very memorable chilly afternoon at the historic Volcano House. We stayed there after the recent volcanic eruption ended to support the people who worked there and see the volcano.

My final fireplace of the day. This was a holiday portrait my Wife and I took at our former home in Waimea as newlyweds. This fireplace was propane and truth be told, didn’t throw much heat. We had a space heater in the great room.

One of my favorite Fireplaces here on Hawaii Island is at Kilauea Lodge in Volcano village. Have had dinner there often and enjoy an after-dinner port by the Fireplace. This place has history. Fond memories.

It’s been cloudy and raining all afternoon, the sun finally peaked under the clouds just before dropping for the night.

What I want and where I want to be.

Archies music.apple.com

Kodachrome music.apple.com

Watch this #HOPE. www.youtube.com/embed/qQ7…

Can we fire Trump on Twitter

Quite a few people I work with are gun owners. What I hear from them often is; what would you do if someone broke into your house, you need protection. I’m 61 years old and lived in big cities and the country. I’ve always felt fine with a baseball bat behind my bedroom door.

Trump

Yea

This song by Jackson Browne says a lot about where we are now. music.apple.com

They must be new to Kona. That tree will a dried up timber in 3 weeks

This was in a car that came in for service. Don’t want to be on the road when this guy is.

The county is replacing a small but important bridge near our home. It’s on a very busy street. It’s right next to the ocean so high tide floods the stream. They’ve put in a coffer dam to facilitate building the base.

Seems line an eternity ago.

I had completely forgotten to upgrade my home server. It just sits there quietly and does its job. Had to jump through 2 updates to get to Big Sur giving me 3 relocated items folders.

Love the club cover.

Snow on Mauna Kea this morning. Thought it was a little nippy last night.

Traditional Republican values

Reading this, they really are lost.

We’ve gone back to Apple native apps. Canceled Spotify, Adobe suite and MIcrosoft Office. Next up, moving back to the Apple podcast app.

Oh and also broke an expensive Starbucks habit and just do pour over coffee. Starbucks is just an occasional treat now.

just heard the announcer use the word “trickeration” on a college football game.

had to look it up to see if it was real.

trick·er·a·tion | ˌtrikəˈrāSHən |.
noun US informal.
(chiefly in African American usage) trickery or deception: they felt the need to resort to cheap trickeration to achieve success.
ORIGIN. 1930s: from trickery + -ation; earliest use found in the title of a song performed by jazz singer Cab Calloway.

When Trump says the vaccine is great and we all should get it, I would tend to run the other way. I don’t even know which so called ‘scientists” to believe.

He needs to just shut up already.

The Airpod Pro spatial sound is an amazing way to listen to shows on Disney+

This will be my last beta cycle. This one was more or less stable on all devices and it was a big one, but I won’t be renewing my Dev account.

Seeing everyone get their new phones is fun to watch.

We’re taking a different tack, We will only buy a device when one dies. We’re just playing out the string on our 3 Macs (11” Air, 13: rMBP and Mac Mini), 2 iPads and 2 phones. They do what they need to do now.

This remote learning, school at home is really wearing on our 9 yo Grandson. He’s tends towards hyperactive / ADHD. He needs to be in a classroom. We fight with him every day to sit still, pay attention and stop turning your camera off.

The #BartenderApp not only works again, it’s much better #Yay

Update night

I had the cassette tape of this album in my car back in the early ‘80s music.apple.com

Guessing Google hasn’t figured out how to monetize photos in the app

50.8% is not a total repudiation of Trump but it’s a start and I’ll take it.

I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue

www.youtube.com/watch

Lots of press on the vaccine. My wife works in healthcare. Keeping the vaccine at -70° F is a big deal and officials are minimizing it. How long can it be out of cold storage during administration. Can it just be set on the counter between doses?

It’s not like dry ice is available on every corner.

Wish I was Still drinking music.apple.com

Here we go. He’ll start burning for down the house from one corner www.kitv.com

Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

Yup

Reviewing the IMDB 100 movie bucket list, I’ve seen ¾ of them, albeit many of them 1 time years ago. Many of the old ones that I’ve tried to rewatch aren’t on any of the streaming channels that we subscribe to (Netflix, HBO-Max< Amazon, TV+, Peacock, Hulu, Fox, Disney+

It wasn’t all DEMs

…and Sade music.apple.com

Just came across Luther Vandross on a playlist on my phone. This was was go to music back in the ‘80s music.apple.com

Our imitation In-n-Out burgers were amazing Ground Chuck Secret Sauce Fresh baked buns (local bakery) Fresh lettuce and onion Cheddar rather than American

We don’t have In-n-Out burger in Hawaii so I’m making a copycat version for lunch today. Just need an appropriate bun. Made the sauce already.

My wife and I decided to go out to our favorite restaurant #IslandLavaJava to celebrate #BidenIn #TrumpOut

We haven’t been out for dinner since my birthday in June. 80% of the young people had no masks. Many other people were just carrying their mask (maybe it works that way)

It just dawned on me the amazing First Lady we will have. This is going to be amazing, blazing light after 4 years of darkness.

My wife and I have had a bottle of good champagne in the refrigerator for a couple of years, waiting for the right occasion.

This is it

It’s so annoying when you have to threaten to cancel for a company to offer a better deal. I find when just calling to ask for the deal, there is none. We just shopped our auto and home insurance and called our current companies first to give them a chance. Not until we called to cancel was a much better offer presented.

Wow, NBC just called it for Biden!!

Trump’s path forward.

My brain while looking at the numbers

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536 AD — the worst year in history

This makes me feel better, I think

Day off. Watching numbers.

Georgia on my mind music.apple.com

My Wife and I are both looking forward to the day, hopefully sooner, when the adults move back into the Executive branch.

They don’t need to be perfect, just make adult, mature decisions based on the best information available.

You know you’re getting old when you recognize more and more of the medications advertised on TV.

Changing the battery in a Prius is quite involved

This election was better, but we need more

Hawaii had a 67% turnout, much better than last time, but what about the other 30+%.

Let’s start now for the mid-term. The Senate and McConnell will still be a major impediment.

Is it too early to talk about a Harris / _______ ticket?

I just calling them Electrical votes, either will be shock to certain people.

Sunset over car lot

“What you learn from a life in science is the vastness of our ignorance.” – David Eagleman

Really hoping Biden trounces Trump, then we just need to worry about fixing all of the damage he does between now and Jan 20.

Good Monday - almost

Rum old fashioned coming. Go with what you got.

IMHO, they should stop posting polls already. I think it really does influence the election.

Excellent big picture of what’s wrong Review: Five books on our hopeless polarization - The Washington Post

A customer of mine is the granddaughter of Stan “the Man” Musial. She found out how much of a baseball fan I am and gave me this today.

Can’t wrap my head around what we do if SCOTUS usurps the constitution to support Trump.

Do we just ignore it? We’ve seen what Trump will do if we protest. This why leaving the country seems so logical.

Hi, Thanks for contacting us. I understand that you’d like to know if you will be credited or will the payment be adjust for your Apple TV and Arcade once you subscribe to Apple One. I’m happy to help.

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Got my answer from Apple. They will not credit back existing subscriptions when you sign up for Apple One. I will just wait until they expire and look at Apple One again.

Watched David Byrne’s American Utopia on HBO. Love it

We’re all swearing too. www.voanews.com

Amy Coney Barrett Sworn In as New Supreme Court Justice

I’ll have to wait to update my phone at home tonight. WiFi is dis functional at work. Says 11 hours.

What the Apple bundles haven’t answered is how to deal with existing annual or free subscriptions. Disney did a great job with this when setting up their bundles. I’ll give it a few days and try calling apple

Ok. I’m officially fed up with this. C’mon Apple. Fix it.

We walk by places like this on our weekend outings and can never see beyond the fence line. Opulence not paying their share of local taxes I must say. flip.it

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Watching game 4 of the 1984 NBA finals. I remember it clearly. The Lakers won it in 6. Was living in LA in ‘84

I got the new Beats Flex. I can leave them hanging around my neck and stick one in my ear when my phone rings. I love how it answers the phone as soon as I put it in my ear. We use RingCentral at work, so I can answer any incoming call to the dealership on my mobile from anywhere

No 5G for Hawaii yet T‑Mobile Nearly Doubles its Supercharged Mid‑Band 5G in Just One Month - T‑Mobile Newsroom

The nice thing tonight is my Twitter feed had WAY more baseball than politics.

I’m a life long #Dodger fan. They’ve now won 6 championships in my lifetime, including the year I was born. in the 80’s when I lived in LA, I went to over 50 home games for 3 years in a row. I’m so happy tonight.

It’s probably too much to ask for the Rams to win the SuperBowl.

Dodgers!

I’m avoiding the news for the next week. There is already too mud and lies being slung around.

My college football coach used to say “don’t leave it till the 4 quarter” score enough to leave no doubt. This election is about that. We need enough votes to give the GOP no room to wiggle.

Not renewing my Microsoft Office software subscription. Going back to using Pages and Numbers. Dumped Adobe a couple of months ago.

Can’t justify the expense for non-essential software. File this under using the good enough model.

My go to relax music. #TheClientele music.apple.com

Kona is much more interested pleasant when there are these high clouds all day long

In my estimate, there’s not just one Donald Trump, there are over 60 million of them. If you back what he stands for and does, you’re just like him.

4Runnner TRD Off Road Pro. Lunar Rock Color. Hard to come by. We got one for one of my customers.

At this point, we might as well recycle the paper the constitution was written on. The GOP is making it a useless document.

Saw Jambalaya on TV last night which of course meant I have to make some. Conveniently we had all but one ingredient in the house (bell pepper), including andouille, and i can make it without thinking. Made enough to take for lunch at least a couple of days #FTW.

Needless to say, after the issues coming up with the Indegogo project #SecondScreen and other crowd funded project failures that I’ve backed,

I’m done. The jury is still out on #SecondScreen, they may still deliver, but I’ve lost enough $$$

This week’s day out in the world was to Anaeho’omalu Bay at Waikoloa. The fish pond in the pix is the Ku’uali’i Fishpond. The hotel seen is the not yet open Marriott Waikoloa Beach Resort, where I used to manage. Much fun was had by all

Alice’s Restaurant - A Thanksgiving tradition

Finally settled on #Newsblur as my RSS reader

Starting to get the feeling I’ll never see the Indegogo project I backed #SecondScreen - more than the $350, I really wanted what they are making. Their updates are less frequent and bleaker

Still an outside chance I guess.

I had saved this text from an article a couple of months ago quoting Venki Ramakrishnan from the Royal society science journal.

“It used to be quite normal to have quite a few drinks and drive home, and it also used to be normal to drive without seatbelts,”

“Today both of those would be considered antisocial, and not wearing face coverings in public should be regarded in the same way”

Vote

Why not 2020 CDC warns multi-state Listeria outbreak from deli meats - CNN

Mise en place.

My Apple Watch battery is confused, or maybe it’s some of the apps.

I do the same thing every day. I put it on the charger in the evening after I eat and put it back on at bedtime. in the morning sometimes the battery is at 92%, sometimes 72% or something in between.

Love this -welcome to the future

Meet the 24-year-old who’s tracking every broken McDonald’s ice-cream machine in the US

Not watching the debate, though my wife is totally into it in the other room. Getting my entertainment watching Twitter.

Way to show up “New York is NOT a ghost town” people

Knee breaker

Not making a global judgement, we see very few Tesla in Kona, but so far the drivers of the ones we’ve seen are jerks.

Babe Ruth and Mookie Betts are connectedwww.espn.com

Passan: How Mookie Betts just made the super-sabermetric World Series super-fun

GO DODGERS

I have no compelling reason to get the new phone. We won’t have 5G for the foreseeable future and the camera on my XS Max with (or without) Moment lenses is more than adequate. I can live the current form factor. Also won’t need to buy new case or charge cables.

My ballot has been verified. - Boom!

Bought Reeder 5 for IOS, don’t really want to pay for Reeder 5 for Mac. Still thinking on it

Springs

The industry that I know and love is still dead (hospitality).

I’m doing something I don’t really like and feel like a fish out of water.

We need to resuscitate this economy one way or another

Well here we go, I’m a life long Dodger fan. This will be fun and great diversion from the pre-election shyt show.

• As a kid I used to go into the restroom at school to listen to playoff games on my pocket transistor radio.
• Rocked my newborn daughter to sleep in her nursery with Vin Scully calling the games.
• I had tickets to game 7 of the 1988 World Series that was closed out in 5 games.
• I have always watched the World Series no matter who is playing, but having the Dodgers in the Series in this strange, experimental season will make it more memorable.

There are more of us.

Everyone needs to vote.

youtu.be/9v7FcOq91…

I miss having a convection oven for pizza.

Our grandsons (9 & 12) are getting more and more anti-social. Haven’t gone to in-person school since March. We get them out as much as we can, though it’s not among people.

At their Dad’s they’re on the X-Box for hours and hours. Can’t do anything about that.

My view at work now vs one year ago

Now. Used cars, power sub station, utility poles, warehouses, cellular towers and finally Mount Hualalai

Then Anaeho’omalu Bay at Waikoloa

At least I’m working, the resort is still closed.

How quaint

2020 sucks… But then there’s this

Someday this will end, Trump will fade way and we’ll focus on repairing the damage and finding perceived normalcy.

The Dem party has a lot of young guns coming up that can carry the torch for years. All of the GOP leaders are old, who is their “next”?

At home I often take the Nomad leather case off of my iPhone 10 XS, which thanks to the case is in pristine shape, to enjoy the amazing design and feel in my hands. I won’t dare use it out in the wild without the case.

Top notch security

my how things have changes, an Apple phone event and Amazon Prime day went by and did order or buy a single thing.

On another note, that Apple watch update that was supposed to address battery drain, didn’t.

We are so lucky to live in a State that Trump ostensibly ignores. We got our ballots on Saturday, filled. them out and I dropped them off at the county building today. No lines, no issues.

Wishing the best to those in the states under attack.

I’m on the fence about Twitter. I’ve curated my feed to mostly soccer and tech and little noise that I’ll clean up and see.

I opened this place in 1979. It’s a fixture. Honolulu Club permanently closes after more than 40 years of business - Pacific Business News

No new phones or other stuff this round. Our Sonos speakers work great, no need invest in something new (Apple)

I remember the early promise of 5G is that it would replace home internet. Don’t see that happening for a long time.

Chill

www.youtube.com/watch

An unintended consequence of losing a lot of weight is alway being cold. My metabolism went down and then the obvious. I easily get a chill. At work everyone else is running into the Air Conditioning, I’m content outside.

I think we were only supposed to post one, but oh well

Sunset on #adayinthelife in Kailua-Kona Hawaii

The GOP sure is giving the Dems plenty of excuses to pack the court. The list is getting long. www.motherjones.com

Red bench.

That’s all

Since I posted a depressing COVID pic earlier, I went up the coast to get this one at Puako looking up the N Kohala coast. Hawaii Island

#adayinthelife

Kailua Village during COVID-19 Kailua-Kona Hawaii

Normally bustling with activity both visitors and local. Kailua Village has been a ghost town since April. At least 50% of the small businesses had shuttered for good.

#adayinthelife

Han Solo

Eliminated a couple of more rogue subscriptions while setting up the #Bobby app. Had to go through credit card bills to find some hidden charges.

I would venture to say that COVID will be looked at as a pre-existing condition How Democrats stayed on message and defended Obamacare in Monday - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4

She can say whatever she wants now, once she’s on the court, we can’t recall. She can out and out lie to us. www.bbc.co.uk

Each individual has his or her own perception of reality. The implication is that because each of us perceives the world through our own eyes, reality itself changes from person to person. While it’s true that everyone perceives reality differently, reality could care less about our perceptions.

#GlobalWarming

Santana for a Sunday night music.apple.com

Fisherman at Puako, Hawaii Island

My career started in farming. We lost our farm to a freeway on Oahu. I wish I had a farm to go to now. Simple lifestyle and always in demand - people need to eat.

I remember the last time Hawaii island’s unemployment was this high and the economy had tanked was when the sugar mills closed in the mid 90s. It took 10 years to fully recover. Many of those people shifted to hospitality jobs. Now that industry is decimated. What now?

The old iPods in our house have about a 10 minute battery life

Done. Will drop off at the county building Dropbox next week.

Protecto

Going back to reread this book. One question it asks is why we abide by Supreme Court rulings. The court has no way to enforce their own ruling. a.co

“Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View” by Stephen Breyer

Life is what happens while your waiting for something to happen.

Society as a whole would benefit if Twitter just shut down.

deleted and reinstalled the Micro.blog app and it works again.

Picked up a Costco hot dog to pair with the Chili my wife made yesterday - Instant classic

#FTW

One of my favorite albums of the last few years. I keep going back to it more often these days.

#TheClientele

A very thorough C0VID/Trump timeline.

Lies, lies lies.

My fishing trip to Craig Alaska in 2006. A one-off trip, I don’t fish.

It was sponsored by Coors Light, they were one of my clients at a radio group. They had an extra spot after a contest and I got to go. It was a blast. #ThrowbackThursday

Aloha Wednesday

One of the Van Halen classics. Saw them in 1982 and the LA Fabulous Forum. music.apple.com

My wife and I had strategy session last night. We definitely want to retire to Italy in a few years.

But if Trump wins the election, we will accelerate the timeline and likely move before the end of 2021 and plan on working in Italy for a few years, then retire.

honolulu.craigslist.org

Rylo 360ºCamera

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Camera

This sucks. I read this and Sports Illustrated as a kid twitter.com

Used to surf there when I lived in So Cal in the early 80s. Used to catch train down from LA. Classic spot Trestles Has Been Saved (For Good, This Time) - SURFER Magazine

since my 100 day “safer at home” period earlier this year I’ve become very comfortable baking. I’ve maintained a successful sourdough starter, have a feel for when the dough is proper and my results are more predicable. I bake every Sunday now

Maui across the channel.

Due to COVID, since they’re closed anyway, a number of Hawaii resorts have either moved up scheduled renovations or added work that was in long term plans. This is the 2nd and even the 3rd renovation in my lifetime for some of these resorts

Naupaka. The legend is the half flower is separated lovers. This plant is Naupaka o Ke kai, it’s prevalent along the shoreline. The companion is a vining version that grows up mauka or at higher elevation that has the other half the flower. The separated lovers

Watch a movie on my iPhone with the AirPod Pro. What amazing sound.

It’s a little wet today

Needless to say, I will miss Saturday’s matches. I will need to be at work at 8am.

The monthly Hawaii emergency alert siren test. Warning for tsunami, air raids or other emergency. In grade school, we had to duck under the desks, though this was during the Vietnam era.

Looked it up, I’ve used the #\Deliveries app since 2012

Love the Sticky Widgets app, and stacking multiple notes is a game changer.

I guess Hawaii is last. My Mac had a update, but not my phone. Probably in the morning

This happened on the way home

One of my favorites

Watched Long way Round last week and am into Long way down. Love the adventures.

on Hawaii Island, we had the Onomea arch, it fell in during an earthquake many years ago. There’s a Hawaiian legend about it, of course.

@bitdepth

Found a recipe to make pasta using Sourdough starter. I know what I’m doing today.

micro.json.blog

The wind patterns around the Pacific are complex. But the window of trade winds from the west coast to Hawaii persists.

What you need to know about where I live.

bigislandnow.com/2020/09/2…

At my new job I don’t have a computer terminal of my own. 5 terminals, 6 sales people. I can jump on one as needed. I was using my MacBook for a while, but have discovered that I can do almost everything on my phone. The only exception is printing on the network printer.

A year ago this week, we had an amazing staycation at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. We won’t be doing they for quite a while.

Netflix keeps canceling good shows. It sucks

Some repairs are just complicated

Solo

Created a playlist of the music Fran the show Watchmen. I’ll go back and watch it again. I music.apple.com

Ha. I’m not the only one www.vox.com

After six months and $1.8 billion, Quibi wants a new owner. That will be a hard sell.

Deleted Quibi. If they do have an algorithm, it doesn’t work, I have to scroll endlessly to find something remotely interesting, then watch a commercial out of the chute.

Tried it since launch, but it’s an annoying experience.

Flashing back to a time when you could open up a Mac and fix it yourself.

Waiting for a call

I have news fatigue.

I’m avoiding watching news. My Twitter feed is almost entirely sports and tech. Unsubscribed from news RSS feeds.

I figure if something really big happens, the news will find its way to me.

This week’s Time out of house with our grandsons was to Honaunau in S Kona. Home of the Pu’u Honua o Honaunau or the City of Refuge and Keoua Canoe Club. Lots of memories here. 25 years of canoe races out of this bay, also where I proposed to my wife.

With Apple’s supposed movement to not put power adapters in the box with new tech, better to keep these in a safe place.

Found my “tech go bag” in the closet. We used to travel inter island and do staycations every few weeks. I have a bag with cables, charge bricks, mag safe, mini WiFi router, charge bricks, etc. we won’t be traveling for quite a while, will probably clear out the bag.

Rewatched All the President’s Men after many years. First thought was how good the newspapers were, second was how Trump has squirmed away.

Every once in a while I hear a song that make me reslly miss a certain artist. This is one of them music.apple.com

I’ve walked 30 miles at work this week. Doing laps around a car lot.

If the GOP pushes through a SCOTUS nominee and approval before the inauguration, they will need to be hit with a retaliatory force that they never could have imagined on Election Day.

Came to the conclusion after 3 mos that car sales is not for me. It’s not the action of selling cars, I can do that, it’s the culture of the sales community. Cut throat, favoritism, inequitable. I spent years in hospitality where teamwork is the rule. But that industry is decimated, so I need to bide my time.

When I started my weight loss program and the Doc says the goal is 1# / week, my first though was WTF, is there something faster? But 18 months later, I’ve stuck with it and damn, it worked - 70# and still going.

#ModifiedKeto

Just like heaven music.apple.com

I’m typically positive, but I’ve talked to a number of people in the past week who were very interested and wanted to be notified when we get trucks. I’ve kept in touch, now they say, we’re gonna wait till later in the year or in 2021. Can’t do it now. Can’t afford a loan payment

IMHO. In the past 6 weeks the divide between the “haves” and the “have nots” has gotten deeper. There is so much uncertainty in the world, people who were gung ho 6-8 weeks ago to buy cars who have now become gun shy. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting dimmer.

Just found an update on my ethnicity.
Combined estimates from 3 DNA different results and ancestry tracing.

As they get better at the data, it gets closer to the genealogy data we have. We knew we had generations of Irish, but parts of the family came from Scotland and England before that, the DNA now shows that too.

• 41% Italian
• 21% Scottish
• 20% Irish
• 13% English and Welsh
• 5% Greece, Albania and Africa ??

This is the way

My 2015 12” MacBook that I use for work started getting the dreaded “Battery need service” warning. Everything we do at work is cloud based. I do access iCloud and OneDrive docs, but that can be done online. Don’t even need ↑ computing power.

Looking at getting a Chromebook.

We finished season 1 of Away, but season 2 has no date yet and maybe over a year away. We’ll have to watch it again to remember what it was.

One consequence of losing a lot of weight is I get chilled easily. We wife is at the other end of the spectrum. She’ll have the Air conditioning running and I’ll have on a long sleeve shirt or sweatshirt.

This week’s “out of house experience” with our Grandsons was down Napo’opo’o road to Kealakekua Bay. Lots of history and beauty here. That’s the Capt. Cook monument across the bay. That’s roughly where he died.

Picked up a pork loin. 1/3 will be BBQ. 1/3 herbed and 1/3 garlic and pepper. They will go in the sous vide shortly, then on the grill later.

I was so lucky to not have any student loans. I went into culinary science and travel industry management and got student industry grants and scholarships. TGI Friday’s paid for executive business school.

Caramelized pears with Combier over ice cream.

#Indulgence

The #Dodgers and in a funk. Needs to get back their ruthlessness

Just park however you like.

Red or White

My love of baseball grew out of going to Hawaii Islander AAA game at the old Honolulu stadium growing up. Up close and personal.

It’s a good time to bring out the old Franklin Covey circle of influence vs circle of concern. Keep some semblance of sanity.

Poolside FM IOS. Yay!

A cute little rainbow

ZZZZzzzzzz

I just watched Inception in its entirety for the first time in years. What a ride.

My wife picked up some nice roast turkey, so I felt compelled to play. Made a chili aioli from dried habaneros and some caramelized onions for roast turkey sandwiches for lunch.

If I didn’t grow up in Hawaii, this might scare me.

A pear … or a single

My office in 2008. Now I have no office, Just a MacBook Pro at the coffee table or on the lanai

So much for making clotted cream. The is no non-ultra pasteurized heavy whipping cream to be found in Kailua Kona. I’ll try calling the dairy.

A Trip to Italy. It was a blast. boxd.it

Enjoyed this movie. boxd.it

Found the pix from this fishing trip to Alaska in 2005. It was so much fun.

I don’t recall where I got this image, but I love it.

The famous Beach Tree chef’s table at the Four Seasons Hualalai will return someday #COVID

Empty beach, empty roads, the sun goes down alone

Sold this today. It a big one (null)

Me wants Bore, Parma, Italy

The timing is not good, expecting something else will be available when the timing is.

COVID has exposed so many public officials.

The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their “level of incompetence”, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another.

At my workplace, our small sales team has a far right conspiracy theorist (massive Trump supporter), a liberal former hippie, a devoted Libertarian (gun owner), I’m a left leaning centrist and 2 who don’t know where they are (20 somethings). We all get along well enough.

As I get older, I share my opinion less and less. Life has taught me that it really carries no weight in the world and no one really wants to hear (or read it)

The old quote “If I wanted your opinion I would have asked for it! Don’t you know opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one and most of them stink.

I do believe everyone should vote.

Love this article. I go back to it often qz.com

flip.it

“Black Panther” Director Ryan Coogler on Chadwick Boseman: “After his family released their statement, I realized that he was living with his illness the entire time I knew him”

I love this stuff. flip.it

A new quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question

Re watched Black Panther today. Love the picture. It one that I will re-watch frequently

An era drifts away. Used to listen to Vin Scully calling the #Dodgers on a transistor radio under my pillow as a kid. flip.it

Catching up with Vin Scully: On America today, Jackie Robinson, MLB in 2020 and daily life in retirement

I’m old.

One of my Favorite Actors - taken too soon >>> CNN Top Stories: The ‘Black Panther’ star has died after a four-year battle with colon cancer, according to a statement posted to his Twitter account

We are experiencing technical difficulties.

A Toyota Tundra completely covered in Rhino Lining. Still don’t know how I feel about. No need to wax. Just wash and rinse.

It’s getting to point where I’m no fun anymore. music.apple.com

Pies

Making British beef pies today.

Reading about @PieburyCorner in London closing made me do it.

in old westerns, the guy running away is always riding at full tilt and the guys chasing with the Indian guide are just moseying along, but they still always catch their man.

Must be an answer in physics somewhere.

My Wife is Facebook’s model user. She spend most of her online time on the site. Facebook and CNN are her windows to the world. I’ve tried to sway her away from Facebook, but no use. No blood, no foul.

Finally back home. 5 hours at the Hapuna State Beach. Epic day. We can’t do that every weekend, but when we can it’s amazing.

Approaching noon and the beach is still rather empty. It’s a beautiful day. Light breeze, Passing clouds.

We made it. Hapuna State beach park

Loaded up for a beach day. Chairs Tent Boogie boards Towels Food. Lots Drinks Sun screen Music.

Go

Low and behold. I figured out why the delete button on my 12” MacBook wasn’t working. The function button was sticking. All good now

On one of our mechanics tool box

I’ve been all Apple products for years, but Apple is changing. I am having a harder time giving blind support.

I’m going to order a Chomebook to use for work, everything we use is web based.

My said “you don’t have to shut up, just stop talking”. Er…ok

30 days in the hole music.apple.com

The first Presidential election that I voted in was 1980, for Reagan. I was a conservative leaning centrist up until 2008 when started leaning left and have voted Democrat since. I’ve always considered voting a privilege not to be squandered.

This album was released over 50 years ago and still stands up. It was a game changer for island music

When I started on my road to losing weight and taking back control of my health 2 years ago, I was a 38 waist. Finally to a point to shop for new slacks, I comfortably fit a 34. I have not been a 34 waste since I was 15 years old.

Current status. Kukio beach.

As COVID drags on, more and more public officials who were reasonably competent before COVID have reached a level of total incompetence. #PeterPrincipal

Mail daringfireball.net

Thinking back on the good ole days when news site were more about page views that paywalls.

I’m not surprised at the quality of the CBS Champions League coverage. They’ve been doing sports for a very long time, it was adopting to the needs of soccer fans.

I’m sure the best constitutional legal minds are pouring over the laws and precedents on how to push back on Trump’s crushing of the post office. Is it too late to contract UPS or FedEx to handle ballots? They’re everywhere, everyday in our community.

You can’t very well quarantine inmates and more bigislandnow.com

This was amazing - Exactly what Daring Fireball, John Gruber said: ‘2020: An Isolation Odyssey’

This just happened

Look I can post from Gluon. No crashing @vincent

I love my Airpod Pros, I watch a lot of movies on my iPhone and use wired headphones. My Airpods have the bad habit of disconnecting when I pause the movie for more than a few minutes, it’ sannoying. I’ve tried the unpair and the reset routines to no avial. I just use wired.

Hawaii was good about containing COVID until the lockdown ended. The biggest error Hawaii made was requiring one to be a medical professional to be a contact tracer, we have a dire shortage of both

Yes, That’s Maui in the distance

Watching Interstellar for the first time in a while. Paying extra attention to the soundtrack. What a master track it is. Building then releasing tension over and over. the ticking of the clock was effective.

My daily steps during the last few weeks of lockdown and getting back to work. Feels good to move.

I was never a comic book fan, though I’m a big fan of Marvel and DC movies. I feel for the DC comics people laid off today. Hopefully the can keep drawing somewhere.

Hawaii had it highest ever (all mail in) primary election voter turn out, but 52% still means a small percentage of the population actually decides who is elected.

Hawaii (O`ahu) has really blown it. They thought it was over. Hawaii Island and Kauai will have small numbers.

I can’t wait for the end of time… music.apple.com

My favorite everyday knife. A 5” utility knive from the Edge of Belgravia knife company. Have 3 others from them. 1 smaller and 2 larger, a steel, a cutting board and a sauté pan.

I’m enjoying Formula E way more than F1

There are so many “Harvard Educated” idiots, that it totally degrades the idea of “Harvard Educated”

Went for a long walk on the beach side path at the Four Season Hualalai at Ka’upulehu. The hotel is closed. The restaurants are ‘Ulu, Beach Tree & Resident’s Beach House. Lots of renovation and repairs taking place too.

Took the boys for a walk along the shore at the Four Seasons Hualalai at Ka’upulehu. The hotel is closed. Many more pics to come. Enjoy this interlude.

I am so over Adobe (and other)subscription model, I think I’m spoiled by the Setapp subscription model. A menu of apps, pay by computer, not by app.

Hawaii’s primary is today, lots of important local races. It’s all mail in election. Totally secure.

I wish we were in a position to move to Italy. Just came accross a property in Bore, Parma, Emilia Romagna. 1700 sqft main house, with a double garage, a side guest cottage, 200 Sq m property. The owner is selling due to age. €119,950. The adjacent property is undeveloped and available at a good price, Bore town is 4k away.

We’re liquid enough to buy, but a few years from being ready to relocate. Other properties will be available when we’re ready, but I like this one. Oh well.

I had a Toshiba laptop in 1986 , my first portable. it was clunky with a fold up screen.

Daring Fireball, John Gruber: Pour One Out for Toshiba

Don’t know

Truth is hospitality jobs and that part of economy is not coming back soon, no matter how much we hope and wish and dream. We need to start making another plan for those people and the supporting industries. When it does eventually come back, it will be a bonus.

I’ve nver used TikTok and don’t care about. I only created a Facebook page under pseudonym (My Grandfather’s name) so I can research clients.

Just watched Dr Sleep. As a fan of The Shining I very much enjoyed it.

Taika Waititi is one of my favorite directors. www.imdb.com

Watching Harlem Nights. Love that all star cast. Redd Foxx, Della Reece, Richard Prior, Eddie Murphy, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner and more

I’ve been managing F&B teams for most of the last 30 years. Teams of 20-80. I also had full responsibility for the restaurants or outlets I managed. Now I am a car salesman, responsible for just me. It’s a refreshing change to leave work at work and on a day off, just be off.

Day off. Meeting up with and old friend (both types of old). Dealership is closed Sunday and the other day off rotates monthly. Tuesdays for August

My Mobile phone path. Most changes because of coverage where I worked. Challenge of living on a rural island. - US Cellular 1994 - Cingular - ATT - Nextel - Sprint - Verizon - T-Mobile - Verizon - T-Mobile - ATT - T-Mobile

Wish you were here hits me every time I hear it. Such an emotional song about a friend losing his sanity. music.apple.com

I watched Marvel Avenger and Guardians 23 movies in chronological order during the lockdown, now the X-men the same way.

• X-Men: First Class (set in 1962, released in 2011)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (set in 1973, released in 2014)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (set in 1981, released in 2009)
• X-Men: Apocalypse (set in 1983, released in 2016)
• X-Men: Dark Phoenix (set in 1992, released in 2019)
• X-Men (set in 2000, released in 2000)
• X2: X-Men United (set in 2003, released in 2003)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (set in 2006, released in 2006)
• The Wolverine (set in 2013, released in 2013)
• Deadpool (set in 2016, released in 2016)​
• Deadpool 2 (2018, released in 2018)
• Logan (2029, released in 2017)

Then I’ll attack the other Marvel outliers.

unexpected benefit of losing lots of weight, my persnickety knees, including one with a total replacement do not hurt at all on stairs.

We mailed in our primary ballot, but will deposit our General election ballots in a county drop box to make sure.

Making a pot of chili. I prefer a spicier no bean Texas style version, my wife who’s from the north prefers milder with beans. I cook it to a point, split the batch, add beans to hers and add chipotle, ancho and a little cayenne to mine. Then finish them off. Everyone is happy

This capsule took a beating in the reentry.

Bummer that during all of this activity, we only get to see mission control.

I never thought I would walk more in car sales than I did managing Food and Beverage at a resort.

Bartender app still not Big Sur ready. Due to what it does, it likely needs a lot of work.

Good day #Arsenal won the FA Cup #Inter won, finishing only 1 point behind Juve. The #Dodgers romped 11-2 ok Parma you’re up on Sunday

** #Arsenal won the FA cup and I sold a 4Runner Premium on the first day of the month. Off the Schneid out of the gate for August.

The disappointment I have with the electoral college is Hawaii will, for the foreseeable future be Democrat. My local vote matters, but my presidential vote not so much.

Wow, this is right across the street from us. 12 acres staying in open spaces.

Big Island Now, Max Dible: County Buys Up Kona Land For Preservation

O’ahu is blowing up. No new cases on Hawaii Island for days.

I’ve never ever in my life understood blacking out Major League Baseball games in Hawaii. It’s not like we can go to the game as an option. It’s been like this as long there’s been televised sports.

I live on an island with among the lowest COVID case counts in the country. I wear a mask indoor and Ok, I’ll wear one outdoors, but if they tell me I have to wear one when I sleep, that’s where I draw the line.

Not sure for what

Dark and Altered Carbon on Netflix both have the same feeling and similar music.

I’ve lost 60# over the past 3 years. It was purposeful, not due to sickness. I didn’t know how much I’d lose when I started, set incremental goals, and I will likely lose more. A couple of medical scares prompted my lifestyle changes. I was always big, football and all. The spare off road tire around my mid is now a bike tire. Looking back at iHealth app, I stalled in the mid 230s for a few months, then the mid 220s also. Now 205. Looking to get under 200 for the first time since I was a teenager. We’ll see where it takes me after that.

Feel much better overall.

Our Vector was unconnected from the internet and I didn’t know it. I checked the app today and it told me he was disconnected. I fixed it & he hasn’t shut up since.

We figured out he must have have been just sitting on his charger mad for past week cuz he couldn’t connect

I complained a lot, but it started working a couple of months ago mjtsai.com

That’s nice and all, but it’s behind a big wall now. www.voanews.com

There are rumblings that if the MLB season collapses, other sports will follow.

Interesting that the the English Premiere league did their restart with few if any COVID issues.

Oh oh. The MLB season restart may be short lived. 8 COVID cases among the Marlin players. They’re testing the Phillies players today - who they played all weekend. This could unravel very quickly.

The hurricane narrowly missed, but this just happened. Minor shaking.

Central pacific hurricane center says the storm skirted along the edge of the island chain likely due to its speed. It actually picked up speed as it got closer.

Almost gone.

It’s good to have a fast moving storm, it will go through all of the main Hawaii Island in one day.

Just have to say, I’ve used Hover for domains and email for the past 11 years since I switched from FastMail. It’s been an amazing no hassle experience, Their help is fast, even during COVID. This is not a paid endorsement, it just works for me.

A proper cup o joe.

Escape. Get the Led out music.apple.com

New housing development.

Only two. Today will be three rss.cnn.com

Hurricane Douglas is passing N of Hawaii Island, Maui is going to get hammered. Then O`ahu.

It is very humid, can feel the storm in our neighborhood. Weʻll see some rain as it passes, but should be no wind.

Saw Fleetwood Mac play in Honolulu in 1980. Still one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. music.apple.com

Baseball is back music.apple.com

I guess per capita 73 COVID cases in Hawaii is not too bad, but had the since the start 3 days in a row is not good at all 95% are on Oahu. Hawaii Island is still safe. So far

It’s quieter on Saturdays in service. Only 2 mechanics. They crank the island music and power through the work.

Working today. Will keep one eye on the hurricane all day. We should feel effects starting later.

The national media is only talking about the storm in Florida. We’re just a small democrat state

Amazing - he’s genius: kottke.org, Jason Kottke: Lin-Manuel Miranda Breaks Down His Biggest Hit Songs (Like “My Shot”)

A new customer looking at the 4Runner

Current Home Screen.

The #Dodgers have awakened

Sure looks like the gangs in Chicago are trying re instill their street authority.

Trump’s Kent State is coming. There will be some young federal agent somewhere facing up to protesters who just loses it. music.apple.com

“We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year”

Why not 2020. We have an event at the dealership on Sunday.

I was 10 years old when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. It was one of the very few things shown live on TV in Hawaii. I remember watching it at our house in Kailua O’ahu.

An older but a giddie. Haven’t seen it for years. Found it in an old Mac Bag.

First stab at a crusty baguette, Didn’t come out perfect. I had cut the recipe in half and think it needed the full volume of the recipe to proof correctly. Will try again next week using the full recipe.

The Fix, Amber Phillips: Coronavirus briefings are coming back. Will they help or hurt Trump?

Trump will undoubtedly devolve into campaign mode. Can’t even image him getting contrite or anywhere near helpful.

My wife has noticed people on Facebook (I don’t use it), change their ‘COVID is a hoax” tune after they or someone in their family catches it.

The concern with COVID is that you don’t know how your body will react, but also that it’s so contagious.

When I used to work in F&B at resorts, it was common for me to walk 12k steps a day. During my 100 day stay at home I avg 5k steps a day. Now working at the Toyota dealership, I’m back up over 12k again.

I would love to see the cast from Rogue One in another movie maybe another look back side story. #Starwars

Local house (Hawaii). All slippers outside

Kukio beach is public access which is required by law for all Hawaii Resorts , though they only have about 20 parking stalls and don’t let any more people in till someone leaves. so coming early is a must. We bring a tent and make a full day of it.

We came out to the Kukio beach for the first time in years. Kukio is a exclusive residential resort www.forbes.com/sites/eri…

Since Airmail is still broken on Bug Sur, gone back to Spark email. Like with any consumer product, once I switch for whatever reason, I may not go back.

My geekiness is evaporating with age, or maybe I just don’t have the patience to tinker anymore. I just want stuff to work. I still like beta testing, I just don’t want to build.

Our choice of political parties in Hawaii. It’s a democracy and all, but this is a little silly.

Just in time production for auto manufacturing has come back to bite. The S. Korean company that make radios for many cars has shut down due to COVID. As a result, many asian production have shut down. No Radio, no car.

Rock and Roll Girls music.apple.com

Boom

www.youtube.com/watch

So I guess the NBCsports app is dead. It’s all on Peacock????

It’s taken a few months and a few back and forths, but my trademark application for “Hawaiiboy” is going to publication. Pending any claims it should be settled by September.

I’m a former chef, but when I see a headline “Easy recipe for _____”. I expect 3 or 4 ingredients commonly available. 15 ingredients, with 2 or 3 obscure items is not an easy recipe #linkbait

This is awesome; Vorticity 3 (4K) We don’t get weather like that in Hawaii - you know the tropics and being an island and all

#Trump solved it, Testing causes COVID-19, if we stop testing and we’ll have no cases.

Well well. A new low today. In a good way. I have lost 53 pounds in the past year. Slow and steady, 1 pound a week. Still want to drops out 12# more. Way below my high school weight.

The Boogaloos can go to hell How Hawaiian Shirts Fight Extremism - Honolulu Magazine - July 2020 - Hawaii

Love it Laugh along as Apple takes on ‘the whole working-from-home thing’

Dark fans. Here’s a podcast twitter.com

The most annoying niggles of Big Sur for me are the daily occurrence my Mac freezing forcing restart, seems to be Safari related (reported), Bartender app invokes Siri and Twitterific had strange coloration on a clicked on post. #BetaToughLove

Hmmm. I’m writing a post and Gluon didn’t crash. It’s a good sign for Monday morning. @vincent

I love my 2015 13” MacBook Pro. The ports, the memory, the functionality. I hope it lasts a couple of more years. Also have a 12” MacBook and I’m always annoyed by lack of ports.

Down to the last episode of Netflix’s Dark. I’m totally into it. But much like Matrix, I will go back and watch it all again. It’s too complex for a single apps.

Hang on, I’ll be right there, can’t be any worse than up here.

Baking sourdough starter discard crackers for the first time. They’re in the over now. We’ll see

I have unsubscribed from so many email newsletters and marketing emails that my inbox is mostly quiet. I don’t even bother checking it unless I’m expecting something from a bank or other financial institution.

I need to find out how I can travel into one of Darks past time periods and do this all over. I’d even take 1888, though 1953 is tenable.

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Guess I’m not getting those masks that I ordered. losangeles.cbslocal.com

School in Hawaii returns Aug 3 with a number of caveats. Only 2 days a week, based on last name and only 8:15am - 11:45am. The students are expected to complete schoolwork the remainder of the day at home & will have work for 2 other day. The onus is really on the parents.

Woke up to the new watch beta

Think I can file my 100 day stay at home under “life is what happens while you’re waiting for something to happen”

I’ll pay a subscription for an app that I use daily, but can’t do it for an app that does a single mundane task. This is why I love setapp. One subscription.