The Hawaii 14 day quarantine for all people coming to the islands is a joke with no enforcement. We're seeing obvious visitors all over the place. This will not turn out good. Reminds me of the old management quote "only expect what you inspect”
“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
#TRUMP
“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas #TRUMP
It was so nice getting back in the ocean at Hapuna. Beautiful day, down the coast Hualalai was clear, up the coast Maui was clear across the channel. The Westin Hapuna beach resort is austenisibly closed. Saw a few people up there.
It was so nice getting back in the ocean at Hapuna. Beautiful day, down the coast Hualalai was clear, up the coast Maui was clear across the channel. The Westin Hapuna beach resort is austenisibly closed. Saw a few people up there.    
We took the boys to Hapuna Beach state park today. The beach is closed, but the ocean is open. A few manage to ignore that and lounge on the sand. We also talked to some people who said they’ve been on the Island for 3 days, so much for the mandatory 14 day quarantine.
We took the boys to Hapuna Beach state park today. The beach is closed, but the ocean is open. A few manage to ignore that and lounge on the sand. We also talked to some people who said they’ve been on the Island for 3 days, so much for the mandatory 14 day quarantine.
My wife is more analog than me, she is getting punchy and can’t wait to get outside in any way shape or form. I’m content to wait, I have the world at my fingertips.
When the work-a-day routine comes, they will come and I’ll long for the days with no kulena (responsibility).
My wife is more analog than me, she is getting punchy and can't wait to get outside in any way shape or form. I’m content to wait, I have the world at my fingertips. When the work-a-day routine comes, they will come and I'll long for the days with no kulena (responsibility).
Sunset at the Kona old airport park. This was the original airport in Kona. That pavement was the runway. It’s rare to not have cars here.
Sunset at the Kona old airport park. This was the original airport in Kona. That pavement was the runway. It’s rare to not have cars here.
With things slooooowly opening. Took a walk down at Kona’s old airport beach park. The park is not open to cars yet. Nice to be by the ocean again.
With things slooooowly opening. Took a walk down at Kona’s old airport beach park. The park is not open to cars yet. Nice to be by the ocean again.    
For an old guy the Guardians of the Galaxy Mixtape on Apple Music is great Saturday afternoon music.
For an old guy the Guardians of the Galaxy Mixtape on Apple Music is great Saturday afternoon music.
Was finally able to schedule my cataract surgery for the end of the month. This was a result of a detached retina repair back in December. I will need a COVID test before the surgery. Will be nice to finally get it done, the one blurry eye drive me crazy.
Was finally able to schedule my cataract surgery for the end of the month. This was a result of a detached retina repair back in December. I will need a COVID test before the surgery. Will be nice to finally get it done, the one blurry eye drive me crazy.
If I had to go back to work on Monday ... (which is very unlikely).
It’s been a challenging but very productive 55 days.
When we moved into our condo 15 months ago, we had too much stuff. Some of it went under beds, some into a storage locker and even more into a storage closet in our condo.
We’ve gone through all of that stuff and brought it under control. We eliminated the storage locker and lot of old clothing and beddings from under beds. We also got rid of old tech, chargers, cables and cruft. We bought a vacuum storage bag system to store the bedding and heirlooms we want to save. I have a quilt that my great grandmother made, this will go to my daughter when I’m sure she’ll appreciate it.
We corralled our digital storage. Dozens of thumb drives and old back ups is all consolidated and condensed to a couple of 4TB drives. This took longer than I thought. It’s very nice to know exactly where to look for an old file or photo. Organized all of my iPhono photo stuff (lots of Moment lenses) and found my Illum Lytro Camera. It’s still a good camera for specific things. Can’t wait till we can go out again so I can play with this stuff.
Caught up on the movie and TV series watch list. Still working through the Marvel catalog. While cleaning, found a box set of 7 old Pre-Disney Fox Marvel movie DVDs, I think this came from when I was managing a Bose reseller. Mandalorian was awesome, going back a rewatching some of those episodes as well as old Star Wars movies and series.
Cleaned out Instapaper and my website which included rebooting and rebranding my old web company.
Finally we reorganized our home finances, eliminated a few fringe subscriptions, found better deals on some others and updated our investments to take advantage of the dip in the stock market. Only down 3% YTD.
Viable job opportunities are starting to bubble to surface, so there’s light out there, but realistically, it will another month.
What’s next?
If I had to go back to work on Monday ... (which is very unlikely).
It's been a challenging but very productive 55 days. When we moved into our condo 15 months ago, we had too much stuff. Some of it went under beds, some into a storage locker and even more into a storage closet in our condo. We’ve gone through all of that stuff and brought it under control. We eliminated the storage locker and lot of old clothing and beddings from under beds. We also got rid of old tech, chargers, cables and cruft. We bought a vacuum storage bag system to store the bedding and heirlooms we want to save. I have a quilt that my great grandmother made, this will go to my daughter when I’m sure she'll appreciate it. We corralled our digital storage. Dozens of thumb drives and old back ups is all consolidated and condensed to a couple of 4TB drives. This took longer than I thought. It's very nice to know exactly where to look for an old file or photo. Organized all of my iPhono photo stuff (lots of Moment lenses) and found my [Illum Lytro Camera](https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/1/5956441/what-i-learned-shooting-with-the-lytro-illum). It's still a good camera for specific things. Can't wait till we can go out again so I can play with this stuff. Caught up on the movie and TV series watch list. Still working through the Marvel catalog. While cleaning, found a box set of 7 old Pre-Disney Fox Marvel movie DVDs, I think this came from when I was managing a Bose reseller. Mandalorian was awesome, going back a rewatching some of those episodes as well as old Star Wars movies and series. Cleaned out Instapaper and my website which included rebooting and [rebranding](https://www.hawaiiboy.me/hawaiiboy-media) my old web company. Finally we reorganized our home finances, eliminated a few fringe subscriptions, found better deals on some others and updated our investments to take advantage of the dip in the stock market. Only down 3% YTD. Viable job opportunities are starting to bubble to surface, so there's light out there, but realistically, it will another month. What’s next?
The last photo that I took the day before I was laid off and the Stay at Home was enacted. 54 days now.
