Sometimes I think transparency in Hawaii is literal: you can’t see it. These data come from the Hawaii Department of Education website out of a link that I only seem to be able to access by using special filters in the Google search engine to unearth. It does not seem […]
Sometimes, after a grueling day of parenting, I need a break. Once the kids are off to sleep I engage in . . .data mining. It’s a weird hobby, but I usually leave with nuggets of information, some of them gems. Today’s adventure took me to the Census Bureau’s Interactive […]
That’s the question a number of Hawaii Kai residents are asking. Work has begun at 7000 Hawaii Kai Drive, at the site formerly home to the planned Hale Alii, then Hale Ka Lae projects. In a reprint from Hawaii News Now’s Ben Gutierrez, it is noted that the new project […]
Do you have old hardware and software the kids won’t use? Did you buy them a new computer knowing that you’d be repeating this again next year? Stop. You can end that cycle, make them even more technology literate and save yourself money all at the same time. Today, the […]
On December 20, 2014, Hawaii Kai Marina Community is putting on their 18th annual Festival of Lights. The boat parade runs from 5:30 to 8:30 in the area between Koko Marina Shopping Center and the Hawaii Kai Towne Center and Hawaii Kai Shopping Center. {tab Poster & Details} {source}<iframe src=”http://www.hawaiikaimarina.com/HawaiiKai_Marina-poster-2014.pdf”></iframe>{/source} […]
I installed Linux Mint on our PCs to extend equipment life and to give our keiki additional resources to do their homework with. What I didn’t expect was how happy the kids are with the new operating system. For one, it runs flawlessly and rapidly. Web surfing has never been […]
Hawaii Kai single family home prices remained nearly the same as the previous year, increasing to an even $1,000,000 from $999,999. The ratio of sales price to asking rose to 95.3 percent, although days on market rose to 35 days from 19 days a year ago. Still, the time on […]
Chances are that April 2014 came and went without your alarm. Sadly however, that is the date Microsoft stopped supporting its 12-year operating system, XP. The biggest issue for me, was simply that the lack of security upgrades could put the rest of the household technology at risk. I had […]
From the City and County website, 2015 O’ahu Schedule of Major Parades and Events Sunday December 13, 2015 5am-1pm HONOLULU MARATHON sponsored by Honolulu Marathon Association. They expect to have 35,000+ runners. It will start on Ala Moana Blvd., near Queen St., to Ala Moana Blvd., ewa bound, to Nuuanu Ave., […]
From the City and County website, 2015 O’ahu Schedule of Major Parades and Events Sunday January 25, 2015 7am-11am SHARON’S RIDE sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii. The event is expected to have 200 cyclists. It will start at Kapiolani Community College (KCC) Lot, to Diamond Head Rd., to Kahala […]
