East Honolulu Girls Softball (EHGS) is taking applications for interested players. Especially needed are girls for the 14 and under team (players born between Jan 1, 2000 and Dec 31, 2001), A…
Hawaii Public Education 2013-2014 Math and Reading Rank for Middle Schools
What is the optimal rate of math or English proficiency for any public school? Public school proficiency arguably shouldn’t be 100 percent. The problem with 100 percent proficiency is the price of…
Zillow’s (really cool) Real Estate tool for Honolulu
Sometimes you find really great tools just by accident. Today was one of those days. Check out Zillow’s amazing analysis tool for Oahu real estate. This chart is interactive and you’ll…
Middle School College Preparedness in Hawaii – Ranking ACT Scores
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…
Fun with Census Numbers: Portlock – Census Tract 1.14
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…
Does Hawaii Kai Need More Rentals?
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…
Why Middle Schoolers need Open Source
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…
Festival of Lights Boat Parade
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…
A faster Minecraft: Installing the program on Linux
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…