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Entries from May 27th, 2012

Night blooms

May 27th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Kaaawa, Photographs

These night blooming beauties grow in front of a neighbor’s house. We walked up the road behind the fire station and past her house just a few minutes after dawn, but the area was still in shadows and some of the blooms hadn’t faded yet.

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Bank of Hawaii annual meeting prompts questions

May 27th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Business, Media

Is there a story lurking here? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But I thought I would share a simple example of where news stories originate when you’re not relying on press releases and insider tips. One of the skills you learn is pattern recognition, which is in part learning to spot deviations from the norm. So yesterday [...]

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1,000,000+

May 27th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Cats

Now I can report that when your YouTube video passes the million views threshold, nothing special happens. No one comes to your house with cans of tuna cat food and catnip, no contract offers, not even an email notification. Romeo and I slipped past a million views late Saturday night, apparently not long before midnight. [...]

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