Tax season has come and gone but unfortunately I’m not done yet. We have an extension out this year because we’re using a new tax agent who has to work out the kinks. Early indication is I have to pay a few grand of taxes this year with is bittersweet. I realize I only have to pay taxes if I have incoming money to begin with, but it still hurts...
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Interesting to find that this site, Gov.UK, is getting so much coverage by sites like Gizmodo and Wired lately. Why? Well, it was named “2013 Design of the Year” by the London Design Museum not because of any bells and whistles. In fact, it has very little in the way of graphics or flash. What it is does somewhat effectively is present a LOT...
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I think it’s only a matter of a week or two before Percival is kicked out of the branch. We spotted mom and dad on the branch with him yesterday appearing like they where encouraging him to flap his wings.
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We took the little one to his first visit to the Bishop Museum today. Well, at least his first visit since he’s old enough to really appreciate anything he saw there. We thought it was a good time since he’s shown some early interest in learning about the solar system and all the planets. The museum was supposed to have overhauled their...
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Percival is getting bigger and stronger. Yes, I named him that given that everybody else on our campus seems perfectly content calling him “Baby Bird” I think it may only be a matter of a couple weeks before all that fuzzy fur falls off and he’s taking off on his own life journey.
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.