I set in an all day PHP, JQuery meeting yesterday amongst campus developers. I thought to myself, “how is it I ended up being a web developer and I hate programming so much?” Is that odd? I mean, at one point in my life I really loved getting my hands dirty with this stuff…I programmed stuff on my Radio Shack Tandy machine in BASIC to do...
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Had to take my car into the shop yesterday for a broken water pump. In itself, it isn’t all that big a deal. But what was…disappointing to say the least…was the fact my car would be considered pretty new. Its a 2011 make and only 8k miles on it. You’d think that having anything break down on it would be very unlikely. But hey, shit...
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Finished my 2nd major Lego project for this VW Wagon a couple nights ago. Now I’m suffering from Lack-of-lego syndrome. It’s what you get when you find a little bit of time each night to sit down by yourself and enjoy a little Lego building and then all of a sudden that’s all gone. I’m itching to buy another set. There’s a new...
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I took Kingston to his first air show event this past weekend. He’s so much into different methods of transportation at this age we figured he’d love the chance to jump into all the exhibited vehicles. It turned out to be a good experience…overall I think he liked it. Although I’m discovered that he’s very prone to drastic...
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My home office…no my entire home for that matter which once served as my sanctuary, will be chaotic for the next few months as we’re doing a home renovation. Look how beautiful I once had my office. Now my once glorious desk has been moved down to be used in my office in KCC and our room will be once again converted into a master bedroom so...
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Besides one shirt, the only thing I picked up from HK was a set of these (Japanese) nano building sets…basically miniature Lego knockoffs. I grabbed a full set of instruments. I completed my first one during break today. I thought I needed tweezers to handle all the pieces. Some of the pieces were so tiny I was afraid I could barely hold them. As it...
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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.