I stumbled across the site, “The Burning House” this morning which has an interesting premise. You know those conversations you’d have with your friends once in a while, “What would you take right now if your house was on fire?” Well, this site is a collection of personal entries and photos showing what people would take....
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I found these little paper & wood craft sets over at a local store this past weekend. The sets were from Japan. There’s a website for all the sets. I took a chance…spending $22 for essentially what amounts to just paper & wood wasn’t something I can do all the time. But I figure after my last project with LEGO I wanted something...
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If food can be art, then this is about as much inspiration as I can muster up today. Nothing like a good plate of raw fish to make my day. There was a couple of new things I tried tonight (we ate omakase style so it was chef’s choice)…I discovered that I don’t really like raw shrimp and raw squid. They have this sticky texture in the...
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This past 4th of July we decided to take Kingston out for his first really good unobstructed look at the fireworks festivities at Ala Moana Beach park. My wife and I haven’t been to this event since the year we got married…exactly 2 days before our wedding day (makes it easy to remember). I recall it was a bitch to find parking, there was tons...
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I’m in this weird mind space lately. I feel like life is a bit “boring” lately…just working, taking care of the little one, & your normal routine family life (laundry, groceries, driving, etc.). But at the same time, life has actually been quite hectic. I’ve moved offices at work, setting up for some new classes I’ve...
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Yeah I haven’t posted a lot lately. It’s been one of those issues where I’ve felt like I can’t post anything unless I have something important to contribute? Is that fair to say these days? Not like my past posts have been all that insightful. I’m the first to admit I’m a lousy writer and I can’t stick to a point....
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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.