My highschool graduating class had our 1st reunion ever this past weekend. It was our 25th anniversary since graduating. Shut up, I know that’s fucking old. I’m not sure I really wanted to attend this event. Leading up to the weekend I kept debating with myself whether I would go. I asked my friends and family…”What for? Anybody I...
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I might bitch a lot about getting old lately. Watching a kid grow up before your eyes and an ever increasingly sore body will do that to you. But I WILL tell you one area where getting old is great — Business! Back before I turned 30 I once had a personal visit with local celebrity, Emme Tomimbang. Kids don’t know her here now, but she was...
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So the little mini-me has been growing up fast. I can’t even begin to figure out how to document his progress here fast enough before some other major milestone is met. He started Summer school today for the first time outside of his normal pre-school and I think I freaked out worse than he did. Dad was getting stomach cramps this morning and had...
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Having only been a parent for a few short years now, I’m just constantly aware of how amazing this process is. Here we have a little human being that started out being this little fragile pink warm object that did nothing but drink milk and poop. Now, 5 small years later he’s making friends of his own, figuring out how to handle difficult...
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So my “big project” came and past. I guess it’s about as successful as I could hope for. Overall I’ve been getting kudos all around the campus…faculty has been happy. Students have been happy. And that means reasonably good news for me. I keep waiting for the shoe to drop… maybe I missed a security issue here? Maybe...
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Dear Kingston, Your mom and I took you to your first Kindergarten interview this last weekend. It was weird and I was somewhat reluctant to do it. I think to myself, “What kind of questions would they ask a preschooler?!” but I know the truth of the matter was that was likely that they wanted to meet your mom and dad — feel us out, see...
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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.