http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko Blog Site of Mark From Hawaii Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:33:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately it seems that the weekends are just full to the max with activities.  Take this past weekend.  Friday after work was a mad dash home to grab my kids, video camera and Bible for Vacation Bible School.  Luckily I live 5 minutes away from church.  No time to change out ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2007/07/25/just-another-one-of-those-weekends%e2%80%a6/ (Note, click on the hyperlinked text for more information - no spam or advertisments, just info)  I was on a one week "vacation" from July 4 to July 10.  My wife went to Dallas for a music teacher's conference so I had to take off from work to watch the kids.  I could've ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2007/07/14/vacation-gone-in-a-blink-of-an-eye/ Aloha ka kou,   First off, thank you so much Katz for updating the theme graphics here – it totally rocks!  Tonight I’m supposed to be writing an article on how certain strains of micro-algae can ingest CO2 and produce fatty acids which can then be extracted into ethanol and biofuel…  Bleh! ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2007/06/27/wahiawa-bon-dance-2007/ I was away to Long Beach last week for an EPRI PQ (Electrical Power Research Institute Power Quality) conference.  I'll spare you the boring details of the conference subject matter but I must say that Long Beach is a nice seaside Southern California town.  I was at the Renaissance Hotel near ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2007/06/16/back-from-long-beach/ Metamorphosis: n, 1. a change in form, structure, or function; specif., the physical change undergone by some animals, as of the tadpole to the frog  2. any marked change, as in character, appearance, or condition   Last night - Friday 12/29/06 - our Central Leeward Oahu Baptist Association combined youth ministries held ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2006/12/30/metamorphosis/ Last Saturday our Worship Team helped out our drummer Casey by accompanying him at the annual Rita Thompson Benefit Concert.  We performed "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns and Casey was the only drummer among 4 young pianists.  Casey is only in the ninth grade and has been playing drums for about ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2006/10/24/rita-thompson-music-scholarship-benefit-concert-a-celebration-of-music/ When the power went out on Earthquake Sunday, what did I do? I built a theremin. A theremin is an electronic device that produces a pitch at a frequency proportional to the inverse square of the distance to an antenna. Basically it works by varying the coupled capacitance of the ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2006/10/18/i-can-be-such-a-nerd-sometimes/ We had an earthquake in Hawaii on Sunday, October 15 around 7:10 AM.  It was centered about 10 miles north-norhwest of Kailua Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii and measured 6.5 on the Richter scale.  Not huge by any means but this is the first time in my recollection that I've ... http://www.planetjazz.org/haleomaleko/2006/10/15/hello-world/