In case you didn't know it, 2019 is not a prime number. 673 x 3 = 2019. The next prime number year will be 2027.
673 is itself prime, however.
Here are the first (nearly)
million primes in HTML.
673 is itself prime, however.
Here are the first (nearly)
million primes in HTML.
Photographing some of the illegal neighborhood mortar fireworks. Photo by Andrea.
Waiting in the auditorium for the kickoff video live from New Hampshire. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Photo by Anne Torige via Facebook.
Photo by Team Magma via Facebook.
HBA President Warren Yamamoto introduced LeAnn Duling of the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection at the National Arboretum in
Washington, DC, who gave a talk on preparing trees for show.
Chopstick salute at Roy's!
I had the seafood plate with a Manhattan. Photo by Andrea.
Getting close to sunset.
Sunset's a bit washed out.
Andrea got a good sunset picture. Photo by Andrea.
I don't usually waste photons on sunsets and this is why.
Mom and I loved our desserts, chocolate samplers.
Nice and yummy. Photo by Andrea.
Discussing the six week build schedule.
Discussing robot priorities. Photo by team captain Carmen Lam
Pour the wine and picture time. Photo by Andrea.
Faye and Paul. Photo by Andrea.
Passing the grilled vegetables. Photo by Andrea.
What a feast! Photo by Andrea.
Design meeting in the "cave."
Explaining design ideas.
Monday afternoon I finished refurbishing the little free library. Photo by Andrea.
The software development team assembled the kit-bot as a development test-bed.
Students did a software tutoria in the "cave."
The ball intake prototype worked perfectly on the first try.
The daily tag-up meeting.
Verifying the step climbing ability of the eight wheel design with a prototype.
Eric Cotton, mentor with FRC team 230, visited team 3008 in the afternoon.
Another view of the electrical test-bed (on table) and the mechanical prototype (on floor).
Saturday evening Eric and Becky's friends Alex and Christine came for dinner.
We barbecued teriyaki chicken.
Mochi ice cream for dessert along with cupcakes.
After the business meeting Ryan gave his President's demonstration of root on rock style.
He fit the jade tree to a rock collected near Koko Crater.
Making ti garland at MHC: Christine, Becky, Jenny, and Keala.
Andrea, Betty, and Libby talk about lei for the wedding. Photo by Malia.
Malia via Facebook: So here I am unpacking my luggage and out pops Grayson's little dinosaur, so I am going to document this
little fella and all the things he's up to in Hawaii. This one is entitled, "Aaahhhh!!! Don't eat the orchids!!!"
Andrea and I took Malia to the beach. Here's a sight we don't see every day: a B2 and two F22s.
Malia walked with me to do pullups and bar dips.
I went into robotics after the beach. This is the daily tag-up meeting.
Assembling the programming test-bed.
Continuing to improve the mechanical prototype.
The programming team.
A typical evening at the Team Magma robotics laboratory.
We met Tom and Kat at the airport and then went to La Mariana Sailing Club for lunch.
At La Mariana.
In the afternoon we went to the beach.
Andrea, Christine, Becky and Jan at Sans Souci Beach.
One of four C5s we saw flying into Hickam AFB at the beach this afternoon.
In the evening Cheryl and Joleen came over to help work on flowers for the garlands.
Kat and Tom at breakfast Friday morning.
Friday morning I got everyone together for a group photo.
Kat took this picture.
This is the one Malia was taking in the above photo.
Another one.
And another.
I got the drone that Malia gave me for Christmas working and took this photo (hand held). Malia was reading the instruction manual.
Drone photo of the back yard through the sliding glass door.
Later Friday morning I got Tom, Kat, and Malia to help me work on bonsai. First was a medium sized hibiscus. Photo by Malia.
Malia and Tom show Kat how to do it.
All pruned and defoliated.
Next we worked on a Chinese elm. That little dinosaur is everywhere. Photo by Malia.
Tom helped on the elm too. Photo by Kat.
Andrea, Becky, and Kat went for manicures, meeting Michele and others, while Malia, Tom, and Robert went exploring. Photo by Malia.
At the nail salon. Photo by Andrea.
Friday afternoon Andrea, Jan, and Malia went next door to help Sabrina, Libby, and Betty make ginger lei.
Ginger preparation for lei making is nearly done. Photo by Andrea.
Friday evening was the pre-wedding poi supper. Becky brought Mom from the care home.
The weather cooperated so we had seating outside under the lychee tree.
Tom made mai tais for everyone.
We had various pupu before dinner.
Photo by Robert.
Photo by Robert.
Photo by Robert.
Photo by Robert.
Photo by Robert.
A great spread of local favorites including chicken and pork lau lau and poi.
On the couch with my boys and their girls.
Gathering in the front room.
Four of my keiki (Tom, Becky, Robert, and Malia) with Kat and Michele after other guests had gone.
I play chess with Tom while waiting for guests to arrive. Photo by Kat.
Eric's going to change clothes soon. Photo by Andrea.
We hired Slava to photograph the wedding and reception. Here he takes pictures of the boquets and flower baskets.
Getting the flower girls ready. Photo by Andrea.
The flower girls are ready!
Flower girls with the chess board. Photo by Robert.
Groom with Best Man Cody. Photo by Robert.
The flower girls play with the chess pieces while Mel Morishige, the officiant, stands ready. Photo by Andrea.
I talked with Mel, the officiant, before the ceremony. Photo by Kat.
Tom is ready. Photo by Kat.
Lenore watches while I photograph the flower girls. Photo by Andrea.
Best Man and Groom are ready.
Here comes the bride out of the back bedroom door. Photo by Andrea.
Becky smiles as she meets Eric. Photo by Kat.
Here they come!
Photo by Robert. Click the image to see the full resolution photo.
Officiant Mel performed the ceremony under the lychee tree, right where Andrea and I were married 37 years ago by Mits Aoki.
Mel knew Mits and he also gave a three banzai cheer. Photo by Andrea.
The whole family posed for photos first. Photo by Kat.
One of the many beautiful champagne glasses lent to us by Paul and Faye. Photo by Andrea.
Getting all the requisite photographs after the ceremony.
Parents with the bride and groom. Photo by Malia.
Becky with flower girl. Photo by Robert.
Photo by Malia.
Photo by Malia.
The weather was perfect with a light trade wind and occasional spritzing from the Koolau.
Photo by Robert.
Photo with the flower girls.
Malia helped with great grandmother Lenore.
Photo by Robert.
Photos were taken inside the Aquarium exhibits.
A kiss by the reef.
Photo by Kat.
By the large fish exhibit. Best Man Cody helped with lighting.
Libby at the reception table. The balloon is the symbol of the wedding because Eric proposed to Becky during a hot air baloon
ride. Photo by Andrea.
Wedding photos of parents and grandparents also decorated the reception table. Photo by Andrea.
The balloon cake and assortment of small cupcakes. Photo by Andrea.
Elizabeth and Andrea with the baloon theme wedding cake.
Kat, photo by Tom.
By the banyan tree. Photo by Slava.
Sunset silhouette. Photo by Slava.
A grand entrance at sunset at the rear gate. Here's a (MP4 file)
video of the first dance.
The grand entrance. Photo by Robert.
Baloon themed party favor gift boxes.
The wedding cake ceremony is coming up.
Cutting the cake together.
Photo by Paul Zasada.
Yum.
Malia and Becky with childhood friends Laura and Sally.
The bride and groom get a chance to eat.
Father of the bride dance. Photo by Andrea.
Father of the bride dance. Photo by Slava.
Father of the bride dance. Photo by Slava.
Father of the bride dance. Photo by Slava.
A great photo by Kat.
The final dance of the evening by phonelight. Photo by Andrea.
With guest Juan. Photo by Paul Zasada.
Sunday evening Andrea and I went down to the Kaimana Hotel to meet Elizabeth for pupu and cocktails.
Seen at the Kaimana: a special shirt.
We had New York steak, nachos, and calimari followed by a round of tropical itches.
We got ice cream at Russell Convenience and walked a bit. Elizabeth showed us her double room on the fourth floor.
We walked back to the car and Andrea took a picture of the eclipsed moon.
Tom, Kat, Michele, and Robert were there later after we got home. Photo by Robert via Facebook.
The sharp peak to the lookout is a temptation to visitors to climb, but very dangerous. Photo by Andrea.
In the taproom Eric and I played chess. Photo by Andrea.
Tuesday evening we barbecued shrimp and ahi and invited Elizabeth over. Photo by Andrea.
Tom poured sparkling wine for all. Photo by Andrea.
We dropped Tom and Kat at the airport and went to the beach on the way back. Andrea talked to Eric's Dad, Mark, in the water for a while.
Malia after a swim.
We ran into Becky there too.
My daughter Malia went with me to robotics on Tuesday of week three. This is the daily tag-up meeting. Later a gave a little talk
on computing mechanical advantage for a lift given a weight and a motor stall torque.
We stopped for dinner at Big City Diner in Kakaako on the way to see the Light Garden there. Dino was trying to drink through
Malia's straw.
In the light garden. Lights changed color and brightness in sync with music.
Lots of picture taking.
It has been a popular place.
Afterward we browsed through stores in Ward Village. This is Martin and MacArthur.
Heading into the water. I took a boogie board first. Photo by Becky.
Heading on out into the surf. Photo by Becky.
A panoramic view by Becky.
I cought some waves. So did Eric. Photo by Becky.
Becky and Eric from above at the highway turnout. Photo by Andrea.
Andrea took Mom to Waimanalo for ice cream at Daves, then saw the Magnum P.I. Ferrari on the way back before Makapuu. Photo by Andrea.
Back home Andrea brought Mom for a visit, then headed back to the care home.
Then Becky and Eric read their cards and messages received at the wedding reception.
We went to the beach in the afternoon, meeting Becky and Eric there, and Malia went with me for exercise bar work after a swim.
Bar dips, pull-ups, then more bar dips.
Sunbathing beauties!
We had champagne under the lychee tree.
I barbecued chicken and later Bill and Xitlali came by for a bite to eat.
A wedding tourist couple getting photographed on the beach.
We picked up Lenore at the care home in the rain and took her to Roy's for a birthday dinner. Photo by Becky.
Bill's birthday is on the 29th so we celebrated his too. Photo by Becky.
This is the first time Andrea and I have eaten upstairs at Roy's.
Our window table gave us a nice view of the pouring rain. We had 0.61 inch in the rain guage in the morning.
The fish mural in the stairwell.
Eric and Becky. Photo by Andrea.
I ordered a zombie from the bar but it wasn't right. Should be a large drink in a hurricane glass. Photo by Andrea.
Bill and his friend Xitlali. They had to fly back to Denver the next morning. Photo by Andrea.
Quite wet from the cold front passing over. Photo by Andrea.
There were several Robison paintings on the walls.
Becky photographed her food. Looks yummy. Cousin Lynn came late and gave additional lei to Lenore and Bill.
I greeted cousin Lynn when she finally arrived. Photo by Andrea.
We sang Happy Birthday and they blew out the candles on their birthday desserts.
Mom opens her gift bag. Photo by Andrea.
The stage set with band before the show. No photography of the performance allowed.
Andrea and I walked outside during intermission. MVT grounds are a graveyard.
Working on the CAD model.
PR team doing video recording.
Operating the NC mill.
Tuesday afternoon I went to the beach by myself while Adrea mailed boxes to the kids. Between the jellyfish and the rain
I had the beach pretty much to myself. The lifeguard said two people got stung there today, but they were out floating around
by the windsock for an hour, so I swam briefly in shallow water with no problem.
Later I saw about a hundred box jellies washed up at the Sans Souci Apartments end. It's nine days after the full moon.
I went to robotics in the evening and the robot is coming together.
The daily tag-up meeting.
Doing the math for the cascade lift.
Later Tuesday evening Andrea and I went to the Aina Haina Prepared meeting on special needs.
We passed George Hall and I had to get a photograph. I never took any classes there but I walked through the quad to get to the
business school building for a psychology class back in the 70s.
The auditorium was eventually about half filled for the talk.
Across the room from us Ellis Henican chatted with former governor Neil Abercrombie. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Twenty-five minutes to show time at 7:30 PM. The set was the interior of a large house that rotated to present a backstage view of this
play within a play.
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