“Unchi-kun Choco” white chocolate lollipop version. For those not versed in Nihongo, “unchi” is “feces”. Yeah. Go figure. I want the milk chocolate version. Available at a dagashiya near you!
I picked up a set of these at Soul Trex in Windward Mall for use with Fage yogurt. My Snow*Peak titanium spoon was too large to get at the fruit component, and these were a more environmentally friendly alternative to disposable spoons. I guess I could wash and reuse the disposable plastic spoons, but it ends up being pretty easy to throw away something that is free rather than something I paid cash for. For around $7 USD, this smallest version of the Swedish-made Light My Fire Sporks come in a pack of three assorted colors. The set I got has white, black, and chromate green: I think the other combination was red, pink, and white. It’s nice to find plasticware that isn’t made in the PRC. I feel a lot more confident that it isn’t going to poison me with mystery substitute materials slipped in after the test batch is inspected. Continue reading ‘Light My Fire Spork Little’
Mmm… Tiramisu. How can you go wrong with espresso-soaked chocolaty goodness? The shape of this version from the Patisserie La Palme D’Or bakery in Ala Moana Center is a narrow bar instead of a single round or a pie wedge, but it’s all good. The added flavor and texture from a layer of caramelized brittle really makes this special. It’s a little on the sweeter side of neutral, which is somewhat odd coming from a Japanese bakery. Continue reading ‘Patisserie La Palme D’Or Tiramisu’
My Lassa Rally 1 tires came in our group order from rally-tire.com. Didn’t have a choice, this was the only 14″, but they look pretty burly and I think will do okay.
I missed out on an earlier order that had some mud oriented tires that I wanted to order, but maybe it’s just as well. I’ve seen under the conditions we race, those tires got chewed up real fast. The KRP surface is slick and muddy when wet down, but has lots of rock and coral in it. These made in Turkey tires are aimed toward gravel conditions and durability. And as “competition use only” tires, they have super stiff and thick sidewalls, I could lay one on its side and stand on it and it barely budged. This 175/65-R14 tire is considerably taller than any tire I’ve run on the FX so I was a little concerned with fitment. Test mounted them and looks like there are no clearance issues.
Time to test them this Saturday at the rally-x race! I wonder how much of a difference they will make, but heck the tread is more aggro than 90% of the tires on SUVs and 4×4 out there.
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look like a freakin matador in that welding “cape” jacket I bought this past weekend. After I got home wednesday evening, I continued working on the floor patch. Did some more shaping (a.k.a pounding with hammer) of the metal, close enough to work. It’s no work of art, but it’ll do the job. Then broke out the welder and started on welding the patch onto the replacement floor pan. Started off ugly, and ended up cranking up the welder. As it got further into the night, I actually got better. A work in progress! Continue reading ‘Weld the Night Away’
There has been a bit of an outdoor store void on ‘Oahu since the first iteration of Powder Edge went under. The zombie reincarnation of Mauka to Makai was a faint shadow of what the original store was, and that wasn’t really all that great to begin with. Today, Chris told me that a new outdoor store had opened in Windward Mall, and I stopped in this evening to check it out. Like Chris had mentioned, from the store name and signage alone, one might think that it was a Native or Jah-waiian lifestyle store, but looking inside immediately laid this notion to rest. They have a reasonable range of outdoor gear from major brands, encompassing hiking, camping, climbing and general outdoor goods. Tell me of somewhere else where you can retail a Petzl climbing helmet or Black Diamond harness on ‘Oahu! In the back, they actually have a small indoor climbing wall. It’s limited in height, since it is a retail store, but some parts have a negative angle for traversing fun. Pricing is mostly MSRP, but nothing quite beats the hands-on buying experience for certain parts of outdoor kit. They actually have some clothing items for 20% off right now. The owner/manager told me that they have been open for about three months. Check them out the next time you happen by Windward Mall - they’re on the second floor of the theater wing near HIC.
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so I’m no kustom stay up all night (neighbors would really love that!) wonder fabricator, it’s taken me many days to finally get to this point with the floor pans that were sent to me. The rust we had to cut out unfortunately extended beyond the piece that was made for me, so I had to make that white patch piece out of computer case metal. Guess I shouldn’t feel too bad since this was done with a pair of aviation snips, cordless drill, Dremel, ball peen hammer, vice, c-clamps and a honking piece of angle iron as an anvil. Finally almost ready for welding!
Oh yeah, was browsing the new Lowes store when I spied this clamp in their small welding section. Wonders of wonders, this nice bar clamp is made in Germany, I had to buy it. I’d venture to say that the bars are forged?
Anyway, stay tuned to see how the floor shapes up, or not! Not sure if I’ll be able to weld it in during the week, weekday evenings I only have a couple hours before it gets too late to be banging around.
With my PC dead at the moment, reduced to doing what I can with my iPhone, & the only stuff I can watch is Crunchyroll streams. I’d watched most of what initially interested me, so now down to the lesser stuff. Continue reading ‘Anime Briefs – Spring 2011 continued’
Mmm, do yourself a favor and get to a Don Quiote and grab a tray of the fresh New Zealand King Salmon. Went by to look for something to make for dinner. No nice hamachi or buri. The atlantic salmon was fresh and on sale, but I spied next to it the nice looking cuts of King Salmon. Looked so nice, couldn’t resist. Got home and did a simple salt and broil. This batch was o so wonderfully fatty and tasty! Blast your omega-3’s! Musubi here is going to have a treat!