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March 31, 2005 (Thursday)
Post-session
Knee-high dribblers.
Posted at 12:27 PM
March 30, 2005 (Wednesday)
Post-session
It's crap, but I actually had some fun waist-high ones.
Posted at 12:22 PM
March 29, 2005 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Perhaps more than yesterday. If so, the improvement is minimal at best.
Posted at 4:19 PM
March 28, 2005 (Monday)
Me Like
I lub Movable Type.
Posted at 11:55 PM
Post-session
Acute crapatosis.
Posted at 12:32 PM
I'm Hungry
Oh yeah, bring it on: "Burger King . . . debuts Enormous Omelet Sandwich . . ."
Posted at 8:56 AM
March 27, 2005 (Sunday)
Post-session
More wave action than yesterday. Smallish wind-swell pushing in.
Posted at 12:31 PM
Unbelievable
This is shocking: First-time surfers can become paralyzed from something called "surfer's myelopathy."
Posted at 10:06 AM
March 26, 2005 (Saturday)
Post-session
Tiny with gusty north-y wind. Only for the hardcore.
Posted at 3:43 PM
North Shore
So if you check the photo sites, they've got some great shots of the previous several days. Country has been going off. My friends surfed a spot a few days ago, a place that's one of Nelson's favorites--basically a small-wave lefthander, but the rights can be good, too, as they were on this day--and they said on a 1-10 scale it was 10. Ten?!! As for me, the townie, it's the same old crap. Only have my self to blame because I'm lazy.
Posted at 10:50 AM
I Dunno
Kinda windy and chilly outside. Thinking this is a good day for some indoor recreation, especially considering that the surf is probably junk. We'll see.
Posted at 9:54 AM
March 25, 2005 (Friday)
Post-session
It's crap.
Posted at 12:33 PM
March 24, 2005 (Thursday)
Post-session
Bigger. Light W-SW winds making it mushy. Very do-able.
Posted at 12:19 PM
March 23, 2005 (Wednesday)
Post-session
There's something. New pulse? Bigger than yesterday. Some head-high. Calm-light variable winds.
Posted at 12:40 PM
March 22, 2005 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Better than yesterday but not by much. Slightly bigger.
Posted at 3:58 PM
I'm Loving It
So far, Movable Type is great. It's so much better than Blogger. It's powerful. And it runs on your own server. That, to me, makes all the difference. Did I mention it runs on your own server?
Still feeling sick. Now it's all in my head, literally. Stuffed-up and congested. I hate it. It ain't gonna keep me out of the water, though.
Posted at 8:55 AM
March 21, 2005 (Monday)
Post-session
Flat to maybe knee-high.
Posted at 11:32 AM
March 20, 2005 (Sunday)
R & R
No surf for me today. Feeling kinda ill. Got a sore throat and congestion and feeling weak. Yesterday's four go-outs during the event made things worse. It was cold, and I could detect my resistance being sapped. I also have a hurt ankle, lacerated toe, and abrasions on my shin. I'm busted up.
I want to rest so that I don't get full-blown sick. That would be unacceptable because not only would I miss time in the water, but I would be out from my new job, as well. So guess what I'm going to do instead? Go to work early, of course.
BTW, I'm quite satisfied with my showing yesterday. Wish I could've made it to the finals in the Open but . . . can't have everything. I was actually surfing pretty well for a change instead of choking/kooking.
Posted at 8:52 AM
March 19, 2005 (Saturday)
Results
Open: first round, 2nd place, advance; semis, 5th place, eliminated. Senior: first round, 2nd place, advance; finals, 2nd place.
Posted at 3:45 PM
I'm Off . . .
Headed to Haleiwa. Wish me luck--I'm gonna need it.
Posted at 7:56 AM
March 18, 2005 (Friday)
Tomorrow
So I heard Haleiwa today was about 8 feet and north-y. Because of the direction it wasn't lining up. Only one guy was out: my friend (one of Nelson's team riders). If tomorrow is the same, that is, not enough west or too much north, the form will be junk and it'll be shutting down.
Posted at 10:11 PM
Post-session
Tiny but with great conditions. Perfect for diving--the water is glassy and crystal clear.
The next event scheduled for tomorrow at Haleiwa is on. I'm a little nervous because it might be big (for me).
Posted at 12:01 PM
March 17, 2005 (Thursday)
Post-session
Very clean (calm-light onshore winds) but only knee- to waist-high.
Posted at 12:14 PM
March 16, 2005 (Wednesday)
Post-session
Small and clean.
Posted at 10:44 AM
Oh, The Trouble I've Seen
What a tedious, time-consuming process. This is the new Movable Type platform finally installed correctly.
Okay, for most of the day and night yesterday after I installed, I configured, imported, rebuilt, tweaked, repeated, ad nauseam. It still wouldn't come out right. Finally, early this morning, I decided to start over again. So I deleted everything and then re-uploaded and installed, etc.
And it works! Yippee. Was it worth it? I think so. MT is more robust and better-designed and, most importantly, is running on my hosting server.
Now all I gotta do is make it nicer and more pleasing to the eye by changing the template(s). That'll take some time, but at least the basic work has been completed. I'm relieved.
Posted at 7:23 AM
March 15, 2005 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Kinda weird. Very pronounced west angle with a wide-sweeping, wrapping characteristic. Very chilly.
Posted at 3:09 PM
March 14, 2005 (Monday)
Post-session
I had fun. There's something out of the SW, but it's kinda crossed-up. Light (and chilly) SW winds.
Posted at 9:55 AM
Had Enough
Too many bugs and slow server response--those are my complaints about using Blogger for this weblob. For the most part, it's okay, but when those annoying problems happen, no matter how infrequent they may be, it simply becomes intolerable.
Granted, it's free; and they have a large user-base and, therefore, it's surprising how well the platform performs under such loads. But from the user's viewpoint, I want fast and flawless even though I'm not paying anything. Solution: Movable Type.
Movable Type will run on my server (well, not really MY server, but the remote machine on which this Web site is hosted). I'll have to install the software myself and then migrate my old posts over from Blogger. That'll take some time (which I have less and less of with my new job) and effort. But I'm going for it. Perhaps Saturday.
Posted at 7:34 AM
March 13, 2005 (Sunday)
Post-session
Not as good as yesterday. Smaller. Packed.
Posted at 12:37 PM
March 12, 2005 (Saturday)
Post-session
It's fun. Some overhead. Heard this morning was near-epic in the pouring rain.
Posted at 5:22 PM
March 11, 2005 (Friday)
Post-session
Fun but windy. There's something.
Posted at 12:19 PM
March 10, 2005 (Thursday)
Post-session
Moderate and gusty north-y wind. Small, but some decent ones.
Posted at 12:05 PM
March 9, 2005 (Wednesday)
Post-session
There's something, but it's crossed-up and messy.
Posted at 12:36 PM
March 8, 2005 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Small and sloppy, but I had fun.
Posted at 1:56 PM
March 7, 2005 (Monday)
Post-session
Small and sloppy.
Posted at 12:21 PM
March 6, 2005 (Sunday)
Post-session
Kinda fun. New pulse? Clean earlier now mushy (moderate south-westerlies).
Posted at 12:28 PM
March 5, 2005 (Saturday)
Post-session
Onshore and small but doable.
Posted at 3:22 PM
March 4, 2005 (Friday)
Post-session
Small, onshore/mushy.
Posted at 12:27 PM
March 3, 2005 (Thursday)
Post-session
It might've come up a bit. It's not smaller. Better form today.
Posted at 11:52 AM
March 2, 2005 (Wednesday)
Post-session
It's smaller. There's still something, but it's windy and very sloppy--almost like pure wind swell.
Posted at 12:18 PM
March 1, 2005 (Tuesday)
Post-session
Everyone said it was smaller than yesterday. I'm not sure. One thing we agreed on is that the form is better today.
Posted at 4:08 PM