Diary of a Maui Web Designer

How to Delete Your Facebook Account

Syl — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:14:49 +0000

Been getting messages from Facebook here and there, time and again, for an account that I deactivated a long time ago. Having no intention to ever activate it again… since it was a mistake and I had my other account which I actively use, I looked to see if there was some way to delete [...]

Supergirl

Syl — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:51:24 +0000

Supergirl – Reamonn Here is another photograph from the photo shoot we did recently. This is Avalon. Avalon is six years old and makes quite an amazing model. Here she is photographed in her Supergirl costume. Her cape is actually the real cape worn by the original George Reeves from back in the 1950′s. In [...]

Silent Warrior

Syl — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:34:52 +0000

Deuter – Koyasan – Sound of Invisible Waters We received a phone call from a family recently, looking for a photographer that could take photos of the family in a creative way. Ben Kikuyama has been brimming with ideas for doing photos in a conceptual way, so this was a great avenue for him to [...]

iPhone Magic

Syl — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:01:29 +0000

We all love magicians and being marveled by their illusions that look so real. Here is a man that brings old-school magic up to speed with today’s technology. Marco Tempest is a cyber-illusionist, which means he combines magic with science/technology to create illusions. When we were little kids, everything was magic… rainbows, soap bubbles, clouds… [...]

Hawaii Artist – Andrew Binkley

Syl — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:27:32 +0000

Our good friend, and amazing artist, Andrew Binkley currently has an art piece being exhibited at the The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. As one of the participating artists in the Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival 2011, Binkley utilizes a 6-meter (20 foot) shipping container to hold a slice of a thriving [...]

Send Large Files For FREE

Syl — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:09:35 +0000

Hi Gang, Just stumbled upon a great service for sending large files that is both FREE and EASY. There’s no need to log-in, sign-up for their service, or anything. And the receiver simply downloads the file, without having to sign-up, log-in or jump through any type of hoop. Super, ya? This service is called We [...]

Double Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

Syl — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:18:16 +0000

After working on a big web design project, I always head to the kitchen to relax and create deliciousness. Ben and I are both big chocolate fans, especially the dark chocolate kind from Europe. I found this killer recipe for chocolate cupcakes from a cooking magazine that my friend Shari gave to me a couple [...]

Adventures in HTML5

Syl — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:09:56 +0000

Hi Gang, We just finished up a new mini-website for a musician by the name of Charlie Lustman who is the man behind the Musical HOPE Campaign. He came to us needing a mini-site that was geared to work on iPads, iPhones and all other types of mobile devices since his main website was created [...]

Last Day of the Year 2011

Syl — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:19:34 +0000

Here we are… on the last day of 2011. Looking back over the year is always fun to do… thinking about all the new websites we’ve designed, old websites we’ve brought up to date, and all the great people we got to meet through all of the different projects. A big thank you to all [...]

Sounds Create Shapes in Sand

Syl — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:50:57 +0000

Here is a video of Japanese artist Kenichi Kanazawa creating amazing shapes in sand with sound. There’s something about the frequency and pitch of the sound that effects the sand and makes them move to create geometric shapes, sometimes resembling cells and the division of cells. Kenishi Kanazawa uses different sized rubber mallets which he [...]