Big Northwest Swell Today
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Pakela’ai: Glutton PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY —Bodda you: Irritation HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The faces will meet in Kou.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “We need men who can dream of things that never were.” - John F. KennedyTODAY: HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY. An extra large northwest swell will build Wednesday, lasting for several days. A reinforcing northwest swell will keep things going this weekend, with more NW to NNW swell on tap for next week. This new swell has triggered a relatively unusual high surf warning…be careful Wednesday and Thursday! Pat Caldwell is using the word giant in terms of this new northwest swell.November 25, 2008 – Maui Curmudgeon Observations:
1. The latest estimate for American TV viewing is 4.42 hours per day for every man, woman and child, which is about 28% of every person’s waking hours, each day. This is 1.3 billion “man hours” of awake time per day for our approximately 300,000,000 citizens. No wonder we not solving our problems.
2. The Economist, the British weekly Magazine, has a cover story with the title, “In Search of Republican Brains”. I wish them luck though I might suggest their search will be futile.
3. It had to happen. It is estimated that the largest business on the Internet is porn, and in the wake of You Tube comes this: Free porn clips for the masses, in a easily navigable interface!
4. Speaking of the World Wide Web, Microsoft (yeah, Microsoft) has developed a neat little program that turns the internet into 3-D. Find it here .
5. It’s official. The American Movie Business made less than $10 billion last year. The video game industry made more than $40 billion. Now you know why movies are stealing ideas from games. And the economies of scale are interesting: a movie like Batman might take it five times it’s cost, making a 400% profit, a tidy sum indeed. A game like Grand Theft Auto took $30 million to make and has grossed nearly 30 times that, for a profit margin of nearly 3000%.
1. The latest estimate for American TV viewing is 4.42 hours per day for every man, woman and child, which is about 28% of every person’s waking hours, each day. This is 1.3 billion “man hours” of awake time per day for our approximately 300,000,000 citizens. No wonder we not solving our problems.
2. The Economist, the British weekly Magazine, has a cover story with the title, “In Search of Republican Brains”. I wish them luck though I might suggest their search will be futile.
3. It had to happen. It is estimated that the largest business on the Internet is porn, and in the wake of You Tube comes this: Free porn clips for the masses, in a easily navigable interface!
4. Speaking of the World Wide Web, Microsoft (yeah, Microsoft) has developed a neat little program that turns the internet into 3-D. Find it here .
5. It’s official. The American Movie Business made less than $10 billion last year. The video game industry made more than $40 billion. Now you know why movies are stealing ideas from games. And the economies of scale are interesting: a movie like Batman might take it five times it’s cost, making a 400% profit, a tidy sum indeed. A game like Grand Theft Auto took $30 million to make and has grossed nearly 30 times that, for a profit margin of nearly 3000%.
