It’s been 5+ years here at Karakui.com and over a decade of Okinawan pop culture posts spread out throughout the Web. So, what now? Well, from today, you can find us at the brand-spanking new Karakui.net. Not to worry about this site (what we’re referring to as the dotcom) as it’ll still be here with … Continue reading »
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Welcome to the *new* Karakui.com. It took 5+ years for us to do it so it'll take some getting used to. — karakui.com (@karakui) April 11, 2011
Karakui.com does Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k
I haven’t done much jogging/running since playing baseball (up to high school) so I walked the WWWP5k for a little over 4 mi/6.4 km. It was windy and it started to drizzle towards the end so I guess it was pretty good weather for a walk. I did the walk at the Central Oahu Regional … Continue reading »
OK, I’m wowed.
“Wow Your iPad Readers” – WordPress.com
Site News
Just a heads up that there may be some funkiness in accessing Karakui.com as I move the domain to a different registrar (see here). If everything goes well, then you won’t notice any changes to the site. *crossing fingers*
American Red Cross Text Donations: Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami
Txt REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to #Japan eq & Pacific #tsunami relief. http://bit.ly/eZJDoJ— American Red Cross (@RedCross) March 11, 2011 More info on texting your donation can be found on this American Red Cross page. (Received word that my family in Okinawa as well as my cousin and her family in … Continue reading »
And, we’re back!
So, we’ve been gone for the entire month of February—missed us? We posted a bunch of wallpaper links today and maybe we’ll keep going.
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 48,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj … Continue reading »
Karakui.com Special: Okinawan musicians to follow on Twitter
This is the first in a series of posts featuring people to follow on Twitter (Wikipedia link), the social networking/microblogging service. Musicians: @rinkenteruya – Rinken Band leader Rinken Teruya. He’ll often reply to @Mentions and tweets quite frequently. @gerhen_oshima – Gerhen Oshima, formerly of TINGARA, Churamana, and Shima Good Needs. His latest project is coco←musika. … Continue reading »
Karakui.com Special: That actor? He’s from Okinawa.
So here’s my companion to that special I did on actresses from Okinawa back in August 2009. This article will feature actors who were born in Okinawa or who have ties to Okinawa — usually a parent or grandparent who is originally from Okinawa. The list of actors may surprise you as you’ve probably seen … Continue reading »
