I don’t have anything really big to write about today, but just figured since it is October 10, I’d be silly and mention something off the wall.
Ten-ten is a modifier in Japanese, altering the pronuciation of basic hiragana and looks something like one pair of shortened quotation marks. It affects the characters in such a way that, for example, the “ka” character with the ten-ten will then become “ga.” The link at the beginning of this paragraph gives more examples, as well as introduces other modifiers.
That’s it! Nothing else to see here. 
Morning came quick. Perhaps too quick. Nevertheless, rising this particular Friday morning, October 24, was not the laborious chore that I would normally struggle through. It was the first day of Podcamp Hawaii. As I munched on my Frosted Flakes cereal, I ran my checklist of needed gear and made sure I got one of my Podcamp Hawaii shirts out. I worked out my plan of attack to tackle traffic and ended up leaving at about 7:30.
While it wasn’t a smooth ride, I got to the Hawaii Convention Center at a reasonable time. Parking was easy to find and was given directions to the location of the event. After a very quick check in, I spotted Dave Zuls and met his co-worker Kathi. I also met Nathan Kam, Chris Heuer and Kristi Wells. Then it was off to the opening ceremony and start Podcamp Hawaii!
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