Welcome to Ponostyle
Good is the enemy of great
But sometimes good has to be good enough. Ponostyle is my personal blog and screwing around learning new stuff website. Don’t be surprised if you come here and find it all changed or broken.
The current intro video is a short version of the intro video from the website I built for Mark Raaphorst. I’m spending the day in Maui fixing the JungleWRX website and cleaning up this site. I’m out of the water for a few days to let what looks like an infection on my shin clear up. My 78th birthday is looming. At 77, birthdays are only cool because I’m still on the right side of the grass, and still playing.
The Retirement Trap
Years ago I wrote a book on retirement–or at least I started to. I never finished it, never published it. But some people have read bits of it–here an in
A Busy Time In The Shop
Fall is when I work. For most of the summer, the big rollup doors of my shop start ratting about ten, and by noon they are telling me it’s Fukinukin’
Boosted Foil
I like the idea of a foil booster, and the version offered from Australia–the Foil Drive–seems effective if a bit expensive for what it is. Downwind foiling has always been
Debunking EV Propaganda
Debunking EV Propaganda I understand why people buy into all the propaganda against EVs—it connects to things they already believe and people like to have their beliefs reinforced. They pretty
2002 BMW R 1150 GS
This bike is ready to ride around the world. I bought this bike on Bring-A-Trailer because I wanted a bike capable of going anywhere. BMW has been making adventure bikes
1956 Goldstar Clubman made rideable
I’m not a motorcycle collector, I’m a mechanic and a rider, and I have been for almost 60 years. As such, I’ve accumulated some great motorcycles. That doesn’t mean I
About Pono
Pono is one of those versatile hawaiian words with multiple meanings. It can mean righteous, correct, in harmony, balanced, it can even be a tip or a present. But mostly it means striving for excellence, which is something that stays out of reach. It’s not a brag–bragging is not Pono.
I started using the word without really understanding it. I used it as an online name because my home in Maui is on Pono Road. But it’s come to influence me in some ways. I tend to start big projects and then rush to finish them, taking shortcuts that sometimes ruin the outcome. The surest way for me to avoid that is to just think “That isn’t pono.”
It works for me, it might for you too. I wish you a pono life.
