It’s easy to find the ruins of the Kaniakapupu summer palace of King Kamehameha III and Queen Kalama — just Google it.

Some vandals found the 180-year-old structure — and scratched crosses, smiley faces and other things into it. Never mind that the remains, the first government building built here in the Western style, is a priceless historical relic and off-limits to the public.

Social media has many positive uses, but encouraging people to visit areas they shouldn’t, by providing detailed directions, is not one of them. A little discretion would be appreciated.

Glitches better if we know their cause

For such a silly-sounding word, a glitch can mean life-threatening failure.

Fortunately, the issue that was cited for the disruption in 911 emergency calls on Wednesday was resolved by midday. The processing equipment, which did not put all the calls through, was bedeviled by a software glitch, said staffers for Hawaiian Telcom.

But despite the problems between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. abating, company officials that day were unsure what the source of the problem was, and that’s the scariest part of the whole thing.

As is so often true in other parts of our civic and personal lives, the worst part is not knowing.