The generosity of Pierre and Pam Omidyar is right up there with the biggest philanthropists in America, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Slate magazine.

The eBay-founding Honolulu couple's $92 million in charitable contributions was 10th highest among the Slate 60, which has listed America's top charitable donors for 14 years now.

Rather than funding a building bearing their name, “;wealthy Americans increasingly see philanthropy as a way to catalyze big changes in society,”; said Stacy Palmer, Chronicle editor. “;More and more top donors now put their money, clout and vision into fueling the development of new ideas and shaping future leaders,”; she said.

BUD GUYS PICK TOP COMMERCIALS

Nine different Anheuser-Busch InBev commercials aired during Sunday's Super Bowl, most for Bud Light and Budweiser—and two were cited as favorites of Honolulu Budweiser delivery drivers.

During a quick lunch stop at J's Bar-B-Q on Keawe Street, S. Milo shook his head with amusement about the one about a town faced with the prospect of going without a Budweiser delivery.

The wooden bridge into town had collapsed, but townsfolk scrambled en masse to build a human structure to let the suds-toting truck traverse the ravine.

Then, their backs marked with tire tracks, they celebrated with the delivery guys.

Milo's colleague, Semu Siologa, chuckled that “;the scientist one”; was his favorite.

In that ad a group of astronomers, seeing an apparently ginormous meteor hurtling earthward, spelling certain planetary demise, decided the only thing left to do was take out the Bud Light. When the meteor proved to be a mere pebble that harmlessly clinked on the telescope lens, the obvious course of action was to celebrate the realization that everyone would live.

LESSONS FROM NOBU PROVE POPULAR

The chance to drop $300 to glean a bit of sushi-making knowledge from Nobu Matsuhisa, left, at Nobu, his namesake restaurant in Waikiki, was brief. Only eight seats were available at the Waikiki Parc hotel eatery, and they sold out “;within hours”; of last week's announcement, said Erika Kaufman, director of public relations for the Hotels & Resorts of Halekulani.

The unrequited demand might result in another opportunity at some point, she said.

Separately, Nobu patrons are apparently good tippers, if the Cocktails for a Cause Haitian relief effort is any indication. Bar staff came up with the idea to donate their tips from the evening, and $7,100 was raised.