Monthly Archive: August 2007

Best Big Island Blogs

Best Big Island Blogs

Congratulations to Hawaii Island bloggers Hunter Bishop and Aaron Stene for being named the Big Island’s best websites or blogs by the Hawaii Island Journal. “He’s a true citizen journalist with opinions about all...

Catchy Ketchup

Catchy Ketchup

A local actor and film student has two entries in the running for the Heinz “Top This TV Challenge,” which invited amateur media makers to come up with clever 30-second commercials for their ketchup....

Webkinz Woes

Webkinz Woes

Being a geek and a father, I’ve long tracked online destinations for kids. And while the offerings of Nick Jr. and PBS Kids are largely Flash-based brand reinforcement exercises, they are interactive (unlike the...

Didn’t Get the Hint

Didn’t Get the Hint

Last week, my kids (again) killed their Mac mini. The Ala Moana Apple Store held on to it for a few days, but eventually (again) replaced the optical drive at no charge. Since the...

Capitalizing on Caturday

Capitalizing on Caturday

During yesterday’s lifecasting talk at Hawaii Public Radio, I got to meet Eric Nakagawa, a guy who’s impossibly close to one of the year’s hottest Internet memes: lolcats. Lolcats are those Photoshopped pictures of...

Mixed Plate Special is Served

Mixed Plate Special is Served

Today brings the official launch of Mixed Plate Special, a new online lifestyle magazine focused on Hawaii. A “virtual exhibition space” of sorts, Mixed Plate Special aims to chronicle modern Hawaii life in a...

ThinkTech Tackles Lifecasting

ThinkTech Tackles Lifecasting

Lifecasting — live video streaming over the internet on a personal scale — will be the topic du jour on Hawaii Public Radio’s “ThinkTech Hawaii” radio show, airing this afternoon at 5 p.m. on KIPO 89.3FM....