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Entries from April 2nd, 2008

LOST in Mourning [Updated]

April 15th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Lost, Pop Culture, Technology

“LOST” landed in Kaimuki this morning, at St. Patrick Catholic Church on Waialae Avenue. The parking lot was staged with shiny BMWs and Mercedes (and a couple of black stretch limousines) with California plates. And as an unusually large number of extras arrived, all dressed in black, it became clear they were there to film [...]

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Alltop Tracks Hawaii

April 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Blogs, Hawaii, Hawaii Blog, Media, Technology, The Web

Alltop, the latest web venture by Hawaii-born entrepreneur, author, and one-time Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki, today added a new channel devoted to Hawaii. Alltop offers quick, clean overviews of headlines from a variety of subjects, from venture capital to music to gaming. Described as “dashboards” or “virtual magazine racks,” the site’s pages allow you to [...]

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Blogger Dinner

April 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Blogs, People, Technology, The Web

Web strategist Jeremiah Owyang has been “on the grid” for over 900 days, and after a presentation to a Cisco partner conference in Honolulu yesterday, he began a much needed vacation. As he unplugged from the web, however, he spent the first hours of his time off plugging into the local geek community. I helped [...]

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The Spam Jam is Coming!

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Family, Food, Hawaii, Video

Mark your calendars and brace your palates: the annual “Waikiki Spam Jam” is returning on May 3, 2008. Hawaii residents consume more Spam per capita than any other state in the union: nearly seven million cans a year. So it makes sense that we celebrate everyone’s favorite brand of “mystery meat.” How? With a big [...]

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Lanikai Beach in Kailua

April 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Video

Lanikai from hawaii on Vimeo. On Sunday, my family and I met up with an old college friend and her kids in Kailua on the Windward side of O’ahu. It was a gray, rainy day, and at first it seemed as if our beach picnic plans had been scuttled. But a patch of blue sky [...]

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LOST Rolling Along

April 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Lost, Pop Culture, Television

SPOILER ALERT! It’s been a busy week for the “LOST” production team, and with five episodes to produce in a little over a month, that’s hardly surprising. We’re deep into the production of Episode 4×11, which is apparently Locke-centric, and “LOST” crews have been spotted all over the island working hard to bring the story [...]

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Aloha Means Goodbye

April 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Hawaii, Video

The above Aloha Airlines tribute has been airing on local television all week, courtesy the “Friends of Aloha,” likely burning up airtime already paid for by the airline. It was produced by Montaj9, based in part on a video montage created two years ago to celebrate Aloha Airlines’ 60th year of service. Now, the scenes [...]

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LOST Connection

April 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Lost, Pop Culture, Television

SPOILER ALERT! “LOST” found its way deep in the forest above Pearl City today at the old Waimano Home complex. The area is known today mostly for great ridge and valley hiking, and the drab buildings — formerly a mental institution — now house offices for the state’s public safety and health departments. As it [...]

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