Bookmarks for April 27th
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 27th: Creating Diamonds in Space: Do you know that there are countless diamonds in space? Loads of tiny...
Blogging the Aloha State and Beyond
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 27th: Creating Diamonds in Space: Do you know that there are countless diamonds in space? Loads of tiny...
Honolulu-based Noble Master Games this week released the full version of its game, “Miner Brigade,” for the Apple iPhone and Android platforms. “Miner Brigade” is similar to the arcade classic “Lemmings.” The simple and...
Four local bars and restaurants are hosting a series of “Humanitarian Happy Hours” to benefit SurfAid International. The kickoff event will be at Oceans 808 at Restaurant Row on Thursday, May 7. Hosted by...
KGMB9, the local CBS affiliate, launched a bold (and technologically tricky) initiative tonight during its 5 p.m. newscast. Called ‘i9News,’ it carved out a significant portion of the half-hour broadcast to share feedback from...
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 20th: Surveillance vehicles take flight using alternative energy: Fuel cell powered UAVs are taking flight as an Office...
Google Street View is an immensely popular, though sometimes controversial, feature of its mapping products (like Google Maps and Google Earth). It allows you to go beyond “zooming in” on a map or aerial...
The next meeting of the Eclipse Hawaii Eser’s Group will focus on Amazon EC2, or “Elastic Compute Cloud,” a popular web service for developers. The group will introduce EC2, then discuss how the service...
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 14th: Sound From Exploding Volcanoes Compared With Jet Engines: New research on infrasound from volcanic eruptions shows an...
From the heady, shaky days of Howard Dean to the triumphant ascent of Pres. Barack Obama, there’s no question that the web is a vital tool for organizing and fundraising. Social networks have turned...
Kenneth Makuakane is putting his music where his mouth is, offering his latest album as a gift to anyone who donates $10 or more to the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii‘s Windward Clubhouse....
Last month, Apple previewed the upcoming update to its iPhone operating system, iPhone 3.0. For iPhone fans, one of the big reveals was the final implementation of “cut and paste.” But it turns out...
What if Twitter let you organize your contacts into groups, so you can separate political talk from food talk? What if Twitter finally threaded replies, so conversations made sense? What if Twitter let you...
On Thursday, two experts will offer advice to Hawaii technology companies on intellectual property issues and navigating the global marketplace. Their presentations are featured in this month’s HISciTech Tech Download, a monthly networking breakfast...
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 6th: Fragility Of World’s Coral Is Revealed Through Study Of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: A new study how endangered...
SPOILER ALERT! As we lament the end of production for “Season 5” this week, here’s a blast from the recent past. Though Jen and I reported this “LOST” shoot on our March 22 podcast,...
One of the island’s most historic and colorful neighborhoods is hosting a new weekly farmers market. The Haleiwa Farmers Market will celebrate its grand opening on Sunday, April 5. Following the blow of a...