When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on May 31st: Advanced BioScience Laboratories to Manufacture Hawaii Biotech’s Dengue Vaccine for Clinical Trial: Hawaii Biotech, Inc. and Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. announced today they are partnering for preclinical development of a dengue vaccine. Growers benefit from virtual farming software: [...]
Entries from May 10th, 2010
WeReward Rundown
May 27th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · 5 Comments · Business, Gadgets, Technology, The Web
Another day, another geolocation app. But this one has a blunt answer to the frequently asked question: “Why would anyone want to ‘check in’ every place they go?” And that answer is cash. WeReward comes from the folks at Izea, a company that — for better and worse — wants to monetize the social web. But unlike [...]
Bookmarks for May 24th
May 27th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Links
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on May 24th: Senate Passes Telework Enhancement Act for Federal Workers: The U.S. Senate passed the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (S. 707), sponsored by Senator Daniel K. Akaka, to expand telecommuting opportunities in the federal government. Eruption of Kilauea reaches [...]
First Look at Hawaii Five-O Reboot
May 21st, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · 10 Comments · Hawaii, Television, Video
As the world, and Hawaii, prepares to say goodbye to “LOST,” news came this week that CBS had picked up the long-awaited reboot of its hit series from over three decades ago. The new “Hawaii Five-O” will be part of the network’s fall line up, and is already one of the most talked-about new shows [...]
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Kids Film Festival Coming in June
May 20th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · 3 Comments · Events, Family, Hawaii
My kids love to go to the movies, but when trips to the theater mean spending $100 a pop, it’s hard to be enthusiastic… especially when good kids movies are few and far between. So I’m intrigued by the upcoming Kids First! Film Festival, part of the summer sessions program at the University of Hawaii [...]
Bookmarks for May 17th
May 17th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Links
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on May 17th: Wind farm pact approved: The state Public Utilities Commission has approved a power purchase agreement between Hawaiian Electric Co. and the developer of a Kahuku wind farm project, described as the largest of its kind on Oahu. Sun’s [...]
Food Network Gets ‘LOST’ on Wednesday
May 17th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Food, Lost, Pop Culture, Television
The series finale of “LOST” is less than a week away, and the Food Network is visiting “The Island” just in time. In the Wednesday installment of “Dinner: Impossible,” celebrity chef Robert Irvine finds himself stranded on Papailoa Beach — the very stretch of sand the survivors of Oceanic 815 called home for the past [...]
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Gulf Oil Spill Would Dwarf O’ahu
May 11th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · 3 Comments · Science, The Web
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a massive environmental disaster that is still unfolding. But even as the catastrophe is dominating headlines across the country, it’s hard to wrap your brain around the scale of the spill. Recent reports say the oil slick now covers 2,500 square miles of ocean… but how big is that? [...]
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Special “LOST” Tour at Kualoa on May 23
May 10th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · 9 Comments · Events, Lost, Television
After six incredible seasons, the awesome filmed-in-Hawaii series “LOST” will come to an end on Sunday, May 23. The two-and-a-half-hour series finale will be sandwiched between a two-hour retrospective and a special “LOST” sendoff on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” That adds up to over five hours of “LOST” goodness on ABC that night. It’s like the [...]
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Bookmarks for May 10th
May 10th, 2010 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Links
When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on May 10th: EIS released for $1B Big Isle telescope project: The document was released Friday, noting a few remaining issues as the university moves toward signing a sublease with TMT officials for the $1 billion project. Research clears dust on [...]
