Apple’s immensely popular iPhone will be the focus of tonight’s Web Weavers Workshop, a regular series focused on web development organized by HMAUS and the Pacific New Media program at the University of Hawaii. iPhone expert Rich Warren (21 Century Systems Inc.) will talk about what the iPhone can do, why it’s an important new [...]
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Workshop to Explore Apple’s iPhone
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Gadgets, Hawaii, Technology, The Web
Tags: apple·Hawaii·hmaus·iphone·webdevelopment·webweavers
Bytemarks Lunch Coming Up
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Events, People
Local ubergeek Burt Lum’s monthly “Bytemarks” geek lunch has been scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, at Don Quijote (a.k.a. Holiday Mart) on Kaheka Street near Ala Moana Center. The “Bytemarks” lunch used to be held in downtown Honolulu. But now that Burt’s day job has moved him a few miles east, the [...]
Tags: burtlum·bytemarks·geekmeet·meetup
Worldwide Photo Walk in Honolulu
August 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Events, Hawaii, art
Scott Kelby, editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine and president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, is organizing a “Worldwide Photo Walk” this Saturday covering over 100 cities around the globe. Thanks to local organizer Hub Grosswendt, the Honolulu photo walk will come together at Ala Moana Beach Park at 9 a.m., making [...]
Tags: flickr·photography·photos·photowalk
“LOST” Open Casting Call Tomorrow
August 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Events, Hawaii, Lost, People, Television
Production on the fifth season of ABC’s hit television series “LOST” begins this weekend, and the creators of the show are looking for talent right here in Hawaii. They’re holding their first “open casting call” tomorrow at Ala Wai Elementary School. They’re looking for all shapes and sizes, though fluency in a foreign language might [...]
Tags: abclost·cast·casting·extras·Hawaii·Lost·sag·Television·tv
Fire!
August 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Events, Family, Media
My middle child, Zac, had just grumbled that he was bored. He was rolling around on the floor, lamenting that his little brother Alex was off doing his own thing in the next room, when the noisy bunch of kids in the driveway (which included his big sister Katie) suddenly got noisier. The young voices [...]
Tags: emergency·fire·Hawaii·hfd·hpd·mililani
Molly Holzschlag at Pacific New Media
August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs, Events, Hawaii, Media, People, Technology, The Web
Molly E. Holzschlag — well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author — is returning to Honolulu this week to lead workshops for Pacific New Media.
On Friday, she’ll give a free public lecture titled “Browsers, Web Standards, and IE8” in Krauss Hall at 7 p.m. Those looking for more intensive instruction can sign up for [...]
Tags: browsers·css·molly·pacificnewmedia·pnm·uh
Obama Comes Home
August 8th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Events, Hawaii, Media, People, Politics
Rush transcript of Barack Obama’s remarks to Hawaii at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park:
Aloha! First of all, everybody who doesn’t know, this is Michelle Obama. My partner, my love, and the person who knocks sense into me every once in a while. First I want to thank… Mayor Mufi Hanneman. I want to thank my great [...]
Tags: barackobama·campaign·Hawaii·obama·Politics·vacation
Tweet-Up with Seesmic’s Sukhjit
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Technology, The Web
If you’re not on Twitter, you may not have heard: a member of the Seesmic team is in Honolulu, and several local geeks are turning out to welcome her and enjoy some terrific tech talkstory. Sukhjit, who hosts the Seesmic video show “Unboxing,” will be at the Aloha Tower Marketplace food court at 5 p.m. [...]
Tags: alohatower·Hawaii·honolulu·seesmic·twitter·Video
‘So Sari!’ Art Party This Friday
July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Food, Music, People, art
This month’s Art After Dark is not to be missed. On Friday, the Honolulu Academy of Arts presents “So Sari! Bollywood Nights.”
The soundtrack to the evening will be provided by New York’s famed D.J. Rekha, and E&O Trading Company will provide some flavor.
You can wander the courtyards of the Academy, where major Indian holidays (such [...]
Tags: chinatown·diwali·Hawaii·honblue·indian·onam·pookkalam
Get Ready to Celebrate Palolo Pride
July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Events, Family, Food, Music, People
How well do you know Palolo Valley? I’d wager you don’t know it half as well as its neighbors, Manoa, Kaimuki and Kahala. Once filled with farms, then home to a rock quarry and even a World War II airfield, today’s Palolo is a country-style neighborhood in the middle of the city.
Palolo Valley’s rich history [...]
Tags: concert·fair·festival·Hawaii·healthfair·Music·palolo·palolopride·pride·rotary