The Aloha State has climbed from third to second place in a national ranking of healthiest states. In the 2008 America’s Health Rankings, issued by the American Public Health Association (APHA), the Hawaii State Snapshot noted several strengths: A low prevalence of obesity (21.7 percent of the population). Low levels of air pollution (4.9 micrograms [...]
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Hawaii Second Healthiest State
December 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Miscellaneous
Tags: Health·healthiest·ranking·rankings·state
“LOST” at School
October 29th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Miscellaneous
SPOILER ALERT! ”LOST” returned to downtown Honolulu this morning to film a New York street scene. The intersection of Bethel St. and Merchant St. was converted into the Upper West Side in Manhattan, with a tell-tale subway entrance (“Columbus & 67th St. Station”), New York cabs, some news racks, and an antique rugs shop (“established 1902″). The [...]
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Geek Goes Down on Live TV
May 2nd, 2008 · 13 Comments · Miscellaneous
You haven’t lived until you’ve humiliated yourself on live television. I had that unique opportunity this morning after doing my regular “LOST” commentary on KITV (the Honolulu ABC affiliate). The next segment was some fitness drills with current and former members of the UH Warriors football team, sponsored by Jamba Juice. I was enlisted to [...]
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LOST Party
April 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Miscellaneous
Scaling down somewhat from the huge shoot at Kalaeloa on Wednesday, the “LOST” crew headed out to upscale East Honolulu today to film at a mansion in Kahala. Specifically, they returned to Hurley’s mansion as last seen in “Tricia Tanaka is Dead,” a $5.5 million property that’s actually on the market. There wasn’t much to [...]
Tags: abclost·andreagabriel·filming·Hawaii·hurley·jorgegarcia·kahala·locationshoot·Lost·nadia·naveenandrews·sayid·Television·tv
Jill Kuramoto Welcomes Baby Jace
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Miscellaneous
Back in February, I was elated to break the news that KITV news anchor and reporter (and “LOST” celebrity) Jill Kuramoto was expecting. Well, this morning, the good word came from coworker Rich Fewell (via Twitter): “Jill K had her baby!” The details later arrived at the Inside KITV blog courtesy online editor Brent Suyama: [...]
Aiona Girl
October 31st, 2007 · 5 Comments · Miscellaneous, Politics
Cat Toth, immensely popular local reporter and blogger for the Honolulu Advertiser, stars in this… mind blowing tribute to Lt. Governor Duke Aiona. “Aiona Girl” was shown at “Gridiron 2007,” the annual fundraiser for the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. It’s a can’t-miss event that recaps the year’s news with hilarious musical [...]
Akaka Bill Passes, Again
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Miscellaneous, Politics
The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007, a.k.a. the Akaka Bill, was passed by the U.S. House this morning, 261-153. Numerologists take note, it was the 1,000th vote taken by the 110th Congress. “Today’s House action provides great momentum in our effort to extend federal recognition to Hawaii’s indigenous peoples,” said the bill’s author, [...]
Pacific News Bytes Launches
October 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Miscellaneous
Local promoter and media whiz Lincoln Jacobe is hoping the third time’s the charm with the launch of Pacific News Bytes, an all-color, glossy magazine featuring “news, features and expert advice from the top professionals in the technology industry.” Jacobe describes the bi-monthly magazine as the descendant of Hawaii Web & Internet News and PacificNews.NET. [...]
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PGP in Hawaii
October 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Hawaii, Miscellaneous
If you are one of the ten people in Hawaii using PGP to authenticate or encrypt e-mail messages, you should know that there will be a PGP key signing event on Thursday. Come down to Likelike Drive Inn on Keeaumoku St. at 7 p.m., and bring your PGP key ID and fingerprint and a couple [...]
Tags: authentication·digitalsignatures·encryption·gnupg·gpg·Hawaii·pgp·security
ZIP It for Schenectady
March 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Miscellaneous
Huh. We were watching an old episode of CBS’ mathematical crime series “NUMB3RS” on the TiVo. Charlie (David Krumholtz) randomly throws out this piece of trivia: The ZIP code 12345 exists, and is assigned to Schenectady, New York. Intrigued, I found this bit of trivia: There is a growing problem that the USPS is very [...]
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