When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on March 8th:
We can clear up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Once a five-mile stretch of golden sand, Kamilo beach on the island of Hawaii has become a huge rubbish dump. A British company is aiming to make such detritus a [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on February 22nd:
Navy gives new minisub a try: Submergence Group LLC, which builds experimental submarines, thought it could build a better mousetrap, or at least a more economical minisub for Navy use.
SG Biofuels Launches World’s First Elite Jatropha Cultivar: In addition [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on February 16th:
‘Second invasion’ threatens nurseries: The tiny noisemakers have returned to Waimanalo where they are mounting a “second invasion” and pose a threat to the nursery owners who depend on potted plant sales.
Too Much Tech: Good or Bad?: From television [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on February 8th:
$700K Mobile Command Sits For Years: A high-tech, state-of-the-art emergency mobile command unit that cost $700,000 has sat idle for 2 1/2 years after it arrived in Hawaii.
KITV found out that most of the vehicle was paid for with [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on February 1st:
Report on the Task Force on Reinventing Government [PDF]: House Concurrent Resolution No. 76 established a Task Force on Reinventing Government to examine the existingoperations and organizations of Hawaii’s state government and recommend ways to makeHawaii’s government more [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on January 28th:
NASA’s WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid: NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in infrared [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on January 19th:
Fast-Food Fries Cooked in Higher-Fat Corn Oil, Study Shows: Fast-food chains are more likely than smaller restaurants to cook their French fries in corn oil, which is higher in cholesterol-raising saturated fats than other vegetable oils, a study from [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on January 11th:
Changing the Future: Kahu Danny Akaka officially opened the Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy with a blessing ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Students, faculty members, administrators, and project team members attended the event.
Astronomers spot ’super-Earth’ 80 light [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on December 28th:
Swiss test solar-power aircraft for night flight: The prototype of an aircraft, to be propelled entirely by solar power even at night, has already been successfully tested for a ‘flea hop’ or a short flight. Scientists and engineers are [...]
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When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on December 14th:
Connecticut scientist leads the way in freezing coral to give it life later: Hagedorn's lab in Hawaii is the only one in the world dedicated to coral cryopreservation. With funding from the Smithsonian and NOAA, Hagedorn is racing to [...]
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