Looks like the winter “LOST” production hiatus is over. Filming for Episode 12 of Season 5 commenced yesterday, and late word came of a location shoot at the Times Supermarket in McCully (1772 S. King St.). Out front, a false sign hung that no doubt gave local shoppers pause: Tim’s Supermarket Long Beach. Inside, the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Hawaii'
“LOST” in a Market
January 16th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Hawaii, Lost, Television
Tags: abclost·filming·Hawaii·locationshoot·Lost·Television·tv
State Braces for High Winds
January 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Miscellaneous
High winds with gusts of up to 60 to 70 miles per hour may buffet the state tomorrow and Friday, and government officials met today to discuss contingency and communications plans. The National Weather Service, State Civil Defense, and other agencies initiated talks this morning, gearing up for stormy conditions compared to those that hit [...]
Twitter Reports on Hawaii Economy
January 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Hawaii, The Web
This afternoon, the state Council on Revenues is giving a briefing on the state economy at the Hawaii State Capitol. And at least two people are Twittering from the briefing as it unfolds: Ian Lind (independent investigative journalist and blogger) and Georgette Deemer (Communications Director for the Hawaii House of Representatives and former state film [...]
Tags: economy·government·Hawaii·tourism·twitter
Kenneth Makuakane CD Release Party
January 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hawaii, Music, People, The Web
Renowned local music producer and musician Kenneth Makuakane will be celebrating the release of his new album, “The White Bathtub,” on Thursday with a CD release party at the Ala Moana Hotel‘s Pakele Lounge. Special guests include Barry Flanagan, Walt Keale, Obrian Eselu and Stephen Inglis. And as with all Pakele Lounge performances, the event [...]
Tags: concert·free·Hawaii·hawaiian·live·makuakane·Music·musician·pakele·pakelelounge
Roz Savage Needs Help to Stow Her Boat
January 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hawaii, People, Technology
Roz Savage, who hopes to set records and raise environmental awareness by rowing solo across the Pacific Ocean, is putting out a call for help. Her high tech rowboat, The Brocade, is in desperate need of shelter while it awaits Phase 2 of her voyage. “I urgently need to find covered storage for my boat [...]
Tags: boat·Hawaii·honolulu·ocean·pacific·row·rowing·roz·rozsavage·savage·storage
Cable TV Channels May Go Dark Tomorrow
December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Business, Hawaii, Television
Hawaii customers of Oceanic Time Warner will lose several television channels tomorrow unless a last-minute deal is struck between Time Warner and Viacom. Viacom owns several popular basic cable channels carried by Oceanic, including Comedy Central, music channels MTV and VH1, kids channels Nickleodeon and Noggin, Spike, and TV Land. Oceanic’s digital lineup includes additional [...]
Honolulu Power Outage Covered Online
December 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Events, Hawaii, Media, Television, The Web
At about 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, a lightning storm over Honolulu apparently knocked out electricity for almost the entire island of O’ahu. As people from Waikiki to Kaneohe were plunged into darkness, those that still had battery operated gadgets gathered and shared information online to determine the extent of the blackout. Of course, [...]
Tags: blackout·Hawaii·honolulu·kgmb·Media·outage·power·twitter
Todd’s 24 Hour Podcast
December 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · People, Podcasting, The Web
Beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday morning, and running nonstop through dawn on Sunday, Hawaii’s own Todd Cochrane — podcaster and new media entrepreneur — will be on the air for 24 hours to raise money for the Disabled American Veterans. He’ll be talking around the clock with guests and listeners, including several from Hawaii. Free video chat [...]
Tags: 24hourpodcast·24hours·Hawaii·podcast·Podcasting·veterans
A Few Good Hawaii Blogs
December 2nd, 2008 · 14 Comments · Blogs, People, Social Media, Technology, The Web
Blogs.com is built to showcase “the best in blogs,” and the wonderful folks at Six Apart (who are also behind TypePad and Movable Type) have been building a fantastic collection of reviews and links. One of their key features are “Top Ten Lists,” which have been compiled by dozens of notable bloggers and blog readers [...]
VEX Robotics Championship
December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Events, Family, Technology
Hawaii’s first international scholastic robotics competition will be held this week at the Hawaii Convention Center. The Pan Pacific VEX Championship Tournament is bringing 84 middle and high school teams from Hawaii, California, and China to compete on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6. The teams will be separated into two alliances that will [...]
