Justin.TV: It’s Atypical Life
Justin.TV is a week old, and is taking the web (or at least the hyper-interconnected Web 2.0 startup crowd) by storm. The concept is simple enough: Justin Kan, 23, is broadcasting his life live...
Monthly Archive: March 2007
Apple TV First Impressions
In a word, bliss. Now, even as an Apple fanboy, I concede that Apple TV was overhyped in some quarters. At least I knew going in that it was a simple device with a...
‘Dirty Jobs’ Loses ‘Faith’ Theme
My family loves “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel. The concept could have gone in some really unpleasant directions, but host Mike Rowe really makes it work. Mike has filmed several segments in Hawaii,...
Another ‘LOST’ Film Snafu?
Early last month, Mynette Louie of the Hawaii Film Blog posted an official notice from the Hawaii Film Office about the inadvertent destruction of film from two Hawaii productions. I immediately e-mailed around trying...
Amazon Unbox Comes to TiVo
While I wait for my Apple TV to ship, I was more than happy to try out the new Amazon Unbox on TiVo service. In short? I was surprised at how easy it was....
ZIP It for Schenectady
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...
Twitter vs. Jaiku
Twitter is great. Don’t get me wrong. I use it all the time, ever since I got sucked in last November. What seems (and remains, for some) an inane, pointless, geek plaything has taken...
HTY Got “LOST”
Jen and I had a rare night out yesterday to attend a benefit reading for the Honolulu Theatre for Youth featuring several cast members from ABC’s filmed-in-Hawaii series “LOST“: Matthew Fox (Jack), Terry O’Quinn...
iLike Revisited: The Need for Feed
A Twitter update by Burt reminded me that I wanted to revisit my review of iLike from last October. The folks at iLike are doing great things, adding great features all the time, keeping...
Leslie Wilcox Tribute
After a 34-year career in local television news, veteran reporter and anchor Leslie Wilcox is moving behind the scenes and taking the reigns at PBS Hawaii, Hawaii’s public television station headquartered in Manoa. Coworker...
