Author: Ryan Kawailani Ozawa

Bookmarks for March 24th

Bookmarks for March 24th

When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on March 24th: Extraterrestrial Hurricane Discovered at Neptune’s South Pole: Something’s afoot at Neptune’s South Pole. Astronomers took a series...

Bookmarks for March 17th

Bookmarks for March 17th

When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked through March 17th: 48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing: The Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans...

Onward to SXSW Interactive

Onward to SXSW Interactive

I’m at Gate 7 of Honolulu International Airport, about to board my redeye flight. I’m en route to SXSW Interactive. It’ll be my second year at this gargantuan geek fest, once again as part...

Bookmarks for March 8th

Bookmarks for March 8th

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...

David Buys Goliath

David Buys Goliath

“Staff-wide meeting at The Honolulu Advertiser. Similar meeting called at The Star-Bulletin. This can’t be good for anyone. Honolulu Advertiser education writer Loren Moreno tweeted that this afternoon, moments before the news once again...

Bookmarks for February 22nd

Bookmarks for February 22nd

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...

Bookmarks for February 16th

Bookmarks for February 16th

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...

Bookmarks for February 8th

Bookmarks for February 8th

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...

Bookmarks for February 2nd

Bookmarks for February 2nd

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...

Bookmarks for January 27th

Bookmarks for January 27th

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...

Peer News Outlines Local Focus

Peer News Outlines Local Focus

This morning, Pierre Omidyar‘s local news startup Peer News hosted a conference call with journalists to provide an update on their venture, which was first announced in November. Among the key announcements made was...

Bookmarks for January 19th

Bookmarks for January 19th

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...

Hawaii Newspaper Archives Go Online

Hawaii Newspaper Archives Go Online

The archives of three newspapers documenting Hawaii’s 19th century history have been posted online by the Library of Congress, digitized and converted into searchable text via OCR through the participation of the UH Mānoa...