Author: Ryan Kawailani Ozawa

Good News: I got $80 from my stepbrother Eathan. See, I’m such a poor businessman, I never keep track of what my “clients” owe me. While this means I usually end up doing most...

Good news: Sex is good for you. And one imagines being “master of your domain” is included in the definition of “sex” for the purposes of this study. Bad news: Apparently lacking anything more...

Further evidence that it’s better for everyone that I gave up my MP3 addiction? Two songs that ended up on my hard drive tonight: “Bailamos” by William Hung, and a cover of Christine Aguilera’s...

Good News: Google, the super bestest whatchamacalit ever, has announced that it’s introducing a free web-based e-mail service, with neat features, 1GB of storage, and basically all kinds of stuff to make Hotmail and...

If you’re a news junkie, you’ve just gotta see this. It takes the already impressive news aggregation power of Google News, and presents it as a “treemap” — basically a visual representation of the top...

When you’re trying to get a project going, having it mentioned in the local paper is usually a good thing. As long as that project is actually running. Thanks go to Honolulu Adveriser tech...

Weird. Thanks to some partnership between Alexa and Amazon.com, this website has an ASIN, or an Amazon.com product number. Wanna write a review for B0000DK1XM? There are also listings for HawaiiStories (B0001CYQWU), HawaiiNews.com (B0000A3AHL),...

Huh. Look what I found behind my desk. The MakikiCam hasn’t been hooked up for a couple of years, at least. Check it out while it lasts… by the looks of it, the webcam...

A hearty warm web welcome to Beckett Dalton Berry, born this morning at Wahiawa General. Here’s to parenthood, and lots and lots of sleep!

There’s nothing sadder than an unfunny clown. I’m sure those comically-staged Oval Office photos are going over real well with the families of the 591 killed and 3,383 wounded while on his wild goose...

On the heels of the glorious news that it took a bunch of zombies to push that Jesus guy off the cinematic throne comes word that another blasphemous film will be returning to the...

And just like that, I’ll be flying a redeye to Los Angeles tomorrow night in order to meet with some folks here. I hope I can contribute in some small way, and do something...

By random chance, I crossed paths online with someone from StirTV, “the first show for and about Asian America’s next generation.” I’d never heard of ’em before, and they’re pretty new, but it turns...

Eerie. Greg was just e-mailing me about how the Alamo Drafthouse — the awesomest movie theater chain ever — is finally starting to set up franchises outside Austin. I wrote back saying, “Well, we’ve got too...

A fun article in today’s Honolulu Advertiser on the often non-functional crosswalk buttons at Honolulu intersections. (It’s a localization of this piece in the New York Times.) I think it’s a little muddled, though....

“The Spanish ambassador to the United States, Javier Ruperez, who said he believes ETA was responsible, said ‘in a way it is’ Spain’s September 11, referring to the 2001 terror attacks in New York...

Aue. Dave Blood, bassist for The Dead Milkmen, is no longer with us. According to a messageboard post from his sister, he took his own life last night. [via MeFi] Thanks for the music,...

Lest anyone suspect that In Medias Res — the somewhat neglected heart of my little corner of cyberspace — has gone the way of the dodo, I’ve finally managed to sort out a couple of tweaks...

Rumor has it a couple of geeks will take to the airwaves this evening to talk about everything and nothing. Actually, it’s the debut of Rough Take, a weekly radio show on “culture, technolgy...

A long-anticipated storm front is finally rolling over Honolulu, and this one ain’t kidding around. The thunderclaps are stronger than any I’ve heard — or felt — in years. Windows are rattling. Car alarms are going...