Hawaii Blog

When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on April 6th: Fragility Of World’s Coral Is Revealed Through Study Of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: A new study how endangered...

When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on March 30th: Tech Industry Growing In Hawaii: A state report shows Hawaii’s science and tech industries generate more than...

When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on March 25th: Bill in Legislature pushes to put Hawaii medical records online: A system linking all hospital, patient and...

When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on March 16th: New species of bamboo coral identified off Hawaii: Scientists have identified seven new species of bamboo coral...

When I’m not blogging, I’m browsing. Here are sites and pages that I bookmarked on March 9th: AFP: Whale sonar: Two pings are better than one: Many whale species have sonar systems that send...

These are my links for March 2nd from 13:58 to 14:26

These are my links for February 22nd from 16:33 to 16:57

These are my links for January 30th through February 16th:

• Michelin wheel walks on the moon with NASA: A specially-designed wheel from Michelin, will drive the next generation of moon rover vehicles, which require mobility under extreme conditions and harsh terrain. The Michelin Lunar Wheel underwent testing in Hawaii as part of NASA’s lunar analogue testing and evaluation program.
• High-tech program debuts at Farrington: Project EAST will bring computers, GPS mapping tools, architectural and computer-assisted-design software as well as 3-D animation to the campus in Kalihi. The program is funded by state and federal grants as well as private donors.

  Project EAST is scheduled to start at Mililani, McKinley and Roosevelt high schools later this year. It has already under way at 10 neighbor-island schools.

• Senate bill pushes employer tax credit for telecommuters: A Senate bill making its way through the state legislature proposes tax credits for employers setting up telecommuting programs for employees. Another bill seeks to establish a task force to look at telework opportunities in both the public and private sector.
• Old Meds Hold Promise As Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases: Johns Hopkins Gazette: A century-old drug that failed in its original intent to treat tuberculosis but has worked well as an antileprosy medicine now holds new promise as a potential therapy for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
• Male Whales Prefer Enormous Females: Discovery News: While svelte, petite women may attract multiple suitors, bigger is definitely better in the whale world, according to a new study that found male humpback whales favor the largest females.
• Top Twitter Celebrities – Forbes.com: The real business benefits of that Twitter success are still largely a matter of faith: Kawasaki says that only 6% of his Alltop traffic comes directly from Twitter, but he believes those social media users are more likely to become repeat visitors and pass the site on to their friends.
• Steven Levy on the Burden of Twitter: The more I upload the details of my existence, even in the form of random observations and casual location updates, the more I worry about giving away too much. It's one thing to share intimacies person- to-person. But with a community? Creepy.