Hawaii Blog

“I kind of come from that hippie school for geeks — people who think the end of the world came when Web sites went commercial.” So says some dork in a recent edition of Pacific...

Look ma! We’re on TV! KITV’s Mahealani Richardson profiled Jen and I for our weekly ‘Lost’ podcast, “The Transmission.” They came over to get footage of us watching “Lost,” talking into our microphones and...

Courtesy Premiere Magazine, a list of The 25 Most Shocking Moments in Movie History. From “The Crying Game” to “Ghost,” there are spoilers only if you haven’t seen these (mostly) hits. A fun list,...

The cool Wikipedia entry of the month award goes to Made-up words in The Simpsons. [via MeFi]

Boy it’s been quiet ’round here, huh? Well, continuing my longstanding tradition of juggling far too many “side projects,” I’m collaborating with my sexy wife to launch “The Transmission,” a “Lost” podcast. We couldn’t...

It was Todd the podcaster who first brought this awesome videoblog entry to my attention. It takes data from the global “vlogmap” and mixes it with Google Earth, and — with a dash of Louis...

Now that the Spike cable channel (“The Network for Men”) is airing blocks of CMT, Jen has been watching a lot of country music videos. (Check out her segment on the July 22 podcast.)...

Hard to believe it’s been more than two years since we last launched a shuttle into space. But after a few aborted attempts, STS-114 made it into orbit today. Let’s hope this team returns...

It was several months ago that Google unveiled its Google Maps beta incorporating the satellite imagery it apparently acquired with Keyhole. For most major cities, it was pretty snazzy. You could see individual homes,...

If Jen were to get something from Amazon.com delivered this way, she’d just about explode.

Man, why am I always the last to find out about this stuff? Former Star-Bulletin webmaster and unparalleled local Mac guru Blaine Fergerstrom has finally, finally launched his own blog. Thanks, Ian, for outing...

Woke up to news of terror attacks in London. My brother is in London. First trip abroad, a total lark that he ended up there at all, let alone today. I don’t know London,...

O, woe, my wife loves this site more than she loves me! Alack, alack, ’tis my fate, having past thwarted another lover with the black magic of firewall filters. Proud, tho, canst I be,...

Well, the much anticipated upgrade to Apple’s iTunes music software is out today, the one that adds built-in support for podcasts. There’s also an updater for iPods, making them the first piece of hardware...

Although there are many monstrous symbols of former Honolulu mayor Jeremy Harris’ devotion to waste, excess, misplaced priorities and ceaseless self-aggrandizing, few are… well, more portable than his glossy softcover book, “The Renaissance of...

I’ve been intrigued by the trailers for the documentary “Mad Hot Ballroom” — documenting a pilot program for ballroom dancing in New York City elementary schools — and plan to see it… eventually. Whether or not...

The spectacularly talented Wayne Brady is coming to Hawaii, performing Aug. 27 at the Blaisdell. I’m pretty sure, now, what Jen will want for her birthday. Wayne’s wife, the former Mandie Taketa, is from...

This Is Jeopardy dreamalynn I always knew she was smart, but now she’s got the nationally televised game show appearance to prove it! Yes, my dear friend “Dreama Lynn” got to rub shoulders (and...

Craigslist and the Wikipedia are two awesome, invaluable sites that are just teeming with obsessive and creative people. But for all the practical use you can get out of them, they’re also home to...

Don’t get me wrong. I love my current digital camera, the most versatile Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20. But I can’t help but drool just a little over news of the next entry in Casio’s sexy...