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December 20 to 31, 2005
A "laptop battery breakthrough" enables more precise readings of battery life, implications for all gadget types: http://www.iht.com/
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iPod Stuff http://online.wsj.com/public/
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"Prescription Drug Use at Record High for Americans": http://www.reuters.com/news
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.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=698184...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
Hawaii's High-Tech Successes, Today http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
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/2005/Apr/28/br/br10p.htm...
My Future China http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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Did you know the keys on your GM van may open the doors on "a half-dozen other GM vans and pickups"? http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/
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News/story/CTVNews/1114698835400_6?hub=topstorie...
An "alarming number" of young American girls are taking steroids to emulate the look of "models and movie stars": http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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Did you know that the military occupies over 22% of Oahu? http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
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/2005/May/01/ln/ln07p.htm...
"U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism - State Dept. Will Not Put Data in Report": http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content//
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/2005/04/26/AR2005042601623.htm...
Canada once took in 50,000 Vietnam-era draft dodgers. But today it's denying political asylum to those who refuse to participate in the Iraq war...
Growing Tea In Hawaii http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
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/2005/Apr/25/bz/bz01p.htm...
Aluminum Bottles http://www.uwstout.edu/solutions/rs/2005/
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46 benefits of building green: http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/
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Photo Stitching http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/
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21st Century Music Videos http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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April 18 to 24, 2005
High-Tech Junk http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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Holographic storage technology is slowly making progress: http://www.extremetech.com/
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Suspended animation gets one step closer to reality: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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The EU last year fined Microsoft $700 million for abusing its near-monopoly in the software industry. Meanwhile, an EU Commissioner who could affect the amount of these fines was invited to a lavish...
"By approving liquid marijuana, the Canadian government has just certified that virtually everything our own government has been telling us about marijuana is wrong"...
ClearChannel will be tagging its music with color codes that reflect "indecent" content. Blue songs are OK, while orange songs can only be played after 10pm: http://www.fmqb.com/
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Partly thanks to its sale of hybrid cars, Toyota expects to see its best first quarter in 48 years. GM expects to lose $850 million that same quarter due to short term bets on "cheap" and "plentiful...
April 11 to 17, 2005
This couple started an eco-porn site for rain forest protection and have already raised almost $100,000: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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"A new generation of flower children keeps psychedelic folk alive" http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/04/14/derk.DT...
SVG will radically change how the Web looks and feels. It will be making its debut in Web browsers very soon: http://www.publish.com/
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How and why Asian countries are keeping the U.S. dollar from collapsing: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/
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"Half of U.S. taxpayers filing online": http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/13/BUG2DC78FN1.DT...
Give your photos the comic treatment with Photoshop: http://www.macmerc.com/
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April 4 to 10, 2005
Here's a concise Q&A page on the Akaka bill (The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005), with the text of the bill included. In a nutshell, the bill "lays out the procedures throug...
The original
article
is gone, but traditional librarians are wondering what do to about the new "millenial" generation that is impatient with the slowness of research via paper...
Best Buy arrests a man for using $2 bills. The police said "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world." I didn't know that terrorists paid for their nuclear weapons using $...
Scientists are figuring out ways to stimulate neurons remotely with laser beams and are already controlling fruit flies...
With 99% confidence, researchers have found that planetary biodiversity comes and goes roughly every 62 million years, and may be due to astrophysical causes. Looking at the graph, I think we're at ...
Did you know that in 2000, EPA-banned GMO corn was found in Taco Bell tacos, which could produce anaphylactic shock? Here's more on how corporations are surreptitiously introducing GMO into th...
You may one day clean your teeth with a light wand: http://www.newscientist.com/
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March 28 to April 3, 2005
History, Patents, and You http://www.newscientist.com/
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Use your cell phone to pay for parking. These systems greatly reduce cost, maintenance, and long lines: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
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/2005/Mar/15/tc/tc01p.htm...
Most streets in the U.S. named after Martin Luther King have turned out to be dead-end low-income crack alleys: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/03/ING74C19NT1.DT...
Derren Brown uses basic psychological principles to perform amazing "mind-reading" and mass hypnotism tricks: http://www.iht.com/
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s/2005/03/27/news/profile.htm...
"The Making of the Twenty-First-Century Soldier" http://www.esquire.com/features/
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G.M.'s vice-chairman, on why he thinks people will still buy big SUVs: "Rich people don't care": http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/03/BUG1JC1MSC1.DTL&feed=rss.busines...
March 21 to 27, 2005
This was a top item in news all over the world this week: Banksy, an artist mostly known for his quality graffiti work, snuck into New York's most famous museums and affixed his anti-war work to th...
Viral marketing is huge these days. In this
article
are a few dos and don'ts of viral marketing...
Macs are starting to make under-the-radar inroads into companies. This is exactly how the Web got started in the corporate world, and CTOs and IT staff are beginning to think about what it means...
At last, "rising gas prices threaten viability of biggest SUV sales". Note that many Americans are still buying inefficient vehicles and driving them farther to boot...
A new newspaper column only reviews cars that do better than 30 mpg. Let's see more columns like this...
So few people know the basics about GMOs, the AP was prompted to write this
article
...
Here's the best
article
on the walking octopus I could find...
March 14 to 20, 2005
Only in Hawaii - people made corned beef sushi with green rice for St. Patrick's day. I think it should be a symbol of world unity or something. Note that this type of sushi (musubi) is usually mad...
Here's a nice summary of how your hard drive works: http://www.extremetech.com/
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Using the BlueSniper rifle, hackers were able to extract information from PDAs and cell phones from people in the U.S. Bank building in L.A. from over a mile away...
And here's photos of all those wildflowers that have been blooming in Death Valley lately: http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?
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id=7328...
Breast-enhancing bubble gum is popular in Japan these days: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
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March 7 to 13, 2005
Changing Hawaii http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
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/2005/Mar/10/ln/ln03p.htm...
Trashing Hawaii http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/g/a/2005/03/09/gree.DT...
One of my pet topics - what happens to your data and online personality after you die? This
article
uses the case of Aaron Huth, who still has an online presence (and bank account) a year after hi...
"Invocation of eminent domain by cities to seize property for private development is on the rise": http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/02/25/carollloyd.DTL&feed=rss.surrealestat...
China is fighting the Tibetan exile administration with computer virii: http://www.phayul.com/news/
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.aspx?id=9195&
article
=Trojan+Horse+Gallops+from+Beijing%2C+Disguised+as+Dalai+Lama+Statemen...
Let's see Starbucks use these new paper coffee cups that are decomposable and biodegradable. The U.S. Navy's ordered 20 million of them...
"I don't see / the point of Haiku / in English" - the first(?) haiku poetry slam: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/09/DDGUMBLOA46.DT...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
A friend wrote this
article
about the Kolea, a five ounce bird that has been flying from Alaska to Hawaii annually for the last 120,000 years...
February 21 to 27, 2005
The Continuing iPod Phenomenon http://www.pcworld.com/resource/
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/0,aid,119799,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.as...
In a panel at a Web conference in 1995 I talked about the inevitable rise of instant stardom and its perils, once the Web got popular. Here are some of the latest subjects - a very funny online vide...
Here's a brilliant business and innovative social practice - I haven't heard of any historical precedents for this social role. The business is "Wingwomen", where shy bachelors pay $50 an hour fo...
A great
article
about NASA's programmers and the culture and systems that encourage software development as if engineering mattered. Their code is 99.9% bug-free. Their lessons can be applied t...
Wal-Mart flew in a team of labor experts to counter 21 year-old employee Joshua Noble and 17 others who tried to form a union. Despite international attention, the effort failed. "It's just a bunch o...
Nature is a lot tougher than you. Scientists revive 32,000 year-old frozen bacteria: http://www.newscientist.com/
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February 14 to 20, 2005
Honolulu was recently ranked as the fourth most expensive place to live in the U.S. lately, behind New York, San Francisco, and San Jose, CA...
Will an environmental impact statement requirement kill Hawaii's inter-island Superferry? This
article
explains the issues involved, and why an EIS may not really be needed. In any case, could it no...
New groovy stuff from the DEMO 2005 conference! Here's Bubbler, an app that allows you to make your own multimedia blogs, from Five Across: http://www.extremetech.com/
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Scientists create the first deafness "cure" using gene therapy: http://www.newscientist.com/
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.ns?id=dn700...
The mating scent of the German cockroach has been found - here's the clever methods scientists used: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/02/17/national/w110206S34.DT...
It's true, the International Monetary Fund bankrupts the Third World, as noted by a former banker in this
article
mentioned last year...
The grisly story of Manadel al-Jamadi, which just became fully known - he died in Abu Ghraib while hung from his wrists: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/02/17/national/w105118S32.DT...
The Weekly Gloom and Doom http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
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February 7 to 13, 2005
Big news for software developers - an open source enterprise-class message queuing technology is being made. Implications for trading networks, P2P frameworks, and instant messaging technologies...
An Ikea store opening in London turns into a riot, leaving 20 with heat exhaustion and five in the hospital: http://www.thisislondon.com/news/
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Dubai is building the world's biggest waterfront development - it's 2.5 times the size of D.C.: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
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?AID=/20050204/BIZ/502040340/100...
44% of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientists feel findings were suppressed that would require greater protection of endangered species...
This man has converted 15 diesel Mercedes to run on biodiesel, with 15 to go: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/g/a/2005/02/09/mrcedeswrang.DT...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
Microsoft is mad about all the Apple iPods that employees are buying and using at work: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/02/04/notes020405.DT...
Intellectual property lawyers are destroying the military model industry. Aren't defense contractors making enough money these days? http://www.strategypage.com/dls/
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The Rich Get Richer http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/03/MNG6UB51391.DT...
This Week's Gloom and Doom http://scientificamerican.com/
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ID=00075CA5-47E3-11E4-87E383414B7F000...
California's explosion of autism cases worsened last year: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
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.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/04/MNGH2B60I41.DT...
How the Atkins diet is affecting fast-food menus: http://www.thread.co.nz/
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/75...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The high cost of filming in Hawaii is leading productions to think twice about shooting in the islands. This
article
compares Hawaii's incentives to other locations...
Scientists have succeeded in turning stem cells into nerve cells. This may allow cures for those with nervous system injuries and diseases...
Bio-nanofibers and bio-luminescent transistors are allowing the development of transparent, flexible displays: http://www.techjapan.com/
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839.htm...
Whole-grain foods are becoming an industry trend. Wonder Bread now makes a whole-grain alternative, following "unprecedented consumer interest in healthier foods"...
It appears that the very healthy white tea is getting popular: http://www.boston.com/ae/food/
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s/2005/01/19/waking_up_to_white_teas_pleasures...
January 17 to 23, 2005
Since 2003 airport security screeners have stolen $36 million in items from travelers. The Transportation Security Administration spokesman says, "We have a few bad apples. That is unfortunate. We'...
Three new wind farms in Hawaii should provide power for almost 20,000 homes before 2006: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
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/2005/Jan/17/ln/ln07p.htm...
Never mind the U.S. - electronics companies are using less lead in products thanks to European Union regulations...
The American Heart Association says that over 10% of U.S. children between 2 and 5 are obese: http://www.earthtimes.org/
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January 10 to 16, 2005
Companies are now selling "exergames", or video games that incorporate physical exercise: http://apnews.excite.com/
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/20050110/D87H96L80.htm...
The Web and the Internet are enabling more direct soldier-to-family communications that ever before. Hopefully, this will make societies more aware of the real costs of war...
Unfortunately, it looks like the GM power train in Hawaii's new hybrid buses is not quite as fuel efficient as promised: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2005/Jan/11/ln/ln42p.htm...
Another crack in the suburban facade: In the Bay Area, 50% of residents want new homes built closer to job centers...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Honolulu's Chinatown is cultivating an "art chic". This
article
notes that "the state is currently gathering data on what it calls the creative economy in Hawai'i to assess its economic impact"...
Do SUVs make you stupid? http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/g/a/2005/01/07/notes010705.DTL&type=printabl...
Has Somender Singh, a mechanic from India, developed an invention that makes conventional engines 20% more fuel efficient? http://www.popsci.com/popsci/futurecar/
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/0,20967,679464,00.htm...
CD sales rose by 2.3% in the U.S. in 2004, yet pirated CD sales have hit a record high. So why is the RIAA still suing music downloaders instead of going after real pirates...
December 13 to 19, 2004
Hawaii Transportation Systems Get Digital http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Dec/18/ln/ln07p.htm...
Here's the latest on the $150 million high-tech University of Hawai'i medical school being built in Kaka'ako: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Dec/14/ln/ln13p.htm...
Flexible Technology http://www.newscientist.com/
article
.ns?id=dn680...
Yahoo! Maps now overlays live traffic conditions on its maps. How about antialiasing those map lines first before doing any new, folks...
Construction on the world's tallest tower begins in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: http://www.newscientist.com/
article
.ns?id=dn678...
A New York art exhibition is stopped after showing a Bush portrait made of images of monkeys: http://www.reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=707910...
Real Artists Speak Out Against Mediocrity http://www.allaboutjazz.com/
article
s/arti0900_03.ht...
An
article
on Web "design usability" that takes up only 20% of the page, surrounded by grievous clutter...
The ten most accurately rated artists in rock music history: http://www.spin.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=
article
&sid=52...
Japanese death poems, from a classic Salon
article
...
December 6 to 12, 2004
Aligned nanotubes improve artificial joints: http://www.technologyreview.com/
article
s/04/12/rnb_120904.as...
In an area of SUV-dominated San Francisco, a car gets ticketed for being too small: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/07/BAGRFA7H1I1.DT...
A nice introduction to randomness and why it's so important to science: http://www.sciencenews.org/
article
s/20041204/bob9.as...
An inspiring account of an organic farmer in Marin County, CA. - this is the future of farming: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/11/MNGEPAAHR81.DT...
Mark Morford details the long history of rock and roll selling out to corporate interests: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/12/10/notes121004.DT...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
I've added a couple of experimental features to the blog which I'm still refining - one is a "Topics" link which analyzes all the words I've written. The larger the word, the more common it is. Also...
"Anti-evolution teachings gain foothold in U.S. schools": http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/30/MNGVNA3PE11.DT...
Rumors of Exeem, the true P2P evolution of BitTorrent. This will be the ultimate in file sharing: http://slashdot.org/
article
.pl?sid=04/12/02/2016244&from=rs...
Mexican labor is getting too expensive for the U.S. - jobs are now moving to China. You can now buy Mexican trinkets in the U.S. that were made in China...
The philosophy of "The Incredibles" via Ayn Rand. Should we live in a society in which mediocrity is encouraged? http://www.objectivistcenter.org/mediacenter/
article
s/dkelley_rff-the-incredibles.as...
A more in-depth mind-boggling
article
on how Google works - two PCs are expected to fail daily...
A new consumer surveillance tool allows people to view satellite images of the ground at a resolution of two feet: http://www.reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=694688...
Whoops, another Hawaiian bird species nears extinction. "This species was a unique part of Earth's history... we'll never have another one like it if it disappears....
Here's an inspirational program on Kaua'i that recycles used glass into works of art: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Nov/29/ln/ln05p.htm...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Today a new blog is created every 5.8 seconds - here's the latest statistics on the state of the blogosphere. Over 90% of bloggers are 13 to 29 years old...
Meanwhile, here's an
article
on the democratic effects of the "blog revolution" in China. "...the information flow in the blogosphere has its own Way. The Way is our strategy: personal, fast...
Introducing SolarLite, the $100 "environmentally-friendly" http://slashdot.org/
article
.pl?sid=04/11/27/1946202&from=rs...
New technology helps people from having their pictures taken by unwanted photographers: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
article
/0,,2-1353482,00.htm...
The chief economist at MorganStanley predicts that America has a 90% chance of an economic "armageddon", citing a number of "alarming facts"...
The story of Mr. Wu, a farmer in Tongzhou, China, who invents robots made with metal, duct tape, and second-hand batteries: http://www.sky.com/skynews/
article
/0,,30000-13251033,00.htm...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The latest developments regarding the potential move of the Leslie A. Hicks Power Plant near Aloha Tower. Perhaps a "grand" park is not warranted, but it would at least be nice to see a greener mix o...
Pros and cons regarding the upcoming Superferry - discuss them in public this week: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Nov/16/ln/ln06p.htm...
New hybrid buses have started in Honolulu and wow the public. New smart card bus passes, too: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Nov/16/ln/ln10p.htm...
The silent PC power supply. Stop PC noise pollution! http://www.legitreviews.com/
article
.php?aid=12...
The former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia Britannica offers his thoughts on the Wikipedia, the free community- based online encyclopedia that passed 401,000
article
s recently...
The story of one of the world's largest spammers, who made $750,000 a month from jamming your emailbox: http://apnews1.iwon.com//
article
/20041114/D86BQ2JO0.htm...
Young tech workers can't afford to live in Silicon Valley anymore, a concern for years: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/18/BUGV89T72Q1.DT...
"A New Vision for Nuclear Waste": http://www.technologyreview.com/
article
s/04/12/wald1204.asp?p=...
The artificial disc - "the first major breakthrough in back surgery since the 1940s": http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/
article
/0,20967,783372,00.htm...
"Meditation May Bolster Brain Activity": http://my.webmd.com/content/
article
/96/103943.ht...
Elvis Costello interviews Joni Mitchell: http://www.jmdl.com/
article
s/print.cfm?id=118...
November 8 to 14, 2004
In 2005 Hawaiian Electric will start a large-scale test of Internet over power lines in Pearl City. It will also offer the ability to read electricity meters remotely...
Ultraviolet laser technology will lead to 500GB optical disks: http://www.theinquirer.net/?
article
=1953...
Some background
article
s...
Arundhati Roy's Sydney Peace Prize acceptance speech: http://www.zmag.org/content/show
article
.cfm?SectionID=41&ItemID=659...
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" - a former respected international banker admits to helping the U.S. cheat poor countries out of trillions, allowing for economic takeover...
So maybe that "who voted by IQ"
article
last week was a little bogus. But here's a verifiable list of the most charitable states versus how they voted...
This
article
gives the best "you can see the changes with your own eyes" summary of the "Global Climate Change in the U.S." report...
"Biodiesel fuel attracts loyal following in Islands": http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Nov/08/ln/ln11p.htm...
Eat less, breathe more - the physics of gluttony: http://www.technologyreview.com/
article
s/04/11/wo_muller111204.asp?trk=n...
November 1 to 7, 2004
Election Hangover http://bellaciao.org/en/
article
.php3?id_
article
=417...
The Younger Generation Speaks Out http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/
article
.asp?
article
_ID=4129...
Note that modern Macs are compatible with Verizon's wireless BroadbandAccess plan ($80 a month for unlimited access): http://www.macosxhints.com/
article
.php?story=2004110109513992...
The New Journalism http://www.reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=6702434&src=rss/technologyNews§ion=new...
Nat'l Guard and reserve troops make up 40% of U.S. troops in Iraq and get the worst armor and equipment: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Nov/06/ln/ln10p.htm...
McDonald's bans "fat" people from their new TV ads: http://www.thesun.co.uk/
article
/0,,2-2004512257,00.ht...
Things That Return To Bite Us http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/31/MNG5O9JIJQ1.DT...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Ready for the election? "Tight race turns world spotlight on Hawaii": http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Oct/24/op/op08p.htm...
"Administration's own actions fuel rumors of draft": http://www.democracynow.org/
article
.pl?sid=04/10/19/143724...
An update on virtual retina displays: http://www.thefeature.com/
article
?
article
id=101184&ref=392632...
Spyware is on 80% of PCs, viruses on 20%. But 77% of people think they're safe. Is this the same 80% that think evoting is secure, despite expert evidence...
An
article
on cell-phone video dating...
Yes, the U.S. knows where Osama is. And he's still getting "only" $1 million a year from his family: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
article
show/898084.cm...
"Energy and America's Future" http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/10/24/MNG4C9FF1L1.DT...
Sustainable flooring made with cork and bamboo: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Oct/25/ln/ln35pjan.htm...
New autostitching algorithms make seamless panoramas a snap. Now will someone please make a Photoshop plug-in or simple OSX GUI for this...
October 18 to 24, 2004
Ever needed a private room for adults? Yamaha's got one: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=
article
&sid=59...
A pro-evoting industry group blames humans for errors. Along these lines, it's your fault every time your PC crashes, too: http://www.infoworld.com/
article
/04/10/19/HNvotingproblems_1.htm...
R.I.P. shirts are popular in high-homicide areas, where rappers wear shirts with the names and photos of victims they don't even know...
"Microsoft's Worst Nightmare" http://www.business2.com/b2/web/
article
s/0,17863,714129,00.htm...
The Air Force traces a distress signal to a faulty TV: http://www.gtconnect.com/
article
s/2004/10/17/news/top_story/gtsun01.tx...
"World Living Beyond Its Environmental Means": http://www.reuters.co.uk/news
article
.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=6567491§ion=new...
Warm offices are linked to higher productivity: http://www.newswise.com/public/
article
s/507802.htm...
October 11 to 17, 2004
The first waterless dishwater uses supercritical carbon dioxide: http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/adv/
article
s/2004/oct/Rockpool.htm...
On Columbus Day, history professors relate Columbus' cruel history: http://www.journalstar.com/
article
s/2004/10/12/local/doc416b61b4be60f936438266.tx...
The American health care system continues to flounder, with employer insurance increasing 11% in 2004: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/11/MNGII96CVP1.DT...
More on Wal-Mart vs. the Pyramids - workers told to hide archaeological relics they found: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Oct/14/ln/ln30p.htm...
October 4 to 10, 2004
Electricity-conducting plastic means lighter, smaller gadgets: http://dataweek.co.za/
article
.asp?pkl
article
ID=3077&pklIssueID=422&pklCategoryID=3...
A team of high school students create a hydrogen truck powered on nothing but sunlight and water: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/
article
s/1001hydrocar01.htm...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Hart Intercivic makes those evoting machines that people in Hawaii will be using in the upcoming general election. Here's a recent
article
about a letter written by a former Hart technician wh...
The "Hello Kitty" debit card, targeted to 10 to 14 year-olds: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
article
s/A2959-2004Oct2.htm...
Health insurance rates are outpacing income: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
article
s/A55301-2004Sep27.htm...
"Daily Show" viewers are more college-educated than "O'Reilly Factor" viewers: http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/
article
s/2004/09/27/so_who_are_the_stoned_slackers_watching_jon_stewart...
"What a Top Reporter in Baghdad Really Thinks About the War": http://www.reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml;jsessionid=BUPIBLLDPBFU0CRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=638118...
Pioneering electronic art from Sweden, 1960 to 1980: http://www.kopenhagen.dk/netkunst/
article
s/digipion0504.ht...
September 20 to 26, 2004
PC Magazine and Time give the new G5 iMac top ratings and reviews, named "Gadget of the Week": http://www.pcmag.com/
article
2/0,1759,1648806,00.as...
Autopsies of the future may require less surgical probing, thanks to CT/MRI scanning: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/
article
/0,12543,698478-1,00.htm...
Due to high-priced dorms, Berkeley students are finding it cheaper to rent mansions: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/09/21/carollloyd.DTL&type=printabl...
Refer to this older
article
- "Nanotech buckyballs kill fish"...
September 13 to 19, 2004
The Kona community pushes back against out-of-control, monolithic development: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Sep/19/ln/ln01a.htm...
Does anyone know of space for a gymnastics program that "put 11 kids on the national team last year"? http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Sep/19/ln/ln13a.htm...
A new radio modem is the size of a credit card and allows encrypted communications with a 40 mile range: http://www.eeproductcenter.com/rf-micro/brief/show
article
.jhtml?
article
ID=3000030...
PCs are getting hotter and hotter as their complexity and power consumption increases: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/09/13/BUG2M8N2GB1.DT...
The Oprah car giveaway made a lot of money for GM. It's a sign of new types of promotions to come! http://olympics.reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=623604...
September 5 to 12, 2004
"Luring Gen-Xers to Islands not easy" http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Sep/08/bz/bz06a.htm...
How can arts and culture transform a neighborhood? The documentary "Downside UP", about the largest museum of contemporary art in the U.S. and how it transformed an 80 percent vacant town into ...
"Hokulia construction ban upheld by judge" http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Sep/10/bz/bz04a.htm...
Hawaiian man fights to reclaim family's land http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Sep/07/ln/ln01a.htm...
New breakthrough methods for creating (self-assembling) 3D nanostructures: http://www.triangletechjournal.com/news/
article
.html?item_id=66...
Who's breeding in America? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
article
s/A54700-2004Sep1.htm...
It's good to know that some people keep things secret (and sacred). Here's the popular
article
and its followup...
The story of an architect who battled breast cancer to remake a minimalist home for $50,000: http://www.boston.com/yourlife/home/
article
s/2004/09/09/a_house_built_with_steel?pg=ful...
A few
article
s on her groundbreaking "techno-art"...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
"Despite a strong state economy, the homeless rate in Hawaii has nearly doubled over the past four years, and the majority of the new homeless are native Hawaiians and those with some Hawaiia...
Isn't it funny that the Superferry sports an array of high-tech gadgets - and two human observers - to do nothing but ensure that whales are avoided at all costs.....
Dates of public hearings on the sale of Verizon Hawaii to The Carlyle Group: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Sep/01/bz/bz30a.htm...
Scientists are learning how to harness photosynthetic bacteria in solar cells: http://www.technologyreview.com/
article
s/04/08/rnb_083104.as...
Outsourcing Greed http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/01/international1217EDT0614.DT...
Are you an inefficient hypertasker? Workplace pressures, inadequate tools cause stress. I say this is a technology problem, not a brain problem...
This week's 12 and 16-year-olds marked as terrorists and apprehended by the Secret Service: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/01/DDGUR8GVCN1.DT...
Ecotourism needs more experienced guides: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Sep/05/bz/bz20a.htm...
For Web developers-ten CSS tricks you may not know: http://www.evolt.org/
article
/Ten_CSS_tricks_you_may_not_know/17/60369...
August 22 to 29, 2004
Microsoft's Spanish version of Windows XP translated "woman" as "bitch". Users unamused: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
article
show/msid-823975,curpg-1.cm...
Even Windows' recent Service Pack 2 is insecure: http://www.pcmag.com/
article
2/0,1759,1639276,00.as...
Thanks to automatic bill-paying, a man lay dead in his bed for two years before being discovered...
Enterprise housing - creating affordable, sustainable housing in urban, mixed-use environments: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/08/24/carollloyd.DTL&type=printabl...
"Breakthrough reached in fight against fruit fly": http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Aug/27/ln/ln05a.htm...
The first interior commercial space in Hawaii to get gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Aug/30/ln/ln26a.htm...
August 15 to 22, 2004
Idea of the Week: Nature Cemeteries What a great concept: there's less cost and waste for the industry, there's a pent-up demand, land is conserved (and preserved), and it's cheaper for consumers...
Movie Studios Lose In Case Against File-Sharing Apps http://informationweek.com/story/show
article
.jhtml?
article
ID=2911657...
A new wave of digital disposable cameras: http://reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=601968...
The Olympics is selling a lot less tickets than desired: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/18/OLYEMPTYSEATS.TM...
It's a shame when the people that live in paradise end up polluting it. 45% of beach trash comes from Hawai'i: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Aug/16/ln/ln34ajan.htm...
From a Southern California architectural tour: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Aug/22/ln/ln03a.htm...
Forget Doom 3: Here's the state-of-the-art of video game graphics: http://www.planethalflife.com/features/
article
s/sigg04/index.sht...
RIAA lawsuits causing agony, "unexpected twists": http://www.boston.com/ae/music/
article
s/2004/08/20/slow_moving_lawsuits_over_music_downloads_producing_court_twists...
August 8 to 14, 2004
Topic of the Week: Changing Hawaii http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Jun/20/ln/ln01a.htm...
Revitalize the Waterfront and Downtown http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Jun/19/bz/bz02a.htm...
A new material - "Metal Rubber": http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/
article
/0,12543,676853,00.htm...
A core problem: religions take themselves too seriously! They end up emphasizing symbols over ideas: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Aug/14/il/il16afaith.htm...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
In the meantime, check it out. I've got searching, archives, topic filters, and an RSS feed for syndication. You can search for things like "nytimes 2003 tech", which searches for all technology item...
"Crowded communities demand change" http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Jul/26/ln/ln08a.htm...
"Support scarce for latest UH logo ideas" http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Jul/31/ln/ln19a.htm...
The first debut of an entire TV show episode over the Internet: http://www.reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5776375&src=rss/technologyNews§ion=new...
IBM introduces "chip morphing" technology, which enables self-repairing, evolvable computer chips: http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/
article
/CA440647?spacedesc=new...
A $230 million acquisition of an RFID reader company. This technology is hot, hot, hot, people: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
article
s/A19381-2004Jul27.htm...
How to fully remove Internet Explorer from your PC: http://crackbaby.com/
article
.php?sid=1009...
About the first truly effective shark repellent, A-2: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/30/international1353EDT0604.DTL&type=scienc...
Where do whales go when they die? A newly discovered worm lacks a mouth, stomach, legs, and eyes and lives on deep-sea whale bones...
An in-demand violin maker in Berkeley creates quality violins with 200-year old wood from Lake Superior. Also an acupuncturist, he sees the vibrational connections between his vocations...
July 19 to 25, 2004
An LED research breakthrough may lead to LEDs replacing lightbulbs in five years: http://www.eetimes.com/at/news/show
article
.jhtml?
article
ID=2560014...
"Worship My Radiant iPod" http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/07/23/notes072304.DTL&type=printabl...
The dark side of the obesity epidemic - parents struggle to keep their large kids from being locked up by authorities: http://www.spiked-online.com/
article
s/0000000CA5E7.ht...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Recent progress in 3D visualization technology allows "virtual excavation", in this case, the ability to completely examine the contents of a 3,000 year-old mummy without touching it...
The lucrative careers of crime-scene cleanup companies: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/13/DDGHK7JC9A1.DT...
"Dwell magazine leads the rebirth of a modernist movement in housing": http://www.boston.com/yourlife/home/
article
s/2004/07/15/fab_prefab...
According to European copyright law, Elvis' first big hit will enter the public domain in 2005, along with a lot of other still-selling music...
July 5 to 11, 2004
Have you ditched Internet Explorer yet? It's lost 1% in popularity so far, its first recorded decline in five years. That's about 300,000 people...
Did military sonar testing drive 200 whales to the beach off Kaua'i last week? http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Jul/11/ln/ln17a.htm...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
"US Government warns against Internet Explorer" http://www.theinquirer.net/?
article
=1692...
Holographic technology is leading to pocket- sized video projectors: http://www.technologyreview.com/
article
s/rnb_063004.asp?trk=rn...
The first(?) application for turning your cellphone into a universal remote control: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=
article
&sid=37...
20% of U.S. residents admit that they buy products advertised in email spam: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/
article
s/0629Spam-ON.htm...
All about the latest Rainbow Gathering, which attracted 10,000 and caused the Forest Service to allocate nearly $1 million for management...
"Thousands of truckers, bus drivers and rest-stop workers are being enlisted to spot terrorists": http://www.time.com/time/magazine/
article
/0,9171,1101040705-658321,00.htm...
An
article
on a "freecycling" program in Hawaii...
An
article
on those trying to get China to eat more vegetarian and less things like sparrow chicks, snake heads, and badgers. Old cultures are hard to change though. "Asked why she eats domestic cats...
The heartwarming story of independent, garage-based SomaFM, which broadcasts worldwide to 8,000 listeners a day: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/30/DDGKO7DJ651.DT...
June 21 to 27, 2004
This week's theme: the Fahrenheit 9/11 effect Why should you move away from DSL to cable? First, there's the new Supplier Federal Universal Service Fund (FUSF) Recovery Fee, which only applies to DS...
...while the Verizon deal will likely go through, people in Hawaii should see the film and take the opportunity to reflect how the war will soon be affecting their lives in a very direct way...
The first HDTV tuner PC card is here - get HDTV signals for free and watch 'em on your computer: http://www.hothardware.com/view
article
.cfm?
article
id=541&cid=...
More about Bob Vincent, the guy who recently designed a revolutionary new type of antenna. Implications for networks, cell phones, radios, more...
Will your iPod be illegal? An
article
on the "Induce Act"...
"California sues food companies over mercury levels in canned tuna": http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/21/national2208EDT0765.DT...
June 14 to 20, 2004
Blogging goes mainstream with a big
article
in Time Magazine...
How to Argue Religion: http://www.suite101.com/
article
.cfm/17503/10893...
Wal-Mart's RFID-using suppliers exceed 100: http://www.eweek.com/
article
2/0,1759,1612365,00.as...
Replace your old flashlight bulbs with brighter, longer-lasting LEDs: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/
article
/0,12543,652471,00.htm...
Independent music labels in Europe break negotiations with Apple over disagreements due to the length of their contract: http://www.macobserver.com/
article
/2004/06/16.1.shtm...
June 7 to 13, 2004
The ten best Internet fads: http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=
article
&
article
id=2485...
"Declining respect for American cultural values exacerbated by the crisis in Iraq is having a potentially disastrous effect on the image of US brands such as McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Nike an...
Lessons from the Wolf http://scientificamerican.com/
article
.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&
article
ID=00076914-0667-10AA-84B183414B7F000...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
This week: unconscious passwords, isolation epidemics, and video grid time-shifting! "Future of Visual Gadgets Rolled Out" A nice summary of the Society for Information Display's internationa...
An
article
on Kyle Cooper, who's made the art-intensive opening and closing credits of such movies as Spiderman, Se7en, Sphere, Twister, and Mission: Impossible...
May 24 to 30, 2004
An S.F. gallery closes after its owner is assaulted for displaying a painting depicting the abuse of Iraqi soldiers by American troops. And this in the typically "counterculture" North Beach area too...
Ryan Wieber was hired by LucasArts at 19 for his homemade lightsaber special effects that rivalled that of Hollywood's: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/30/BUG4O6SDNB1.DT...
A legend in urban design, octogenarian Jane Jacobs has written a new book analyzing North American culture called "Dark Ages Ahead"...
Also on the same page - condoms can leak carcinogens! I guess from now on I'm chugging coffee and beer, playing video games, and avoiding condoms for my health's sake! "Investment in environmenta...
Now available - ultrathin lightweight flexible touch panels from Fujitsu: http://news.designtechnica.com/
article
3953.htm...
The latest advances in animation as developed by the makers of Shrek 2: http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&
article
_no=209...
A new company helps traditional radio stations migrate to digital radio. A great idea, but receivers need to get cheaper: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/31/BUGO76TLFU1.DT...
May 17 to 23, 2004
1) We have no right to complain. "Americans entitled to cheap gas -- right?" http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/20/BAGEJ6O54F1.DT...
4) Obesity is now a global issue. The World Health Organization enters the picture: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/23/MNGD56PGEE1.DT...
Attract tenants with wireless: http://forevergeek.com/
article
s/apartment_complex_unwired.ph...
A "talking toilet" gadget that scolds men if they put the toilet seat up sells over 1.6 million units: http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage
article
.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=513208§ion=new...
$20 biodegradable cardboard speakers pack flat and actually sound decent: http://www.t3.co.uk/reviews/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&
article
id=14704&subsectionid=756&subsubsectionid=65...
The "organic" food label is losing its fight to mainstream mediocrity: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/05/22/MNGMT6QD0H1.DT...
May 10 to 16, 2004
Topic of the week: More architecture! Architect Michelle Kaufmann is an American hero. She's the first person to finally begin to fulfill Frank Lloyd Wright's dream of cheap quality homes, a goa...
"E-filing nears 50 percent mark" http://www.fcw.com/fcw/
article
s/2004/0510/web-efile-05-11-04.as...
A woman lives for almost four months without half her skull due to a "delay" in medical insurance processing: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/13/national1415EDT0666.DT...
A high school prom committee falls under legal fire from the RIAA when it distributes a song played at the prom to students as a souvenir: http://www.chippewa.com/
article
s/2004/05/12/news/news1.tx...
More about the RIAA fudging numbers to claim sales lost to file sharing: http://www.kensei-news.com/bizdev/publish/factoids_us/
article
_23374.shtm...
More groovy green efforts from San Francisco: an ink jet cartridge recycler and an industrial composting company. This is a great model for cities to follow to get small businesses recycling compos...
"Defects from smog passed on in mice" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/
article
News/TPStory/LAC/20040514/HGENES14/TPHealth...
May 3 to 9, 2004
The Sasser worm, developed by an 18 year-old in Germany who also made the ubiquitous "Netsky" email virus, infected an estimated million computers last week, 80% of which belonged to home users an...
A high-level report from the 2004 Flexible Displays & Electronics Conference: http://www.pcworld.com/news/
article
/0,aid,115963,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.as...
Don't forget about the new 400GB hard drives! http://www.pcworld.com/news/
article
/0,aid,115839,00.as...
Will false teeth be a thing of the past? Successful experiments have regrown teeth from stem cells: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/
article
News/TPStory/LAC/20040504/TEETH04/TPScience...
I forgot to add this last week - killer whales are getting louder in response to the din of whale-watching boats: http://www.sciencenews.org/
article
s/20040501/fob2.as...
"Blood pressure rising in kids" - I'm starting to get tired of these "X rising in kids"
article
s.....
The Volkswagen ball, from the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Sculpture by Lars-Erik Fisk: http://www.glidemagazine.com/
article
s1.htm...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
The Bose L1 is a revolutionary new PA system that points the way to new amplification technology - it eliminates poles, monitors, and bulky equipment, and is causing a stir in the music industry...
The first criminal charges under the nation's "can-spam" laws have been filed: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/28/national1809EDT0777.DT...
Related to the recent uncovering of the secrets of gecko adhesion, here's how spiders manage to stay sticky...
April 19 to 25, 2004
With five million installed systems, the open-source database MySQL is the most popular database in the world. Its corporate site receives more traffic than IBM's, and large companies are migrating t...
Due to a budget crisis in California, the U.C. college system is turning away eligible students for the first time in over 40 years...
Dissatisfied with the mainland, a lot of people are moving to New Zealand these days, leading to a housing boom and sketchy developments...
Like the razor and the toothbrush, the yo-yo is getting more and more seriously high-tech: http://www.sciencenews.org/
article
s/20040417/bob9.as...
If you listen to a CD I give you, will you be busted? As part of a nationwide crackdown, the FBI raided Deer Valley High School: http://www.azcentral.com/news/
article
s/0421dvraid-ON.htm...
April 12 to 18, 2004
AAGH! Tax time! A study shows that taxes are getting more complex, thanks to the rising popularity of sophisticated tax preparation software...
An extensive 20-year study of a baboon troop found a permanent, unprecedented cultural shift occurred when the most violent, dominant males died out from a tuberculosis outbreak...
Noisy cell phones are becoming a problem in national parks: http://www.mtstandard.com/
article
s/2004/04/15/outdoors/hjjfjfiejcefef.tx...
AT&T's new music identification service seems to work pretty well: http://www.dailywireless.com/modules.php?name=News&file=
article
&sid=179&mode=&order=0&thold=...
The Pixies played together in public for the first time in about 12 years: http://www.mtv.com/news/
article
s/1486354/20040414/story.jhtm...
Sony and TOPPAN Printing announced the development of a 25GB optical disc made of 51% paper: http://www.japancorp.net/
article
.Asp?Art_ID=710...
April 5 to 11, 2004
Bad singing - it's in fashion again! William Hung is a plucky 21-year-old U.C. Berkeley engineering student who tried out for American Idol and was kicked off halfway through his audition. His firs...
William Hung: Racism, Or Magic? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/04/06/eguillermo.DT...
"Americans are increasingly resorting to stomach-shrinking surgery so much so that health experts and insurance companies are becoming alarmed": http://www.news-medical.net/view_
article
.asp?id=38...
A good review of a new book that refuses to take sides - it's about David Chain, the first casualty in the war between environmentalists and the timber industry in Northern California...
Studies show that Guinness is actually very healthy for you! http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/me/
article
/0,1626,ECP_2256_2792775,00.htm...
March 31, 2004
Magazines about homes - called "shelter magazines" - are taking off despite an overall decrease in magazine sales, with 40 launched in 2002 alone...
In the Bay Area, multiple offers over 10 are not uncommon. Houses have gone for $300,000 over the asking price. Median home prices in San Francisco are $200,000 over that of Oahu and $100,000 ove...
These projects are perfect for Hawaii - they are low-cost, replaceable, expandible/evolveable, tough, and designed beautifully with a sense of environment. A number of them incorporat...
"Building modernism on a pre-fab budget" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/
article
News/TPStory/LAC/20040310/ROCHON10/TPEntertainment/TopStorie...
Hawaii construction and typical apartment developments use a lot of concrete, a material that John Lautner considered "most desireable" for his needs. But these developments often end up being block...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
A combination of many of the evoting
article
that have been written lately...
Scubadoo, the first underwater motorcycle! Will it revolutionize scuba diving? http://www.gizmo.com.au/public/News/news.asp?
article
id=275...
The first key ring gadget that's also a camcorder, USB storage device, and 2-megapixel digital camera: http://www.pcmag.com/
article
2/0,4149,1559882,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K000053...
A great
article
explains how 25 years of poor spreadsheet technology (read: Excel) has encouraged faulty decision-making, scandalous business practices, and small-mindedness in general. Where are th...
Some bands find their fans are donating thousands to charities to make up for their file sharing: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/news
article
.asp?nid=195...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Is your identity safe? The story of how American medical records and credit histories are being exposed outside the U.S. with no privacy guarantees. One reporter's fascinating detective work throug...
"Music industry way off track with song and dance about falling sales" http://www.smh.com.au/
article
s/2004/03/28/1080412234274.htm...
March 15 to 21, 2004
"Adult diabetes now destroying young lives" http://www.smh.com.au/
article
s/2004/03/16/1079199227720.htm...
The swoosh of wind turbines makes locals report ghosts. Again, noise cancellation technology may alleviate that: http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/View
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article
ID=75691...
March 8 to 14, 2004
Preventable deaths from obesity are overtaking tobacco - this was a pretty big news item last week: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/10/OBESE.TMP&type=healt...
But I always enjoy the European take on these news items - "Fat of the land is killing more Americans than cigarettes": http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
article
/0,,8122-1034026,00.htm...
And remember one of the core facts of human nature (now scientifically proved) - when people are presented with more, they will take more, consciously or not...
A new DVD recorder from HP burns silkscreen-like labels on the entire side of the disc: http://www.pcworld.com/news/
article
/0,aid,114592,tk,wb030804x,00.as...
There's an interesting architectural trend towards "green roofs" - creating mini-ecologies in unused urban areas, mainly, roofs...
March 1 to 7, 2004
Lawrence Lessig's
article
on why he thinks he lost last year's Supreme Court battle over copyright terms...
1.8 tons of raw material are used to make your average desktop computer and monitor. Upgrading rather than replacing your computer saves more energy than recycling it...
Heating trend in North Pacific baffles researchers: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/01/MNGEL5B7VE1.DT...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Congratulations! You may be a content provider! "Nearly half of U.S. Internet users have built Web pages, posted photos, written comments or otherwise added to the enormous variety of materia...
The cat's out of the bag: the first decent mainstream
article
on the brilliant BitTorrent, the file sharing network that "makes trading movies a breeze". As well as gigabytes of other stuff as well...
Mind Over Machine http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/
article
/0,12543,576464-4,00.htm...
Video game studies are making their way into college curricula - what is their form and impact on culture? What is a game? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
article
show/522375.cm...
February 16 to 22, 2004
Got a Mac? Hallelujah! http://www.dancefrontdoor.co.uk/
article
2591.htm...
I didn't know Hoku Scientific was based in Kalihi! If they do well, can this be the start of turning Kalihi into a high-tech area (as HCC Provost Ramsey Pedersen would like to see)? The area's got ...
"Hilo grads impress Amazon recruiters" http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Feb/08/ln/ln53alee.htm...
February 9 to 15, 2004
For Valentine's Day, another fascinating "science and love"
article
- "Scientists are finding that, after all, love really is down to a chemical addiction between people"...
(from Jan 3) Now that Oahu only has two art-house movie venues (with one whose fate is uncertain), will people be able to see movies like the ones below in the future? Or will we have to downloa...
"Drink Honu Beer - and save a turtle, too" http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/
article
/2004/Jan/12/ln/ln03a.htm...
February 2 to 8, 2004
The market for luxury cars (which cost up to $1 million) is booming nationwide. "There are more rich people every day, and the spread between the people who have money and those who don't is gettin...
A California bill has been signed to invest $3.7 billion in the next four years in nanotech research: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/02/BUG274M8AO1.DT...
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has a nice
article
on this year's dream engineering jobs. They interview the guy who made Sony's jumping robots, but the real story i...
A town-wide high-speed net-over-power-line system is being pioneered in Canada.....
A new paint eats smog for five years - it's been shown to reduce pollution up to 60 percent at street level: http://www.smh.com.au/
article
s/2004/02/05/1075853967536.htm...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
One of the best
article
s so far on the rise of India re: high-tech "outsourcing"...
You may have read the
article
s I mentioned about the rise of "cyberbullies" in school - well, it's gone international...
January 19 to 25, 2004
"Free Wireless Everywhere" http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/g/a/2004/01/23/freewireless.DT...
"Republican staff members of the US Senate Judiciary Commitee infiltrated opposition computer files for a year, monitoring secret strategy memos and periodically passing on copies to the media"...
January 12 to 18, 2004
"This experience encapsulated so many benefits about technology that I don’t really know where to begin" http://www.infoworld.com/
article
/04/01/09/02OPconnection_1.htm...
January 5 to 11, 2004
Well, better late than never... This week's hot topic: globalization and its wacky effects! Bangalore, India now has more high-tech workers than Silicon Valley...
Should we move high-tech jobs overseas? "Economists back tech industry's overseas hiring": http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/09/MNG6C46T0M1.DT...
"Please just tell the Americans to send the garbage closer to my home," pleaded Dishar Jaber, 56, squinting through the one eye he was left with after the Iran-Iraq war. "Then I will be happy....
The New York Times refused to run this
article
- the journalist posted it himself online instead. Here's a good idea to help offset online "sharing" - a $60 per year charge for broadband users...
A behind-the-scenes
article
on illegal online movie-swapping teams...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Is the American Dream over? Business Week said so, and so does this
article
. More proof that the rich are richer and poor are poorer. "The Death of Horatio Alger"...
Will a new high-tech fund in Hawaii work? Local VC Barry Weinman may not like it, but I think the state needs to provide a starter foundation for business before VCs can step in. Local VCs have neve...
December 22 to 28, 2003
Lots of end-of-year lists popped up here and there. Here's a few: The 2003 year in pictures, from the San Francisco Chronicle...
Favorite antipop CDs of 2003 Tired of mainstream music? How about great jazz/world/folk/acoustic fusion? Highly recommended are David Tanenbaum, Tord Gustavsen, and the Be Good Tanyas. Of course...
Spamming and phishing The PayPal email scam - and other fake corporate email scams - are getting more insidious lately. Beware! The term for this is "phishing", and attacks increased by 400% in th...
Yet another victim of the Nigerian Email Scam. It's become or 4th or 5th largest industry there! This
article
has interesting details on how it's done these days, involving dozens of actors, props...
"Satellite Radio Is On The Rise" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
article
s/A33202-2003Dec26.htm...
"Japan's Empire of Cool: Country's Culture Becomes Its Biggest Export" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
article
s/A33261-2003Dec26.htm...
An
article
about Apple's Jonathan Ives, who designed the iPod, iMac, PowerBook, and lots of other stuff. He just received one of the most prestigious awards for industrial design...
December 15 to 21, 2003
Like Sex? Don't Live In Texas: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/16/MNGEA3O52I1.DT...
A good interview with the somewhat recently busted Tommy Chong, from Taft Correctional Institution: http://www.lacitybeat.com/
article
.php?id=442&IssueNum=2...
The anatomy of a Hawaiian high-tech news item This year, a UH-Manoa researcher working with international collaborators discovered a new unknown subatomic p
article
, called X(3872)...
December 8 to 14, 2003
A new way to filter out toxins from the blood has been invented. It uses magnetized nanoap
article
s, and may revolutionize current dialysis techniques as well as eliminate certain classes of diseases...
Keiko, the killer whale that starred in "Free Willy", has died of sudden pneumonia, exacerbated by moves to Canada and Mexico...
The Justice Department wants to brand Greenpeace as a criminal operation: http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/bin/view.fpl/8154/
article
/971.htm...
Advertising is now appearing on airplane tray tables: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/n/a/2003/12/09/state1221EST7454.DT...
December 1 to 7, 2003
A great five-part essay on the homeless problem in San Francisco, which has the nation's worst problem with "hard-core homelessness". What to know what life is really like on the street...
Money For The (Old) New World Order http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/06/MNG0S3HNA41.DT...
November 24 to 30, 2003
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving... In honor, here's an
article
about why today's mass-produced turkeys taste so bland.....
"My First DNA Sequencer" http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown/2003/
article
/0,18881,537113,00.htm...
November 17 to 23, 2003
Aging Baby Boomers are turning to human growth hormone: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/11/17/HGH.TM...
A new unexplainable sub-atomic p
article
has been found...
In Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy wrote a nice
article
on Bush and his attack on the environment...
November 10 to 16, 2003
Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle has always been a great columnist, but this column in particular shows him at his best...
On Kauai, the Navy wants 6,000 more acres of land... http://www.kauaiworld.com/
article
s/2003/11/03/news/news02.tx...
Some popular news stories: Scientists have created the first artificial virus (and it reproduces): http://www.theage.com.au/
article
s/2003/11/14/1068674372852.htm...
November 3 to 9, 2003
A few medical breakthroughs last week you may have read about... "Liquid drano for arteries": http://my.webmd.com/content/
article
/76/89946.htm?z=3734_00000_1000_ts_0...
Will noisy, hot computers be a thing of the past? Electricity leakage is why current microchips (and therefore your computer) runs hot, requires fans, and contributes to the entropy of the universe...
The home of New Society publishers, a great publisher of books on sustainable living: http://www.terrain.org/
article
s/13/superbia.ht...
October 27, 2003
Sanyo is making corn-derived biodegradable CDs - they'll hit stores in December. Much better for landfills. They degrade after 50-100 years: http://www.pcworld.com/news/
article
/0,aid,112979,00.as...
The rise of underground restaurants: http://query.nytimes.com/search/
article
-page.html?pagewanted=all&res=9C00EFD9143EF931A25750C0A9659C8B6...
October 20, 2003
This week was Marriage Protection Week! In honor, here's an
article
about how only 50.7% of America is actually married: "Unmarried America...
A summary of the launch of iTunes for Windows this week: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/
article
s/2003/10/musicevent...
Today's modern kids comment on vintage video games - Pong, Donkey Kong, Handheld Football, Tetris, Space Invaders, and more... Niko: Hey—Pong. My parents played this game. Brian: It takes this whol...
October 14, 2003
Here's a good
article
on the engineering and development of the Powerski...
Spread of AIDS among Young ‘A Global Catastrophe’: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/
article
show?msid=22572...
"New Disney Space Ride So Real It's Sickening" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
article
s/A5432-2003Oct9.htm...
An
article
by an FCC commissioner on the FCC's short-sighted Internet policies...
September 30, 2003
Sales of phonecams have surpassed that of digital cameras: http://www.mobilecommerceworld.com/Tmpl/
article
.aspx?E&ID=1675...
The student who ate only wild foods for 80 days in suburbia: http://egullet.com/?pg=
article
-blandfig...
You heard it here first folks. Windows is indeed a threat to national security: http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/show
article
.jhtml?
article
ID=1520028...
The RIAA withdrew one of their suits due to mistaken identity - This Mac-using grandma was liable for $300 million for stealing songs by artists such as the rapper "Trick Daddy"...
September 22, 2003
The worst jobs in science. Really. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/
article
/0,12543,484153-1,00.htm...
September 15, 2003
The importance of dreaming for the future Why are people retreating to past fantasy instead of thinking forward? Humanity's perception of the future indeed shapes its present. Recent Hugo award winne...
I knew it would come to this... the best
article
s are from the UK...
Of all people, the Chief Technical Officer of InfoWorld (long a Windows/UNIX-oriented publication) has moved to a Mac and wrote two
article
s about the experience... "It just works... an option that'...
September 8, 2003
"Failing at Living" http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
article
.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/03/DD279021.DT...
Diamond-cutting robots are on the rise! Contrast with the recent progress made in synthetic diamond tech (see the recent Wired) and you'll see how the entire industry could be completely automated i...
California candidates are given the Voight-Kampff test from Blade Runner, to see which ones are replicants. This is hilarious! http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=
article
&
article
id$03...
The best
article
so far on the Aquada, the first amphibious sports car that actually looks sporty...
Visionary architect Eugene Tsui Why generic "modernism" is a plague, and how to design a humane future: "Look at a box-shaped house - it wastes so much space and so much material, it is structurall...
September 2, 2003
LEDs and the future of the light bulb: "If the world switches over to LEDs rapidly enough, it could obviate the need to build more than 100 power plants between now and 2020...
"Urban Sprawl Makes Americans Fat, Study Finds" http://reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=335350...
An award-winning British journalist leaves the US after six years but finds it again at a Patti Smith concert. Lots of nice little facts in this
article
.....
"Japan, China, Korea may develop Windows replacement" http://www.reuters.com/locales/news
article
.jsp;jsessionid=2d0%3A3f51a1c4%3A6ac473d23077bb30?type=technologyNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=336325...
August 25, 2003
Promising biomass-based power generation technology "Fueled by sawdust pellets, corncobs or coconut shells, BioMax generates electricity for rural towns, businesses...
2003 Ozone Hole May Be Record Size, Australia Says http://reuters.com/news
article
.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=332016...
Here's exactly why Windows systems are insecure (and why Apple's and other systems are secure) by default: "Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design...
August 12, 2003
Now that everyone has access to professional-class studio software, we are seeing the rise of "Bastard Pop" - songs made of two other songs you'd never would have put together. Read the Salon
article
...
Another 21st century cultural phenomenon - a great
article
about it from SF. Also another reason why the idea of global activism remains promising...
Potential Date Alerts http://www.iht.com/
article
s/105503.htm...
August 4, 2003
This is a great
article
which points out...
It is official U.S. policy to encourage people to buy larger, less efficient cars: "The Senate rejected a proposal to require a sharp increase in automobile fuel economy Tuesday after concerns wer...
July 28, 2003
Thanks to 10,000 years of selective breeding by humans, bananas will vanish forever in a decade: http://globeandmail.ca/servlet/
article
News/TPStory/LAC/20030719/COBANANA19//?query=banana...
July 21, 2003
This is the
article
he read in public...
I'm sure you've seen this satire already: http://www.theinquirer.net/?
article
=668...
July 10, 2003
Here's one of the better
article
s on CTS that I've read.....
July 8, 2003
For his thesis, Sean Gorman made an interactive program to identify power, Internet, and phone networks throughout the U.S. On a map you can select any company and see exactly what network wires t...
July 7, 2003
An
article
on Estonia, where Internet access was declared a fundamental human right by law.....