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April 25 to May 1, 2005
I
just
want to make a phone call - the new Nokia N91 has a 4GB hard drive, camera, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, mp3 player, headphone jack, USB connector, FM radio, Web browser, and records video...
April 18 to 24, 2005
just
because you're a penguin doesn't mean that you're not a terrorist...
"By approving liquid marijuana, the Canadian government has
just
certified that virtually everything our own government has been telling us about marijuana is wrong"...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
Also, industry groups are trying to figure out
just
how long CDs and DVDs should last...
All the great hackers are switching to Macs, again mirroring the early growth of the Web (which was developed on an ancestor of today's Mac, the NeXT). We'll
just
see what happens...
This clip shows how you can steal anything from anybody if you distract them in
just
the right way...
March 21 to 27, 2005
This movie
just
continues to amaze me. Those things are smart...
March 14 to 20, 2005
Peep surgery - this one's a classic, still funny, and
just
in time for Easter...
March 7 to 13, 2005
The blogosphere's raving about 27 year-old Maya Arulpragasam, daughter of a Sri Lankan revolutionary, who's mixing terrorist themes with pop art and music and causing an stir among critics as well a...
February 21 to 27, 2005
To those electronics manufacturers who have been talking trash about the iPod, I would counter: stop burdening your devices with needless features and design bling bling - usable elegance is the ne...
There will be no encryption on new U.S. e-passports, even though they could be read stealthily from 30 feet away...
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...
February 14 to 20, 2005
The grisly story of Manadel al-Jamadi, which
just
became fully known - he died in Abu Ghraib while hung from his wrists...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
While I'm on a rant, why can't digital camera makers emulate the design of the iPod and allow charging via the USB/firewire cable? I hate having to buy a separate cradle and power brick
just
fo...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Nothing lasts - Buddhist monks who have meditated on corpses find themselves well-suited to help with cremating thousands of tsunami victims. "We
just
sort of live in denial of the fact that we hav...
December 6 to 12, 2004
I really like the design sense of the architects behind it, but am continually frustrated by the design of architects' Web sites. Architects typically have the least usable sites on the Internet ...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
What will be the role of religion in the 21st century? Despite the fact that so many in America purport to be religious, mainstream voices paint the majority of citizens as preferring war over peace...
November 22 to 28, 2004
I
just
finished watching "The End of Suburbia", a great and disturbing DVD I mentioned here previously. You can watch one of the included bonus movies "In the Suburbs" for free at the Prelinge...
November 15 to 21, 2004
Timekeeping has
just
become more accurate, and the second is redefined for the first time in 37 years...
Some think RSS is
just
a fad, but I think it's a long-term enabling technology - "RSS Edges Into the Bureaucracy"...
November 8 to 14, 2004
Ever need to do a little research yourself on the latest trends?
just
go to Google News and search for a few key phrases, sorted by date. Here are four: "international survey", "scientifi...
Can't We All
just
Get Along...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Proper evoting system usability means much more than
just
looking at the voting process alone. Here's the informal usability report I prepared on the eSlate system in September 2004...
October 11 to 17, 2004
The first hotel with iris identification. One day you'll
just
walk into your room, no check-in needed...
October 4 to 10, 2004
The State of Hawaii
just
launched the "Hawai'i Business Express", which allows one to start a business easily online via all the relevant departments. Unfortunately, ending a business is still ...
August 22 to 29, 2004
It costs the U.S. Government $6.5 billion a year
just
to keep things secret. 90% of those things shouldn't be...
August 15 to 22, 2004
I was in line at the Kalihi DMV for two hours getting a replacement license. Three of six clerks are working, and those working spend about 30 seconds each transaction
just
retrieving paper-base...
$8.8 billion of U.S. taxpayer dollars gone missing in Iraq - *poof*
just
like that...
August 8 to 14, 2004
Land-rich Hawaiians can no longer afford to live on Maui due to zooming property taxes. Such is the inevitable spiral of selling land, development, gentrification, and overcrowding. "We're no...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
After a year in operation, Kev's News goes online! Since everyone seems to have a blog these days, I decided to go ahead and
just
do it. I see the rise of blogs as a symptom of people learning how t...
July 19 to 25, 2004
Topic of the week: compulsory Web site registrations! Lots of people hate 'em, and they can lead to identify theft. But how are sites to make money?
just
go to BugMeNot to get around sit...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Saddam's trial really is
just
a game, isn't it...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Second, the Carlyle Group is looking to buy Verizon Hawaii - this is
just
part of their recent massive purchases of telecoms in the Pacific region. The deal is "complex", as it involves a number o...
June 14 to 20, 2004
Theme of the week: Humanity I
just
finished watching "The Corporation", an amazing film that traces the roots, rights, and wrongs of the corporate entity. It ties together politics, global issues...
June 7 to 13, 2004
A tutorial on how to make your Windows PC look
just
like a modern Mac...
May 24 to 30, 2004
A how-to booklet from the 1940's. Remember, "how-to" books on today's technology will seem
just
as quaint in 2070...
May 3 to 9, 2004
Your computer's security may be compromised
just
by listening to it (acoustic cryptanalysis)...
"You surf
just
like a woman...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
Some are raising babies without diapers
just
fine...
April 12 to 18, 2004
just
by using a white-colored roof on your home, you can save up to 40% in air conditioning costs...
A new firefighting chemical looks and acts
just
like water, but it doesn't get things wet...
April 5 to 11, 2004
The Tao Te Ching - an updated translation for the 21st century. "If you can talk about it, it ain't Tao. If it has a name, it's
just
another thing....
"The share of the economic pie going to wages and salaries has plummeted to
just
over 50%, its lowest level in at least the past 50 years, and perhaps longer....
March 22 to 28, 2004
Thanks to a new bill
just
drafted. Read the book "Free Culture" first and then see if this makes sense to you...
All about the Minato Motor, which leverages magnetic effects to produce more electricity than it consumes. Sound wacky? They've
just
sold 40,000 motors to a major convenience store chain...
March 15 to 21, 2004
"Shocking" videos of closed-door meetings show Diebold (electronic voting machines manufacturer) representatives mention that data gets lost, machines are not certified, and that things generally jus...
January 5 to 11, 2004
"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....
December 22 to 28, 2003
Or
just
check out the "free" section at Craigslist Honolulu - pick up a free HP color inkjet (good model too) and fax machine...
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 8 to 14, 2003
Whoo boy, lots of new stuff in the world lately. Guess I'll
just
jump in...
Why don't we
just
do what Canada does...
Thanks to cdbaby.com (which made Jack Johnson popular) and frequent national touring, Alexi Murdoch is poised to be the Next Big Thing in music. His music continues where Nick Drake left off...
A good interview showing his thoughts on the music industry: "The response I've been getting from real people is so much more enthusiastic than those people who
just
wanted to manage my career......
The
just
ice Department wants to brand Greenpeace as a criminal operation...
November 24 to 30, 2003
Did you know they also sold thongs for kids? (from May 2002): "Parents say kid's thong is
just
plain wrong...
November 17 to 23, 2003
This comes from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, one of the world's hotbeds of cutting-edge science. Folks from the Pentagon visited them
just
earlier this month...
November 3 to 9, 2003
The world's first disposable cellular phone
just
hit the market. It comes with 60 minutes of prepaid time, its own phone number, and you can add more minutes as needed...
October 27, 2003
A trial
just
started that could pave the way for holding U.S. companies accountable for pollution overseas - it involves toxic oil dumps in total 50 percent larger than the Exxon Valdez spill sprea...
October 20, 2003
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
The main point of this is that now a single computer can replace an entire cellular tower's worth of expensive equipment. This means smaller installations and better coverage to rural areas. Plus i...
September 15, 2003
The iTunes music store
just
sold its 10 millionth song! Yay...
Of all people, the Chief Technical Officer of InfoWorld (long a Windows/UNIX-oriented publication) has moved to a Mac and wrote two articles about the experience... "It
just
works... an option that'...
September 8, 2003
"Not
just
Warmer: It's the Hottest for 2,000 Years...
August 25, 2003
Affected by the recent computer viruses? The solution: 1) Don't use Outlook. 2) Don't use Windows. I
just
spent a couple hours cleaning up a friend's infected Windows machine this week. In over 1...
* The Florida Department of Juvenile
just
ice (shut down...
July 21, 2003
just
released last month, Second Life is perhaps the closest thing to wide-scale cyberspace today. A journalist is covering its own culture as it evolves...
July 8, 2003
I personally believe that RFID will happen in some form whether consumers like it or not - it's
just
a matter of when and how it is implemented. As with any revolutionary technology, there are grea...