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December 20 to 31, 2005
The state's population is aging, with many implications for the future of our is
land
society...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
Aluminum beer bottles have started to show up in the is
land
s. The advantages over glass bottles - they can keep contents colder an hour longer, they're less breakable, and they have more desig...
April 11 to 17, 2005
Did you know that samples of a flu virus were mistakenly sent to 3,700 labs around the world and that some have gone missing? This normally would not cause worry except for the fact that the virus i...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Another elegantly-designed kitchen timer: http://www.kikker
land
.com/S05/KT401.ht...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
In 2001 Po
land
hired a marketing firm to rebrand themselves. Focus groups said Po
land
made them think of the words gray, cold, vodka, poor, white, unsmiling, sad, and car-stealing...
Home
land
Security is now calling its RFID chips in U.S. passports "contactless chips" because it sounds safer. Unfortunately, without encryption they'll make it easier than ever for terrorists to fin...
Did you know that McDonald's is on its way to being the largest corporate
land
owner in Russia? Perhaps I should get passports issued by McDonald's...
March 14 to 20, 2005
A nice quote from the Molokai
land
flap mentioned last week: "The controversy is hard to explain from the Western perspective that
land
is something to be bought, owned and sold to make profit.....
March 7 to 13, 2005
A
land
sale of over 1,000 acres on Molokai by software millionaire John McAfee could mark the beginning of the end of the is
land
's way of life...
Hawaii's developing a strong, growing network of organic farms. How about introducing mobile organic produce stores, like this successful one in West Oak
land
...
It's likely that Axl Rose's next album, which has been in the works for 10 years at a cost of over $13 million, is the most expensive album ever made...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
From Miami to Oak
land
, kids are putting 150-decibel train horns on their cars and stunning bystanders...
February 21 to 27, 2005
However, all this luxury is
land
building is (temporarily?) destroying Dubai's natural environment...
Turns out Google Maps isn't that new. Here's its predecessor, an amazing zooming map of Switzer
land
...
February 14 to 20, 2005
Will an environmental impact statement requirement kill Hawaii's inter-is
land
Superferry? This article explains the issues involved, and why an EIS may not really be needed. In any case, could it no...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
I broke down and got one of the last iPod shuffles - the 1GB model - at the Ala Moana Apple store. Its competitors tout radio and recording capabilities, but on such gadgets the line-in recordin...
January 24 to 30, 2005
How about a wi-fi cafe combined with a print-on-demand bookstore? Now that so many book sales are online, how about putting the bookstore in the cafe instead of the cafe in the bookstore? A suitabl...
The high cost of filming in Hawaii is leading productions to think twice about shooting in the is
land
s. This article compares Hawaii's incentives to other locations...
The Bush administration OKs drilling for oil in rare grass
land
in New Mexico, despite objections from the state's governor, who used to be the Secretary of Energy in the Clinton administration. Thi...
Unusual events "unheard of in the history of seismology" have been recorded in the Andaman and Nicobar is
land
s since the tsunami...
January 10 to 16, 2005
Remember last year when an onboard Windows system crashed, trapping the Finance Minister of Thai
land
in his BMW...
The new vortex dehydration system turns trash into a fine dry powder and can reduce
land
fill volume by 90%. Those in Hawaii pondering the
land
fill problem should take note...
January 1 to 9, 2005
The recently opened Tropical Is
land
Resort in Germany, a manmade environment in a massive modified hanger that could fit the Statue of Liberty...
"Extreme Homes of Exotic Is
land
s...
December 13 to 19, 2004
Hawaiian Airlines and Is
land
Air now support etickets...
A gamer buys a piece of virtual
land
for $26,500. I should enter the virtual holy cheese sandwich business...
Why the Port
land
REI store is one of the greenest retail stores in the U.S....
December 6 to 12, 2004
Thanks to overcrowding and stress over Muslim immigrants, more are leaving Hol
land
than entering...
John Perry Barlow's fight against Home
land
Security may set a legal precedent regarding searches...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Everybody reported on the dolphins that protected four New Zea
land
swimmers from sharks...
November 15 to 21, 2004
Why doesn't someone in Hawaii go into the LIDAR 3D mapping business? Hollywood pays millions for LIDAR 3D models for use in movies, and to date there are no models of the is
land
s...
November 8 to 14, 2004
This Dutch film caused the murder of its director on November 2. The Nether
land
s is now experiencing attacks on Islamic mosques, churches, and schools. Can fundamentalism ever coexist with worl...
"Biodiesel fuel attracts loyal following in Is
land
s"...
Controversial thoughts on energy alternatives. The point is that major changes in energy sources cannot be monolithic - everything affects everything else: "Bio-Diesel: Salvation or Disaster?...
November 1 to 7, 2004
Need to hide from Home
land
Security? Install a hidden door! However, this item was so popular, everyone knows what they look like by now...
Because of a clash with federal law, legislation protecting whales from high-speed boats in the Hawaiian Is
land
s National Marine Sanctuary has been overturned. This may lead to the end of offshor...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Burt Lum has a great post regarding his trip to Kaho`olawe - people from the other is
land
s gather at Kaho`olawe's highest peak to contribute offerings - "what you give you will receive in return, 1...
Home
land
Security agents bust a toy store this time...
October 18 to 24, 2004
After decades of continuous military bombing since World War II, the freed is
land
of Kahoolawe is re-established as a native navigational center and crossroads "connecting Hawaiians to the ancestra...
October 4 to 10, 2004
The super-cute high-tech $13,000 Smart Fortwo, although now only offered in Europe, would be a perfect car for is
land
tourists - it gets up to 71 miles per gallon on a 9 gallon tank and you can par...
Another proposal for plasma arc/gasification technology in Hawaii. Could it solve Oahu's "
land
fill crisis"...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
"Green
land
ers Mystified by Incredible Shrinking Glacier"...
September 20 to 26, 2004
It takes a lot of energy and money to send Oahu's garbage to the main
land
. Rather than spreading our trash around the planet, are there better alternatives...
September 13 to 19, 2004
A new travel survey "found Hawaii consistently fell below most competitor destinations in offering good value for the money and unspoiled beauty. Also, Japanese visitors did not view the is
land
s a...
China's a new "hotbed of research" too: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/13/technology/13china.html?ex=1252728000&en=c97bdebfc8ebba94&ei=5090&partner=rssuserlan...
About the horrible pollution and cancer-causing rivers in China: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/international/asia/12china.html?ex=1252641600&en=195e0c8a98b98708&ei=5090&partner=rssuserlan...
September 5 to 12, 2004
"Luring Gen-Xers to Is
land
s not easy...
Score one for the
land
...
Hawaiian man fights to reclaim family's lan...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Disney creates a revolution in fireworks by creating a compressed air launching system. Air-launched fireworks are more precise, less polluting, safer, and can be launched higher. How about using thi...
This week's 12 and 16-year-olds marked as terrorists and apprehended by the Secret Service: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longis
land
/ny-likid0904,0,892344.story?coll=ny-topstories-headline...
August 22 to 29, 2004
All about the Hawaii Superferry, which starts service in 2006 and will change is
land
life as we know it...
Yay! "This
land
Is Your
land
" is actually in the public domain...
The hauntingly beautiful songwriting and sounds of Jolie Hol
land
, ex-Be Good Tanyas member. Her demo album was lauded as among the best of 2003...
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...
Instead of creative development, we have absentee
land
owners...
August 8 to 14, 2004
What to do about the War Memorial/Natatorium on Kaimana Beach, an unlabeled hazardous collapsing eyesore that's confused tourists and annoyed locals for 25 years? The one that will cost untol...
Over the last few years developer Kenneth Hughes has proposed an ambitious redevelopment plan, which would replace the nearby HECO power plant with a real parking garage and build apartments...
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...
August 2 to 8, 2004
A 11.7 foot high-resolution screen is displayed at a home
land
security conference...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
Woohoo! The first digital accordion! http://www.ro
land
.com/products/en/FR-7/index.htm...
This
land
Is Apparently Not Your Lan...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Cool Concept of the Week: Seed Balls Take 100 to 200 properly chosen seeds of plants, trees, fruits, and vegetables, and pack them in a hardened sphere of mineral-rich red clay. Scatter one abou...
I'd mentioned this before, but the site has been getting better! "Molvania - A
land
Untouched By Modern Dentistry"...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Here's a 48-minute show called "Exposed: The Carlyle Group", which aired on TV in the Nether
land
s...
May 24 to 30, 2004
Curious locals dig up Area 51 wireless perimeter sensors on public
land
and get busted by the FBI and Air Force agents...
May 17 to 23, 2004
The beautiful story of the last pure Hawaiian
land
, and William Kaihe'ekai Mai'oho, whose family has guarded King Kamehameha's bones for 185 years...
The beautiful abandoned is
land
of Gukanjima...
May 10 to 16, 2004
In 18 months Kaufmann designed six versions of her prefab "Glidehouse", making use of recyclable, energy-efficient materials. It's designed to accommodate solar panels and looks and feels like ...
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...
The UK is trying "chewing gum posters" to help alleviate gum on the street, and there have been "tangible results". Gum is a $225M/year problem...
May 3 to 9, 2004
* Sampo Bank in Fin
land
, shutting down 130 branche...
Psychedelic Buddhistic art from Chalermchai Kositpipat, one of Thai
land
's most famous painters...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
When the is
land
of Tuvalu sinks, it will be the only country to exist solely on the Internet...
April 19 to 25, 2004
Dissatisfied with the main
land
, a lot of people are moving to New Zea
land
these days, leading to a housing boom and sketchy developments...
April 12 to 18, 2004
Some guy hooked up a music-generating apparatus controlled by six live hampsters. It's actually pleasant music...
April 5 to 11, 2004
"Disaster looms if Green
land
's ice cap melts...
March 31, 2004
While the is
land
s have seen a few distinctive architects that were compelled, nurtured, and influenced by Hawaii's natural environment - Dickey, Ossipoff, Morgan - the last 40 years has been witnes...
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
Have you been to Molvania, the "
land
untouched by modern dentistry"...
March 8 to 14, 2004
But I always enjoy the European take on these news items - "Fat of the
land
is killing more Americans than cigarettes"...
February 9 to 15, 2004
The SPAMmobile hits Hawaii for the first time: "It's like God has
land
ed on the earth," a local man said, shaking my hand, taking in the glory of the SPAMmobile. "I promised myself I wouldn't cry....
"
land
sale shutters city’s vision of urban renewal...
"Illegal logging is destroying the equatorial rain forests of Indonesian Borneo, bringing the is
land
, once known as the lungs of Asia, to the brink of an ecological disaster....
January 12 to 18, 2004
A nifty panorama of the Mars
land
scape...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Did you know that 20 billion tampons/sanitary pads went into
land
fills in 1998? Encourage females to try the Diva Cup...
The amazing precision of the recent Mars
land
ing - they had to take in account things such as how plate tectonics affected the wobble of the Earth to hit a target 90 million miles away...
December 22 to 28, 2003
A new electric "in-wheel" engine can make vehicles up to 50 percent more efficient and is being tested on a city bus in the Nether
land
s...
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 b
land
.....
November 10 to 16, 2003
On Kauai, the Navy wants 6,000 more acres of
land
.....
November 3 to 9, 2003
You can read about one of their books, "Superbia!", a manual on transforming suburban waste
land
s into more community-oriented, sustainable villages... "I was amazed when my neighbor waved to me"...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
"From Native Hawaiian to Native American?" http://www.hawaiiis
land
journal.com/stories/8a03a.htm...
October 27, 2003
Sanyo is making corn-derived biodegradable CDs - they'll hit stores in December. Much better for
land
fills. They degrade after 50-100 years...
October 14, 2003
Home
land
Defense employee has his German fiance detained, handcuffed, jailed, and after 20 hours without food, shipped back to Germany, without being officially arrested, a la "The Patriot Act".....
September 30, 2003
The student who ate only wild foods for 80 days in suburbia: http://egullet.com/?pg=ARTICLE-b
land
fig...
September 22, 2003
Howard Levy, harmonica player extrordinaire: http://www.levy
land
.com...
September 8, 2003
"Don't Rely On Microsoft, Trade Group Urges Home
land
Security...
August 25, 2003
* Mary
land
's DMV (completely shut down...
July 16, 2003
But perhaps the best commentary is from David Cross, who manages to skewer American "culture" at the same time... http://www.vice
land
.com/issues/v9n10/htdocs/my_america.ph...