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December 20 to 31, 2005
A
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of people are eating Splenda, the latest sugar substitute...
This is a working graphic design of a computer, the first I've seen. Have there been other designs like this, either recently or in the ancient past? I envision a
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of interactive modern art in thi...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
There was a
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of news this week, but the big news was the release of Apple's new system upgrade, called "Tiger". I've tested the heck out of it and it seems stable and faster...
Super-strong flip flops, developed by surfers: http://www.metaefficient.com/metaefficient/archives/c
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hing/splaff-flopps.htm...
April 18 to 24, 2005
C
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hing made of bamboo is cheap and apparently feels pretty good too...
The sandal-combination-bottle opener! Perfect to wear with the TV/DVD-combination-beer fridge mentioned last week...
April 4 to 10, 2005
The market for dead celebrities has become quite lucrative. Bill Gates bought a
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of them recently...
A profile on one of the first real 21st century superstars, journalist, blogger, polyg
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, and hot babe Xeni Jardin...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
The site for the prefab Flatpak house has been revised and is better than ever, with
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s of nice pictures...
March 21 to 27, 2005
No doubt the movie has star attraction (Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand), but I like to think that people enjoy p
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s in which uptight conservative people (in this case, a paranoid ex-CIA operative...
A
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of people commented this week on Tom Waits' top 20 albums of all time, a great list worth hearing. Why isn't there an iTunes Music Store playlist of this stuff...
March 7 to 13, 2005
On a related eco-friendly note, there sure is a
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of unused roof real estate in downtown Honolulu...
There's
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s of great interface ideas and art in the Flash Film Festival finalists...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Add this little gadget to your toilet to make it dual flush - save
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s of water and money...
February 21 to 27, 2005
The new 1-kilometer high Solar Tower, which could power 200,000 homes, has found a building site in Australia. This got a
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of press this week...
Nature is a
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tougher than you. Scientists revive 32,000 year-old frozen bacteria...
February 14 to 20, 2005
And here's a really big satellite photo showing the entire park. That's a
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of curtains...
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s of retro album cover designs here at the Mod Pop Punk archives...
January 10 to 16, 2005
* Average number of c
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hing items an adult American acquired in 2002: 5...
December 13 to 19, 2004
New pliable solar cells means solar tents, c
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hing, etc....
November 29 to December 5, 2004
The zoom quilt - I've love to see this with
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s more participants...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Enter your ZIP code and get a blast map that shows the effects of a 10-ki
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on nuclear blast in your area...
November 15 to 21, 2004
New yarns made of carbon nanotubes leads to smart c
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An inspirational account of a three-year backpacking trip around the world. With
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s of photos...
November 1 to 7, 2004
Healthy C
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hin...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Yes, the same Hart eSlate voting machines used in Hawaii caused Democratic votes to turn into Republican ones in Austin, Texas: http://www.snopes.com/politics/bal
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/travis.as...
October 4 to 10, 2004
Most visitors to Hawaii come in twos and stay on one island. Why not provide an alternative to space-hogging rental cars in Waikiki? And you could fit a
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more of these things on the upcomin...
September 20 to 26, 2004
It takes a
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of energy and money to send Oahu's garbage to the mainland. Rather than spreading our trash around the planet, are there better alternatives...
Hawaii's special-effects industry has some heavy hitters. Kai Bovaird, who set up a local shop, made effects for the Matrix. "There's definitely skilled people (in Hawaii) but you need serious an...
September 13 to 19, 2004
The Oprah car giveaway made a
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of money for GM. It's a sign of new types of promotions to come...
September 5 to 12, 2004
"A new study shows that kids who watch
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s of TV ads are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, stomachaches and other problems....
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...
The Olympics is selling a
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less tickets than desired...
August 8 to 14, 2004
A conversation with a friend led to a discussion of Irwin Park, the park by Aloha Tower that was originally mandated to be a park but is now a parking
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Here's the Hawaii absentee bal
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s of nifty rare retro watches...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
A pi
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creates a folding electric guitar...
July 19 to 25, 2004
Topic of the week: compulsory Web site registrations!
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s 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
Hawaii has
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s of red clay. Why not make native seed balls and use them to quickly repopulate areas with native plants...
According to European copyright law, Elvis' first big hit will enter the public domain in 2005, along with a
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of other still-selling music...
July 5 to 11, 2004
More about transparent videoconferencing, which has received a
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of press lately...
June 14 to 20, 2004
Mentioned the other week as the key ingredient to self-cleaning windows, titanium dioxide is now being incorporated into c
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hing to make them self-cleaning...
May 10 to 16, 2004
A
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of prefab buzz is going around on the net these days. I hope more people are getting tired of living in expensive, soulless boxes! About the Glidehouse debut...
May 3 to 9, 2004
Funny lists from a publisher on sci-fi and horror p
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s that are submitted too often...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
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s of statistics about
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s of cities...
April 19 to 25, 2004
3) How about this for a cleanup-inducing pi
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project? But use the voices of well-known locals: Berlin's pi
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program of talking trash cans that congratulate you when used have proven to be a hug...
Dissatisfied with the mainland, a
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of people are moving to New Zealand these days, leading to a housing boom and sketchy developments...
April 12 to 18, 2004
I've seen a
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of Web sites. This could be the worst-designed site ever made...
There's a
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of participatory art going on around the net these days. Here's the surreal result at the midpoint of one photoshop-fest...
March 31, 2004
Let's face it folks - taken as a whole, Hawaii architecture sucks. And the urban planning leaves a
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to be desired...
Hawaii construction and typical apartment developments use a
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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-POC ("A Piece of C
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h"): Seamless c
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hing A new manufacturing method is changing how c
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hes are made by making ready-to-wear seamless c
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hes out of a single piece of c
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This was widely circulated last week.
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s of ammo building up on both side of the issue...
March 22 to 28, 2004
This would be a great pi
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project for Hawaii - 40% soya-based carbon-neutral jet fuel...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Summarize a novel in 25 words (or less)... "The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien: Little guys go to a
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of trouble to get rid of stolen jewelry....
February 16 to 22, 2004
Hoo boy,
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s of news this week. You heard it here first, folks! Leaked Pentagon report warns climate change may bring famine, war "LONDON (AFP) - A secret report prepared by the Pentagon warns tha...
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 ...
Add wireless to your business! At Sch
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zsky's in Texas, a survey finds that more than 40 percent of customers say that free wireless access is a factor in choosing the restaurant to dine at...
February 2 to 8, 2004
The image of Buddha, automatically generated by a simple mathematical algorithm that p
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s points on the real and imaginary planes...
December 22 to 28, 2003
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s of end-of-year lists popped up here and there. Here's a few: The 2003 year in pictures, from the San Francisco Chronicle...
An article about Apple's Jonathan Ives, who designed the iPod, iMac, PowerBook, and
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s of other stuff. He just received one of the most prestigious awards for industrial design...
December 8 to 14, 2003
Whoo boy,
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s of new stuff in the world lately. Guess I'll just jump in...
This Chinese video has been wildly popular this week: A great "new" way to fold your shirts (it's true, I learned too) the way professionals do in retail stores. You may be able to download it her...
November 24 to 30, 2003
Abercromie & Fitch got in hot, steamy water last week for their R- and X- rated c
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hing catalog. Their first sweater doesn't show up until page 122. The people in their catalog aren't wearin...
November 17 to 23, 2003
We now return you to our weekly broadcast.
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s of new science/tech this week for some reason... Things got a little heated in London...
November 10 to 16, 2003
Now that people are sharing their iTunes playlists, a new form of bigotry is emerging: discrimination based on a person's terrible taste in music (at least among networked college students). It "tell...
October 14, 2003
Finally, on a lighter note, a partial Latin translation of Sir Mix-a-
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's "Baby Got Back": "Large buttocks are pleasing to me, nor am I able to lie concerning this matter....
September 22, 2003
All about the best s
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machine cheater ever...
September 8, 2003
Whew,
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s of interesting things this week popped up.....
September 2, 2003
An award-winning British journalist leaves the US after six years but finds it again at a Patti Smith concert.
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s of nice little facts in this article.....
July 21, 2003
Reading the wrong thing in public gets man in trouble with the FBI: http://char
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te.creativeloafing.com/newsstand/2003-06-04/news_cover.htm...