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April 11 to 17, 2005
It now seems possible to start and maintain a scalable company using nothing but hosted Web applications. Who
need
s machine rooms any more? As the net gets faster, physical location becomes mor...
April 4 to 10, 2005
This was very popular this week - I think there's a pent-up
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to avoid Starbucks! The delocator will show you local alternatives to Starbucks...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
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to sleep? Listen to the sleepbot environmental broadcast. They should license this service to hotels...
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an industrial solution? Use new biological filters that mimic the natural decomposition of debris. In a successful test the sewage from 25 homes was used to irrigate a golf course...
A new solar-powered street trash compactor is only four feet tall yet can hold ten times more trash than an average garbage bin. It also signals when garbage pickup is
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ed, eliminating unnecessar...
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.....
"Mount Kilimanjaro Photo Wake-Up Call for Action Against Global Warming" - in case you
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ed visual proof...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
"The Drugs I
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!...
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
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less features and design bling bling - usable elegance is the ne...
February 14 to 20, 2005
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
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ed. In any case, could it no...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
It's sad how behind the times car stereo manufacturers are when it comes to portable digital music. All I want is a cheap $50 preamp with a minijack line-in and perhaps a USB port to stick my shuffl...
Blogs!
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more blogs? Here's a blog about blogs...
January 17 to 23, 2005
Cornell researchers figure out how to make plastic from citrus fruits and CO2, eliminating the
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to use petroleum to make plastics...
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thermal or acoustic insulation? Use eco-friendly itch-free insulation products...
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 ...
Handy Mac-based tools for those recording audio interviews that
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transcription...
November 15 to 21, 2004
Kaho'olawe restoration volunteers are
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ed...
November 8 to 14, 2004
Ever
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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...
This was really popular all over the net this week, perhaps because people
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to be reminded of the perils of overworking...
November 1 to 7, 2004
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to hide from Homeland Security? Install a hidden door! However, this item was so popular, everyone knows what they look like by now...
October 25 to 31, 2004
The first spring water to be packaged in a compostable bottle. We
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more biodegradable packaging...
October 18 to 24, 2004
Ever
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ed a private room for adults? Yamaha's got one...
Once the Yucca Mountain 40,000-year nuclear waste repository opens in 2010, it will be 1/3 smaller than
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ed to store all the accumulated waste by then...
October 11 to 17, 2004
The first hotel with iris identification. One day you'll just walk into your room, no check-in
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ed...
CARLSON: You
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to get a job at a journalism school... STEWART: You
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to go to one. Jon Stewart blasts big media on "Crossfire"...
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 lot more of these things on the upcomin...
September 20 to 26, 2004
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
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serious an...
September 5 to 12, 2004
How high-tech "fab labs" are training kids in impoverished countries to make
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ed tools...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Ecotourism
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s more experienced guides...
August 15 to 22, 2004
New technologies ease the pain of (hospital)
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les...
August 2 to 8, 2004
Topic of the Week: Supporting Local Arts and Designs Hawaii is one of the toughest states for those involved in the arts to make a living. The word on the street is that Studio One, a popular galler...
Amsterdam
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s cheap temporary housing for 7,000 college students quickly! A developer is building a temporary, modular, and easily moveable student city made of 1,000 40-foot cargo containers...
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...
Cheap projection technology is giving rise to "guerilla drive-ins". This is a symptom of this generation's
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for commerce-free, authentic culture and socializing...
July 19 to 25, 2004
"We Don't
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No Stinkin' Login"...
July 5 to 11, 2004
Of all people, William F. Buckley writes about the
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for marijuana law reform...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
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...
June 14 to 20, 2004
A section of the film explores the
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for corporations to be more democratic. How about introducing software that enables companies to make better group decisions? This isn't polling and it isn'...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
"This is the most amazing, subversive piece of political webware I've ever seen. It scrapes the Parliamentary record and makes the entire thing commentable, searchable and permalinkable... We
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on...
For when you really, really
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a TV dinner, check out "The Single Man's Guide to TV Dinners"...
May 24 to 30, 2004
A new company helps traditional radio stations migrate to digital radio. A great idea, but receivers
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to get cheaper...
May 17 to 23, 2004
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a good, free antivirus app for Windows? Here's the 46 best freeware utilities for PCs...
May 3 to 9, 2004
Current chip design is overkill, often applying more precision to tasks when
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ed. By making chips that guess results when
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ed, one may be able to reduce power usage by a factor of 1,000...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
Before you laugh, try a little thinking outside of the box: Hawaii
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s low-cost housing solutions - how about using used shipping containers? Many well-designed structures have been made worldwide...
April 19 to 25, 2004
This week's theme: helping Hawaii be more eco-tech-friendly. 1) Keep Act 221 to high-tech, and make a new act specifically for television and movie production. The two industries have different
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s...
5) Support sustainable architecture and treat architecture as part of the environment: "The McMansion Next Door - Why the American house
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s a makeover" (10/2003)...
March 31, 2004
Hawaii construction and typical apartment developments use a lot of concrete, a material that John Lautner considered "most desireable" for his
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s. But these developments often end up being block...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Lawrence Lessig released his latest book, and you can download and read it for free. If living in an open, free culture is important to you, or if you take photos, draw, write, make music, or i...
A bicycle tire that never
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s inflating...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Modern video games are on the cutting edge of reality simulation: where 20 years ago a shoot-'em-up game took one to four people, today's games require teams of 30+ and specialized knowledge o...
February 16 to 22, 2004
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 ...
I always knew that UH grads got a good computer science background. The trick is, how to get them back to HI working at great software tech jobs? I sure can't find any... Hawaii
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s experience...
February 9 to 15, 2004
There was a little buzz around the net last week regarding "peak oil". The term refers to the point at which worldwide oil production will peak, which is currently predicted to happen in 2015. Jo...
January 5 to 11, 2004
For when you
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to train your inner geek...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Will a new high-tech fund in Hawaii work? Local VC Barry Weinman may not like it, but I think the state
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s to provide a starter foundation for business before VCs can step in. Local VCs have neve...
December 22 to 28, 2003
Does anyone in Oahu
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a free business-class RICOH FT7870 copy machine? I'm not sure if it's been sold yet...
December 15 to 21, 2003
Lessons learned: UH and the Star-Bulletin
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to get their science/high-tech reporting act together. This item was featured in dozens of international publications before locals got wind of it.....
November 10 to 16, 2003
"Terror Is A Triple Meat Pizza: Who
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s war and evildoers and a big nuclear holocaust? We've got a national obesity epidemic...
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
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ed...
October 27, 2003
Kev's News: None of the news you want to hear, all the news you
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to hear! Electricity from water The first new method of generating electricity in 150 years...
September 2, 2003
LEDs and the future of the light bulb: "If the world switches over to LEDs rapidly enough, it could obviate the
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to build more than 100 power plants between now and 2020...
"...it has awakened governments to the
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to reduce their dependence on Windows operating systems....
July 16, 2003
"Why," you may wonder, "are you sending me email like this, Kev?" you may ask. I say: because you have a committed interest in keeping the world from being absolutely mediocre. Therefore an...
July 14, 2003
Yes, you
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to know about Mr. Winkle. He's the sensation that's sweeping the nation:...
July 10, 2003
With iChat, Who
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s a Phone? Apple's latest tech wizardry makes voice calling over the Net a snap. That could be a push off a cliff for today's telecom giant...
July 8, 2003
would provide such a compelling demonstration to the contrary," she added. Among the "confidential" documents available on the web site are slide shows discussing the
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to "pacify" citizens wh...