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March 21 to 27, 2005
No doubt the movie has star attraction (Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand), but I like to think that people enjoy plots in which uptight conservative people (in this case, a paranoid ex-CIA operative...
March 7 to 13, 2005
There's a potpourri of online recycling and disposal service resources for the state, but they all
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overlapping, redundant, confusing, incomplete, and inaccurate information. Why can't there be ...
Meanwhile, a group of tech CEOs went to Washington warning that "profound changes in the global economy put America's competitiveness at risk" and
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ed a 10-point plan...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Smithsonian Global Sound, their new online music store
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ing the Smithsonian's world music collection...
February 21 to 27, 2005
Boston resident Geoff Hargadon made a popular parody of the art installation "The Gates". His site got 4 million hits, and he got a reception with the mayor, appearances in international newspaper...
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...
February 14 to 20, 2005
GoDaddy is
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ing free one-year SSL certificates to open source projects...
February 7 to 13, 2005
Also, Google's image index now
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s over 1 billion pictures...
Allan Schiffman
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s a few quick numbers on federal debt, spending, etc....
Consumer Reports
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s a report on condom effectiveness...
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...
January 10 to 16, 2005
About two minutes after someone pointed out that the Mac mini was smaller than a standard car radio, companies started working on plans to
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in-car Macs to handle entertainment and car functions...
Here's a PowerPoint presentation on the manufacturing process - why they don't
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it as a PDF file is beyond me...
A few months since its launch, allofmp3.com seems to be gaining credibility and customers. Tracks are one-tenth the cost of those in the iTunes music store and are
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ed in a variety of qualitie...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia Britannica
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s his thoughts on the Wikipedia, the free community- based online encyclopedia that passed 401,000 articles recently...
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
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the ability to read electricity meters remotely...
Communities
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ing "zero-energy homes" are popping up that allow homeowners to cut as much as 90% off their utility bill...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Burt Lum has a great post regarding his trip to Kaho`olawe - people from the other islands gather at Kaho`olawe's highest peak to contribute
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ings - "what you give you will receive in return, 1...
"Technology used to track down Al-Qaeda terrorists is being
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ed to employers as a means of stamping out... abusive behaviour in the workplace"...
October 4 to 10, 2004
The super-cute high-tech $13,000 Smart Fortwo, although now only
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ed in Europe, would be a perfect car for island tourists - it gets up to 71 miles per gallon on a 9 gallon tank and you can par...
September 13 to 19, 2004
A new travel survey "found Hawaii consistently fell below most competitor destinations in
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ing good value for the money and unspoiled beauty. Also, Japanese visitors did not view the islands a...
XM radio
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s online streaming music...
August 22 to 29, 2004
Finally, Coke vending machine
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s cashless purchases via cell phones...
Apple now
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s songs in bulk via their volume discount program...
March 31, 2004
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...
In the Bay Area, multiple
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s 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...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
Here's a picture of a store
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ing A-POC based clothes...
March 8 to 14, 2004
The most comprehensive picture even taken from the Hubble Telescope was unveiled. It shows nearly 10,000 galaxies. They
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super-high resolution pictures, suitable for printing on large canvas a...
George Michael will
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his songs freely online from now on, a music industry first for an established artist. Actually this is a great strategy for someone with an already popular back catalog...
March 1 to 7, 2004
Cinergy becomes the first electric utility in the U.S. to
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high-speed Internet service via its power lines. The benefits of using such as service in Hawaii are obvious (reach rural areas, les...
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...