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December 20 to 31, 2005
What can one say about over 100,000 lives being extinguished so quickly? Too many things for words. "You are the music while the music lasts", said T.S. Elliot. Larry Geller of the Hawaii Coalitio...
The
state
's population is aging, with many implications for the future of our island society...
The sorry
state
of wasteful corporate packaging - the most over-packed item in history...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
"U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism -
state
Dept. Will Not Put Data in Report"...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Here's a concise Q&A page on the Akaka bill (The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005), with the text of the bill included. In a nutshell, the bill "lays out the procedures throug...
Low-power FM (LPFM) radio, devised by the FCC to provide an alternative to corporate-centric radio, is now being dominated by Christian radio networks, effectively limiting the diversity of loca...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
It's 2005 now, but the
state
's Web site is still a bit drab...
This brilliant clip shows how the modern shopping environment puts people in a cow-like suggestible
state
...
March 21 to 27, 2005
Also, use your persistent vegetative
state
to be "cynically manipulated for the cause of your choice"...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Is Hawaii turning into a consumption-addicted haven for the wealthy at the expense of long-time residents and native familes? The
state
's only international cargo shipping terminal is near capacity...
There's a potpourri of online recycling and disposal service resources for the
state
, but they all offer overlapping, redundant, confusing, incomplete, and inaccurate information. Why can't there be ...
"Invocation of eminent domain by cities to seize property for private development is on the rise": http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/02/25/carollloyd.DTL&feed=rss.surrealestat...
China is fighting the Tibetan exile administration with computer virii: http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=9195&article=Trojan+Horse+Gallops+from+Beijing%2C+Disguised+as+Dalai+Lama+
state
men...
A salmon may be the "first genetically enhanced animal sold for consumption in the United
state
s"...
February 14 to 20, 2005
Will an environmental impact
state
ment requirement kill Hawaii's inter-island Superferry? This article explains the issues involved, and why an EIS may not really be needed. In any case, could it no...
Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal ponders the
state
and future of blogging...
February 7 to 13, 2005
Podcasting is getting more media attention, along with front page space in USA Today. Here's a good overview of the
state
of podcasting right now...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The Bush administration OKs drilling for oil in rare grassland in New Mexico, despite objections from the
state
's governor, who used to be the Secretary of Energy in the Clinton administration. Thi...
January 10 to 16, 2005
Life is pretty hardy. Already there are signs of it around the tsunami-deva
state
d areas...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Honolulu's Chinatown is cultivating an "art chic". This article notes that "the
state
is currently gathering data on what it calls the creative economy in Hawai'i to assess its economic impact"...
Professor Francis Boyle, an expert on international law from the U. of Illinois, recently gave an informative talk on the restoration of the independent nation
state
of Hawaii under international law...
The
state
of Virginia allows hybrid cars to drive in high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, and this has led to so many hybrid vehicles being bought that now Virginia's HOV lanes are clogged with the...
December 13 to 19, 2004
The
state
's BusLink system is the first use of smart card technology in a bus-only mass transit system in America. How about making a smart-card based SuperFerry pass...
December 6 to 12, 2004
"Democrats on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee have asked Ohio Secretary of
state
J. Kenneth Blackwell to answer for a host of voting irregularities they say occurred in Ohio Nov. 2."...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Today a new blog is created every 5.8 seconds - here's the latest statistics on the
state
of the blogosphere. Over 90% of bloggers are 13 to 29 years old...
November 8 to 14, 2004
It's said that good fences make good neighbors. Screaming children, however, do not. A detailed Web site describing a painful, protracted war with the neighbors. This makes a nice metaphor for th...
So maybe that "who voted by IQ" article last week was a little bogus. But here's a verifiable list of the most charitable
state
s versus how they voted...
November 1 to 7, 2004
Here's how
state
s voted, sorted by the
state
's average IQ...
October 25 to 31, 2004
About Clearview, the new clearer, usable typeface that will be used on all Federal road signage. Ask your
state
to adopt it...
October 11 to 17, 2004
Nice stats on the "
state
of the blogosphere", Oct 2004...
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 island tourists - it gets up to 71 miles per gallon on a 9 gallon tank and you can par...
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 ...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
California mandates free cell phone recycling. Every
state
should pass such a bill...
September 20 to 26, 2004
The
state
-of-the-art in scientific visualization...
September 5 to 12, 2004
"From the time that Hawai'i first became a strategic American outpost in the Pacific, the military has condemned thousands of acres of
state
and private land for training and military bases...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Last year's Labor Day vigil at the sacred hill Pu'u Ohau, at the edge of the unfinished elite Hokulia e
state
and golf course development on top of ancient Hawaiian burial grounds. Kupunas calle...
"Despite a strong
state
economy, the homeless rate in Hawaii has nearly doubled over the past four years, and the majority of the new homeless are native Hawaiians and those with some Hawaiia...
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...
Forget Doom 3: Here's the
state
-of-the-art of video game graphics...
August 8 to 14, 2004
Vote http://www.
state
.hi.us/elections/forms/frm_wiki.pd...
Why dynamic languages (still) represent the future of computing (warning: tech-heavy): http://www.active
state
.com/Company/NewsRoom/whitepapers_ADL.ple...
August 2 to 8, 2004
Topic of the Week: Supporting Local Arts and Designs Hawaii is one of the toughest
state
s for those involved in the arts to make a living. The word on the street is that Studio One, a popular galler...
Here's a few suggestions: http://www.ltgov.
state
.ri.us/SBAC/providencetaxincentives.ht...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Computer visionary Alan Kay "decries the
state
of computing". He's right...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
"Childhood obesity in the United
state
s looks significantly worse than previously believed, suggests the largest assessment ever of public school students....
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...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
"Nude women have been on the menu at The Sutler for years, but the Nashville pub covered up the 19th-century Victorian photos after being warned they might be too racy for
state
law....
March 22 to 28, 2004
A reporter's journey through the massive, immaculately organized, and sometimes bizarre archives of the Stanley Kubrick e
state
...
March 15 to 21, 2004
Although silly bills are introduced all the time, this one's a whopper: "To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United
state
s Supreme Court...
This was pretty popular - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld caught red-handed on TV lying about one of his
state
ments regarding Iraq...
March 8 to 14, 2004
There's an interesting architectural trend towards "green roofs" - creating mini-ecologies in unused urban areas, mainly, roofs...
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
needs to provide a starter foundation for business before VCs can step in. Local VCs have neve...
December 8 to 14, 2003
It's legal (and has been for years) in over half the
state
s to sell your voter registration information - including name, race, email, street address, phone number, birth date, political affiliation...
Advertising is now appearing on airplane tray tables: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2003/12/09/
state
1221EST7454.DT...
October 27, 2003
Like facts? The 2002
state
of Hawaii Fact Book is now online...
September 22, 2003
Some young teens attitudes towards file sharing. Good take on the
state
of the next generation...
September 8, 2003
Well, here's "The Subterranean Fortress", the largest, most extensive hand-built private bunker ever made in the United
state
s...
August 25, 2003
* Metro
state
College in Denver, Colorad...
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 need to "pacify" citizens wh...