Live, local, and late breaking. That’s the news from KHNL-TV. Of course, it’s live only when they’re on the air, which is only a few times a day. It’s local only when it’s not national or international, which is much of the time. Late breaking? How about late breaking alerts? As television stations gravitate toward … Read More »
Surround Sound, Honolulu style
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Modern life brings with it many wonderful opportunities. We have many time-saving devices, so many, in fact, that we don’t actually save time using them. There are so many to use that we end up devoting more time to using, managing, and maintaining devices than we save by using the devices. Modern life in Honolulu … Read More »
The rising cost of coming and going
Friday, January 18, 2008
Things are not looking good for those of us who like to travel. Even traveling to the mall or a neighbor island costs more these days. Gasoline prices are up, so driving around town becomes an expensive pastime. Airline prices are up so heading to the neighbor islands or the mainland is more expensive. Hawaii … Read More »
Airing laundry also cleans it, right?
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The most notable theme to come out of the opening session of the 2008 Hawaii legislative session is laundry. Dirty laundry. After all, someone needs to figure out how to hide the mud of the legislature’s involvement in the Hawaii SuperFerry fiasco. Oh, and there’s that white hot opportunity to tackle the University of Hawaii’s … Read More »
More garbage, same neighborhood
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Manoa and Kahala residents can breathe easy. My proposal for building neighborhood landfills probably won’t happen this year. Honolulu’s Planning Commission has agreed to a two-year extension on the Waimanalo Gulch landfill permit. What? You were expecting strings? Strings we got. The state’s Health Department needs to allow incinerator ash to be piled higher than … Read More »
Defying the laws of nature
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
As of today, global warming and weather pattern disruptions notwithstanding, I have effectively defied a few laws of nature. One week ago I washed my car. It needed the cleaning. The past month was nothing but steady, daily rain, which wreaks havoc on my car washing schedule. Alright, it’s not much of a schedule. I … Read More »
