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06 Sep 06

Ban on domestic shipping by foreign vessels needs critical scrutiny

  • One of Ed Case's campaign issues gains some traction. Senator Akaka has picked up $52000 in campaign contributinos from Matson and the ILA since 1989. - billso on 2006-09-06
  • Ban on domestic shipping by foreign vessels needs critical scrutiny
01 Sep 06

Which File Extension Are You?

  • Take this quiz to find out which file extension most closely matches your personality. You need to answer all the questions to get an accurate result.
31 Aug 06

How to Lose the ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’ from Your Speech

  • If you're willing to work at it, you can eliminate unnecessary pauses from your speaking. - billso on 2006-08-31
  • One of my largest pet peeves as an audience member, I have to admit, is a platform speaker who does not have his or her 'ums' or 'ahs' under control.

http://www.rocketboom.com/extra/bill_gates_uh/

  • This video has been edited down to show Bill Gates saying 'uh' and 'um' a lot. - billso on 2006-08-31

Gawker Artists: Trey Ratcliff

  • Here's a small example of High Dynamic Range photography, and of a twisted business model for blogs. Gawker uses images from selected artists when there aren't enough paid ads running in Gawker's blogs. - billso on 2006-08-31
  • High Dynamic Range

Court rulling chills Kailua B&Bs

  • Looking for a bed and breakfast in Oahu? The market is drying up as unlicensed operators close down and sell. Fines went up from $50 to $1000 per day in June 2006. - billso on 2006-08-31
28 Aug 06

Make Your Own Black Snake Moan Trailer Contest

  • Another Samuel L. Jackson movie. But this one's got Cristina Ricci.

    And there's no trailer - yet. Make one yourself. Wonder where they got that idea from?     - billso on 2006-08-28

Atlanta icons: The Varsity

  • A nice overview of The Varsity, my favorite giant fast food restaurant in Athens and Atlanta. - billso on 2006-08-28
27 Aug 06

HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center - Engadget

  • A 2005 receipe for converting a Mac mini into a server. This one focuses on media server functions. - billso on 2006-08-27
  • So for this week's How-To we'll cover the various aspects you'll
    need to think about when planning your Mac mini media center system, plus show you how to control your Mac mini
    headlessly from any computer in your house—there's no need to BYODKM; just BYOB, pop in a DVD and enjoy your
    HDTV, OK?
26 Aug 06

Word Spy - CXO

  • Generic term for a corporate officer
25 Aug 06

Tales Of The Black Freighter

  • A reconstruction of "Marooned", the comic-within-a-comic from Watchmen. - billso on 2006-08-25

Honolulu receives 2 more hybrod buses

  • The city now operates 40 hybrid buses. The newest model can actually climb hills, unlike previous versions that were restricted to low-lying routes. - billso on 2006-08-25


  • The buses are also "smart," with computers controlling engines, the destination signs, the fare box and radios, Morton said. "And through (the global positioning system) in our buses, the dispatchers and our buses themselves know exactly where they are. These buses announce the next stop automatically."


    He said the hybrid technology will allow the city to save at least 20 percent of the 7 million gallons of fuel the buses use per year.

Djou told to cooperate on Honolulu transit

  • Charles Djou seems more concerned with his potential as a mayoral candidate than with solving Honolulu's crushing traffic problems. - billso on 2006-08-25


  • Mayor Mufi Hannemann and U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie called on Councilman Charles Djou yesterday to move on and not be an obstacle to bringing mass transit to Honolulu.


    "It's pau already. Let's move forward," the mayor said.

24 Aug 06

Believe it: Deadball era's not dead yet - Yahoo! News

  • Jim Bouton's Vintage Base Ball League uses 19th century rules and a single ball. - billso on 2006-08-24
  • t will be six balls for a walk, and a foul ball won't count as a strike — unless it's caught, in which case the batter will be out. A foul ball caught on a bounce counts for an out, and a hit batter is only a ball, with no base awarded.

Web Ad Blocking Under Linux/Unix, BeOS, MacOS and Windows

  • How to use a hosts file to block ads, viruses and spyware on *NIX computers. Try using a more recent host file than the one shown on this page, however. - billso on 2006-08-24
22 Aug 06

Tablet: Personal Computer in the Year 2000 (1988)

  • Wolfram's 1988 description of a tablet computer prototype. - billso on 2006-08-22

Parents must help police stop driving teens

  • Hawaii teens are involved in 15 percent of fatal car accidents, while comprising only 6 percent of licensed drivers in the state. Parents need to set and enforce rules. - billso on 2006-08-22


  • GRADUATED driving requirements enacted by the Legislature last year were supposed to reduce traffic accidents such as the one that took the lives of two teenagers along the North Shore early Saturday, but it cannot be expected to eliminate them. Law enforcement, parents and schools must join in making the restrictions work, despite teenage peer pressure.

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