Bytemarks

Let’s face it the tsunami won. When I went to sleep on Friday night I heard about the 8.8 earthquake in Chile and the potential for a tsunami. When I woke on Saturday morning about 5:30am I got messages from Roxanne Darling and Todd Ogasawara asking if the Unconferenz 2010 was still on. My initial [...]

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Graffiti art or street art as I like to refer to these pieces, stirs feelings that range from awe to disgust in those that view it. Born out of the street punk movement dating back to the late 70’s and early 80’s in the subways of New York City, this was a statement by rebellious [...]

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As we welcome in the New Year 2010, I always like to look back at the previous year and celebrate the memorable moments that helped to define that year. As we transition from one year to the next I find it a good habit to acknowledge and be respectful of the past and to look [...]

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This week of Thanksgiving is special for a number of reasons. Family and friends are always always top of mind but it is a time to take stock of the goodness that has come your way in 2009. It is also the start of the Makahiki season and a time to rejoice in rejuvenation of [...]

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Paul Zorner was our third speaker for the Wayfinder Lecture series held tonight at Hawaii Public Radio, Atherton studio. He spoke about how Hawaii’s dependence on fuel and food from out of state sources is something we cannot sustain. At some point those external producers of both fuel and food will realize they need it [...]

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Update 9/19/09: The Discovery Channel website has since updated their Native Hawaiian Snail picture with an actual Achatinella photo.
While researching news items for Bytemarks Cafe I came across this story on the Discovery website about rats devastating the Native Hawaiian snail population. Interesting story but I was taken aback by this photo supposedly depicting one [...]

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On the second leg of her trans-Pacific solo row which started in May 24, 2009, Roz Savage has landed on Tarawa in the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. The 105 day voyage was initially thought to take about 70 days and land in Tuvalu. In late Aug, already low on water and food, slightly off [...]

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Several days have gone by since spending the Solstice day at Nualolo on Kauai. Being back in the urban life of Honolulu it’s easy to see the contrast of place. As obvious as it is, I am still processing what it all means. We live in the city but the brief moment we spend in [...]

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June 21, 2009 marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. It is the tilt of the earth’s axis that causes this long day and as soon as it happens we pass into a period of shortening days. It is the transition from one period into the next. For seven years, my friend [...]

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Back on the Sept. 3, 2008 episode of Bytemarks Cafe, Ryan and I had a chance to talk to Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal about the Junk Kraft and their voyage into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This Pacific Gyre or Vortex is an area northeast of Hawaii where the currents swirl and collect the [...]

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