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“Hawaii Chair” Makes #67 on Internet Meme List

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment

Youshouldhaveseenthis.com added the Hawaii Chair to its top 99 Internet Meme’s List. Here it is again in case you missed it!

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Tags: Hawaii·Meme List

Predator Film Shooting on East Side of Big Island

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Economy, Entertainment

Big Island Weekly has an article up about the new movie “Predators”, to be directed by Robert Rodriguez, filming here on the east side of the Big Island. Coincidentally, I have been looking for a new place to call home here in the Puna district, and actually met the owners of one of the homes [...]

Beach Waste Gets New Life From Kini Beach

September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Economy, Environment, Green

We are always fond of companies that help keep Hawaii clean and beautiful. Kini Beach is an eco-friendly company that takes discarded grass mats, innertubes, body-boards, and floats and turns them into totes and canoe paddle companies. Check out some of their wares:

They are available in 4 stores throughout the Big Island.

$6M Center to be Built at Volcanoes National Park with Stimulus Grant

July 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Economy

The AP is reporting on the new center to go up in Volcanoes National Park using the new Federal Stimulus Money from the Obama Administration:
The new center will replace the current 1,200-square-foot station, where park rangers and eruption crew members are based.
Officials say the $6 million project will more than triple the size of the [...]

Eco Friendly Sushi Thanks to Kona Blue Water Farms

July 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

CSM has an interesting article up about the increasing demand for sushi and the fished used in its tasty preparation. Many of the popular sea life used in sushi is now being over fished. Sustainable farming of these species could be key to keeping them around:
Even though it was the right thing to do, it [...]

Big Island + Space Tourism by 2012?

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Tourism

The UKs’ Daily Mail has an article outlining the new space tourism program, that could be launched as early as 2012. After a little space training, you can hop on and take a quick 45 minute space flight from Hawaii to Japan – complete with awesome views!
They would pay $200,000 for the package including spaceflight [...]

Hawaiian Punch as Art – The Hawaiian Islands

July 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Photos, art

We found this homage to the Hawaiian Islands done by Artist Kevin Van Aelest – in Hawaiian Punch!
Visit Kevins’ site here.
Happy Fourth of July!

Mixed Martial Arts Now Sanctioned and Licensed In Hawaii

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Sports

Via ESPN

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Hawaiian fight fans can now enjoy the same safety-first regulation that Las Vegas fans have known and loved for so long.
An island that’s long had a tradition of prizefighting — with some accompanying crowd melodrama that’s sometimes turned public officials cool to the idea — Hawaii has put up with MMA in the same [...]

Varroa Mite Parasite is Spreading On Big Island, Killing Bees

June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · health

Via the Star Bulletin:
HILO >> The varroa mite parasite that’s been killing bees across the country is spreading on the Big Island, threatening local fruit and macadamia nut industries.
The tiny, parasitic bug has escaped a quarantine area around Hilo and spread to Hamakua and Puna.
On the mainland, the varroa mite has destroyed more than [...]

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