I rousted myself early this morning to do a rough selection of photos from yesterday’s Taro Festival at the State Capitol. The event is described in an entry by Thelma Dreyer on the Hawaii House Blog. These are my quick picks from a large number of photps, gathered together in a relatively rough catalog. Enjoy. [...]
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The daily newspapers aren’t the only ones facing tough times, it seems. Two Honolulu Weekly staffers were laid off last week, including a section editor, and remaining staff face a pay cut, according to several people familiar with the situation. Meanwhile, former managing editor and interim editor Travis Quezon is pursuing claims against the Weekly [...]
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A spokesman for Platinum Equity, the lead group in the purchase of the San Diego Union Tribune, clarified the role of S-B owner David Black in the deal after a Canadian newspaper reported Black was the buyer of the San Diego newspaper. According to the Business Examiner in Black’s B.C. backyard: “If the question is, [...]
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Ooops. Me bad for forgetting to congratulate Starbulletin.com on its 13th anniversary. Former webmaster Blaine Fergerstrom reminded me that the Star-Bulletin launched its online edition on March 18, 1996. Unfortunately, I let his email get lost in the stack. But better a few days late than never. Happy Anniversary! As I recall, the move online [...]
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Time to check the mail. Pat Tummons, publisher of Environment Hawaii newsletter, sent this comment yesterday via email: You refer to the Star Bulletin’s story on the sorry state of birds in the US, especially in Hawaii, and praise it as an example of what newspapers do. I clicked on the link to read the [...]
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It’s Friday, and this week I’m going to lead with the cats. If you’re less than enthusiastic about this, just skip down to the **** down below. If you have cats, you probably have scenes like this. That’s Toby down below after chasing Harriet from the kitchen and across the dining room until she took [...]
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I might as well start the day with a picture rather than push it off to the end. This was taken several days ago. And, yes, that rain did eventually come our way. We got pretty wet several mornings over the past week, unbrellas notwithstanding, but you quickly forget about that part of the experience. [...]
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You never know what you might find in a collection of government documents. That’s why I love to browse. I used to wander through sections of the university library just to see what was there. Same with bookstores. Now I let my fingers on the keyboard do the walking. This week, I saw a description [...]
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