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Hmmm…apparently I haven’t got the time zone set properly on this site and comments are displaying odd times. Now I’ve got to dig down and remember where the time info is and make sure, or try to make sure, that it’s in sync with the proper Honolulu time zone.
[update] Okay, I found the time slot [...]

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The UH Manoa student newspaper, Ka Leo O Hawaii, is still missing its web site. This is the greeting for current visitors to the site:

The site initially disappeared when a dispute over possible censorship stalled contract talks with the company providing the newspaper’s online system, a subsidiary of media giant Viacom.
When I wrote about that [...]

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Note that there’s a new RSS feed from this redesigned site, so please update your news readers so that you get word of the latest entries. There’s a link in the right sidebar, or the direct address is http://ilind.net/?feed=rss2.

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Senator Hooser posted a couple of entries yesterday on the KSSK interview and aftermath.
In the end he writes:
Final Note: A friend reminded me recently of the famous quote:
“When you wrestle with a pig in the mud: you both get dirty and the pig loves it.”
So, I will wrestle no more. And will attempt to “disengage” [...]

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For a heart-stopping 15-minute period that seemed to stretch for several hours early this morning, iLind.net disappeared.
First question in any such investigation: “Did you screw with it? Yes or No?”
Of course, my answer was “yes”.
Now that it’s all back where I started, I’ll try to get to the day’s content.
I’m still working my way up [...]

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I’m still working out the bugs in this system but, so far, it’s going okay. Some links don’t work for apparently obscure reasons, but….
This also makes it a bit easier to post mid-day updates, but I haven’t decided whether to go down that road. I’ll just see how things work out.
And there’s the question of [...]

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There continues to be a stream of stories criticizing local officials in Michigan who are planning to attend an upcoming conference in Waikiki.
Here’s an except from one column:
Michigan, you may recall, is in the midst of a staggering economic slump and local governments are talking about the Draconian cuts they will have to make because [...]

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You might be interested in this brief essay by Bill Murath which appears on my friend Chuck Smith’s “Of two minds” blog.
Lana’i…..What a beautiful secluded paradise. Those Norfolk Pines in Lanai City are so awesome. One of my best buddies moved there in early 90s to take a job at the newly created hotels. I [...]

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