I am worried about my grade

Disappeared News: Taxpayers should be vexed as Honolulu spends money to light up the sky

Disappeared News: Taxpayers should be vexed as Honolulu spends money to light up the sky

4G Wireless is a Waste of Money

Most used Inflight devices

Despite Android’s dominance in smartphone marketshare, iOS (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad) accounts for 78% of mobile devices on Gogo’s WiFi network with Android accounting for 15%. BlackBerry OS accounts for a mere 4%.

Location-Based Mobile Ad Spend to Quadruple by 2015 | ClickZ

Location-Based Mobile Ad Spend to Quadruple by 2015 | ClickZ

iOS most popular at mobile hotspots

47% of mobile devices used at hotspots in Burger King and Starbucks are iOS devices.

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Google unveils mobile wallet service

This has the potential to be really huge... or it could be the e-commerce Orkut.

Google unveils mobile wallet service

China First to Reach 900 Million Mobile Phone Users - SocialTimes.com

The first choice for developing telecom infrastructure seems to be mobile.

China First to Reach 900 Million Mobile Phone Users - SocialTimes.com

The Evolution Of Best Practices In Hospitality And Tourism (part 1 Of 2) | Dr. John Hogan

The Evolution Of Best Practices In Hospitality And Tourism (part 1 Of 2) | Dr. John Hogan

If I were writing a paper about geocaching

I think I might be very interested in reading this article. I wonder how many active geocaches there are in the world right now? I'm betting an enterprising soul could find the answer to that question.

Aloha TIM302 students

If you found this blog, then you know how easy it is to create your own blog... and by extension a podcast.

You can see that this is really not so difficult. If you create your own blog, then you have completed the first step. If you need a place to store your audio files, don't forget your UH user account. You can find more information on your account at http://www.hawaii.edu/personalhp/. You can use FTP software like SSH (Windows) or Fugu (Mac) to upload files to your account.

Geocaching and Tourism

If you are thinking about doing Geocaching for your group project, you might want to check out the options at http://www.geocaching.com for some ideas about how and where to hide your cache. Remember the location of your cache should be Latitude and Longitude coordinates which are hidden in a puzzle.

As an example I will be hiding a cache in a place familiar to most of you... watch this space for the puzzle. :o)

Podcasting made easy

Four easy steps.

1. Find a place to host your podcast file. You can use your UH Account. Here are links to more information on how to activate and FTP to you UH account.

2. Create a blog. You already have access to Blogger through your iGoogle userid.

3. Create a post on your blog with a link to your podcast file. For example: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~plawler/podcasts/wordnerds.mp3

4. Once you have created a successful blog and uploaded audio content, the next step is to create an RSS (really simple syndication) feed for your content.

An RSS feed can be created easily (and for free) at Feedburner.com. Check it out!

I think I've been to this lecture

I once heard Vint Cerf say that, "Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely."

Eastern Promises

Geez... don't these guys know about guns. All the knife work was making me queasy. I'm not sure why it is that full frontal (male) nudity is the big deal that it is, but you have to get past a lot of blood and gore to even see it.

Anyway, this was otherwise a pretty good movie. Not quite as good as 3:10 to Yuma, but head and shoulders above The Nanny Diaries.

One of my favorite optical illusions

Here's a really strange one. Stare at the girl's shadow for about 30 seconds and she will start rotating the other way. She isn't really of course, but you may have to close your eyes to get her going anti-clockwise again.

If you look at the foot nearest the floor, and only at that foot, you'll see it's simply oscillating back and forth. Question: Why do you perceive her spinning clockwise? It's a flat figure with no changing highlights to supplement your intuition.

What happens when your iPhone gets run over by a car?

Ever wonder what happens when your iPhone gets run over by a car?

Well... I found out the hard way. My friend Ryan wrote up the whole story in his blog.

The Geocaching Puzzle

Okay... here is the puzzle. If you can figure out the coordinates, then you can plug them into any mapping software (or Google Earth) like this:

37 25 19.072 N, 122 05 06.246 W

This will bring you very close to the location of the cache. The cache itself is a small black rectangular box (like the kind you hide keys in).

Good luck!

For the truly geeky among us

This is for real. It was created by Wenger to celebrate 100 years of innovation. This unique special edition knife contains all 85 tools currently produced by Wenger (Maker of the Genuine Swiss Army Knife).

How much will this grandaddy of Swiss Army knives set you back? Only $799. Operators are standing by.

The Word Nerds

Hi... my named is Paul

<< hi paul >>

and... I'm a word nerd.

<< murmur of incredulity >>

When I was in grade school I used to read the dictionary for fun. Scary, right. What a joy to discover that there are other freaks out there, too! The Word Nerds is a podcast all about language, the words we use, and "why we say the things we do." Here's a small sample. You may need to follow along for the latter part.

I highly recommend you give it a listen if you love words.