During the school and work week at the Nagasawa house, our day begins at 4:15 a.m. I sleep with my iPhone next to our bed. Although it is charging, I have my phone alarm set to wake us up at that God-forsaken time. We get up that early as my wife has to ready our [...]
When it comes to coping with grief, there is no “right time” to move forward. Recovery happens at our own pace, and when we try to conform to someone else’s time frame, we often do more harm than good. Two years ago, I shared a very personal story in this column about the loss of [...]
Named Consumer Electronic Show 2012′s Best of Innovations winner in the headphones product category, eers custom earphones are poised to be the next big thing in the earphones market. These are custom-molded to the unique shape of your ear canal in just five minutes, so they provide a set of earphones that will stay put, [...]
Ryan and Sarah Wooton of Kaua’i Kunana Dairy do more than raise goats to make gourmet goat and feta cheese. The certified organic farm also grows fruit and vegetables on three acres and maintains beehives for a line of beeswax beauty products. On a typical day Ryan can be found making guacamole, feeding chickens or [...]
Michael Dandurand stopped by Times Supermarket last week to grab some grinds to share with his friends while watching the NFL playoffs. Little did he know that he would be approached by a MidWeek Kaua’i representative and asked a very simple question. When he replied correctly, he instantly won a $100 gift certificate to the [...]
Fredstan Kaluahine Hanamaulu, Business owner “Hawaiian music like Hapa.” Misty Achuara Waimea, Waimea Canyon Middle School student “I like to listen to FM 98.1 hip-hop and rap.” Candace Baptiste Lawai, Costco employee “Country music like Lady Antebellum.” Darrell Ariola ‘Omao, Assistant housekeeper “Old [...]
As we enter 2012, many individuals cling to the hope that this will be the year that they will hold true to an often-practiced tradition: the New Year’s resolution. Most resolutions revolve around physical fitness, whether it’s to lose weight or gain muscle. Admittedly, I have failed countless times in my own attempts at acquiring [...]
Editor’s note: This column was originally published in June 1997. This multiplex movie theater thing is getting out of hand. Where else would a bunch of strangers want to practically kill a guy just for getting some mochi crunch? During the Star Wars movie revival, my wife and I decided to take our son to [...]
The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) commenced last week and featured a record number of exhibitors with more than 3,100 companies on the show floor. It exceeded 1.85 million net square feet of exhibit space! The main cutting-edge products this year were ultrabooks, voice and gesture-based technologies, smartphones and OLED TVs. One of the [...]
