Use carrots, not sticks, to help Maui fire victims
Usually when people negotiate, they are looking for a “win-win” result — one that will leave everyone happy or at least satisfied. Ideally, no one is left feeling angry or taken advantage of.
Hawaii’s leaders should keep that ...
Aloha! I hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the rest of the holiday season.
I return to Capitol Hill tonight for an intense few remaining weeks of 2023 addressing critical issues facing our Hawai‘i, country and world. As I do so, I want to share ...
Did you know that you can take photos through the Notes App and make it so they won’t show up in the Photo App?
Go to Settings > Notes, then turn off “Save to Photos.” Now, open the Notes App. Create a new note and tap the camera. Go ahead and take a photo, then check to see ...
Visual Look Up is a new feature that Apple has come out with that is very similar to Google Lens. What it does is when you open up a photo, it detect the subjects within it, then looks them up for you online.
Not only that, but you can hold your finger or mouse over the subject and ...
Imagining a new Lahaina Town
As we grieve for those who perished in the Aug. 8, 2023 Lahaina fire, let us continue our healing by imagining what a new Lahaina Town can become. We know that the reconstruction of Lahaina Town will cost between $10 billion and $20 billion, and take many years ...
A few companies and people have asked me to check out their computers that may have been affected by the Lahaina fire’s smoke. The smoke leaves a residue on the logic board that looks and feels sticky.
This eventually will seep into the board and kind of melt the plastic, causing the ...
I just received my new Titanium iPhone 15 Pro Max and set it up. Looking on the left side, you’ll find the volume up and down button, and at the top is a smaller button called the Action Button.
So, what does an Action Button do? Well, you press and hold the button to perform one task. ...
Surging gusts of ferocious howling wind rattled window jalousies as if to shatter them to smithereens, pulsed with a vengeance shaking nearby trees, clattered through the bathroom air vents, screeched like banshees under any doorway opening, then deathly silence. Electricity was out. The ...
The people have spoken on delaying tourism
Governor Green, can someone please explain why you do not recognize and act on a petition signed by over 1,400 people to delay tourism in West Maui? You are not listening to the people who voted you in office.
You have selective hearing; a ...
Since 2016, the nonprofit West Maui Hospital Foundation (WMHF) has had a fully entitled and ready to build West Maui Hospital site on Kakaalaneo Drive just off the Honoapiilani Highway in Kaanapali — just five miles north of the center of Lahaina Town. Most of the basic groundwork has ...