December 1, 2019 0 Comments Hawaiian, Music, Photography

2019 Nāke‘u Awai Fashion Show

Here is a link to the full album of photos from todayʻs 2019 Nāke‘u Awai Fashion Show. All photos by Blaine Fergerstrom. https://photos.app.goo.gl/eiEwuREiLXRZcgwFA  

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March 30, 2019 0 Comments Family, Hawaiian, Music

1987 Gibson Les Paul Standard

Scratch One From The Bucket List Mar. 30, 2019 – After decades of living the frugal life, skipping unnecessary travel, passing on unnecessary things, eating at home, skipping the movies, playing cheap guitars, driving cheap cars, and generally living a restrained existence while watching …

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November 16, 2017 0 Comments General, Navy Reynaldo De Luna, Blaine Fergerstrom, boot camp graduates, 1972.

Happy Veterans Day

This photo was taken on boot camp graduation day, fall of 1972, Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA. Reynaldo De Luna on the left and Blaine Fergerstrom on the right. Rey was a super-good dude from Texas. I never heard from him …

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April 22, 2017 0 Comments Hawaiian, Internet, Technology Instructor Julie Percell addresses the class from the Kaua‘i Community College location.

Hiʻilei Aloha Teaches Entrepreneurs via Distance Learning

  Hiʻilei Aloha Teaches Entrepreneurs via Distance Learning The classes are a byproduct of a 2016 US SBA Accelerator Competition Award By Blaine Fergerstrom Honolulu, Hawai‘i—Office of Hawaiian Affairs subsidiary Hiʻilei Aloha LLC is using technology to bring its popular entrepreneurship workshop …

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October 8, 2016 0 Comments General, Internet

How To Succeed At Social Media

Those who know me well know that I have been intimately involved in the Internet in Hawai’i since the earliest days of public availability in the early ’90s. I built some of the earliest websites in Hawai’i and racked up so many Hawai’i …

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September 28, 2016 0 Comments Stories Honolulu City Lights by Keola and Kapono Beamer.

Honolulu City Lights

The City and County of Honolulu is currently underway with a program to replace all the orange glow high-pressure sodium street lights with new, efficient, bright bluish-white LED street lights. Bravo, it’s about time! Some are lamenting and opposing this change, saying …

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