Greetings from Mahalo!

A special thanks goes out to our Mahalo Social users, who have been contributing amazing links and helping to grow our community! Mpaciello created wonderful results pages for Accessibility and Web Accessibility. CTD created a page on Bungee Jumping. Encision created How to Get a Raise. And Kliger, CTD, Baler78 and JSchuur all contributed greatly to the Science Fiction Page!

Elsewhere on Mahalo….

The News team covered Heath Ledger’s death, the Stock Market decline, Bush’s proposed Tax Rebate, and the fire at the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas. In International news, they covered the destruction of the Gaza Wall, and the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Prodi.

The Movie team followed the Oscar Nominations which were announced on Tuesday, and continued their coverage of the Sundance Film Festival.

The Video Game team created a No More Heroes Walkthrough complete with videos, and covered the Fox News story on Mass Effect.

And the How-To team put together great resources for Starting and Succeeding in a Band, Throwing a Super Bowl Party and Doing Your Taxes.

Mahalo, and Enjoy!

This week at Mahalo…

Our Technology team covered Macworld 2008, where the MacBook Air and Apple Time Capsule were announced to the world. Also, the Mahalo Daily boiled down Steve Jobs’ 90 minute keynote into a 60 second segment!

Our Sports team covered the Seahawks/Packers, Jaguars/Patriots, Chargers/Colts and Giants/Cowboys football games… all live.

Our News department covered the murder of Maria Lauterbach and subsequent manhunt for prime suspect Cesar Armando Laurean. They also covered the death of Bobby Fischer, as well as the Randy Moss restraining order against Rachelle Washington.

Our Movie team prepared for the opening of the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the premiere of J.J Abrams’ mysterious monster movie, Cloverfield.

And our Television team covered American Idol Season 7 highlights, with American Idol Videos, “Let My People Go” and “I Am Your Brother”

Until next week… Mahalo, and enjoy!

No matter what you resolved to accomplish in 2008, Mahalo’s How Tos have got a page that can help you out!

If you want to give back this year, check out How to Volunteer.

In just the past week, we finished multiple How Tos that will interest any music lover:
How to Play Bass Guitar for Newbies
How to Play Guitar Chords
How to Play Guitar Scales

Plus, while it’s still cold outside, our How to Knit page will help you create a crafty project.

If you need to do a little DIY home improvement, read How to Paint a Room.

Or just get away from it all. Visit How to Get a Passport and take the first step to a great vacation!

And it’s never too late to learn How to Dance!

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