Sob.
Tourism at risk in west of Ireland.
“Overall Ireland has more foreign visitors than ever but the number of bed nights are in decline.” Gee, I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the dollar is so weak.
NahenaheNet Hawaiian Music Podcast #2
is up. It includes a brief history of Hawaiian music on the Internet (at least my recollection of it) and features music by Keali’i Reichel, Ray Sowders, and Keola Beamer.
Adam’s looking for a Photoshop Mashup.
I’m no Photoshop artist, Adam, but how’s this… It’s an old shot (I think), but the head angle was good. Still needs some cleanup, but got things to do… Maybe I should turn this into a “write a caption” contest. Please feel free to leave your caption idea in the commments for this post.
Dave has a new OPML tool in development.
Unfortunately he’s not ready for Mac testing yet. WHAAAA! I loved participating in the beta testing of Radio Userland way back when, and working with Jake Savin on some things. Hopefully I’ll be able to play with this new toy when Dave is ready for Mac testers. I use Radio and OPML to maintain my Hawaiian music directory on “NahenaheNet”, which is maintained on a “Manila” site. How do I find the time? I don’t. I make the time. I just started podcasting on NahenaheNet, and am planning to use podcasting for delivering my lectures this fall. Hopefully this new…
Ne’epapa I Ke Ō Mau: ‘Moving Forward Together’.
Ne’epapa I Ke ? Mau is a benefit dinner for ‘Aha P?nana Leo, honoring Congressman Neil Abercrombie. It will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2005 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. Silent Auction, Cocktail Hour, Dinner and Presentation Tables of ten at the following levels: $10,000 / $5,000 / $2,500 Individual seats: $250.000. For sponsorship information contact Lynne Waters at (808) 239-3936 / (808) 383-6439. For Event Information call the Ne’epapa Hotline: (808) 358-6257 Fax: (808) 621-3530 Email: info@neepapa.org For more information visit www.ahapunanaleo.org or www.neepapa.org
The Education Podcast Network.
The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.
Jerky Pictures and Sound Are History. Videoconferencing Is All Grown Up.
Nice feature from the NYTimes on how video conferencing is growing up, and offers an outstanding example of someone using it to each guitar over the net. My podcast production is similar in its simplicity. I have an old ElectroVoice microphone (albeit one of their nicer ND Series vocal mics) connected to my Mac via a TASCAM US-122 USB audio/MIDI interface (I got mine for under $200), and use Garage Band to record and mix the show. I could just as easily eschew the mic and US-122 and use the microphone built into my PowerBook, or my iSight’s, but that…
The Duke iPod Report.
I’ve been waiting to hear some news on the success or lack thereof in Duke’s highly publicized “Freshman iPod Giveaway.” There are some contradicitory statements in this story. It opens with the statement: Brock Read reports that the project had limited instructional merit followed by: The university’s report revealed that 75 percent of the freshmen surveyed said they used their iPods for either in-class activities or independent work in at least one course. Almost 50 courses, with a total enrollment of 1,200 students, made some use of the technology. That sounds like a pretty resounding success to me for a…
Got Milk?
Irish boxer Kevin McBride says Mike Tyson ‘bit my nipple’ during their bout last Saturday. Guess Mike couldn’t reach McBride’s ear lobe, or he still had a chunk of Evander Holyfield’s that he needed to wash down.