He’s donating $5 for every time he uses the word ‘blog’ on his blog. I’m teaching a Polynesian Music class at UH-Hilo this semester. I mentioned to the class that I have this thing about Hawai’i island being referred to as ‘The Big Island.’ As my friend and colleague Kekuhi Kanahele has said, ‘Please don’t call it the Big Island; it has a name.’ Following up on that, I told the students that I’d donate $5 for every time I used ‘Big Island’ in class. I couldn’t even get through that class period without using it. $5 more owed. My…
I can’t help but wonder how much of my monthly wireless bill goes to paying for advertising costs.
It seems as though every fourth or fifth television add I see is for a wireless company. My initial two year contract is nearly up, and I’m seriously considering either cancelling it, or perhaps changing to a plan that allows me to buy blocks of minutes and pay as I go. I simply don’t use the phone enough to justify the $50 a month plan that I have.
I’m sorry, but I just can’t bring myself to feel sorry for this guy.
You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask of the Lone Ranger, and you don’t mess with Apple’s legal dept. I don’t see this being about freedom of the press, but about money. The guy has a website that advertises, and he’s trying to drive traffic to it. He posts information that was obtained by someone who was violating a legal agreement that they signed, and he doesn’t think that he should have to reveal who it was? The fact that the EFF is not jumping in and offering to help…
Success of bilingual education in Ireland.
“An Irish-speaking school has reportedly joined the list of the top-10 feeder schools for Trinity College Dublin ahead of some of Ireland’s best-known fee-paying institutions.” This is similar to our experience. Nearly every 12th grade student that has graduated from our laboratory immersions school, Ke Kula ‘O Nawahiokalani’opu’u has been concurrently enrolled in university classes during their senior year in high school, and a very high percentage (in the 90% range) has continued into college. We heard critics for years telling us that our children would not be able to function in college if they received their elementary and secondary…
TG4 soap ‘Ros na Run’ has been sold to a television station in Philadelphia.
Cool. I have family in Philadelphia; hopefully one of them receives WBYE and can record some episodes for me.
Ask and you shall receive.
Scott delivers his podcast on the new products from Apple. Scott, my birthday isn’t until June, but you can send the iPod Shuffle anytime
When are people going to learn that it is not ‘finders-keepers’ when it comes to Hawaiian remains and relics?
An Orange County man agreed to plead guilty to trying to sell a Hawaiian skull over the Internet.
Blogosphere buzzing over Apple new product announcements.
I was tuned into a couple of people who were blogging Steve Job’s keynote at Macworld. There is a lot to be excited about – the iPod Shuffle, Mac Mini, and the improvements in iLife ’05. I’m most interested in iWork, the AppleWorks replacement. AppleWorks was getting long in the tooth, and was not even a Coca app – shameful for an Apple product in this day and age. While it was not streamed live, the keynote is now available for viewing. I heard that Jobs did crash an application during the demo, but was quickly able to force-quit and…
A hui hou e Alana…
I did my last regular appearance on Alana I Kai Hikina last night, but may return periodically as a guest or part-time DJ. Alana founder Makela Bruno-Kidani has returned from a few months off, allowing me to enjoy my Sunday evenings at home again. I’ll miss the comradery, though.
3rd Annual Hawai’i International Conference On Arts & Humanities.
I’ll be presenting at this conference on Thursday with my colleague Kiele Akana-Gooch. We’ll be discussing the development of the Ulukau Hawaiian Language Digital Library project, which seems to grow each day in breadth and depth.