We are just a bit over two weeks away from leaving Dunedin, and I have very mixed emotions about it. Obviously I’m anxious to get back to our home, work, family and friends, but it has been an amazing semester down here as well. I put together a list of the 10 things I will miss most, as well as those things that I definitely will not miss about Dunedin 10 Things I’ll Miss About Dunedin The short walk to the music department, library, markets and nearly everything we need. Sunday dinners with the Leoni family. Wonderful, wonderful people. Sundown…
Pixenate: Photo Editing On The Web
One of the reasons I had neglected to use pictures in posts here for so long was the fact that in order to do any kind of editing (other than simple resizes) of the pics I needed to fire up Photoshop. Let’s face it – I’m not that into photography to take the extra steps required. When Scott came onboard and began to use pictures in every post I decided I needed to get with the program. A few weeks ago Walter Higgins posted a Jaiku asking for people with WordPress 2.5.1 sites who were willing to test his Pixenate…
Celbration of Life: Winona Kapuailohia Beamer
The Beamer family invites everyone to come and share in celebrating the life of one of Hawai’i’s Treasures, Winona Kapuailohia Beamer, who touched and impacted the lives of many people throughout the world through music, dance, and the sharing of Hawaiian values. Please visit Keola Beamer’s website for details.
Ingore This Pic
I’m just testing a graphic editing plugin for WordPress for a fellow in Ireland. Nothing to see here, move along now…
A Cold, Cold Night Coming
We’ve been very lucky during our time here in that the weather has been relatively mild by Dunedin standards. We do have a few cold nights coming up, but this one is clearly the worst of it. Hopefully it will be the last before we leave. Needless to say I don’t think we’ll be leaving the house this day and will be sure to have food stocked and things to burn to keep warm.
Writing, Like Grieving, Is A Process
view original Originally uploaded by Napalm filled tires Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro starred in a pair of insipid yet entertaining comedies, with Crystal portraying a psychoanalyst and DeNiro the underworld kingpin he was treating. One of the sub-plots in one of the films was the death of the famous father of Crystal’s character. Whenever he was offered condolences regarding his father’s passing, Crystal would reply, “I’m grieving; it’s a process.” I’m learning that writing is also a process, not a product, and that like grieving, it can take a long time to get over, or get it over with.…
Twitterfone Live In NZ
Irish serial entrepreneur Pat Phelan has hit another home run with his Twitterfone service, which allows users to record a voice mail, have it converted to text and posted to their Twitter accounts. Pat kindly offered to set up a phone number for me to call in NZ, and while it took about a week for his technicians to work out a caller-ID glitch, but it now seems to work beautifully. Here is the first Twitterfone call from Aotearoa, and how it showed up on Twitter about 2 minutes later. If you’re on Facebook, consider joining the Twitterfone group. If…
Honolulu Hypocrisy
One of the ways I monitor the news back home by subscribing to the the “Breaking News” feed of the Honolulu Advertiser in Google Reader. Today the news feed brought these two tantalizing headlines: Hawai’i must redouble war on child obesity and L&L Drive-Inn rolls out 3-pound plate lunch. Personally, I can’t even finish a standard plate from L&L Drive-In and usually opt for the mini-plate. Shame on the Honolulu Advertiser for treating this advertisement as a news item.
Scobleizer: The Movie
I got a little bored tonight, didn’t feel like reading. I remembered thinking a few nights ago when we were watching “Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead” that Philip Seymour Hoffman reminded me of someone. Then it occured to me…
Enjoying Our Last Five Weeks…
Our family met on Friday evening to discuss our various return options, and we decided to catch a flight out of Dunedin on Saturday, June 28. We’ll spend two days in Sydney, Australia, then head back home to Hawai‘i on June 30. June 29 is my birthday and June 30 is Marie’s, so it will be a nice last present for us before we return home and deal with all of the things that we were able to put off until our return. M?lia wanted us to leave on the 27th so that she didn’t have to perform a hula…