These are my links for May 9th through May 12th: Warpack – Every geek needs one of these. Daily New Zealand News: Blood-red skies heading our way – The fearsome volcanic eruption in Chile has spawned a spectacular lightning show and should bring blood-red skies to New Zealand. Haven't seen it yet, will get pics if I do.
Seasons Change In Dunedin
This is the first real change of seasons that Marie and M?lia have ever experienced. By US mainland and even Dunedin standards it still has been relatively mild. We’ve had some nights drop below 30F, but by and large the weather has been tolerable. It seems that things will be fairly stable for the next two weeks, then a steep drop in temperature around May 25. We found out that the timing of our trip to Queenstown could not have been better – there was a considerable amount of snow there a few days after we left. The one aspect…
If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer
view original Originally uploaded by Jeremy Brooks This might be considered “piling it on” as this guy has already been flogged pretty well online, but it was too hard to resist. Jeremy Brooks photographed this guy verbally abusing a homeless person in the Bay Area (for good reason, perhaps), but when Jeremy took the shot the fellow got physical and threated to call his lawyer if the pic found its way on to the Internet. He followed it up by trying to grab Jeremy’s camera. Bad move, Fonz. Or is it possibly Andrew “Dice” Clay’s younger brother? Hard to tell.…
Chaiten Volcano, Chile
Volcan Chaiten X región, Chile Originally uploaded by bilobicles bag There are some amazing pictures coming from the eruption of the Chaiten volcano in Chile. You can view more on this story from the Daily Mail in the U.K. We will reportedly see some spectacular red skies sometime next week here in New Zealand as a result of this activity.
Keola’s del.icio.us bookmarks for May 8th
These are my links for May 8th: Island Cultures Research Centre – The ICRC’s brief is to research and analyse the nature of island cultures in a manner that will assist local cultural activists and regional, national and multinational organisations. SICRI – Small Island Cultures Research Initiative – SICRI was established in 2004 to facilitate communication and collaboration between researchers and cultural practitioners working with small island communities.
Keola’s del.icio.us bookmarks for May 7th
These are my links for May 7th: TwitterFone: Send Messages to Twitter with Voice – Send Messages to Twitter with Voice, courtesy "serial entrepreneur" Pat Phelan Server theft knocks Peter Gabriel off the web – Peter Gabriel's online music empire is reduced to a holding page, following the theft of servers from his web host over the weekend.
Keola’s del.icio.us bookmarks for April 22nd – May 5th
These are my links for April 22nd through May 5th: The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia – Comhairle na Gáidhlig – New pictures provide detailed look at secretive shrimp [ HonoluluAdvertiser.com ] – New photos are providing scientists with their best look yet at the rare, secretive shrimp that inhabit Hawai'i's subterranean anchialine pools.
Rain, Snow and Hail In Dunedin
We’ve experienced a preview of winter weather in Dunedin today, with some rain, snow flurries as well as hail. Temperatures have been dropping into the 20s at night and not reaching 40 during the day. The hail was about the size of buckshot and was coming down quite heavily at times. Things are supposed to warm up a bit during the week, but this is certainly a sign of things to come.
Dunedin Notes
While we have been here for just under four months, my mind has already begun to think about making plans for our return to Hawai‘i in late-June or early-July. With the turmoil in the airline industry I don’t want to wait too long before making arrangements. I also need to talk to M?lia’s school here and make sure that everything is in place so that her classes will transfer properly to her school back home, though we know already some classes won’t. Time has certainly flown by here, but I still do have a lot of work to do on…
Queenstown was a blast!
Our family spent three nights and two glorious days in Queenstown (in central Otago, Aotearoa) this weekend. The weather was spectacular – just a bit nippy in the mornings and evenings, but very comfortable all day with no rain (or snow!). We took an Intercity Bus from Dunedin to Queenstown ($19 each way when booked online), with two brief pit stops along the way. It takes just a bit over four hours each way, and the scenery varies between boring (look, more sheep!) to spectacular scenes right out of Lord Of The Rings. I’ll do a full report later; just…