The Department of Music, University of Sheffield wishes to appoint a full-time, fixed term lecturer in ethnomusicology for the period 18 August 2008 to 18 May 2009. The programme in ethnomusicology at Sheffield is one of the largest in Britain, with three full-time lecturing staff. I visited Sheffield and met the staff their at the International Council for Traditional Music conference back in summer 2004, and seriously considered enrolling in their Ph.d. program at one point. The exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and British pound was an insurmountable obstacle.
Last Week Of Instruction at Otago
One of the more enjoyable aspects of our semester in Dunedin was the opportunity for me to act as a teaching assistant in the Department of Music. The classes here are structured a bit differently than back home. Monday is the big instructional day, and the class instructor, Shelley Brunt, would lecture on the week’s topic. On Tuesday, small groups of students would make presentations on the week’s set reading, and their fellow students assessed their work. On Wednesday, Shelley and I would split the class in half for tutorials – she would take half to a different room, and…
How Not To Treat A Customer, Part Douche
Frank Prendergast in Cork documents his experience at a Vodafone retail store when he attempted to collect his repaired mobile. He forgot to bring the power supply for the loaner mobile phone they gave him, and the manager refused to give him his cell back with the promise that he return the power supply. Apparently Frank is a heavy mobile user who spends over €200 each month. In doing the math, the store manager‘s crappy attitude cost Vodafone €1704 and a million dollars worth of bad publicity.
Keola’s del.icio.us bookmarks for May 16th – May 18th
These are my links for May 16th through May 18th: Does the ‘Real’ Ireland Still Exist? – “Over the years, I have spent a lot of time in the western counties of Galway and Clare, and if nothing else, this is what I have gleaned: Ireland can be that place you missed as you traveled around Ireland, looking for Ireland.” (From the New York Ti Leslie Wilcox Blogs: John De Fries' Always-Full Glass – Hawaii Island businessman John De Fries always has the same answer to the "Is the glass half-empty or half-full?" question. Read Leslie's post for the answer.
Steve Cisler Passes
I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my good friend Steve Cisler today. Steve was a champion of community networking for many years and helped countless individuals and communities, including our Hawaiian language community. The director of our Hawaiian Language Center and I met Steve at a community networking conference in Honolulu in 1993, when we were looking to start a Hawaiian language bulletin-board service for the immersion schools. He showed us FirstClass, the software we used to create Leoki, and continue to use to this day. He lent us (in his capacity with the Apple Library…
He’s Cute, But Can He Speak Hawaiian?
But Does Google Translate Team Answer Emails? No.
This blog post espoused the additions of several new languages to Google Translate. Congratulations to advocates and speakers of those languages. What the post doesn’t say that when someone representing an endangered, indigenous language found in the political US, like Hawaiian, contacts the team offering to do a translation for that language no response ever comes. I have sent an email using the coordinator’s email address as found on the Translate In Your Language page at least a dozen times expressing the interest of our College of Hawaiian Language in providing a translation, and have not gotten a single reply.…
Davey Jones Has Soul… But A Different Kind
I’m not embarassed to say that I loved the Monkees when I was in grade school (though Scott may be embarassed for me). Davey gets a lesson in rhythm from pianist Charlie Smalls:
Keola’s del.icio.us bookmarks for May 9th – May 12th
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…