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.
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…
Facebook Announces Localization Application
I stumbled across a post a few days ago that announced that Facebook now has an application for user translation/localization of the user interface. That’s something I’ve wanted for a long time – the ability to localize the interface into Hawaiian. If you have a Facebook account and have a few minutes, please make a post in this discussion thread and request that they allow a Hawaiian localization. I’ll do the work. Scott, you need to round up a bunch of Cornish speakers and see if they can keep up with me. Five or six might stand a chance 😉
My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 11th through April 21st
These are my links for April 11th through April 21st: Motorists in Samoa will drive on left from next year – Samoa's controversial Road Transport Bill has gone through Parliament, so drivers will switch to driving on the left. I can't imagine what kind of carnage would occur in the US if it ever decided to switch from the right to the wrong side of the road Cool Tool: Zamzar – Zamzar offers a robust, quick, and excellent conversion service: you upload the file you'd like it to convert, select the output format and your email, and you're off.
Hau‘oli L? H?nau e M?lia!
It’s our daughter M?lia’s 17th birthday today. My wife went shopping for a birthday card earlier this week and found this. The girl in the photo is the splitting image of M?lia when she was three or four. It made me think back and try to remember if we have any picture of her in that pose – that’s how spooky the resemblance is.