These are my links for April 5th through April 8th: Kona Brewing makes list of largest U.S. craft brewers [ HonoluluAdvertiser.com ] – Hawai'i-based Kona Brewing Co. ranks as the 24th-largest craft brewing company in the United States by sales volume. Craft brewers are defined as small, independent brewers. Their Fire Rock Pale Ale is my fav. I miss it down here. Aboriginal music gets an angelic new voice – Music – Entertainment – smh.com.au – Interviewing Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is very, very different. He speaks little English. He lives on Elcho Island, off the coast of Arnhem Land. He…
Hack To Hacks
I’ve changed the name of the blog from Culture Hack (singular) to Culture Hacks, in anticipation of the arrival of my long-time friend and Celtic cousin Scott Waters. Scott use to run a blog called MacHelpMaui, and did a podcast of the same name with his partner Carmen Gardner. Scott recently ditched his blogs and headed off to Cornwall to spend time with relatives and get back into his art. Scott and I had talked about going into business together on Maui at one point back in the 1980s, but it didn’t pan out. As it is I’ve relocated southwest…
On The Downhill Slide…
While we don’t have an exact departure date yet and my math skills are dubious, I am fairly certain we have just passed the half-way point in our stay in Aotearoa and in less than 12 weeks we’ll be jetting back home to Hawai‘i. While I experience doubts during the course of each and every day regarding my process, when I look at the body of research I’ve done – books and articles read, reviewed and re-read, not to mention massive amounts of writing – there is no doubt that I’ve made a great start toward my Ph.d. Much credit…
My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 29th
These are my links for March 29th: Journal – datamusicata – Tips, hints, clues and info for the artist in us all SL iReports: Your news of a virtual world – Blogs from CNN.com – Interesting report on a musician showcasing his music in the virtual world "Second Life" See It To Believe It… « DZ-015 – The Half-Arsed Blog Of RTE 2FM’s Rick O’Shea – I wonder if Stevie Wonder has seen this.
My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 4th through March 28th
These are my links for March 4th through March 28th: Brazilians Denounce Irish Discrimination – Prensa Latina – Three Brazilian university students denounced being mistreated by immigration authorities in Ireland, saying that instead of enjoying a week-long holiday, they were imprisoned for 40 hours in the European country. Wide Awake Developers: Steve Jobs Made Me Miss My Flight – Beware of technophobe TSA agents if you own a MacBook Air. O2 Ireland defends controversial iPhone plans – O2 Ireland: "I'd say your Apple freaks will be queuing out the door when we launch," she notes. Irish taken as fools as…
My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 2nd
These are my links for March 2nd: O2 launches iPhone Ireland and pulls a fast one on customers – Pat Pephelan documents O2’s iPhone Paddy Screw-Job. Curious to see what happens here in NZ. iPhone sales were reported to be happening sometime this year, though haven’t heard anything since we arrived. Residents say state is run for tourists [ The Honolulu Advertiser ] – A slim majority of Hawai’i residents told pollsters the state is run more for tourists than local people — a significant shift in attitudes from the previous survey commissioned by the Hawai’i Tourism Authority.
If I Were A Simpson…
… and maybe 50lbs lighter. I used the SimpsonizeMe site and came up with this. Actually, the original gave me all-white hair and beard, and made me look a bit like Peter Frampton when he was Simpsonized a few years back. I had to tweak the hair, eyebrows, and moustache a bit, but otherwise I look pretty good as a Simpsons character.
Hawaiian Immersion Football
There is a pretty amazing tribute to the Hawaiian immersion students and in particular those at ?nuenue School on O‘ahu on Billy V’s HawaiianBroadcast.com. Check it out, very moving.
TwitterGrams – The New “Push”?
I’ve been following Dave Winer‘s experiments in TwitterGrams with some interest for the past week. He put a web interface on the service which allows people to post small (under 200k) MP3 files, and have them delivered as “Tweets”. Just for fun I made a short sample from Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole’s What A Wonderful World and posted it. It immediately showed up in my podcast area in iTunes, and a tweet showed up in Twitterific. It occurred to me what a great tool this could potentially be for music promotion. It’s the new “push”. Fans of a musician become their Twitter…
N? H?k? Hanohano 2007
Kenneth and I did not win any awards for Makuak?ne, but had a great time anyway. He did win Compilation Album of the Year (with several co-producers). Here are some pics from the event.