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.
Writing About Writing
I’ve always enjoyed writing, but have always been a “stream-of-consciousness” kind of writer. I’ll sit down with an open word processor document, type, and just go with the flow and see were it takes me. A quick spell-check follows and away it goes. When I wrote my MA thesis (in Hawaiian), I sat down and wrote out each chapter in long marathon sessions. Of course there was a lot of editing, tweaking and additions along the way, but the gist of the chapters and overall structure of the final product was very much like the first drafts. My supervisors were…
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.
My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 5th through April 8th
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.
Countdown To Liftoff Has Begun
My wife, daughter and I have begun to make final preparations for our trip to Aotearoa. We head to Honolulu on Saturday and from there leave for Auckland on Sunday. Our travel arrangements were finalized over a month ago, and we’re now simply preparing our final checklists and making sure nothing is forgotten. I spent some time this evening going through my computer bag, and found a manila folder full of documents from our aborted trip to Ireland. Contained within it were the refusal letters we were handed after being turned back from the Dublin airport, a faxed copy of…