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Hi Dan,
Oliver and I enjoyed meeting you this morning at the South Bluff…enjoy your journey…
Natalie
Thanks for checking on the project Natalie! We finally launched about 30 minutes after you and Oliver passed on your way back, though Hello World and Ianguished sans wind for an hour or so. We eventually got a nice push down to north of Portage Lake. I’m finding lots more beaches good for both human and dog.
Thanks for checking on the project Natalie! We finally launched about 30 minutes after you and Oliver passed on your way back, though Hello World and Ianguished sans wind for an hour or so. We eventually got a nice push down to north of Portage Lake. I’m finding lots more beaches good for both human and dog.
Aloha Dan,
Was good meeting you the other day at Oval Beach. Definately a MacGiver-approved rig you got there. I look forward to following your progress on this site…but dang, if there was ever a large gulf between online and actual life your project illustrates it well!
Happy trails (boat wakes?),
Darren, Courtney, and baby Lea
Mountain View, Hawaii
It was awesome to meet some more island folk, thanks for hanging. Your comment about online and actual is really interesting, could you elaborate?
It was awesome to meet some more island folk, thanks for hanging. Your comment about online and actual is really interesting, could you elaborate?
Heh, funny you should ask. Thanks for indulging a theme, or a confusion, I see happening regarding so called social media. At its worst, I think a false sense of community can very much lead to more fragmentation, or less integrity if you like, in our communites. If you get a chance, don’t hesitate to check out some of my ideas at Island Notes. Shameless plug I know — but you DID ask, heh. Here’s a URL to a ditty where I tried to elaborate on the notion. Any comments are always welcome. Also that sustainability forum that we got going in east Hawaii (and that I had mentioned to you) is stitched into the blog list there:
http://islandnotes.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/antipodes-for-anthropoids/
aloha,
Darren