Site syndication for Oliver http://oliver.hansenfarm.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:26:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://oliver.hansenfarm.com/random_thoughts/latest/this_site_to_be_archived_30.html I began this site as a way for me to share my experiences in Jamaica with my friends and family back in the US while I was serving in the Peace Corps. Now that I am back in the US myself I think it is a good time to transition to my own personal domain of http://www.oliverhansen.com (http://www.oliverhansen.com) and start fresh. On this current site, I've been using Joomla which is a great CMS but I was never able to get the comments components working correctly. Not that I spent a great deal of time trying but that's not necessarily... Random Thoughts - Latest Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:15:54 +0100 http://oliver.hansenfarm.com/jamaica/likkle_journal/rain_rain_go_away!_27.html Last week saw some pretty heavy rain up around these parts. No flooding where I live on the island but some places near rivers got it bad. I found a Youtube video on the flooding (http://youtube.com/watch?v=wIUMvNsbY-U) so you can get an idea. So all that rain and then the wind starts this week. With the ground so wet, the wind just blows the trees down. Yesterday there was no power when I woke and so I went right into the coffee shop to get some warmth and internet. About 30 minutes after I arrived the power went there too. I... Jamaica - Likkle Journal Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:36:14 +0100 http://oliver.hansenfarm.com/jamaica/likkle_journal/anthony_b_show_cancelled_27.html So I finally found that there is a Seattle Reggae scene. Found a flyer down at this Pan-African restaurant I went to with my Peace Corps recruiter in Seattle. They have a website which is cultureyard.com (http://cultureyard.com/) so I checked it out and saw that Antony B was coming to town! He's a pretty big artist in Jamaica so I bought a ticket not even knowing who I was going to go with. I was pretty excited because believe it or not throughout my whole two years in Jamaica, I never made it to a concert or stage show. I... Jamaica - Likkle Journal Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:13:36 +0100 http://oliver.hansenfarm.com/jamaica/likkle_journal/new_orleans_pics_up_27.html Just wanted to let everyone know that my photos from the trip to New Orleans are up in the Photos section. They're under the Visiting Friends album. Some of the interesting shots are of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge. Longest bridge in the world at 23 miles! Some other shots of the effects of Hurricane Katrina still lingering. If you haven't checked out Spike Lee's When The Levees Broke -- A Requiem in Four Parts I'd suggest looking at it. It was an HBO special but you can find it on bittorrent if you're resourceful. Probably find it somewhere else too... Jamaica - Likkle Journal Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:25:37 +0100 http://oliver.hansenfarm.com/jamaica/likkle_journal/dutty_wine_blamed_in_death_27.html I guess it was bound to happen. After hearing rumours of Japanese tourists breaking their neck, I now see in print that the dutty wine has been blamed in the death of an 18 yr old girl (http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061030/lead/lead1.html) in Jamaica. For those who don't know, the dutty wine has been a popular dance in Jamaica for a while now. If you want to see the dance in action all you need is a search of youtube (http://youtube.com/results?search_query=dutty+wine&search=Search). Anyways, it's sad but I guess when people want to do something badly enough you can't stop them. Might sound callous but it seems like... Jamaica - Likkle Journal Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:36:04 +0100