Tuesday, October 30, 2007

First mobile WiMax network in Latin America, coverage includes Rapa Nui

Telmex launches WiMax e in Latam
Business News Americas, Chile - Oct 24, 2007
... plans to complete coverage of 98% of the country's population, equivalent to 92% of municipalities including Easter Island, within the next few weeks. ...

Magician David Copperfield finds fountain of youth using moai as reference

Magician Copperfield's Warehouse Raided
Actress Archives, NY - Oct 19, 2007
There is Stonehenge in England, I drew a line from Stonehenge to the statues in Easter Island in Chile and another line between the Pyramid of Giza in Egypt ...

COP-A-FEEL
New York Post, NY - Oct 20, 2007
... he had discovered "the fountain of youth" in his private paradise after drawing lines between Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Easter Island statues. ...

Ecosystems and Economics forum/Rapa Nui

Veteran ABC News Science Correspondent Ned Potter moderates panel ...
E-Wire (press release), TX - Oct 24, 2007
The lessons from history are daunting: From Babylonia to Easter Island, thriving civilizations fell as they destroyed the natural environments that ...

Captain Cook's voyages

The Complete Guide To: The travels of Captain Cook
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - Oct 24, 2007
On his return voyage, in 1774 he landed at the Friendly Islands (Tonga), Easter Island, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. ...

Book relates Katherine Routledge's Rapa Nui expedition

At the York Public Library
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Oct 24, 2007
... schizophrenic Katherine Routledge's controversial expedition to Easter Island, and Teddy Roosevelt's journey through the Amazon after his presidency. ...

Chilean folk dancers perform Rapanui dances/San Jose

3 THINGS TO DO TOMORROW
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Oct 24, 2007
... CollegeChilean folk dance troupe Araucaria will perform dances representative of the various regions of Chile and Easter Island, 7:30 pm Thursday. ...

Wonderland Online/Moai

Wonderland Online - Official Site and Forum Released
MPOGD.com, IL - Oct 23, 2007
The mysterious Mayan culture, the huge stone statues of Easter Island, and other supernatural events are all waiting for you to explore in the game. ...

Wonderland Online's official website and forums released
MMORPG blog - Oct 24, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Lord of the Rings Online Lore: Gwindethrond and the Gauradain
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Auran Games announce Fury Europe launch, new patch on October 26
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Jagex features Runescape Halloween event based on player wishes
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Lead Designer Kevin Maginn on PoTBS' economy design
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Limited In-Game, Tech, Account Support
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Auran Games announce Fury Europe launch, new patch on October 26
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Rapa Nui a Chilean extreme to enjoy

Enjoy Two Extremes of Chile
About - News & Issues, NY - Oct 22, 2007
Easter Island also known as Rapa Nui and the "Navel of the World" is the most isolated inhabited island in the world, being about 2000 mi (3200 km) from ...

Rapa Nui a "top hot spot" in Chile

Chile's top hot spots, from Andes to Easter Island
New York Daily News, NY - Oct 21, 2007
BY ELEANOR BERMAN
Massive statues on Easter Island, including these at Ahu Tongarika, have been a mystery for centuries. The only problem with visiting ...

"A bit of Easter Island" in California's Central Valley

Seven oddities of Stockton
Stockton Record, CA - Oct 21, 2007
Developer Alex Spanos got his construction career off to a wiki start with the Bali Hai Apartments. The complex boasts a South Seas motif with palm trees, lava "luau pit" and, solemnly guarding the entrance, a two-ton stone tiki god. A bit of Easter Island in the Central Valley.

Sam and Max and Rapa Nui

E For All: Checking Up On Sam and Max
Wired Blogs - Oct 20, 2007
The second episode will take them to Easter Island to deal with talking stone heads. They're not going into the specific details of the plots insofar as ...

Sam and Max have a second season
Inquirer, UK - Oct 23, 2007
The second episode takes place on Easter Island, and is not formally named yet. Sam and Max are fulfilling an ancient prophecy, and in their words, " Uh-Oh, ...

World traveler to visit "world's most remote inhabited island"

The International Traveler
Vanguard Online (subscription), MA - Oct 19, 2007
I will also explore the Pacific in January with a trip to the world's most remote inhabited island, Easter Island, and another three countries in South ...

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Monolithic Pop Culture References #69

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

Fresh Face Fred Thompson
Press-Register - al.com, AL - Oct 12, 2007
You miss your buddies back at Easter Island? Welcome back, ! Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User ...

All the world’sa stage for Shaun
Hexham Courant, United Kingdom - Oct 12, 2007
They visited Peru, Chile, Easter Island, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Bali, Hong Kong, China and India. His favourite memory of India is sitting on a ...

Special to Page 2
ESPN - Oct 16, 2007
The Polynesians who crossed more than a thousand miles of open ocean to reach Easter Island some 1700 years ago, or who undertook similarly perilous ...

Jamboroo, Week 7: Where We Explore The Idea Of The NFL As Hangover ...
Deadspin, NY - Oct 19, 2007
... doing business is, "Enter $0, then find out we charged $500 to your credit card for a flight from that makes seven stops, one of which is Easter Island. ...

Harry Pearson
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 19, 2007
Something from Easter Island, probably. While a contestant was explaining that her line-caught wintergreen and organic cuckoo clock crème brûlée, ...

Friday, October 19, 2007

Cruise to Rapa Nui and more

Cruise to lands of ice and steamy jungles
Times Online, UK - Oct 19, 2007
Its vessel, Discovery, includes on one trip a two-day visit to Easter Island with its mysterious Moai culture and towering statues. ...

Two moai-style heads/Pink Floyd album cover

Art's on their sleeve
Courier Mail, Australia - Oct 19, 2007
By Noel Mengel TWO giant Easter Island-type heads stand eerily facing each other in the fens of East Anglia, a distant cathedral framed in their mouths. ...

"Good luck tikis" mark Trader Vic's opening in Las Vegas

Good Luck Tikis Appear on the Las Vegas Strip to Mark Opening of ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Oct 16, 2007
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The famed four-mile stretch of the glittering Las Vegas Strip was reminiscent of Easter Island today, as dozens of tiki ...

Surfer's "best tow trip" on Rapa Nui

Dropping in with Brazil's Romeu Bruno at Towsurfer.com
Global Surf News - Oct 13, 2007
I have been going to Chile for the past four years, and we’ve also taken skis to Easter Island. That was the best tow trip I’ve ever done, but it’s very ...

Wonderland/online

Wonderland Online Announced
Myth Games - Oct 13, 2007
... the huge stone statues of Easter Island and much more combine to form unique quests filled with fascinating elements that our players will experience ...

Love conquers all in a savage universe
Irish Independent, Ireland - Oct 13, 2007
After Cook's landing at Easter Island in 1774, gopher Billie -- now male -- is marooned when the ship hastily sails after a bloody battle with the natives. ...

Winterson's Stone Gods

Blue is not the only colour
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Oct 12, 2007
The second story begins in the late 18th century, with young seaman Billy left stranded on Easter Island after Captain Cook's ship sails off without him. ...

Quiet Axis/Rapa Nui

Carnegie Museum Presents 40-Year Visionary Paintings
HULIQ, NC - Oct 11, 2007
... aspect of Quiet Axis, which in 1978 was released into the bottom of the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island, exactly opposite the globe from Afghanistan. ...