Painting by granddaughter Gwynneth Woodman
This website draws together the diverse presence of James Kalmakoff on the web into one place -- this includes the blogs by merlinnz, Facebook Merlin NZ and my scientific research and writing careers. I am also a Director of an eBook and web publishing company, Kalmak Consultancy Ltd. I can also be found on Twitter, Slideshare, Vimeo, YouTube, TED, Pinterest, Google+ and Linkedin. Before retiring from the University of Otago, I was the Director of the Centre for Gene Research, and the Associate Dean, Website and Communications, Health Sciences Division.
The Inside Story — The 1990s
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story — David Jones
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – Glenn Buchan
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – Mike Holmes
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – John Tagg
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – Gerald Tannock
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – About Memoirs
This blog post probably belongs at the beginning of this blog-a-book project but it is put here since the realisation that I was writing a memoir happened here. The working title of this
The Inside Story — Frank Griffin
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chron
The Inside Story — Research Review 1970 – 1979
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronolo
The Inside Story – The Virus Research Unit
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story — Sandy Smith
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story — The Loutits
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story — John Miles
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Before John Miles
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Arrival in Dunedin
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – postdoc at UC Berkeley
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Beginnings
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Blog a Book
This is the beginning of a Blog a Book series for the forthcoming publication entitled: ‘The Inside Story’. It is the story of my 40-year journey as an academic in the Department of Microb
Trip to Iran – Video
In November of 2014 we took a trip to Iran and visited Tehran, Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan and historic sites of the Persian empire. Our visit began in Tehran and while there we did the usual visits t
Biological Control of Insect Pests
The concept of biological control of insect pests was brought to the forefront after the banning of the use of DDT as a pesticide for pastures which in New Zealand began in 1964 and then a total ban f
A Trip to Hong Kong
We recently spent two weeks visiting my stepson Martin and his wife, Ayesha and daughter, Olive in Hong Kong. We flew direct from Auckland NZ to Hong Kong on premium economy with Air New Zealand on an
40 years of Microbiology
Memories of MicrobiologyAddress given at the Farewell Dinner – November 7th, 2008 One gets the usual question: why did you come to NZ? And it seems that over the years the answer keeps changing –
A History of Microbiology
Before retiring from the Microbiology & Immunology Department I accepted a commission to compile an online version of the social archives as part of the history of Microbiology, University of Otag
Why the URL webenzed?
In 2010 webenzed.com Ltd was formed to act as an umbrella for three companies one of which was Kalmak Consultancy and the other two belonged to colleagues that worked within the Health Sciences Divisi
Look Ma – No Crutches
This is now seven weeks since my total knee replacement and I can now hobble along using a cane. I had eight physiotherapy sessions and can now manage the exercycle — knee bends to 110 degrees.
Knee replacement
Today is six weeks since I had an operation for replacement my right knee — otherwise known as total knee arthroplasty. The operation removes the impaired knee joint and replaces it with an artifici
On having a personal brand
In this day and age of massive amounts of information being available to everyone and also the choices of what and how much we consume (mentally eat — see my posting on the Information Diet),
On things not discarded
I have never met Joe Bennett but he is a regular columnist in our local newspaper and he often writes whimsical articles about himself and his ageing frailties. The article quoted below struck an
This one is for me
Painting by granddaughter Gwynneth Woodman This is the launch of the website for ME! (James Kalmakoff). I make no apologies or excuses for its content or its format. I have built dozens of websites f
The Inside Story — The 1990s
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story — David Jones
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – Glenn Buchan
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – Mike Holmes
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – John Tagg
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – Gerald Tannock
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronologi
The Inside Story – About Memoirs
This blog post probably belongs at the beginning of this blog-a-book project but it is put here since the realisation that I was writing a memoir happened here. The working title of this
The Inside Story — Frank Griffin
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- memoirs of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chron
The Inside Story — Research Review 1970 – 1979
This blog is part of the 'Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story -- a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 - 2010. Blogs are usually shown in reverse chronolo
The Inside Story – The Virus Research Unit
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story — Sandy Smith
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story — The Loutits
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story — John Miles
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Before John Miles
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Arrival in Dunedin
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – postdoc at UC Berkeley
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Beginnings
This blog is part of the ‘Blog a Book project entitled: The Inside Story –– a history of the Microbiology Department (University of Otago) from 1950 – 2010. Blogs are usually s
The Inside Story – Blog a Book
This is the beginning of a Blog a Book series for the forthcoming publication entitled: ‘The Inside Story’. It is the story of my 40-year journey as an academic in the Department of Microb
Trip to Iran – Video
In November of 2014 we took a trip to Iran and visited Tehran, Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan and historic sites of the Persian empire. Our visit began in Tehran and while there we did the usual visits t
Biological Control of Insect Pests
The concept of biological control of insect pests was brought to the forefront after the banning of the use of DDT as a pesticide for pastures which in New Zealand began in 1964 and then a total ban f
A Trip to Hong Kong
We recently spent two weeks visiting my stepson Martin and his wife, Ayesha and daughter, Olive in Hong Kong. We flew direct from Auckland NZ to Hong Kong on premium economy with Air New Zealand on an
40 years of Microbiology
Memories of MicrobiologyAddress given at the Farewell Dinner – November 7th, 2008 One gets the usual question: why did you come to NZ? And it seems that over the years the answer keeps changing –
A History of Microbiology
Before retiring from the Microbiology & Immunology Department I accepted a commission to compile an online version of the social archives as part of the history of Microbiology, University of Otag
Why the URL webenzed?
In 2010 webenzed.com Ltd was formed to act as an umbrella for three companies one of which was Kalmak Consultancy and the other two belonged to colleagues that worked within the Health Sciences Divisi
Look Ma – No Crutches
This is now seven weeks since my total knee replacement and I can now hobble along using a cane. I had eight physiotherapy sessions and can now manage the exercycle — knee bends to 110 degrees.
Knee replacement
Today is six weeks since I had an operation for replacement my right knee — otherwise known as total knee arthroplasty. The operation removes the impaired knee joint and replaces it with an artifici
On having a personal brand
In this day and age of massive amounts of information being available to everyone and also the choices of what and how much we consume (mentally eat — see my posting on the Information Diet),
On things not discarded
I have never met Joe Bennett but he is a regular columnist in our local newspaper and he often writes whimsical articles about himself and his ageing frailties. The article quoted below struck an
This one is for me
Painting by granddaughter Gwynneth Woodman This is the launch of the website for ME! (James Kalmakoff). I make no apologies or excuses for its content or its format. I have built dozens of websites f