Posts by Paul Brislen

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  • Southerly: This Week in Parliament: 26…,

    Scrotum!

    testicles are on the inside.

    as youwere...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 200 posts Report

  • Hard News: We're in this together,

    It's been a delight watching Public Address grow and mature over the years, Russell. Keep up the good work and here's to a bright future.

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  • Hard News: Public Address Word of the…,

    Creamery.

    you know it makes sense.

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  • Hard News: Music: To renew, you first…,

    If in doubt, ship your clothes home via Post and pack the vinyl in your suitcase.

    YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

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  • Hard News: Friday Music: Virtual…,

    Courtney Love has a tremendous piece in Salon about the typical record company approach to contracts:

    http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/

    Favourite line:

    Today I want to talk about piracy and music. What is piracy? Piracy is the act of stealing an artist’s work without any intention of paying for it. I’m not talking about Napster-type software.

    I’m talking about major label recording contracts.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 200 posts Report

  • Speaker: David Fisher: The OIA arms race,

    Lovely piece, David. As ever.

    I'm in the odd position of having made OIA requests myself and having had OIA requests sent my way in my role on a school board.

    We went out of our way to find all the information asked for in the time frame allowed, but it's not as straightforward as you might think to find all the information on any given question, especially when you're dealing with something as dispersed as a school.

    In our case it took a couple of goes to get all the information wanted but I think we got there in the end.

    I find the under-resourcing of the Ombudsman's Office to be as bad for our democracy as the under-resourcing of journalism. Both play a vital role in ensuring the public are informed: or rather, both should play a vital role.

    Keep up the good work.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 200 posts Report

  • Speaker: The End of Trust,

    I'd rage on at length about David Farrar being introduced as a "blogger" not as "National party pollster" or similar whenever he appeared on TV or radio, but that's the media at fault, not David. They knew what his day job was/is but didn't bother to inform the audience.

    It's that kind of level of "but nobody really cares" blather that concerns me.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 200 posts Report

  • Speaker: The End of Trust,

    Disclosure is critical in my view, doubly so on social media. If I tweet anything client related on my own account I add a #client tag. It's not hard to do. Just requires some awareness.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 200 posts Report

  • Hard News: Going solar?,

    That sounds like a hell of a lot better a price than the one I was quoted this time last year... I wish we'd gone solar then. The sooner you move the sooner you start saving the world/bank balance.

    If you're going to make a change I would. We stuck with the existing gas and it's the only regret I've had in the house build process.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 200 posts Report

  • Field Theory: World Cup of Evil,

    I have all but given up watching football because of the diving. It's just so bad.

    I'd like to see the refs go to a video replay for such things and start handing out yellow cards. I like rugby's approach to arguing with the ref also - back you go ten metres. Keep it up and I'll award a penalty. Love it.

    Actually, speaking of the refs, it seems to me that rugby refs are a lot fitter. They keep up with the run of play a lot better and while in the old days I would have said football players run faster, these days I'm not so sure.

    While we're fixing the world, can we PLEASE stop penalty shootouts. Might as well toss a coin for the winner. Find some other way of doing it. Any other way.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 200 posts Report

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