Posts by Jan Farr
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Hard News: First, admit it's broken,
Oh - I like that blog! Thanks Russell. James Ritchie's article was insightful (as is usually the case with James) and what an interesting line-up of contributors. My only problem was that it wouldn't let me register. Either it thinks I'm an error, or I was in error or they need to fix up the registration page.
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit,
I think the issue of right and wrong was made irrelevant by the Government's amazingly wrong decision to change employment law unilaterally and undemocratically - and to cover up Equity's withdrawal of their black ban which happened before the march against Equity and before the law change. See CTU Press release.
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Hard News: What did you do yesterday?,
No sunshine here yesterday. We were going to go to the races at Tauherenikau, but too cold and I slept badly the night before, so pottered - doing sudoku and all the other puzzles I like in the Dompost. Did a bit of washing and ironing - honestly, even I don't want to know this - and listened to Matinee Idle for a while. Added some words to the slow-grow novel. Emailed a few people. Typed up the tennis club minutes. Walked the dog and the daughter's - it was cool so daughter's 16 year old dog agreed to come out for a slightly longer walk than usual round the park, talked to the grandchildren and their friends on way home. With dinner watched Rawiri Paratene's insightful and very personal Nga Tamatoa history on Maori TV - definitely the most interesting part of the day.
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Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word…, in reply to JacksonP,
Android – is the new iPhone.
I'm late with this I see now: OK - late Android.
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Hard News: Friday Music: When there were…,
Numbers at Nambassa, Russell: - I was there and topless (you drew more attention if you weren't) - and there were certainly thousands of people there. I seem to remember hearing that there were 70,000. In an enormous and tightly packed space, we were so far away from the stage at the Split Enz concert that we could barely see the band - the lighting was wonderful though and so was the sound.
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Hard News: Media7 will soon be Media3, in reply to nothingelseon,
Any chance you could make it an hour long?
Congratulations and I totally agree with above sentiment.
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to DeepRed,
Thanks. One more signature!
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Myles Thomas,
How do I get hold of the petition?
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Tom Semmens,
Tom, you make it sound as though having lost our remotes we're all forced to watch a single channel. It may err on the side of 'earnestness' but I think TV7 provides a better balance than most. As for 'passion and urgency'?? You find this where? Reality TV? Cooking shows?
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Hard News: Telling stories about us,
Lucky you! Looks like a brilliant festival. Have you heard if there's any chance it might travel south?