Posts by Mark Thomas
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Hard News: The Music for Occasions,
Probably not suitable for a birthday, but I've been listening to this album nonstop since I discovered it last week. Utterly brilliant, best of the year in my unhumble opinion.
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digital investigation
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Hard News: A storm in any port,
I'm still trying to form an opinion on all of this. Rod Oram came out with some strong arguments in favour of POAL last week, which was interesting. Is any of what he was saying untrue?
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Hard News: Friday is for all the things,
The latest White Rabbits album came out this week. "Temporary" is probably the catchiest song, but the whole album is full of subtle and interesting tunes. Similar to Spoon/Radiohead/Beatles
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Chris Bowden,
I am sure that if there were separate, safe cycle lanes down the main arterial routes into the city there would be a lot more cyclists, and consequently a lot less cars on the road.
And on top of that, motorists would have a greater awareness of cyclists, simply because there would be more of them around.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Chris Bowden,
As a sometimes cyclist, I hate seeing cyclists disregard traffic laws.
I've had this discussion quite a few times with other cyclists and car drivers, and I agree with you that jumping red lights does nothing to improve the perception of cyclists. But cars always try and squeeze past me at this particular intersection, and they don't seem to realise that it would be so easy to "accidentally" kill me. In this particular case, I think I can live with their annoyance/hatred.
if you are really worried about your safety perhaps get off the bike, cross like a pedestrian, and then get back on the road
Yep... or just get back in the car. At the moment I'm commuting from Parnell to Penrose daily, and I found it way too dangerous to cycle down Great South Road. The bus/train is ok if you're willing to waste two hours a day, but the car is just too damn convenient
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Perhaps if cyclists were to contribute some form of license fee
I'm pretty sure most adult cyclists also own and drive cars
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Jon Briggs,
Does this include jumping red’s when you consider it safe to do so?
I do, particularly going along Broadway at the Ayr St intersection, where two lanes of traffic turn into one and a half lanes combined with parallel parking. It's a dangerous setup. When it would be so easy to be killed "by accident", I'd rather put my own safety first ahead of complying with road rules that were written with motor vehicles in mind.
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Hard News: Review: Lana Del Rey, 'Born…, in reply to James Butler,
Oh god yeah. Audio compression has ruined so many albums in the last twenty years.
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Capture: Colour is the new black,
One of my favourite NZ Flickr photographers posted this yesterday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_gin/6423150435/
