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Hard News: Friday Ideas

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  • Steve Parks,

    I'm off to the pub.

    Wellington • Since May 2007 • 1165 posts Report Reply

  • 3410,

    Voom

    In a just world, they should've been superstars.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    I'm off to the pub.

    What an excellent idea can nurse my hangover from the NewArtland launch. I must say it was a beautifully constructed hangover.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Neil Graham,

    I'm sitting at home waiting for a call to go in for a CT scan.

    I'm not one much for pubs, but on the whole It sound like the more fun option.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 118 posts Report Reply

  • Graeme Edgeler,

    Friday Ideas?

    Why have I being ignoring wired.com?

    Two fantastic pieces I cam across yesterday:

    The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine

    Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.

    Ah. Journalism.

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 3215 posts Report Reply

  • James Butler,

    Ah. Journalism.

    Journalism and gadget geekery. I had just assumed that everybody here was also there.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report Reply

  • George Darroch,

    I'm sitting at home waiting for a call to go in for a CT scan.

    Good luck with whatever ails you.

    WLG • Since Nov 2006 • 2264 posts Report Reply

  • Chip Matthews,

    A Friday arvo vid for y'all. The new opensouls video.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Kindling,

    Has been making us laugh all week.

    Newtown • Since Aug 2009 • 2 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    I'm sitting at home waiting for a call to go in for a CT scan.

    Good luck with whatever ails you.

    Seconded, Neil.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Neil Graham,

    Stop me if this sounds familiar.

    So The other day I closed one eye and noticed I could see considerably less than with the other eye...

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 118 posts Report Reply

  • James Green,

    Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.

    Perhaps it is because placebos are getting more expensive. And everyone knows that more expensive placebos work better than cheap placebos...

    But seriously, although price appears to be one determinant of the size of the placebo effect, if people think they are on some new miracle drug, it seems reasonable to assume that that might have a similar effect.

    Limerick, Ireland • Since Nov 2006 • 703 posts Report Reply

  • Glenn Pearce,

    PA's very own Mr Slack was spotted looking very dapper in his jacket and Daffodil this morning taking photos from the Three Lamps traffic islands....

    Auckland • Since Feb 2007 • 504 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    Dude, we're up on Ward 28 if you do get called in. Expected time for me to be sitting in this chair in the lounge waiting to see the dr: 20 minutes to three hours.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • Stephen Judd,

    Apropos placebos' increased effectiveness, one theory is that in the US, drug advertising to consumers has been allowed for some years and is now pervasive. So US residents effectively get a lot more propaganda about the powers of medicine than they used to, and their belief in the efficacy of drugs has increased.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report Reply

  • Mark Thomas,

    Russell, if you're looking for more photographic contributions, the http://www.flickr.com/groups/nzflickr/ group is very active and generally quite helpful.

    Why have I being ignoring wired.com?

    The magazine is good too.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 317 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    So US residents effectively get a lot more propaganda about the powers of medicine than they used to, and their belief in the efficacy of drugs has increased.

    I blame Viagra. Is there another drug in history whose effects are quite so, er, measurable?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • JackElder,

    I blame Viagra. Is there another drug in history whose effects are quite so, er, measurable?

    Penicillin.

    As this picture clearly shows.

    Wellington • Since Mar 2008 • 709 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Why have I being ignoring wired.com?

    The magazine is good too.

    True, but the point size is usually way too small, and often in colour combinations that even Oz Magazine didn't try in the '60s.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Give 'em an inch and they'll take a pill

    Viagra © puts lead in your penicil

    with a full spectrum priaprism...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    I blame Viagra. Is there another drug in history whose effects are quite so, er, measurable?

    The only use I've found for Viagra is it stops me rolling out of bed during the night.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F,

    The only use I've found for Viagra is it stops me rolling out of bed during the night.

    Cue cheap gag about 'getting it over the counter'...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand,

    From The Word 'Something for the Weekend':

    http://www.independent.com/news/2009/aug/20/grownups-guide-indie-rock/

    Good Media 7 again this week. A bonus was a post-taping rugby chat with Spiros Z.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report Reply

  • Andre,

    i asked Spiro, John Roughan and Mr Boock if they had thought about the rugby fight in terms of the non-acceptance of violence within other sports. They already thought that I was a wanker but that unfortunately perhaps sealed it for them.

    Happy birthday Sacha!!!

    New Zealand • Since May 2009 • 371 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    Cue cheap gag about 'getting it over the counter'...

    Fnahh, fnahh.
    Happy birthday indeed Sacha ;-)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

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