Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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you can take the CD to a librarian or a teacher who ... will use a TPM circumvention device to rip it for you
Somewhere, in a school in New Zealand...
"Miss! Miss! Can you rip this CD for me, Miss? My brother wanted to do it, but the Governor-General won't let him. So could you do it for me, Miss?"
Also, the Media 7 promo on the front page of tvnz.co.nz describes its host as the "king of the blogosphere". Does that make us his loyal servants?
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As much as I enjoyed certain aspects of living in Wellington, I have to say the opportunities in Auckland are such that the streets are paved, if not with gold (especially not at current prices), then pork bellies, or milk powder, or some tangible commodity.
Meanwhile, I'm moving to Wellington in less than a month in search of porkbellies, milk powder or maybe even orange juice of a more cultured kind. Uh, something like that.
Fun fact: Google for "it's been a while since my last post" gives over 36,000 hits.
Also, wouldn't it be cool to run a blog where every single post was an apology for not updating more frequently?
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Meanwhile, big ups to TV3's David Farrier for the excellent April Fool's Day report (well, I hope that's what it was) on jenkem that aired on Tuesday evening.
Speaking of jenkem, The Onion's AV Club has an amusing feature called Don't bogart that jenkem: 18 fictional drugs.
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It referred throughout the letter to “Mary-Margare”.
You should tell them they've spelt it wrong. It's actually Mary-Mangere.
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Handy hint: Print out this post and keep a copy in your wallet and bedside drawer, then you'll always have a handy contraceptive when you need it!
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the one they really want to keep an eye on is nutmeg.
back in the day i remember being 3 days into a trip and thinking... "fck... i'm going to stay like this..."
Years ago, a friend of mine got bored and decided to see if the spicerack could get him high by trying them in his bong. He swore that the nutmeg gave him a mild high, ditto the poppy seeds. But when he claimed that he was feeling something from the thyme and the cinnamon, that's when I realised that if you inhale any kind of smoke, you'll feel a bit light-headed.
But stay away from allspice, man. That stuff will eat your conscious expressionism, man.
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Impressive - they're also playing at Phoenix fest in AKLD on saturday too. Playing in both the North and South Island in the same day -how very rock n roll!
Well, a direct flight from Auckland to Wellington is only 1.20 (but longer if you go via Wellington). So it could be done without having to involve dusting off a Concorde from an aero museum.
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Absolutely. I'd be very pleased if the Olympics in its present form was scrapped altogether.
I'm sure every Olympic sport has its own world champs which, in a way, have more gravitas (though less glamour) than the Games.
But it's kinda nice when (almost) everyone comes together and competes.
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an unexpected side effect of shooting Desperate Housewives in HD. More make-up than she had to deal with she was playing a pre-op transsexual in Transamerica.
The New York Times had an article a couple of years ago about the ugly new world of HD. Previously attractive TV stars turn into crater-faced, wrinkled monsters under the cruel lens of HDTV.
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I’m not being partonising to the people of Epsom, only the ones who voted act , the most useless party in the history of New Zealand politics.
I've lived in the Epsom electorate for the last two general elections. (Are there any other Epsomites here?) I live in the Mt Eden part of it where there aren't many (any?) pools.
I don't know what Rodney Hide has done for my locality. Once - once - I saw his comedy car down at the Mt Eden Village shops, but I've seen him more on the telly than in his electorate.