Posts by Russell Brown

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  • OnPoint: Budget 2009: “Aww, shit.”…,

    Just in:

    International credit rating agency Standard and Poor's has given a favourable verdict on the budget, upgrading New Zealand's outlook from negative to stable.

    In both political and economic terms, that's a result.

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  • Speaker: Good Times on High Street,

    In the early days you couldnt chat anyone up cause the noise obliterated anything below a scream. And it seemed most people went there for the tunes. Even the girls were into dancing hard, sweating hard.

    Having been to The Wag in London, and thinking it dull and pretentious -- then copping the acid house revolution in 1988, and having my life changed -- I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a club in Auckland in the summer of '89 that was about the music, and where people danced.

    Although I recall finding I danced faster than every else ...

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  • OnPoint: Budget 2009: “Aww, shit.”…,

    So, how are DPF, C.Slater, etc spinning this ? Are they wetting their pants with excitement ?

    Last I looked, DPF was being the good soldier, and his crazier correspondents were declaring war.

    Excellent analysis, btw, Keith. It puts most of the newspaper commentators to shame.

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  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    Advisory: We're holding the last 60 RSVPs until 7.30pm tonight, just to give some home users a chance for once.

    They'll be available after that time.

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  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    I do recall promises of Wellingon-based, Public Address-associated social events?

    There was a wee delay. It'll happen.

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  • Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend…,

    Oh, and also ... readers with good geek culture questions should feel free to email 'em to me. Without giving anything away, it won't be a straightforward quiz, but I'll still need questions ...

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  • Speaker: Good Times on High Street,

    I'm not sure if it was the same trip to NZ (I was in London at the time) but courtesy of Sandra Bestall who was there here's a shot of Billy at Zanzibar. This was 1984.

    Yeah, same trip. But I'm slightly wondering if that's actually at Quays ...

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  • Talk: Budget 09,

    Elsewhere, at The Standard lprent feasts on Key and English contradicting each other yet again, and Eddie offers a couple of Budget predictions.

    I looked over at Kiwiblog, but with DPF in the lockup, it's just the clowns in at the moment.

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  • Talk: Budget 09,

    Predictions, running commentaries, reviews, good links and assessments of Bill English's first Budget. Come here …

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  • Speaker: The Telecom XT Discussion,

    I've received one of Telecom's Starship packs with the phone-recycling envelope (which I will actually use) -- and an XT Network SIM, good for a month's voice and data.

    So I will in fact soon find out just how well an iPhone runs on the new network.

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