Posts by Russell Brown

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  • Hard News: Conversation Starters,

    And I notice that the New North Road liquor shop has an Eve's Pantry alongside - cake with yr grog, perhaps?

    We were discussing this in the car. What is Eve's Pantry?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Field Theory: My first cricket match,

    Is it tempting fate to think that Martin Guptill looks like he might be a really good player?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Up Front: Will Work for Foo,

    Creativity, collaboration, etc ...

    There's no creative form that's as much of a group effort as screen production. It amazes me how people different skillsets (and peole with them) it takes to make a TV programme.

    And we're a low-budget affair -- the small army marshalled to produce, say, a high-end TV ad is astonishing.

    But I still write nearly all the show sitting at home on my own.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: The song is not the same,

    Sorry, Russ, you're right of course. I apologise to the System for letting my temper get the better of me

    Apology accepted. Thanks.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Up Front: Will Work for Foo,

    I'd just like to say that I'm posting this from the Chrome for Mac OS test shell.

    It's quite nippy.

    (hey, it beats banging my head against the wall trying to moderate user behaviour in copyright threads ...)

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: The song is not the same,

    I could just do without the name calling as a discussion strategy device.

    Having (sigh ...) been back through the thread, I'm not particularly happy about that, but there's a consistent pattern to these confrontations on this particular topic. There's one particular person involved in all of them.

    Perhaps you could work on bringing some good faith into your comments. Don't needle people; respond to what they say; don't question their credibility or imply that they're lying. I shouldn't have to keep saying this, especially when I'm trying to have a holiday.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: The song is not the same,

    anyway this is bollocks

    It's not. I really wonder how much perspective you have on your own behaviour.

    In the past you've described my work as "shit", claimed I have a reputation as a freeloader on local artists interested only in "getting your name on the guest list and drinking the bands rider" and declared I "don't know shit about music".

    And that was in just one thread. I have put up with it, but you've also entered pointless personal confrontations with a string of other people who post here. You're the only person this happens with, and it's a problem for me.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Hard News: The song is not the same,

    Rob may be very and annoyingly argumentative but insults are not a part of his weaponry, at least in this thread, unless I've missed something.

    Actually, he's insulted me repeatedly since he's been posting here -- and quite nastily at times too. I put up with it, but I'm really not prepared for other people to have to suffer it.

    Rob, sort yourself out. Argue in good faith and pay attention to what other people say, rather than needling them and pointlessly questioning their credibility.

    If you don't, I will have to ban you to preserve the environment.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Up Front: Will Work for Foo,

    The title made me think you were planning to be on the organising committee for the next Foo Camp.

    The organising committee's name is Jenine. You'd like her.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Up Front: Will Work for Foo,

    I've always had trouble defining work, because I'm aware that pretty much all the things I've put the most effort into I've done for free. Also I work in the same chair I play in.

    I know! You're me!

    Except I'm not that funny ...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

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