Posts by giovanni tiso

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  • Hard News: Behind the Paywall,

    I would point out that the comics press seems to have warmly embraced the Marvel Comics app on the iPad. I think graphic media are going to work really well on this device.

    I can see how comics would work quite well. And frankly I'm still waiting for other forms of born-digital graphic art to flourish on the Web.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: Behind the Paywall,

    I don't think I'd pay to read the New Yorker online, but but I'd pay for an iPad app that decently replicated the print version I pay for now.

    I used to subscribe to an Italian newspaper that did that and longed mightily for the newspaper content in a proper Web layout, I must say - I found the whole thing ludicrous. It was a while ago, but more recently I have been unimpressed by the New York Times Reader on a Netbook. Plus there are templates that do that kind of work for free - and you still can link to stuff.

    (Imagine I have carefully laid out the above comment on a solid foundation of "to each their own", however.)

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: Behind the Paywall,

    It seems worth noting that Black's column has not been widely quoted – or at all – because you won't be able to read it online until Saturday, a couple of weeks after its publication.

    Not because she's an asinine writer bereft of interesting or original ideas, then? Whereas I'll always read Mitchell, even when I disagree with him. I love what Stephen Fry has called (if memory serves) his angry logic.

    I also remain puzzled by the idea that you would pay for content on your iPad that you'd get for free on your regular computer, but clearly there's so much of the Apple experience I just don't get.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Field Theory: My first All Black game,

    Actually, I think you'd find that deliberately kicking another player on the ground would get you an easy red card in soccer.

    Just ask Felipe Melo. Or David Beckham.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: Ideology for Evidence,

    Autopsy?

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  • Hard News: Ideology for Evidence,

    It is a word and it's spelt Gelateria.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Hard News: Ideology for Evidence,

    Good times.

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  • Up Front: Something Chronic,

    Your other left.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Something Chronic,

    Although, coming from Sylvia Plath... Ahem.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

  • Up Front: Something Chronic,

    Has anyone who is genuinely upset about something ever felt better for someone saying to them "chillax"?

    I think the only appropriate response to somebody who says "chillax", regardless of the circumstances, is a punch in the solar plexus surely?

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report

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