Posts by Bevan Shortridge
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Pete Sime,
Keith mentions he could "map any unsecured computer on the network". Which seems (slightly) more than just going to File Open and navigating to network drives?
So the drives/folders weren't just sitting there already mapped under File Open (which anyone could find)? They had to be mapped first (which is slightly more difficult, although not very if you went looking)? I'm slightly confused now.
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Hard News: The Advocate, in reply to Sacha,
Ah. Time-shifted. Thanks for that.
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Do "On Demand" views ever get figured into ratings at all? I was watching X at the time so I'll watch Y later online? I guess it is problematic for current affairs where you may choose to watch a segment online(edit) but not the whole show.
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I was a bit sorry to hear on Sunday's Mediawatch that "The Aucklander" lift out on Thursdays has come to an end. I used to actually look at that...
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I belatedly discovered the brick-by-brick series from The Guardian. Presumably being unable to host any actual Olympics highlights footage on their site, they made their own - using lego. Legolympics, anyone?
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Movies are my main online purchase. I check a couple of different sites, for example Rewind, for a comparison of features in different regions. A lot of Region 4 DVDs will miss out commentaries and featurettes - of course a lot are either delayed in release here or never released here. Some are specific requests from relatives who are less inclined to buy online (other than trademe) so ask me to do so for them, either they've found them online already or they want me to locate them too.
So amazon (US but mostly UK, their prices tend to be better once they remove VAT for the foreigners). In past have also used ebay - Australia, US, UK and once ebay Belgium (thankfully his English was better than my Google Translate, especially since I translated into Dutch). Mightyape and Arovideo (in Wellington) for NZ-released R4 material I cannot locate in person via Real Groovy, Marbecks, JB HiFi, or The Warehouse (which has the oddest things turning up in its bargain bins-often discontinued UK stock).
Amazon too for music as well (actual CDs), after checking stores locally (price may come into it), iTunes for convenience. YouTube to check a song I heard part of and want to see if I actually do like the whole thing (Hypem for the same thing, or mp3skull). To alert to new music (or music I missed that isn't particularly new) probably National Radio, both its shows but also the pieces played between the shows and before the news.
Also for new music (or not new), er, Fridays here. Both recently since heard a snippet on RNZ this week of what I thought was Opossum on RNZ but nothing I found matched it. Lo and behold, I find "Opossom" here!
Books from fishpond, amazon, abebooks for second hand, Whitcoulls online very occasionally.
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Last time I was at Eden Park (earlier this year for the Warriors opener) I was in the ASB stand and apparently close to the ground (but still miles away it seemed). Someone had placed the advertising hoardings in such a way that from my seat the hoardings obscured the near sideline. Do they want people to go there?
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I guessing this counts as spoken word...another Dylan song done
Mr Tambourine Man - William Shatner
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Ah, Burning Bridges. We had that on the same compilation cassette tape (20 Solid Gold Souvenirs) as Lola, the first Kinks song I was ever aware of. The second Kinks song I became aware of was in a film about a penis transplant ("Percy").
God's Children - The Kinks.
Speaking of Mike Curb, this used to play on our radio station a bitSoftly Whispering I Love You - Mike Curb Congregation
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This used to play on the local radio station way back when. I only ever remembered the chorus, took no notice whatsoever of the verses (I was very young). I thought it was some sort of religious song because of the chorus <edit> ("Don't you ever let a chance go by, oh lord"). Never knew what it was called or who performed it. A year or so ago I stumbled upon it looking for something else and heard it again. Ah...
Bob Hudson - Newcastle Song.