Posts by Rob Stowell
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Hard News: Mediaworks: The only horizon…, in reply to Sacha,
I could've listened to Phil's rant all night :) And got the feeling he'd still be going strong come dawn.
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Hard News: Synthetic cannabis: it just…, in reply to Bart Janssen,
where the heck is the Press Council?
Complain!
(I don’t think they do anything without a complaint – and you need to complain to the publication first. Having recently made a complaint, it wasn’t painful, can all be done online, and Press Council were quick to respond and encouraging.) -
Hard News: Synthetic cannabis: it just…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Here’s quite a serve
Lordy. Herald again trumpeting black is white. This should be deeply shameful for the writer. In a scrupulous publication the writer would be eating the editorial raw while composing a tearful apology and retraction.
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Up Front: Stand for... Something, in reply to linger,
somewhat reminiscent of a ponytail
That rules it out completely!
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Up Front: Stand for... Something, in reply to Paul Campbell,
I’m with Hillary, my favourite too, but I don’t think Key’s flag panel would consider it, not jingoistic enough
Me too – have flown the Hudertwasser, will fly it again. One of the things that’s made me disconnect from the process is that design has never looked likely to be on ‘the list’ we get to vote on.
It seems very unlikely we’ll get a majority in favour of any one new design. So the exercise looked doomed from the start.
But the big disconnect was and is Key’s ‘branding’ comment. I’m battling the fear we could end up with something far worse (silver fern on black? Please no.)
Changing the flag because is being driven by leaders who see it as a marketing tool for NZ Inc. And the ‘Stand Up’ campaign looks like their first slick PR stunt.
I’m so allergic to this concept of the nation – with its anti-democratic baggage and suggestion the highest ideals we stand for involve maximising the amoral extraction of ‘shareholder’ profit – and so mistrustful of those who promulgate it – I can’t see past that.
So while a change isn’t something I’m passionate about, ‘leave it to those of us who care’ doesn’t seem an option. It’s possible to care negatively :) -
Up Front: Stand for... Something, in reply to Ben Austin,
an issue most people don’t care about.
You've got it there.
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Envirologue: Multi-no-choice –…, in reply to Alfie,
Yeah - we'd love to kiss the 16 lead-acid beasties in the garage g'bye. But sadly the 'powerwall' seems more wall than power.
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Beneficiaries 'scared stiff' of Work and Income
I'm feeling a bit ashamed and embarrassed to be a Kiwi. We sure can do better. -
Cracker: IT'S ALIVE, in reply to Damian Christie,
Not ideal, but yeah…
I didn’t mind that.
What was a pain – being stuck at the entrance after submitting details, waiting for an email; wading into the spam protection and finding and releasing the email; confirming the registration, only to find … I was on the opening page for TVNZ ondemand, not the Yours TV page, which I wasn’t sure how to find.
Hopefully a better experience from now on :) Episode one is a nice chirpy, quirky start.
But in the youtube age, it’s risky putting up any sort of impediment. -
Hard News: Friday Music: So Rad, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
“Ice-floe-sized bursts of sonic debris” that Bruce made at the Auricle in Christchurch in late 2013
I think that was this night? Hot nor west feel of early summer ...