Posts by JacksonP
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Hard News: My Food Bag: is it any good?, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Some living wage info here. The meaty stuff is in the downloadable PDFs.
Thanks Joe, I recall this from last year, now you mention it. Lots to digest. The regional variation was one thing that came to mind, which I see is covered in the larger report to a degree.
I do think businesses identifying themselves with the 'Living Wage' movement, and signing a pledge or something, as with the Tonzu Tofu Hilary mentioned, might help in a small way. Or a big way, for those working in those companies.
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Hard News: My Food Bag: is it any good?, in reply to Steve Barnes,
In fact If the Living Wage people have a window sticker for businesses
This seems worthy of a movement.
First question, can we come up with a decent way of calculating a genuine 'living wage'? Because this government has no idea what that means. In fact, they seem to believe you can withhold wages due to bureaucratic incompetence without consequences.
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Jos,
Obviously the Aztecs were wrong, it’s today!
We both married Irish, so we'll be sweet. :-)
If you can't make an inappropriate Irish joke on St Patrick's day, when can you?
Cheers.
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Likely to become one of the most frequently remixed songs of the year, Laura Mvula's Green Garden. I picked this one, but plenty on Soundcloud.
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And the Instagrams (posted on twits earlier). Including the Diptych.
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Capture: Great Southern Land, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Fascinating, Ian.
Here’s some more of the yards.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Noise for the neighbours, in reply to Danielle,
This is a pointless story, really, unless it's to note how fucking long it would have taken me to find all this out in, say, 1994.
But wait, there's more...
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Capture: Great Southern Land, in reply to Emma Hart,
Yes, seriously, I cannot recommend this enough for conveying the atmosphere of now, here.
That is kind of the feeling I got walking through town at night between Pomeroys and the Motel on the other side of the CBD. Beautifully shot video. Wonderful song.
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Russell Brown,
With the pics, I'm just pointing an iPhone and hoping, but the being-there is the thing.
Shh, you're giving away trade secrets. I love that about the (i)Phone camera. It's always there, and you can catch stuff you'd otherwise miss. Also, the app effects are fun to play with. I tend not to use Instragram in the way they intended, but like the border and Lo-fi filter, so use it like a virtual Polaroid for Tweets etc.
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Russell Brown,
Jerusalem Artichoke flower.
And, before the game at Eden Park today.
Wow, your must have been exhausted. I am, just thinking about it all. Guess you rode your bike all over town too?
