PUBLIC ADDRESS 13/02/07 - Back When I Worked In The Arms Industry
Back when I worked in the arms industry ... | Feb 13, 2007 10:13
Russell Brown's Hard News
Well, I wasn't so much in the weapons side of the business as the
selling-the-Phantom-of-the-Opera-soundtrack-to-tourists trade - and I can muster no moral justification for that - but
the fact was that the HMV Store in Piccadilly Circus was owned by Thorn EMI, which was also the maker...
Put Your Hands Together For: | Feb 12, 2007 12:51
Damian Christie - Cracker With Attitude
Those who have been following the competition over at Public Address System might have your own opinons, but you're not
the ones holding the prizes, are you now? No, no you're not. The runners-up first, then for those of you who haven't
read it already, the winner in...
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PUBLIC ADDRESS 12/02/07 - The Hippy Death Ray
D38: Hippy Death Ray | Feb 11, 2007 19:55
Keith Ng is officially holier-than-thou
India has found my Achilles Heel - a lethal combination of heat and humidity - and has hit me with a remorseless bout of
heat rash. During my convalescence, I've been cowering in the air-conditioned fortress of my hotel room, scratching
everywhere but in my notebook...
Page 3 Boy | Feb 10, 2007 16:03
David Slack on his own account
At the age of 46, I have disrobed for a popular family magazine. The first consequence of this act may be that the
magazine will become less popular, but that's their roll of the dice...
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth | Feb 09, 2007 19:32
David Haywood from Christchurch
My Glaswegian anarchist grandfather would have enjoyed Kiwi Foo Camp. He thought you only needed the bare minimum of
rules, and then everybody would magically co-operate for the common good. For technology geeks, at any rate, it turns
out that he was absolutely right...
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PUBLIC ADDRESS 08/02/07 - Chew Before Swallowing
Chew before swallowing | Feb 08, 2007 08:16
Russell Brown's Hard News
A "new analysis" says a staggering 83,250 New Zealand children are "going to school hungry", according to the Herald's
lead story today. Like hell it does. The story is based on some math by health researcher Rob Quigley, who took the
percentages from the 2002 National...
Mon semblable, mon frère… | Feb 08, 2007 06:20
Jolisa Gracewood in New Haven
Captain's log, stardate 5044. Or thereabouts? Somebody told me it was 2007 but that feels like a million years ago.
Anyway, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I used to regularly write long blog posts...
Mint Condition | Feb 07, 2007 20:15
David Slack on his own account
Hell, in the usual run of things, is other people at conferences: dull types you can't shake off; egotists who like the
sound of their own voice; cologne-drenched sales people; corporate Machiavellis; stale coffee; minutes measured out in
mints from the saucer...
Are we getting our class back? | Feb 07, 2007 13:10
Living the invasion with Tze Ming Mok
So the Herald has visited McGehan Close three bloody times now, and found what? People with jobs, who feed their
children, and a strong community. In looking for 'the underclass', John Key seems to have stumbled across 'the
aspirational working class.' Rather than coming off as a cut-rate Tapu Misa...
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PUBLIC ADDRESS 07/02/07 - An Okay Sort Of Day
An okay sort of day | Feb 07, 2007 11:24
Russell Brown's Hard News
It can be hard to separate the actual Waitangi Day and the Waitangi Day narrative that the media choose to adopt each
year - they can effectively be the same thing - but it does seem that we reached some sort of equilibrium in 2007...
You are what you eat | Feb 07, 2007 10:18
GUEST: Che Tibby returns to Melbourne
So, Russell has asked me to tell you about my latest trip to multicultural Melbourne. And I figured, what the hey,
surely there must be something left to say about the place? Surely everything that can and could be said about Melbourne
hasn't already been hammered out in slightly drunken...
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PUBLIC ADDRESS 05/02/07 - Foo, What A Scorcher!
The thing you can't stand on. | Feb 05, 2007 10:57
Living the invasion with Tze Ming Mok
As I wrote to my mate Teanau when I realised, without surprise, that he was behind Te Tino Toa's flag-on-the-bridge/hill
effort - it's interesting that the tino is now "the Maori flag" in the media rather than "the Maori sovereignty flag."
It seems to mark a reframing: from...
Foo, what a scorcher! | Feb 05, 2007 10:55
Russell Brown's Hard News
Well, that was Kiwi Foo Camp. And it was great. The first O'Reilly-inspired "unconference" to be held outside the US or
Europe took place over the weekend at Mahurangi College in Warkworth. About 120 geeks, artists, scientists and business
and policy people attended, and, happily, seemed to need no encouragement...
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