Public Address 24 March 2014 - It's Crowdfunding Time
Crowdfunding Time
10:05 Mar 24, 2014 in Hard News by Russell Brown
Hello, lovely readers. This week I’m doing a crowdfunding drive for Public Address. As I’ve explained before, these
occasional requests for contributions represent the majority of the site’s income. And they allow to me concentrate on
Public Address, which is…
Oh, Auckland
11:27 Mar 24, 2014 in Hard News by Russell Brown
My brother-in-law unexpectedly turned from Hokitika on Friday night, on his motorbike. This wasn’t a problem: I like
Steve, even though we have little in common – he repairs machinery, I can barely hold a spanner – and it was…
The Internet Party, whatever happens
10:00 Mar 24, 2014 in Hard News by Russell Brown
You don’t need to be a fancy political strategist to be able to tell that the Internet Party is having a difficult
birth. A launch party that wasn’t a launch party and then suddenly wasn’t a party at all. A…
Getting closer
A day ago in Capture by Jos Van De Laar
“Take a trip and never leave the farm.” - Jim Stafford I like nothing better than to spend a pleasant afternoon in my
garden stalking small critters and details of flowers. Much closer is much more interesting – you start…
The Disappearing of Paradise
3 days ago in Muse by Craig Ranapia
What happens when a New Zealand author is shortlisted for a high-profile British literary prize and nobody in the media
pays a blind bit of notice? No, gentle readers, this isn’t some bitter zen koan but the reaction to Phillip…
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