Friday, July 31, 2009

Nicholson Baker on the Kindle 2

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It was pale, about the size of a hardcover novel, but much thinner, and it had a smallish screen and a QWERTY keyboard at the bottom made of...

Take a gander at this

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Dim Post has the scoop on a major constitutional intervention by the Governor-General, who in the interests of a stronger democracy has dis...

Game of the week: fireball hockey

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James Delingpole introduces us to fireball hockey: God, what a fantastic game! You wrap a bog roll in chicken wire, douse it in paraffin, s...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Pink Floyd as futurologists

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In their 1968 single “ Point Me at the Sky ”, Henry McLean builds a “beautiful flying machine” and invites his girlfriend to join him in spa...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A hot economics formula

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Matt Nolan reports that there are now 12 New Zealand blogs written by economists … that is approximately one per 358,333 people. This is ep...
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Modern madness

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Christopher Lane reports that the American Psychiatric Association is debating whether “avid shopping” should be considered a sign of menta...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Cactus Kate sentence of the day

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Staying at university is the modern-day drop out option in society for brainy people.
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Pop goes the fact-checker

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I love dopey pop lyrics. Paul McCartney’s “In this world in which we live in”, the Fourmyula ’s “The horizon looks much closer than it seems...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Peter Williams, party animal

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The Herald reports : The stars came out to Auckland’s Viaduct on Friday night to celebrate Peter Williams’ 30-year career at TVNZ. The came...
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Friends and family

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Chris at NZBC is having trouble with his waterworks. Kate at LaughyKate is suffering from visual food poisoning. David Cohen at NBR wond...