Website we love

Am I missing something on the listener.co.nz website or is the "Website we love" feature not in the online preview glimpse of the magazine?

I know they want people to buy the mag, but I sort of thought that particular feature might be ideal for a, um,…

Dog the Bounty Hunter, wife Beth, brother Tim and sons and daughters look far more Outrageous Fortune like than the cast who look, well, like they were playing the leads in Melrose Place 10 years…

Last night's Media7 Future of TV special is online for your information and entertainment.

Great TV (if, ironically, a bit too long this time, for me). Barbosa's segments are rather brilliant. Quality of interview commentary generally very high.

Could be done by partnering with orgs who do that already – but again, quantities would affect viability. Someone did put an…

– economics of small runs not compelling, or something like that

Not so, A small t shirt shop in St Lukes does one offs but that was a while back when I used them, plus 2 Double 7 has an embroidery shop for t shirts and I think I paid…

I can't believe no one's organised that yet

has been discussed before – economics of small runs not compelling, or something like that

Hard not to be impressed by someone riding a burning alligator

wholeheartedly agree

The world of pop is but my plaything.

Chuck that one in the (large) bag marked "Unused PAS t-shirt slogans".

Seriously, I can't believe no one's organised that yet.

Traffic is building (as I suspect it is on the Northern Motorway) but I am keen to see more people registering and contributing.

Russell: Whilst we are the subject of raising profiles, could you pass on my gratitude to the person responsible for Website we love in the Listener this week.

Fiona says you can thank Prime, who are including your website in the publicity material for the documentary series — that's how…

xkcd has the last word

flaming alligators! – fixed link

Yes!! Lawrence Arabia No.1 on Hype machine's Twitter chart:
http://hypem.com/#/twitter/popular
The world of pop is but my plaything.

That's awesome, and also makes a complete mockery of my AU Post Grad Dip in Marketing. Thanks. Two years of my life wasted, and all I needed to know was that if…

http://hypem.com/#/twitter/popular

The world of pop is but my plaything.

Whereas the old licence fee was about $25 per year, I recall, for everything.

It was closer to $100 just before it was abolished.

(Annoyingly the relevant legislation isn't available online to check.)

Here's a wee game. Compare the Herald headline with the Stuff one. Spot the difference?

Poetic justice!

This comment on Stuff.co.nz summed it up quite nicely...

H or P #66: Not sure why he wasted his time with the H in Wanganui when P was a bigger problem.

Craig Y

Nice! Although I am currently mesmerised by the Herald asking its readers how they would stop the oil spill.

Most popular option so far: "Plug it with environmentalists".

Second most popular option: Nuke it...

... which has, sort of, been done before. Please excuse the first twenty seconds of this…

Laugh, I nearly did!

Fongers gets to get rid of Lhaws, whether they wanted to or not.

Here's a wee game. Compare the Herald headline with the Stuff one. Spot the difference?

In other Friday happy news, Fongers gets to get rid of Lhaws, whether they wanted to or not.

In a perfect world, the consequent reduction in stress would ameliorate Laws' worst excesses. There have been times — his unfathomable on-air denunciation of some firemen comes to mind — when it's…

Hmmmm....

Van = Cal
Jethro = Logan
Loretta = Hope
Pascalle = Heather

...yet Wolf = Wolf and Cheryl = Cheryl.
I wonder what caused the (partial) re-namings?

Van is goofy but also extremely sweet and loyal and well-meaning. We enjoy the goofiness at the same time as worrying about him and hoping he'll be OK.

The creators of Outrageous Fortune definitely regard character as the bedrock of the series. All else flows from that.

But we didn't…

Which, really, puts it out of reach of a lot of households.

Oh, I agree with the larger point. I was just noting that $80 a month is for *everything*, not the basic package.

(I cancelled SkyWatch in the first few months, after a ludicrous email back-and-forth with one of…

Van's strength isn't his stupidity, it's his all-encompassing emotion – post Aurora, post-Sheree. Hope they don't just play it as just a dumb character for laughs.

I think the same goes for all the characters, actually. While the story features farcical situations, it doesn't work if we can't take the…

However, in the interests of accuracy, Sky Digital isn't generally $80 a month – the basic package is $40something I think

$51.54 for Sky Basic, according to the horse, but the small print says that SkyWatch is included, though optional, at $2.60/month. So the absolute-no-frills, bargain-basement price is $48.94. Plus…

3410, have I ever mentioned that I love you?

You have, and – believe me – it helps. PS: it's mutual.

Song of the Year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiQkGouzck4

listening to them always makes my eyes fill up with tears with how good they are

I was watching WIUO videos on Facebook this morning, and being a Uke fan, they bring a tear to my eye also. We love you Raylene, whoever you are. The children were singing along.…

Lawrence Arabia's 'Look Like a Fool'
"... with your pants on the ground." ?

3410, have I ever mentioned that I love you?

I am becoming increasingly concerned about how NZ is made of two groups of people; those who can afford access to technology (pay TV, internet etc) and…

Scoundrels, the American Outrageous Fortune adaptation

HoHum. Both just remind me of this song which sums up my feelings about these crime porn shows. Pigs, crims, thugs and their molls were always the least interesting people in the West Auckland I grew up in.
Sure to ruin a party just…

It is just impossible to listen to them and not smile, which is a great way to end the week. Thanks Russell and Gemma.

Outrageous Fortune without Robyn Malcolm or Antony Starr. Van's strength isn't his stupidity, it's his all-encompassing emotion – post Aurora, post-Sheree. Hope they don't just play it as just a dumb character for laughs.

Lawrence Arabia's 'Look Like a Fool'

"... with your pants on the ground." ?

http://www.publicaddress.net/default,6659.sm

Possilby faux-ironic pose issues have queered the pitch for actual irony as well as for sincerity. [short people !=…