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Sacha

Tue, 01 Sept 2009 22:05:00 +1200

Must be time to go wash my hair.

Islander

Tue, 01 Sept 2009 21:57:41 +1200

Gone from spring NE -ters to SW bleak here Sacha- but hey, sounds like Emma is pulling through very well so who cares about underbridge life?

Sacha

Tue, 01 Sept 2009 21:40:20 +1200

How about that weather, then..

conseismal

Tue, 01 Sept 2009 21:17:32 +1200

chaps. you definitely need more TROLLS in your community. things are sounding way too comfy here, and keeping the USA at an even comfier arms length even whilst her longest culturo-technological probes have long ago bored deep into your innermost oil-wells can only be bad for your most comprehensive health!…

Sacha

Tue, 01 Sept 2009 00:06:27 +1200

Been too busy, but I do want to go back as an audience member. Good people.

Go well on the speaking tour.

Geoff Lealand

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:02:12 +1200

Sacha: they surely did. Several have become regular viewers of Media 7, one is intending to write a story for Nexus, and one declared that she wasn't going to wash her hand for a week, after greeting Simon Dallow!

Were you there too?

I may well bring another van-load up…

Sacha

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:49:16 +1200

Geoff, did your students enjoy themselves at the taping?

jeremy gray

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:31:23 +1200

Re sport violence, please don't forget the recent choir violence in dunedin – http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/71812/pupils-dealt-with-appropriately-rector

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:19:41 +1200

Can I suggest this great viewing in Auckland as my Saturday ideas. It says one night only but I was told and have confirmed it's on show until friday next week.

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:40:53 +1200

That's how it goes. I would recommend you go along to a Wednesday taping, to see how spontaneous the conversations are. It is just so great to have such a programme on TV.

Tom Semmens

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:35:29 +1200

I respect your interest, Tom, but if they wanted to devote an entire show to talking about rugby coverage, then that's one less viewer here.

Oh I agree with you. My comment was more in relation to the general structure of the discussion, which seemed more akin to a hour…

mark taslov

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:46:02 +1200

Some nice images in that open souls video, good work, nice track too.

Sacha

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:02:06 +1200

I catch up with Media7 after the fact, when I can. Often watch certain segments rather than the whole thing.

I respect your interest, Tom, but if they wanted to devote an entire show to talking about rugby coverage, then that's one less viewer here. More than enough wall-to-wall sports…

Tom Semmens

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:16:46 +1200

I never get to watch Media 7, because I am out on Thursday nights and I generally don't watch much T.V. which means I never watch repeats. However, I was interested enough in the rugby discussion to get home and tune in and watch it. I've had a bit of…

Yamis

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:10:22 +1200

i asked Spiro, John Roughan and Mr Boock if they had thought about the rugby fight in terms of the non-acceptance of violence within other sports. They already thought that I was a wanker but that unfortunately perhaps sealed it for them.

There's also some good ones in league, soccer…

dyan campbell

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:31:48 +1200

Hi Islander

A song for your Mum's dog...

David Kilgour & Sam Hunt – Chord

Islander

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:31:38 +1200

Sacha -she's my Mum's dog. I'm just house&everything sitting. And rather waning poetically-

Sacha

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:39:46 +1200

You mean even your dog is poetic?

Islander

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:13:28 +1200

Owoawa

(I'm transliterating Bella – I think she is saying "Huge props Sofie! Get me outa this person's clutches!"
Or something like that.)

Sacha

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:10:12 +1200

Can I thoroughly recommend the LATE sessions if anyone is wavering. Like being here, really, with bods and drinks and music and one of the most amazing museum collections all magical because it's night-time.

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:30:23 +1200

Right, off to another art thingy in town.Scouting for Art donors now (and free drinks of course ;)

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:04:04 +1200

I *really* wouldnt sell 'em, really truly.
I'll just sell my Mum's pedigree bichon frise instead eh?)

YOU LEAVE BELLA AlONE!:)

Re last night. great to see David so positive. Great to see Paul hungover :) Great to raise $40 thou. Great event. Great Reuben is now famous, bummer I…

Russell Brown

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:56:13 +1200

re stuff travelling to the Auckland rehab unit – I am happy to pay for a wonderful natural sculpture – this is a large hunk of nephrite jade, sourced in China (with all permissions by friends John Edgar & Murray Gray, given to me, loved by me & whanau- ) to travel…

Islander

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:35:29 +1200

Best results, Emma, Neil-

re stuff travelling to the Auckland rehab unit – I am happy to pay for a wonderful natural sculpture – this is a large hunk of nephrite jade, sourced in China (with all permissions by friends John Edgar & Murray Gray, given to me, loved by me…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:29:15 +1200

Cue cheap gag about 'getting it over the counter'...

Fnahh, fnahh.
Happy birthday indeed Sacha ;-)

Andre

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:08:21 +1200

i asked Spiro, John Roughan and Mr Boock if they had thought about the rugby fight in terms of the non-acceptance of violence within other sports. They already thought that I was a wanker but that unfortunately perhaps sealed it for them.

Happy birthday Sacha!!!

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:49:27 +1200

From The Word 'Something for the Weekend':

http://www.independent.com/news/2009/aug/20/grownups-guide-indie-rock/

Good Media 7 again this week. A bonus was a post-taping rugby chat with Spiros Z.

Sam F

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:21:14 +1200

The only use I've found for Viagra is it stops me rolling out of bed during the night.

Cue cheap gag about 'getting it over the counter'...

Steve Barnes

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:24:33 +1200

I blame Viagra. Is there another drug in history whose effects are quite so, er, measurable?

The only use I've found for Viagra is it stops me rolling out of bed during the night.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:47:09 +1200

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a pill

Viagra © puts lead in your penicil

with a full spectrum priaprism...

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:42:13 +1200

Why have I being ignoring wired.com?
The magazine is good too.

True, but the point size is usually way too small, and often in colour combinations that even Oz Magazine didn't try in the '60s.

JackElder

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:15:03 +1200

I blame Viagra. Is there another drug in history whose effects are quite so, er, measurable?

Penicillin.

As this picture clearly shows.

giovanni tiso

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:59:45 +1200

So US residents effectively get a lot more propaganda about the powers of medicine than they used to, and their belief in the efficacy of drugs has increased.

I blame Viagra. Is there another drug in history whose effects are quite so, er, measurable?

Mark Thomas

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:58:29 +1200

Russell, if you're looking for more photographic contributions, the http://www.flickr.com/groups/nzflickr/ group is very active and generally quite helpful.

Why have I being ignoring wired.com?

The magazine is good too.

Stephen Judd

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:53:21 +1200

Apropos placebos' increased effectiveness, one theory is that in the US, drug advertising to consumers has been allowed for some years and is now pervasive. So US residents effectively get a lot more propaganda about the powers of medicine than they used to, and their belief in the efficacy of…

Emma Hart

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:46:51 +1200

Dude, we're up on Ward 28 if you do get called in. Expected time for me to be sitting in this chair in the lounge waiting to see the dr: 20 minutes to three hours.

Glenn Pearce

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:36:25 +1200

PA's very own Mr Slack was spotted looking very dapper in his jacket and Daffodil this morning taking photos from the Three Lamps traffic islands....

James Green

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:30:24 +1200

Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.

Perhaps it is because placebos are getting more expensive. And everyone knows that more expensive placebos work better than cheap placebos...

But seriously, although price appears to be one determinant of the size of the placebo effect, if people…

Neil Graham

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:27:48 +1200

Stop me if this sounds familiar.

So The other day I closed one eye and noticed I could see considerably less than with the other eye...

Jackie Clark

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:23:30 +1200

I'm sitting at home waiting for a call to go in for a CT scan.
Good luck with whatever ails you.

Seconded, Neil.

Kindling

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:21:43 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkt1NrFAaTc

Has been making us laugh all week.

Chip Matthews

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:19:43 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9WUEtaH5A

A Friday arvo vid for y'all. The new opensouls video.

George Darroch

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:14:02 +1200

I'm sitting at home waiting for a call to go in for a CT scan.

Good luck with whatever ails you.

James Butler

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:09:21 +1200

Ah. Journalism.

Journalism and gadget geekery. I had just assumed that everybody here was also there.

Graeme Edgeler

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:58:46 +1200

Friday Ideas?

Why have I being ignoring wired.com?

Two fantastic pieces I cam across yesterday:

The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine

Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.

Ah. Journalism.

Neil Graham

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:53:32 +1200

I'm sitting at home waiting for a call to go in for a CT scan.

I'm not one much for pubs, but on the whole It sound like the more fun option.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:53:26 +1200

I'm off to the pub.

What an excellent idea can nurse my hangover from the NewArtland launch. I must say it was a beautifully constructed hangover.

3410

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:52:26 +1200

Voom

In a just world, they should've been superstars.

Steve Parks

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:47:47 +1200

I'm off to the pub.

Public Address

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:47:47 +1200

Discussion from blog post.