David Ritchie:

thanks for the greasemonkey script,

to me you are the spark that ignites the flame that lights the philly that is media7.

When did the Mayor of Auckland become a rather disturbing action figure?

When he first entered public office?

The thing is I knew a few kids who had 'Spank Banks' & hospital visits once the brusing went down, to reset the bone.

Aren't Spank Banks the parts of your memory where you store pictures of things to use for ...inspiration... when you're by yourself later?

Annoyed I missed it but well appreciated now.

The thing is I knew a few kids who had 'Spank Banks' ...

Ewww... When did the Mayor of Auckland become a rather disturbing action figure?

It must be a joke – that's Russel waving his finger – isn't it?

http://www.righttosmack.co.nz/father.html

No, it's not me. But the site is indeed a very dry joke.

righttosmack are a joke, right?

They're not serious right going for 1minute kid bashing.

The thing is I knew a few kids who had 'Spank Banks' & hospital visits once the brusing went down, to reset the bone.

It must be a…

www.righttosmack.co.nz/smackathon.html

The current record of 455 children was set in 1987 at Disneyland, California during a church group visit, when the park was closed early due to a sewerage leak.

Can we arrange for some sewage to be leaked at parliament when this lot arrive?

Some of these might help.…

http://www.righttosmack.co.nz/smackathon.html

You'd think they at least do some spell checking...

Simon Burnette?

Christine Rantin?

The current record of 455 children was set in 1987 at Disneyland, California during a church group visit, when the park was closed early due to a sewerage leak.

Can we arrange…

Right now is climbing season in the Himalayas. The North (Tibet) side of Mount Everest is completely closed by the Chinese to allow an uninterrupted Olympic flame to the summit. The Chinese have also applied pressure, probably economic in the form of promises of aid…

This seems to be taking the don't-be-too-hard-on-China line just a little too far into apologist-for-tyranny territory.

Really Neil? As I read through the threads I found that both sides were presenting their arguments fairly well and I learned things I didn't know. I think that quoting a few selected out…

review

The new stuff fitted well into the old stuff, so I dont expect it to be too bad at all :).

The scalpers were out in force around Brixton last night, for the Portishead gig there last…

This thread, from a year back on PBS, if you can wade your way through it, makes for an interesting discourse.

it sure does –

As for the Dalai Lama himself, he seems to spend more time moving around the planet with the skilled opportunism of a political chameleon, preaching…

There seemed to be little restriction on most of them. And yes I searched Tiananmen Square and got a raft of sites as per normal.

I had the same experience in Vietnam last year. I'd read that the internet was heavily filtered, but I sat in my hotel room searching…

And, of course, there's always something good at The Hand Mirror.

Linky love! Thank you, Russell.

It adds links to the individual chapters…

__During the APEC summit in Shanghai during 2001, normally-blocked media sources such as CNN, NBC, and the Washington Post suddenly became accessible. Since 2001, the content controls have been further relaxed on a permanent basis, and all three of…

__The banning appears to be mostly uncoordinated and ad hoc, with some sites being blocked and similar sites being allowed or…

Did they function the same? I'm wondering (for example) what you would have found if you searched for etc.

There seemed to be little restriction on most of them. And yes I searched Tiananmen Square and got a raft of sites as per normal.

…or “Olympic torch relay”

Yep...and it…

For example those "banned in China' web badges are a nonsense. I was able to access pretty much every website I wanted with the exception of external blogs..and that was from public places.

Did they function the same? I'm wondering (for example) what you would have found if you searched…

Scripture Battles (c)

Scripture Battles name and concept are now copywrite for reality TV as gameshow & panel discussion.

Scripture battles are pretty pointless, but if I can paraphrase – The decisions…

I'll go to China one day (if they don't sniff me out and ban me) but I'm unconvinced that the tiki tour gives you a real view of a country.

I agree, but at least it gives one some sort of perception as to what it may or may not…

I read the Simon Grigg article. What do the Chinese put in the water? They seem to seduce so many people who go there into thinking that it's a fully wonderful place whose people are wonderfully happy with progress and don't need any of that nasty democracy stuff.

No, I…

And if they did match Dummy, I suspect it'd be dragged down for 'just being the same as...'.

From what I’ve seen it’s had mixed reviews. It’s a very long time between drinks; that’s for sure.

Actually, I…

Sigh, more pictures of men in tights.

Well, we do our best to cover the big issues.

Back on topic, I had the chance to do some user-testing on the NZ on Screen site, and it was fantastic, I can't wait for it to launch. And for it…

Hmm, I'd better post to the Wellingtonista about it I suppose

Sigh, more pictures of men in tights.

Down again for Homegrown next weekend though ...