Posts by Kyle Matthews

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  • Southerly: My Life As a Palm Tree,

    On rainy days, his preferred method of entertainment was to have me swing him in circles by his heels, and then flip him yelling into the air, so that he somersaulted once (or preferably twice) before crashing onto the settee. He would happily partake of this activity for hours.

    So this is where that horrible ALAC advert came from.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report

  • Muse: How (Not) To Be Incredibly Racist…,

    I think it's a subtle marketing angle to help Smurfs 2, which clearly needs all the indie help it can get to rake in half a billion dollars.

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  • Hard News: Friday Music: Hope Springs,

    Speaking of 15 year old bedroom producers in Dunedin, my son put his first effort up on soundcloud over the weekend:

    https://soundcloud.com/alex-mcmillan-1/song-1-5

    He's still working on the second half, but we're full of pride down here :)

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  • Southerly: Now I Am Permitted,

    When you sit, my guess, again from personal experience, you relax and slouch

    Or possibly, sit in a tense, upright position.

    I used to have moderate OOS problems, which largely got better when I changed to a funny keyboard and started slouching on my chair under medical advice. Relaxed muscles. Never ever had a problem using my laptop while sitting on my couch, despite being at a 'terrible' angle.

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  • Hard News: Media3: Watching the Fourth Estate,

    I wonder what we did that makes us more “ally” than the Germans?

    Not invade Poland :)

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  • Up Front: Somebody Think of the Young Adults!,

    Good to see that we haven't moved on from Paula Boock's problems of over a decade ago, when she dared to depict teenagers exploring same sex sexuality for teenage readers.

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  • Hard News: Media3: Watching the Fourth Estate,

    Also the guardian published an article on potential European involvement in the whole thing, and then withdrew it. Someone kept it and has posted it here.

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  • Hard News: Friday Music: Full-on First Person,

    I am not sure what the whole fuss about Lorde is all about. She is a talented teen, no more.

    If Justin Bieber can be selling his bazillionth whatever based on looking cute, I'm happy with Lorde doing well based on been a talented teen. Particularly that freakin talented - nice to see that being rewarded.

    I suspect her music producer has been well chosen, he's using her talent and voice well.

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  • Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,

    Here is tonight’s game. The guys did well.

    That's two of my officials working the lines.

    Poor Vince though. Chased after one period on Saturday (that five minutes must have been something!) and then Sunday not dressed and looking after Terry and his concussion.

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  • Hard News: Kitchen Hacks,

    I went off the idea; really need a practical lesson because it would be great to be able to batch-cook chickpeas and beans then freeze meal-size lots.

    From when I used to own a pressure cooker, it takes about 30 minutes to pressure cook chickpeas to hummus-ready condition, compared to close to 90 minutes in a pot.

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