Posts by Robyn Gallagher

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  • Southerly: Since You Asked,

    I did not read this because it does not have enough lattes in it.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Hard News: Public Address: Technical Profile,

    I don't like all that bold text. It's like this shock romp with typography has turned Hard News into The Sun. It draws my
    eye to places I don't want it to go.

    Can't you just assume that readers can read and will honour your writing by just reading it, without the need for bold text to make skimming easy?

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Up Front: Bonging Science Doughnut Time,

    A friend of mine had an MRI in Japan. His MRI machine offered the choice of different types of music or to plug his iPod into it to play on speakers inside.

    Only trouble, the music was all but inaudible under the jackhammer ruckus of the MRI.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Hard News: Friday Beep Test,

    Not to diss those kids, but the data over radio thing was done on the BBC in about 1980.

    No, dude, you totally just dissed all those developing country kids with your Kanye-like interruption.

    Not cool. Those kids are just trying to get an education, like Taylor Swift.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Hard News: Friday Beep Test,

    The New Zealand Maori team's dramatic (and really nicely shot) performance of the haka Timatanga before their match on Wednesday

    You know, the way that haka was performed reminds me a lot of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation music video.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Speaker: All White on the night and…,

    I am too nervous to watch the game. In the morning, I'll figure out the result from the amount of spew around Courtenay Place.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Hard News: The big #spill,

    I'm most intriged about the term "leadership spill". I woke to a screenful of toots using the #spill hastag, and it look a bit of googling to realise it was a legitimate Australian political term and not a media lol mixing politics with an oil spill.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Radiation: Better than Twilight,

    I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the D-O-double-G's song about our little Anna Paquin, actually.

    Snoop tries to dis Sam Merlotte for turning into a dog, forgetting that Mr Doggy Dogg himself is a shapeshifter, from man to dogg and back, as evidenced in his 1993 "Who am I? (What's my name?)" music video.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Speaker: Every Four Years,

    Dudes. Dudes. What about New Order's tune for the 1990 World Cup, "World In Motion"? It's magnificient because it combines house, pop, sports-rap and football chants.

    Here's the clip from Top of the Pops, when it had hit #1:

    (Man, the '90s seem really old now.)

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Island Life: That's my cab,

    Mr Slack, you're pretty much obligated to continue being an awesome writer and keep doing good things online.

    It's been a pleasure.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

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