Posts by Andrew E
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Kumara Republic,
NoRightTurn estimates that once specials are counted the turnout is probably around 75% this time around too.
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The Aro Valley Community Hall was packed out and a queue out of the door when I went to vote just after lunch. Lovely sunny day in Wellington, so I imagine there'll be a high turnout.
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Noice!
Yes, your point about file size is handy. With that, and potential lifting of large sizes of images for unlicensed re-use in mind, it might be an idea to add a couple of posting tips as metadata at the top of each post. Such as max file size, accepted format of image files, image width if you're happy just to have it display at the inline size, not larger on clickthrough.
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Oh, and on the subject of rusting vehicles near the coast...
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Capture: Walk across the rooftops., in reply to JacksonP,
Hoping we haven’t put anyone off random photo posts. Themes be damned, just keep ‘em coming.
OK, not Kodachrome, but another slide film that'll probably go the way of the dodo in the next few years, Fuji Velvia. A bit touristy, but still.
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+1 for Tom's 3rd paragraph, above.
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Lol at Ian mix-and-mashing Carol's photo. :-)
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I've no idea if it's feasible, but in the 'suggestions for improvement' category, can I ask if it's possible for the site to give a visual indication of progress with uploading the attachment, so we know when to click 'post' without losing half our image file? Cheers.
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I'm with Karen and Lilith, film FTW! One lab left in Wellington that processes E6 but even they digiprint all the film they process. Not that I've completely abandoned my DSLR, the price of which forced me to take classes at adult ed to learn, finally, how to use my camera on manual. But having learnt, I promptly decided I preferred B&W film. And then the current government cut funding for adult education and the darkroom classes at Wellington High School's Community Education Centre folded. Boo, hiss!
Anyway, here's kite surfer at Waikanae from a couple of years back.
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I was just phoned by Reid Research Services who wouldn't disclose their client, but said that the results would be broadcast on TV3.
Their question with regard to meeting at the cafe was:
'Do you agree or disagree that the cameraman should have left his digital recorder on the table?'
When I suggested that from what I had read he didn't have a choice in the matter, the response was of course that this did not fit with their question. So I said that I agreed he should have left his recorder on the table: it's what any journalist would do at a publicly held press event. Frankly the whole thing is farcical: how can anyone pretend to go 'off the record' or into private session in the middle of a press event they've arranged? It's risible, and that alone shows what arrogant clowns Key and Banks are. I get angrier every time I think about it.
Lots of other questions about whether I thought Key or Goff had good leadership/sound judgement/understood the needs of Maori/would be good in a crisis etc, plus a daft question about who, out of anyone, I would vote for as prime minister, which is not what the electoral system enables you to do.
They were clearly also looking for shifts in voting behaviour, by asking me what I had voted at the last election, as well as what I intended to vote at this one. They weren't interested in whether I would be splitting my vote, and were only interested in my party vote.
Also a very general question about did I trust anything Winston said. I asked if this referred to any particular statement by Winston (such as 'the sun will rise in the east tomorrow') or in general, and was told it was a general question about trusting anything coming out of his mouth.
