Posts by Shaun Lott
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...the communication of such a historic discovery was being done via an almost illegible visual presentation.
And welcome to my life.
It's not just physicists who have this problem... I have sat through illegible presentations by two Nobel Laureates honoured for work in the most inherently visual of the biological sciences - structural biology.
I think that once you're operating at that level, font choice just isn't one of the questions you spend your working day grappling with...
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Hard News: Moving from frustration to disgust, in reply to Greg Treadwell,
It's not just in Education. It's flown a bit under the radar, but as of July 1 we will no longer have a ministry for Science, Research or Technology. Dark days.
And Russell, I hit disgust a while ago...
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My highschool biology teacher once said 'if you can pick up a pen you can do sociology'. A bit harsh, maybe... but really! An analysis of Goth music with no mention of the Sisters of Mercy? ;)
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Shaun Lott,
Like this?
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On the subject of 'Phantom', it seems worth to quote the final lines from Roger Waters' 'It's a miracle.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyy4zeS4-5o
We cower in our shelters
With our hands over our ears
Lloyd-Webber's awful stuff
Runs for years and years and years
An earthquake hits the theater
But the operetta lingers
Then the piano lid comes down
And breaks his fucking fingers
It's a miracleSeems like you're not the only one with a grudge against Mr Lloyd-Webber.
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The street life experience may be on the quiet side ;) but I can say from brief personal experience that it's a really nice place to live, having briefly rented an apartment in Lighter Quay whilst getting the bathroom renovated at home. The walk along the water's edge to the city was a nicer commute than the NW motorway, that's for sure...
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Hard News: Fixing Auckland, in reply to Russell Brown,
Imagine a tram way connecting Britomart, Wynyard and Ponsonby.
How about Ponsnobby - Wynyard - Viaduct - Britomart - Queen Street - K Road and back around the loop?
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I agree that the Wynyard Quarter has some real potential - a lovely space all up with some good ideas going in already. My threefold reservations:
1) A VINTAGE tram that costs $10 for a day of going round a building site? Great to see trams going in, but will this really work as an advert for getting trams on the steets? $2 a head for the fun of getting on an old tram might be more like it. Nervous about the messages this sends out, as wouldn't it be GREAT to see trams/light rail running through the CBD etc instead of semi-functional bus lanes?
2) All those bars and restaurants were VERY exposed to the weather. The Viaduct suffers from this to some extent - lovely on a summer afternoon, totally uninviting on a wet winter's evening. I think the trade will be very seasonal, and I doubt all of those spaces will make money and survive in their current format for very long post-RWC. What's plan B there?
3) The lifting bridge, while rather nice in principle, seemed a bit small to me, for the amount of foot traffic it was taking. Also, it got stuck up for 30 mins as we were walking up to it, leaving pretty big and impatient crowds on either side, which then gridlocked the bridge when it came down again. It just looked like a place to get trampled in some unfortunate post-event stampede...
Those reservations aside - let's hope this area finds its feet and thrives - it really felt like the city was starting to get in touch with the water!
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They went to Moro! Nice restaurant!