Posts by Alec Morgan
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Auckland perhaps is bigger than all of us...a grubby futurist grittscape arrived inconveniently early. There are islands of quiet but Graham Reid accurately tags worst offender the CBD.
(younger readers may prefer to go to the next post). Queen Street peaked in the 70s in my recall as an active Ford V8 driver. The paving was fresh and new, it was a happening place.
Undercover cops were instantly spottable. Hot bands weekly, Frank Zappa, Little Feat anyone?Hare Krishnas, Vulcan Lane, City Art Gallery, Richard Weatherly ran the film festival not Bill Gosden, cold Muscato Bianco or beer between the legs (real drinking and driving), Murray Cammick snapping away (he still has the negs apparently), Pete Washer and family at the White Lady, Clichy Restaurant, yikes!
When the ACC traffic cops hassled V8ers too much for bald spare tires and the like (where are you Phil Davies) Mayor Colin Kay would get a 2am phone call on a Sat nite.
I did 27 mostly enjoyable years in Auckland before moving to Far North beaches 11 years back. Sad sidewalks and closet sized fried rice incubators don’t encourage my return. But what ya gonna do? Well do what you can, as a certain famous person said to another “we may not be able to defeat the bastards, but we don’t have to join them” -
Possibly only ms fanboys will buy the rushed out before xmas Zune 1.0, which reportedly does not yet even run on Vista os.
A more worrying aspect for many is Universal getting a payment from Microsoft per player sold and the flow on effect for consumers and Apple.
As someone on slashdot said...
“Who invited Microsoft to the party? They just pissed in the pool again.” -
Funeral ceremonies being what they are, even “Louie Louie” would get someone blubbing so definitely go for the lighter touch as a rule.
A lengthy wake might be satisfying too. The bereaved could thus enjoy the entire contents of the departed ones ipod.
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Renaissance has been ‘difficult’ for years so “good night and good luck” to them hopefully. itunes? apple stores? isay yep. 99% great product, suspect marketing & support in NZ, I see several independents have recently got into servicing. To be fair though, the education unit of Apple NZ have certainly helped keep the platform visible in what should be one of its natural habitats. Check out www.roughlydrafted.com for an articulate overview of how the mac bounced back from 90s near oblivion, and why it mattered.