Posts by James Butler
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to giovanni tiso,
No. But the All Blacks not winning the world cup might.
Don't make me think unpatriotic thoughts, now
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to giovanni tiso,
You mean like when he also rated the hotness of Liz Hurley and I died a little bit inside?
Exactly. I'm thinking of starting a sweepstakes - next time a minister says something particularly vile, and a quorum of Kiwiblog commenters agree with it, how long until Phil Goff pipes up with a "me too, only bigger!!!"?
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Rex Widerstrom,
Err… Phil? The first bit of the title you coveted for so many years? It’s Leader of the Opposition.
Not to mention the last bit, Opposition...
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Rex Widerstrom,
Amongst all this deserved condemnation of Collins I have yet to see much of Goff for his “court martialed and shot” comment, which he later – in true “Crusher” Collins “I meant double bunking, not rape” style – tried to pass off as a joke.
I think Goff's comments flow naturally from Collins', like his response to Key's list of celebrities he'd like to do - he wants to be popular like the Nats, so when he hears one of them say something outrageous, his first instinct is to one-up them.
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DPF relents, but I see no apology for his earlier comment...
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to JackElder,
Given that commercial espresso machines involve a) actual steam and b) metal pipes and brass fixings, how much more steampunk can you really make one?
But don't you think that in the transition from punk -> cyberpunk -> steampunk -> steampunk espresso machine, something has been lost from the word “punk”? A steampunk gin still or heroin lab would be more apropos, methinks.
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to ,
steam punked commercial espresso machine
Although I have to say, an espresso machine sounds kinda inherently more steam-smooth-jazz than steampunk.
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to Hilary Stace,
I’m fed up with the celebrification of politics. Why it is necessary for a handsome prince to alight here briefly in order to distract the populace from the huge and complex issues facing Christchurch and the country at large. Real people are hurting and traumatised and jokey blokey stuff for nice media pictures and poll ratings is just not appropriate.
Does this count as "celebrification"? In times gone by this would look like a pretty normal duty of minor Royalty - to be seen by their subjects every now and then, esp. in times of hardship. Perhaps the fact that it happens so seldom here, thus making this visit more noticeable, is a sign of the "de-monarchation" of NZ politics. Which I would say is a good thing.
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Also, I saw this on BoingBoing. I have yet to parse it fully (I am at work, after all), but the one flaw I have found so far is that it doesn't attempt to put any SF film/TV in context like it does with written lit - it just lumps them together as "Film", which seems simplistic. But otherwise a good time-sink, if you like this kind of thing.
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to ,
I have a steam punked commercial espresso machine.
OK c'mon, this requires elaboration / pics (or it didn't happen etc.).