Posts by JackElder
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NZ music start-up musichy.pe have also done a "Songs for Christchurch" album: http://musichype.com/songs-for-christchurch/
Well, I say "album"; minimum $5 donation gets you over 6 hours of music. Worth a go!
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I can't really comment on smartphones, as I'm still quite happy with a very basic Nokia. I'm sure I'll get around to it sooner or later, but at the moment I'm far from convinced that I need all the extra bells & whistles.
But I would like to note with amusement that all the google ads on the article page were for various substance abuse treatment providers. I'm guessing the word 'addiction' was to blame.
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Ever seen a Sea Monkey (tm). With the naked eye?
Yup. Sea monkeys are just brine shrimp, which get to about 1cm long if you take care of them right. I've grown them, and while they're not the most exciting pets, they're perfectly visible. Though I can confirm that they don't do much in the way of living in little castles, driving little cars, etc, as my childhood recollation of the ads would seem to indicate.
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I'm terribly sorry, but can someone tell me how all this talking about food is helping further the cause of the Glorious Revolution?
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I also got a cup of peanuts. I was surprised by this. But, y'know, at $1,30 for a water glass full of peanuts, I wasn't complaining too loudly. I was also highly disappointed that the dairy at the bottom of the hill was closed - at 8pm - as I had thought "no worries, I'll whip down and get a pie". Based on my conversations with other participants, the lack of food seemed to encourage alcohol-based disinhibition from several of the participants.
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Is that the art of finding openings?
No, that's a cat burgler, or a spelunker.
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I have a degree in philosophy and every time I turn to Saturday’s job section I never see ads for philosophers (I also have a degree in Political Science, another rare job opportunity!), how does one become a philosopher? And is it a vocation found at the bottom of a glass?
In my experience (MA in Phil from VUW), most philosophy graduates ended up the same sort of place as most other arts graduates. Short of academia, good luck finding something that uses your degree. In terms of job prospects, the most useful thing I got out of my degree was probably the experience of teaching tutorial groups while I did my postgrad.
That said, one of my classmates got a job teaching an ethics course to NSW police. "But you're an epistomologist, not an ethicist!" I exclaimed with surprise.
"A job's a job," she replied.
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I’m pretty sure that you and Steven were standing next to each other at some point.
I was hassling Stephen about his including his last name on his nametag, but if we had a wall o' Ste(ph|v)e going on, then I can see how it would have been useful.
A good night, I thought.
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to Carol Stewart,
just like the vaginal complexity of the ducks (or was it Isabella Rossellini?)
There have been studies that posit that the penile corona in humans serves this purpose (that is, removing competing sperm).
I can't stand bloody coffee.
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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?