Monday night at Downstage Theatre in Welly: my dear friend Eric is part of the Pecha Kucha lineup, talking about the show wot I wrote, Affair of the Diamond Necklace. A Pecha Kucha night is an event format in which presenters show a slideshow of 20 images, each of which is shown for 20 seconds. [...]
Also tagged diamond necklace, WritingACTA isn’t well-known to those who aren’t web people, true internet natives. And it should be. From ACTA .net.nz, a description: While in name it is about protecting consumers from counterfeit merchandise, the agreement is much wider in scope and addresses the regulation of Internet use by private citizens in an attempt to prevent unauthorised [...]
Also tagged ACTA, activism[happy to get the Wikileaks video off the top of the page, that thing upsets me some] Last night went with the KnifeMan to see Talib and Jean Grae at the San Fran Bathhouse. It was the goofiest gig I’ve seen in a long time. Jean was a crack-up, losing her composure completely based on [...]
Also tagged hiphop, musicThe above title is from Claire Browning’s great response to Gerry Brownlee on the subject of mining. It’s a clean and precise rebuttal. Read it. (I found it via the Dim-Post.) I was talking to Dale yesterday about this and we shared our confusion at this whole situation. As Dale said, how can they not [...]
Also tagged activism, environment, mining, protest, US politicsSo, Wgtn Airport is gonna erect a sign right by the airport. WELLYWOOD, it will say. I am suggesting that it would be a great idea if they put an oversized exclamation mark on the end. Or if they used comic sans! How would you modify the sign to make it better? Overseas readers/potential tourists [...]
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