Author Archive
Samsung’s walk in the park
Daniel Eran Dilger is a ranter — but a ranter who builds a persuasive case by (often sarcastically) citing facts, history and numbers. I have a lot of time for him. I appreciate his attention span. This very dense paragraph (below) is from one of his wonderful takedowns — in this case of a pliant business press […]
The gutsy Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking (TED)
It’s easy (and in some cases, almost fashionable) to knock TED Talks. I don’t care. I love and value them so much. Here’s the brave and visionary Amanda Palmer’s talk filmed in Feb 2013, posted March 2013. Gutsy. – P
I would have thought Dana Perino would have learned about the risks of ambiguity
Bob Woodward’s credibility-eviscerating ‘I been threatened by the White House!’ (er, not really, actually) episode has seen a lot of ink and electrons spilt. I don’t need to add to it. But this short statement (above) from former GW Bush press secretary Dana Perino caught my eye because it wasn’t clear. Even my favourite right […]
Top Posts – February 2013
Some of the most-viewed posts at ThePaepae.com in February … We was brung up proper! Cameron Slater is social media “beef lasagne” An update on Michael Williams and the Howick Local Board Beware the ubiquitous PDF? Really? Top 10 NZ property investment books – Auckland City Libraries Mr Phil Jones: re-heating cold horseshit Let a […]
Computer coding as super power
I was a geek way back, too. – P PS: Look at all the Macs! hat tip: EmpowerNetwork.com
A better Bond 50 year montage
Cool. – P via Dave Pell
Dodgy use of panorama effect = bent lighthouse
A friend, Mike, took this photo of the lighthouse on Tiritiri Matangi using his phone-camera’s panorama effect in vertical mode. Oops, he wasn’t quite straight in his ‘pan’…
Vi Hart’s Guide to Comments
If you’ve ever felt a sting from someone knocking your creative work (or your expressions of opinion, comments about people you like, or the way you approached a situation*), here’s a wonderful ‘guide’ from Vi Hart. – P *I copped a bit of what she calls ‘disappointed high-horse’ (5:10 in the video) from Ivan the […]
I like Mihingarangi Forbes
I like journalist Mihingarangi Forbes* and I don’t care who knows it, or whether they agree or disagree with me. It’s good to have her voice, her character, her background and her point of view represented on our airwaves. Read Sarah Stuart’s Twleve Questions with Mihingarangi Forbes. Good on her. Congratulations on her new job […]
The ACT Party’s “rejuvenation”.
For some reason, listening to the ACT Party leader John Banks spouting slogans on Focus on Politics prior to the Party’s Saturday conference in art lover Alan Gibbs’ barn, I thought of this surrealist painting. What hope has ACT got of “rejuvenation” with John Archibald Banks (66) as their leader? His kind of political pragmatism […]
Ralph Hotere RIP
I was sad to hear this news this afternoon on my way to a exhibition opening at a gallery on the North Shore. Ralph Hotere was a trail blazer, a visionary … and an artist. RIP – P
Wireless charging dock
Yeah, I’d like one of these for my iPhone. That’d be good. Thanks. From MG Siegler.
