Plucked from the headlines, online and in print
Given the impending postal survey on gay marriage across the ditch, now’s probably a good time to revisit a speech by an obviously well-raised young man who shows that sexual orientation has nothing to do with your value as a person. It just baffles me that in 2017, we’re still having this debate. Everyone should […]
It’s time to vote YES, Aussie Read Post »
It seems there’s been some speculation that Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is planning to have a crack at running for president, but the wealthy tech guru has poured cold water on the rumours. The rumours came about after he hired an ex-Whitehouse photographer to be his personal photographer, and also publicly renounced his atheism. Because
Zuckerberg would be an improvement Read Post »
Spark has taken top honours in the Commerce Commission’s list of Kiwi companies that we officially complained about in 2015. I suppose that isn’t really surprising, Spark is our biggest ISP/phone/mobile provider, and glitches with any of those services tend to really aggravate customers. Add to that the difficulty in talking to real people and
Which companies pissed us off the most? Read Post »
There’s been plenty of backlash around the world over plans to slaughter the mother of a bull that fatally gored a Spanish matador, but I doubt that will stop the blood-thirsty cretins from going ahead with their plan. Yes, you read that right: some knob decides he want to be a big, brave hero and
Bullshit bullfight traditions Read Post »
I might be missing something here, but I really don’t get the whole colouring books for grown ups obsession. Apparently, the world’s largest wood pencil-maker had to ramp up production after the “mindfulness” colouring books became so popular that there was a pencil crisis. Faber-Castell had to run extra shifts in their factories to keep
Colour me confuddled Read Post »
The gushing news reports would have us believe that everyone in Dunedin is celebrating their little corner of the world winning the much-hyped Gigatown competition but let’s be honest: it’s Chorus that should be doing all the celebrating. This year-long marketing “competition” was a brilliant marketing ploy for the company: the lovely citizens of the
And the winner is … Chorus Read Post »
It seems like everyone in celebrity-land is jumping on the ice challenge bandwagon at the moment, with a raft of famous faces taking part in a soggy challenge in the name of a good cause. And it has to be said: Bill Gates has geekified the whole thing and taken it to a new level.
