life
Lemsip is a total placebo. It's basically some acidic, zesty, lemon-tasting hot water with some panadol thrown in. That'll be $3 a serving please. The "max" version has phenylephrine, widely known to be useless. That said, I still buy it because it'
transport and public transit
Google Images has a fatal flaw of not having enough photos of old stuff. Mid-2000s Auckland traincore, to be precise. Here are some photos of old train stations and trains. These have been sourced from various places - Flickr, books, Getty, etc.
media and politics
I've just finished reading former BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith's book, Traffic, where he charts the growth of the first waves of online publishing through his personal editorial experiences among some well-researched anecdata from those who lived through it. The Drudge Report, Gawker, Nick Denton,
life
This blog exists because blogs represent a bygone era I only somewhat remember but am nostalgic for. Blogging was an exciting new thing in their heyday. Not because it was an SEO chumbox Google-arbitrage revenue generation opportunity, not because it was a wormhole for VC funding, and certainly not
appliances
Dyson has always been a company that's fascinated me. Like Apple but family-owned. Sort of like Miele, the German manufacturer, except high-tech with zany colours. Vacuum cleaners fascinate me in general too. Charging $2000 for a thing to suck up dust is objectively an absurd thing.
media and politics
Auckland's Britomart starred in one of the more memorable campaign ads of the 2005 election for any eager-eyed railfans - if not the only memorable train-related ad in NZ electoral history. It came courtesy of Labour's "International Success" ad, which was clearly filmed
media and politics
Three hours confined to the Beehive banquet hall with nothing but other journos, Treasury officials, sausage rolls, and enough ministerial press releases to wallpaper Parliament House. Sound like fun? Welcome to Budget lockup. Here's some tips which hopefully you will find helpful as an eager beaver reporter. Practicalities
transport and public transit
Thanks to bus reform, Auckland's bus system has gone from one of the worst in the developed world to one of the best in Australasia. Swathes of the public transport network are unrecognisable eight years on. With PTOM giving Auckland Transport (AT) the powers to design an actual
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