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A walk in the woods
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Just watch it – this is what the internet is for
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Links
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I’ve just thundered in with a coupla posts on The Aucklandista – Two short points on Auckland bookshops, and I want to ride it where I like. I reckon you should get over there and read ’em, it’s heaps better than this blog. Are you too nice? Do you only say ‘no’ to questions like…
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Get out of your lazy bed
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What Now fans, get ready to be jealous, very jealous. Here I am with the witty and charming Michele A’Court.
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Gawker Media – sharpest keyboards on the interwebs
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The Observer interviews Gawker Media’s Nick Denton Nick Denton is the blogosphere’s Baron Silas Greenback, sitting pretty in his New York loft/lair, having figured out what EVERYONE wants to know – how to make money off this here blog thing. I’ve loved Gawkers’ hilariously insulting beatdowns on the ‘internet famous’ for brief periods at a…
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Dungeonista
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Gary Gygax, the inventor of Dungeons & Dragons, a rope from the rowboat of social interaction for young nerds the world over, died today. Here’s a long article by a guy who went to meet Gygax in his lair. My own role-playing innocence was shattered when Mum arranged a playdate with a fellow D&Der. He…
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Links
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As children we all loved Garfield, only to grow up and realise his “cynical” take on the world appeals mainly to people who live alone with only a freezer full of ice cream for company. So, you’ll love Garfield minus Garfield. Do you think this would work with Wal and The Dog? Portishead are back,…
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Cross post – Open your own 80s video shop
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The original is on the Aucklandista site Remember video shops? Rewinding, fixing the tracking, due back by 12? As a lad, I’d spend hours in the corner video shop trawling the likes of Joysticks and Brewsters’s Millions to find the perfect tape for that weekend’s slumber party (it was a more innocent time back then,…
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Link: The Onion writers
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If you find The Onion as screen-splatteringly funny as I do, you’ll want to check out this podcast of how they do it. Turns out they write about 600 headlines a week, then battle in the writers’ room for which ones go in. There’s a whole lot of of intellectualising goes on, and while part…
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