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Public Address 30/05/06 - Kabul And Elsewhere
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 12:01 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The Internet NZ report Comparison of OECD Broadband Markets is a robust and useful insight on what's actually wrong with New Zealand's broadband market. The Stuff story sums it up: we don't pay a lot in international terms, but we get very little for ... More >>
Public Address 29/05/06 - Mao Chicken Memories
Monday, 29 May 2006, 10:33 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Okay so my SST column on the Mao/'Chinese threat' jokes didn't actually say what I thought of Mao. That's because it's not important what I say about Mao to an English language newspaper audience; I said it to Mao instead... More >>
Public Address 26/05/06 - Whack-A-Mole
Friday, 26 May 2006, 3:24 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Okay, so now the Google Video copy of the Telecon mash-up has been DMCAd too. The person who uploaded it got the standard letter: "Hi, Google was notified that your video "Telecom commercial spoof" allegedly violates the copyright ... More >>
Public Address 25/05/06 - All In The Game
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 12:56 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Former Kiwi and current Sydney South's off-side flanker Ramon Noh-Mana was last night suspended for life or longer by the Australian RNL after he admitted to an assault charge. Noh-Mana -- with a season average of 16 points a game and personal best of ... More >>
Public Address - Twinkling Toes On The Taxpayer
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 11:17 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
No Right Turn has a lovely fake letter from Rodney Hide to his constituents, explaining his frequent absences from Parliament ("However, great news! I have made it through the third round of Dancing With the Stars!")... More >>
Public Address 23/05/06 - You Have Been Warned
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 1:11 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The first two items on National Radio's 5pm bulletin on Saturday were as follows: Australian PM John Howard said he was keeping an open mind towards nuclear power options and the enrichment of uranium; and Phil Goff saying that the ANZAC bond was ... More >>
Public Address 22/05/06 - Mash-Up!
Monday, 22 May 2006, 1:46 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The "Telecon" ad mash-up that hit the wires on Friday afternoon is a bit unfair to Telecom. It's also an instant Kiwi classic. Let's start with the unfairness. The spoof ad opens with the now-infamous Theresa clip, posted here two weeks ago... More >>
Public Address 19/05/06 - Budgetballs
Friday, 19 May 2006, 11:32 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
A little while ago, Samuel Flynn Scott of the Phoenix Foundation got in touch with "an odd request". Loop Recordings had suggested that he get a third party to write a press release to accompany his debut solo album... More >>
Public Address 18/05/06 - Doing It For The Kids
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 10:28 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
As I exclusively revealed, um, nearly two years ago, Sky has been negotiating with MTV Asia and will be launching "a wholly-owned and operated localised MTV" on August 19. Well, they got there in the end, didn't they?... More >>
Public Address 17/05/06 - Risky Business
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:50 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
So much for the old saw that you shouldn't blame the messenger. The old Kiwi tradition of doing a favour for a mate may be losing a little of its shine as the story of the hapless Mike Ryan makes the rounds... More >>
Public Address 16/05/06 - It Never Rains ...
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:46 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Like Telecom didn't have enough bad news for the moment: Xtra went down for hours last night - which may or may not have been connected with action to remedy an issue reported in a message passed on by a Public Address reader yesterday afternoon:... More >>
Public Address 15/05/06 - Migraine Journalism
Monday, 15 May 2006, 12:27 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Matthew Hooton's Star Times column calling time for Don Brash reads less like newspaper commentary than a post to an internal National Party mailing list. Indeed, that's how it should be read. Clearly, there is a movement inside the party to edge out ... More >>
Public Address 12/05/06 - Trade? Me?
Friday, 12 May 2006, 3:16 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I'm told the new poster boy for entrepreneurs is 26-year old Canadian Kyle MacDonald: he's the guy who traded a red paperclip for a fish-shaped pen, then traded that for a doorknob, that for a barbeque and so on... More >>
Public Address 11/05/06 - Flocking Tossers
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 12:13 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
To read the rambling letter sent by Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush is to be put in mind of a slightly dotty blogger who doesn't know when to stop writing. He makes obvious points - what would Jesus think of Gitmo? - and leaves ... More >>
Public Address 10/05/06 - Dear Ms. Gattung
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 10:34 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Dear Ms. Gattung, "The" unbundling should keep the ICT industry in gossip for a few weeks as yet: over at gen-i I am sure the walls are positively pulsing with theory and rumour. I actually want to offer a word of support and some advice, but I need ... More >>
Public Address 09/05/06 - Everything Broadband
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 12:02 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Well, the Theresa clip certainly caused some excitement yesterday: NZPA called, and Peter Nowak has a story on the front of the Herald's Business section. I now also know its provenance - it's from an analyst briefing in March which is archived on ... More >>
Public Address 08/05/06 - "Not Being Straight-Up"
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:59 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Another journalist provided me with a copy of this short, startling clip of Theresa Gattung explaining the incumbent telco business model: using "confusion" as a "marketing tool" to maintain prices and margins... More >>
Public Address 05/05/06 - Boing Boinged!
Friday, 5 May 2006, 3:38 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
So we found out what happened to our US-based server yesterday - and although it was terribly inconvenient, now that I how cool the reason was, I really can't feel bad about it. We share a box with another CactusLab-hosted site, Misshapen Features, ... More >>
Public Address 04/05/06 - It's All On - Eventually
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 11:44 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
It's all on - eventually | May 04, 2006 11:08 Russell Brown's Hard News More >>
Public Address 03/05/06 - Various Informations
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:44 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The Listener column on Wikipedia that I mentioned last week is now online. I should note that I've been very supportive of Wikipedia in the past, and I still am - but I don't think the problems with the project can go unremarked, or that what we see... More >>
