Farnarkeling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X454D3Fzwso I've spoken about it previously, but I've just found the treasure trove above of Farnarkeling reports from the Gillies Report. The form of comedy...
Missing Link Friday – Atomic edition
The crisis in Japan has dominated the media over the past week. With the earthquake and tsunami over, many bloggers turned their attention the unfolding...
What ails New Zealand’s economy: turning small size from a weakness to a strength
I've just finished a bit of a barnstorm tour of New Zealand giving two presentations with a similar title to that above and a talk...
Milking it for all it’s worth
My first reaction to Coles' recent milk discounting was that this is good news. Milk is not a huge expense for our family; we buy all...
Seeking alternatives to nuclear and fossil fuels
The latest situation with damaged Japanese nuclear power plants seems if anything more potentially dire and apocalyptic than what prompted my comment on Don Arthur's...
Are we going easy on foreign students in order to get more revenue?
Of course we are, but in order to convince the outside world that we are has needed someone to collect the data on the grades...
Roosters, feather-dusters and high stakes poker
A lot of nonsense is being written by pundits about Julia Gillard's supposedly terminal leadership situation in the light of the carbon tax issue. The...