I was over at the iTunes story searching for “Baby It’s You” by legendary 1960s girl group The Shirelles. Initially it didn’t seem to be there, but eventually iTunes found it, and I discovered that the search had been complicated because the group’s name had been incorrectly spelled The Shireless. But this got me thinking. [...]
I was down at the Mt Eden Village shops, when I saw a sign outside the Sierra Cafe proudly proclaiming that it was under new management. Sierra’s an unusual cafe. It’s sort of part of a chain, but without the fierce franchising strictness of, say, Starbucks. There’s room for individualism within the stores, as well [...]
The LiveJournal ties have been severed! I have officially stopped posting to secretpassage.livejournal.com! It’s a strange feeling. I’ve been delaying it for ages because LiveJournal is heaps of fun. But it’s ultimately more important for me to be able to take all my online writing – secret-passage.com, LiveJournal, and new stuff – and have it [...]
The Auckland final of the 48Hours film competition was on Thursday, and it was a brilliant evening. Fractured Radius didn’t make it into the finals this year, but that doesn’t matter cos that’s not what we’re there for, man. So was just able to enjoy a selection of 12 of the best films from Auckland [...]
I spent my evenings last week at the Civic theatre with James and Faith watching all 177 films in the heats of the 48Hour film competition. We took one heat each per evening where we paid attention and furiously scribbled notes in the dark, which we attempted to decipher and next day and guide us [...]