harvestbird

Biggest Shark

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:06:00 +1200

Dive inside water

and

you will know

badkidsjokes:

what is the size of the biggest shark in the world?

dive inside water and you will know

Remembering Darcy Clay

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:53:41 +1300

Remembering Darcy Clay:

15 years last week since he died. Learning of his death was one of those pin-in-a-pinboard cultural moments, in that when I remember it now the bit in between - adulthood, the internet, gainful employment - just sort of seems to collapse. In that moment, we’re all young, lovingly insincere and just kind of hanging out for a while.

Interview from Dub Dot Dash.

What's on your PowerBook?

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:18:49 +1300

What's on your PowerBook?:

Ian Morris, 1994.

The hemi-demi-semi colon will be of particular use for...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:16:02 +1300

The hemi-demi-semi colon will be of particular use for beginners’ academic writing.

8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need

Unreal City: Some Anniversary Words

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:53:59 +1300

Unreal City: Some Anniversary Words:

Those who lost close friends and family continue to grieve, but I think that for most of us the earthquake has stopped being a human tragedy and now persists at the level of a civic problem.

Thoughtful, careful writing by Philip Matthews.

Against "Self-Care" for Mothers

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:13:01 +1300

Against "Self-Care" for Mothers:

My first thought when my life is spinning out of control, when I’m scattered and overwhelmed, is to first assume that there is a problem with how I am doing things …
It never occurs to me that my culture commandeers my priorities for me. My culture continues to multiply the number of things that a good wife and a good mother do, and yet takes for granted small nuclear families, “freedom” and “independence” for everyone besides mothers, not to mention the family and community dynamics that [third-wave ?] feminism has failed to change. And lately my culture tops it off by reminding me that a good mother also takes impeccable care of herself with meditation, exercise and going to the bathroom alone. Right.

Aotearoa: Saxophones Rising

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:36:01 +1300

Aotearoa: Saxophones Rising:

Coinciding with the rise of the music video, I can’t help think that the popularity of the saxophone was in part due to how cool it looked. It was not uncommon for the sax player being the only musician shown playing his instrument in a video. The sax is a great big shiny brass instrument that is played with full body emotion. Put the saxophonist in a jacket with the sleeves pushed up and you’ve got instant cool.

But what of the sax in New Zealand pop? Were the musicians of Aotearoa immune from such trends? Of course not. So to celebrate this bold, brassy period, here is a history of the saxophone in New Zealand pop videos of the 1980s.

I did not know that this had been a thing; it gladdens me that...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:20:06 +1300

I did not know that this had been a thing; it gladdens me that it was.

beatonna:

A member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, 1904.

Well I don’t know, maybe a penguin appreciates that sort of thing

Mesmerising (and the news it heralds, too).

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:36:33 +1300

Mesmerising (and the news it heralds, too).

Cathedral Square and the Cathedral

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:35:53 +1300

Cathedral Square and the Cathedral:

Christchurch City Libraries, I love your work.

Seven short stories about Drones

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:45:57 +1300

Seven short stories about Drones:

Call him Ishmael. By Teju Cole.

world-without-shrimp: Happy New Year, internet! And so say all...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:27:58 +1300

world-without-shrimp:

Happy New Year, internet!

And so say all of us.

johubris: #puglife Sometimes in amongst all the daily bustle...

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:33:35 +1300

johubris:

#puglife

Sometimes in amongst all the daily bustle of dog-care I question why I have seven dogs. An image like this reminds me of the first visit to my first dog’s breeder, when I vowed that I would one day have something like that. No regrets!

A crowded room; friends with tie-dyesAnd I’m hiding from...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:01:07 +1300

A crowded room; friends with tie-dyes
And I’m hiding from you and your soldered eyes

(That’s how I heard it when first it was released.)

A tale about a grudge-bearing friend, still stewing one year after a brief holiday relationship.

Babys

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:50:03 +1300

You’re not wrong, little joke submitter. You’re not wrong.

badkidsjokes:

WHAT DO BABYS WANT FOR CHISTMAS

ALL THEY TEETH

The typical pose to assume with this song (and this band’s...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:52:06 +1300

The typical pose to assume with this song (and this band’s oeuvre more generally) is a barely-tolerant sneer, but that didn’t work the year I was sad about the departure of a friend in between the two end-of-year holidays. Beware when ironising the arch and sentimental.

You went away upon Boxing Day,
Now how the hell am I gonna make it into the New Year?

This is of a calibre with the “fun facts” printed on...

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:04:20 +1300

This is of a calibre with the “fun facts” printed on the back of Libra maternity pads. Six weeks of reading that half-bakery for every child!

firegrowshigher:

transhumanisticpanspermia:

boopart:

WHAT!!!!

No

They can leap 36 feet

As in leap forward 36 feet

They don’t jump 36 feet into the fucking sky do you know how terrifying that would be the human race wouldn’t have survived because we’d have all had heart attacks while still in Africa

These Neds, they’re everywhere. davidfarrier: just made a...

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:59:54 +1300

These Neds, they’re everywhere.

davidfarrier:

just made a new friend… his name is ned.

Anticipate the coming holiday with the chiselled cheekbones,...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:00:04 +1300

Anticipate the coming holiday with the chiselled cheekbones, tousled hair and insouciant slouch of the man himself. By all means listen to the song too.

"We can present PBRF, student completions, and enrolment targets as just auditing and accounting..."

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:47:45 +1300

“We can present PBRF, student completions, and enrolment targets as just auditing and accounting measures but, in reality, they are tools to discipline behaviour by determining what counts and what does not.”

- Sandra Grey (NZTEU National President), “Disciplining the unruly subject: Performance management in New Zealand’s tertiary education ‘market’”, Worlds of Education 41, November 2012.