Big News is backWell that didn't last long. Actually, given that today is 1 April I have decided that I will continue blogging. If you keep reading, I'll keep blogging, ok [...]

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London's 2012 Olympic Stadium to be a Swamp

APRIL 1st 2010 - Ministers plan to turn London's 2012 Olympic Stadium into a Swamp post 2012 Olympics Innovative plans are to be unveiled later today to turn London's massive Olympic Stadium into an enormous algal swamp [...]

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Concept ships by Richard Smitheman

The pencil test.Keywords: concept spaceship art illustration design work by concept artist richard smitheman los angeles california images from the pencil test website thepenciltest. [...]

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Knocking it on the head. Goodbye...I'm going to finish up blogging. Ive been doing it for years, but I started a new job yesterday that pretty much prevents me from blogging - at least means that there are some things I should not be blogging on - particularly [...]

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Amazingly Great Image Fixup from the coming Photoshop CS for free with GIMP

Photoshop will introduce a really cool, new feature in the coming CS version. But with Gimp, they're shipped at least with any debian based distribution now already! Check out resynthesize here and texturi [...]

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No one will own the seabed and foreshoreThe Gisborne Herald has reported that the Government has proposed that, instead of identifying an owner of the foreshore and seabed, new legislation would provide that no one owns, or can own, the foreshore and [...]

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Andrew Glazebrook on conceptships

Andrew Glazebrook's blog.Keywords: 3d three dimensional star wars imperial battle station death star type model lit composite by andrew glazebrook glazy concept ships blog webs [...]

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Work testing beneficiariesDanyl at Dim Post thinks it is patently moronic to start work-testing beneficiaries and suspending their incomes for non-compliance when there aren’t any jobs around for them to apply for.There are plenty of jobs to apply for. [...]

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Concept ships by Danny Gardner

Danny G's portfolio... Weekly header on conceptships.Keywords: concept spaceship art design illustrated drawings by danny gardner looking for a summer interns [...]

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ScaremongeringI think some bloggers are scaremongering about National's benefit policy. Some are implying that loads on the dpb will be worktested off benefits and the system is harsh and the government is uncaring. I don't for a moment think the system [...]

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Charles Lee concept ships

Charles (Wook Hyung) Lee's blog.Keywords: concept environment spaceship dock hangar digital illustration painting designs by charles wook hyung lee concept artist los angeles califor [...]

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Electoral referendum billThe Electoral Referendum Bill was introduced today, and provides for a referendum on MMP. Should 50% of voters choose MMP, MMP will be reviewed. Specifically:- the 5% threshold for a party to obtain list seats:- the overhang, [...]

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Oh, so that’s okay, thenSocial Development Minister Paula Bennett knew that her social welfare reforms breached the Bill of Rights. Chris Finlayson outlined the substantive matters in a report [PDF].Why exempt a class of beneficiaries who – by definition [...]

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Fish Oil under attack

Wading into fish oil supplement safetyThe health industry's love of fish, fish oil and fish oil supplements came under attack this weekIn San Francisco omega 3 fish oil supplement manufacturers are being sued over toxin [...]

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Otago University students' association sale Otago University Students' Association is for sale on Trade Me. Get in quick! Also included in the sale is a student executive and wider network that represents and advocates for students to the University, [...]

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Justin Oaksford concept spaceship art

Justin Oaksford's website and blog.Keywords: concept spaceship art design digital illustration by from justin oaksford 4th term entertainment design student at art center college of design looking for a summer internship [...]

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Welfare reformThe Prime Minster has announced some benefit reforms to ensure that the benefit is a safety net, not a lifestyle – and to get people back to work as soon as possible, even if it is only part time.The reforms:As expected, beneficiaries [...]

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Google Shuts down its China site

"Just over two months after threatening to leave China because of censorship and intrusions from hackers, Google on Monday closed its Internet search service there and began directing users in that country to its uncensored search engine in Hong Kong."Read [...]

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"Ear-flick" man to appeal his conviction todayRemember Jimmy Mason? He was convicted for assaulting his son and appeared on TV to tell his story.Well, he is back in court today to appeal his conviction and is representing himself. His defence appears [...]

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Why it's a problem that Ubuntu spinned off of Debian

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Egg concept ship by Vaughan Ling

Our friend Vaughan.Keywords: vaughan ling concept spaceship artwork egg ship in hangar ready for launch vaughan ling car design blog concept sh [...]

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Seaweed fights obesity, researchers in Newcastle claim

BBC News - Seaweed fights obesity, researchers in Newcastle claimGreat to see a bit of seaweed research hitting the news and getting national headlines for seaweed again.As followers of this blog, London nutritionist Yvonne [...]

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Its not too late to save Sandra-James marriage

Forget the tattooed home wrecker, the headlines and the heartbreak: It's not too late for Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock to save her five-year marriage, experts say. The ugly public revelations that husband Jesse James cheated [...]

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"The Bounty Hunter"- Dont Waste your money!!!

Save your money. The actors may be pretty, but the film is about as dull as a doorknob. That's the consensus from critics regarding The Bounty Hunter, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, which opens this weekend. [...]

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The Devil's in the Bitrate - A Crazy Detail about Recording FullHD Video with the Canon EOS 500D

Okay. So the Canon EOS 500D does create FullHD video. Well, alright, it's just with 20 fps. But that's actually not as bad as I had feared. Yes, there are no options whatsoever. That's kind of weird. And then there's this tiny details related to the [...]

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CONCEPTSHIPS logo and animated footer

Corel gave me a copy of CorelDRAW X5... Yay... Super cool of them! I did all of the lettering on this graphic using it. I also used Lightwave, Photoshop, Aftereffects and Flash. The original art is by David Levy.Up to this point, I used a pre fab drop [...]

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Will the Waihopai Three be arrested again?Crown Law has released this statement and is looking at an appeal with regard to the judge's decision to allow the claim of right defence used by the Waihopai Three. It can do this under s 380 of the Crimes [...]

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Skype open sources the voice codec

writes heise. Let's see if other people adopt it. Of course this doesn't mean an open source skype will come, as skype still keeps secret the encryption and protocol used.Edit: It turns out the license is not a proper open source license. It's a look, [...]

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Command Line Output Redirection

Check out this nice article with all the major redirections explained, including the important stderr to stdout redirecti [...]

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The claim of right defenceIt is fair to say that some people are astounded that the three men that attacked the Waihopai spybase were acquitted yesterday.The "claim of right" defence ( as per s269(2) of the Crimes Act) was the key to this trial and [...]

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Spybase accused found not guiltyExcellent St Patrick's Day news - a not guilty verdict after two hours in the Waihopai spybase trial. Verdict came out at 5:45 when I was out. Story from Stuff is here.Ploughshares media release is here.The trio, associated [...]

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The Chauvel storyThe Charles Chauvel “airplane and kids” story everyone is talking and blogging about was news. It wasn’t very important news, but news nonetheless. And it is a story that is a lot easier to write than a story on Genesis announcing [...]

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Who is the NZ Suicide Prevention Trust?While on the way home I got accosted - yes that is the correct word - by an angry man demanding that I sign a petition for the NZ Suicide Prevention Trust.Another man with a clipboard was also collecting signatures. [...]

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Concept ships by John Park

John's blog.Keywords: concept spaceship art by john park illustration design concept [...]

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No more buddy buddy, no more messing aroundI've been a fan of the music of Flying Nun for longer than most third year uni students have been alive. I've reviewed many live gigs of Flying Nun bands for the Evening Post, hosted Flying Nun pub music quizzes [...]

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Henry Pashkov concept ships

Strannik on cgsociety.orgKeywords: 3d three dimensional concept spaceship models art illustration design layout concept art by henry pashkov aka strannik sci-fi portfolio from taganrog rus [...]

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The Waihopai Trial II: Law and the lawThe trial of three men charged with damaging the Waihopai spy base in Blenheim in May 2008 continues in the Wellington District Court this week.The defence is claiming that they acted in self-defence, that it was [...]

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Upcoming Movie: Green Zone

Release date(s):March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12)Directed by:Paul GreengrassProduced by:Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Lloyd Levin [...]

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How did Hurt Locker beat Avatar at Oscars?

For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did Hurt Locker beat Avatar?For as much as "The Hurt Locker" was the critics' darling, it had three major [...]

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It’s an arse of a plan, JoyceGuest post by Ralph Springett, president of Massey’s extramural students’ associationTertiary education minister Steven Joyce has recently outlined how tertiary education funding will work. Completions must come within the [...]

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Concept ships by Josh Nizzi

Josh's art portfolio and concept robots too! I'm going to Breckenridge for a week or so to airbrush t-shirts for spring break... Be back shortly!Keywords: concept spaceship vehicle art by josh nizzi freelance artist working [...]

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