Comments on: News Flash: Stadium site it is http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/ A wide-angle view of architecture, urban design and life in Wellington Tue, 22 May 2012 00:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6947 Maximus Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:29:18 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6947 Aaah, I was wondering why the fish from the council weren't biting on that one.... looking forward to a good read. I hear he's been extremely thorough, so at least we should have a report with well-researched findings. Aaah, I was wondering why the fish from the council weren’t biting on that one…. looking forward to a good read. I hear he’s been extremely thorough, so at least we should have a report with well-researched findings.

]]> By: richard maclean http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6931 richard maclean Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:50:17 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6931 Greetings Maximus apologies for my pathetic tardiness but I've been on leave for a week or so - so I've only just spotted your sensational scoop re the ICSC. Anyway the story is that Sir John Anderson's report on the Stadium Concourse versus Cobham Park is scheduled to be ready for public consumption late in the afternoon of Wed 15 April. It'll be discussed at a Council meeting on Mon 20 April. Happy Easter! Richard MacLean - WCC Comms Greetings Maximus
apologies for my pathetic tardiness but I’ve been on leave for a week or so – so I’ve only just spotted your sensational scoop re the ICSC. Anyway the story is that Sir John Anderson’s report on the Stadium Concourse versus Cobham Park is scheduled to be ready for public consumption late in the afternoon of Wed 15 April. It’ll be discussed at a Council meeting on Mon 20 April.
Happy Easter!
Richard MacLean – WCC Comms

]]> By: Honeywood http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6616 Honeywood Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:23:30 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6616 I am certainly not convinced of the opposite: that indoor basketballers have to share the showers with one another. Particularly interested to know who would have the job of standing over them to make sure they used the soap… I wasn’t writing in defense of the shower habits of indoor sportspeople; merely noting the data that has already been collected in this regard. If the success of the indoor sports stadium is dependent on the kind of social engineering that will make people shower at the facility, prevent them from choosing to travel by private car and force them to use public transport then it is doomed wherever it is sited. One of the central arguments for the railway site over Kilbirnie has been the greater availability of public transport. This has been proved not to be a factor for those who use these facilities already. It is an obstinate (not to mention arrogant) position to say to thousands of sportspeople that they should change the way they engage in their sport because a few people who don’t play sport say so. If you build it they will not come.

]]> By: Clarke http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6615 Clarke Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:34:05 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6615 Honeywell has convinced me. All us non-indoor-sport playing ratepayers should be happy to pay up our tens of millions of dollars so that a small group of indoor basketballers don't have to share the showers with one another. Honeywell has convinced me. All us non-indoor-sport playing ratepayers should be happy to pay up our tens of millions of dollars so that a small group of indoor basketballers don’t have to share the showers with one another.

]]> By: Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6610 Maximus Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:07:02 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6610 Some of you may have realised that it would be a little unusual for the City Council to use the services of a random anonymous blog to announce major policy, but we did try to warn you with carefully worded phrases such as "lead you down the proposed conceptual garden path" and our promise that "the public be taken for a ride" or even that "Mayor Kerry bounces on to the netball court to not only kiss Councillor Foster, but also to make up." I suspect that last one will definitely never happen. However, in other parts of the world, its a long established practice for quality news outlets to spin a tale that is believable, almost, and to see how long they can get away with it. The Guardian newspaper nearly always excels at this, and this year announced that they would be ceasing production on newsprint, and publishing only on twitter. Pretty easy to spot, but enjoyable none-the-less. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology It includes this choice little snippet: "A unique collaboration between The Guardian and Twitter will also see the launch of Gutter, an experimental service designed to filter noteworthy liberal opinion from the cacophony of Twitter updates. Gutter members will be able to use the service to comment on liberal blogs around the web via a new tool, specially developed with the blogging platform WordPress, entitled GutterPress." The Telegraph, on the other hand, reports several other organisations April Fool's pranks, such as Google's automatic email responder: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/autopilot/index.html or the News of Concorde to return to the air: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5089857/Concorde-to-return-to-skies-report-was-April-Fools-hoax.html but I'm at a loss to really tell what are April Fools pranks from the following Telegraph headlines: Men can 'laugh women into bed' with humor, say psychologists Google offers China one million free songs Man Kills Partner Over Playing Too Much Playstation Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis Women's shopping habits linked to periods Man foils bank robbery after assuming it was an April Fool Some of you may have realised that it would be a little unusual for the City Council to use the services of a random anonymous blog to announce major policy, but we did try to warn you with carefully worded phrases such as “lead you down the proposed conceptual garden path” and our promise that “the public be taken for a ride” or even that “Mayor Kerry bounces on to the netball court to not only kiss Councillor Foster, but also to make up.” I suspect that last one will definitely never happen.

However, in other parts of the world, its a long established practice for quality news outlets to spin a tale that is believable, almost, and to see how long they can get away with it. The Guardian newspaper nearly always excels at this, and this year announced that they would be ceasing production on newsprint, and publishing only on twitter. Pretty easy to spot, but enjoyable none-the-less. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology

It includes this choice little snippet: “A unique collaboration between The Guardian and Twitter will also see the launch of Gutter, an experimental service designed to filter noteworthy liberal opinion from the cacophony of Twitter updates. Gutter members will be able to use the service to comment on liberal blogs around the web via a new tool, specially developed with the blogging platform WordPress, entitled GutterPress.”

The Telegraph, on the other hand, reports several other organisations April Fool’s pranks, such as Google’s automatic email responder: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/autopilot/index.html or the News of Concorde to return to the air:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5089857/Concorde-to-return-to-skies-report-was-April-Fools-hoax.html

but I’m at a loss to really tell what are April Fools pranks from the following Telegraph headlines:

Men can ‘laugh women into bed’ with humor, say psychologists

Google offers China one million free songs

Man Kills Partner Over Playing Too Much Playstation

Russia backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis

Women’s shopping habits linked to periods

Man foils bank robbery after assuming it was an April Fool

]]> By: Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6604 Maximus Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:54:41 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6604 Maybe you're right - perhaps Poneke is a woman. All we know is that he / she lives in Wellington. If you're wondering what the NZ media made of April Fools Day today, or perhaps why it is not made to be such a big thing in this country, you could always check out the Stuff editor's mild anti-fool-blogpost: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/blogs/from-the-newsroom/2307055/My-hatred-of-April-1/ Maybe you’re right – perhaps Poneke is a woman. All we know is that he / she lives in Wellington. If you’re wondering what the NZ media made of April Fools Day today, or perhaps why it is not made to be such a big thing in this country, you could always check out the Stuff editor’s mild anti-fool-blogpost:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/blogs/from-the-newsroom/2307055/My-hatred-of-April-1/

]]> By: jayseatee http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6603 jayseatee Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:54:43 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6603 is it invitee only or do you just have to have a registered name? i haven't bothered doing either so I'm not sure. SO poneke is a he? I assumed a she. is it invitee only or do you just have to have a registered name? i haven’t bothered doing either so I’m not sure.
SO poneke is a he? I assumed a she.

]]> By: Maximus http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6601 Maximus Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:00:36 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6601 "what has happened to poneke?" you too? He appears to have made his website invitee only - I wonder if he has noticed that his comments have been getting less? Does he ever read the Fish i wonder? I can't access his site any more... “what has happened to poneke?” you too? He appears to have made his website invitee only – I wonder if he has noticed that his comments have been getting less? Does he ever read the Fish i wonder? I can’t access his site any more…

]]> By: Honeywood http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6598 Honeywood Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:56:03 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6598 huge carpark vs huge flyover... hmmm...? Or massive behaviour modification: so the stadium requires social as well as traffic engineering. Perhaps restrict entry to those with a valid return train ticket? huge carpark vs huge flyover… hmmm…? Or massive behaviour modification: so the stadium requires social as well as traffic engineering. Perhaps restrict entry to those with a valid return train ticket?

]]> By: Jason http://eyeofthefish.org/news-flash-stadium-site-it-is/#comment-6597 Jason Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:15:23 +0000 http://eyeofthefish.org/?p=568#comment-6597 also, what has happened to poneke? also, what has happened to poneke?

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