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Welcome to the show. Ben Gracewood talks a little about his decision to leave his role as TVNZ’s tech & gadget commentator on Breakfast following Paul Henry’s racist remarks about Governor General Anand Satyanand. Peter Jackson isn’t getting along with Actors Equity. A house burns down because the owner didn’t pay his local firefighting fee. Discussing Android tablets devolves into a conversation about macerated poo. Tourist in Spain drives into a lake and drowns, because his GPS told him to. A young Italian boy has had an artificial heart fitted (doctors reckon it’ll give him 15 or 20 years of life, I reckon he’s got more like 6 to 12 months). NASA are making thousands of people redundant as they shift into the next phase of operations (apparently a phase that doesn’t involve much actual space travel). Keanu Reeves approves of the Sad Keanu meme. The newly set lawnmower land speed world record. And Morgan tries to make everything about himself.
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Show notes
- Paul Henry debacle (NZHerald)
– Paul Henry’s comments (YouTube)
– Ben’s post - Ongoing Hobbit vs. Union debacle
– Hobbit dispute threatens NZ’s reputation – Film NZ
– Talk to us, Kiwi actors tell Hobbit film’s producers
– Film’s backers told NZ law on their side against union
– Aussie MP wadesinto Hobbit row - Firefighters watch as house burns to the ground (BoingBoing)
- Cheap Android tablets
- Bill Joy’s Superyacht
- Man drowns after GPS guides him into a lake (Gizmodo Australia)
- 15 yr old Italian boy fitted with robotic heart
- NASA lays off 1100 workers, thousands more to come (Toronto Sun)
- Space elevator (Wikipedia)
- Plane finder app threatens security
- Keanu Reeves approves of Sad Keanu meme (NYMag)
– 10 Best Sad Keanu Images(BuzzFeed) - Lawn mower land speed world record (ESPN)
- Entangled whale freed off Northland (NZHerald)
- Woman’s Day ‘shops up an exclusive (ABC Mediawatch)
Bridges, & Sad Keanu