Comments on: Debnam blogs! Sort of…. http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Andrew http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283962 Andrew Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:43:02 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283962 Hey Phil - you may be interested in http://www.peterdebnam.com.au/component/option,com_rss/Itemid,0/feed,RSS2.0/no_html,1/ (I agree about the font David) Hey Phil – you may be interested in http://www.peterdebnam.com.au/component/option,com_rss/Itemid,0/feed,RSS2.0/no_html,1/

(I agree about the font David)

]]> By: Christine Keeler http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283961 Christine Keeler Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:55:42 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283961 Oh, that's just gotta be David Smith. Sure he lacks the charisma and general foppishness of Hugh Grant, but we're talking NSW Liberals here. Conspiratorial balding fat-man is about the best you're gonna get. Oh, that’s just gotta be David Smith. Sure he lacks the charisma and general foppishness of Hugh Grant, but we’re talking NSW Liberals here. Conspiratorial balding fat-man is about the best you’re gonna get.

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283960 David Jackmanson Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:23:33 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283960 yep, who do you tip to play the caddish yet strangely attractive badlove figure in the movie version? yep, who do you tip to play the caddish yet strangely attractive badlove figure in the movie version?

]]> By: yep http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283959 yep Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:08:39 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283959 NSW Labor MP Gerard Martin says the blog should read: "January 10, 2007: Cigarettes, 0; alcohol units, 0; hands on hips photographs taken, 173; times I've used the word crisis today, 4352; explanation of policies, 0; workers I plan to sack if elected, 20,000. Dear Diary, today I abandoned country NSW because I have no answers for their tough questions. Especially that doozy about how many services will go when I sack all those nurses, teachers and police. I think I will stay home in the Vaucluse penthouse today with Rogan (his pet kelpie): at least he's stopped asking about the 20,000 jobs. Later, I'll go to a school and take a photo, but I won't talk to anyone. Tally ho, PJD." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21039531-25090,00.html NSW Labor MP Gerard Martin says the blog should read:

“January 10, 2007: Cigarettes, 0; alcohol units, 0; hands on hips photographs taken, 173; times I’ve used the word crisis today, 4352; explanation of policies, 0; workers I plan to sack if elected, 20,000.

Dear Diary, today I abandoned country NSW because I have no answers for their tough questions. Especially that doozy about how many services will go when I sack all those nurses, teachers and police.

I think I will stay home in the Vaucluse penthouse today with Rogan (his pet kelpie): at least he’s stopped asking about the 20,000 jobs. Later, I’ll go to a school and take a photo, but I won’t talk to anyone.

Tally ho, PJD.”

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21039531-25090,00.html

]]> By: Christine Keeler http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283958 Christine Keeler Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:44:27 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283958 <blockquote>Apparently there are specialist companies designing electorate websites! Apparently prepared to do them for anyone. Who would have thought.</blockquote> Do you think anybody has told these alleged developers of the difference between print and web?

Apparently there are specialist companies designing electorate websites! Apparently prepared to do them for anyone. Who would have thought.

Do you think anybody has told these alleged developers of the difference between print and web?

]]> By: David Jackmanson http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283957 David Jackmanson Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:48:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283957 Yes, Avant-Garde (for the text) is a rotten typeface for reading anything other than headlines. Large type required on web pages, guys. The font size here at LP is the lowest size that is viable on blogs, I think. However, it's great that they have a blog ready, with all the latest in web-design fashions, just in time for the 1999 election. Animated GIF? Urgh! 'Impact' typeface ("Blackouts/Contact Peter's office", bottom left as the page opens in your browser)? Nyurgh. No permalinks? Blargh! Message clash: will fishermen [sic] be locked out of 60% of the marine park, as Debnam's 9 Jan article says, or 93%, which the bloke in the sidebar of the same article says? <blockquote>We had a great morning, but unfortunately in March commercial and recreational fishermen will be locked out of 60% of Labor’s Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park.</blockquote> <blockquote>Only around 7% of the entire Port Stephens – Great Lakes Marine Park will be available to fish in, it’s like making someone farm in the desert!</blockquote> And "fishermen"? Surely it's easy to not insult potentially conservative-voting female anglers, while using words that don't sound PC/wishy-washy? On the bright side, the <a href="http://www.peterdebnam.com.au/news/media_releases/debnam_launches_the_get_nsw_back_in_front_living_the_issues_tour_blog.html" rel="nofollow">media release about the blog</a> doesn't say "Peter will be writing a 'web-log', or online 'diary' " or other awkward I-wanna-be-hip-but-it-ain't-happening jargon. And at least there are in-browser video viewers and audio players. Something is rotten in NSW, apparently, and <a href="http://www.peterdebnam.com.au/news/audio/" rel="nofollow">one of the audio clips</a> is entitled "Knife Bill". Fair enough, too, I thought, look what that mongrel did to Uma Thurman. But it turned out to be a very blokey-sounding Debnam (much deeper voice than the short video) chatting to Laura Norder. Yes, Avant-Garde (for the text) is a rotten typeface for reading anything other than headlines. Large type required on web pages, guys. The font size here at LP is the lowest size that is viable on blogs, I think.

However, it’s great that they have a blog ready, with all the latest in web-design fashions, just in time for the 1999 election.

Animated GIF? Urgh!

‘Impact’ typeface (“Blackouts/Contact Peter’s office”, bottom left as the page opens in your browser)? Nyurgh.

No permalinks? Blargh!

Message clash: will fishermen [sic] be locked out of 60% of the marine park, as Debnam’s 9 Jan article says, or 93%, which the bloke in the sidebar of the same article says?

We had a great morning, but unfortunately in March commercial and recreational fishermen will be locked out of 60% of Labor’s Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park.

Only around 7% of the entire Port Stephens – Great Lakes Marine Park will be available to fish in, it’s like making someone farm in the desert!

And “fishermen”? Surely it’s easy to not insult potentially conservative-voting female anglers, while using words that don’t sound PC/wishy-washy?

On the bright side, the media release about the blog doesn’t say “Peter will be writing a ‘web-log’, or online ‘diary’ ” or other awkward I-wanna-be-hip-but-it-ain’t-happening jargon.

And at least there are in-browser video viewers and audio players. Something is rotten in NSW, apparently, and one of the audio clips is entitled “Knife Bill”.

Fair enough, too, I thought, look what that mongrel did to Uma Thurman. But it turned out to be a very blokey-sounding Debnam (much deeper voice than the short video) chatting to Laura Norder.

]]> By: mal http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283956 mal Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:53:40 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283956 Debbers already does give us RSS - he's a Really Silly Sausage. Debbers already does give us RSS – he’s a Really Silly Sausage.

]]> By: Shaun http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283955 Shaun Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:45:46 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283955 For a web design site, why are there no examples of their work? Oh wait, I think I understand... For a web design site, why are there no examples of their work? Oh wait, I think I understand…

]]> By: Angharad http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283954 Angharad Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:33:55 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283954 Note to all candidates - Lachlan Connor included - don't use Peter Debnam's website developers. Apparently there are specialist companies designing electorate websites! Apparently prepared to do them for anyone. Who would have thought. <blockquote>Website Designed & Powered by myelectorate.com.au</blockquote> Note to all candidates – Lachlan Connor included – don’t use Peter Debnam’s website developers. Apparently there are specialist companies designing electorate websites! Apparently prepared to do them for anyone. Who would have thought.

Website Designed & Powered by myelectorate.com.au

]]> By: jo http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283953 jo Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:31:01 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/01/10/debnam-blogs-sort-of/#comment-283953 sunday morning, last year, local beach cafe in sydney’s east, while waiting for a bucket of latte, pete and deb (deb debnam??) are tucking into brekkie... i smiled when our eyes met while we were paying, as you do with anyone, but not a smile back from pete, he just looked away!! which is v. unusual, as 95% of people smile in these type of very normal social situations... anyway, must have seen him & mrs deb. about 30 sunday mornings in a row at same cafe, never chatting to anyone, avoiding eye contact like the plague. i wanted to do the 'social snub' back at him, but sadly, never got the chance. (didn’t say i'm not petty) whichever spin merchants and pr gurus are getting paid to pump blood into this bloke, are earning their filthy lucre. even charles prentiss (stephen fry in absolute power) would take a very long G&T before tackling 'citizen debnam'. sunday morning, last year, local beach cafe in sydney’s east, while waiting for a bucket of latte, pete and deb (deb debnam??) are tucking into brekkie… i smiled when our eyes met while we were paying, as you do with anyone, but not a smile back from pete, he just looked away!! which is v. unusual, as 95% of people smile in these type of very normal social situations… anyway, must have seen him & mrs deb. about 30 sunday mornings in a row at same cafe, never chatting to anyone, avoiding eye contact like the plague. i wanted to do the ‘social snub’ back at him, but sadly, never got the chance. (didn’t say i’m not petty)

whichever spin merchants and pr gurus are getting paid to pump blood into this bloke, are earning their filthy lucre. even charles prentiss (stephen fry in absolute power) would take a very long G&T before tackling ‘citizen debnam’.

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