Sponsor Will Scott
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 Posted in Donation Chatter, General, Rob's Pulpit | 1 Comment »Will Scott, and his colleagues and friends from London have decided that they want to ride their bicycles to Landsend in a non-stop relay cycling event. They are hoping to raise at least £50,000 for Connection St Martins, which is a ...
The Three Cs - Commercialism & the Credit Card (Australia)
Thursday, March 1st, 2007 Posted in Donation Chatter, General, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, The Big Project, Traveling Australia | 3 Comments »I have been thinking more and more recently about some of my Big Project ideas, in particular, ideas about commercialism, or the commercialisation of certain things which should, arguably, be freely enjoyable. However, before writing, I will attempt to dispell some ...
Paypal Donations
Monday, February 5th, 2007 Posted in Donation Chatter, General, Rob's Travels | No Comments »I have succumbed to the general will and am now accepting Paypal donations. This is mainly due to the number of requests I have had to use Paypal. So, if you want to give me some pounds or dollars, you ...
The Big Project Commentary - an Introduction…
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 Posted in Donation Chatter, General, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, The Big Project | No Comments »... Or - short title - what I'm doing and why... PART ONE! Essentially, if you visit The Big Project page at the top of this blog, you'll see what I am going to write about, though I thought it was ...
The Paris Hilton Experiment (Paris Hilton the idiot - not the hotel)
Monday, January 29th, 2007 Posted in Donation Chatter, General, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox | 2 Comments »So last week I was watching the news here in sunny Australia and discovered that Paris Hilton had been in town somewhere in Oz. People went absolutely beserk. Honestly. Queuing up for hours to get a glimpse of her and that ...
Want to transfer money?
Friday, January 19th, 2007 Posted in Donation Chatter, General, Money Transfers, Rob's Travels | No Comments »I found a really good website for transferring money across from the UK to Australia. As we now have an account in Oz, we needed a way of getting our money from England over to it, without paying too much ...
New Camera - Blog now with pictures
Monday, January 8th, 2007 Posted in Donation Chatter, General | No Comments »I got a new camera on Friday morning before we went to the beach at Rye. You'll notice the new pictures dotted around, also I'll have to write less. A win-win situation. I'll also be able to write more often as ...
I just need a digital camera!
Saturday, December 16th, 2006 Posted in Donation Chatter, General | 1 Comment »So I'm sticking with the "I just need a..." theme and extending it to things that I really really need. I really need a digital camera! There's so much around the bush near to Melbourne (which I'll be writing about in ...
Another Pound received!
Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Posted in Donation Chatter, General | No Comments »On Monday I went to Newcastle to say goodbye to a few people. Whilst there I received another generous donation from a pair of people called Chris and Harry, whose team effort saw my total amount received double within a few ...
The Blue Peter Totaliser
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 Posted in Donation Chatter, General, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, THAT's Funny! | No Comments »I've had a few comments about my use of the Blue Peter "Totaliser" style Pound-O-Meter on the main site. All of them positive, of course. My homage to the totaliser stems from my wonderful childhood days of "bring and buy" sales ...