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 ...
Get a Job?
Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in General, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, The Big Project | No Comments »I cast my mind back to the weeks before we set off, when I was speaking to a good friend of mine, Charlie, and recall his parting words: "Don't get a job. Whatever you do. Jobs are for losers." I know what ...
Merchandise - get it all here!
Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in General, Rob's Travels | No Comments »Now that I've got some photographs, and have had a spare day to play about with them, I have joined forces with a phenominal producer to create some incredible merchandise. Visit the shop area of the site and find the ...
Street Kids Raid Poverty Summit
Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in Africa, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, THAT's Funny! | No Comments »I found this story, which I'm sure you'll agree is pretty ironic: "Dozens of street children have invaded a five-star hotel food tent and feasted on meals meant for sale at the World Social Forum in Kenya's capital. The hungry urchins ...
The Big Project Begins
Monday, January 22nd, 2007 Posted in Apple Iphone, General, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, The Big Project | No Comments »I've finally started something I have beenthinking about for... most of my life... The Big Project. I'm writing what I hope will be a manifesto for a better world. The reason for this is quite simple: it isn't working. By this, ...
Organic living
Saturday, January 20th, 2007 Posted in General, Linda's Travels | 1 Comment »During our first two weeks in Australia, we lived with Anna and Alf. They run an organic farm and apiary in Upper Beaconsfield. It was an education in sustainable living. We learnt how to irrigate the farm (with buried drip feeds ...
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 ...
Feeling hot…
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 Posted in General, Rob's Travels, THAT's Funny! | 1 Comment »If you're wondering how I've managed to write so much today, and update the blog with several things (that I've been meaning to do for ages) then look no further. The answer is simple: it is hot outside.Extremely hot to ...
Register, Post and Comment
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »Hi all, Just a quick note so you all know how to register to the blog, and make posts or comments, or do many of the other things that can be done with this wonderful blog. If you want to comment on ...