Archive for May, 2008

May 30 2008

Homage to Geeks.

Published by Ian under Challange, Personal

Last week end I had a chance to make a presentation at BarCamp Brisbane. BarCamp is basically a geekfest, where pasty technophiles talk about stuff like code optimisation etc. Things that I know nothing of but since starting down this path of learning about the interwebs and how it works to produce content I’ve realised [...]

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May 23 2008

Your Story Ep 17 : Craig. Sidecars, Cafe Racers and Heavy Engineering.

Published by Ian under Podcasts, Society & Culture, Sport

 
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Welcome To Episode 17 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Craig Longhurst who I met recently in a short discussion one night with friends over a beer.
Craig showed intense passion for racing Sidecars of which I know nothing about but I found out that he is also into building Cafe Racers along with his work [...]

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May 21 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 4 : Good Bye to Melbourne

Published by Ian under Addendum, Challange, Personal, Podcasts

 
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Welcome To Episode 4 of Your Story Addendum.
Well the trip and testing of my method is over and I’m on my way home to Brisbane.
What I’ve learnt is that I can do this and that I have a lot of support from people as I travel to help me. I’m a little surprised that when [...]

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May 20 2008

Wrapping Up Melbourne from The Workshop

Published by Ian under Storytelling

On my way from The Victoria Markets where I got a few things for the trip like European power adapters and a light weight tripod I was walking past The Workshop, a very cool bar built above an old Mechanics workshop and decided to drop in for a quick drink.
On the spare of the moment [...]

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May 17 2008

Your Story Ep 16 : Claude Gillard. 50 Years of Parachuting and Skydiving the Early Days.

 
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Welcome To Episode Sixteen of Your Story.
In 1979 I was training to become a Parachuting and Skydiving Instructor under the guidance of Claude Gillard. At the time Claude was president of the Australian Parachute Federation with already 20 years experence in the sport going back to it’s very beginning in Australia in 1959. [...]

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May 17 2008

Your Story Addendum EP 3 : Rainy Day and Night Life

Published by Ian under Addendum, Personal, Travel

 
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Welcome To Episode Three of Your Story Addendum.
It’s a cold a rainy day here in Melbourne so I’ve spent most of it working on the show stumbling over the technology. I’m in the roof top lounge with a fire burning at the Youth Hostel.
Funny thing happened this morning I went to get a coffee and [...]

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May 15 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 2 : Getting the feel of Melbourne.

Published by Ian under Addendum, Adventure, Podcasts

 
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Melbourne is often said to be a rather continental city which with its lanes, stone buildings and more temperate climate than Brisbane I would probable have to agree
While walking home I thought I’d reflect on a couple of things that I’ve been noticing as I look around today. These include settling in a getting the [...]

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May 12 2008

Your Story Addendum Ep 1 : Off to Melbourne.

 
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Welcome To Episode One of Your Story Addendum.
Today is the start of Your Story Addendum a mini podcast episode of the things that I observe as I travel to Melbourne initially where I’ll practice this technique as preparation for heading to Europe in July.
These episodes are recorded as MP3’s and aren’t edited as I want [...]

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May 06 2008

Video Post of the upcoming Trip to Melbourne

Published by Ian under Adventure, Challange, Personal

In the back ground things are happening. Here is one of them…
There is a lot of things that need to be done to get this site and the podcast up to speed but one thing that I’ve learnt is that I don’t have to get everything right immediately and that it’s alright to just make [...]

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