Archive for June, 2008

Jun 30 2008

Optus! Get Your Act Together.

Published by Ian under Business, Technology

I’ve been with Optus for my mobile Phone for 15 years but lately I’m afraid they are starting to let me down.
It started when I signed for a new contract on 18 March. Included was a 2 Gb data plan. When I got my first bill I was charged as if I didn’t have a [...]

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Jun 30 2008

Your Story Ep 20 : Petra. Swiss Migrant, Australian Traveller, Author and Tango

Welcome To Episode 20 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Petra Webstein who in recent years migrated from Switzerland to Australia with a young daughter and after a time living in Perth has spent time travelling and embracing the Australian landscape, culture and way of life travelling in a Toyota Landcruiser Troopcarrier campervan.

From her travels [...]

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Jun 27 2008

I’ll Never be Ready for this Trip

Published by Ian under Personal

I was thinking the other night that I still had so much to do to get ready for my trip to Europe over the next two months. As I contemplated what I needed to do I found that the anxiousness was starting to build.
Then I looked at it.
I have the flights, accommodation and finance organised. [...]

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Jun 03 2008

Your Story Ep 19 : Timb. Professional Piercing and Body Modification Technician

Welcome To Episode 19 of Your Story.
In Episode 18 we saw a video that I posted and later spoke with Mel while she was cut for a scar by Timb Wilton.
So in order to flush out his story we get to understand a little better how it is to be a practitioner of body piercing, [...]

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Jun 02 2008

Your Story Ep 18 : Mel. Tattoo, Scarification, Suspension and Body Modification

Published by Ian under Alternative, Art, Podcasts

Welcome To Episode 18 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Mel Poudroux who I meet while working on Fools Gold at the Warner Brothers Film Studio on the Gold Coast as a Prop Maker in 2007. The moment I meet Mel I couldn’t miss the fact that she is covered in tattoos and piercings not [...]

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