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Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344] It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
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The rain finally stopped today and everyone in town took the opportunity to get out and about. Parents had clearly sent their children out to run off some energy and it was nice to watch a couple of boys throw their boomerangs in the park. The dogs finally got a
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Finally braved the rain yesterday afternoon to visit a neighbour - who's got a nice vegetable garden instead of lawn in her front yard (that's a picture of it on the right). She's been away and it was our first chance to catch up
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This morning as we were washing the dogs I started to wonder where soap and the other cleaning supplies come from. Again, this is not a topic I've ever pondered before. But it is not just food that we consume. We consume many other products - almost unthinkingly
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One of the things I've been wanting to do is catch up with the neighbours about the challenge, but some are away on a long trip and everyone else is holed up inside waiting for the incessant rain to stop. Normally this is a pretty social suburb and
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Since today was a big work from home day I had the opportunity to take a break and explore the origins of some of the foods already in my cupboards. For example, during afternoon tea breaks I'm partial to a particular 99% fat free chocolate drink that comes
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Since today was a big work from home day I had the opportunity to take a break and explore the origins of some of the foods already in my cupboards. For example, during afternoon tea breaks I'm partial to a particular 99% fat free chocolate drink that comes
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Well a lot more planning went into today after yesterday's experiences. Due to my schedule there's been some interesting decisions to make about transport too. Wins * finally made it to the shops (a 30 km round trip) by car and combined the trip with taking a
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Here's a short video with another person I met at the Future Summit 09 in Melbourne. This is Alex Jones, who is Chairman of the Deafness Forum of Australia, he's talking to us in Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Alex raises the really important issue of access
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Well today has included a bit of win and a bit of fail for the challenge ... Wins * caught the train to the city & back for meetings * walked between meetings (even though it was raining) * had a good chat with the blokes at the takeway shop about where their produce
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~ just saw an interesting question that came in as a comment on one of my posts recently. There's been a bit of a backlog of comments awaiting moderation due to a busy schedule. A certain m.f.aurelius (whom I suspect is a mister) asked: I’m wondering