ideas
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
ideas
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
ideas
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
ideas
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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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
ideas
I was really lucky to be able to attend the Australian Davos Connection's Future Summit 2009 in Melbourne earlier this week. When I walked into the venue it was a bit intimidating, so many serious looking people in suits. And from the attendee list I knew that many
ideas
Just back from catching up with everyone at the livelocal challenge launch dinner tonight after a busy 3 days in Melbourne for the Future Summit. Lovely to see @frombecca in real life! All of the food was served on communal dishes on long shared tables, the wine was from Mudgee,
ideas
The conservatives fight back against Supersize Me - there is a new web site that dissects & attempts to demolish Spurlock's arguments against McDonald's: The “Food Police” are back, this time in a comedy entitled Super Size Me, produced by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock is a
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I just saw Susan Greenfield - a.k.a. Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield - on a television chat show. She is a pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, communicator of science, policy adviser, and an extremely interesting presenter of complex ideas. She seems to be intelligent, vivacious and wears makeup and nice clothes.