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In the world of the Interwebs a few of us have to decide if we will do something we’ve forever been told not to… speak American. Us non American English speakers have learned the prejudices of our parents and teachers… do not barstadise the English language by speaking American.
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A few excellent articles have fallen into my Google Reader today.
The Information Diet, Mike at Vagabondish tells us how we can find more hours in the day and put them to use for something better.
5 Ways To Develop Independent Thought, comes from John Wesley at Pick The Brain and shows you don’t need to be [...]

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Facebook has really taken off, given it’s unique platform and the benefits over other social networking sites like MySpace it’s not really a surprise nor is it that it is quickly becoming a favorite of travelers. Almost everyone wants to keep in touch with the people they meet while traveling and while there are a [...]

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I’ve never really followed the Tour de France but this year I’m a bit more interested. I knew Europe was beautiful but wow, every single town seems to have it’s own story to tell and the architecture in so many is just what you hope it would be.
The last 2 stages have been in the [...]

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I’ve been thinking of expanding and doing something new, I’ve been reading blogs such as Problogger, kentonwhitman, EcoGeek, The Thinking Blog, Get Rich Slowly, Change Your Thoughts, Lifehacker, Pick The Brain, Zen Habits, Web Design Book and Brave New Traveler for some time now.
It got me thinking about a super blog with the best bits [...]

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The results are in and since it’s been the talk of the town for the last day or so I’m not going to bore you by regurgitating them here. However how an anyone let this go by without taking out their soapbox.
I’m hearing there were 100 million votes or was it 100 thousand, either way [...]

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Another 0.6 increase this month which got me up to 9.2kg. So we are getting pretty close to the goal weight now.
I payed off the last of my car loan last week and my battery then died, $80 for a new one. But this week I’ll be putting in my tax return and on the [...]

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I booked our day to start the Overland Track last night, 27th December. The booking system only opened on the 1st July and I found that January already had a few days with only a few spots left in the 3 days the system had been open. The cost was $300 for two, steep really. [...]

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The journal Science has published an report on the domestication of the planet. It was reported that as of 1995 only 17% of the world land area was still “truly wild” ie; no human populations, crops, road access or night-time light detectable by satellite. The Discovery Channel’s article on the report described some disturbing details.

Half [...]

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