BT notes – March – a fun and busy spring

Although March started late, there being an extra day in February this leap year, there’s been lots going on. In the first week heavy winds brought down trees which then needed to be cleared.  This was an extension to the normal logging routine which is coming to an end as summer approaches. Cousins arrived for …
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Slate Magazine – newsworthy satire

Farewell Gerry

Our good friend Gert Jan Van Soest died unexpectedly yesterday. We miss him. Gerry died suddenly on Tuesday. He was on a job at his workshop when his body gave up on him. I can not believe that I will not see him again. He has been a good friend. He was fun, social, energetic …
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Oh not again …! Mountain biking on video

BT Notes: Kung Hei Fat Choi, fishing, …

Happy New Year!  Chinese New Year that is!  We have fond associations with Chinese New Year from our decade in Asia and wish all our friends a happy, peaceful and fulfilling Year of the Rat. The year of the Rat started with the new moon at the end of last week.  To celebrate yours truly …
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Dealpedia – business deal info …

Michael Rbertson, founder of Linspire (formerly Lindows 🙂 ), has just launched Dealipedia – a business wiki for mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, IPO and other deals. Launching with nearly 20,000 deals, but also never before revealed info like how much Yahoo paid for Flickr, how much Google paid for Grandcentral and how much the founders …
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Earth Pulse – a visual guide to global trends from National Geographic

Check it out here.  Its visually pleasing and loaded with data and insight.  Sections are Human Condition Trends, Our Relationship With Nature Trends, and Our Connected World Trends.

BT Notes: getting the year started …

2008 has started gently here at Ballin Temple.  Getting back into the daily  routine once the children were back in school was not a high priority.  In fact there may have been a bit of a sense of wanting a holiday once they were back in school!  Despite that, everything seems to be moving along …
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Plan B 3.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization – Lester Brown

BT Notes: winter solstice, PestalozziWorld, skating …

The school holidays started this weekend so that festive feeling is building. Children really bring the fantasy alive, with a bit of help from Hollywood. This is usually one of the craziest times in the year – everybody is trying to finish off work so that they can go on holiday, while at the same …
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