Day One Hundred & Sixteen, where ya been?

Day One Hundred & Sixteen,, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

ahhaaaa i have no idea what to talk about tonight. my camera batteries died and i forgot to recharge / get new and was too busy at work again to sort out - so here i am at home yet again using the web cam.

boring foto. i tried to show you all my grey hairs but it seems even that didnt work.

thoughts from today:

why do we still email? the only reason i have to email is to communicate at work. but if we replaced this with an internal solution like yammer - we'd cut 90% of those out too.

swines and global financial crisis: a good excuse to keep us home?

more social networking sites: i got asked to join another yesterday and nearly had a meltdown myself. i'm an above average user I know and i'm struggling. let's have a few goodies and work on getting those right hey?

BIG STATEMENT to anyone wanting to start up a new social media site: what makes you so special?

a great example is the new Heaps Good website. quite happy with this one. complete focus on SA. EVERYTHING HEAPS GOOD about SA will be encouraged to post. I added my work (purely SA based), my wine group (events are SA based), my girlfriends retail store and a restaurant i love. awesome.

the fun focus of the website will be a big hit, I'm sure!! xc

Day One Hundred & Fifteen, i'm keen

Day One Hundred & Fifteen, i'm keen, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

appreciate this is a twitter project however i've actually been into "plurking" more in the past six or so months. the online community within plurk is just lovely. we talk about it all the time.

we self moderate, care for each other and generally have a bit of a laugh, all whilst understanding we are there to let others know about stuff in our lives - and a little bit of promotion (but not too much).

so, i became really excited when one of our fellow members started this:

plurkfiends.com

and will follow it up with an event based in adelaide around november time! xc

PS me on Plurk: http://www.plurk.com/charlierobinson

Day One Hundred & Fourteen, we are seen...

Day One Hundred & Fourteen, we are seen..., originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

@ fasta pasta with kid who usually does cubs, teenager who usually goes to nanas and rowan who usually works or plays or does his own thing. but here we are all four of us. together.

ps all with fairly typical facial expression too.

Day One Hundred & Thirteen, curlers with lappy; a teens dream

Day One Hundred & Thirteen, curlers with lappy; a teens dream, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

what are parents for except to provide the tools you need to make a great life? xc

Day One Hundred & Twelve, he has done the delve

Day One Hundred & Twelve, he has done the delve, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

we attended the dawn service for anzac day. whilst it was way too early for me to really focus on anything, two things moved me (well, kinda three, but i'll explain).

firstly, hearing the last post for the first time in real life. standing close to rowan and knowing some of his stories, feeling for other families surrounding, knowing my dad's pride at just having been involved at the end of the 2nd world war and what he got to contribute (*he was too young) and then it all culminating in hearing that bugle. weirdly, it was almost calming. but beautiful too.

then secondly, meeting this young man in the coffee shop after who has now served three times overseas in active service. he's just too young. way to young. here was this cute young guy sitting with his cute girlfriend, full of seriousness, shyness and pride at his achievements. it actually blew me away.

the other thought i had for the rest of the day was how beautiful Quinny (in the hat) was at simple connection. saying hello and striking up the conversation with the young guy in the first place. i feel like i've been there before, but more like years ago. it gave the whole morning a real sense of community, pride, common fellowship and was just simply lovely.

what a lovely day. have to thank Rowan and Jim for inspiring me to go but myself for actually seeing that time of morning. i was determined not to miss this year. almost a sense of duty for myself. not really being affected by my personal family, i have increasingly felt it for other families, and this could simply be because i understand grief now through the loss of my own brother. to have so many families across the globe affected by wars is just wrong. why o'why do we still do it? when it isn't the answer.

let us never forget, ever. let us look to the future to find the answers in a more peaceful way. let us learn the art of negotiation, strength, peace without a show of aggression. let us be. xc