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What are you going to achieve this year? Will there be a change or more of the same old, same old…
This time last year I thought “I hope something interesting happens this year” as I had most years and like most years I was dreading that like at the end of ‘06 nothing would change. But what would I have to do to create that change.
Then the concept of doing this podcast was just starting to form out of the mist of my mind and I didn’t really know about it. I felt optimistic that something would happen but that’s how I feel every year.
Well it was a different year. the first different year in many years.
First I dreamt up the idea of this podcast then I had the reinforcement of everytime I moved I received another bit of motivation from things that seemed to pop out of the ether to remind me that this is a good idea for me much like when your looking for a new car you see them everywhere because that is where your focus is. Read the rest of this entry »
“I just don’t see it like you” is the statement that we have all heard.
Yes that’s right, we all don’t see it the same, figuratively and literally but we want to challenge it and make everyone see it the way we do. Impossible!
We’re all different with different upbringings, genetics and culture that influences the way in which we see the world.
When I was eight years old the Department of Education nurse came and visited my school and we had a basic government health check. Amongst saying argh! and having our groins felt for problems we had a colour test. These are the standard Ishihara tests but I’ve always referred to them as confetti charts. Well I had a note to take home to my parents which said that Ian was red/green colour blind and so began my understanding of this condition.
Can you see 45? Can you see 56?
In both of these examples I can not distinguish a number.
Colour deficiency effects about 8% of the Australian male population and is carried on the female “X” chromosome. Which is interesting in that yes two of my mothers brothers were colour blind but so is my father. Which is a coincidence. How about that! I remember him buying some pink shorts once thinking that they were grey. I thought they looked fine but all the women of the family laughed, he never did wear them. Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome To Episode Four of Your Story.To listen to the podcast please go to Your Story. Today we talk with Krissy Kneen who is passionate about being a writer with a recently published book of erotic short stories.Have you ever considered the sex life of people outside of the mainstream who we normally don’t think of being sexual due to their life circumstances? Krissys book explores some of these.We also discuss the challenges of being a writer and the sexually secluded upbringing that help her to look in this way at the people around us.Her book is Swallow the Sound and is available from her website eatbooks.com email is info@eatbooks.com
To automatically receive this podcast freely to you, click on one of the links to the left or search in iTunes for “Your Story.”Subscribe freely in iTunes by Clicking here.If you use another Podcast software Get the feed here.Music is from PodsafeAudioOpening track is So Deep by Frenz
Welcome everyone.
If your here for the first time it’s probably because I contacted you to come and check what I’ve been up to. Thanks for taking the time.
If you want to know what it’s all about click on the link at the to. So you want to know what I’m up to? That will pretty well sum it up far better than writing it again.
As you can see I have now four podcasts but three officially as the first was a bit of a ramble on my part. If you feel it’s worth it leave a comment at the end of the post.
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Thanks for dropping by.
Welcome To Episode Three of Your Story.To listen the podcast go to Your Story. Today I catch up with Meg Carrigan who owns a boutique bakery specialising in sour dough breads. I’ve known Meg for a few years and we discuss the best bread made in Australia at her Sol Breads bakery.
We chat about her being into competitive mountain biking where she has the skill and determination to be the winner in her age group and amongst the best of the women overall.I also discovered that she has learnt from losing affluence and having to deal with that and the recovery not only for herself but also for her family and that it’s not just all about the money.To automatically receive this podcast freely to you, click on one of the links to the left or search in iTunes for “Your Story.”Subscribe freely in iTunes by Clicking here.If you use another Podcast software Get the feed here.Odeo Link is My Odeo Channel (odeo/ec31ca48707dbcd0)Music is from PodsafeAudioOpening track is “All That You Said” by Everyday Jones
Welcome to the first but not quite episode of Your Story. To listen to the podcast go to Your Story.Thanks for dropping by.
In this episode I explain my motivation and what I’m hoping to achieve in producing this podcast.On this blog I’ve referenced many times to the importance of understanding the ways of life that others live. By appreciating that we are all wanting a good life, a life of community and communication where we are both adding to our society and our own lives we develop a sense that we have purpose. This podcast is about exploring the different ways in which people live their lives and achieve the things that they have done in their lives to get them to the place that they are today.In this first episode I explain why I’m motivated to achieve what I’m doing and the hopes that I have for you the listener.To automatically receive this podcast freely to you, click on one of the links to the left or search in iTunes for “Your Story.”Subscribe freely in iTunes by Clicking here.If you use another Podcast software Get the feed here.
It has taken months but at finally, just last night I managed to get my sites sorted and wordpress installed onto them properly. I have this site and a for the moment less important personal blog. The relief when I finally got them up was wonderful.
So today I am going to sort this site out. Due to the fact that I had to do a reinstall of this blog means that I have to reconfigure everything and reinstall the themes and plugins but that will only take a few hours then at long last I should be up.
After months of battling this technology… Yea!
Still I plod away at getting my podcast up and running.
Ever week I think I’m just a half day away from posting and then something comes along to sabotage me. The latest is that after having my sites tidied up so they are separated on my server and the podcast blog is in the .com url I find that I can’t access my blogs as the password doesn’t work and for some reason when I get a new password it doesn’t work either. So I’m hoping that I can get the help again to fix that.
So yesterday I decided to make a new opening intro and I went out and got some sounds on my Zoom H4 recorder, which is a top little unit, but when I get home to transfer to my mac it won’t see it on the desktop so I can’t access the files on the recorder. Bugger! I didn’t have this issue before but now on Leopard, well… Bugger! I’ll just have to wait till apple resolves this I suppose 
So still I plug away every week learning more about this technology and get a little closer to being able to get it up and running. One day I’ll have all the issues resolved and I can concentrate on what I really want to do… Make an awesome podcast about Your Story
Recently a good friend of mine has asked me to get involved in helping him roll out his new product. Ok, it’s not a high tech product but we all still have to live somewhere and this is for the building industry.
Brett has developed a much needed system for quickly installing a vertical stainless steel balustrading. He has done a lot of research on the concept and has found a much needed gap in the market for vertical wire balustrades as the existing systems involve complicated tensioning systems often involving many expensive stainless steel fittings and complicated installation systems.
What I think he has come up with in the Sentrel Balustrading System is a neat, visually light product that resolves the problems of horizontal cable systems and the dangerous climbing foot holds they present while maintaining the prevention of penetration from some one through the balustrade.
When he showed me the finished panels I was surprised that they look so neat and this I found was due to the hardwood railings being pre-finished before assembling so there is no need to paint after the cables are installed.
The reason I’m mentioning this is Brett has asked me to show this around and I’m hoping that the income from this will help to enable me to spend more time on Your Story Podcast which is ultimately what I want to achieve. I will be having a conversation with him at some stage so you will hear about this when you listen but also many years ago he had an amazing life changing experience that I would like him to share with you.
If your interested in contacting me regarding Sentrel Balustrading contact me at ian@sentrel.com.au
