The official news: We are moving our main base to london. We are looking for affordable accommodation on the dodgy side of London and we need it for about 4 months. In April, there is a possibility of another building that might open up for us in London, but in the meantime, we are looking.…
Read MoreLeaving Prague
Let me make the news official. We are shifting our base out of Prague. We have been based here for 3 years and have really loved the country and culture. It has been a home to us. I have mentioned during the year that we are looking for another base. Last summer we were looking…
Read MoreNew Translation Feature
Hey – I just added some translation tools to this site on the right column. I think they rock!! I heard you could do that but I hadn’t seen anyone actually use the Google translation tools on their site. Its real easy to use – just go to Google language tools, use the “translate this…
Read Moreofficial family photo
Here it is . . the family at the end of 2003.
Read MoreSkinny on 2003 Technology
2003 for me was a year of tapping into some great technology, and admiring other software that I haven’t yet got around to. Before I tell you about the software, you should know about my vintage computers. I resisted the urge to get a new computer. I still use my 2001 G3 iBook 500 MHZ…
Read MoreMac 2004 predictions
Mac 2004 predictions are pretty lame. When does the G5 iMac debut? G5 powerbook? Somebody tell me something interesting is coming up, or was 2003 and extraodinarily innovative year for Apple? News of an impending $100 iPod is good, however, and I can finally get one for myself . . I mean . . .…
Read MoreIran earthquake ‘kills thousands’
From BBC NEWS: "A powerful earthquake has killed 5,000-6,000 people in south-east Iran" God, bring your peace to those who lost families and friends. Hear the cries of the poor. Amen Read More
Asian Blog Awards
Flying Chair Check out an “extensive list of blogs you see, over 500, in the voting pages” for best Asian blog. Or just go here and see who won.
Read MoreDebbie in London
I just sent my wife over to london to look at accommodation possibilities for us. That means i get to be Mr Tall Skinny Mum for a few days.
Read MorePeace on Earth
Peace to you all this Lord’s Day. Peace on your lives, families, events, dreams, goals. And peace where it is needed most. This image (minus my “peace on earth”) is from the Inri collection, by Bettina Rheims and others. The banner image is adapted from another of their images. I attended the Inri photographic installation…
Read MoreFriday Fax
The Friday Fax that arrives in my email box each week, and hundreds of thousands of other email boxes, has good news from Germany: Germany: 74% of German children believe in God “Religion and faith again play a significant role in German children’s lives. That is the result of a study performed by the Allensbach…
Read Morejoining forums
i joined a few forums this weekend, to jump into some conversations. Steve from blogger forum asked me to talk about my defection from blogger to typepad. And christianitysucks.com was a site that needed another voice, so i decided to put mine there and see what happens. As you can see, I got up quite…
Read Moreblogging friends in my email box
Recently, i have received a lot of really encouraging emails, tips and hardly any rebukes. This has made my life fuller and more colorful these past few months. I wish I could have a million links on this site to honor all the bloggers who email me. Here are some of them: Christmas greetings to…
Read MoreChristmas card from Dad
My dear old Dad sent an e-Christmas card today. My dad lives in Beenleigh, Australia. He has always loved the potential of the computer. Back in 1980, he set up a training conference in New Zealand for teaching ordinary people how to use computers. Great idea, and ahead of its time. He used to say…
Read MoreCarter family left this morning
This morning the Carter family went back to England and I saw them off at the airport. The have been staying at the Peach, with us , and we have had a really great time. They will be looking for accomodation in London for us, should we decide to relocate there. Debbie will be going…
Read Morehis family came with him
We had two families over from Atlanta the other night, and i was thinking about Adam Andrews. ______________________________________ (a poem written for adam andrews, february 28, 2001) by andrew jones —————————————————– I know of teenage missionaries of greater fame than adam who left their families to live with primitive people adam left behind suburban friends…
Read MoreSnow today
yeaaahhhhhh!. our kids were sledding on the fresh snow. We have friends from England here (Mark and Tamsin Carter) and their three kids were having a great time in the snow with our kids and the Stuarts.
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