I admit it, I don't watch a lot of television. But half the reason for that is because it just sucks up hours of my day. You turn it on to watch one thing, and BAM there goes 3 hours! And I NEVER turn it on during the day, that's just asking for trouble! But I cut myself some slack on my birthday and chilled out to a bit of Oprah and Dr Phill, and I'm really glad I turned Oprah on because it was all about Earth Day (22 April).
 
So it got me thinking about how we run this house and what more can we do for our planet.
 
Things we already do:
Recycle
Environmentally Friendly dish washing liquid
Free range eggs
Organic Shampoo & Conditioner
All natural skin care: http://tinyurl.com/cvfklx
 
Things we can start doing:
More compost matter in the green waste bin
Buying Fair trade coffee
Homemade vegie wash: http://tinyurl.com/d67ctx
Unbleached toilet paper
Switch brands of Washing powder
TURN MORE LIGHTS OFF!
 
What more can you do?

Also, I've subscribed to this newsletter for a while, I can highly recommend it: http://www.greenlivingtips.com/

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While I promised myself that I would keep this blog strictly business and relevant to my working life, I can't help but take a moment to bask in the glory of my (future famous) house mates.
 
After a case of what I like to call, Big Fish, Small Pond syndrome, in their home town of Christchurch, New Zealand, they took a punt and together, moved over to Sydney, Australia. It's certainly a punt that is paying off for them, because they are, as I write this, on their way over to SXSW.
 
So I'd like to pay tribute to the guys, because they make me so proud. Here is a snippet of their promo tape that can be found on YouTube.

They are Phyllasoma (pronounced fy-la-so-ma)

Video length: 2.07 sec
 

 
Please leave comments below if you like what you heard today.
 
Bless

Really wish your computer ran faster on start up? Really want to get rid of those nasty programs running in the background chewing up all your RAM? Free up some space on your hardrive and give your computer the overhaul its begging for without paying big $$$ to have someone come in and do it for you (only to give you the advice to go buy a new one). This DIY course in PC maintenance should get a few more miles out of this baby before having to outlay extra financial costs (and we all want to save money where we can at the moment, right?.
 
Here at The VA Project, we take our virtual services seriously. I've designed a series of classes that I can offer through virtual means and hope you can join me for the very first in the series tonight (7.30pm Sydney time- EDST +11 GMT).
 
We're going to kick this off with some basic Home PC Optimization so let me share with you a few inside secrets tonight.
 
All you need to do is visit the registration page and register for this event. If you have any questions, post your thoughts in the comments box below.
 
See you there!

 
I'm on a massive learning curve right now, an information sponge - sure to hit information overload in the very near future - but for now, I'll just keep soaking up as many cutting edge, innovative learnings as I possibly can.

This video comes from www.edutopia.org, and is presented by Randy Nelson, who is the Dean at the Pixar University ("Pixar has a University? I didn't know that!" I hear you say). Another interesting fact you'll notice when you check out Edutopia, you'll notice that it is The George Lucas Education Foundation ("George Lucas has an Educational Foundation?") Uh-huh :D

This was originally brought to my attention by staysmall's posterous. Thanks!

So here's the deal.. You can win, 500 hours with a Virtual Assistant, starting in the month of April 2009. You have 1 year to spend those 500 hours. 

 
Submissions can be made to thevaproject@gmail.com. All continents and time zones welcome.
 
Just answer the following questions:
 
How long have you been in business?
What do you intend to use a Virtual Assistant for?
What is your product/service?
What are your targets for the first year?
How would your business improve if you had an extra pair of hands?
 
The sea of potentiality and your creative spirit means that the possibilities are endless, so let your imagination run wild! This will be drawn on the 27th March, 2009.
 
And now for some brain-juice to kick off the weekend- 12 ways to get smarter! http://tinyurl.com/5fskry
 
Enjoy

http://blog.mixergy.com/my-financials/
 
I seem to be blessed with coming across the most amazing snippets of information (thank you stumbleupon/twitter/digg) and something I want to share with you today is the website www.mixergy.com
 
Andrew Warner, founder of Mixergy.com - home of the ambitious upstart - brings yet another brilliant blog with some inside information on how he made $38M in the first year of his dot com start-up, Bradford & Reed.
 
Total video time 3.23, check it out.