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Ready rod

22 November 2009

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Here’s a great solution for storing a two-piece flyfishing rod and reel with line fully-loaded and ready with fly attached. Jim Hill of Oatlands, like me, has trouble tying on flies on cooler days, and this way he just pulls rod and reel out of the 40mm tube, joins the two pieces and he’s ready. He suggested [...]

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Reading on the road gets interesting

12 September 2008

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There are interesting times ahead for RV travellers who like to read, and who need to cut down on weight. Already in the marketplace are the Kindle [from Amazon]. shown right, and Sony’s nice, but expensive, ebook reader. The Kindle has been a winner for Amazon, and next month they are releasing version II, which should [...]

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The ‘Road Warrior’ gets online

9 August 2008

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I’ve been working towards official Road Warrior status for some time, but, to be honest, the cost of doing business online was a bit of a worry. As a web site designer and marketer I need virtually 24/7 access. I have clients in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, mainland Australia and throughout Tasmania. As an ‘early adopter’ [...]

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Thinking Rock rocks

5 August 2008

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Where would we all be without checklists. At long last I have found the perfect software to simplify the job — and guess what, it works on Macs, PCs and Linux — and is ‘Made in Australia’. Its called Thinking Rock, and besides being perfect for checklists, it also rocks as a GTD [Getting Things [...]

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My new Kombi

27 July 2008

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A future replacement for ‘Bluey’? One can dream …

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