Hi folks,
This is just a test to see if the new-fangled e-mail blogger entry actually works. The blog site is a terrific idea and I'm amazed anyone with my genes is smart enough to do it. Good on you, Adam. I'm in India at the moment doing some teaching at a place called the Xavier Institute of Communications. It's a post-graduate college run by the Jesuits full of rich, Indian girls and it's in the middle of what used to be called Bombay but is now called Mombai. I've been here a week and am flying out tonight (actually tomorrow morning as the flight is 12.10am). Hope everything goes well as there's only a two hour gap between when the flight lands in Sydney and the flight up north for the big wedding. I still have four hours of teaching to go and have run out of things to say I'd best stop here and open a couple of books. I'll file a full story on the trip later and I'll also attach my twowheels column which is about India but also contains a good George Bush joke.
Grant
Friday, September 30
India calling
Send an email and it appears online!
This post is an email I sent to the Roff Report blog. It was automatically published in about five seconds. How cool is that?
Just email Roff.Report@gmail.com to ask how. Read the very first post for more information. It's called 'Welcome to the Roff Report: Blog Edition'. There is a link to it on the right hand side of the screen.
If you want to edit your own posts or publish a picture you will need to sign up properly. Once again, send the Roff Report an email and you will be invited to join. Too easy.
-adam
Just email Roff.Report@gmail.com to ask how. Read the very first post for more information. It's called 'Welcome to the Roff Report: Blog Edition'. There is a link to it on the right hand side of the screen.
If you want to edit your own posts or publish a picture you will need to sign up properly. Once again, send the Roff Report an email and you will be invited to join. Too easy.
-adam
Wednesday, September 28
Inner Nerd
Just did my top ten sci-fi films for http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritefilm/ and thought I should share my inner nerd. Go and see these films if you get a chance.
1. Alphaville (1965) Dir: Jean Luc Godard
2. Dark Star (1974) Dir: John Carpenter
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Dir: Stanley Kubrick
4. Blade Runner (1982) Dir: Ridley Scott
5. Akira (1988) Dir: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
6. The Thing (1982) Dir: John Carpenter/The Thing from Another World (1951) Dir: Howard Hawks
7. Dune (1984) Dir: David Lynch
8. Sleeper (1973) Dir: Woody Allen
9. Brazil (1985) Dir: Terry Gilliam
10. Westworld (1973) Michael Crichton
Fiji Mission
Amanda and I went on a trip to Fiji last month to visit our friend Piccolo. He's been a volunteer for an NGO over there for 2 years. We spent a fair bit of time in Suva getting a locals perspective on the joint and a fair bit of time on the beach. The photo above is of Thangali Island. They call it a resort but they had bucket showers and toilets. It was paradise.
Fijian's are rugby mad. There are playing fields with shoddy bamboo posts in every village. I have to admit that we boasted a bit about our family's sporting prowess. They could hardly believe that my uncle Stuart was a dual international for the Solomon Islands.
-adam
Welcome to the Roff Report: Blog Edition
Welcome to the Roff Report. This time it's in a blog form.. but what is a blog?
blog ( blŏg ) n. A weblog or web based journal. v. To write entries in, add material to, or maintain a weblog.
The idea is that any of us can add little entries as we feel like it, including photos and stories of what we're up to. You'll be surprised how easy it is and how much fun it is reading what everyone else is up to.
I will send an email out to everyone with instructions on how to post. Email me if you want anything changed or you want some help. Or just ask your kids.
-adam
blog ( blŏg ) n. A weblog or web based journal. v. To write entries in, add material to, or maintain a weblog.
The idea is that any of us can add little entries as we feel like it, including photos and stories of what we're up to. You'll be surprised how easy it is and how much fun it is reading what everyone else is up to.
I will send an email out to everyone with instructions on how to post. Email me if you want anything changed or you want some help. Or just ask your kids.
-adam
