All my friends know that I am a big proponent of the organic food movement. I am allergic to nuts, milk, eggs and non-ethical or non-organically farmed food, so it is important for me to have an arsenal of good recipes which I am capable of eating.

I sometimes feel that people don't take organic farming seriously enough. It is one thing to label your food organic, but another thing altogether to live the organic lifestyle with and for your food. My meals can be a little harder to prepare than some, but the result is worth it.

True Organic...

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From time to time I like to use my blog to keep you informed about the products and services which go into making me me. I can say "me me" in real life a lot better than I can write it. But you know what I mean. Today for my review I have chosen Coca Cola, a well-known soft drink. 

Let me start by saying: this drink is fantastic! As well as tasting good, Coke is a versatile drink. It can be had on its own, with ice for a more refreshing drink,  as an alcoholic mixer, or to clean...

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On Sunday I was lucky enough to be featured on the Sunday Business program on 2GB with Ross Greenwood and Charlie Brown. The interview was about my time creating Stayz, entrepreneurship in Australia and, of course, Bislr. If you would like to listen to the segment of the program with me in it, you can do so below:

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Now that Bislr is giving out invites to the beta version, we are starting to see a lot of great web businesses being produced with the system. I thought I would take some time and show you some of my personal favourites.

1. The Usual Suspects Band (www.theusualsuspectsband.com.au)

Starting off promoting a single band, Caitlin Benetatos and Gus Stephenson now promote over 20 bands in the Sydney corporate and wedding markets. Their main website is Funkified Entertainment, but they have started to use Bislr to create individual websites for their various bands. These include The Usual Suspects, Ellipsis...

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Running a successful inner-city garden is not something to be taken lightly. In this go-go 24/7 world, fresh herbs are almost as important as water to sustain basic life. Without a regular supply of parsley and chives in your diet, you risk a certain early death.

Below are some instructions for how to set up your own pot to grow things in with a fresh supply of fertiliser brought to you by our garden friends, the worms. The idea is that the old fruit will attract worms who will break it down and fertilise the dirt. 

Instructions:

1. Clear an area...

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On Friday night I thought I'd have a play with Coffeescript's classes and the HTML5 Canvas. The result was a simple Pong game.

The source code is available here: https://github.com/chrissharkey/pong

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