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Rob's World

Welcome to Rob's World, the (cheesily titled) homepage of Robin Rainton.

It's hard to describe yourself in a line (go on then - you try it!) but if I had to: I work hard (some say too much) but can't complain as I have plenty of spare time for eating, drinking, sports and travel (some say too much - I often get told my whole life is a holiday!).

This site has been called, 'Rob's World' for some time now (the graphic above is dated Sep '03 at least), and most of the interesting stuff (if there is any at all!) is to do with photos from various travels. With the advent of Google Earth the pics here take on a whole new life. Check out the Rob's World KMZ to discover why.
Basically, the locations from diary filter presented on the globe.


News

My personal news, not to be confused with the site updates below.

These days travelling around isn't as frequent as it used to be so I spends a lot (maybe far too much - but then again, it is fun and good for you) riding a mountain bike. Check my MTB Blog over at NoBMoB if there's not much below.

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17 April 2008

Hey, so guess what? I'm now a real Aussie. Well, half of one - I'm keeping the pommie passport too. Of course, who wouldn't? No pictures or anything (well, the ceremony was, afraid to say, not that riveting).

When thinking about what this actually means only two things spring to mind... I can now vote (which although is often a futile experience, at least gives one a minuscule hope of influencing what goes) and can come and go as I please.

It has crossed my mind to go back to Europe to work for another year or so, but just mulling that over conjures up thoughts of crowded commuter trains, the cold, filthy and dingy streets on dark mornings and the like. Hmmm... to visit a different country & culture on the weekend is fun, but is it worth the other associated pain? Sorry, but I'm really not convinced!

Plus - life is all good here, so why change? :)

5 February 2008

Wow! Is it, 2008 already. Yeah, yeah, I'm slow, huh? ;)

A very good time was had by all over the new year, which was spent down in the snowy mountains riding bikes (what else?!). There are pictures of that and more over at NoBMoB.

A few other interesting things have been going on too. Not public knowledge... you'll have to ask if you want to know! ;)

15 November 2007

People have been prodding my for not updating this much, so have added a link to my MTB Blog which has been getting more attention lately. Maybe if I was a super geek then it's contents would appear here in a block? Maybe if my home grown page generator is replaced by a more modern CMS (which would no doubt be Drupal. In the mean time, well, you know the story - all is good and as it should be :) There are new pictures from a recent trip to Barrington Tops around somewhere - will endevour to get them online soon.

Work

Work related stuff, availablity, resume, etc, etc.

Fun

Ah... much better. Fun stuff including my image gallery and more.

Latest Site Updates

Just what it says - here's what changed when on this site.
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1 January 2006

Is it 2006 already!? The obligatory NYE photos.

31 August 2005

Added Rob's World KMZ. You know - all the pics on Google Earth.

27 August 2005

Here's those promised pics from the recent Ski/Tour NZ, enjoy.

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