http://www.robswan.com The Internet home of Rob Swan (dot com). My photography, my blog and my general playground for learning about the web. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:30:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over two weeks ago I sent the inlay for Ange's CD to be printed by Stress Free Print (stressfreeprint.co.uk). I've used them before and they seemed fairly good. Unfortunately, not this time. The first proof was massively dark, the second lighter but totally the wrong colours. The third, little to no ... http://www.robswan.com/stress-free-print-pretty-stressful-actually/ ... I've just got in trouble because apparently a Google search for "Does Rob love Ange?" doesn't yield the correct results. Obviously; I do love Ange. But Google doesn't realise it. It's rather a failing on Google's part, so hopefully a post littered with comments about how Rob loves Ange and ... http://www.robswan.com/rob-loves-ange/ ... because that's what I did on the GPz this morning. The first thing that's important is that I'm (almost) absolutely fine. The second most important thing is that it wasn't because I was being an idiot, I was just very unlucky. It seems the secret to crashing a motorcycle and surviving ... http://www.robswan.com/rob-on-how-to-crash-a-motorcycle-and-survive/ Just a quick note that Ange is performing live on 10 radio today on Doug Parish's show at 4 o'clock. You can listen live here: http://www.10radio.2md.co.uk/index.php?page=Listen http://www.robswan.com/radio-gig-today-4pm/ Maybe it's something to do with getting engaged, or something to do with money being really tight at the moment. Maybe it's got something to do with the appeal of 0% finance during a credit crisis and the common sense of owning a safer more reliable bike with modern brakes... ... ... http://www.robswan.com/the-cowboy-in-me/ 'cor blimey. I updated my relationship status on Facebook a mater of hours ago and I've already been flooded with well wishes. Thank you everyone. Anyone who hasn't noticed or had access to my Facebook status, I proposed to Ange last night (and she said yes!). Regardless of the practicalities we've set ... http://www.robswan.com/regarding-the-future-mrs-swan/ ... I met Ange and became an unofficial-but-now-very-permanant-step-father to Amy. So we're off to watch the World Superbike Championships at Donnington Park to celebrate :) http://www.robswan.com/one-year-ago-today/ Well... that's it. It's official, we've signed and completed a 5-way (!!!) house exchange. On Saturday we moved out of the flat in Taunton, and into our wonderfully amazing house in a picturesque village in the countryside. The process of the swap has landed us with: friendly neighbours who won't steal the ... http://www.robswan.com/moving-to-the-country-gonna-eat-a-lot-of-peaches/ I know, I know - it's been months and months since I posted a blog. I should probably have written something about Jamaica and bareback horse riding in the Carribean sea, quitting smoking again, our impending house move. I should proably have written about the merger of Fuelled on Coffee ... http://www.robswan.com/cry-with-me/ I've never really driven many cars. There's the one's I learnt in, and then there's Percy. And why not? Sure, Percy's basically a Flintstones car with a tape-deck but he's been pretty reliable. Except for all the bits that have been replaced... ... but now I've added two cars to that ... http://www.robswan.com/old-wheels-new-wheels-and-broken-wheels/