Tag Archives: Work

Staying Afloat Away From Home

By Tom | Published: April 26, 2010
I wrote recently about fund­ing a long-term bicycle exped­i­tion, and I men­tioned that it’s pos­sible to find work pretty much any­where if you have suit­able skills. I gradu­ated in 2005 with a degree in Com­puter Sci­ence, which morphed upon gradu­ation into occa­sional bedroom-bound work devel­op­ing web­sites for friends of friends. I didn’t make any money [...]
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Why I Can’t Live In Armenia (I’m Too British)

By Tom | Published: January 23, 2010
My life is bor­ing. My daily routine con­sists of get­ting up an hour before sun­rise, going for a run, jump­ing into (and rap­idly out of) a cold shower, hav­ing break­fast and then sit­ting down for an 8-to-12-hour stint in front of my com­puter screen. I am mak­ing web­sites for a liv­ing these days. It puts [...]
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Now And Next For A Long-Term Bicycle Adventurer

By Tom | Published: November 6, 2009
Recently I’ve been shar­ing what I’ve learnt over the last couple of years of adven­tur­ing. As a res­ult, the blog’s read­er­ship has never been higher, and it’s great to know that people are find­ing it use­ful and enter­tain­ing — it motiv­ates me to keep writing. But if you’ve been a reader for a while, you [...]
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