http://www.theruss.com/ I'm building a house with my partner Tasia. Here are our adventures toward Off-Grid living. en-nz russ@theruss.com (The Russ) russ@theruss.com (The Russ) http://www.theruss.com/images/Russ_twitter.jpg 144 94 http://www.theruss.com/ ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=91 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=91 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=90 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=90 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=89 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=89 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=88 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=88 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=87 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=87 KCDC has finished asking awkward questions of Dave our builder and our building consent should come through next week. This is awesome news as i...]]>... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=86 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=86 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=85 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=85 photos added [/UPDATE] We had a surprise email from our builder yesterday. That he was going on holiday. Yeah, that and his brothers had started work on the section al...]]>... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=84 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=84 colouritht colourist the other day about all the different colours the house will have. Fair play to the lady at colouroptions, she...]]>... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=83 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=83 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=82 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=82 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=81 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=81 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=80 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=80 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=79 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=79 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=78 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=78 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=77 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=77 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=76 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=76 current place yet, we thought it sensible to embark upon ...]]>... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=75 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=75 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=74 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=74 Man Vs Wild, just aren't doing it for me right now. So that mammoth task that Tasia an...]]>... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=73 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=73 ... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=72 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=72 Webstock 09, it was above all else to cement in what I already knew and the addition of a "shine" to them - "them" being: To make my stuff on the web just wo...]]>... http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=70 http://www.theruss.com/blog/?blog=70 I'm at Webstock all week, go away. This week at The Stock I'm going to see:

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