Author: Matthew Cashmore

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Top 5 tips on buying a new tent
ByMatthew Cashmore March 22, 2009July 12, 2011

Buying a new tent can be incredibly difficult. There are so many choices out there that it can be very confusing if you don’t know what to look for. As the northern hemisphere heads into spring, and camping becomes a comfortable alternative to the B&B again I wanted to share some tips on how to…

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Kitty in her new bed
ByMatthew Cashmore March 11, 2009

Kitty in her new bed, originally uploaded by mattcashmore. I got in trouble for posting a photo of Oscar a few days ago when I was talking about missing the cats… well here you go… this is Kitty and I miss her too. From here on in, only photos featuring both of my cats will…

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Help find me a new camera
ByMatthew Cashmore March 3, 2009

Since I’ve been bombing around the world my Casio Exilm Z850 has been a constant companion. I rate it really highly (must write a review soon) – it’s constantly dropped from the height of my motorcycle tank bag, it’s been soaked by sea-water on at least two occasions and still it ‘just gets on with…

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Mashed is a no go this year
ByMatthew Cashmore February 27, 2009

As you may have seen over on the backstage.bbc.co.uk blog Mashed isn’t happening this year. Ewan sums it up well you put smart people in a room and great things happen. Put smart people in a room with their own DAB TV station and a red button service they can hack away with, and you…

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Comments….
ByMatthew Cashmore February 26, 2009

So sorry everyone – I just found a pile of comments that had got tagged as spam – thanks to John Diamond for the heads up – I’ve just approved them all and white-listed you – sorry everyone 🙁

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The Coffee Post
ByMatthew Cashmore February 24, 2009

I’m not sure how long it takes to become a coffee snob, I would say that several years ago I was definitely a snob – but then I’d never been to Melbourne. This city serves the best coffee anywhere, with the exception of one or two little places in rural France, Melbourne’s coffee knocks the…

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Mashed rocked the world
ByMatthew Cashmore February 19, 2009

Well London at least. Well, Alexandra Palace anyway. Thank you to everyone who’s been contacting me about Mashed for 2009 – as some of you may know I left the BBC late last year to come and work for Lonely Planet – and as such I’m not involved with the organisation any more… but should…

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Planning the first ‘medium’ sized trip in Australia
ByMatthew Cashmore February 12, 2009

I knew it wouldn’t take long to seriously get into planning my first extended trip here in Australia after I bought the XT660X – so here’s my first stab with some helpful advice from Mr Nigel Dalton (author of the Dalton Diversion) and Mr John Shippick. Comments on this route greatly appreciated, thoughts on the…

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Oscar
ByMatthew Cashmore February 11, 2009

Oscar, originally uploaded by mattcashmore. I miss the cats. In fact I think the hardest thing about being all the way out here is the fact I had to leave the cats behind :-/ The thing is I find myself wondering if I should get another cat out here as a stand-in before my two…

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Six months in Australia
ByMatthew Cashmore February 9, 2009

Well very nearly six months – but near enough that I’ve started too look back at my short time here in Australia and take stock. The biggest thing that’s hit me, is the things I thought would be important to me haven’t. When faced with a 25kg weight limited I tried to estimate what I…

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