Thank you to our Sponsors, but Don't Stop Now!

Last night we made the £1000 target we set for our selves. Hurrah! This does not mean the fundraising is over by a long way, just that people have been more generous than we imagined so please if you feel inclined, don't be shy. Donate! No amount is too small and it all goes straight to the Alzheimer's Society.

We were only £11 short last night so I asked if anyone on Twitter would like to push us over and SynapticJam stepped up to the plate. Thankyou!

Below are our kind donors online so far:

Heidi

12/06/2008

I hope the training pays off Steve

SynapticJam		11/06/2008			Congrats!
Nick & Elaine Dayman		11/06/2008			Good luck guys
Gareth J M Saunders		11/06/2008			My dad had Alzheimer's. Blessings on you all, and safe riding.
Thomas & Robin Reed		09/06/2008			Just a little to help you towards your goal. treed
Stacey Harrison		09/06/2008			Just to let you know who I am (!)- Alison has made me some lovely tops so am donating this to keep you going. Good luck
Neil Mills		09/06/2008			What you are doing is fantastic, I have first hand experience of the effect alzheimers has on a family and I wish you all good luck!
Wendy Hill		09/06/2008			Good luck to you all. I lost my husband last year to Alzheimers and I know this illness is.
Justin Lowmaster		06/06/2008			http://thebeandom.com/spaceturtle/
TheNose100		06/06/2008			@jchutchins. I just donated £25 to @cactusnic. Care to play Donation Tag?
Alison G		05/06/2008			Good Luck! Go for it..... great cause!
david and stephanie		04/06/2008			wishing you well son in law and son
Francis		04/06/2008			Respect. Good luck - and enjoy yourselves!
Nick Rowe		03/06/2008			Good luck to you both on your epic journey and for a good cause.
Andy Nyman		31/05/2008
Tim Webber		28/05/2008			All the best & hope everything goes well.
Ian and Jan Robinson		22/05/2008			Looks like those Ugly Pills are still working Nick. Good Luck!
April Austen		21/05/2008			Go for it you mad people!
Karen Halliday		21/05/2008			The programme I watched last night on Alzheimer's had me in tears. This is such a good cause. Good luck.
Linda Cornelia		20/05/2008			We lost a loved one to this horrible disease last year. So please ride your little legs off!
Steve		01/05/2008			Looking forward to guiding you through the wild Scotland!
Stumpy		30/04/2008			Good Luck guys, Try to keep up Nick :-)
Malcolm & Jill		27/04/2008			Hope your wind will be following
FDO's Minion		26/04/2008			Lay some Junkie Smack Down on Alzheimer's Butt. Go Junkies!
Stephen K		25/04/2008			Kick Alzheimer's Butt!
Claire		16/04/2008			Good luck to you both!
Lyn Davis		14/04/2008			Wishing you many miles with no hills!!! Good Luck
Mr Sylvester		27/03/2008			Don't tell Kate!! And only if you finish Dave, no thorns this time!!
Shaun		26/03/2008			I'll raise your measly five pounds!!! The very best of luck with your adventure.
Glenn Farley		10/03/2008			John O'Groats to Lands End is going to be a big challenge. Good Luck with the training!
Regie		01/03/2008			Jogle in 7 - must be mad!! Good luck
Michael M		26/02/2008			For a Great cause, Well Done
Ali		24/02/2008			Donated via blog. Best of luck, don't get too sore!
Carl		10/02/2008			Fantastic stuff - good luck!
Kilroy 2.0		05/02/2008			I'll be with you EVERYWHERE!

Kevin Robinson 01/06/08

Thanks also to all colleagues, friends, family and aquantances who have donated off line, and to Podcasters Mike Bennett, Stephen Kilbride, PG Holyfield, Scott Sigler, Seth Harwood, Chris Lester, JC Hutchins, Joe Mieczkowski or Pseudojoe and to Justin Lowmaster who all donated time and/or plugs for the cause or in Justin's case wrote a story!

Sorry If I missed anyone but this will be updated as more folk donate. :-)

Firef.ly

You may or may not have noticed that there is a Firefly button on the right of the page. This is a VERY cool new service that does two things. Firstly it shows how embarrassingly rare it is to have two folk on the web site at once. Secondly and more importantly it enables the visitors, on those rare occasions there are more than one, to chat together instantly.

Now this might not appeal as most folk probably wish to stay anonymous, especially if they are seen on our site! In which case you can just ignore it. If however you are feeling sociable and you see that there is more than one person here then click the button on the right and start typing. As easy as that!

Even Techtards Dave and Steve could work it. Probably.

Tea and Chat - just the ticket

Last week we recieved a donation from Stephen Kilbride. I wasn't familiar with him and his work at the time so investigated. It turns out he is not only a podcast junkie but that he also does his own podcast - "Tea and Chat". It does what it says on the tin - Stephen tries a different type of tea and gives us his thoughts and then moves on to interviewing someone of note and rounds it all of with a film review.

This sort of thing only really works if the guy behind the microphone is any good, many are the podcasts where I have found myself turning off through lack of interest. This is definitely not the case here. Stephen has a great voice for this sort of thing, very easy to listen too and he compliments this with an intelligent and well researched interview, which is also well produced. If the first episode is anything to go by he is going to be getting some superb guests, as none other than Chris Lester of Metamor City fame was the interviewed. Stephen did a great job too drawing out several bits and bobs I had not heard about before.

If you have space on your mp3 player fill it up with a bit of Tea and Chat - you won't be sorry.