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Gary’s News Flash - Episode 2

Monday, March 8th, 2010

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More news from around the globe (that you probably wont ready anywhere else) from the ‘Bunks resident news hound - Mr Gary…

About 5,200 naked people embraced each other on the steps of Sydney’s iconic Opera House on Monday
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_ODD_AUSTRALIA_NUDE_ART?SITE=KPUA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Yellowstone Park Attempts To Increase Ranger Population With New Mating Program
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/yellowstone_park_attempts?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

Amazing X-ray: Boy survives rod ripping through 10 vital organs
http://metro.mobi/;channelId=home/getArticle.jsp?in_article_id=815041

Strike wave sends oil price soaring
http://www.moneyweek.com/investments/stock-markets/strike-wave-sends-oil-price-soaring-47567.aspx

Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland over minaret ban
http://mobile.france24.com/en/20100226-libya-gaddafi-calls-jihad-against-switzerland-over-minaret-ban-revenge-hannibal

Boozy chimp sent to rehab
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61P3SM20100226

Lady GaGa Has Told Her Female Fans To Be Celibate. Is It Any of Her Business?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-pemberton/lady-gaga-has-told-her-fe_b_481916.html

Second anthrax case confirmed in London
http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1267025735873?p=1158945065095

Massive Antarctic iceberg threatens ocean circulation
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18595-massive-antarctic-iceberg-threatens-ocean-circulation.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

‘Record high’ for bad bank debts
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jzmDfUGiBqBzME-y13gQ8yzQ0hqw

Bishops slam pay-to-confess hotline
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/02/2833885.htm

Chile quake may have tipped Earth’s axis
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/02/chile.quake/index.html?eref=edition

Re-trial for ’speeding’ reverend
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/Retrial-for-39speeding39-reverend.6104437.jp

9-Pound Infant Barrels Way Down Birth Canal
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/9_pound_infant_barrels_way?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

Dutch anti-Islam MP in poll gains
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/03/20103492847982214.html

Now it’s the MK ‘road tax’
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/Now-it39s-the-MK-39road.6104629.jp

Protests could be coming to Aylesbury soon
http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/Protests-could-be-coming-to.6123689.jp

Child’s play at NY airport sparks investigation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/04/2835971.htm

Mexico detects first mutation of swine flu
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/04/2836326.htm

Gary’s News Flash - Episode 1

Friday, February 26th, 2010

18002_1MurrowCBS.jpgGary is a resident at FunkBunk and regularly keeps us all entertained with news of local and international origin. The kind of stories that never get shown on TV and only make the smallest of columns in the local rags.

We asked Gary if he could give us a quick digest of his stories of the week - so here goes the first installment of ‘Gary’s News Flash’!

Nursery children opposite brothel in Bletchley
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/39Nursery-children-opposite-brothel39.6104399.jp

UFO spotted above Tesco in Aylesbury
http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/UFOs-spotted-above-Tescos-in.6083632.jp

Rough diamond sells for $40m
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2831873.htm

Church sues filmmakers for destroying Rio’s Christ
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2831212.htm

Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61P15H20100226?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29

Explosive vomit and skin eruptions: arsenic’s heyday
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/02/explosive-vomit-and-skin-eruptions-arsenics-heyday.php?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Did Saddam Hussein model himself on Darth Vader?
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/02/did-saddam-model-himself-on-darth-vader.php?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Star fattens planet and then devours it
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527494.500-star-fattens-planet-and-then-devours-it.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Vindaloo Against Violence Day declared at Qld Parliament
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/24/2829133.htm?site=news

Speeding hearse sets world record
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/21/2825847.htm?site=news

Pastor screens gay porn in church
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/18/2822948.htm?site=news

Pensioner guilty of Boy Scouts hammer threats
http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/Pensioner-guilty-of-Boy-Scouts.6089043.jp

Is working from home for you?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

If you have ever worked from home, you will have loved some elements of it and quite disliked others. I have to admit I always liked being able to start when I wanted, and working in PJs was quite novel, but it really didn’t do my business any good. It sure as hell is risky ironing and answering the phone at the same time!

It turns out that loads of people in the blog world feel the same way too. It was quite enlightening to read some of their articles and comments. It made us feel that creating a workhub and a coworking space in the form of FunkBunk was really was the right thing to do.

Working from home - coworking workhubs

5 Bad Work at Home Habits: Are You Guilty?
http://freelancefolder.com/5-bad-work-at-home-habits-are-you-guilty/

5 downsides of working at home
http://creativebriefing.com/5-downsides-of-working-at-home/

Working from home the good, the bad and the lessons learnt
http://www.lumenica.com/2010/01/workingfromhome/

5 Bad Work-at-Home Habits to Avoid
http://www.typeamom.net/5-bad-work-at-home-habits-to-avoid.html

‘Working from home is billed as a kind of one-way ticket to personal nirvana’
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/jonathan-brown-working-from-home…

Forsnowboarding X Grafik Armor Snowboard Graphic Design Contest

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Forsnowboarding X Grafik Armor Snowboard Graphic Design Contest

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New pricing structure at FunkBunk

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Now FunkBunk comes in four different flavours to suit your office needs. We realise that hotdesking doesn’t suit everyone, and renting a permanent office might not float some people’s boats either.

With FunkBunk becoming a more active coworking WorkHub every day, serving Milton Keynes, Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury we are learning more about small businesses needs and wanted to offer more flexibility and better pricing to you guys.

So we created FunkMonk, FunkTrunk, FunkChunk & FunkBunker to cater for the ‘homeworker who just needs to get out of the house occasionally’ through to the ’small business that needs a permanent base to develop their enterprise from’.

Check out all the details here!

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We will also be adding online payment and booking to our system soon. Watch this space for more info.

Yes, I guess we’re excited about Lost Season 6….

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

5 Seasons Of LOST in 8 minutes

Live/Work Network & Work Hubs

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

There has been some interesting correspondence flying around recently and it turns out that the CLG (Communities and Local Government agency) have initiated research into workhubs as part of an enterprising low carbon national community. This research is with a view to setting up a national network for workhubs like FunkBunk.

We personally think this is great news as work hubs, coworking environments, shared workspaces (or whatever you would like to call them) like ours are the way forward for small business enterprise development in the uk. To find out that we are supporting a low carbon society as well makes us very happy.

The research is being carried out by the Live/Work Network and we shall be watching with interest and getting involved where we can. Improving our service along the way.

For all those FunkBunkers out there, there is a survey you can complete (before the 31st Jan) which will help with their research.

You can find it here.

And more information on the Live / Work Network here.

Check out ‘FunkBunk the Movie’

Monday, January 4th, 2010

FunkBunk - shelter for stray creatives from FunkBunk on Vimeo.

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Fresh art on display in the FunkBunk Gallery

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Naomi Selman

We are please to announce that show of art continues at the FunkBunk Gallery with a fresh selection of new pieces supplied by art promotion company Azurite Art. www.azuriteart.co.uk

Azurite specialise in promoting British Artists through art fairs and various other venues around the country. They have bought several vibrant new pieces to our gallery by emerging artists Naomi Selman, Anna Gahlin, Claire Asghar and Ailsa Clarke.

This exclusive original work (without the London price tag) sits along side other work in the gallery by Dan Wilson, Carl Bou Mansour and many more.

Our gallery is open to the public Mon - Friday, 9am - 5.30pm and at weekends by appointment. Please pop by to check out the new work! The current exhibition will be running until Christmas.

Ailsa Clarke

Is working from home giving you h.o.m.e.*?

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

* Home Office Mental Exhaustion - recognise the symptoms and act now. Download this essential information before it’s too late!

“The experience of a loss of professional image and credibility is common-place. Frequent episodes of dressing gown days may occur and friends, family and neighbours consistently ask favours as your business is ‘just a hobby’.”

Click here to download the PDF.

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