Author: Keith
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When is a Pilot Not a Pilot? The Unmanned Air-Force Emerges
For the first time the US Air-force is producing pilots who have never flown a plane, this is the first class of pilots just trained to fly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). There is obviously some friction emerging from the old guard who believe there can be only one kind of pilot. However, the air-force is…
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Change We Can Believe In – Ubuntu Rebooted
Believe it or not, 6 years have passed since the Warty Warthog jumped onto out screens. Since then Ubuntu has grown and spread into the stable and secure operating system we find ourselves with today. But now it is time for change, when ‘Human’ gives way to the ‘Light’ of a new dawn for those…
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Kindling Interest: Amazon Kindle 2 in Ireland
I will put my hands up and admit that I was highly sceptical of the recent explosion of ebook reading devices. Amazon and Sony seem to be leading the way, with Apple’s new iPad also being marketed as being suitable for this role, and it was an introduction to the Sony reader that really peaked…
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Hark the Engines Roar: World Superbikes 2010
Image via Wikipedia In the distance I can hear the engines revving, then before my eyes like a mirage the silhouettes of grid girls start emerge, and then on the air my nostrils detect the the sweet mixture of fuel, sweat and leather… it can only mean one thing! The reason why millions of us…
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Buell is Gone…Long Live Motus
With the demise of Buell motorcycles at the hands of Harley-Davidson part of me began to wonder what could ever replace my Ulysses XB12XT? At first glance nothing out there stirs the senses or gets me as excited in anticipation of jumping on the big v-twin sports tourer and going for a ride, be it…
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Karmic Compaq: Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on a Presario PC
Image via Wikipedia The Compaq Presario SR5109UK is my first desktop PC, since the late 90s all I have owned are laptops and now netbooks. I really do prefer the mobile nature of a laptop and sitting/going virtually anywhere you like with it, but when my sister offered up this desktop that had been hidden…
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Visualizing Obama’s 2011 Budget Proposal
Great visualizing from the New York Times showing President Obama’s 2011 budget, the chart is fully interactive and very informative. Will we look back and talk about the the ‘big-budget freeze’ of 2011? His gamble with deepening the deficit to stimulate job growth will have to be macro-managed better then the previous stimulus or these…
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