Category: Hobbies & Interests

  • A Hardy Heron Is Inbound

    Ubuntu 8.04 ‘Hardy Heron’ is on the way! The clock is ticking and we will soon have the latest and arguably best operating system available! It is only up to the user how it looks and feels. No ‘required’ upgrades of your hardware to run it. No strings unless you want them. No contracts. No…

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  • It Came & Went

    Well, it is unlike me to forget anniversaries but I forgot this one…a whole year of keeping a web log has come and gone! February 27th to be exact. My little experiment started over on Yahoo but I swapped over to blogger because it gave me a bit more freedom in layout and features. Since…

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  • Still Going Forward

    5000 miles and service number 2 completed. How is Karma fairing? Not a problem is the answer! Nothing wrong, everything is as it should be and just keep doing what I have been doing…which has been just enjoying the bike. To put into perspective, in 4200 miles I have not have to top up the…

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  • Baglux Review

    After a few weeks with the Baglux Tank-Protector and Minea Bag I thought it is about time to give a review of how I have found it. The procedure for putting it on is pretty straight forward but I would like to see much more specialised instructions put on the Baglux website (much like what…

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  • Before I Forget…

    WSB RETURNS for 2008!!!!! This Saturday the WSB, round 1 from Losail, Qatar kicks off the motorcycle racing season! So after months of 2007 season highlights and reviews we get our first hit of the year and what a year it will be with some familiar faces gone (James Toseland) and some returning names to…

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  • DCU Model United Nations

    Other then my unnatural love affair with motorcycles (If only that was the worst of it…) I also have a few other things that keep me entertained. Not that studying for a Degree In International Relations is eventful enough I am also a committee member of the Dublin City University Model United Nations (DCU MUN).…

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  • Shooting The Breeze

    My MRA Vario Touring Screen arrived, very appropriately, on Thursday morning as a valentines day gift for the other lady in my life! So that evening in a dimly lit garage and some appropriate music I got her top off and on with the bigger, better and more adaptable screen. And what a screen it…

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  • Dressing Up Karma

    I finally decided on a screen for Karma (my Kawasaki ER-6F). This being the MRA Vario Touring screen. Initially I was going to order locally but some reviews put me off so placed my order through BikeHPS. This was quick and painless via their website. They also warned it may take 3 weeks to deliver…

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  • Gear Update – Halvarssons

    Well I have travelled a few hundred KM’s in my new Halvarssons Korax Jacket & Cobra Pants and thought I would give a brief update. For the purposes of of this I will be comparing against my previous few months and 3000+ KM’s in my Olympia Motosports gear. First, the Korax Jacket. I got it…

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  • Dead Dragons & Broken Monkies

    Much to my disappointment my experience of Kubuntu was sort lived and rather painful. Everything had gone very well up until the updates had finished downloading. After restarting I could no longer connect to the net with my USB modem no matter what I tried. After deciding to go back to Ubuntu I made a…

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