Category: Hobbies & Interests
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Playing with the Karmic Koala (UNR, Alpha 5)
Well I waited and waited but I finally decided to take the plunge and download the the current development version of Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR, 9.10, Alpha 5). So now after about a day of playing and tweaking with it what do I think so far? Well first off I downloaded the torrent from the…
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Using Protection: Buell & Touratech
Well it is about time I started using some protection while riding the mistress, but until some warranty issues were resolved regarding the Buell’s exhaust everything was on hold. Though after speaking to my local H-D dealer (Dublin Harley-Davidson) they were kind enough to take in my Buell Ulysses XB12XT while I toured the USA…
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The Office (By Yamaha)
Yamaha has released a very funny short spoof of ‘The Office’ staring their top MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and James Toseland. It is set in the Yamaha USA HQ in California, as this weekends MotoGP round will be from Laguna Seca. So enjoy the boys having a bit of fun before…
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Happy Bday Mistress
Well, my Buell Ulysses XB12XT is one year old today! This time last year I was like a kid in a candy store as I went to collect my new Buell with my partner. The weather was terrific, we went to a nice restaurant and parked the Buell outside for all to admire. Yet by…
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Enfield Goes to War
Image by victor9098 via Flickr I am a long time fan of Royal Enfield motorcycles and determined to get one in my garage eventually! The new EFI model represents a major step in the right direction with added reliability, relatively straight forward owner maintenance and an engine capable of up to 136kph (85mph). Though more…
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Use Ubuntu? Lets Party!
Excited yet? Well, you should be, Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope is coming at us fast. This Thursday the 23rd of April it will be available for all to download. Before getting into the details of what has been updated in this new release let me just bring your attention to the Ubuntu community. Ubuntu users…
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Humanity To Others
Have some spare RAM? Then why not try and help humanity and do your bit in saving the world. I (as Victor9098) have been helping the World Community Grid for almost a year now (though I have longer running projects with CERN and SETI). The available projects range from mapping the human gnome, trying to…
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The Monkey Is Dead…
…So Long Live The Rabbit! Goodbye Gutsy On October 18th 2007 I got a taste of my second Ubuntu flavour, 7.10 ‘Gutsy Gibbon’. Now some 18 months and 2 upgrades later (8.04LTS Hardy Heron & 8.10 Intrepid Ibex) the impressive monkey will swing no more as it reaches its end of life on April 18th…
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Dipping & Soaring With The Breeze
I must admit, for the first time in my riding life I hit a dark patch over the last few months. It seemed to be a combination of factors, never have I been so unlucky on two wheels then over the last year, never mind the personal trials I have faced. Starting in May ’08…
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Don’t Get Mad…Get MAG Ireland
At the Irish Motorcycle Show just gone by among the many exhibitors I got to chat to were the always interesting people at the MAG Ireland stall. So who is MAG Ireland? First off they are the Motorcycle Action Group and the best way to describe their role is to think of them as an…
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