Category: Personal Experiences & Life Stories
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Gnome Shell Running On A Netbook
I have enjoyed using the Gnome Shell interface instead of Unity over the last two weeks that I have decided to install on my Advent 4211 netbook. In the post were I described installing and tweaking Gnome Shell the focus was on average sized monitors but the default settings of Gnome Shell mean that a…
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Exploring Meath’s Heritage – Battle of the Boyne
The largest land battle ever to take place in Ireland occurred just outside of the coastal town of Drogheda when some 61,000 men faced off to decide who got to sit on the throne of England, the Battle of the Boyne website describes it as; Both kings commanded their armies in person. William had 36,000…
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A Brief Step Into The West
Just back from an overnight trip to County Clare and some of its best known attractions, though for me the Cliffs of Moher was the main reason for going. Thanks to the M4 you can travel from one side of Ireland to the other relatively swiftly, though at the cost of 2 tolls (90c x…
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Buell Goes To Scotland
Over the first two weeks of June my partner and I set off on a tour of Scotland on my Buell Ulysses XB12XT. Scotland has been somewhere I had always wanted to see, especially the much refereed to John O’Groats. Coming from Ireland we decided to travel to Larne and cross to Troon, though coming back we…
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Counting The Days: Summer Plans, Air Hawks and Highland Rides
Image via Wikipedia While spring is planning on being fashionably late I am already focusing on the summer riding season and have got the foundations of some trips in the works. Currently there are two definites and one ‘probably’. The first definite is an overnight to the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare. I have not been to…
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Cr-48 My First Impressions
So on the 10th December a big brown box is sitting on the doorstep out on the porch, having no idea what was in it since I was expecting nothing, the box is slowly opened up and soon it dawns on me what I have before me, one of Google’s Cr-48 notebooks which they have…
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Why do YOU believe…?
A great seasonal piece by the comedian Ricky Gervais on why he does not believe in a god and how it all began. He throws in some interesting little nuggets and well worth reading in full! Peace Amplify’d from blogs.wsj.com Why don’t I believe in God? No, no no, why do YOU believe in God?…
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Pick The Motorcycle That Fits You
Below are some clips from a fantastic website, cycle-ergo.com, that lets you set you height, inseam length and even ‘preferred arm straightness’. After that you just choose your preferred make and model of motorcycle which then overlays a model of you on the chosen motorcycle. I am loving this, all those motorcycles you have wondered…
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Fancy a Ride this Sunday? AAI Info/Reg Ride-Out
With the Irish Motorcycle Show only taking place every two years now the organisers of the Annual Across Ireland have taken to organising information/registration ride out when they can not have a stall at the Motorcycle Show. This years event will be held on Sunday 28th March with everyone meeting between 10am – 12pm at…
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The High End of Low
Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared for it, we must first shed our fear of it. I stand here, before you now, truthfully unafraid. Why? Because I believe something you do not? No, I stand here without fear because I remember.…
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