Category: Reviews & Opinions
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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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Wikileaks Cablegate List
Here is the tip of the iceberg with regards to the latest release by Wikileaks of the US diplomatic cables. There are already some headline grabbing stories (as seen below) but the real story will emerge as we study the discourse in greater depth with all the threats and deals becoming clear. This presents a…
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EU Blues as Motorcyclists Face Mandatory ABS and No More Mods
You have got to hand it to those boys and gals in the European Commission just take every chance they get to show how disconnected they are from us little people. Motorcycles are due to be hit with the most restrictive regulations in the world. While the rest of the planet debate about wearing helmets…
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10.10.10 – The Rise of the Maverick Meerkat
Today marks the release of the latest evolution of the Ubuntu operating system, 10.10 The Maverick Meerkat. Over the summer I have given the Meerkat a few test drives as it developed through the alpha, beta and release candidate stages. Usually I would have jumped in during the beta testing and stuck with it until…
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Motorcycle GPS Cases: Givi versus Arkon
Image by Victor9098 via FlickrI planned to do some touring around Ireland this summer and managed to squeeze in 3 weeks of travels over May/June this year. You can check out photos of those trips on my Flikr page in the Ireland Stream (Ladies View onwards). Any other time planning such a journey would usually…
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ACLU vrs U.S. Gov over the lives of citizens
The debate around the targeted killing of US citizens abroad by the U.S. government is still on going, but the article below by Robert Haddick is probably one of the better discussions I have read or heard on the topic. Could this be considered a new battlefield space to be exploited by the military or…
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Terrorist Tactics and Blackberry Battles
Very interesting piece looking at how slow intelligence agencies can be at adapting to new and emerging technologies. Here they highlight how the LeT terrorists, which undertook the Mumbai attacks in 2008, built a global battlefield communication system from a few mobile phones and some commercial software. Yet the knee-jerk reaction of simply demanding access…
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Brammo Empulse: 100miles@100mph on Electric Motorcycle
Brammo has been impressing with their electric motorcycle range and since they first released the Enertia and then decided to ride two of these electric motorcycles along the route of the automotive CEOs who went to Washington DC asking for government loans. Now they have raised the bar for all the other electric motorcycle manufactures,…
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