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Announced – 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
This has just jumped out at me from the RSS feeds, Mark Shuttelworth has just announced that the next version of Ubuntu, following the not yet officially released 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, will be called the “Jaunty Jackalope”. To read what Mr Shuttleworth has to say about this just Click Here. What I understand of Intrepid…
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Yamaha 09 Range Revealed
After a glitzy unveiling in Las Vegas over the weekend with all 4 of Yamaha’s MotoGP riders present their 2009 Range was officially revealed to the public. You can read all about it & see some pictures thanks to MCN by Clicking HereSo for you Yamaha Fans you can get more information by Clicking Here.…
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Advent & Ubuntu, A Perfect Partnership?
Screenshot of Ubuntu on the Advent 4211 No. Sadly not perfect, but it is a close call. I recently purchased an Advent 4211 from PC World, this had not been my original intention as the MSI Wind was what first turned me onto the world of UMPC/Netbooks. The Asus ‘effect’ never got my attention, it…
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If Wishes Were Bikes…
If wishes were bikes then last weekend (Saturday 30th/Sunday 31st August) at the Annual Across Ireland 2008 we had over 700 of them! Combined with pillions numbers taking part went over a 1,000. The total amount of money raised for the ‘Make A Wish Foundation‘ will not be confirmed for a few weeks but the…
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Can You Hear Me Now?
So with the Annual Across Ireland run being this coming weekend and following the lessons of our recent road-trip around Ireland I was under orders to procure and install an intercom system for our long periods on the road. So were to begin? Well, I started by crawling through pages of reviews/comments/opinions of various kit.…
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AAI 2008 – Start Your Motors
I will be taking part in this years Annual Across Ireland charity event taking place over Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August. The event is set to be the most well attended yet while coverage will be provided by national radio & tv stations. On top of that they will be filming for a DVD…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 4)
Thursday 31st July View Larger Map The End of the Beginning Did I say we liked the Wyatt Hotel in Westport? Well, we do! Not only was it a great nights rest but we were also found there was a vegetarian option on the breakfast menu. The staff were very pleasant and there were plenty…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 3)
Wednesday 30th July View Larger Map Decisions, Decisions We did not sleep well and were glad to be getting up to leave. The breakfast was probably the Abbey Hotels saving grace. A standard buffet layout, simply walk up and point at what you want. In that case the vegetarian option was beans on toast with…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 2)
Tuesday 29th July View Larger Map The Good, The Bad & The People Carriers We got up and headed for breakfast were we had good news and bad news. The good news was that they serve a full vegetarian option at the Premier Inn (though they overcooked the vegetarian sausages), the bad news was that…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 1)
Monday 28th July 2008 View Larger Map In The Beginning: The bags were still being packed 10mins before we hit the road. I had got a set of Buell inner bags for the side cases & top case. Since we were planning to B&B it we took a side case each and used the top…
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