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See You When I Get There
Passport and tickets in hand I am setting off to the 2007 NEC Motorcycle & Scooter Show in Birmingham, UK. The camera is packed too so there should be plenty of pictures on my Flickr page by the weekend for all of you to enjoy. Right time to go! Keep the rubber side down.
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The End of The World?
You read it here first…the end of the world order: “The whole world order would crumble, everything that was built in the past 50 years would be meaningless. All the flash points in the world would erupt.” -Branislav Ristivojevic, spokesman for Serbia’s DSS party, 19th November 2007, on what would happen should the world recognise…
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Australia Chooses a New Direction
Republicanism, ratifying Kyoto and combat troops out of Iraq…these are just a few items on the table with the election of Kevin Rudd as the new Australian PM. So 11 years of conservative rule has been ended with the Labor Party coming to power. After 4 terms John Howard is now out of the office…
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The Sound of Drums
Among the noise of the war drums there are some voices worth listening too. Certain elements within Iran may be determined to snub the USA by any means possible, but all things being equal, this helps elements within the USA justify one final push under the ‘Bush Doctrine’. “Will A Strategic Bombing Campaign Defeat Iran?”…
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DCU Open Day 2007 (Day 2)
It is over… Wow, what a busy day! I do not think any of us expected today being that busy. Most of the other stands were surprised too. In fact we stayed later today then yesterday, only getting away after 4pm. But why? I hear you ask…well the whole point of the Open Days are…
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DCU Open Day 2007 (Day 1)
We survived…watch the day unfold on my Flickr page! Day 1 of the ‘DCU Open Days’ is over and we can safely say it was a complete success. This was the busiest DCU Open Day ever! Getting more people in one day then the whole weekend last year, so estimates are in the 5,000 mark…
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Speed of the Sound of Lonliness
It was Cork…but not as I knew it! Pink lighting along Oliver Plunkett Street and down the center of Patrick Street were the only disturbing changes. Everything else is…is Cork, boy! Hillbillies on the Grand Parade still makes the best chicken fillet burgers in the country (if not world!), Zanzibar on Cook street is still…
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Falling Foul of the Monkey
It is a about time I come clean and share my experience with Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). As you will have guessed from the tone of my previous posts I have been very impressed with the Ubuntu OS since moving over (completely) a few months ago. So it was with great excitement that I began…
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Pilgrimage 2007
The annual pilgrimage is just 3 weeks away, the NEC Motorcycle & Scooter Show 2007 opens the doors to the public. The flights are booked and the tickets are somewhere in the post! All the major manufactures are confirmed: Ducati, Royal Enfield, BMW, Honda, Hyosung, Benelli, Victory, Yamaha, CCM, Harley-Davidson, Triumph, Suzuki, KTM, Buell, Vectrix…
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Riding With Team Roberts
After entering into a competition I got an email today informing me that my name will be on the Team Roberts MotoGP bike for the last race of the season this Sunday! By CLICKING HERE then select the ‘Logo Left’ sticker on the bike. A quick search with your PDF reader for ‘KD’ will find…
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