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StrangeFOSS – Or How I Stopped Worrying About Unity And Learned To Love Gnome Shell
I am writing this post with a feeling of uneasiness as after moving to Ubuntu from Windows in the summer of 2007 I have moved again, this time to Fedora 19. Since the end of 2011 I had tried Gnome Shell several times for extended periods and while I really enjoyed the interface I found…
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Naughty Or Nice NC700X?
I have owned the Honda NC700X for over a month now and the first service is out of the way, so now I am going to type up my initial thoughts about ownership and anything that has stuck out. It is a very positive review mainly as its all been good so far. I am…
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Clearing Out The Stable – Various Buell Parts For Sale
Now that the Buell is long bolted from my stable doors it is time to start making some space and clearing out the various parts and accessories leftover from ownership. I have started by listing a few of the items on my ebay profile and if you dig around on my flickr page you should also…
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Logitech K270 Wireless Keyboard “Almost” Just Works With Ubuntu
Last year I invested in the Logitech Touchpad and reviewed it in this post. It is part of Logitech wireless range which allows you to connect their products to a computer with a small USB “unifying receiver”. This little device can support up to six wireless products so after almost a year I decided to…
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Another Fill-Up For The NC700X
Nyx watching the sunset over the Village at Lyons Okay, I know it is early days but I am still in the honeymoon period with the bikes MPG. Being beyond the manuals recommended 500km of conservative riding I have been trying to get into a more natural sync with the NC700X (Nyx). I had been…
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Honda NC700X MPG Update
FINALLY got around to the first full fuel-up tonight on the NC700X. The bike came with about 3-4 bars on the dash so when that ran out at 172 km I filled up, reset the trip and tonight the last bar on the dash started flashing to let me know I was into the reserve.…
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Gone In 65 Days
1817 days or approximately 4 years, 11 months and 21 days of Buell ownership came to an end on June 22nd when Bikeworld rang me up to tell me an offer had been made on the bike. Little over 8 weeks up for sale she has found a new owner who I hope enjoys at…
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What I Look At When Choosing A Motorcycle
Once my mind was made up about selling the Buell Ulysses XB12XT I had to start making a short list of what I wanted to replace her. As I briefly touch on in a previous most, the main reason for moving on from the Buell is down to economics. I need to start saving (more)…
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Old Friends For Sale – Handing Over The Keys To The Buell XT
July 1st 2013 would have marked five years of Buell ownership, alas we did not quite reach that anniversary. For that matter a number of anniversaries were never reached over the last five years, but they are matters to be mused over somewhere else. Right now the focus is on my Buell Ulysses XB12XT and…
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Ubuntu And The Ghost of Crimbo’s Past
Its that time of year again when I curse Ubuntu. It happens every year, I know its coming but I hope for the best but am left cursing the circle of doom after several hours of madness.Let me take you back to the start, not the last 3 years of attempts, but just this years.…
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