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I'd better post something I guess
As I completely lack anything of any worth to say at the momement here's a picture of me doing my best power ranger impression:
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Good ol' Spike
"For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string." Spike Milligan, The Goons
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Two bikes!
Yes I am a two bike man these days. Here's "ickle bandit" and "the Beast".
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Peak District
I had a run up to the Peak District today and it was fabulous. I'm too tired to write much about it but I thought I'd take the opportunity to post a picture of my Z750 basking in the Derbyshire Dales sunshine. I'll try…
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Chavs nil, Mad three.
I had quite a weekend (yes I know I'm writing about it on Wednesday but I didn't feel like blogging before this). I took Friday off and just enjoyed myself swaning around the back lanes on my Bandit 400 and looking at…
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In honour of The Ashes
(and so I have a record of the lyrics - as odd as they are) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the…
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Dedicated hosting indeed!
I was just reading The Register waiting for Apple's big announcement to come up when I noticed a story about Katrina. Apparently there is a small hosting firm in New Orleans who are still working and they're blogging…
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Return to work
Yes, it’s true, I have returned to the working in the office. After nearly six weeks of working from home (or more accurately - working from bed) I am deemed well enough to dump the crutches and commute to and from…
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Animal extremists
There's been an item on the news on and off recently that's made me think. You see some animal activists have been targeting a family that farms guinea pigs for animal research. Their final attack on the family was to…
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IE7 three weeks on
It's beginning to annoy me now. Having the main menu bar in the wrong place is a serious disadvantage and underneath it all... it's still IE6. In some ways it bodes well for the future with the RSS support but for a…
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Fractures
So I went to see the specialist last week and I finally got a good explanation of the second injury to the pelvis. When it was identified in hospital the doctor just waved the CT scan in my face and left me with a vague…
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IE7
Well I downloaded the Beta of Internet Explorer 7 from MSDN yesterday. So I thought I'd put up my first thoughts : Bit disappointed in one way, as it's the same render engine, we'll have to wait for later Beta's to see…
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Return to blogging
So it's been three weeks and I have loads to blog about. The funny thing is; for a week I just didn't feel like blogging. I guess partly that was caused by my pain-killers which make me sleepy. Right. So what happened…
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My country
I was born a Rhodesian. My family left Africa when I was five and we came to England. So as much as Africa exerts a subliminal pull on me, it is England that raised me. This is the country I know best and it's a country…
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Eeek
It's dusk and Andy and I are out on a back lane blast. The days heat has died down and the sky's in the last phase of a sunset. I lead for a while but I'm not flowing, I think I'm trying too hard. After a while Andy…
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Favourites
I was doing my early morning rounds today and I was forcibly struck with how much I enjoy certain blogs. Two reads that I'm always delighted to see new posts on are Waiter Rant and Clublife . These two guys for very…
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Changes
Ok the "Obscure Hit of the Week" feature is ending as of the last one posted. Why? I suspect my father and I are amongst the few who get a kick out of knowing all the exotic places surfers come from. Also... I just…
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Blast! I got meme'd.
Sparx over at SMIDSY hit me with this (and called me a computer geek the cheeky bugger!). This wasn't actually very easy for me as I didn't read "proper" comic books as a kid. I read the Beano and stuff like that, as…
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1000 mile review.
I finished running in my SV650 on Sunday morning (since then I've done another 162 miles). So I can sum up my findings on the SV a little more. Looks: I really do like the looks of the SV, the half fairing and lovely…
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Obscure hit of the week XI
This week the MadTV prize of dubious worth goes to Martinique . So Martiniquians give me a shout to get a Gmail invitation.