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Posts from February 2008

iPhone in Ireland…

Well, finally it’s been announced, the iPhone is coming here on the 14th March, but once again we get screwed over for everything!
First off, the price: 399euro for the 8gig, and 499 for the 16gig, a full third more than the US (with the exchange rate as it id), then we get into the nitty [...]


Getting Better…

Well, it don’t hurt much any more, but I’m still gappy, and will be for the foreseeable future… have so much on, what with elections, college work, internship, and other work, that it’ll be 3 weeks or so before I get anything done, be it crown, bridge or implant. The folks are checking prices in [...]


Oops!

Well, following the lead(ish) of others, I came off the bike on the way into work this morning! Coming round a roundabout, I was either too fast, or leaning over too much, and my bike went one way, and I the other -chin first into the pavement!
Thankfully, I didn’t break anything as serious as Krys did, [...]


Almost a ton….

…well, 97 odd km today. It hurts, but in the good way… only downside was A not being home when I went to surprise her!


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9 February 2008 @ 9pm

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Another 50 down

Yup, another half century today, and it’s getting a little easier… it’s also satisfying zooming past the ’serious’ roadies in their lycra and expensive road bikes and stuff, and me on a single speed (I have the good grace to hide the lycra under my shorts )Thanks to Mark’s advice, I gave Podrunner a try today -while it’s [...]


Days 3 & 4

Were great… Sat and Sun were both 50k+ days, and my legs felt fine… moved the bike from fixed to single speed, and so it made the downhill sections a bit easier, which is great!Sundays was an afternoon ride, and I started around the Phoenix Park, and as darkness fell I realised that my lights are only good for [...]


I have now decided

that Windows ‘High Contrast’ mode is evil, should not be allowed ever, and only exists to make developers lives a misery… I thought the differences between browser rendering was bad, but this beats it all hands down…