So, either the GPS was completely wrong, I’m a stronger swimmer than I let on to be, or I was travelling on the car ferry between Rosslare and Fishguard. Yes, we’re just back from Wales after a marvellous holiday. The weather wasn’t always that great (it’s exactly the same as […]
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Reykjavik Time Lapse
A short time lapse video I shot from the temporary Polldaddy HQ in Reykjavik, Iceland. I shot it with my Android phone over the course of about an hour. My battery hit 9% remaining charge by the end of it! I’ve never seen the weather change so fast or so […]
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Spacelog: Apollo 13
From the Apollo 13 Spacelog transcript. Good thing nobody had to get out and push. (via) Jack Swigert (CMP): Okay, Joe. I’ll tell you, I’m just trying to figure out where we are here. ….. Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM): Roger, Jack. We see that. Of course, there’s a lot of cloudcover […]
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Thoughts on returning from Killarney
Random thoughts that have occurred to me this Sunday evening after spending the weekend in Killarney, Co. Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. Too much driving to the Black Valley. It’s not recommended that you drive through the Gap of Dunloe, but I’d like to see any heavily pregnant woman […]
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Turkmenbashi the great has died
Wow, I just saw on the news that Saparmurat Niyazov, or as he calls himself, Beyik Turkmenbashi died last night of a heart attack. His country, Turkmenistan was ruled by this eccentric man for 24 years and was featured in an article in the Sunday Times Magazine last weekend! I […]
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Do the Bungee Jump
Have you ever looked out on a sheer drop and asked yourself, “What would it be like to fall all the way down?” Have you ever stood on the edge, looked forward towards the distant hills and leapt off into space? I have. In 2002 I jumped although not particularly […]
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Lucky I got home on Tuesday
This morning 24 suspected terrorists were arrested in the UK as part of an investigation into attempts to takes bombs on board planes in hand luggage. The resulting disruption and restrictions almost made more news than the fact that firebombs with many hundreds of souls on-board could have been launched […]
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My First Earthquake!
Wow, the house just shook! Toni found some info on it, and I got it from Andy. Magnitude 4.4 apparently, but 42 miles away. Podz mentioned it too. What did you do when you felt it? Did you run to the door, duck, take cover? No, we blogged it! 2020 […]
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Weather? It's scorchio in Lanzarote!
Writing here from a very hot Lanzarote! We’ll be back in Ireland on Saturday but it’s been a blast! Dining out every night, relaxing, seeing the sights such as El Golfo, Cuevo De Los Verde and more.. Wait ´til you see the photos next week!