Do you think he likes his new iphone 4?

by Mark on June 28, 2010

This made me chuckle…

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Round the Island Race

by Mark on June 19, 2010

At 3am today I awoke to take part in the annual Round The Island Race. I was crew on Spirit of Diana a sister boat to Spirit of Minerva who I crewed back from Horta to Portsmouth a couple of weeks earlier. We slipped our berth, or rather left our 3rd place of a 5 boat raft at about 3:45 and made our way to the start side of the course for a 5am start. With tide and wind both pushing us to the line we were cautious at the start not wanting to be course side of the line before the starting gun and face a penalty, but we were over cautious and ended up being one of the last of our class, category 0, to cross the line. However we had opted for a more southerly track than our competition and were keeping to the better water to exploit the tide. By the time we reached the first real landmark, The Needles, we’d hauled in many boats including all of the other Farr 65′s. We maintained that lead and continued to hauling in other boats eventually being the 14th boat in our class of 47 to cross the finish line. Our handicap adjusted place was 29th.

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WordPress 3.0

by Mark on June 18, 2010

WordPress version 3.0 was released this morning.  I’ve upgraded this site using the automatic upgrade function without issue

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Ups and Downs in the EU

by Mark on June 18, 2010

Shared from: Is there more to life than shoes?

Whilst Cameron and Hague are having a love in with Barroso and the EU, agreeing that people who lead an organisation who haven’t had their accounts signed off for fifteen years should approve our budget, one man who has never traded his principles gave another warning on the Euro.

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Wow…

by Mark on June 16, 2010

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What really motivates us

by Mark on June 15, 2010

I met some interesting people at last nights linchpin meetup in Birmingham one of who shared this presentation with me.  It’s a napkin style discussion about what motivates people which feeds from Maslow’s hierachy of needs and presents it in todays speak for todays economy.

If anyone can tell me who the narrator is there are extra points on offer.  I think the voice is very close to David Allen of GTD fame but I’m not convinced it’s him.

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Linchpins are everywhere…

June 14, 2010

I’m attending the linchpin meetup in Birmingham tonight. The event is at the green room in the Arcadian Centre. If you’re going do say hi.

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Foiling a 60ft Trimaran

June 9, 2010

On 6th May this year a design concept finally made it from drawing board to reality as l’hydroptère was craned into Lorient in north west France. The project was first conceived in 1975 but it wasn’t until 1987 that work first began on building a one third scale model; a project which lasted five years. [...]

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Sailing: Horta – Portsmouth

May 21, 2010

Tomorrow I travel to Horta on the Azores to tick the box on one of my ambitions and join the crew of a 65ft yacht and bring her back 1370nm to Portsmouth.  In order to be able to fly from Birmingham, and to get there as cheaply as possible I’ve gone for the scenic route, [...]

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As a sailor..I like a good blow…

May 20, 2010

Ahem I’ve just got to get me one of these t-shirts. Grotty Yachty have launched their website here

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Do you feel lucky punk? Well do ya?

May 19, 2010

These lucky escapes are astonishing. I particularly like the last one!

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“STREET LEGAL” BUMPER CARS

May 18, 2010

Would you do 100  MPH in one of these? Road-legal bumper  cars do just that. Yes, you read that  right; these little beasties are street legal.  Either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines for  power, and retired vintage bumper car bodies –  transformed into the most awesome form of mini-car  we’ve ever seen. There’s  seven of [...]

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Mayday Mayday…

May 15, 2010

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Congratulations to Jessica Watson

May 15, 2010

She took a lot of criticism when she set out to become the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world, not least because just weeks before setting off whilst on a 10 day sea trial she managed to sail her boat into the side of a merchant ship causing not insignificant damage to her mast [...]

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Are Germany preparing to ditch the Euro?

May 14, 2010

It’s not impossible but it would send shockwaves throughout the world.  There are rumours doing the rounds on the internet that Germany may be preparing to ditch the Euro.  A forum post at GoldLikeProductions from a user identifying himself as a Deutsche Bank employee, suggests that the big news to be announced this Friday as stated [...]

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