Sunday 29.6.08
A nice easy Sunday ride was the idea. The house I’m living in is technically in a town called Gouvieux just five kilometres outside of Chantilly. Chantilly is known for its large Chateau built in dedication to horses. The owner of the Chateau, many moons ago was certain he would be reincarnated as [...]
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Saturday 28.6.08
This is it; this is the moment I’ve been waiting for. Isn’t that what they always say? At eight forty-five this morning I didn’t exactly feel that way, more than anything I felt tired and annoyed as I tried to get my pannier bags onto their new home. The guess is that my pannier’s [...]
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Cycling Paris to London – Summer ‘08
It’s now one am and cold in Chantilly. The family and friends in the large house where I’m a guest have finally left for the night and I’m able to have a moment’s peace for the first time since climbing off my bike at 12:47 this afternoon. I made [...]
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From the Newsdesk at Ars Technica
JC Penney wants nothing to do with free viral advertising
By Jacqui Cheng | Published: June 24, 2008 – 01:33PM CT
JC Penney is rockin’ the headlines this week, but not for the reasons it would like. A YouTube video that claims to be an ad for JC Penney has been circulating [...]
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Well, it’s not my child, but it does seem like it could be mine in five (10,15…) years time! After all I only knew this kid for a few hours when the photo was taken. Just to clarify the situation this is the youngest of the three boys, named Jesus, of the house in Madrid [...]
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Posted in Europe, Spain, tagged Madrid, Spain on 23 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Occasionally a city or even a country manages to win you over at the very last minute. After living in Spain for the past four months I can not say it’s been my favourite place by any margin. My attempt to learn Spanish largely failed as some of you know and as many Spanish have [...]
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Posted in Home, tagged Firefox 3 on 19 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Firefox 3 launch a success: 8 million downloads in 24 hours! By Ryan Paul
Mozilla’s Firefox 3 release event yesterday was an epic success. The servers logged over 8 million downloads during the 24-hour download day, and Mozilla has declared victory after exceeding its initial goal of 5 million downloads.
I was at the official launch party [...]
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A note: This work is not edited. So don’t hold it against me if it’s not perfect. It’s hard for me to keep up on a dialy basis, so this is as good as you will get for now! Enjoy.
Day Four
Monday
There is one thing that happens every Monday that makes everyone happy. Okay, perhaps [...]
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