dbannon Damian Bannon
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008
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That all sounds quite negative, but I've been riding a motorbike now for 8 years and find it very rewarding - predictable low-stress commuting, touring over the summer, very friendly community. Sold the car last year and upgraded the bike.
Can't stress the training bit enough though.
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It has gotten harder in recent times. I think you can ride a moped on a car license, but to get an A license you must start form scratch - go through the hi-viz jacket, theory test etc.. The test used to be a joke - ride around the block 3 times do a u-turn and ride back while the tester tried to follow in a car, but I believe they now use radio to tell you where to go and what to do and it has become far more detailed. For good reasons too - Good training is a must these days with the volumes of traffic around.
Also there was some talk of a requirement for a certain number of hours training before doing the test but I'm not sure if that is in place yet. Restricted power for two years after you get the license also.
As a direct answer to the question, being a full licensed car driver makes no difference to the procedures that you must go through to get a bike license.
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
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BTW, coverage for O2 within the Glen of Aherlow is next to useless.
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Spotted Moroney's alright. The owner is a bit of a character, but responsible for the local forest tracks so a man to treat with respect when you want to take 24 large motorbikes over the local trails. The Glen of Aherlow was spectacular from the top and the bottom.
Friday, 18 July 2008
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
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My twins share the screen so it has to have a reasonable size to avoid rows, or at least further rows after the 'what movie to watch' argument. Had meant to get a second player but never got around to it.
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I got a Philips one at the airport duty free last year. About €100. It's a DVD player rather than a 'media' player but works well for long drives to Kerry. Now, I know the soundtrack to a whole lot of movies but don't know if it's people or puppies talking.
On flights, the Nintendo DS is what my kids use for games - multiplay wifi hasn't crashed the plane yet, but got us to Canada last year w/o tantrums. Probably a little advanced for 4-years though.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
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Glad to see it went well, Denis. Good luck on the next round.
Monday, 23 June 2008
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I imagine you'd have to allow some effort/time to train clients on how to navigate the various options that bugzilla presents.
It has been about 2-3 years since I used it so the UI may have improved.
I would have considered it a little 'hard-core' so it would depend on clients' abilities.
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I've used bugzilla as a bug tracking tool in the past. I found it pretty overwhelming in terms of options, buttons and ticks as an end-user. I had no involvement in the setup or hosting end. We used it as a bug and feature tracking platform for hardware & software co-development and it seemed quite robust but I'm not how many people really understood its capabilities. I've been looking for something to use as a simple help-desk app and bugzilla would be way too complex at the UI. I've tried using phpBB for the same purpose and was too limited in terms of features (although there does seem to be an active plug-in or mod community) and customisation.
Thursday, 19 June 2008
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I'm using one of the older ones (the white mouse-like one) with a Macbook. Sometimes temperamental in recognising the device on startup but generally works ok.
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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If you call O2 cust service or any O2 retail outlook they can tell you.
Monday, 9 June 2008
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That stretch of road seems to have its fair share of crashes. I've had to bypass it on the way to Kerry about 3 times in the past year due to accidents.
Friday, 6 June 2008
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PSP is the Playstation Portable, I think?
I've put a Lidl cheapie radio in our camper as it had a USB port and flash card socket. No aerial on the bus, so radio reception is crap anyway.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
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I like some of the Guardian podcasts: Science Weekly and Tech weekly. MacBreak Weekly from Leo Laporte also a regular on my iPod.
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I have a TwiT fleece - lots of geeky holes for iPods and stuff. Though most people find the word Twit embossed on your chest a little strange.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
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Can't listen now just now, but will later.
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Not sex-toys then?
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My 10yr old son makes regular trips to hospital on a school morning and gives out about G. Ryan's language when in the car. Last time he heard talk about men having babies and was totally confused. Of course, schools are starting to finish up so maybe its time to moderate some of the chat
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