Monthly Archives: September 2005

peak oil crisis

Oil Documentary “The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream” is a Canadian documentary explaining the dependence of our economy on cheap oil and why oil will no longer be cheap. There will be a … Continue reading

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why i believe george bush isn’t so bad

This is a copy/paste of a reply I sent to a friend after he told me why he thought Bush is bad: Nothing wrong with nuclear. To the best of my knowledge, solar cell technology has benefited strongly from militiary/NASA … Continue reading

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city to bay 2005 fun run

There we go, that was the 2005 City to Bay Fun Run. Glad that was over and done with even if it did cause me infra-patella tendinopathy (i.e. i tore the tendon in my right knee). Apparently this is caused … Continue reading

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skirmish with geeks

Today I played Skirmish with all my fellow geeks from the School of Mechanical Engineering. I learnt several things: My pain threshold is a lot lower than I thought it was. I act like a little sissy boy when I … Continue reading

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words that describe me

This is a non-biased collection of words that describe me. You can comment below to add a word, or email me and I will add it below! Joel: wacky James: bammo Matt (aka Tommo): Lanky Benny H: Runner! Michelle: sexy … Continue reading

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glasses

This is what I get for having a sister as an optometrist. I find out today I need glasses. Did you know bees can see polarised light? Also, although you are most likely looking at a screen with 32 million … Continue reading

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creative firmware

Well Creative are busy developing new firmware. (Apparently). Read all about it here. You can read on page 26 how I’ve started a betting system where you can bet how many pages long the forum will be by the time … Continue reading

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wet multidisc swivel for a wet multidisc clutch

I had yet another cool idea, one that I could manufacture in next to no time. The problem was that living at my parents house again, I have to keep my motorbike out the back since the carport is always … Continue reading

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conditioning for the city to bay

Well I think you could say that training for a 12k run does’t really gel with training for a 42k run. Below is my training data for tonights training session. Each sprint peak should have hit around 190bpm. Maybe I … Continue reading

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moving home/walk to lofty

This weekend I moved back home to my parents. Everything should be a lot easier again, I will have time to resume an intense training schedule, be armed with a full range of healthy food, etc, etc.. This afternoon I … Continue reading

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