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Early morning Brisbane

Jeremy — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:50:24 +0000

Glasshouse Mountains

Jeremy — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:39:02 +0000

Brisbane Flood

Jeremy — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:37:45 +0000

My backyard 12th January, 2011.

A note on hydration

Jeremy — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:56:46 +0000

Whilst I was searching for something else I found this note on the importance of hydration.

Make sure you have plenty to drink this summer!

Moving on

Jeremy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:51:00 +0000

The rental I’ve lived in for several years has been listed for sale. It’s not a flash house and as such it’s come in at the bottom of the market. There has been a constant stream of people sticking their heads around my house so I can only imagine the open house is going to be … traumatic? I’ve ages left on my lease but I’m preparing for the worst and have started packing for a move I may have to make. Taking the opportunity to throw out stuff I should have dealt with a long time ago. Given that a lot of the stuff I’m throwing out I’m classifying as junk, I can hear a ‘told you so’ voice in my head.. I think this is the first move I’ve done by myself without certain company, and it’s really … Continue reading →

Apple Battery Charger

Jeremy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:49:40 +0000

Whilst I have heard of the Apple battery charger, it has recently come to my attention due to a staff request for one at work.

I have heard on the TWIT podcasts that the batteries included with the Apple battery charger are actually the same chemical make-up as the Sanyo Eneloop batteries. These batteries can retain 80 percent of their charged capacity and potentially last for up to 10 years of service life.

Whilst people could just go out and buy any rechargeable batteries I think it is good there is now an option for those who will only buy products branded with a fruity label.

Forgotten how to be alive?

Jeremy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:45:32 +0000

I’d really like to get my car finished then spend some time outside in the sunshine, taking photos at waterfalls and enjoying fresh air.

I think it would be nice to remember being alive.

I haven’t done it for a while.

Blood suckers

Jeremy — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:12:35 +0000

It doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s summer or winter nor day or night. Mosquitoes seem to be always swarming to drink my blood.

Electric offroad motorcycles

Jeremy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:11:53 +0000

Many years ago I would eagerly await the weekend to go for a dirtbike ride in the State forests around Coffs Harbour with my brother and friends. Thinking back we would often discuss the future and what we would be riding when petrol became scarce and new technologies had become available.

We had decided that electric motorcycles would be the future but thought it would be odd being propelled through the forest on a quietly humming steed.

That was going on ten years ago now, I haven’t had my TT600R for going on eight years now and I don’t even live in Coffs Harbour anymore. I happened across a youtube video of an Electric motorcross bike in use (ignore the hooliganism) and looking carefully at the video I saw a website address across the bike Quantya.com. Apparently our dream of the future is a reality and you can buy electric motorcross (and road registerable) motorbikes across the world – just not in Australia.

It seems like such an excellent idea to me and I can’t wait to see what electric vehicles the world has to offer in the near future.

I’ll finish up with a promotional video for the Quantya.

Mountain biking in Scotland

Jeremy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:35:12 +0000

I’ve just discovered another reason to visit Scotland. Apparently they have excellent Forestry Commision supported mountain biking over there. They have a site which lists trails available and from the description it sounds like it would be definately worth a visit.