Al's WebLog

Al: a blog about bikes and stuff.

  • SPF goodness

    Since all the trendy kids (, , ) are doing it*, I thought I’d best pull my finger out and spend 15 seconds setting up SPF for my domain. For those of you that are scared, there is a really handy wizard HERE | al@avoriaz:~$ dig @ns1.bullit.net -t txt bullit.net | | ; DiG 8.4…

  • EnergyX returns

    al@haida:~$ cat /tmp/shoutcast-playlist.pls numberofentries=3 File1=http://65.19.155.198:4074 Title1=(#1 – 15/100) EnergyRadio.FM – Energy X Length1=-1 File2=http://209.51.162.163:8070 Title2=(#2 – 57/300) EnergyRadio.FM – Energy X Length2=-1 File3=http://65.19.155.199:4074 Title3=(#3 – 36/150) EnergyRadio.FM – Energy X Length3=-1 Version=2 Rah, its been away for far to long but it appears to be back.

  • Arse

    There is sod all on TV, I have to much to do and I can’t be arsed to do any of it. Arse.

  • iBook dual screen 🙂

    So yes, I have an iBook. Its nice, I like it a lot, but the video mirroring limitation is annoying as it means I can’t really use the iBook as a desktop replacement. I mentioned this to at the weekend and he peered at me curiously and said “sure you can due dual display, just…

  • Catch Up

    Last weekend I went XC riding over at Afan Forest Park. Parked up at Afan and rode along the old rail path to the start of Whites Level. Whites is a newly build trail that is mostly technical singletrack, starting off with a 6km climb and ending in what the reviews all say is an…

  • Shiney Toy! Should I?

    Hmm, so… yes. I’m like a woman with shoes when it comes to bikes. I just have to have more. I can never quite justify it but I kind of can and well… want! Anodised silver Santa Cruz Heckler with a 5th coil shock… *drool*

  • My legs hurt! 🙁

    Its been about a year since I last went for an XC ride. But with the Cove dusted off and my sister dragging me kicking and screaming I went out on Sunday to see just how unfit I’ve become. Very, is the answer! We were only out for about 2.5 hours, and only climbed one…

  • World Cup

    So the week before last I was up in Scotland, Fort William more exactly, Nevis Range to be precise. It was the first round of the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup and my sister was racing. Long drive, but the scenery on the way up was simply fantastic and the Dalwhinnie distillery is on…

  • Dell + Red Hat = Misery

    So, we needed a new little rack mount servers for work. We generally use Dell, we only needed a single CPU and RAID1 so a Poweredge 750 looked like it would do the job. Now normally I’d use Gentoo for the OS but since this box has to run Lyris Listmanager which won’t support you…

  • Brakes that break

    I’m annoyed. Actually I am more than annoyed, I am down right pissed off. You see, I have these brakes for my bike that are supposed to be good; Hayes Mags. I bought them before France last year as I had had trouble the previous year with my brakes over heating and melting. Well, 7…

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