Author: Derek

Posted in France

France – the first 48 hours

Well, here we are. We had our first full day in Nantes yesterday, wandering the city to orientate ourselves and confirming CA’s enrollment for school….

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Posted in Cycling

Review – Topeak Road Morph pump

Years ago I worked in a camping store in Boston – Hilton’s Tent City. We sold a bit of everything, including bike accessories. I was…

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Posted in Cycling

My (failed) electric bike experiment

I love cycling. I love the idea of it being able to go almost anywhere under the power of your own two legs. And, I…

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Posted in Work

Which one is the emergency?

It’s not difficult to spot which of these two phone calls is an emergency. Yet, all over the world emergency call centres deal with these…

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Posted in Darwin

This is cool

With a cyclone scheduled in our neighborhood over the next couple of days, I thought I’d share this: It shows the surface wind currents across…

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Posted in Stuff

Things I don’t understand, No 7

So why does high quality chocolate have a “best before” date? Like it’s going to sit in the cupboard long enough to go off!

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Posted in Stuff

Big news

Well the big news of the day was going to be that Haigh’s Chocolate delivers to Darwin. As big a deal as that is, it…

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Oops

And yesterday I brushed my teeth with shaving cream! Yup.

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Posted in Work

Chairman of the Bored

So it’s been a while since I posted anything. Mainly because I’ve been at home on Workers Comp with a rotator cuff injury. I’ve strained…

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Posted in Cycling Work

Cycle responders

Following on from the story on the AED drone. When I visited London several years ago I was at Canary Warf and noticed a Paramedic…

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