NYC marathon coming up, and just a month to go … what was I thinking !
Matthew Hutchinson
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Matt is a web developer from N. Ireland. He currently runs Hiddenloop and works in Dublin. Want to find out just a little bit more ?
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A Series of Unfortunate Events (2)
So it was this last weekend past, that I had planned to relocate from London to Dublin. After searching around for a decent carrier to ship stuff for me (the cheapest (with insurance) being around 1000£ !) I found the best and safest option was to do it myself. The plan was carefully laid out like so;
- Hire a medium sized van – pack my stuff in on Thursday night
- Drive to Dublin (via Holyhead, Wales) on Friday, un-pack Friday night, and then,
- on Saturday, drive back to London (via Holyhead, Wales),
- with a final flight back over to Dublin on Sunday, ready to start work Monday morning
Here’s the original plan on Google Maps
Ambitious you might say? I though not, I had set plenty of extra time in the plan for making the journey, even with problems. Only doing one major thing each day. Or so I thought … what I’m about to tell you, you could not dream up. I am still recovering from tiredness even today… (warning, long story below)
All the fun of the circus
The local elections in Northern Ireland (read, ‘political hi-jinks’) are coming soon. I can imagine the thousands of bearded posters lining the streets of Belfast now. I hope and dream of a future where our country can move forward; life-like beard-hair stapled to every election poster! What do we need to make sense of all this nonsense? The Northern Ireland elections wiki by Mr. Stewart
Contribute away and help George and the gang to victory. Stray Taoist has some Tales from the homeland on the matter.
Some photos from the campaign trail have turned into a caption competition on flickr, here, here and oh, here too.
Little Miss Sunshine
I’m only seeing this now on DVD, watch the trailer here; its a great show, and not a bad soundtrack either; listen to the opening track by Devotchka;
Ho Ho Ho Flickr
Flickr have some festive hidden easter eggs, try adding a note to any photo as ‘ho ho ho hat’ or ‘ho ho ho beard’ to ‘Santa Up!’ any photo, this bearded fellow did just that. Here’s a tune to put you in the mood;
