Out There
The ramblings of Scott May
Ubuntu on Linode – Part 1 – Getting a Machine
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Getting a fully fledged presence on the internet has never been easier or cheaper. I chose Linode as a provider of a virtual machine for this purpose. Ubuntu is probably the most popular and user friendly flavour of Linux. These two work together very well.
In this part, we will create an account on Linode, and roll out a bare bones virtual machine...
7 in 7 2010 – Broome to Kalyaydayan (Bus Shelter)
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OZ 7 in 7 Cycle around Australia, part of the Smiling For Smiddy Charity Rides.
Today we were back on the bikes after a wonderful rest day in Broome. It turned out to be the best idea we've had, to push through to Broome ahead of schedule. The people at the Roey (the Roebuck Hotel in Broome) and Julie in particular treated us like kings (and gave me a new nickname I'll keep to myself thanks)...
7 in 7 2010 – Adcock Gorge to Lennard River Crossing
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OZ 7 in 7 Cycle around Australia, part of the Smiling For Smiddy Charity Rides.
... recuperation (and maybe do a load of washing and get some internet time) in Broome in a couple of days’ time. Last year Sharky and I did one day of 150 odd km on the dirt and swore we would never do that again yet here we were again. But we were keen and apart from a couple of good climbs, we had the wind at our back and so far not too much heat, so we headed to Imintji Store as quickly as we could, some 47km down the dirt road...
7 in 7 2010 – Kununurra to Home Valley Station
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OZ 7 in 7 Cycle around Australia, part of the Smiling For Smiddy Charity Rides.
The countryside we rode through today is just unbelievably beautiful, and reminded me of riding in the South Island of New Zealand in the sense that you were always looking up at the scenery in amazement, and not believing that it could just keep coming. It’s a harsh place, but there’s beauty everywhere...
On the way to Challenge Wanaka 2010
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Travelling to Wanaka NZ, for the Challenge Wanaka iron distance triathlon.
I arrived at the airport in Brisbane yesterday ready to argue with the check in guy about why I was carrying so much gear on the plane, but was pleasantly surprised to find that they were expecting me, had my exit row seat ready, and no, the heavy bike bag was no problem at all, thank you very much. A very nice start to the day for sure...
NQ 2 NT Journal Entry – Day 19 – Borroloola to October Creek
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OZ 7 in 7 Cycle around Australia, part of the Smiling For Smiddy Charity Rides.
As we rolled out from our wonderful hosts at Cairns Industries we were very sad to see Shanno and Gordo leave for home. Shanno’s business is cane farms and right now is about as busy as they get, so we were lucky to have the boys on boards for the time we did...
NQ 2 NT Journal Entry – Day 15 – Burketown to Doomadgee
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OZ 7 in 7 Cycle around Australia, part of the Smiling For Smiddy Charity Rides.
You will know that we temporarily have the road kill count on hold, in part because of Smoothy’s thumb, but perhaps mainly because there really isn’t too much to report in these parts. After several hours thinking about this we realised that it’s because there isn’t too much traffic along these roads either. So instead of road kill, we thought we might take the easy option and count traffic...