Posts Tagged: california

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And (One of) the Winner Is … Me :)

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In case there were any doubts about my driving (ahem, racing!) abilities, these, I’m sure, will settle the matter: in the Cognitive Match California Go-Karting race, guess who came 3rd? 😀 Granted, you may think “well it’s only 3rd”, but it does mean still that I came 1st out of the whole Tech team! And […]

Shuttle Endeavor Californian Flyby — 21/Sep/2012

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By sheer act of random I was one of the lucky ones to actually see Endeavor today flying over Mountain View. And I’ve realised once again in attempting to take photos of it that my BlackBerry is pretty rubbish at taking photos 🙂 As such I will try to provide 2 versions for each of […]

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Big Sur, California, 8-9/Sep/2012

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Continuing the series of random travels through USA this weekend with Monterey Bay and Big Sur and the coast of Northern California: For those who have seen the movie “Forrest Gump“, you will be pleased to know that on the backend of that, “Bubba Gump Shrimp Co” was created — for real: Yup, I did […]

Re-enforce Your Car Bumpers, California :)

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As of yesterday, I have now a (temporary) Californian driving license — need to still go through the actual driving test it seems (though the irony is that I will drive my car to the testing centre — on my British license! — then take the test, and even if I fail it — can’t […]

Iron Maiden, You’re Still the Bollocks!

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Who would have thought these old timers can still rock? What an awesome concert — this Friday just gone (03/Aug/2012) at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View!!! I wish my camera was better, as the photos below don’t do this event any favours (note to self: get rid of the bloody BlackBerry!) so you’ll have to […]