Month: May 2003
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page one of the new akciddento weblog
jake has been busy hacking a load of sql cgi and other gubbins for me to get the new weblog publishing system into place, with a bit of luck this should all make things better and more chocolatey all round. easier for me to administer and easier for you to navigate and read and fatsre…
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big bang images
i love it ! this is what i was looking for ! getting ready in the staging area before round one at big bang.
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video editing & more
ploughing through so much video footage, the new camera mount is working well. the footage should cut together well. i could do with a wide angle convertor in the video camera. inside the cab the angles are quite narrow. i’ve also started processing the still frames i took. some of them have come out quite…
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peechiz
peechiz in the staging area in the custard tart
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back home
after a break of writing here for a few days i’m back after the first race ever ! the big bang show at santapod raceway in bedford. i’m snowed under with material, over 800 still frames and nearly 3 hours of video! i’m working my way through it all and trying to catch up the…
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i’m racing at big bang!
the scrutineer passed my bus, (only just) i qualified (initially 3rd then finally 8th) , tried out the new camera mount and shot lots of video, and ! i ran my first race, needless to say i got knocked out in the first round but it wasn’t the sphincter clenching humiliation i thought it would…
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fix what ya brung !
we wake, bright and early, too early! pack up, and roll up to the pod gates, i collect the tickets and vehicle pass. IT SAYS ‘RACER’ on it! that must be me !!!! we cruise through the site and pick a place in the pits. coffee then spanners out, boiler suit and gloves on and…
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…of course it leaks!
morning comes, we’re travelling to santa pod tonight and i’m not ready… i go get fuel pipe and finish the installation and tidy bits up… the breather system now vents in four places to a catchcan the size of a barn! it this leaks then there’s no hope for me ! i fire it up,…
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and i wait and i wait
i wait all day for the courier to arrive with the new fule pump from wolfsberg performance. the clock ticks on. i start doing useless things like polishing the inside of the bumper to try and distract me and calm my nerves. i’m getting worried that the bus won’t even get me to santa pod…