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December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Digital Communications, Entrepreneurism, Headline | Leave a Comment 

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December 23, 2009 | Filed Under Headline | Leave a Comment 

U2 December 2009 New Remix Album Exclusive : Artificial Horizon

Artificial Horizon U2

Its official, I’ve just listened from start to finish U2’s latest release “Artificial Horizon” best birthday present ever BTW. Its being made available via U2.com and through the U2.com Subscribers forum January 05th 2010. Its awesome. 13 remixes including Trent Reznor’s remix of Vertigo (being a NIN fan this will make me well happy) Jackknife Lee’s remix of Fast Cars and David Holmes’s remix of Beautiful Day. Then there are remixes of Staring At The Sun, City of Blinding lights and lots more. Usually remix albums are cack, this is great!!! Im sure there will be a torrent available soon, its not for general release so have a listen.

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December 18, 2009 | Filed Under Headline | 5 Comments 

Seasons Greetings 2010

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December 18, 2009 | Filed Under Headline | Leave a Comment 

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Given the one year anniversary of the Credit Crisis has just passed I thought it was worth posting this “informative” and realistic video depicting what happened. I wonder what tool they used to pull it together?

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

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October 2, 2009 | Filed Under Current Affairs, Policy & Law, Headline, Public Relations | Leave a Comment 

Lead up to Chicago and the Dublin Half Marathon

Me @ The Dublin City Half Marathon

Me @ The Dublin City Half Marathon

I cant believe that the Chicago Marthon is only 2 weeks away. I’ve been looking forward to this for the past 8 months and now that its on my doorstep Im feeling more than a little nervous. Yesterday I ran the 13.3 Mile Dublin Half Marathon, Miles 1-6 I ran in prefect form and using RunKeeper on my iPhone 3GS I could see that I was spot on the hour. At mile 6 I took a Gel sachet to boost my Glycogen stores and get a much needed boost to level myself and pace for the next 6 miles.

Miles 6-10 had some hill work, I heard people complaining that the hills were too steep for a half marathon but to be honest it wasn’t that bad. I think, although they didn’t realize it that they were just dehydrating on what was quite a warm day in Dublin and there was still a few miles to a water station. Mile 9 was good but I had slowed down a little as I was beginning dehydrate myself but I kept my chin up and sweated it out. Around the 9-10 Mile there was a water station so I stopped momentarily for a breather, some water to beat the heat and a stretch.
After the mile 9-10 Water station I ran into a little trouble. We had climbed several feet to get to this section and the course was turning downhill for 1.1 miles and the remainder was on the flat. I’d been running a good time and I felt I would be looking at a 1.40 finish. I continued running and at this point changed from listening to Chet Baker to Metallica to really “Get going” when I felt a excruciation pain in my right calf. I looked down to see the muscle completely distorted and locked in a tightened position. Quite frankly I didn’t know what to do and instinctively I straightened my leg out in agony, a passing girl asked “Are you Ok?” and mentioned that looks sore. I sat on the grass for about 10 minutes disappointed seeing people were passing me by. I stretched, calmed down and made a decision to walk the next section and see could I jog. I made it to mile 12 where I saw a familiar face an we jogged to the finish together.
After the race, rehydrating and winding down I managed to get into one of the Massage tents (I wasn’t supposed to be there, club members and St. Johns Ambulance patients only apparently) and get my calfs looked at by a professional. He recommended I take Dioralyte Oral Rehydration Sachets and that my diet is lacking in Magnesium, he also mentioned that a trip to the Physio obviously was on the cards before Chicago. I’ve picked them up and Im going to start a course today as I look into the reasons behind it.
If I was to take any lessons away from the Half-Marathon they would be this. 1.) New socks, the socks I have resulted in blistered feet. Not nice. 2.) Hydration – Do what Ive been told time and time again and get my 8 glasses of water a day, hydrate properly before and after a run and be disciplined before and after a race. 3.) Make sure I have a full charge on my iPhone, the GPS killed it 2 miles from the end of the race. 4.) Ensure my Glycogen stores are at their maximum, Mile 9 was tough and Chicago is twice the distance so I should be tired at mile 18 not 9. 5.) Sleep – The previous night I’d a restless night. I retrospect I wont be repeating this in Chicago, bed early for me and up early for the race.
A painful experience in all but a experience. The Race Series is a superb opportunity to prepare for the main event. Its better that I made these mistakes now rather than on the big day. Im not quite as anxious either and Im really looking forward to Chicago on the 11th.
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September 27, 2009 | Filed Under Headline | Leave a Comment 

Nutrition and Training Apps for iPhone 3G &3GS

Waiting @ the passport office to progress a last-minute renewal before I head to Chicago, IL for the marathon. Just clicking around on my phone and I’m really impressed with My DailyBurn iPhone App. Just logged the Cheerios and Innocent orange Juice I had for breakfast & the Starbucks Grande Soya Latte I had in the city, it’s added up an I know precisely my goals for the day. I’m using RunKeeper GPS to log my training, I’m updating DaliyBurn with my runs and it’s calculating everything. As I said, really impressed and it’s giving my understanding of nutrition a significant boost.

Check out: www.dailyburn.com & www.runkeeper.com for more information.

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September 25, 2009 | Filed Under Headline | 2 Comments 

Microsoft Windows 7 Cringe, I mean Launch Party

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September 23, 2009 | Filed Under Headline | Leave a Comment 

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