Telefonica Dakar 2005
http://www.dakar.com/2005/us/index.html
Team Australia- Destination Dakar 2005
http://abc.net.au/sa/dakar/
2005 PARIS-DAKAR RALLY
http://www.motorsm.com/motorsport/Paris-Dakar/2005.asp
Archive for December, 2004
DAKAR RALLY 2005 – January 1 to January 16 2005
Published December 28, 2004 4wd , 4x4 , outdoors 1 CommentI’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news but…
Santa’s Elves have had a tough time keeping up with jolly ol’ St. Nick on Christmas Eve. Since Santa’s sleigh is not big enough to hold all of the toys for his trip around the world, he frequently returns to the North Pole for a new load of presents. The Elves didn’t know where Santa was or whether he was coming or going.
Now they use SantaGPS — a sophisticated Global Positioning System (GPS). With this technology, the Elves always know where Santa is, how many homes he has visited, and when he is headed back to the North Pole for another load.
And now for a politically correct greeting at this time of the year …
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the summer holiday season, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all;
.. And a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make Australia great, (not to imply that Australia is necessarily greater than any other country), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, or sexual orientation of the wisher.
Disclaimer: By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or theirs, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of another holiday greeting, whichever comes first.
In other words…. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Touch powder
Materials
- Concentrated aqueous ammonia
- Iodine
- filter papers
- spatula
Method
- In a beaker add some crystals of iodine to some of the ammonia solution and allow to react for a couple of minutes.
- Remove some of the precipitate to a piece of filter paper and spread evenly across paper. Let dry in a sheltered place.
- Once dry simple contact will cause it to explode
Safety
Note that this substance is an explosive. Make sure no large lumps are left to dry on the filter paper. Don’t make too much touch power in one batch, and don’t try to store it for later use. Avoid getting these chemicals on skin or in eyes.Explanation
The precipitate created is Nitrogen tri-iodide. This compound is very unstable and is extremely sensitive to pressure, and will explode at the slightest provocation (much like some Venturers I know!) The ingredients in this demo are reasonably easy to get hold, even outside of the laboratory, so I would suggest not being too forthcoming about their exact nature.
Blue Mountains [2]
Published December 17, 2004 canyon , geocaching , outdoors Leave a CommentTags: adventure, canyon, Claustral Canyon
Well, we did it! Was is worth it? You bet!!
Awesome!
On a trip through Claustral with EcoTeam (thanks Guys!), got out to the split rock ok (Darren on the climb, Tracy on belay). Then started hunting in the rock under the rock, around the rock, under the ledge behind the rock; but no cache to be found.
[1] 2004-12-11 Claustral Canyon
[2] Claustral Canyon (2004-12-11) [Flickr]
Melbourne drenched by overnight storms
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1259248.htm
Victoria emergency service crews received up to 200 calls for assistance overnight as storms hit the metropolitan area and north-west of Melbourne.
The weather bureau says last night’s intense storm dumped about 50 millimetres of rain on towns north and west of Melbourne.
HTR – Bilby Boy Racer Owner: All Cached Up Released: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Origin: South Australia, Australia Use TBGB97 to reference this travel bug.
Current GOAL: To Run in the Hare & the Tortoise, oops, Green Sea Turtle and the Bilby Race from Adelaide to the Blue Mountains. I’m a little Pewter Bilby!!
About this item: Bilby Boy The Race is On!!!
Bugs to be released into their home caches on Friday 23 July 04
A Travel Bug Race – Hare and the Tortoise with an Australian Flavour
Bilby Boy (the hare equivalent)(All Cached Up) is racing Turtle to get to GCJWD5 The Old Way (Blue Mountains, NSW) before HTR – Turtle Time Racer (ADAcache) gets to GCGEJV On Finals (Edinburgh, South Australia)
Found by The ELTHAM Mob at c.23:00 hours on the 4 December.
We saw that ‘Bilby Boy Racer’ was at Playground #1A and was racing to the Blue Mountains, we were almost nearby so went on a mission to retrieve the TB to travel up to the Blue Mountains with us next weekend … I wonder if he wants a trip to ‘Claustraphobia’ *Evil Chuckle*
Whichever route you choose, or however long you come up and visit, you will be taken to some of the most beautiful places New South Wales has to offer. We hope you find this guide useful. Always happy to get feedback on this – Webby
Team Webguy’s A Geocachers Guide to visiting the Blue Mountains
THE GEEK TEST
+ Geekish Tendencies…………………………..>09%
++ Geek………………………………………>15%
+++ Total Geek………………………………..>25%
++++ Major Geek……………………………….>35%
+++++ Super Geek………………………………>45%
++++++ Extreme Geek……………………………>55%
+++++++ Geek God………………………………>65%
+++++++! Dysfunctional Geek…………………….>75%
I weighed in at 46.9428% “Super Geek”
I guess it could have been worse ….
SEND Netware will be shutdown at 10:00am today
SEND so long, and thanks for all the fish …
SEND Please contact your LITE to remove the Netware client
SHUTDOWN
Finally the day has arrived and we have shutdown our Netware servers, this has been in the pipelines for over a year and was *way* overdue. This also removes the need for IPX in our network so the subnet revamps and Gigabit rollout can now proceed ‘full steam ahead’
