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A Panorama of my Living Room

thesraid — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:33:09 +0000

Taken with photoaf for android.

Halloween 2011

thesraid — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:55:37 +0000

Check out my Halloween Gallery for some pictures from Halloween yesterday. Scroll to the bottom for the new ones.

Pimps at the Airport

thesraid — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:17:41 +0000

I was in Toronto Airport yesterday waiting for my bag and I saw this sign over the carousel. It tells people that heavy or awkward bags are available for pick up else where. I had a look at the icons and I can figure out most of them but the last one is giving me trouble. Any suggestions?

So far it seems to be;
# Fragile
# Bicycle
# Buggy
# Skis
# 1960′s Pimp

Trip into Toronto

thesraid — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:07:37 +0000

There was a snow day in work today so I took the opportunity to head into Toronto. I didn’t feel comfortable driving in the snow so I took public transport. Which might not have been the best idea. The bus ended up getting stuck in the snow the next stop after mine. We had to get off and get onto another bus which crashed into a snow bank. The third bus I got was to the train station so I took the train into Toronto after that.

Looking at the roads as I was passing they didn’t look to bad. Reading the paper on the train I realised why.

600 snow ploughs are clearing snow
5,500km is the size of the roads they have to clear
4 hours is all it takes to clear them main roads
300 clearing machines are dedicated to sidewalks
1600 people are employed to clear the snow

Once in Toronto it was pretty cold. But I discovered that nearly every building is linked underground by an HUGE underground system (28km long). So they have 28km of shops and business underground. Amazing. It’s called path.

When the nuclear winter comes I know where I’d like to be living.

Here are some pics I took yesterday and today.

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It seems to be quite cold

thesraid — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:57:39 +0000

Why has no one mentioned how cold it was before this? ;)

Halloween Gallery Update 2010

thesraid — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:01:47 +0000

A little late but I’ve updated my Halloween Gallery with pics from this year.

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Ireland Covered in Snow from Space

thesraid — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:40:05 +0000

Ad this picture shows there was quite a bit of snow up the country this week.

Comfortably Cool

thesraid — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:07:29 +0000

Working from home today and it’s nice and cool in my living room. The heat at work hit’s 26.5 oC at my desk. Crazy! It’s a nice 18 oC in my living room now. Comfortable! I may never go back to the office again :)

Looks cold outside though.

Millstreet on Google Street View

thesraid — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:03:23 +0000

Well it didn’t take long for Millstreet to embarrass itself on Google Street View. To be honest having grown up there this doesn’t surprise me in the least. It is funny though.

Update Having thought about this a bit more I’m leaning towards the idea that this guy did it on purpose. In which case that means some of the quickest thinking and funniest people in Ireland are from Millstreet. God help us!

My First MMA Fight

thesraid — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:59:04 +0000

Here’s a video of my first MMA fight ever. In fact my first fight ever! It was in the MMALeague in Dublin this weekend. I got caught in a guillotine choke and unfortunately wasn’t able to escape. But I’ll do better next time.

In fairness to my opponent Dean he was a very nice guy.