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  • Nurburgring June 2013: Destination Nurburgring 8 #DN8

    The main event: What’s better than a track day at the Nurburgring, exclusively for a small number of cars (less than a VLN race), no barriers and the ability to drive DH flat out? A two day event! DN8 included Wednesday and Thursday. Without fail before every track event I jump through a succession of loops:…

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  • Nurburgring June 2013: Tourist Experience Tuesday

    All previous trips have seen me arrive late the day before a track / TF day, drive the circuit and head home the next day. This time would be different, with Tuesday set aside to soak up being at the Nurburgring. After a full breakfast Neil and I set off to check-in at Rent4Ring Neil’s…

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  • Nurburgring June 2013: Neil’s first Trip and Trackday

    Snaking through the cones and barriers to join the legendary Nordschleife (Northloop) is a truly great feeling. A perfect blend of: WTF am I doing here, this is too much fun to be legal and an adrenalin hit that makes the next 13 miles something all motor sport fans need to experience. As cliche as…

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  • Master Boot Record (MBR) Corruption and PGP Whole Disk Encryption (WDE)

    Today is a big deadline in work. The point when weeks of work flow from development to production (via numerous sprints and UAT releases). The culmination of the development team and my efforts over the last two months. As with most IT projects the last two weeks have been a bit fraught, testing us as we prepare…

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  • Excited by the BMW i3

    Caveats: Not driven an i3 and no idea of costings. BMW have been testing their electric 1 series in the UK with reasonable success (batteries in the cold aside) and the i3 is an exciting prospect. Ok, it’s not going to set the world on fire with its looks, performance and range but……. Consider a World…

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