As I'm planning on getting a new car this summer, I've decided I'm going to give my Micra a bit of a checkup and some repair and maintenance.
Over the last few weeks I've been fixing up the car and making necessary repairs. So far I've replaced the windscreen wipers, the front right fog lamp, strengthened the front bumper after I wrecked it last year. I had to pop rivet a few aluminium bars behind the bumper to give it greater stability and to straighten it out. I've also replaced the air filter and the oil filter. Replacing the air filter was a simple job, but the oil filter was not as simple. With the help of my younger brother Evan, we removed and refitted the new oil filter, but we got covered in the dirty oil that we had to drain from the engine. It was the darkest dirtiest sludge I've ever come across. It was blacker than a pair of priests socks and we all know how black priests socks are.
Anyways, all that I have left to fix on the car now is to fix my driver side wing mirror. It got damaged while driving the back roads one day and now I can't adjust it, apparently that's reason enough to fail my NCT.
With regards a new car, I'm looking to getting a Volkswagen Golf for under €2000 if that's possible. I'm tired of having a toy car, I want a real car, something a bit beefier and I just love the Golf's, I always have.
Monday, 12 April 2010
Thursday, 8 April 2010
TechOnline's Fundamental's of Embedded Test
Got an email today from TechOnline, included a great link for fundamentals of Embedded test with respect to hardware debug. hopefully I can squeeze it in during the day and mark it down as training. Looks and sounds very interesting.
Fundamentals of Embedded Test: Hardware Debug
To any of you out there reading this, I seriously recommend joining TechOnline's website and checking out the online courses and webinars. They are really useful in a wide range or hardware, software and mechanical engineering disciplines.
Fundamentals of Embedded Test: Hardware Debug
To any of you out there reading this, I seriously recommend joining TechOnline's website and checking out the online courses and webinars. They are really useful in a wide range or hardware, software and mechanical engineering disciplines.
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Won the lotto and moving out
So I won the lotto! Now in fairness I only won 5euro but that's more than I've ever won. After paying 4euro on a ticket, getting 5euro back is nice enough for me. All in all a net gain of 1 euro. Whatever shall I do with it, the list is endless. It's the little things like this that make me smile.
We also gave in our notice (my girlfriend and myself) yesterday to our landlord and said we're moving out in a month. Now in fairness when we sent him the message, we hadn't got a clue where we were going to go. Next thing ya know, I get a call from one of my good friends who lives out in Donabate, who had made a previous offer to me to house sit for him while he goes off travelling for a few months. He's looking for us to stay start of May till end of September, what are the chances that they match exactly what we weer looking for? How sweet is that?
Sometimes I think I really am a jammy git!
So Donabate here we come for a couple of months, bbq's, parties by the estuary and long summer evenings, it will be the life!! The two of us are so excited, we can't wait :D
We also gave in our notice (my girlfriend and myself) yesterday to our landlord and said we're moving out in a month. Now in fairness when we sent him the message, we hadn't got a clue where we were going to go. Next thing ya know, I get a call from one of my good friends who lives out in Donabate, who had made a previous offer to me to house sit for him while he goes off travelling for a few months. He's looking for us to stay start of May till end of September, what are the chances that they match exactly what we weer looking for? How sweet is that?
Sometimes I think I really am a jammy git!
So Donabate here we come for a couple of months, bbq's, parties by the estuary and long summer evenings, it will be the life!! The two of us are so excited, we can't wait :D
Friday, 2 April 2010
April Fools Day
I had a great day yesterday. I pranked a load of people, I even got pranked myself. I fell for it hook line and sinker. It was great. It's been a while since someone actually got me proper.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Cycle to Work Scheme
Was in Duff Cycles there in Omni over the weekend and I think I'm going to get myself another bike. I used to cycle a lot when I was younger and I miss it loads. Unfortunately I spent some money on two really good bikes and both of them got stolen, locks snapped and left as a reminder.
Anyways, they mentioned the cycle to work scheme, where your employer purchases the bike and you buy it off your employer. Essentially this means you don't pay any tax on the bike. Now I haven't asked our accountant here yet on the whole thing. But they claim you can save up to 50% off the bike. Which is very nice for someone like me who wants to spend about 500-600euro on the bike alone, before all the added extras.
The main types of bikes I'd be interested in are the Trek, Specialized and Giant models. I've had a Trek and Specialized before and really enjoyed riding both of them.
Of course, I'll have to wait until I move out of the 'Mun, don't think I'd have my bike long if I did that.
Here's a site on the biketowork scheme
http://www.biketowork.ie
and Duff Cycles Omni
http://www.duffcycles.com/
Anyways, they mentioned the cycle to work scheme, where your employer purchases the bike and you buy it off your employer. Essentially this means you don't pay any tax on the bike. Now I haven't asked our accountant here yet on the whole thing. But they claim you can save up to 50% off the bike. Which is very nice for someone like me who wants to spend about 500-600euro on the bike alone, before all the added extras.
The main types of bikes I'd be interested in are the Trek, Specialized and Giant models. I've had a Trek and Specialized before and really enjoyed riding both of them.
Of course, I'll have to wait until I move out of the 'Mun, don't think I'd have my bike long if I did that.
Here's a site on the biketowork scheme
http://www.biketowork.ie
and Duff Cycles Omni
http://www.duffcycles.com/
Friday, 5 March 2010
SASER!!
Just found this online, sounds mental! (literally :P)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Amplification_by_Stimulated_Emission_of_Radiation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Amplification_by_Stimulated_Emission_of_Radiation
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