I hope never to have to work with any of the Office apps again (in an automation sense) but this Introduction to the Office 2003 Primary Interop Assemblies Sample Launcher looks very useful for anybody out there who is using them
Apparently it’s possible to make fire using only a coke can and a bar of chocolate (and a nice sunny day of course)
Coke and Chocolate Fire
I went up to Milton Keynes at the weekend to try out some boards. Since going on the McNab Advanced Technical Clinic I’ve significantly changed the way I board. I’ve moved from wanting a very stiff and stable board (I ride a Burton BMC at the moment) to wanting a far more flexible board. I have a part share in Ruth’s Burton Michi which I really enjoy riding so when I saw that The Snowboard Asylum have Albin Chaos boards on their Demo List I knew I had to go and try it.
So I turned up at TSA and handed over my credit card as deposit and they handed me a slightly scuffed (but in otherwise excellent condition) Albin Chaos board. They also looked after my board for me while I was on the slope which was handy.
I had’t been to MK for quite some time so I’d forgotten how short it is, pretty much 4 turns and you’re at the bottom! Oh well, they did have a learner rail and a small kicker open (this was too near the top of the slope, not really enough time to get your speed and balance right). I had a few warm up runs before going over the rail and jumps. The board handles really well, it’s incredibly flexible and really light (I kept on over rotating it). I would say it’s similar in weight to my BMC and much, much lighter than the Burton Michi.
When my hour was up I decided I’d buy it if I could get the right price, after a little haggling I managed to get TSA down to £260 for the demo board! Looking forward to getting it out on a proper slope. Maybe a little glacier boarding this summer…
This does mean I now need to sell some boards, expect to see the following on ebay this winter:
Microsoft have released Windows XP Pro 64. You can upgrade from a kosher 32 bit version!
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