May 2009
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Sailing - Audi CYCA Winter Series - Race 2
We sailed well. We missed a mark. We were forced to administratively ‘retire’ after the race, just before we would have been disqualified anyway. Grrr.
Ah well, at least it was a nice day on the harbour. Grrr.
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Sailing - Audi CYCA Winter Series - Race 1
The Audi Winter Series run out of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has begun. The first race was the 3rd of May, and this last Sunday was the second.
Race 1 proved a less than auspicious start. Tigger sailed very well, placing second out of about 16 boats. A great achievement, sullied only by the 3-boat collision that we were part of about half-way through.
Tigger was hit on the starboard...
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Apple and their build-up of chip design expertise
This is a post I’ve just put up on MacRumors website - it’s long enough to become a blog post as well. Here goes:
I’ve just read through this thread and the related one from a couple of days earlier Apple Personnel Moves: Former AMD Chip Executive Hired, Papermaster Finally Begins Work. It seems to me that we’re all looking for justifications for Apple’s actions...