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posted 24 Jul 2004 by Dan Karran
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 Today I visited the annual Viking Longboat Races in Peel, having not been for many years - in fact I'm not sure if I've ever been before at all. I've added a few photos to my new Peel Viking Longboat Races gallery. The weather wasn't the best for the event, though I did manage to escape before the rain set in!
I was also hoping to visit the World Tin Bath Championships in Castletown which was also taking place today, but I resorted to plan B - a warm drink - when the weather set in. Maybe next year.
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posted 23 Jul 2004 by Dan Karran
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 Since I started being a Mac lover in primary school, I began buying MacFormat religiously every month to keep up with what was happening. I finally stopped buying the magazines in my last year of high school and since then they've been sitting quietly on a shelf. Now that I'm hoping to go back to university it seems like a good time to clear out things like this that I don't need any more, so I'm advertising them all (about 75 issues) on eBay, hoping to find them a good home.
If you're interested in my early back issues, take a look at the first lot of 10 issues of MacFormat (August 1993 - May 1994) on eBay. There will be more to come...
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posted 8 Jul 2004 by Dan Karran
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 On Tuesday I attended my graduation ceremony and officially became a graduate of UMIST with the degree of BSc (Hons) in Computing and Geography with Industrial Experience at the level 2:i. If you're not sure how the UK classification system works, the order from highest to lowest is 1, 2:i, 2:ii, 3, pass. There are some photos from the day with me dressed up in robes and mortar board, though I look a little sunburnt in most so I'm not a big fan. At some point I'll upload a copy of one of the photos to the site.
 On a separate note, this Sunday sees the first of a six-part wartime drama - called Island at War - to be shown on UK television. The series was filmed in the Isle of Man last year and I was lucky enough to be an extra in one of the episodes (though admittedly I'm not sure which one!). The first episode will be screened at 9pm on ITV.
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posted 5 Jul 2004 by Dan Karran
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  5th of July in the Isle of Man is a local bank holiday known as Tynwald Day. On this day each year the Parliament of the Isle of Man (Tynwald) congregate on Tynwald Hill in St Johns to read out the laws that have been passed over the past year - read both in English and Manx.
This year is the first year I have attended the ceremony in years but I did manage to get out and take some photos of the ceremony to put into a new Tynwald Day gallery. Coming home I also passed by Niarbyl and took a few more photos for the Manx Nature gallery.
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posted 4 Jul 2004 by Dan Karran
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  I have finally got around to preparing some of my photos from my trip to Canada the other week, and have now managed to upload them all to my photo galleries. From the CN Tower in Toronto to the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, there are a variety of photos. There are still more to be uploaded, including some of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in Ottawa and also a furry friend we met along the way...
I have also been out for another walk today and taken some more close-up photos of heather, gorse and dandelions which I have added to the Manx Nature gallery.
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posted 3 Jul 2004 by Dan Karran
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After my final term in Manchester I have now moved back to the Isle of Man for the summer before working out what I'll be doing for the following year (having still not heard from UCL about the Masters degree I'm hoping to do).
  Since being back I have been for a wander into the woods to take some close-up photos of the nature around me here in the Island. I have created a Manx Nature gallery to show off some of the pine trees and fox gloves that are out at the moment and also some of the dafodils, gorse and heather which were around at Easter time this year.
On another note, I got a 2:i classification for my degree, which I am very pleased about - and I now have the letters BSc to put after my name if I wish.
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