Took the train down to Wolverhampton today to pickup my new motorbike, a 2008 Triumph Scramber. Lovely condition, 1000 miles on the clock and with only 60 Bhp it’s guaranteed to slow me down

The Scrambler is based on the bike that Steve McQueen was often photographed with at the end of the 60’s. A Bonneville with ‘off road’ style tyres and a high level exhaust system was what passed for ‘motorcross’ in those days. The 2008 model is reminiscent of the models from the 60’s but with up to date fuel injection and reliability.

First impressions are good with a traditional upright riding position which encourages you to look around and enjoy the scenery, the seat wasn’t particularly comfortable after 30 miles or so and after riding my V4 for the last few months I had forgotten that twins vibrate - although not enough to be uncomfortable. The bike came with some of the extras fitted, the competition exhaust, the sump protector and the headlight protector and I think the addition of the optional tiny flyscreen will round it off nicely.

Up until November last year I had a Harley Davidson Night Rod Special and that came with guaranteed ‘pavement appeal’. Men, women and children of all ages would give the thumbs up, wave or approach you and talk to you about your bike.

This was sometimes fun and other times a pain in the ass if you were in a hurry. The Triumph - based on only one day - is going to be similar, only it appears it’s only the men of a certain ago who are interested !

Looking at the picture of the Harley above I’m starting to wonder why I got rid of it ... I still think it is one of the best looking production bikes ever - and with the Revolution engine it kicked some serious Japanese ass I definitely need more funds and a bigger garage.

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They all drive a fair bit of traffic and they are in my opinion essential to drive visitors to your site and therefore sales. Some download sites have their fair share of problems though ...

Anonymous Star Ratings

You’re competitors love this. It took me a while to click onto this but competitors love rating your software as 1 star with no explanation asked for or recorded

User Reviews and Non Anonymous Star Ratings

You’re competitors have to go to the trouble of registering a User ID but they find it’s worth the effort. In addition you are fair game for anybody with access to a computer ... This was recently recorded against one of my products which I have since had removed.

Review: ‘This product is not freeware !!!!’
Rating: 1 Star

So, someone has seen your product and decided that as it is not free that you deserve a 1 star rating. Because all software should be free - right ?

Maybe there should be a minimum age or IQ requirement for people leaving software ‘reviews’

Website Badges

Some site takes your product (without your permission) and upload it to their server. They automatically issue you a 5/5 or a ‘Recommended’ badge which you are encouraged to put on your website. Ridiculous - hopefully you are not that desperate !

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I had been in search of a hosting site who will provide a platform for my Cloud-based applications. I needed SFTP, MySQL, unlimited storage and unlimited bandwidth, all at a reasonable cost. I could have provided my own server with these items, but have found the cable network unreliable in the past and the service lacks support (from me) when I go on holidays! There was always some limitation with hosting services even for those who said they're unlimited. I have now found a provider who seems truly unlimited, but that is another story.

The point is that we all have our limits even when we are offered an unlimited service. Given an unlimited choice of ice-cream, most of us would have a heart-attack after five. Offered a 'free' 5 kg steak if we can eat it beats us after just 1 kg. Given unlimited music downloads, we find we can never listen to more than a few days worth, it clogs our iPod screens causing us to gain RSI from scrolling and we delete the chaff down to a few thousand. We have limits on friends, cars, wives/husbands (hopefully one!), holidays, even money. Winning the lottery has destroyed families, friendships and lives. The more we can get of something, does not lead us to want even more. We all have our limits.

Working in IT and living in the UK I have a hard time with contentment. There is always something new daily that I must have. Sometimes I dream what would I really want if I could have everything I wanted. In the end I find the scope of my dreams is much smaller than I imagined. This helps me get my dreams under control and become content.

BTW my host www.siteground.com has removed their 5 Gb limit and gone unlimited. There is no way I can begin to fill their servers before the problem of managing all that data brings me crashing to reality.

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