Steve McCabe: from island to island

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Liam's head is spinning on Christmas morning . Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

In which Liam enthusiastically explores Segment 3 of Dominica's new Waitukubuli National Trail.

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Like leaving Facebook, many say that ditching one's BB is unthinkable, undo-able. At least changing phones isn't a Hotel California-type experience. My move wasn't done consciously - I was interested in several BB models, but having been offered a deal on a Motorola Milestone (Android), and liking the reviews , I made the move. And I'm glad I did. While it's not the latest of it's kind (the Droid 2, and Android 2.2, have been out a while) it's a brilliant phone, for many reasons. The Motorola Milestone runs the Linux-based Android operating system. Pros As you'd expect from a system owned by Google, it's tightly integrated with all Google products. (Hint: clear up your Google Contacts before using your phone for the first time!). Gmail and Google Calendar, obviously, but also Picasa photo albums, Google Maps, GTalk, YouTube, etc. It also has it's Apps Market - around 70,000 applications to enhance your phone. And this is one of the...

Liam says there wasn't enough mud.

Recognising the danger of uncontrolled spam, we are pleased to announce the formation of the International Spamming Commission . Key regulatory measures will definitely include: complete protection of certain species of spam;  designate specified areas as spam sanctuaries;  set limits on the numbers and size of spam; prescribe open and closed seasons and areas for spamming; Being nice guys, we do recognise the need for, and will allow, Aboriginal Subsistence Spamming . They will of course also be spamming for research purposes. (Or should that be... wait for it... porpoises!). Stay tuned for more developments!

Am I a lucky man or what? This from none other than the Prime Minister of the UK: OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER TREASURY AND MINISTER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE,LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Our ref: BRT/1370/IDR Your ref:...17/07/2010 I Rt Hon David Cameron MP,Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service British Government wish to inform you of your Inheritance Payment from British Government.Through my investigations and verification process on our Intelligent Monitoring Unit(I.M.U),i discovered that the Funds value(£2,000,000.00)Two Million Great British Pounds is tagged to your name with File #:BRT/1370/033, so this prompted the British Government, order the release of this Funds to you with immediate effect. Great British Pounds indeed! This one I shall definitely follow up on. And please don't tell anyone else, since I have been warned: TAKE NOTICE: That you are warned to stop further communications with any other person(s) or office(s) diff...

Knocked out of the World Cup, and still churning out the spam-scam e-mails. Here's one I just got: Hello  , I work with Oaks Court Chambers - United Kingdom. I got your contacts through the Office of Public Sector Information and Information Commissioner's Office. There Is a possibility that you may be related to My late client, whom this Chambers owes a legal obligation. You may or may not be related to my client and If so, I will still workout the modalities of transferring heredity of his fund still under my custody at the finance house in Europe to you as Beneficiary Could I indeed be in for a windfall? By viewing the headers 'inside' the e-mail, we gain an insight to the apparent route the e-mail has taken from sender to lucky recipient. Headers show details such as: Received: from oaklawfirm@lawyer.com     by imo-da03.mx.aol.com  (mail_out_v42.9.) id 3.c2d.7dc33f6f (55731);     Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:46:11 -0400 (EDT) Re...

So this is what it comes down to: England win, USA win: Both qualify, and biggest winning margin finishes top. England win, USA draw: England 1st, Slovenia 2nd. England win, USA lose: England 1st, Slovenia or Algeria 2nd. England draw, USA win: Slovenia and USA qualify. England draw, USA draw: USA likely to qualify with Slovenia, having scored more goals than England, unless... England draw 2-2, USA draw 0-0: means drawing lots. England draw, USA lose: Slovenia 1st, Algeria 2nd. England lose, USA win: Slovenia 1st, USA 2nd. England lose, USA draw: Slovenia 1st, USA 2nd. England lose, USA lose: Slovenia 1st, Algeria 2nd.

Feb 11 dome collapse, photo Montserrat Volcano Observatory Western Europe's current problem with volcanic ash echoes a recent Caribbean experience - the February dome collapse of the Montserrat volcano, which spewed ash over the eastern Caribbean islands of Dominica, Guadeloupe and even over to Barbados, cancelling flights, and dusting everything with ash.

I recently received what was obviously a 'Nigerian scam' type email; sadly it was a version of the scam which comes from a legitimate but hacked email address ('I was robbed in London, please wire me lots of funds to get home'), and because I've seen it before, I called the person to alert them that the scam was using their email address. So imagine my surprise when the person started an IM chat session with me... xyz: hi xyz: i send you an email did you get it delphis_ltd: yes! xyz: it really me xyz: will you help me and send the money now xyz: or you dont have up to that amount delphis_ltd: of course delphis_ltd: please, can you send it again right now? xyz: what the email or the name and address to send the money to delphis_ltd: the email xyz: let me tell you hear xyz: am in United Kingdom now xyz: but i need some amount to pay for my hotel bill and ticket fees back home delphis_ltd: i know. i need the email again xyz: when i get to uk i get rob there so i loss ...