Tour 2008 Continues

July 8, 2008
by Rodney Olsen
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After three days of racing the 2008 Tour de France is just getting started.

The official Tour de France 2008 website has all the details and standings for all riders but here’s how things stand for the top ten riders at the moment.

1. FEILLU Romain 124 AGRITUBEL 13h 27′ 05″
2. LONGO BORGHINI Paolo 59 BARLOWORLD 13h 27′ 40″ + 00′ 35″
3. FRISCHKORN William 194 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 13h 28′ 47″ + 01′ 42″
4. VALVERDE Alejandro 31 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 13h 28′ 50″ + 01′ 45″
5. KIRCHEN Kim 41 TEAM COLUMBIA 13h 28′ 51″ + 01′ 46″
6. FREIRE Oscar 133 RABOBANK 13h 28′ 51″ + 01′ 46″
7. PINEAU Jérôme 145 BOUYGUES TELECOM 13h 28′ 51″ + 01′ 46″
8. MILLAR David 198 GARMIN CHIPOTLE 13h 28′ 51″ + 01′ 46″
9. EVANS Cadel 1 SILENCE – LOTTO 13h 28′ 51″ + 01′ 46″
10. POZZATO Filippo 61 LIQUIGAS 13h 28′ 51″ + 01′ 46″

I’ve enjoyed seeing all the colour and the tactics over the past few days. Tour de France time is one of my favourite times of the year. It does mean late nights and mornings that come around far too soon but I’m enjoying watching the TV coverage half a world away in Perth, Western Australia.

The fun really begins with today’s stage.

Stage four is a 29.5 km time trial so we should start to see the main contenders come out to play. Although it’s only a short time trial I’m hoping to see Australia’s Cadel Evans put in a good performance to set himself up for greater things later in the three week event. It’s claimed that one of his main rivals, Alejandro Valverde, has been brushing up on his time trialling techniques.

Cadel’s strengths are in time trialling and his climbing ability so it’ll be interesting to see at least one of those strengths on display in today’s stage.



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Free Software Licenses

July 8, 2008
by Rodney Olsen
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Ever hear about an offer that sounds too good to be true? Well here’s one that I’m assured is for real.

For the month of July, an initiative has been developed by BA Software with the support of their partners, friends and members to give away licenses for three software titles.

You can choose between:

Microsoft® Windows Vista UltimateMicrosoft® Windows Vista Ultimate (UPGRADE with SP1)

Adobe Photoshop CS3Adobe Photoshop CS3 (including optional plug-ins, sample files, textures, web swatches and stock photography)

VMware Workstation 6VMware Workstation 6 for Windows

So how do you get yours?

For website owners or bloggers:

If you don’t blog or have your own website:

  • Write at least five quality reviews (or comments) for five distinct software titles listed on the BA Software website.
  • Subscribe to the BA Software website for updates via email.
  • Stumble and review the BA Software article.

Once you’ve finished, send an email to admin@bastillwork.net from the same email you used to subscribe to their email updates.

In that email you should include:

  • Where you’ve posted about the offer on your site.
  • Your StumbleUpon nick name.
  • Which one of the three software titles you’d like.

The license for the software will be emailed to you after 48 hours.

I’ll be giving this one a go and I’ll let you know when I get my software.



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