Archive for May, 2008
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Mashed Website Badges
Posting these here – after posting them here – didn’t work because the backstage templates are naff.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Mashed…. the planning moves forward
Goodness me – I thought this year was going to be easy – I knew all the suppliers – I knew what we needed where – but trying to top last years event is proving tough work. Top Gear has the cool wall – I have the planning wall. It contains everything we need to [...]
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Wet weekend
As I couldn’t go camping with Mrs Cashmore this weekend – I decided to take advantage of the hideous weather to give the swag a good wet test. First of all I wanted to play around with configurations to keep as much of the water off the bag as possible – that resulted in this [...]
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Official – Mashed 08 tickets now available
From the backstage blog… Mashed – it’s Hack Day time again and this year we’ve got a corker of a weekend planned. Arrive on the Saturday morning and listen to real people from the development world showing you how to build things and how to use the systems that will be available to you through-out [...]
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Nikwax – getting gear waterproof
A little while ago we met a very nice chap called Michael Field at the Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel Show – we had a good talk to him and he told us the best way to keep ourselves dry on the road. After we got back Michael dropped us a line and very kindly offered [...]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Mashed sign up to go live
June 21st and 22nd is fast approaching and as everything is slotting into place here, the sign up is ready to go live. We’re releasing about 400 tickets this year, and given how quickly they sold out last year I’d keep an eye on the blog and on backstage.bbc.co.uk this week. Lots of exciting things to talk about and [...]
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Coolabah Swag Bag Review
Click to Play http://www.theaussieshop.co.uk very kindly lent me a Coolabah Swag bag to test – just to see if it was practical to take on a bike for a long trip.It was a total success and I’m now seriously considering taking one to Russia – with all the modern tents This video was originally shared [...]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Coolabah Swag Bag review
Choosing a tent to take overland is never an easy task, do you go for weight? What about material? Cost? All very important questions, but ultimately I think it boils down to how you work with the tent and how it works for you in return. If you enjoy this review, I have some others [...]