Team Geared Up

PODCAST (Team Geared Up) - In episode 3, Robin interviews Simon Evans and Fearghal O’Nuallain who will begin the first Irish circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle in November. Their unsupported expedition will cover over 30,000km, passing through 30 countries and some of the highest, lowest, d[...] Read More »

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - The TGU blogging team gather on the phone to discuss the future of the blog, what we’ll be talking about over the next month, and what we’re getting up to. We got as far as item one, Aisling’s Ironman, before the call cut-off. Apologies - [...] Read More »

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - We’ve talked about it for over a year. It was time to just get it moving! In this first episode of the Team Geared Up Podcast I talk with 22 year old Julie McElroy about her trip to the Andes with the BBC documentary Beyond Boundaries (great article i[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately since I saw a girl swimming with a pair of earphones! Yes, I kid you not, waterproof earphones. Now honestly what music is that compelling that you need to listen to it during a half hour swim session in your local gy[...] Read More »

I’ve just seen that the new ipod Nano has been released. With a new 8GB version doubling the capacity of the the previous biggest nano. Looking smoother with rounded edges and yet smaller again i really want to get my hands on one of these. Even brighter color screen. Your album art, photos,[...] Read More »

If you keep up with Mac news or are a constant iTunes user you’ll have noticed that there is a new section to the ever growing iTunes library. The new “Nike Sport Music” section is the first release from the new Nike and Apple collaboration at time of po[...] Read More »

Damien Mulley notes that: Via the Guardian is news that the Sussex Ambulance service is giving away first aid mp3s on Burns, Fits, Wounds, CPR for adults and CPR for babies. These are professionally produced mp3s using the scripts that emergency operators use if you ring 999. A good resource to add[...] Read More »

You may have seen recently on the right hand side a little ‘CommentCasting’ logo. Dial 076-602-0927 (Local Rate in Ireland), and enter ID 100 to record a comment. This will be added onto the Podcast. Attempt of a 20 second podcast to test the new platronics DSP headset: MP3. I’ll d[...] Read More »