Tag: mast

  • See if this doesn't terrify you

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    Tom Raftery
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    I have always wanted to fly. And I have no fear of heights – hence I have climbed the CIX mast numerous times (with appropriate safety gear!). However, just watching these guys in wingsuits scares the hell out of me! I don’t think I’d ever raise the nerve to do that. http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf?autostart=false&token=e29_1192781178 via Chris Abraham

  • Views from the CIX mast

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    Tom Raftery
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    We are erecting a 24 metre mast outside our CIX data centre in Cork. I was curious to know what the visibility would be like for our mast’s customers (we will be renting out space on the mast) so yesterday when we had a cherry picker onsite I had the driver lift me 10 metres…

  • CIX project

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    Tom Raftery
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    The CIX project is hurtling along (CIX is a project to build Cork’s first professional data centre). I have posted photos over on the CIX blog of the mast foundation (160 tonnes of concrete and 5km of rebar steel!), the burying of our data cable ducts and of the installation of our suspended ceiling. If…