The last driver to die at the wheel of a Formula One car (or rather, from smoke inhalation over a day later in hospital) was Elio de Angelis in 1986. Although I was watching Formula One in 1986, I never saw Elio’s crash because it didn’t happen in a race. The last death to be broadcast on live TV was actually Riccardo Paletti in 1982, who died with his mother watching from the grandstand, unable to breathe, so I understand, while trapped at the chest and slowly asphyxiated by fire retardant.
After 1986, eight years of near-misses and miracles followed after the loss of Elio, until that tragic weekend at Imola in 1994. Continue reading
Interesting race this past weekend. I found it interesting to see just how many bad decisions and mistakes were made by teams in the changeable conditions. Continue reading
How many of you remember Jimmibo? If you were a part of the Grand Prix Legends community, chances are you either knew him or saw his Web site. His famed Bad Driving Guide and Mission to the Moon and Mars … Continue reading
While it may have been a fascinating race, a good result, and one of the best Australian Grand Prix ever held, I like to go a little bit deeper and perhaps point out some things I noticed. Continue reading

You drive on elevated circuits, inches from death. You have to perfectly time jumps and carry the correct speed to stay on-track, all the time fighting an opponent for the victory… Continue reading
Recovering lost off-screen windows in Windows 7
2/14/2012. Listed in the Windows category. Leave a reply.I lost my Live Messenger window off my screens today (I work with two 1920×1080 screens). I could see a faint window shadow appearing when I minimised and maximised it, but wasn’t able to click or drag it back onto … Continue reading
I drove out to Starved Rock State Park yesterday. It was a REALLY cold morning and the change in temperature had made the indicator light come on in my car showing me that the tires were low. No problem really, … Continue reading
Eagle and Ice Fall Spotting at Starved Rock
2/13/2012. Listed in the Damn Nature, You Scary!, Photography category. Leave a reply.
I last visited Starved Rock State Park a couple of months ago. It was after heavy rains and I figured the water falls would be flowing nicely.
This time, my interest was sparked by the fact it had been REALLY cold for the last few days. I was hoping to see some Eagles, and some Ice. Continue reading
The video game industry used to be a very different beast. The computer industry had many competitors (Acorn, Amstrad, Apple, BBC, PC, Spectrum – just that I can remember) and it wasn’t unusual to see a single title ported over … Continue reading
Converting from OLM (Mac Outlook) to PST (Windows Outlook)
1/26/2012. Listed in the Mac OS, Windows category. Leave a reply.Frankly, I am shocked that Microsoft don’t have a method of doing this. But, oh well… In order to convert from using Outlook on a Mac to using Outlook on a PC, you can either use a really expensive one, … Continue reading









