A Very Long Weekend

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 →

2012 F1 Malaysia – Talking Points

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 →

New Header Image on my Web site

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 →

2012 F1 Australia – Talking Points

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 →

Retro Review: Stunt Car Racer – 1989

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

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 →

Manager Not Here

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

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 →

Retro Review: Introduction

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)

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 →