Archive for July, 2007

Sports commentary

This picture defines this year’s European Grand Prix (Formula 1), raced in Germany on Sunday. I wrote all about it in my previous post.

The Swiss successfully defended their title in the America’s Cup a few weeks ago by defeating New Zealand. They raced in Valencia Spain, and just a few hours ago it was confirmed that the next [...]

It all started with the August edition of Road & Track arriving on Friday. A test was done on the new (for ’08) BMW 5 series. One of my favorite editors, who wrote the road test, said that as soon as he was done with the car, a guy from a rival magazine went and trashed it on his test drive. The next $50,000 of his [...]

Look intently at the black cross and the purple balls will disappear…

If you drew a line starting from where you are sitting, went through the earth’s core, and came out the other side, you would be on the exact opposite side of the world. I’ve often wondered where that would be, and I don’t want to spend time with a globe and a calculator to find [...]

Meh. Happy 4th of July.
What’s it like in Polokwane? Cold and clammy. Right now it’s in the high 40’s and raining. No go-kart racing, golfing, barbecuing burgers, or launching fireworks like I had in mind. That’s why I actually have time to write today. Oh well. Might as well rot in front of DotA all [...]