How much more 'engaged' can we get? How much shorter can our attention spans get? How much can we communicate only in the citing of 'news' stories of dubious provenance, and inspirational photographs with misattributed quotes ( Read more... )

First race of the year, you can't draw a lot of conclusions from it. But there are a couple things that jump out. First, Mercedes is still a half a second up on the field. Second, the shitty cars that plagued Ferrari and Sauber last year are a thing of the past. Third, the shitty cars that plagued Red Bull and Marussia last year are not. Fourth ( Read more... )

After spending the better part of the last three years either being a lump because I was bummed out, or being a lump because I was tired from doing all of the fun stuff I've been doing when I was busy, y'know, not being a grownup, the last month has seen me get back into my garage. I've cleaned it, enough to do stuff in it, and today I built a cat ( Read more... )

Arkanoid: as of 01SEP14
also_huey - 754,770 / level 33 (the end guy is really hard)

Two Tigers: as of 06MAY07
also_huey (flying solo): 16 (missed two 8s and a 9)
also_huey and Gebran: 13 (missed two 8s and a 9)
also_huey and Jimmy: 12
also_huey and smillaraaq: 11
also_huey and sauergeek: 9
It occurs to me that the score makes it look like I'm handicapped by having a partner, so I should probably add

• that the rules ( Read more... )

Tough luck for Rosberg and Kvyat, but aside from that, another relatively predictable result ( Read more... )

Between the divorce and the market crash, I was completely wiped out. Thirty-nine years old, single, and flat broke except for a falling-down house and a fourteen-year-old truck ( Read more... )

Exciting enough race, but aside from Ricciardo's front suspension failing at the end of the front straight (after which, he quite amazingly DID NOT CRASH) and Bottas having a bad day, people again generally finished in roughly the same order you think they would ( Read more... )

Two teams in receivership is really kind of a bummer. Hard to imagine that the world is short two mad zillionaires who are willing to flush a couple hundred million dollars down the toilet just so they can hobnob with the rest of the jet set. And now Kobayashi doesn't get the chance to redeem himself that he deserves. Also, this really doesn't bode ( Read more... )

Another largely uneventful race, save for this: while Hamilton led flag-to-flag, Rosberg made a tragic screwup in the first corner, went to the back with a tire change, and then drove the entire race on one set of tires, and passed everybody else to finish where he started, in second. That's- ...that's not a thing that should be humanly possible, ( Read more... )

In stark contrast to the usual adage 'rain fucks up everything', other than the Alonso retirement and better-than-average drives by both STRs, the field almost finished in points order ( Read more... )