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autocross personal

2nd fastest time of the day

My prize for the second fastest time of the day at the opening GGLC Autocross of the season.

My prize for the second fastest time of the day

I ran a 53.139 and was only beaten by a race-prepped Evo running slicks. The prizes did not include the instructors times though I was actually faster than all but 3 (Jason and Alex on RA1s and Rob on slicks) of them as well. My goal for the season is to beat Alex with the added incentive that I will be upgraded to instructor if I do – seeing that I already beat his time in the morning session yesterday I am pretty confident I can do it again.… Read the rest

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cars personal

Bye Bye Warranty

Hit 36,000 miles yesterday.

Bye bye warranty… Read the rest

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technology tutorial videos

Fixing VLC player crashes on Mac OS X

I’ve been a big fan of the VLC media player on the Mac and have been using it exclusively as my media player. However at some point the VLC player got very funky and suddenly stopped playing all video content. If you tried opening any video file it would open a blank video window and play the files audio for a few seconds before crashing. I tried deleting the app and getting the latest version on the website but that really didn’t seem to help. After a bunch of web searches and looking on several different forums I seem to have stumbled on a working answer.… Read the rest

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cars photos

GT5 Vs RL

Jalopnik just posted this incredible screenshot of a Ferrari F40 from Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.
GT5 F40

Compare that with this photo I took at Canepa Design using my 5MP Nokia N95.
Ferrari F40

Not only does the GT5 shot have much better colours, the details (check out the wheels) are truly spectacular. With the recent Blue Ray win I think I might just have to buy a PS3 after all 🙂

Head over to Jalopnik for more GT5 info.… Read the rest

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cars review videos

Lotus Elise Supercharged

Chris Harris review the new Supercharged Lotus Elise – me wants to upgrade 🙂

Harris is one of the best automotive reporters out there – he strikes an excellent balance between the humour of Jeremy Clarkson and the driving ability of Tiff Needell. If you liked that review I highly recommend the Chris on Camera series where he reviews a different car every week. … Read the rest