Sports

Sebastian Vettel: learning to lose

April 27, 2014 Four races into the 2014 Formula 1 season and the start has been less than impressive for the quadruple world champion, who entered the season with a record nine wins in a row in 2013. A retirement in Australia, an inspiring third place in Malaysia, A respectable sixth in Bahrain followed by…

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Hints and tips for scanning runs

I have been scanning on the racetracks for almost 25 years. Long before programmable portable scanners, my first scanning setup consisted of a big old Bearcat 250 mobile scanner hooked up to a huge 12-volt flashlight battery. The whole setup must have weighed 10lbs and I had to lug it around in a large camera…

Gaming

Alcatraz – The story of an island

Alcatraz, the small island in San Francisco Bay, was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775. He named the land La Isla de los Alcatraces, which translates to Island of the Pelicans. He had no interest, since it was an uninhabited and barren terrain with minimal vegetation and treacherous icy currents….