Maybe Im wrong.

Question: I couldn't help but notice in your Feb. 12 answers in regards to who may attempt to qualify for the remaining 10-13 spots at Indy you never mentioned a single Midwest oval track racer. In fact the majority are foreign road racers. Sounds like Indy during The CART years doesn't it? (Dave, Johnson City, N.Y.)
Answer: Sure it does, and thats the hypocrisy of the past decade. Having said that, I think its fair to point out that there are thousands of young drivers out there coming up through the ranks and most of them are not running USACs oval tracks. Remember, Indy has always been an international event, so I see no reason to begrudge anyone who comes to the sport to compete. But as you know, the only path for oval-track Americans now is NASCAR, and that pains a lot of us.

Announcing the arrival of the first A380 in S'pore

IN A welcome fit for the 'new queen in the sky', the world's first Airbus 380 superjumbo landed at Changi Airport at about 6.40pm on Wednesday to a water cannon salute.

It is a privilege reserved for the very special and the double-decker jet christened 9V-SKA on the Singapore aircraft register is believed to the first to receive such an honour at Changi.

Dressed in SIA's livery, the giant bird - as long as a soccer pitch and with a tail seven storeys high - flew in in from the the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse.

It was towed into position and docked at the soon-to-be-opened Terminal 3, where Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and about several hundred guests had gathered since 6pm in eager anticipation.

The giant bird's flight to Singapore was piloted by a four-member SIA crew led by chief A-380 pilot Captain Robert Ting.

Gabbing with Gibby

You kind of visualize him at George Lucas' studio with million-dollar microphones.

Oshkosh Cribs

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The Radio Stream Transcoding Bible

With the advent of cheap and/or unlimited data plans, good coverage and the increasing presence of Internet radio stations, the importance of listening to streaming radio stations have become much bigger than ever. In this Bible, I mostly elaborate on practices that may make the sound quality much better using the same bandwidth, and/or may save you tens or hundreds of bucks a month by heavily reducing data usage, while providing the same (or even better!) sound quality should you not be able to access any unlimited data plan (Canada with its ridiculous data rates comes into mind), and/or may heavily increase your battery life by letting you falling back to the much more battery-friendly 2.(7)5G Internet access technologies instead of the power-hungry 3(.5)G ones, and/or in cases, may even let you listen to some radio stations you would never have thought of because of the network / operating system restrictions, and/or makes the central administration of your radio station favorites much easier no need to switch between different radio programs if theres a difference between the protocols / formats they use.