i have long advocated that local organisations explore the use of internet to drive the development of content in the country (that's because i am a tech geek and an entertainment junkie *grin*).

This is a most awesome video clip of Nordschleife specialist, Sabine Schmitz (yeah the gal who drove the stripped down Ford Transit in Top Gear) racing the E39 BMW M5 round the circuit. The video clip is in car from the front seat of a Porsche 911 GT. I am still practically shaking just from watching. Pure adrenaline man...

This is a great video clip from the 1997 season - the last season f1 cars were on slick tyres.

cool stuff.

Internet ventures have long been a phenomena that is very difficult to understand. On one hand, the internet or the web has been wildly successful that there is a wealth of information (and disinformation) at the click of a mouse button.

Yet, on the other hand there have only been very few successful businesses. The successful ones are the likes of Google, Yahoo etc, but very few others.

So what drives venture capital funds to the web?

The dotcom bust in the early 2000s brought things back to reality. Yet, now we see the second wave of the web... called web 2.0.

The latest craze hitting the world cup is Peter Crouch's bizarre robot dance after scoring against Hungary. Proof that the world cup is not all sad stuff. *grin*

More information: CrouchRobot dedicated website

I found some good collection of Villeneuve racing videos at YouTube.

Check out some of the fantastic stuff there. The Villeneuve name was what first got me into F1 in the late 70s, when Gilles was wow-ing the F1 world with his daring driving.

His son Jacques came into F1 and almost won on his debut and clinched the world title in his second year in F1.

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