Brian Knoblauch

Canceling all remaining events.  I've never been a fan of the NOPI events, but it's sad to see such a popular and long running series have to shutdown mid-year like this.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/17/nopi-cancels-all-drag-drift-and-car-show-events-for-remainder-o/

Got some bad news today from my friends out in the Cleveland area.  Sounds like Nelson Ledges is most likely going to be sold (and relatively soon).  While I'm happy to hear that it's going to remain a racetrack, I'm also very sad to hear that the proposed plan is to turn it into another one of those "private/country club" racetracks.  I can only hope that someday it will once again become public so that we can head out and get some more laps around the ol' track again!

Title may very well nearly be longer than this review!!!

 Can't tell you much about the game because I never made it past the first level.  Played it a number of times, loved the game play for that first level, just never could defeat it.  Not sure what I missed, kept doing what it told me to do.  Was blowing up Cylon Raiders constantly, but always managed to lose...  Flight controls and graphics were great.  Interested in hearing how one actually gets through the first level...  Disappointed that I couldn't do it, since the game showed so much promise.

 Oh well.  It held it's value well.  Got $9.50 for it at the local used game place (which is not known for paying much, my previous high dollar amount was a measly $5...)  :)

Thought I had a failure of the microphone on my headset (http://www.davidclark.com/HeadsetPgs/h10-134.htm) at first on our flight yesterday.  Wiggling things around up at the headset itself made it cut in/out, so I thought perhaps it's just a wiring issue with the headset (and not an airplane issue).  Very odd since they're not that old and don't have that many flights on them.  Finally figured out that the microphone itself screws into the boom and if it's at all loose, it becomes inconsistent...  New item for the checklist...  Check those microphones before flight to make sure they're tight!  :-)

Here's the winning (we hope!) entry!  :)

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Do-Toledo-in-30-days-or-less/

There's just not a whole lot else to say about this!

Photo courtesy of Kevin Byers!

Well, OK, perhaps not...

However, beware the Java Calendar object.  While DATE and YEAR are 1 based, MONTH is zero based!  If you're just doing a comparison with a known month, no problem.  However, if you're expecting a useful int value for construction a date string (like say for passing to a SQL server as part of a query), you may meet with a most unpleasant surprise.

It appears that MONTH was just designed with direct comparisons in mind.  However, there is no other decent way to get a MONTH int out of the object, and building a big case to figure it out is just silly.  Sure wish they would have just made it 1 based and avoided this goofiness... 

From: http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmEventDetail.Show?psevent_id=9040

 

Champaign T Party Hosting Organization(s) Central Ohio Rally Club Event Type TSD Rally Event Date(s) 28-Jun-2008 Event Description/ Schedule A TSD Rally, run mostly in Champaign county using a T-Rule.  (Champaign T Party.  Get it?)  The rally is about 70 miles in length, and will take about 2.5 hours to complete.  T-Rules will be thoroughly explained at the Driver's Meeting at 5:30. We begin at the Kroger's lot on the West side of Marysville, OH.  Look for Wendy's, the lot is behind it.  We end at Pizza Hut near the starting location. 5:00 Registration Opens 5:30 Driver's Meeting/Beginner's Meeting 6:01 First Car Off 8:30 First Car Finishes 9:30 Results should be posted $20 per car Event Location Kroger's Out Lot Street Address 1105 W 5th St City Marysville State or Province OH Postal/Zip Code 43040 Location Description Driving Directions Start location is on the west side of Marysville, off of US33.  Take the OH-245 exit.  From the East, take the Northwest Pkwy ramp toward Marysville.  From the West, turn left at the foot of the ramp, then right at T on Northwest Pkwy.  Northwest Pkwy becomes 5th St.  Look for Wendys.  Start location will be in the lot behind.

Information received from Charles G. Hanson by way of Mike Bennett (GLD Road Rally Steward)

 Final reminder.  General Instructions and Entry Forms are posted at
www.indyscca.org I would appreciate any pre-entries possible by Friday
so that I can get the printing done on Saturday.

June Junket / Journey / Jaunt (J4)
Sunday June 1, 2008
Start Location:  Brookville Shoppes (approx. 0.2 miles east of Franklin Rd.
on Brookville Rd (SR 52) which is south-east of I465 and south of
Washington
Street on the east side of Indianapolis.
Registration:  Noon
Driver's Meeting:  12:45 PM
First Car Out:  1 PM plus car number in minutes
$20 for 2 members / $25 for 1 non-member / $30 for 2 non-members
(Non-members get a temporary weekend membership in SCCA which puts them
under the SCCA insurance umbrella, plus a certificate that entitles them
to a $15 discount on a membership.  The certificate is good for 60 days
from the date of issue, and you are entitled to use two certificates, a $30
value for a $10 investment.)