It was quite a day in Sweden, as there were several shakeups in the top 8. Let’s start at the top. Rally leader Markko Martin smashed the rear suspension on his Ford Focus during SS11. Martin was able to coax the Focus back to service, but he lost over five minutes to the leaders, and […]

Posted on February 7th, 2004 by admin
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It’s been a generally quiet day in Sweden, with all of the top works cars still in the rally. The conditions have been variable, with lots of patches of bare gravel to test the drivers. Sebastien Loeb, who was worried that heavy snow could hamper his chances since he was running first as current championship […]

Posted on February 6th, 2004 by admin
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Gregg Easterbrook has an interesting take on the National Prayer Breakfast. The nail he hits on the head? He quotes from Matthew 6:5-8 — Jesus telling his disciples that prayer is a private thing, and should be kept behind closed doors, lest you look like a hypocrite. The Prayer Breakfast is huge in many religious […]

Posted on February 5th, 2004 by admin
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After only ten days break, the factory teams will be at again in Sweden this week. The rally has been moved further north in hopes of having consistent snowpack on the roads — conditions have been variable over the past few years, with loads of ice and frozen gravel instead of the usual snowy bobsled […]

Posted on February 3rd, 2004 by admin
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Since I’m currently waiting for a client to approve some changes to a site I’m building for them, I’d thought I’d take a few minutes to talk about my new work environment and what I think about it so far (after two weeks). So far, so good….. There are roughly 13 programmers in the office. […]

Posted on February 2nd, 2004 by admin
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I felt like a big tough guy for riding to work in the middle of that cold snap last week…until I read this post. Guess I’m not so tough after all. I would feel pretty tough riding this bubblegum pink CrossCheck. I think it’s awesome that Canada’s top cyclocrosser uses a CrossCheck. Most national level […]

Posted on February 2nd, 2004 by admin
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