2 Days for 1 Win…

Continuing with the Padre coverage from yesterday, I’m proud to say the friars beat the brew-crew last night 6-3. After an early 2 run deficit, the padres game back opening up their lead to 6-2 at one point. Around the league, the DBacks put a stop the Rockies winning ways, and guarantee themselves a playoff [...]

3 Games… and 3 Days…

The Padres post season hopes ride on three games against the high-powered Brewers. With three days left on the regular season, the pad sit 1 game back in the NL-West and lead the NL Wild Card. They now control their own destiny, despite what Arizona, Colorado, Philadelphia and New York do. Sweep the Brewers and [...]

"Banish It!"

When Marc Ecko bid $752,467 for Barry Bond’s 756th home run, he knew exactly what he was going to do with it, he didn’t know what the voting public would do. Ecko placed the ball up on his website vote756, where 10m votes were cast deciding the fate of the ball. The public was given [...]

Nyx Racing, Waxing Nastalgic…

After a conversation about how expensive automotive repairs have become, I dipped into the old Nyx Racing archives, to reflect upon the past and how different things were. Hard to believe that it was close to 10 years ago! I miss the fun little projects, wrenching in to the wee hours of the night, and [...]

Padres: 13 games left…

13 Games left for the Padres to try and head back to the play offs in three consecutive years. Despite some troubles with their starting rotation, they remain 1 game out in the NL West and lead the NL Wildcard by 1.5 games. Peavy is currently leading the NL for the triple crown with 18 [...]

RIP: Colin Mcrae

Colin Mcrae passed away along with his 5 year-old son in a helicopter crash on Saturday. The 39 year old, was the first briton to win the Word Rally Championship (WRC). His agressive driving style tore-up the WRC curcuit for years, and recently has participated in the X-Games Rally Event. In addition to WRC he [...]

Burning Man from above…

A huge 8698 x 8735 pixel (7.32 MB) jpeg of Black Rock City, during the recent Burning Man Festival has been released. The eight day gathering take place in Black Rock City, an spontaneous city Northwest of Reno. Ending on Labor Day, the event promotes radial self-expression, and self-reliance, resulting in a woodstock like chaos. [...]