Ford’s GT Race Car Testing at Daytona Will Make You Extra Happy

In his treatise on «Queen-Gold,» or Queen-pinmoney, an old King’s Bench author, one William Prynne, thus discourseth: «Ye tail is ye Queen’s, that ye Queen’s wardrobe may be supplied with ye whalebone.» Now this was written at a time when the black limber bone of the Greenland or Right whale was largely used in ladies’ bodices. But this same bone is not in the tail; it is in the head, which is a sad mistake for a sagacious lawyer like Prynne.

The Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve is located just north of the city

St. Augustine is celebrating its 450th anniversary this year, and during my recent visit it was hard not to get swept up in the city’s rich history. But for The Martian, a cinema adaptation of Andy Weir’s self-published bestseller about a lone astronaut stranded on the red planet, director Ridley Scott partnered with Nasa to ensure … Leer más

Longtime Joe Gibbs Racing pit crew member Nick Odell has joined Hendrick Motorsports to serve as the front-tire changer

Odell, who was recently released from JGR, will replace Scott Brzozowski on the No. 24 team for the final eight races of the 2015 Chase. Prior to last weekend’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, JGR announced Josh Leslie was replacing Odell on the No. 18 pit crew. Mayo has served as Earnhardt Jr.’s front-tire … Leer más

Stats show Arsenal’s Francis Coquelin is the best defensive midfielder in the Premier League

The French midfielder has gone from being a bit-part fringe player to one of the most vital cogs in Arsene Wenger’s machine. And the 24-year-old has become a fan favourite among the Emirates faithful, with many claiming he is now the best defensive midfielder in the Premier League. More than all, his treacherous retreats struck more of … Leer más

In the original Star Wars movies, R2-D2 was no more advanced than sticking Kenny Baker in a tin can.

Then Dorothy and the Lion got up, and the girl helped the Tin Woodman put the straw back into the Scarecrow again, until he was as good as ever. Henderson stood up with his spade in his hand. «What’s that?» he said. He was deaf in one ear. Ogilvy told him all that he had … Leer más

Lara Croft’s uses new tech to tackle mysteries

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nor was it his unwonted magnitude, nor his remarkable hue, nor yet his deformed lower jaw, that so much invested the whale with natural terror, as that unexampled, intelligent malignity which, according to specific accounts, he had over and over again evinced in his assaults. More than all, his treacherous retreats struck more of dismay … Leer más

Beats is announcing the first speaker that it’s made since the company was acquired by Apple last summer

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Even if you aren’t a fan of the company’s high-priced in-, on-, or over-the-ear offerings, you have to admit they are all much better than the crude and plasticky Pill speaker. The new $229 speaker isn’t any sort of radical redesign. Instead, it’s a refinement on the recognizable Beats Pill look. It’s shaped like — you … Leer más

The Runway Trend That Doesn’t Require Getting Dressed In The Morning

Had someone told Cristobal Balenciaga that 78 years after he opened his namesake couture house, models would be strutting down the runway to Biggie Smalls, I’m not quite sure he would have believed them. But that was the reality of Friday evening’s spring/summer 2016 show — the last for Alexander Wang, who was hand-picked to helm the … Leer más