Gaming is sorted for the next year..
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- Halo 3 ODST
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- Colin McRae Dirt 2
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- Forza Motorsport 3
Looks like my videogaming is sorted for the next year at least. On pre-order I have Colin McRae Dirt 2, Halo 3 ODST (why not just call it Halo 4?) and Forza 3.
Forza 3 especially is going to be driving nirvana 
Raikkonen’s rally result – rolled Punto
And this is how his rally ended, with a spectacular roll into a ditch. You have to love the crowd, absolutely fantastic and so into it
Kimi Raikkonen in Rally Finland
This is fascinating, Raikkonen says that rally ‘is a hobby’, what a hobby to have! It must be a completely different challange to drive a rally spec Fiat Punto compared to the Ferrari F60 F1 car. Brilliant seeing him in other forms of motorsports. Maybe after his Ferrari F1 contract is up in 2010 he will enter WRC? Who knows, personally I think he should stay in F1 to grab another championship (not this year obviously!).
Fantasy F1: Great Britain
For the British GP I selected Hamilton, Vettel, Webber and Toyota.
Hamilton came home in 16th, Vettel 1st and Webber 2nd. Toyota cars came home in 7th and 8th. This was a great haul of points
Fantasy F1: Turkey
For the Turksih GP I selected Massa, Rosberg, Vettel and Red Bull Racing.
Massa finished 6th, Rosberg 5th and Vettel came home in 3rd. Red Bull Racing finished 2nd and 3rd. A good haul of points from this race.
Fantasy F1: Monaco
For the Monaco GP I selected Hamlton, Barrichello, Rosberg and McLaren.
Hamilton finished 12th, Barrichello 2nd and Rosberg 6th. One McLaren came home in 12th and the other retired.
Fantasy F1: Spain
For the Spanish Grand Prix I selected Alonso, Button, Webber and Brawn GP.
It turned out to be an excellent selection with Alonso finishing 5th, Button 1st, Webber 3rd and Brawn GP cars 1st and 2nd. A huge haul of points
Fantasy F1: Bahrain
For the Bahrain GP I selected Alonso, Vettel, Rosberg and Red Bull.
Alsonse came home in 8th, Vettel in 2nd, Rosberg in 9th and Red Bull cars in 2nd and 11th. An average haul of points overall.
Lewis Hamilton shows us inside the McLaren Technology Centre
Lewis gives us a tour in this interesting video showing the inside of the McLaren Technology Centre. The first thing I noticed is it is clinically clean. Check out the ‘clear desk’ policy later on in the video!! How can anyone work somewhere that tidy!?! That isn’t natural.
Lewis comes across as a easy going guy and completely different compared to when he is hounded by the press asking stupid questions trying to catch him out.
P.S The video looks very new, I think it was filmed the week after the Bahrain GP 2009 (end of April).
Why I don’t play the lottery..
I found an excellent lottery simulator which shows just how slim the chances are of winning a lottery jackpot (match 6 between 1 and 50). When you run the simulator you will NEVER play the lottery again! 
My results were:
To summarise: I had selected 6 numbers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) and at 1 draw a week it took 3.9 million draws (or 76,100 years) to match all six numbers and claim the jackpot. In real time it took the java lottery simulator a little over four days of processing to match the numbers.
Next time friends or colleagues say they are going to have a go at a rollover jackpot or one of the big Euro lotteries and get all excited about spending the winnings, show them this simulator 
