With Enduracers SP1 for their great Endurance Mod just around the corner, we’ll schedule event #2 (the first official event) once SP1 is available to the unwashed masses.
All the best, Uwe
With Enduracers SP1 for their great Endurance Mod just around the corner, we’ll schedule event #2 (the first official event) once SP1 is available to the unwashed masses.
All the best, Uwe
Finally seem to have gotten my head 1/3 of the way around the Python framework called “Django”, creating a site for birdwatchers within the county of Herford here:
http://birders-hf.gplrank.de/ranking/
I used Django 1.1.x for the site, and while some issues with mod_python seem to persist, everything is working generally well (using mysql as a db backend).
thanks Django folks, this is really cool stuff! The irc channel #django on irc.freenode.org has been of great help, too.
Nicht zu vergessen: Wunderschöne Venus / Merkur-Konjunktion abends nach Sonnenuntergang!
if you’ve never seen mercury naked-eye, you have another chance tomorrow when both planets will be setting next to each other separated only a couple of degrees in RA.
On Baltrum, we were treated to a lovely sunset with an even better view as the the inner planets set following the sun, glowing a calm yellow-creamish colour.
While this isn’t the first time I’ve spotted Mercury without visual aids, it’s surely never been so easy as it was here on Baltrum, a small island in the Northern Sea.
I observed my first minor planet ever this evening: 4 Vesta is currently situated right under the “Lions Head” in Leo, and at mag 6m.55, it’s easy prey for both binoculars and backyard telescopes.
I found that limiting magnitude tonight is around 3m.5, so the situation wasn’t ideal, still it was fun thinking that this is a cold rock hurtling around the sun between Mars (shining nearby, a little west in the constellation cancer) and Jupiter.
My dojo / Mein Dojo:
Hi folks,
the fine folks over at http://www.simracers.de/ would like to invite you to a special 2h team event to celebrate the imminent release of the Mazda 787B Prototype Sportscar mod. More details can be found here:
http://www.zitterpalme.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=2287&
Please register with the forum if you haven’t already and let us know which car you’d like to race and who the team members are.
Mod Download URL:
http://www.zitterpalme.de/post/MAZDA787B_RC1.rar
Track Download URL:
http://www.zitterpalme.de/post/Lemans2004_BBSE_v1.7z
Race Server: lu.gplrank.de (simracers.de 2)
(This is a pre-release version, the official release version will be announced and put up for download later)
Race details:
Date: 25. Mar 2010
Praccy Start = 19:00 CET 25 Min. free praccy
Qualifying = 19:25 CET | 30 Min.
Warmup = 19:55 CET | 5 Min.
Race start = 20:00 CET / 1900 GMT / 1400 EST (when will the US switch to DST this year?)
Race length = 120 Minutes (at least one driver change required)
= 90 Min if we don’t get at least 15 team entries, then it’s going to be a normal race with one driver / car
Start: Formation lap / flying start
This will be a team race (2 drivers per team, rF driver change mechanism employed) provided we receive at least 15 team entries. Anything less than that and we’ll do a normal, 90 min single driver race.
If you’d like to take a look of the Mazda mod in action, check this video:
http://www.vimeo.com/10010146
Don’t miss out on this chance to take a sneak peek at this great new rFactor mod!
All the best & looking forward to seeing you on the track.
Uwe
Thanks to Matthias Bögel, the official results are now available here:
The replay is also available here:
All the best, congrats to Matt & Steven for their class wins and hope to see you all again (and hopefully a few more) at the next event!
Uwe
heute gegen 1300 das bisherige ornithologische Highlight dieses Jahres für mich: In der Nähe der “Alpakawiese” am Wüstener Weg im Stuckenberg sucht ein einsamer, männlicher Schwarzspecht nach Nahrung. Zuerst haben wir (meine Tochter Hannah und ich) nur den Ruf gehört, es hörte sich so an, als würde jemand auf einem Grashalm einen einzelnen, kurzen lauten Ton erzeugen, da war mir schon klar, dass das was Besonderes sein musste, da ich einen solchen Ruf noch nie zuvor gehört hatte.
Hannah hat den Vogel dann als erstes an einer Birke entdeckt, ein wunderschönes, grosses Tier mit rotem Kamm und hellen, weisslichen Augen und verhältnismässig grossen Klauen, echt klasse. Seit Ewigkeiten war das mal wieder ein neues “Kreuzchen” in meinem 25 Jahre alten “Pareys” (Das Bild habe ich bei google images gefunden
Weiterhin auf dem Erika-Friedhof 10-12 Stieglitze in den Bäumen, die machten einen Krach, als ob schon Frühling wäre sowie ein Buntspecht und diverse Buchfinken und Meisen.
Kurzer Rundgang heute nachmittag im Bereich Stuckenberg / Vlothoer Strasse bei wunderschönem Winterwetter, vogelmässig war eher weniger los, bis auf ein paar Gimpel, 2x Buntspecht, 4 Schwanz-, 2 Weiden- und diverse Blau- und Kohlmeisen. Auf dem Friedhof einige Kleiber sowie Grünfinken vergesellschaftet mit Buchfinken.
Die Weidenmeisen konnte ich beim “Eisbaden” im Bach beobachten, echt knallhart, die Jungs und Mädels
Hi folks,
after months of hard work and preparations, I’m happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of the Brabham Masters Series 2010 download pack. You can download the entire file (490MB) here:
http://www.zitterpalme.de/post/rF_lite_and_bt52_season2010_readme_first_please.rar
The update contains 60+ beautiful car liveries from the bygone glory days of all areas of motorsport, an engine sound update, a car model update and much more.
We hope to welcome you soon on our practise server that’s available 24/7 from the lobby (look for “Brabham Masters Series” at Silverstone88).
A few more screenshots are available here:
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1983539/1/bt52?h=04a910
To celebrate sending our long-time admin Matthias Vogt into well-deserved retirement from admin duties, we held a fun race at Hockenheim79 in the DRM Porsche 935 Turbo tonight, wich means I’ll be able to add another “real life” trophy to my growing collection of… one
I ran the #70 Dick Barbour racing Porsche in tonight’s event, which back in the day saw Stommelen, Barbour and Paul Newman as its regulars to take a seat in the cockpit.
Out of twelve drivers, yours truly managed to finish 3rd after 35 laps, Matthias came second and “chief überalien” Bert Pitzke ran away with it as usual. Thanks for all your hard work Matthias, and we’re looking forward to seeing you as a “regular, mortal” driver again soon when the BT52 Masters season kicks off in January!
Another net let-down: Googling up and down the net, scouring usenet and countless forums, I’m still unable to find contact details for the elusive rFactor modder that is “Santa rF”, creator of such excellent mods such as “Miniville” (kids racing game addon for rF) and the powerful beast named “Brabham BT-52”.
The fact that RaceSim Central has been down for a while now (again) isn’t exactly helpful, either.
Should anyone know how to get in touch with this ghost of the intertubes, please comment here, as I need to contact him about a skinset for the bt52 mod… thanks!
Nach einer Pole im Quali und der schnellsten Rennrunde nach 60 Runden in Donington konnte mich nur ein böser Grafikbug, der in Runde 17 zuschlug, um meinen 1. Sieg in der Simracers Revival-Liga bringen. Zehn Sekunden fehlten mir am Ende, nachdem mich der “Screen Freeze” über 30 Sekunden gekostet hatte. Danach war die Grafik im Cockpit dann nicht mehr ganz so schön anzugucken:
Das Rennen hat trotzdem irre Spass gemacht und ich bin froh, dass ich die Geschichte zu Ende gebracht habe (einige Runden mit Hannah auf dem N64 hatten mich gut auf die Grafik vorbereitet ;-))