2007 F1 season starts

This can only mean one thing: summer is on the way :)

I think this season is going to be very interesting with all the big names moving around. It'll be interesting how Raikonnen handles being in Ferrari. I think his time at McLaren will go in the F1 history books as unlucky due to all the mishaps he experienced.

On the other hand, can Alonso still win the title in a much faster but perhaps less reliable car than last year's Renault?

There is also a lot of hype in the British press about the new Englishman, Lewis Hamilton. I don't think Jenson has delivered on his potential so far. Judging by this year's Honda, he may need to wait for a few more years too unfortunately.

New blogger templates

I found the switch over to the new blogger system a little painful personally. The new template system seems to mess up some of the meta tags unfortunately. My site has been significantly affected by this by the time I have discovered the issue.

I don't seem to be the only one experiencing this problem though. A lot of other people have already posted about the issue. I have even raised this with the support team but no responses yet, it's a little disappointing.

Spurs missed a huge chance

against Chelsea today. I cannot understand how they gave up a 3-1 lead and drew 3-3 in the end against this very weakened Chelsea team. Although they may think that they still have an opportunity to go through to the next round due to the 3 away goals and the next leg being played at White Hart Lane, I think Chelsea will beat them unfortunately.

Overall it was a smashing game though.

Another double standard by Europe

From BBC:
"A Swiss court has convicted a Turkish politician of racial discrimination for denying that mass killings of Armenians in Turkey in 1915 amounted to genocide.

Nationalist leader Dogu Perincek, 65, was on trial for remarks he made in a public speech in Lausanne in 2005.

He was given a suspended sentence and fined $2,450 (£1,270).

The Swiss parliament, along with more than a dozen countries, has labelled the killings as genocide. Turkey firmly rejects the genocide allegation.

Perincek, the head of the Turkish Workers' Party, had denied the charges.

"I have not denied genocide because there was no genocide," he told the court earlier this week.

Armenians say 1.5 million of their people were killed in a genocide by Ottoman Turks during World War I, either through systematic massacres or through starvation.

More than a dozen countries, various international bodies and many Western historians agree that it was genocide.

Turkey says there was no genocide. It acknowledges that many Armenians died, but says the figure was below one million.

A law criminalising the denial of genocide was adopted in 2003 by the parliament in the Swiss canton of Vaud, where Perincek made his remarks.

Twelve Turks prosecuted in Switzerland on similar charges in 2001 were acquitted."

I ask myself where the EU that convicts Turkish Republic for taking Orhan Pamuk to court because of his ideas and her that this is against the human rights. Where is the proof that there was an Armenian genocide? How can a European court pass sentence on something on circumstantial evidence without any substance behind it?

I think Turkish Republic award a medal to Mr. Perincek in a similar attitude where Europe awarded Mr. Pamuk a Nobel prize under disputable circumstances.

Even better, Turkish parliament should pass a law to convict anyone that claims an Armenian Genocide. See the Europeans like it.

It is a shame that EU is pushing Turkey away so eagerly. It is going to come back to bite it. Shame!

Lucky Man Utd

They were very lucky to beat Liverpool on Saturday. Come to think of it, they have been riding their luck during the last few of their games. It can turn against them overnight. Look at Chelsea, they seemed to be salvaging wins before Christmas before they stumbled. Man Utd need to be careful that they don't stumble now.

I think Liverpool are on the right track. Especially if they can go through tomorrow night against Barcelona.

Media winners and losers

Virgin vs Sky

The recent fights over the pricing is not going to help either company. Sky seems to have a stronghold on the popular programmes and they feel threatened but the new and shiny Virgin Media but I don't think they're helping their own cause by these actions.

BBC
BBC has just announced that they've reached an argument with Google and Youtube. I think this is they've made a giant leap and this will prove very useful for the future. BBC has also proved that they're willing to change and keep up with the cutting-edge technology.

Channel 5
I think Channel 5 found a goldmine in CSI. I am sure this is increasinng their rating a lot. Also, Five US is letting us view a lot of handy programmes, such as US boxin, NBA etc without having to pay for it.

They're also heavily trying to get people involved in their news etc. I think this is a very good initiative as well.

ITV
Unfortunately, ITV seems to be heavily betting on reality shows and ITV2,3,4 doesn't seem to have much substance behind them. I wish they'd reduced the number of ITV channels and improved the quality a little.