This week – we call out to you.  We’re reaching a crucial point in the life of the show.  Whether or not it continues depends on you – we need to hear from you, from all of you in order to know that we need to keep the show going.

There wasn’t a lot going on in the world of Formula 1 this week – at least not a whole lot that interested us.  We did watch Senna. As new F1 fans, we didn’t really know a whole lot about the legendary figure that Ayrton Senna truly was.  Don’t forget that later this year the Ron Howard’s new movie Rush is coming which focuses on the rivalry between James Hunt and Nikki Lauda.

In other news – you can’t make a living as a Ninja.

We think carrying an ID card that identifies you as an online reviewer makes you a jerk, and paying $100 for such a card makes you a stupid jerk.

Some restaurants are getting tired of folks taking pictures of their food.

Could Chipotle be getting more expensive?

Cable company data caps are a lie!

Don’t unlock your phone without carrier permission anymore…

iPads are becoming part of the Boston Globe’s Newspapers in Education program.

Are Kindle book rentals coming?

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Our sick host has recovered and we’re back again this week…

HRT may be gone but one of their former drivers now has a job with Ferrari, although it may be one step up from mail clerk…

Timo Glock has broken up with Marussia and do so suddenly with the start of the 2013 season looming…

Prefer the BBC’s F1 coverage?  Here’s their 2013 schedule…

Disney’s rolling out a new integrated payment and room key system that will allow them to track guests. Some folks are upset over the tracking – but how is it different from what Disney is already doing?

Dr Oz – medical genius or something else?

What is a library if you take a way the books?

The Supreme Court says that corporations are people too, but California says they’re not people when you’re in the Carpool lane.

Nissan is cutting the starting price of the Leaf – but Patricia says the reason for the drop is more important.

This is why we shouldn’t teach dogs to drive!

Crashing through the pizzeria won’t get your pie faster…

Is there a driver that is really this stupid?

And finally – no a Google Street View car didn’t hit a donkey…

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Happy New Year!!!!  We’re back from our vacation and ready to go….

Previously on F1:

Before we went on vacation we talked about who might be replacing Jake Humphries as presenter for F1 coverage on BBC, and now we know it’ll be Suzy Perry.

Oh, and McLaren’s Ron Dennis says that Lewis Hamilton didn’t leave the team – but that McLaren let Lewis go…

Lexus has built the last LFA supercar.

The Automatica USB WiFi dongle might be cool – if Michael could figure out how to describe it…

Canadian criminal masterminds are stealing maple syrup…

THIS is why you can’t have a Pirate Radio station.

And maybe Oompa Loompas really are evil…

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