“Many feel that the the command line offers only archaic system
tools crafted by gnarly old Unix geeks who cut their coding teeth
before there was an Internet, let alone a blogosphere. They are
sadly mistaken. The focus of this week’s CLI Magic column is an
example of a new CLI tool designed exclusively for Formula
1–sorry, NASCAR–fans. It’s called Live-F1, and it brings realtime
race and practice data from Formula 1 events around the globe to
your Linux terminal window.“Live-F1 is free software, but it depends upon (free)
registration at the official Formula 1 Web site. This makes sense,
because this Linux client is a replacement for the site’s Live
Timing feature, which requires a Java-enabled browser…”