Hello all. It is apparently Human Rights day for the United Nations, and also International Animal Rights Day. I am going to combine these two, and suggest that I have the right to have a baby panda, and a baby panda has the right to come and live with me. Sounds like the proper way to observe these events to me. Now, on to the Formula 1 stuff:
- Jake Humphrey has finally blogged again, after leaving us hanging following the final race of the season. There are thoughts in there about interviewing the drivers, finding out about Button's move to McLaren, and of course, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Mr Humphrey is hosting, and says he'll have lots of backstage gossip for us.
- Ollie has written up an interesting post about the noise coming from the Monaco Forum at the moment. It's all about media and how Formula 1 portrays itself to the fans, and at the moment, it seems like a real nudge in the ribs to Bernie. Will he pay attention though?
- F1 Wolf has posted another liveries post - lots of lovely pictures of cars from 1991 and their beautiful colour schemes. Eh-hem. I have to say hurrah for the off-season allowing bloggers times to delve into these great topics.
That should do it for now. Let us know how your week is going, and as ever, I will see you in the comments.
it's thursday baby!
Wooop
Oh, what a surprise
Hello Thursday!
Today is the day that my long winded battle with VB ends
There can be only one.
/highlander
:P
Christine wants a Panda? Theres a shocker
Lukeh must be confusing Australians for days with comments & tweets like this
VB is an Aussie beer
unfortunately, you'll find in life that the battle with VB never really ends.
Spoilers!
Boooo!! This is pretty much guaranteed to be the worst day of my life. Stupid work christmas party :(
you don't fancy free beer?
Err, don't go
I bailed on mine, coming up this Saturday
[Though most of my shift aren't going, it's 'the others' predominantly]
Majorly not an option :( My presence has been demanded. I may feign sickness and leave at like 9 o'clock
And the beer wasn't going to be free
#overpricedbuffetwithcrapmusic
Go for a bit, if you enjoy it stay, if not come home. Simples.
Hey I hear there's another party going on soon all the cool kids are going to
:P
Free beer + £45 taxi home = tee total evening
Prob too late know but I'd make up a story about Christmas being 'a bad time for the family' and refuse
you hadnt moved when i started writing it! I got a server error 3 times before it posted :( morning all though!
Alas I have a job now where I have actual employees. Apparently sneaking a way out of the Christmas do is now unacceptable conduct.
It's tomorrow... TODAY!
What's on the lunch menu today, Amy?
:)
Buy more booze for the 'at home afterwards' bit than you actually plan to consume 'at the party' bit, then ;)
i (hearts) google live search so much i may explode.
I still dont see a difference! :(
So, is there an identi.ca revolution coming?
And are there any decent iPhone and Desktop Apps around?
it's not picking up identica, despite saying it should be.
and... nope :(
Also, if Twitter is really gonna fade, can it take FaceStalk with it please?
No point then
hehe. it won't fade.
today for lunch i am having breakfast cereal because i bought it to work with me to have breakfast at my desk but then i stopped and bought some yogurt at the market for breakfast instead.
You're supposed to be saving up your pennies!!!
Yoghurt isn't breakfast
It's just... yoghurt!
om nom, yummy
Ooooh I see live search now I've googled Sidepodcast
I like the Muller thingies with the choco balls or biscuity... attachments
tweet us and watch it appear!
Heheeehehe.
Simple minds, simple pleasures :D
its pay day! I always go to the market on pay day. Yogurt is so breakfast! Its raspberry and passionfruit and blackberry!
it doesn't get old!
:)
Any humous in there? ;)
I agree, i love having a yoghurt to start the day
Oooh Bassano do I remember an offer to check some discounted air fares for me?
Aye, preferred dates and destination please
Twitter DM if you prefer
I can look now if you like
Oookay I shall try. I'm not sure where you fly from but Newcastle is easiest for me. Emirates go direct. It's cheaper for me to fly from London but once you factor in travel costs to London, it isn't. I am happy to go to London though if it saves me.
Time for sleep. See you guys in the morning, night.
Can give you Shuttle fare too if needed, doubt we'd fly NCL - DBX direct
G'night Lukeh
bubblesweet dreams lukeh.I think I sent you a message. It's not particularly private tbh, I just wanted to prove to myself I can do it :P
bye lukeh!
yay flying! I love flying. But as my longest trip was 4 hours get back to me when i land in heathrow (to my welcoming party)
Checking now
at work each day i have to speak to a call centre in manila and one of their staff always calls me jamie. It really annoys me. #blamejourneyer
SPC just got spammed!
i might remove dat.
On a 2008 thread :lol:
common thread. has the word "forum" in the title.
For bad grammar?
Ah. How odd.
:)
it linked to google. how rubbish a spammer do you have to be to get your own link wrong?
Can't beat your quote Alison
302 from London
356 from NCL (changing at LHR)
another favourite:
http://sidepodcast.com/2007/05/30/forum-changes/
spot the similarity.
Okay thanks a lot for looking for me! I really appreciate it. It's still stupid amounts of money....
Google
The world's largest spammer
#allegedly
Tell Nick to find work with Emirates ;)
^corrected
;)
à propos forum. Joe won't be in Monaco?
:lol:
Bet it's an expensive week
Hahaha yeah, why don't you bring that one up eh? I can go cheaper with KLM but the transfer time is just too horrific for me to even consider.
eh?
I really almost said that but I restrained myself #smug
Is joe not in Monaco for the F1 thingy?
I thought he WAS working now
Or is he just attending? ;)
was in orlando, should be heading to monaco.
unless kathi has news?
He has a job. Allegedly.
I thought he was supposed to be part of the media panel or something.
But this doesn't sound like it.
oh no. boo :(
maybe he just doesn't know yet :)
Just checked staff rates and found out £90 of fare is tax!
#notfair
Damn you Gordon!!
the panel is this morning right?
pretty sure bassano mentioned they'd scrapped concorde.
2003, I think
damn. you think he'll join by video/phone or bail?
I wasn't reading too closely, is he in Florida?
mmm.
That's either a yes or you're eating Nachos
hehehe!
erm.... croutons.
On their own?
#madeforsoup
yup. quite nice.
Weird
I might make some Cajun Cashews
guilty.
my old work had the BEST croutons. I should have borrowed the recipe to work out how they made them so delicious.
you can make croutons?
I've had them in salad before but never on their own
They're mot born!
*NOT
try 'em. i has glass of white wine and a bag of croutons.
new spc is coming along nicely :)
no. i just...
nevermind.
Will have a look in Sainsburys
#othercrutonsuppliersareavailable
I've been resting my liver..... for Saturday ;)
ahh, i feel so unprofessional.
If I think of it on Sat afternoon, I might try to find some Milk Thistle
#hangoverpreventionallegedly
?
do tell.
i took lots of recipes from the hospital but most of them were for 500 servings so sometimes very hard to contest to 1-2 servings
do tell.
It's a herb/plant extract
Supposedly, if taken before drinking it helps the liver to process & recover quicker
The liver is quite a regenerative ogan, so I'm told
i see.
sounds awful.
I think hangovers are much, much worse
Self correction
:)
oh surely they are. That is why i drink responsibly in my old age ;)
not drinking so much would help too ;)
Drinking responsibly is getting home safely and upsetting the fewest amount of people as possible
#Irishgenes_notmyfault ;)
i am finding it hard to resist the lure of the coke machine. Help!
You need a drawer for your desk
Cordial, cereal, fruit, etc
i had one and then some audity people came in and took it. I try sit at the same place every day but its not guaranteed. I might just fill up the drawers anyone. Our office is the place where iphones get stolen, not peoples lunch!
anyone? Anyway.
Hi again. I should've gone to bed but I was listening to podcasts and now I'm writing the Thursday Thoughts opener. Keeping it brief isn't easy.
ahh cool. good man.
Hot-desking is stoopid
To tap in to what came out of the Monaco forum, I'm thinking of:
- What innovations would you like to see in online F1 coverage?
Phrasing the question correctly is harder than I thought it would be, am not sure whether to change focus slightly to include mobile devices.
That's the future, surely
also I have found a flaw in the design of my new halogen heater, in that the switch to turn it off is located at the top of the unit, which is where all the heat is going, 'cos heat rises...
ooh, i like. how about...
What innovations would you like to see in modern F1 coverage?
may be too loose though.
remote?
Install an inline switch on the cord
I think with that I'd get lots of answers about TV coverage only, which is interesting but not what I'm going for this time really. Unless it is a part of the whole approach? I'm not sure.
agreed.
yeah 'cos i can do that ;-)
Saw an advert on the back of the bus that sadly reminded me, I've always wanted a Loewe telly
Built in hard-drive recorder
They are the shiznit!
You can wire a plug can't you, is easier
Buy one from B&Q
- What innovations would you like to see in F1 content delivery?
I think so, has been years since I've needed to, everything comes prewired.
Sounds good
ooh. perfect.
Awwesome, will post now and update it with responses after work tomorrow (as well as do my own!). I've linked to Stuart and Ollie already.
love it.
Thursday Thoughts Question
I know this is quite an SPC/MFC thing to ask and hopefully I've not nicked one of your future questions, but since it came up in the news and was interesting I thought it worth asking.
Morning, folks.
So a couple of things:
1. ManipeF1 expects Brazil and Abu Dhabi to be swapped. BOO.
2. Bruno Senna tweeted in Klingon! YAY.
That is all.
not at all, tis a great subject. will discuss tomorrow and one of us will blog :)
that's more than enough :)
:D Heheh. Anything interesting I missed last night in the comments?
Brazil will be the decider either way, the rest is just pretty lights
No smart answer to that one!
2 made my evening :-)
With that, good night!
See ya Pat
Hi Journeyer
kathi found a comment from joe suggesting america was too much fun to come back in a hurry. pat's written TT post.... ummm
Let's hope so - I have a sneaking suspicion 2010 will go down to the last race.
:D
bye.
cool, look forward to it
How to close a bag of crisps [or nachos] without a clip
[It helps to have a humoungous bag in the first place]
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/closeabag-wmv
no idea how that works!
Live video streaming finally comes to the iPhone
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/09/ustream-offers-live-video-streaming-for-the-iphone/
ahh, yes. giggles he done some earlier.
apparently he's taking us shopping tomorrow.
Ah, I just tweeted him about it
Seems I was too late
Am hearing talk that Apple's purchase of Lala could lead to being able to stream the whole of your iTunes music sometime in the future
sounds good. US only to start with?
Dunno
If successful, should be down to the network I guess
O2 > AT&T
true enough :)
streaming quality was really good earlier. much improved on qik.
Thank the Lord. Can he do my Christmas shopping for me?
And if he's taking requests...
Perhaps a wiki page, sneakily set up while he is asleep.
I need a new bag. One similar to Amy's would be great.
Thanks Alex
:D
how come you're still awake kathi?
Finland confuses me. It's always dark/light. It messes with my sleeping patterns. And since the semester is almost over I don't have enough courses to keep a regular routine.
ahh, shoot. what time do you need to be up today?
My one lecture today starts in 3 hours. I can sleep all I want afterwards. :)
ahh good. you need some blackout curtains for your windows.
I have those. I also have one of those sunrise simulating alarm clocks but mostly I need to finally graduate and get a job with regular working hours. I can't be trusted with freedom.
#sameperson
Hehe. But you create doohickeys, I just stalk Finns.
we've all got to be good at something ;)
#samehere
if you need a bag kathi i can surely bring one to spa, they are quite small when folded. But surely they sell something similar closer to home?
The bag shops here only sell trolleys nowadays. I will check in Munich when I'm home. You have more than enough to fit in your bag to worry about bringing stuff for me. At least now I know what I'm looking for/ I can set my mum up to.
Did you get the wave about my lj-ffriend?
i have not logged into wave in days! I wonder if it works on my mobile...
It had to happen sooner or later
The SPC girls talk about bags ;)
#stillbetterthanfootball
Hold on. Someone knows how to use wave?
:D
Nope.
But I like that it is personal/private but somehow more casual than e-mail and less intrusive than skype messaging. At least in my head :)
?!?
can't be true.
Must be a Finland thing
Yes, that sounds confusing enough.
This time next year, it will take about 15mins to check 'your messages'
:P
Forgot I had this: Finns
i like that to use wave you have to tell me on doohickey to go look. And bassano if you really want me to talk about bags i can tell you a lot about the louis vuitton keepall i wanted but it was the same price as my plane tickets ;)
I have the same thing with Breitling watches
OOh! Me too!!
I had to make do with a TAG Errrr, which no longer works.
:D:D
nice watches look dumb on me, i hate little wrists and they are always too big
So now it's a TAG Grrrrrrrr?
I suppose it should be. It could be used to help kiddies with their phonics perhaps? :-)
Am off to bed now but I leave you with this Engineers Joke
G'night Folks
verdict: wave does not work on opera mini. I can see my page in the background but there is a big message in front saying there is an error "do you want to tell dr wave what happened?" no. I just want to read my messages that i can see hiding behind you.
Night
night sir.
:)
*g* I was just telling you that someone on my flist is going to the Italian GP and if you want me to introduce you two.
ooh maybe! I am good at chickening out and not meeting people though :D
do you need them to start commenting here first?
i may regret agreeing to do 3 extra hours at work tomorrow. But santa just came into the office and gave me lollies!
Morning.
I got this in my email today - do you not think it's just a little tacky? :D
Interesting timing on this comment!
that looks like proper race winner's cert :-)
Morning
Amy... Why I was looking for you earlier was because after yesterdays conversation where I mentioned my cousin being in Australia but we discovered that Brisbane is a bit too far away I went out to dinner last night with my mum and was getting all the latest family updates. Turns out my step-sister Becky has just pitched up in Melbourne.
I'm sure she could be my Sidepoddelegate for a Sidepodmeetup (although she doesn't care much about F1 but she is really lovely).
Anyway, it was just a thought.
strangers scare me! scaaaaare me!
awww... Okay. I don't want to scare you!
the problem is not enough people film themselves throwing food at walls. I feel like I already know you :D
Hello one and all.
Morning
I know exactly what you mean!
I got a call from my dad last night he and his wife had had a bet. His wife thought that the hummus would still be on the wall. It isn't.
Morning!
Did you wash it off? Did birds eat it? Did the wall absorb it and its now part of the structure of your house?
I washed it all off, right after.
aww. I liked the third option.
Me too but I figured it would go a bit mankey...
This morning I couldn't unlock the door and fumbled about for ages, I stood on my own trouser leg which helped me trip up some steps, and then stumbled off the kerb the other side.
Definitely Thursday.
:(
boo. Watch out for that trouser leg it's a known offender now. You don't want to get it caught in your chair ;)
The third option was art. Your challenged failed, sir!
I will have a bad day but I am going to the mother-in-law's for dinner tonight - free meat and alcohol!
my thursday was fine and I only have 4 hours of it to go. Lets hope I make it through OK.
In my opinion no. The video was the art. But obviously I don't really know :)
Actually I think you're right. The video was bloody funny, anyways!
Why didn't you use blackberry yoghurt?
Katherine had said hummus so hummus it was :) I just needed a way of making it red.
I think I found that whole episode almost as funny as you guys did.
It was kind of like a cultured Jackass or something. Please do another one soon!
Just to complete the whole sorry Quadbike mess, they have now put my football club up for sale. Kinda expected it, just hope it turns out OK...
I don't think I've ever had hummus.
We have it in the salad bar at work. It's kinda weird!
Thank you :)
It's very nice in my opinion. It's made of chickpea. You may well have the opportunity on Saturday
My mate from Trinidad makes a chickpea curry called 'Channa' - you can have it Vegetarian or with meat and it's delicious!
I only really know about hummus from the Friends episode with Pheobe... and the one with the ER boys who say: "God bless the chickpea."
#knowstoomuchaboutfriends
I only like the sundried tomato flavoured one.
:)
Morning all.
Morning Lukeh. How's it going?
There is, I have to say, great variation in the quality of hummus around the place. Good hummus is wonderful, average hummus is very disappointing (if that makes sense)
preparing to have one final battle with this assignment!
Morning all.
Did anyone else not realise that VAT goes back to normal on 1st January?
It changed?
It's impossible not to realise it round here. Stoopid government causing everybody masses of work.
It was at 15%!! hahaha
Booo. I just got a text from O2 telling me that i wont "get an additional 22p for every £10 you top up"
Morning. I found out a month ago when our suppliers started telling us. Then my boss said to remind him to change our accounts software on Jan 4th before anyone is allowed to do anything.
Nooo I'm gonna have to change a load of prices at work now
At some supermarkets (im not sure about yours) they left the sticker prices the same, and at the till it deducted the VAT from the products that needed it taking off
Ommm thats naughty. We got told not to do that.
It's impressive how many ways you can write "I'm sorry, i slept through my alarm"
And what a con.
Did you notice that typically prices remained mostly the same, ending in .99p, thus allowing most retailers to pocket the difference? Yet, I can bet my house that when the VAT goes up, the prices won't stay the same and will increase.
Super. I want to go live in Switzerland or Monaco.
Same here... grrr!
The same thing happened in Germany when they switched from the Deutschmark to the Euro, apparently...
If they can get away with it, they will. Biggest annoyance though is that petrol will go up yet again next month.
I just might buy that Sinclair C5 I've got my eyes on on eBay...
oooh i want one!
Very poor showing from Mr Liuzzi: http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/12/10273.html
I like that Heikki is still on top.
for some reason the quote "We have offered more interactive activities with F1 drivers and MotoGP riders, but now we have to work out how to get the girlfriends and females there - how do we get them to watch the race?" in http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80506 really bothers me, and I don't even know why.
Because they assume that first and foremost you are the girlfriend of someone who likes the sport?
ooh yes. And at the three races I've been to, I've not noticed a lack of females at all. Theres always been plenty there.
Circuits are clearly going to accomodate more for annoying bouncy pop singing girlfriends
just as well you don't have that type of girl, no? ;)
I read the start of that article as: "Leading Formula 1 circuit chefs..." which confused me.
Formula 1 should accomodate more for up and coming photographers I reckon.
Greggs in Formula One ownership megadeal!
hehe.
Greggs F1!
I think they kinda do. Not FOM itself, but Heath, Sutton, Schlegelmilch, and other photographers would be more than happy to help. I reckon.
Needs more lou.
:P
aww.
♥
A friend of mine used to have one. What no-one ever told you is you can do great handbrake turns in them.
Note to self: Do not eat an apple over an iPod, even though it is from the same company!
:D
Does this need a breakout thread, by the way? It's kinda interesting.
I reckon so.
pls
I guess this means Schumacher is not going to be at Brawn or Fry would not be talking about him
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80510
Here we go: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/10/teams-finalising-details-on-single-group-launch/
Will move comments shortly.
Have you guys heard about the mysterious Death Spiral of Norway?
What do you think it is?
That is fake
Dr Who stunt for christmas
someone with a projector.
Does anyone know if you can go to a phone shop and just buy a pay as you go sim?
Don't see why not but you can get a pay as you go phone for £5-£10
Alex, you're lucky I am still in move comments mode, young man.
Yay! It's not me for once!
I am an idiot. Sorry!
I did try and remember to change the thread... but I got very confused...
Alex you silly billy
I knows.
I think Leo has been taking pills that have affected his brain. He is no longer taking a salray from TWiT and will only get paid what he receives in donations up to a maximum amount per month. He is now talking about creating a system where if people hate a show they can take a dollar from him. He sounds serious about it too.
But he also said that he gets a salary from other stuff he does and this is a nice little extra. Interesting to see where it goes...
He gets paid for his radio show and no doubt for speeches, presentations etc.
ringo will be spinning in his
gravebed:Thomas and Friends may be engendering a "conservative political ideology" in future generations - a repressive mindset which "punishes individual initiative, opposes critique and change, and relegates females to supportive roles".
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/10/thomas_and_friends/
More from Summertweet:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80512
This is the sort of waste-of-money research that FARK would tag "Still no cure for cancer" :(
Did you guys check the link with the dirty PC's next to it? I won't link, but suffice to say it was kinda gross!
Hey Pat, I think I've got another video for you. Posted this one a while back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vnYPQzB0is
Ah, afternoon all :P
i like that there's no mention of that fact the programme features TRAINS THAT TALK!
if anything is going to cause a repressive mindset.
What next, a talking panda?
Thanks, will watch when I get home
Why? My Train talks - in two languages, too ;)
Erm, Gavin - that's the conductor.
;)
No, my train talks!
@Gavin
Your letter about Dancing with the starts was read out yesterday on MWM.
Have you heard it yet?
No I haven't!
Wait, what?
My train has an automated announcer that isn't a person. Therefore, it talks ;)
Dex brought up the group Aqua, can't remember why.
He even knew their greatest hits.
Same in Scotland. The announcements are automated so it is the train that talks.
You mean to say you don't?
Our new trains don't realise when they have run express through a station so all the announcements after those stations are wrong.
Because the baldy was a contestant...
I only knew one.
Dex knew two!!
they had waaaay more than that
Downloading now, thanks rowley!
They also did the last episode of WWARWFH.
right, I shall go to bed because I have to get up early to go to the post office before work, then I have 11 hours in the office, then I am going to the pub. Silly Friday.
oh wow!
He gets more than 50% of his salary from TWIT.
Good night Amy
You get two langauges on ours. the automated announcements in English from the train, and the mumbled babbling from the driver/guard.
right. i'll re-word that then:
i like that there's no mention of that fact the programme features TRAINS THAT TALK TO EACH OTHER!
@Gavin
When you listen to MWM, pay attention to the volume.
Tim was in great form with his jingles! Ahum.
The trains near here insist on constantly telling you which carriage you are in. All the time.
I don't mind the announcement, "we are approaching X". And the announcement, "this is X, we will now be calling at Y, Z and W". But before and after each of these announcements the trains tell you which cartridge you are in...
So it goes...
This is coach 3 of 4.
We are now approaching Gipsy Hill
This is coach 3 of 4.
*Pause*
This is coach 3 of 4.
This is Gipsy Hill.
This is coach 3 of 4.
*Pause*
This is coach 3 of 4.
This is the Victoria service calling at blee, blah, and bloo
This is coach 3 of 4.
That's for every stop...
There aren't even any short platforms on this line that mean you have to be in the right carrage. The train doesn't split. You don't need to know. And my train calls at 10 stops between here and London Bridge!!! ArrrrghhhH!
Thanks, I always do, the jingles are a killer!
ours from London to here does split and doesn't tell you which one you are in, or only seems to once it has..
Jenson is on Jonathon Ross tomorrow night! Did we know?
Mine splits when I arrive in Odense, with the grace and finesse of a 900 pound Gorilla. They de-couple the train and throw the emergency brake on the rear carriage. People regularly fall over and it's quite a jerk!
I've finally e-mailed my season review to Sidepodcast Towers. It ended up 37 minutes and 11 seconds long...
At Haywards Heath? I used to live there, back in the day, all the trains splitting and rejoining caused no end of bother.
One time I saw Charles Kennedy (former Lib Dem leader) who was using the longer time sat at the station while the trains were being joined together to step out and have a cheeky cigarette. He had obviously been down at the party conference and was wearing a blue shirt and a yellow (lib dem colour) tie.
However the trains at the time were run by the terrible Connex who's uniforms were blue and yellow. So Charles was accosted by several people who didn't recognise him but thought he was to blame for the late trains. Of course because he didn't know what was going on he was saying that it wasn't his fault but if his party was in charge things would be different.
It was a very surreal moment.
i may regret agreeing to do 3 extra hours at work tomorrow. But santa just came into the office and gave me lollies! {Comment #208}
I like that idea - Santa comes early in return for more work...
I've decided that perhaps "worst day of my life" was overstating it somewhat :P
Bournemouth on my usual route, or I think Salisbury on the line I'm taking Saturday.
That fantastic!!
Lou has mentioned it about 20 times. i think she is a little bit excited at the prospect.
Definitely Thursday. {Comment #225}
I can't go swimming tonight because, and I quote, "It's 10 December". Thursday-ish.
Get to see Grandma again instead - not Thursday-ish.
Finished my podcast today and sent it to Sidepodcast Towers - definitely not Thursday-ish!
Mind you, for some reason I got it into my head earlier this week that Monday was Thursday. My parents didn't know what to make of it either...
Received, thank you.
Its a shame I don't have a modern phone, it would look pretty cool (nerdy?) to watch people's progress as they converge on London.. tweeting at every station could get tedious quickly..
Just to complete the whole sorry Quadbike mess, they have now put my football club up for sale. Kinda expected it, just hope it turns out OK... {Comment #234}
And the Football Association reckoned they were fit and proper people to own a football club?!? If nothing else, they totally lack commitment! Hope Notts County finds a more worthy owner soon
Received, thank you. {Comment #343}
You're very welcome, Christine. Hope editing it to something manageable for the Megamix is not too difficult...
Did anyone else not realise that VAT goes back to normal on 1st January? {Comment #248}
Good news - it means the VAT calculator at my old workplace will now function correctly, saving lots of time for the staff.
The FA's FAPPT is very inept, considering the standard and calibre of the current owners in the EPL. I am not surprised this happened...
for some reason the quote "We have offered more interactive activities with F1 drivers and MotoGP riders, but now we have to work out how to get the girlfriends and females there - how do we get them to watch the race?" in http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/80506 really bothers me, and I don't even know why. {Comment #265}
Because it assumes that men and women want different things, when that's not necessarily true? For example, the #1 stopping women from going to races is almost certainly the #1 thing stopping men - i.e. expensive ticket prices!
Sure, do some research with some open-ended questions in case particular demographics need different things (I wouldn't mind free circuit-wide WiFi myself ;) ) but could the powers-that-be please avoid assuming everyone is Mr, Mrs and Little Miss/Mr Average?
Does anyone know if you can go to a phone shop and just buy a pay as you go sim? {Comment #289}
You can get pay-as-you-go SIMS at the supermarkets near me - but it is dependent on which supplier you want, because not all of them are available at all brands. Obviously Tesco Mobile is only at Tesco, but there are less obvious restrictions as well. Obviously a one-brand phone shop will always have its own SIM card brand but no others.
A general phone shop would likely have most or all the available SIM card options without requiring a phone to be bought with them.
Ahhh at a supermarket... Interesting!
The reason I'm interested in the sim card thing is that something (*ahem* don't read this Andy or Jeremy *ahem*) something seems to have happened to one of my old iPhones and it doesn't seem to mind which network's sim it has in it.
I have a 3 pay as you go sim, but it doesn't like that one because 3 is 3G only, and this phone isn't 3G so. This is all so I can read comments while I live uStream at the supermarket later.
The trains near here insist on constantly telling you which carriage you are in. All the time.
I don't mind the announcement, "we are approaching X". And the announcement, "this is X, we will now be calling at Y, Z and W". But before and after each of these announcements the trains tell you which cartridge you are in... {Comment #331}
My pet annoyance on train announcements is the catering. My train journey usually takes 12 minutes, of which 2 are taken by understandable announcements concerning leaving the starting station, reminders of what train service it is and that valid tickets are needed for the journey (especially necessary since the line just started introducing £20 fines for non-ticket-holders who don't have an excellent excuse), where the train is going, when it's approaching the station and reminders to take all luggage with you.
What I don't understand is why we need two other announcements, the first of which is along the lines of:
"The on-board catering is on Coach W, situated between standard and first-class accommodation, offering cakes, snacks, sweets... ...and the kitchen sink. Please listen for further announcements for when it is opening".
Er... ...couldn't you have waited until the catering bar was open before saying all that? People have walked halfway down the carriage before discovering that the end of the message effectively said the catering wasn't available yet.
And then, "The on-board catering is on Coach W, situated between standard and first-class accommodation, offering cakes, snacks, sweets, sandwiches at only £2.50 each (when £2.50 is the normal price for them on this service), lovely hot and cold beverages (typically specifying prices for two or three items, all of which will again be the normal price for the service)... ...and the kitchen sink. The buffet bar is now open - please have your ticket with you in case of inspection". Sometimes with part of the message repeated if the communication system is having a bad day (on my service, the catering assistant does his or her own announcements using the catering bar's own communication outlet).
By this point, you're halfway to the next stop, having been put off by the high prices and wanting to clear the headache engendered by having been talked to for most of the first half of the journey about things you do not care about at all. OK, one message that the buffet bar is open and where it is would be useful. We just don't need to spend half the journey hearing about it...
Can I just say how glad I am that this is not a name we have to say in F1 very often: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/12/10/williams-his-highness-sheikh-khalid-bin-hamad-al-thani-is-the-first-qatari-to-drive-a-formula-one-car/
However the trains at the time were run by the terrible Connex who's uniforms were blue and yellow. So Charles was accosted by several people who didn't recognise him but thought he was to blame for the late trains. Of course because he didn't know what was going on he was saying that it wasn't his fault but if his party was in charge things would be different.
It was a very surreal moment. {Comment #337}
I can imagine! I bet nobody believed him...
good lord, you're dedicated.
damn shame there's no show this weekend.
is that avaliable as an f1 minute? gooo oooon :D
hehe.
Am I realising now that Mr C never looked at the Etherpad notes during the Parade Laps? He seems really shocked by seeing the Etherpad moving around :)
erm...
It's the thing I've wanted since the beginning of the whole live video thing. I want to be able to broadcast video and then see the comments at the same time. It's hard to do, but that's what I really really want.
It's okay... I know how Christine feels now though :)
(actually I think you said you weren't going to follow the comments which is actually what all the moving around in that show was about. You were following twitter and pushing the buttons and reacting)
"You really do have to be there. A lot of the outsiders convince themselves that they don’t. But if you’re in the paddock you get a sense of when people are starting a rumour just to see how far it goes, or if there is an agenda behind it. If you’re not there you can’t nail it. I don’t see how you can write truthfully about what you haven’t seen." - Alan Baldwin
http://www.stuartcodling.com/2009/12/websites-tv-right/
Hey, they've killed F1-Live!
And seemed to have fumigated GMM in the processs
heeheeheehee... Loving the rrrrrrrrrrr bit of the show :)
WOW!
Woohoo!
Ah, that was stuck in my head for days.
I probably shouldn't have made my own version then...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rrrrrrr-wmv
:-)
They should really start the message with when it'll open..
About time! Link explaining it all is here: http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/4763.html
If it follows the quality of cricinfo it's a welcome addition. Getting rid of F1-Live in the process... well that's just like Christmas come early.
ohhhh my
They have an expert called Steven too.
I can't hear it right now. Hopefully I will forget by the time I get home ;)
I clicked on it to check to see if it was Mr Roy...it's not...shame
:D
But at the same time, the paddock can't always act like a castle with a moat, lest the people outside it always speculate about what happens within. There has to be a balance.
Perhaps it's his penname? ;)
I thought the same thing :)
#sidepodscience
video of the edge of the universe...
http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm
I just commented on Stuart's excellent blog post about the future of broadcasting: http://www.stuartcodling.com/2009/12/websites-tv-right/
And also added a link to something I had written earlier this year which I think is really still relevant: http://www.sofaf1.com/2009/02/future-of-f1-broadcasting.html
Hmm...
I am using my work laptop (an HP that lives on a dock station) and I am having to run on AC power because it apparently can't see the battery. Any advice guys?
Hehe just heard my letter read out on MWM. Nice to get a laugh out of 'em :)
oh yeah! forgot about that! i look forward to listening :D
MWM have said they have it on good authority that the BBC F1 lineup will remain unchanged in 2010...
Eddie Jordan invented the BBC F1 lineup ;)
I am very confused
So did I
Helllo everybody.
Hello :)
As some of you know I have argued that the people who give out F1 drives know nothing about driving. This week's AUTOSPORT contains categorical proof that neither do the drivers. They rounde up every surviving driver who ever started and F1 race and asked them to name their top ten drivers. The top tens were scored 10 points for first down to one for tenth and the totals added up. The results of this experiment should be embarrassing to the drivers and to the magazine for publishing them.
They don't know their history
I might just get it to see how bad it was then.
By the way for those planning their evening around it (this is a joke) I will be doing my live streaming shopping from around 5:15
Aww booo, I'll be out by then.
Their driver ratings are just odd. Jim Clark who is as far as I know the only driver in history who no-one on the planet disputes as the best of his time comes in 5th behind Prost who was pushed out of his own team by Senna. Villeneuve is only tenth just one place ahead of Mansell. MANSELL?
Piero Taruffi was 46th. What did he ever achieve? Montoya was rated ahead of Tony Brooks. Most people have no idea who Brooks is. He was a driver in the 50s who quit to set up a dental practise. Stirling Moss was quoted recently saying that if he had his own team he would have Clark and Brooks as his first choice drivers. But these clowns have Montoy, Alboreto and Laffite ahead of him.
They have Aguri Suzuki ahead of Chris Amon. I know Amon was unlucky but he was night and day better than Aguri Suzuki.
Stefano Modena is ahead of Peter Collins. That is insane. There are 83 drivers who got nominated and Coulthard didn't even make the list but Liuzzi, Irvine, De Cesaris and Lamy did. How could anyone put any of those in their top ten all time list?
#MFC Amazon starts to get serious about online... Only in the US at first, but if you buy a DVD or Bluray for many of them you will be instantly given for free access to watch it online right away. I bet after people have tried it they will stop getting the DVD shipped and just get the download (which is cheaper)...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=dv_sparkle_discplus?ie=UTF8&docId=1000454101&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=top-1&pf_rd_r=188QN5N8ZA2D6PB7TCH3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=503576911&pf_rd_i=2234536011
You get both?
Maybe Liuzzi put Liuzzi on his own list but DC didn't put himself?
Irvine did have a shot at the title I suppose. The other 3 I'm baffled with.
Suppose it might be down to friends, you know, a little biased voting. Say Fisi was a friend to Tonio.
Yeah basically you just go along to amazon thinking you've bought the dvd as you always have and it says to you, "hey by the way click here to start watching it now online for free".
Do they do regular online streaming then?
Or didn't take it seriously at all and just thought of the first ten names they could think of. And Tonio just so happened to be in the news.
Yes they have a rival to iTunes service there.
Fortuanately for AUTOSPORT Mark Hughes saved this issue with a very interesting column which included the following snippets about the awards show.
One of the new teams has apparently only just found out its fuel tank is not big enough.
Steve Rider had a go at Jake for making the commentary look too easy. "For years Murray and I made it look difficult and Mark Blundell made it look impossible then Jake turned up and made it look easy".
He also added one of my favourite type of snippets that gives you a hint about people's personalities. Dean Smith won the young driver award and was really nervous. Lewis Hamilton went over and had a quiet word with him when there was no need for him to.
Well done Lewis. You won't get much credit for stuff like that but some folk will notice.
They do? How did I miss that?
#notavailableintheukstupidrestrictionsgrrrr
Looks like a way to make people realise that they don't need the physical item
Drivers couldn't nominate themselves
Exactly... It's a really smart move. I think the biggest thing is getting people trying it.
There are people who think Liuzzi is really special but he has not shown that in F1 yet
Roku and Tivo and some others are compatible with the Amazon service so you can use your Roku to buy programs via Amazon. So you have heard of it... Just via the distribution channel. Like normal Amazon has gone for the much more open format on this stuff.
That doesn't surprise me. I didn't realise they did that though.
http://f1greatestdrivers.autosport.com/
strange, strange list
The list suggests that a great deal of alcohol was harmed in its compiling.
I do like it says they are compiled by "heroes" and then I find out that includes the likes of Mazzacane, Deletraz and Bruni.
Anyone who ever started a world championship race got a vote so there are people who only ever started on race and there are the likes of Stewart, Lauda, Prost etc.
Andrea De Cesaris tied with Pedro Rodriguez and Peter Collins? Madness.
Right I've been a bit delayed... So... yeah... Live streaming more like at 17:30 ish...
No link?
http://sidepodcast.com/playground/livestreaming.php
http://www.sidepodcast.com/playground/livestreaming.php
I assume the last group of drivers only got one vote each. I can only hope some of those who voted wrote theirs in crayon because they should not be trusted with sharp objects.
Aha :)
We need a Sidepodcast vote for the greatest ever F1 driver.
We could use the same system. Everyone list their top ten and someone responsible like Christine could add up all the totals. Mind you in that case I can see Franck winning.
Franck has won :)
That makes more sense than a lot of the AUTOSPORT votes
#1 Franck, #2 Bourdais...
I think we should organise a vote though. It can fill in a few hours that would have been spent watching 13 launches instead of just one.
It could be announced on the next Debrief so that it is not just those who comment all the time that get to vote.
I'll try my hardest not to be biased.
More delayed... 17;45
Pretty bad, but bearable.
It starts getting difficult to believe now...
That's just plain crazy now.
I give up. :O
Although I do remember that last F1 Racing Top 100 where Kimi was in the Top 10 all time... and ahead of Mika!
So 17:00 sidepodtime
Last thing - if you check the people who voted here:
JYS didn't vote. Moss didn't vote. Amon didn't vote. Lauda didn't vote. Emerson didn't vote. Piquet Sr didn't vote. Keke didn't vote. Prost didn't vote. Mansell didn't vote. JV didn't vote. Lewis didn't vote. Alonso didn't vote. Kimi didn't vote. Mika didn't vote.
That's a lot of living F1 legends and champions who didn't vote here - and I'm sure I missed a few more absent big names.
Maybe Piquet jr voted on behalf?
Anyways, must go. See ya's all later
I wouldn't have either of them in my top ten but I have no problem with Kimi being ahead of Mika.
...really? Interesting, that.
I would have them about level. Mika was donated his first two wins and it was only after that he really started to dominate. I think they are probably fairly level on ability with Kimi being marginally faster.
Why Doesn't Earnhardt Jr. Try Formula One?
Let me just say:
AHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHA! ahahahahahahahahaha!
Although the article itself makes a good point, I must say. It's a dig at Danica, but this also reminds me a bit of Nigel's stuttering F1 comeback...
Looks like we're live but on GPRS so could be very very b word.
I see only a blank screen
I hope the writers tongue is successfully extracted from his cheek.
I don't think they really put enough Internet in here :(
I can see you now
Looks OK and the sound is OK so no real buffering
Good evening :)
guest post/rant?
what??
(hearts)
(hearts)
(hearts)
:P :P
Hehehehehe.
can do.
I think the idea of a sidepodcast vote on similar lines is more appealing than me just ranting pointlessly. If we are going to do a vote then it shouldbe announced on the next Debrief to let as many people as possible contribute. I know I will disagree with the outcome because there will be a massive modern bias but that doesn't matter. I would b happy to write a mini rant as the intro post to the vote if you like.
sounds good. the next show is the awards show so it might be better to hold the vote before then?
I wish this had come up a week ago then it could have been announced on a show and more people could hav voted but I like the idea of the sidepodcast top ten drivers being announced on the show.
i'll have a word with the lady. maybe we can record a mini-cast on saturday after some beers, and encourage listeners.
i missed alex's live shopping?
I only saw him sitting at home talking into his phone so I assume shopping is in the future
replay appears to show some meat on a shelf?
It all went wrong :(
They only have GRPS in the supermarket :(
ahh, boo.
I absolutely love that article about what rings around Earth would be like that Christine shared on google reader, tis just magical. I wish we had rings now :(
Cmpon Hula Hoops, give it a go.
What? Where?
http://kottke.org/09/12/imagining-earth-with-saturns-rings
Ooh, someone reads my shared items!
me too... Not all.. but I do look
That would be so darn cool. And by cool, I MEAN AWESOME.
quick reminder... i only see startledbunnie's thursday thoughts listed in pat's comments:
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-thoughts-question.html
Am working on it.
Guest post / mini rant sent
I'm outside waiting for a bus. All i can say is that it's very very cold!!
Those rings look small to me. It looks like they have shrunk them to fit the planet. If Saturn's rings were round the Earth they would go about 3/4 the way to the moon
thank ya.
In the words of Chris Evans, good evening friends and thanks for tuning in.
I am catching up with Stuart's blog, the man's on a mission isn't he?
and he has pictures now
I hate the countryside! Everything is late. Where is my bus please?
Where is your car?
I'm very tempted to go get it out! I fear a work night out with no alcohol would be just unbearable though!
new breakout thread:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/10/f1-commission-proposes-new-points-system-for-2010-season/
go, go, go!
if this includes the word "medals" i wont be happy
#sidepodspace breaking news from the supremely awesome racing Lord Drayson on Twitter:
Hot news: I just announced the UK to have dedicated space agency : http://bit.ly/52dE56
Hypothermia sounds like the better option
Hopefully this won't be a jobs for the boys scheme and will actually achieve something. It would be nice to have some cohesive strategy and some milestone goals set.
Evening all.
Against all odds, have nearly got this F1R feature nailed. Forum madness meant that I'd got my days mixed up, and I had the shock of my life when I picked up a voicemail from Bradley asking if the thing would be ready for first thing tomorrow morning.
My aching fingers!
Mr Lord pushing ya a bit hard ;)
I liked his AUTOSPORT column. He wants a knighthood for Murray Walker. Seems like a damn fine idea to me.
goodness me!
Evening
Is there a Thursday Thoughts tonight?....
yup, pat's posed the question:
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-thoughts-question.html
ours (christine's) response coming soon.
Ahhhh...
Without a link I couldn't find it....
Once Christine posts hers I expect it'll be easier to find...
Just seen this on BBC website on the big yellow banner.
"Renault to carry on in F1 next year after team is sold to new owner, BBC Sport understands"
Or have I missed something?
News to me
Woah... It's all go tonight!
Eddie Jordan's been on the phone to Benson
There was a rumour earlier that I guess was planted by the F1 press at the business conference that Anthony Davidson was planning on buying a stake in Renault. I wonder if somebody at the BBC thought it was true?
Anthony Hamilton wasn't it? :D
Sorry Hamilton...
It's about as likely to happen :)
See what happens when you randomly regurgitate facts ;)
I wonder if Anthony Davidson would get a drive if he bought the team
Mighta been both for 'Anthony F1' ;)
Nothing's been decided, but I remembered reading earlier that, as part of its negotiations with buyers, that Renault want the new owner to call the team "Renault" for at least the 2010 season and must use engines from the Viry factory.
What about David Hamiltonson?
Right, I'm going to take a breather, read this thing back, then work out how the hell I'm going to get to the airport in the morning...
So this BBC news has it's own page now
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8407138.stm
ooh. although carlos slim had his own page when he didn't buy honda.
I'm awaiting their next update to that page to see their source, and how much EJ has told them
right, food, then get some stuff sorted then get the TT blog stuff caught up with!
Didn't spc write a blog post about it?
keep an eye on the titles :)
Renault to continue in Formula 1 after deal is agreed
that's funny to me because for some inexplicable reason, I say your surname in my head as Codlingtonson. I'm not sure why...
yup. on the basis of that bbc post.
we learn.
Renault agree to announce announcement of agreement
:D
we don't pay you enough :D
I guess if the team is changing ownership and name for 2011 the suspended ban is off from the end of 2010.
Evening all
I've read in Autosport, sorry, AUTOSPORT magazine today, that Lucas di Grassi is close to signing with Manor/Virgin for next season alongside 'T 'Imo Glock.
The keeping Renault name for two years was the Lopez option I recall, and favoured over Prodrive by the Board whilst Prodrive were favoured by the team...
(Fix It Again) Tony F1? Then Ferrari will have somewhere for all their drivers?
ha. how convenient.
Had that ages ago
http://onetimoglock.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/glock-heading-to-the-manor/
(At the bottom)
Which is making me think I really ought to do another post on there. Damn this off-season.
Well it's appeared in the magazine which means they must be on the verge of something.
'T 'Imo hasn't done much recently, has he?
I'm in the middle of doing my stats stuff which I started on Monday.
And with my pure laziness, done nothing on since Monday.
saw something on twitter about him defending his decision. didn't read or research though.
I think Twitter has gone mental again. I'm getting normal texts in my replied feed, and not even getting replied in my normal feed at all!
Pass it on and I'll use it as an excuse.
Reading the diary on his homepage:
Recently he was at Toyota for the last time and gave back his Lexus. He is now sharing a Toyota IQ with his girlfriend. Otherwise he is busy training to rebuild the muscles in his injured leg and will watch the box fight between Klitchko and Johnson live in two days. Sometime before Christmas he plans to go to England to meet his new teamchef.
Here's the top 10 from the greatest F1 drivers article, as decided by the drivers themselves, from Autosport:
10: Gilles Villeneuve (#sorrysteven)
9: Fernando Alonso
8: Stirling Moss
7: Niki Lauda
6: Jackie Stewart
5: Jim Clark
4: Alain Prost
3: Juan Manuel Fangio
2: Michael Schumacher
1: Ayrton Senna
Still waiting for Timo Glock's webchaps to remember that there is English fans out there.
All one of me.
We had a long discussion on this earlier and the upshot is there is going to be a sidepodcast version which will be better than the drivers' version since they have clearly had too many bangs on the head.
I thought you would have been spending the night going through the little red book you got with the MAG.
#sorryRG
oh lord.
I sent them an e-mail and told them RG is very sad about this. (not in exactly these words.)
I likes Kathi :)
According to google translate, that leg seems to be needing to be rebuilt. No mention about that back though...
blimey, busy night. some quick plugging:
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/12/10/10-dec-09-teams-begin-to-plan-for-group-launch/
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/12/10/his-highness/
How am I supposed to do Thursday thoughts? I am tired and drunk!
Well I would agree with most of them but not the order...
badly?
Indeed!
You should do it drunk and tired to see how it reads when you are sober.
more pluggage:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/10/a-singularly-silly-solution/
Don't plug something we can't take part in "me"....
It isn't fair....
Apparently my alter ego has already voted!!!!.....
He's working on it!
You mean he's just getting round to voting on behalf of all of us?....
Well, we figured that's how F1 related voting works. They ask you what they think but already have the answer in mind.
genius!
lady snowcat, if you could have another go...
Has anyone redone the results of the last few WDCs and WCCs to see if the new points would change anything?...
pat has in this thread:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/10/f1-commission-proposes-new-points-system-for-2010-season/
Someone did the 2009 WDC and WCC and it made no real difference
I can't see why it would? It's just been the same positions but with more points
Shhh, Timo is 9th, I like that idea.
Thanks but I was thinking about the "closer" years....
PS I have voted successfully....
I picked up a business card today from a German guy who has developed the system WRC is going to use to let people play in real time against the people on the event. He's sending me the info next week. It sounds very interesting.
Is he from SimBin?
Rallying is the place to be...
Booked my flight to Sweden today....
Just looking at Joe's latest blog post...
The Commission agreed that the Sporting Working Group, a sub-committee of the commission, will develop detailed proposals to improve the show. These will take effect from the 2010 championship
I wonder what 'proposals' they will come up for next season...
You would ask that not long after I shoved the business card receptacle into the bottom of the suitcase!
No, it was some sort of pun name - which I thought was odd, given he was German 'n' all...
iopener. That's it.
ha! quality name.
:-)
I love it.
What can they really change? They can't change anything on the cars because it is too late. To me the only thing they can change is qualifying.
In 2008 the champion would have been Massa in most points systems F1 has used to date, except the current one. Someone worked it out for Autosport.
Um, that was the name of a certain adult magazine publisher's ISP.
Not expecting anyone to have done so, but has anyone played this new game 'The Saboteur' thats out? What with it being loosely based off one of the grand prix saboteurs in Joe's book and seeing Joe's comment on his blog how EA totally seemed to shun him despite Joe initially getting asked for advice on the subject and areas in paris, might be interesting to see just how much they took from the book as they clearly knew about it...
which comment?
On the page talking about the book
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/about/saboteurs/#comment-4376
I'm part of that Beta test.
i (heart) joe.
I assume RG and Lou are glued to Alan Carr's show since he has Miley Cyrus and Michael McIntyre on.
And it is SimBin of GTR and WTCC game fame that are involved in it...
Yes, Michael McIntyre is brilliant to watch.
Do you think he's funny?
Apparantly he supports Spurs, so yes.
He is funny
He reminds me of Alex. Or should that be the other way round?
Well, beta the devil you know...
*gets coat*
meh. iRacing is still better!
Alex would be proud
Bus (the shame of it!) at 7.40 in the morning so off to bed. Goodnight all.
night chap.
Weak!
By the way, we got told tomorrow is 'business as usual', but my boss told me to work from home. Score!
You mentioned the other day how you were feeling stubborn in wanting to go to work inspite of being told to stay home. Would you like to go to work for me instead? :D
I am stubborn, but my whole department is staying home, and I really am stuck if the hooligans cause trouble.
Better to sleep in and work from home...
This looks interesting. Kind of a mix between moblin, unr and chrome OS.
I gave up on Linux, because I realised I wanted faster windows. I am buying a new PC in January, so that problem will be solved!
i missed it! sugar... just got in from our concert... my throat hurts.. tooo much singing.
how is everyone?
Hey lou
Managed to do in my calf again today, this time in a slightly more sensible fashion.
I thought you only just bought your netbook.
I'm talking about my desktop too...
Evening :) how was your concert?
Good. Drunk. Tired. Blogging.
ahhh poor you!
it was good, although now i'm shattered and have a sore throat.
awesome combination :D
Evvvvvverning.
Tonight i was asked if i had a bomb in my bag. joy
did you?
I had a towel, swimming trunks and goggles.
thats a no
Those goggles can be used for anything these days.
Hey Jon.
I told the guy who asked me and i said "no, theres a towel in there" and he said "oh, i'll let you off then"
What did you do to that guy?!
Nout, i was just standing watching (I would like to point at that i was at an RC club not at the swimming pool)
*waves*
am blogging, am noticing a trend in my TT answers: they is v.long
I'm watching Russell Howard's Good News on BBC3, really funny :D
I was watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnvFOCLWYdo&feature=related
Just with more cars and more crashes...
Ooooh it's Frankie Howerd re-incarnated!
Mine isn't - but here it is: http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/thursday-thoughts-f1-content-innovations/
Cheers. I've promised myself I won't read anybody else's until I've written mine.. will update the post in a mo..
I'll leave a comment in a mo...
Well a) you look a bit dodgy and b) swimming pools are high profile terrorist targets.
Where did this happen?
Right, I should be going, give my calf a little rest ;)
Nighty night you lovable lot. lotsa love.
This happened at a Radio Controlled Car club.
a) ta b) not this one!!
Shoulda stretched ;)
Night!
:| Stunned. Was the person who asked you an off-duty PCSO?
Almost alex. Just missing an 's'
www.giggleapps.com
night :)
If he was. I am worried for the world
I'll be honest, I don't think doing what I was doing required any stretching.
#andleaveitatthere
We have come to a point in the modern world obviously where remote control car clubs are a haven for bombs I suppose
Hehe. Hey Jeremy. Have you seen that Tesco is going to sell the iPhone in the UK from next week?
RADIO
*gets off soap box*
Other methods of remote control are available?
flicking back through comments
some are... Lorenzo is, Heath kinda is (but very busy), but there are a few that aren't too helpful e.g. Clive Mason, nice man but very busy apparently :s
aww! :)
They may be, but it's Radio Controlled not Remote Controlled ;)
Spotted the Sidepodcast TT and added mine...
Night guys...
Byeeee
Night Lady S
Although actually they are human controlled via a radio link.
pffftt ;)
awesome! Soon they'll be like iPods - everywhere!
Someone has just altered th words of a mariah carey song to incorporate our company motto... Does this mean i'm having a good time?
Lukeh, why you being mean to the Motorsport Print guy?
http://twitter.com/lukehmuse/statuses/6546253231
I'm not being mean! It's all fun
:D
Good pic though!
Oddly enough it all started after a comment about Harry Potter...
How long do movies take to download on itunes?
depends on your internet... it took a looooong time for me to download the only film i've rented from there..
this is 1GB
Yeah. I'm not sure that's going to be such a great idea.
it'll let you start watching it asap, so it doesn't matter does it?
well my internet cuts out for a couple of minutes every day at 12pm, so yeah. ill download it tomorrow when i've got a bit longer. i wouldnt have watched it until then anyway so nothing lost!
depends on your download speed. Do you know what this is Jon? Remember, there's 8 bits to the byte.
should resume if the download fails too.
Right...sidepodvote...
Is Blue Planet, or Planet Earth better?
Time for sleepy. See you tomorrow evening, night!
Night Lukeh!
this isn't for me by the way, this is for someone else
bye.
night Lukeh.
By the way, for anyone interested in it, this weeks Autosport has a copy of the Autosport Directory 2010, which is always very very handy.
Aye, picked it up today.
what's the autosport directory?
it's the yellow pages of motorsport
ooh :)
my very lengthy Thursday Thoughts..
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-thoughts-future-of-f1-content.html
Theres a very long 'Photographers' section ;)
honestly??? *plans to buy autosport tomorrow..*
yup. tis massive
well.. i think that's sorted my christmas holidays out then ;)
http://www.autosport.com/directory/
this is an online version i think. i dont know how up to date it is though
I think this is what you're looking for, Lou.
http://www.autosport-atlas.com/dir_bd_subcategory.asp?parent=129&cat_id=129&cat_name=PHOTOGRA
;)
Right, Bed. Night all!
night
Night Gavin
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
it looks like the online one and the paper one are the same. so you've saved yourself £3.10. i likes paper though, so immmm keeping mine :D
yay! no need to buy paper :P
updated to link to the question post, which i've updated with links out..
Evening everyone :)
evening :)
Has Bassano been around tonight?
Just starting to think about how to organise everyone for Saturday...
I've always wondered who uses those.
me ;)
i'm off to sleep, night guys! xx
Night lou!
Night lou
I've been so busy this evening I haven't kept up with comings and goings.. very slack of me :-)
I am going to hit the sack pretty soon too... G'night y'all
He mentioned the other day about meeting at Victoria or London Bridge first
Byeeee
Night Lou and Alex
he?
Bassano
ah ok
Hello all,
Just read the Renault story on the BBC website.
Fill me in please: Is Andrew Benson a reliable source?
that rowley, is a question and a half!
Indeed... If he's up for that I would strongly recommend Victoria simply because Lou is going to arrive there.
heheh i wanted to leave it for you to answer ;)
I will go wherever I am sent so I'll leave it for you guys to figure out :-)
Also I hope everyone has seen the actual start time is 5-6pm ish just if you are booking trains and aiming at London that may be important.
just checked back in. where does one start...
yes, benson is about as reliable as the rest of the bbc. of late, he seems to care little for credible sources, but at least the source in the case doesn't appear to be eddie-bloomin-jordan.
Would meeting in central london at about 3.30 / 4pm be okay for getting to you at that time?
My thinking being that if we say 7-8 as Bassano suggested people may arrive in Victoria at 8 and therefore ours at 8:40 ish which might be a bit late to get the party started :)
Oh sure. It takes about 30 - 40 mins from Victoria or London Bridge to our house
right really am going now... Bye!
byee
Thanks for that.
I asked because I found it a strange article. Sentences like "sources say" I tend not to trust so much.
night.
luckily tomorrow is almost here :)
There's a company called "Sidepod Images"
Sacrelidge!
Ah true!
Bye!
ahh, we should totally sue them into oblivion.
...well it works for stelios.
Being on the continent it's already friday here. Haha.
easyTiger
:D :D :D :D
have wrecked the wiki again, but was worth it:
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Best+Comment+of+the+Year
I am so confused
by my incompetence with the wiki?
yay, my 2nd entry :-)
will fix
oh no, that's natural.
i dont get the joke.
Looks like I arrived back just in time
background: stelios haji-Ioannou owns easy jet. has a reputation for suing companies using the name "easy xxx". despite them not infringing on any trademarks.
Wiki sorted
done, i think
Bernie constantly hassles anyone who uses F1
ooooh i get it now :) i know who he is, but didnt get the easytiger bit
sorte d:D
not to that level. f1 minute still exists.
easy minute wouldn't last 10 seconds.
combine with the popular saying "easy tiger", et voila
#notfunnyifyouhavetoexplainit
Didn't even think of that
yeah i realised this
aww. better than sitting quiet and clueless.
twas my thinking
Just a reference from elsewhere for when Gavin wakes up. :-)
Our industry lecturer is pushing for us to try and get sponsorship, but i think he's a bit clueless as to how hard getting sponsorship is.....
So now i just sit and stare and the demon tweeks catalogue going "i'd like that, and that, oh and that, oooh dont forget that"
booo
for what?
The Demon Tweeks catalogue to me is like a shoe catalogue to women
hehe.
for "Bucks New Racing" motorsport society come potential kart team of the future
the perils of trying to break out an injoke from somewhere else..
ahh cool. if there's anything we can do just yell.
i have no idea what mind you.
you use hashtags elsewhere?
;)
haha, i email different people saying very similar things, and then finish emailing them thinking "actually, theres nothing i can do for you"
aww. presumably with a team you can't run sponsorship and with that you can't run a team?
it's just a big catch 22 situ. i'll try as hard as i can, but i feel like im running very hard at a brick wall ;)
It is a good idea and good experience for you to try. You need to have a clear plan of what you wnat to do and what budget you need. You also need to know what you can offer a sponsor. If I was you I would contact a professional racing team and ask them for advice. Gives you an intro as well.
our biggest problem is that i dont know what we can offer over and above the standard package
how many are in the team? you could wander round and get a quote from every member. build up a little promo for us to play on the show?
Only if you have an orange colour scheme.
there's probably about 8-10 who are working to try and get it all up, we're going to get introduced to various people at AI so that will be interesting, but will deff keep in touch ta :)
Standard things you can offer.
Advertising on kart and drivers - trailer etc.
Optional signage at circuits
Use of kart and drivers for PR / corporate events
Entertainment of sponsor at events
End of season event to allow the sponsors to try the kart with instruction from drivers
Coverage in university and karting publications - editorial and journalistic
Offer to host indoor karting event with food etc
Pick a championship and cost it
Have a word with Stuart about putting a simple professional looking proposal together.
oooh Stuart. plan
thanks
Don't forget online coverage. You have access to a number of sites who will give you a plug and I am sure so will other members
Don't forget the old theory of raising sponsorship. If you are struggling to rais a FFord budget try asking for 5 times as much and do F3. Sounds stupid but some companies will only invest in certain ranges. I have been involved with a couple of companies who were trying to raise venture capital and several times they were told that the company was interested in what we were doing but they did not invest such small amounts. Had the directors had a plan to use more money some of those could have been hooked.
Have a plan for more money than you are asking for in case you run into that situation. Have items like a new tow van priced so that you can sell that idea.
Thanks Steven. Lots to think about!