Thursdays aren't usually the best, and with the prospect of some wet testing sessions ahead, perhaps it will be one of those days! However, we'll try and stay positive, and talk about some fun things instead.
- We've been talking about the genius behind F1Photos.org for a while now, but it really is time to check out his Flickr account, if you haven't already. There are some superb photos there, uploaded directly from the circuit. Just try and ignore the Renault ones, as they just highlight how hideous the livery is.
- After much consternation over the past few days regarding the possibility of teams skipping races, and perhaps choosing where they don't bother turning up, the FIA have spoken out to try and clear things up. They point out missing races is against the agreement the teams have signed up to. Phew!
- Joe has confirmed that there will be An Evening With... event in Melbourne, as requested on the blog over the past few weeks. Tickets are available now, and if you are going to be in Melbourne for the race, you know you want to go.
- Adie has taken up the Thursday Thoughts baton this week with a really good question. I'll be giving it some thought and posting an answer later today, and I hope you'll do the same. If you have a blog, get publishing, if not, you know you can send us a guest post at any time. Also, don't forget to sign up to lead the way on one of the last few weeks of Thursday Thoughts.
That should do it for now. Let us know how your week is going, and I'll see you in the comments.
Hello Thursday
Note to Christine & Mr C:
'Flickr Account' link is duff
I'm still awake. You might want to have a look at the code to the Flickr linky...
The Flickr link should go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/f1photos/
Thanks Steven
Evening :)
Home sweet home.
It's quiet here, is everyone exhausted?
Hi Alison
Perhaps they're all hard at work like me? :P
Did you manage to explain crocodile tears?
He tried to claim he already knew what they were despite accusing me of lying when I explained it.....
Someone accused you of lying? Rotters
He should get straight on a plane and make you pancakes to apologise
Someone in Dubai.
Three guesses who.....
Ah
#notme
I'm liking this idea!
Have decided I'm going to the London 'Evening With Joe' after all
I need a treat
We should chat soon about that Glasgow meet-up
Yah yah definitely! Well whenever is good for me...
Hello all
I know Mr C was thinking later in the year but I'm still good for March [or other]
We may need to call it a reconnaisance mission! ;)
What's Mar 14th - 21st week like for you guys? [not all of it, obviously]
Hi Joe
Has everyone recovered from Superbowl fever now?
Yeah, that was cured by the obligatory hang over
Yeah that's grand for me. It doesn't make a difference when in the week for me. I'm good to choose my own days off so whenever yeah.
:)
Good game, I haven't watched the SB for years. I really enjoyed it
We'll see what Steven says
The past three SB's have been great and I loved the 2002 Super Bowl when Tampa Bay killed the Raiders. The NFL has a good thing going.
I may be in Hong Kong the weekend before so towards the end of the week would be better for me, probably
Coooool. I could do with going away again. I can't be doing with work since I've been on holiday. It seems extra dull! Even worse than before....
When do you start your new role?
Hahahaha you what? You're not making me feel better about the lack of a holiday :P
Oh errrr I don't think I'm going to take it #confidential
But you've just had one, haven't you?
I see
Back to Uni or change of plans?
Doesn't feel like it!
Yeah, that happens
Life gets in the way
It's a friends birthday and a few of us have flights we haven't used
We may do HK for a long weekend
I've not been since they handed it back, I'm curious to see how it's changed in the last 14 years
I've had a proper rough time since I've been back though. My deputy let the place get in such a state in 10 days that she's been dismissed. Now I'm short staffed. It's a bit of a nightmare. I don't think they'd let me leave the country again if it was up to them.....
I really fancy a change. It would have been a new job at the end of March (depending on pregnancy) but I don't want to commit to that really. I might go away for a few months. I'm going back to uni September next year.
Is there something you havent told us?
I knew that was coming.... Oddly enough not mine. I was offered a job covering maternity leave.
ah ok!
Will they let you hire?
I'd thoroughly recommend S.E. Asia
Great travelling on a shoestring
Hehehe is that a relief?
relief is the wrong word, i just wondered is all
Yup I'm interviewing next week. I'm hoping it goes better than last time. I need to recruit a viable replacement for myself really and someone else as well.
Yeah I might just have mentioned that..... :P
You shouldn't get pregnant just to get a job
:P For a second there, I thought... oh well. :D
Morning all.
Hi Journeyer
Morning
Coming to meet Joe in Melbourne?
I'm looking at Lou's Zoo pictures, they're stunning
Sadly, no. I'm not going to Melbourne this year. Maybe next year, though...
That's bad luck. I'm excited about my first GP and meeting some folk.
Morning to you too :)
I might just keep my mouth shut in future :P
I'm hoping this year's events are successful enough that he'll do it again next year.
Should be great fun
Next time I'm back in Aus, I need to check Melbourne out
or just explain better ;)
But that's not the Alison we've come to know and love! :)
Yeah, that's the one. :D
You know what it's like here :)
Lack of clarity is punished with humour
Me too, although I don't have anyone to bring with me.
Stupid people getting married
Stupid things just spill out....
I hear ya
That is hanging there begging for a punch line but I am being good
what?
ooooooooooo. ;-)
There's a first ;)
So begging... Must... resist! :D
:cry:
Steven, can you have a think and get back to us?
Have to agree with Bassano. Lou's zoo pics are fab. Love the zebras.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/sets/72157623248986163/
I have some stuff happening in the next couple of weeks that might affect when I can be available. Soon as that is clear I will have a better idea.
No probs
I can do short notice, we'll chat soon
Just got to Lou's tiger pics. I love the blurry one that shows the movement.
Okay :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4338774646/
I think that one and the zebra's bum ar my favourites.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4338028853/in/set-72157623248986163/
I love the colours in the Tiger's fur
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4338775706/
Tiger's are always my favourite animal
Where did that apostrophe come from? Wasn't me.
Alison's influence is showing ;)
[This is a good thing]
Grrrrrrrr
We both know that's never going to happen!
Step by step, we'll teach the internet how to spell
You have met Nick yeah?
He's at the bottom of the spell-check list :)
I think that's why he fled to a country where English isn't the first language ;)
:D
I don't even think I heard Arabic spoken when I was there.... Maybe dual language announcements in the airport?
Probably TV and establishments where the locals [not ex-pats] frequent
FIA: Teams must not skip races
I thought Todt confirmed they can skip 3 races??
Hmmm. Something odd is amiss...
I am so confused by this.
Hey all quick question, does anyone know where I can find a summary of the rules for 2010? I'm mainly looking for the differences over last year. Thanks guys!
Unless the GDS interview was a total sham, this may be Todt's first flip-flop.
Yeah, I didn't get it either
From Joe's site I got that if stuff happens, a team can miss up to 3 races but not having a car ready is not a decent excuse
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/f1-teams-cannot-miss-races/
You can get them on the FIA site. Someone posted a link last night. Normally Alianora does a post of the differences so it might be worth checking her site out.
http://alianoralacanta.wik.is/La_Canta_Magnifico_Blog
He claims it's just sloppy typing. I don't believe that's possible!
http://alianoralacanta.wik.is/La_Canta_Magnifico_Blog/December_2009/Analysis_of_the_2010_Sporting_Regulations
That's for the Sporting Regs. Will see if I can find one for the Technical Regs
It seems to me that the Concorde agreement allows them to skip races but the FIA rules don't
He doesn't care enough to be less sloppy about it
We all make mistakes but...
Nooooo his handwriting is much worse!!
Due to force majeure only
But then Todt confirmed it? Maybe it was just lost in translation?
Ah ok
Haven't had the pleasure
#sameperson
But you know when you've made an error, Steven
I'm not sure Nick does [or cares] :)
Damn! Did Horizon do a show on Infinity tonight?
Grrrrrrr
It drives me spare!
Can't find any for the Tech Regs. PDF is on the FIA site, tho. :)
:) I'm sure you'll manage to work something out.
Yep. infinity turns out to be have infinite values. Apparently infinity can be 3
I'll have to catch up on the player of the i
It may as well be. I don't like choices. Infinity can be 2.
It's quite hard to tell what he just does to annoy me.... :P
Rising to the bait just encourages them though
:D
Men never do that
It's fine. I accept he is beyond help!
Accepting him for who he is is good. :)
:lol:
It's the first step
Has everyone read the latest installment of Christine's story and voted where it should go next?
http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/
Ooh, part 2!
What did I do?
But where do you vote?
Nopers. I'll get right on that :)
At the bottom of the post
She is going to write a part then allow a day for voting then a day for writing so you get one part posted every second day
Acceptance is good
Less stressful for you :)
Oh. woops. Stupid noscript plugin.
At the bottom where it says What is the problem?
Most of the time it's a good thing
Ah okay. I thought you were commenting on my (obviously impeccable) grammar :P
Thursday Thoughts is up! :D
http://f1tailpipe.com/2010/02/thursday-thoughts
That picture's freaky
Not sure Lou is gonna like it
It's funny, tho. :D
Freaky is a good word for it
morning all
Hi Amy
How's sunny Melbourne?
Good morning. Did you grind your teeth?
Afternoon. Are you organizing dinner for us all in Melbourne?
We need a time-zone neutral, SPC greeting :)
id like to book a table on lygon st one night but im not sure how many are coming.
Hi?
Like... "Hello"?
I have suggested in the past that we should have a competition to devise such a thing
Nah, something a little more... unique
'tis hard to know. We should try to kidnap Joe
teeth are much better today, i slept well last night. And sunny melbourne is average today. Cold inside this office of course!
sidepodHi?
I'm quite enjoying hi-ho at the moment!
Bienvenue chez Franck?
That's unique! :)
Chez Franck, indeed. :) Hey there, Bert.
If we follow the normal practice and let Christine choose the winner that could be it unless someone has a Di Grassi option
A nice entrance Sir
Bienvenue to you also
I wonder if Kathi has a Finnish option?
Though, given current trends that may become "Delicious Delicious, Franck Delicious Franck.
A Di-Licious Day to you...
Haha! That's a good one too. :D Hello Webby. :)
:)
Hi Webby
hi in finnish is hei
We need a wiki page for these. That one is a certainty to win though
hei-kki, everyone! :D
Brrrrrr it's freezing :(
That it is
Your end of the country is probably a bit worse than here too
I can't wait to get out of this dump. I guess that has a bit to do with the job too....
Go to Dubai? Nice and warm there. ;)
You seem oddly keen on this idea?
Do I? :D Hehehe. Fine, let's move on. :D
Has anyone, UK based, done business with http://www.retroformula1.com ? I am looking at some shirts and can't really find comments or reviews.
Have you thought about a round the world trip?
Never heard of them
Awww cute cute. Nick's house is tiny tiny. We would actually kill each other.
That bear with a helmet looks very familiar. I've seen it in the paddock before.
Anyway, it says they were on TG Magazine. Maybe search for it?
It's probably a bachelor's pad type of place?
More like a tiny kind of place? It's just a studio. There's no way in heck I could share that kind of space. Not after living by myself!
Ahh, that's why! It's the Hesketh teddy!
:D That's true. You'd have to find a more suitable place.
The bear with the helmet was the Hesketh mascot
Yeah.... "The biggest little team on the grid", a James Hunt / Hesketh shirt.
Just doing some investigation before doing international shipping.
Yeah I'm not sure Nick likes this idea!
You in Dubai or you somewhere else?
I'm sure he'd be very happy. I'm not sure how he'd feel about vacating his house.... I'm blaming Journeyer!
Sounds fair ;)
Maybe he's trying to build up his immune system ;)
For what? I'm confused. I'm sure you're insulting me but I don't understand! :P
HEY! :P
For you? ;)
By staying at his own place [with his fridge habits] he stands a good chance of getting an immense immune system, if he survives
Relax, it's all about Nick-bashing tonight ;)
I can tell... He'll kill us in the morning. :D
Nah, he's heard it all before :)
Hi Nick!
Bert, if you're still around.
Someone from the F1 Rejects community bought there already.
http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=720&start=0
:D
So that when he catches the lurgy from his unhygenic fridge his immune system deals with it and he doesn't infect you
He was sulking yesterday :P
#sorrynick
We only mock cos we love him really
Ah I see.... That is very considerate of him. Is that why he left the country perhaps? Selflessness!
His reputation has a long way to fall till it gets near mine
He's doing ok
:D
Of course! Men are selfless! :D
Ah yeah. I don't think I'm getting pancakes!
Delia it is then
I do not like this idea!
I admit it's not the best solution but it's better than ready-mix
You need LPG to record instructions like she does for Mr C
If I can't manage Delia's instructions I've got real problems! I just think it's wrong to have to make your own pancakes....
That would be ace if that could happen by Monday! :D
She'll definitely know to remind people not to sniff this time!
and not to put your elbow in the mixture
Next time you're in London, there's a great pancake place on the King's Road. My Old Dutch
Shall do! I might make Nick buy me so many pancakes that I can't walk anymore....
i want to go to the pancake parlour. I have never been. http://www.pancakeparlour.com om nom nom
Do Aussies celebrate Shrove Tuesday?
Although, if you're to follow Finnish tradition next week:
Finns also share the Swedish tradition of eating marzipan and cream-filled pastry, although they often replace marzipan with strawberry jam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday
not celebrate as such, you only occasionally hear it mentioned. I dont even know when it is. I just know back in dunedin they have a pancake flipping race in the city
ooh i can be down with jam and cream. Hate marzipan though.
Next Tuesday, which is the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lent in the Christian calendar
Sounds cool
On first look I thought that was a skull on the pancake
Right, I'm off to bed for a bit of tv before sleeps
See y'all
Good night
I am heading off too.
Good night all.
ooh another big storm! Lightning is cool.
I thought there was no lightning yesterday? That's what Paul said anyway.
AAAAAAAAAAAAh! The university broke my Internet. The only way to access the Internet is directly through a browser. All other applications are blocked. No skype, thunderbird, feedreader, podcatcher ....
BOO Kathi's uni. BOO to you!
On Day 1 of Kimi's new job, too.
we had heaps of lightning yesterday!
@ Mr C.
just sent my post in. let me know by reply email if you need any changes.
ta.
My laptop at home is out of action coz my screen is busted, so its all work time at the mo.
Yay! :)
I guess you were in different spots.
So lemme get this straight - you have a thunderstorm, the US East Coast has a snowstorm, and we have a heatwave. Weather most odd.
ooh a few days after saying i dont know where to watch wrc here i read that onehd have the rights for 2010. I might have to keep an eye on kimi now that i know where he is hiding.
For Steven:
FI confirm di Resta test schedule
Of note, it says that they will let di Resta do some FP1s this season.
If this isn't a sign of an upcoming FI race seat for him, I don't know what is.
excellent news! rally in HD makes for compelling watching. :D
I think it won't be in HD until 2011?
yeah i assume it will be just like the f1 on onehd ie not hd at all!
The Swedish rally starts tonight 19:04 UK time. It's only one stage today (a superspecial; even Kimi should be able to survive that)
I got to have a 60 second chat to Ross Noble! He came in to where I am working today. I told him I have tickets to his show in May and (after a bit more conversation) asked if I could tell Zoe that he wished her a Happy Birthday for Tuesday and he laughed and said "of course"
Yay for Ross Noble being nice.
Back to work now :-)
Morning all, another day of testing to look forward too.
ooh its a good thing I went to Albert Park yesterday, today the trams have mostly stopped running as the city is flooded. People were swimming across dirty dirty Flinders St.
Morning all.
Morning Christine.
Thinking aloud, have we ever had a proper wet Aussie GP? I don't think we've had one...
Hey, Christine. :D
Don't you remember the 1991 Australian GP or the 1989 GP?
That was in Adelaide, though. I'm thinking if we've had one in Melbourne.
we can have one like this!
That was like Malaysia last year!
all you'd get with that... is a race stoppage. i want wet, but not THAT wet! :D
soooo dirty
:O
Rumor of the day?
It has something to do with the name... Volkswagen.
And Campos' future.
oooh, you beat me :(
According to Dank:
You want to wake up early now? :P
hehe. i have been for a bit. mostly cause stupid f1 testing being in europe.
Would you rather they test in Bahrain? You'd just end up having to get up even earlier... :P
Adam Cooper says a source from Dallara tells him that there are at least three Campos 'rescue' packages being touted around.
So one is the VW-Ecclestone-Carabante package. Another has to be the Stefanovic package. What's the third one, though?
The Tony Teixeira rescue package?
Oh, here's the Motor Sport Hall of Fame:
Founding members:
Stirling Moss
Enzo Ferrari
Juan Manuel Fangio
Jackie Stewart
Ayrton Senna
Tazio Nuvolari
Jim Clark
Michael Schumacher
2010 Inductees:
Ron Dennis
Mario Andretti
Jacky Ickx
Tony Brooks
And that makes three! :D Good spot, Will.
Senna, Schumacher, no Prost. Why is he so under rated?!
Is there such a thing as taction or is it just a typo for traction?
#iamnotsmartenoughfortheseguestposts
Um, there is tactful?
James Allen is getting good value out of Autosport tweets.
...and Claire is tweeting :-)
nope.
Helpful! :)
sorry.
never heard of taction. could be action or traction :)
I picked traction.
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/11/all-up-in-the-air/
being tactful, in action.
I was thinking he was a 2010 inductee. Guess not...
Maybe next year?
Prost is underrated because even if he won 4 titles, he's not even acclaimed as the best of his era (that's Senna).
Although he's in my Top 5 - just above JYS.
Pah. according to some. I rate him higher. Higher than Moss too.
#NeedsMoreBadoer
he did have his 15 minutes!
Have updated the daily with Adie's Thursday Thoughts. Get your thinking caps on!
A great post from Adie. I agree with a lot that he says, and it brings back a lot of memories. Sneaking into a race track while on holidays. 6 years old with my older brother :D
My Internet is back to normal *hugs feedreader*
The computer people of the University tweaked the firewall yesterday and went home without noticing they shut out everyone.
Morning guys. I'm more hectic than a maggot on a hot chop today as I have returned to the office after a 3 day course!!!
Now there's an interesting picture ;-)
Hi.
That's very cool :)
Given the context, you made the right choice. ;)
Joe Saward: A good story from Spain
His verdict on the Campos-VW story is it's plausible. But he's not sure if it's true. It makes sense to a certain degree, though.
ClaireVWilliams: Have a window this afternoon & am up for a challenge - anyone got one for me? A photo you want, a message from a driver etc?! Best one wins!
Gah! 9:30pm and still 28.5 degrees. If I wanted to live in the tropics I would have moved there!
Morning all
Morning Lukeh, how are things going?
They cancelled my trip! :(
rrrrrubbish :(
Not too bad, yourself?
.. so i'm stuck at school, with no textiles trying to get to get some things done. I was going to create a few photo edits for my photography portfolio... but the school blocked flickr!!! :(
I'm OK, I'm following testing until this afternoon.
How frustrating :( Can't they just let you go to get on with your textiles or anything? Obviously they had nothing planned for the day in school if the plan was to go to London.
Also, the snow definitely needs to just go away now.
You could bring it here. Might cool me down a bit
You can have it!! *blows reaalllly hard to push it away from south east england towards australia and new zealand*
we don't need no snow! It would just add to the flooding!
Flooding? It's just blinking hot here.
I take it
Maybe it will freeze the floods and let you all have giant ice rinks? Buemi managed to drive an F1 car on ice so... :)
yeah Melbourne is flooding, just a little bit
:D
it was still stupidly hot though so I took the opportunity to walk through some calf-deep water on my way home. Nice and cooling :D
OO! I have a personalized ticket from Joe. How cool :-)
Melbourne will be fun
:D I agree :D
we are one of the only 2 schools open in the area. They've got yr 10 and 11 doing lessons they may not all study just so they are kept busy. 6th form art students get to do art/textiles etc but as i was meant to be going on a trip i didn't bring anything with me. I'm having to do the best i can with what we have.. was going to do some photo things in the photo suite.. but i can't get to them.
it really does :(
omg!!!
Boo :( Am trying to think of a solution to help you out but nothing's coming to mind...
tis okay. am just waiting for my textiles teacher to read through my essay so we can go through it.. but grrrr at my silly school.
Morning :D
I've been to work and back already. It's a good feeling. I'm feeling super sprightly! :D
hi alison :)
SCHOOL!! *shakes fist*
Hellooooo
I'm far too cheerful. I'm sure it'll wear off. Either that or someone will hit me and that'll be the end of it.....
:-( Is the snow that bad there?
Cheerful? On a thursday? Madness... :)
I'm going to see Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat tonight :D
Yay! We saw the one with Jason Donovan, like.. 15-20 years ago... when I was only ickle. But I still remember it! *hums songs to self*
Oh no. Don't you start that!
LA LA LA LA LA
blimey!
more 'blimey' at being up early when I think I saw comments until early am..
Sleeping is for wimps! :P
Just on something from yesterday...
http://pressdog.typepad.com/dogblog/2010/02/bill-and-jeff-get-monster-air-owners-line-up-at-koolaid-barrel.html
What is this Google Buzz thing?
getting in the way of my email
No idea. Went on my email this morning to see that my friends on Google Mail can now see my messages on google buzz... for some reason.
right at the bottom of your email page should be a link to turn it off
Dunno. I went into Gmail last night and it told me I had Buzz and I was automatically friends with people. I ignored it and carried on with my email.
wave2, the revenge?
It does sound like it should be on sale in Ann Summers
Times from today's test super special (5km)
1. Dani Sordo Citroën 1.54,8
2. Sebastien Loeb Citroën 1.55,3
3. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford 1.55,8
4. Mikko Hirvonen Ford 1.56,0
5. Marcus Grönholm Ford 1.56,2
6. Petter Solberg Citroën 1.56,3
7. Sebastien Ogier Citroën 1.57,4
8. Henning Solberg Ford 1.57,6
9. Mads Östberg Subaru 1.59,0
10. Kimi Räikkönen Citroën 1.59,3
11. Matthew Wilson Ford 1.59,4
12. Khalid Al Qassimi Ford 2.00,8
Oops they ran that this morning? I thought it would be at night?
Well Dani was pushing..
until this comment I had quite literally forgotten that wave existed.
Suppose I'd better head off to Uni, boo.
just testing
It sounds like they are trying to add functionality from Wave into Gmail... can't see how I would use it though...
Kind of worried for Sauber. No major sponsors..
it's an automatically generated feed of new content posted on your sites. if we post a video to youtube it appears there. a picture to flickr, the same.
take a look here: http://www.google.com/profiles/sidepodcast
a lifestream of sorts i guess.
Ah ha. That is cool. Not sure why it is associated with email, but still.
google see it as a replacement for sharing content with friends. so instead of emailing links, you buzz them to people.
I'm going to try to sleep. It's still 28 degrees. Grrrrr
Each time they've tried to build a social thing so far it's failed because everybody says, "why do I want to build my social network again it's already here in facebook / twitter etc." This way they get the social network in place.
not everyone's on gmail, though...
presumably the idea is that this will replace googlereader shared items?
but... it's already here in facebook / twitter etc.
It incorporates it straight in.
If you get the feeling one part of google doesn't know what the other part is doing that's because it's true.
:)
...Which hasn't worked out so well for me. I have a couple of you as contacts, but I get loads more links I like from general browsing, say here/twitter/facebook.
Afternoon peeps
Mr C, Christine & Alex, I shall be joining you on the Joe evening
Who else is coming?
yay :)
jitts
ooops... wasn't in the middle of the keyboard for a moment there...
hurrah
Got my invite today
Now I only wish for a full complement of printer ink!
Dave Gorman's 'Pun Street' had two fantastic candidates last week
Re Ink Our Nation & Phill McCartridge :D
Dictionary
As why weekends only coincide with the rest of the world every 3 weeks now, I thought I'd make good use of them when they match up with stuff like this
*my weekends
Doh!
it's not as bad as last time.. but everyone is acting like it is. We can go out in the snow and still see our feet.. which is something :)
LOL. Still hasn't got above freezing here yet ;)
me!......
......
oh. different evening.
I just injured myself on a Lychee - now there's a phrase I never thought I would use!!!
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sporting+injuries
Google Buzz explained briefly on thee first few minutes of
http://www.twit.tv/natn139
Afternooooon.
Also worrying info here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-10451428-256.html
If Molly Wood says it's got issues then it's good enough reason for me to turn it off!
This sounds horrific. I just started using GMail so it would be painless for mr to bin it which I may just do.
Grrrr!! I hate how, for a computing course, our lecturers have no common sense to use them. Instead of emailing us or posting it on the uni intranet, they decided to put a note on the door of our room to say lecture is off.
Frustrating...
I went stationery shopping today. Highlight of the week.
how odd, we get a message to "blackboard" which gets sent automatically to our emails
Oooh, what did you get?
A great joke, I think :)
yes, thats what should happen. Luckily you go to a uni that isn't a complete mickey mouse of a 'place'.
#angry
I went to http://www.kikki-k.com/ which is like the most amazing place in the whole world. I got a ringbinder and a pen, so not a lot :(
What colour?
ahah
it is very much a mickey mouse type place, they just email us occationally
the binder is pink, which isn't a colour I normally go for but its so preeeetty. And the pen is black. They are both being used to help me plan my trip :D I think I have more fun planning holidays than actually going on them :D
I have to fill in my course feedback and student questionnaires next week as it's my last year. I am tempted to compile a big list on how useless this uni is and submitting it.
doitdoitdoitdoit
Stephen, have you seen the twitpics from @Astro_Soichi from the ISS?
They're great. Twitterific translates the occasional Japanese tweet too
okay so i've photoshoped a magazine cover for a friend and i'm not off to get some lunch and hopefully go home :) such a waste of a morning though.:( see ya! xx
I haven't paid much attention since the launch but if you are following astronauts NASA has a ombined account that shows all the tweets from all the astronauts so you don't have to find them all individually.
http://twitter.com/NASA_Astronauts
shame :( nothing you could do about it though. See you later
Nice. Thanks
Don't know if he's a NASA astro. Think he's been on the ISS for a while, over 70K followers
Right, off to work for me
Later SidepodPeople!
Em Buxton (wife of Will) seems to be convinced Petrov won't make it:
And just as an example of the powers of Twitter, look at how it got retweeted 10 minutes later:
Later Mr Clapper. ;)
He is on the NASA_Astronauts twitter account but he is not with NASA. He is a JAXA (Japan Space Agency) astronaut
Bye
Surely Franck - fingers crossed
:D
Look like 'the definitive F1 documentary' is gonna be in cinemas in a year it seems - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10423.html
"In a world where money knows no boundaries..."
wasn't the news on senna's bio movie released this time last year? haven't heard anything of it since...
Possible Friday Fun idea - who would you cast in an f1 film?
FTA:
So they haven't watched Grand Prix?
Sooo many possibilities. :D
I heart people making my Friday Fun job so much easier :)
Afternoon all
quick wordpress editing question - can you create tables when you're edit post/new post pages on the dashboard? I used to do them in windows Live Writer obviously but since the wordpress jump the two haven't got on toegether whatever so I'm having to use this...
Tables in posts?
I make it a table in Excel and copy it over, even though it loses all formatting..
yeah, I can't see an option to do so and it's a bit annoying.
I gave up trying. Ended up doing a table, copying it to Photoshop, save as a .jpg then embed into a post.
Only was I could get them to look anything like what I wanted them to.
You can do one in the WYSIWYG formatter
Hmm, tempting.
You should have saved it as a .Gif!
I have a table in a draft post I am writing... Doesn't look that nice in my theme though!
You can write one with HTML. I don't think there's a tool to do it. Table coding is evil.
*shakes fist at wordpress* Have changed my theme for GWT and it's changed my f1 page's table settings to something different I don't like. Might just do the photoshop option when I get home.
Guys,
How would I find out what the average grid size in each F1 season would be (since 1950)?
I'd ask Brian :)
He should have a blog
Although he wouldn't like tables either.
I saw that somewhere recently but I can't remember where
Yeah that's a good idea... will have to set up access to that NG later and ask him...
I might have to trawl through some info and have a look see...
wikipedia has the entry list for every race ever but you don't want to have to trail through all of them
No I don't - I just want an average for each year so I can compare them to the points systems...
There is no correlation whatever. In the 80s there were races with 39 entries and 6 got points where in the 50s there were races with 14? entries and 6 got points
You can get them on the FIA site. Someone posted a link last night. Normally Alianora does a post of the differences so it might be worth checking her site out.
http://alianor..._Canta_Magnifico_Blog {Comment #97}
I did a summary of the 2010 Sporting Regulations changes back in December. I've yet to do the Technical Regulations summary for this year though and that really should be on my to-do list.
What I plan to do is say, well, in 1950 there were 5 points positions. If there were on average 26 cars in the race, the chances of a car finishing in the points are 5/26 or 19% (not taking car or driver performance into account).
The idea is to test the theory that allowing points down to tenth in 2010 makes for a more or less fair system than the ones used in the past...
In the 50s the system as I understand it was 8-6-4-3-2-1 with a point for either pole or fastest lap which was eventually taken away and given to the winner to make the 9-6-4-3-2-1 system. I have no idea of dates though.
JRobertsF1: Silverstone has confirmed the Arena section of the circuit will host this year's British Grand Prix - up to 3.666 miles from 3.194 miles
yay or nay? I'll miss the diving under the bridge bit :(
Indeed. So if I divide the number of points paying positions with the average grid size for that year, I can give the system a 'fairness index'...
thats the best bit!
Is anyone scheduled for Friday Fun this week because I just came across a great idea for it?
We had a suggestion earlier about casting the F1 film, but I'm open to all suggestions.
It should make an interesting post. I guess the other thing worth looking atalthough it will be a lot harder is finisher numbers. Anyone doing all the races in a season in the 50s or 60s was more or less guaranteed a points finish due to the attrition rate where now reliability is so good it is conceivable that we could have ten cars with no points this season.
Will wait until I see it being used, but a cautious 'yay'...
Go with that and I will write up a post on the one I just heard and send it to you and you can use it when there is a gap.
Ah yeah there's that too of course. Has FORIX got this data?
No idea
Excellent, thank you :)
FORIX has the raw data (race classifications etc). It has some but not a lot of compiled data.
Just realised that since I have to go out shortly NASA will probably make their launch this afternoon. The launch window opens in about 40 minutes and is closes an hour later. Details at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/main/index.html . Coverage at NASA TV as usual if anyone is bored.
but there is also a fast Bridge-like kink on the new one.
this is a Yay for me, but also a cautious one like Pat.
It's still gonna be the same old silverstone. As long as there is a British Grand Prix it could be in a carpark for all I care.
Bridge is a great corner but it leads into a fiddly section which isn't good for passing. The new bit gives a different approach to (is it Brooklands?) which should help things
It'll be no different to when they race on the national circuit.
They took the national and grand prix circuits and hacked them together. BOO
Lots of failing to brake in time for the corner, then..?
I've always liked the International circuit the best myself...
5Live-Producer-esq, GP drivers wont forget to brake like club racers do. I shall continue to be in my pessimistic state until proven otherwise!
It was good to drive in TOCA 2, the 1998 one :)
Looks like FIA GT has first dibs
Work on the Arena circuit is already well advanced. Its first race date is set to be the GT1 World Championship round on 1-2 May.
How would I find out what the average grid size in each F1 season would be (since 1950)? {Comment #407}
Find the grid sizes for each race (yes there are a lot of them, but apart from the early days it is usually the same size grid for each given season), add them together and divide by the total number of races (820).
It's tedious, but it's the only way.
I lost count of the number of F.Renault drivers who were in the gravel in the wet in '08. Admittedly I wasn't counting.
That was a very very wet race.
In the 50s the system as I understand it was 8-6-4-3-2-1 with a point for either pole or fastest lap which was eventually taken away and given to the winner to make the 9-6-4-3-2-1 system. I have no idea of dates though. {Comment #418}
Previous points systems:
1950-1959: 8-6-4-2-1 + 1 for fastest lap
1960-1990: 9-6-4-3-2-1
1991-2002: 10-6-4-3-2-1
2003-2009: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
There may be the same number on the starting grid but not the same number of entries. Right through until well into the 80s there was no requirement for each driver to enter the whole championship.
It should make an interesting post. I guess the other thing worth looking atalthough it will be a lot harder is finisher numbers. Anyone doing all the races in a season in the 50s or 60s was more or less guaranteed a points finish due to the attrition rate where now reliability is so good it is conceivable that we could have ten cars with no points this season.
Ah yeah there's that too of course. Has FORIX got this data? {Comment #427}
I don't know, but grandprix.com's Encyclopaedia has all the results tables in it. With sufficient hunting and clicking you could derive the finisher numbers (and, for that matter, grids).
When Valencia started they had a trial race with the International GT Open I think...
@Christine
Friday Fun ost e-mailed
Thanks Alia, I'll start there...
There may be the same number on the starting grid but not the same number of entries. Right through until well into the 80s there was no requirement for each driver to enter the whole championship {Comment #444}
Quite true. Which makes it even more complicated, especially since the primary resource I'd use if non-qualifiers were taken into account (ChicaneF1.com) isn't loading right now. It has a list of who entered every race...
My keyboard stole my p
Oooh, that's a great one!
Sooner or later you'll have no keys left!
I can't believe the whole internet knows about that meme and I had never heard of it
Don't I know it :)
Normally it just randomly shuffles them
Hmm, I might have to think about how I do this one then. Perhaps for simplicity I would only focus on number of starters, as there were a lot of no-hopers and one offs too.
Remember I am only looking at how fair the system was, so if you started a race you had X% chance of scoring points...
won by some GP2 drivers who were there to learn the circuit..
I haven't either.
That's right...
But can you remember who?
'cos I can't
But surely what is important is the chance you had if you entered because it is at the point of entry you are spending time money and effort. The number who actually start the race is effectively a random number
I'm finally home!! what a waste of a day :(
If you are not having a good day go and read the comments from 1:30-2am ish this morning. Lots of comments about your zoo pics
oooo really?? i shall go investigate. death cold + snow + cancelled trip to the tate modern = grumpy lou.
Must. get. in. that. tardis.
I am heading off out into the snow. Not really. We don't have any. See you all later
bye Steven
byee!! please take our snow :(
Youtube are testing out a new layout :)
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/02/11/youtubes-minimalist/
Personally I like it, you can see it here
My cold is starting to annoy me now
Joe's on fire again today - six posts so far.
Including this timely reminder. http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/front-wing-failures/
aww thanks Bassano and Steven for the nice comments about my photos :D hehe
You should check out my blog post if you like tigers ;)
wow! that's erm... freaky..
yay!! :)
Okay, now even I'm finding it tricky to find stuff on the wiki. The structure needs re-imagining somewhat, I think.
people shouldn't be this productive, it should be illegal. I thought a feed reader would help me, turns out it just shows me what im missing :P
You don't want to know how many things I've got unread in my feed reader
can any of the archived stuff be brought into sidepodcast.com? things that'll never change again etc.
Joe also has an edited overhead shot of Silverstone showing what it will look like - best one yet IMO
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/british-gp-to-use-new-silverstone-layout/
There are things that are probably not necessary anymore. I updated the Guest Posts page today, but now with our authors separated out, it should be much easier to find them on Sidepodcast anyway.
I like the new small circuit...but still wish they'd stick to the GP for the GP
blimey. hadn't made that connection.
neither had I
For anyone keen on the Winter Olympics, there's a comprehensive guide on what to look out for on the Beeb: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/8503531.stm
Have began a new feature on Gridwalk Talk - Yay or Nay? :)
http://gridwalktalk.wordpress.com/yay-or-nay/
Excellent!
Good afternoon.
I'm starting to think Timo shoulda went to Renault now... :(
The Sidepodcast Diaries pages aren't going to change, perhaps we could finally bring them over here, despite all our previous protests.
omg... John and Edward are on radio one :( i think my ears may start bleeding..
Run, Lou! Run!
but...but... i always listen to radio one. they have let me down! :(
they've gone now. normality can resume :)
please do. although that does mean you need to transcribe them :)
Yay! *shakes fist at Jedward or whatever they're called*
Afternoon everyone :)
hi giggles! :)
How's it going Lou... Did you make it to London?
Helllo Mr Alex
i'm feeling a little ill. i have a mega cold. although i'm not feeling dizzy today :) no! :( they cancelled trains and everything. there were huge blizzards etc this morning. stupid snow.
Please help me explain to Nick that this is not a suitable pet!
http://johnnyslick.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/capybara.jpg
I'm on Nicks side!
So for not helping you here Alison.
But that is actually quite cute
It's a 3 foot long rodent!!
I have just logged into last.fm for the first time in a while I mainly use it to analyse myself has my listening changed over time etc. Trends I haven't noticed etc.
A new artist has made my top ten all time plays since 2005... Christine!
1. Flaming Lips
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Killers
4. Morrissey
5. Martha Wainwright
6. Christine Blachford
7. Amy Winehouse
8. The White Stripes
Interestingly the table is skewed because Katherine and I both sync to my account and these are all artists we agree on :)
eeeww... no not cute. he'd much rather have one of these i'm sure.
A cute 3 foot long rodent.
yes...
9. Goldfrapp
10. The Divine Comedy
It is not a suitable pet unless Nick can persuade it to only eat and mark Nicks furniture.
I think it's going to live on the balcony!
or over it?
wow!
he's not having one.
#notimeforexplaining
I hope so!
475 listens! You must have produced a lot more than that... I wonder if perhaps it's not capturing everything?
does it capture plays on the iphone?
I somehow think it's only capturing the iPhone... Not sure.
I don't tend to listen to F1 minute on the iPhone...
i didn't know that you could scrobble from there. does it sync with itunes and update or something?
Yeah about 30 seconds after the iPhone syncs it scrobbles.
aw you are mean they are just biggish hamsters and make good pets.
http://gianthamster.com/
Evening
Blimey! You've prompted me to check. 64th, also since 2005 but really since 2009. Of course, I've often listened to live shows and not the follow-up podcast..
How many plays was yours?
lo
They are already transcribed. You haven't looked at the wiki pages have you?
erm
busted!
:D
i never promised to read the wiki though...
damnit
for example: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Diary+#19
i swear we put them on the wiki so that we didn't have to do all the transcripts and stuff?
In some ways this proves just how difficult to navigate the wiki has become
Yes, but then I did it anyway :)
I am on the case.
current method...
1) Ask in the comments
2) Wait for Christine or RG
;)
yes indeedy
I am definitely on the case :)
Oh I closed it and forgot.. a somewhat smaller than yours 79 :)
so a conversation happened here at the house yesterday...
Fourstar had popped round to pick up a spare old laptop I had in the loft. His four year old daughter's one had packed in and she wanted a new one... And well you don't really go and buy a new one for a 4 year old! After he left...
K: It's funny that Freyja at 4 has her own laptop...
A: Well that's the way things are these days. I think it's a good idea
K: Yeah of course, what i mean is how come she has one and I don't
A: Ah... You should have said... You could have had that one
K: I don't want that laptop
A: Oh
K: Maybe I do need my own iPad
subtle!
I can see this fitting into other discussions with other people...
"I don't want a milky bar.
Oh.
Maybe you should get me an iPad instead"
:D
So, on my to do list tonight:
F1 Minute
F1 Big Pic
Answer Thursday Thoughts
Prep Friday Fun
Daily post
If anyone else has any blogging they want done, I will probably be in the zone!
oh blimey.
i'll just say goodnight then shall i?
lifts hand ;)
I have written tomorrow. I was really surprised to find today that I hadn't written today's. Must have slipped my mind. All of the next 3 weeks is written. So it was weird.
I'm trying to put something together around Ron and the Hall of Fame awards. Had an email from the BFF's with the press release, but trying to find the best way to put my stamp on it.
Crappy sinus infection's not helping and this week's Autosport is looking at me lovingly from the floor...
oooh, can you tell us who's taken bpl's column?
That is odd!
That's a lot!
3 weeks???
World Rally Radio live now: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=250
Start list: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=40b&season=2010&rally_id=S
live-timing: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=405&season=2010&rally_id=S
split times: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=409&season=2010&rally_id=S
I can't see that anyone has. That particular feature is just not *there*
They should let me do it.
doesn't it start tomorrow?
seconded!
Well I had a very busy February planned. So I finished all of February (except for today's for some reason) in January. I did write almost all of January in December. Having done this for quite a long time I know the way that I work. Some days I just can't be bothered, some days I am fired up and write a couple. So I really need to be ahead so I don't force it when I don't want to. That's the best way to start resenting it.
*feels invisible* ;)
No, there is one little tiny super special stage tonight.
Haha, cheers mate. I'll email Mr Noble now - "Oi Johnny...Mr C off the internet said I've got the job. So there"
Works for me :)
Did we see Jaime tweeted a photo of himself earlier? Definitely his account :-)
Going to jeressssssss http://twitpic.com/12k9tu
Bless him!
ahh. see, am having a busy day and catching one in thirty comments.
however, the calendar is my new homepage and that says nothing 'bout no super special whatsits :)
a rankings climber?
Those aren't contiguous weeks though quite as... well... the last week of February I will be taking a holiday (from work) to spend a week doing the 3rd draft of my novel. I may well write about that that week day to day.
do we need a super special breakout?
I believe she told
youus yesterday ;-)Ahh understood. Not a bad plan.
am busy coding lots of fantastic backend sidepodstuff that only two people will ever see :(
talking of which...
No I don't think so
until you blog about it?
no worries. we can do, just yell whenever (although we might ask for some details, save making up nonsense about engine notes).
Superstages are the best!
Evening all
only when they are on TV.
nothing to say really. it relates to performance of admin area.
true story
OK, it's writing time.
If I counted correctly Kimi and Marcus Grönholm will drive against each other
Autosport has an article on one of the proposals for new Indy cars from Delta Wing. Although it only uses a 2 liter engine it can do 235 Mph. It will use half the fuel of the present series and each engine will run over 4,000 miles between rebuilds. It also costs half the price of the current Dallara chasis and has half the drag. Just one question will it be half the fun!
htttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rah0RSIEVC8
Sorry here is the link to the Delta Wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rah0RSIEVC8
This is simulation of what they could look like on the track
the Autosport link is here...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81386
Petter Solberg lost 18s! Mikko and Loeb next #WRC
There was something of a discussion about it yesterday. It's a curious concept
I actually like it - there is rumour that it was originally a three wheeler - now if it also had the tilt of a Carver it would have been really cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAaNU0FUrc
The game of the blog is open for entries :) This week is picking random WRC and NASCAR drivers.. it'll close early tomorrow when the 'proper' rally stages start. http://toomuchracing.com/2010/02/10/tmr-game-week-3/
Standings after all the 'important' WRC cars finished the stage:
1. D. SORDO 1:31.4
2. S. OGIER +2.0 +2.0
3. M. HIRVONEN +0.1 +2.1
4. S. LOEB +0.2 +2.3
5. M. GRÖNHOLM +0.3 +2.6
6. J. LATVALA +0.0 +2.6
7. M. WILSON +1.3 +3.9
8. M. ÖSTBERG +1.2 +5.1
9. K. RÄIKKÖNEN 0.0 +5.1
10. P. ANDERSSON +0.1 +5.2
11. K. AL QASSIMI 0.0 +5.2
12. H. SOLBERG +0.5 +5.7
I don't like it at all. I like some of the ideas behind it, but that's no Indycar.
5sec down isn't too bad. The hard work starts tomorrow though :)
It's like they just nicked the design of the batmobile and went to the pub!
Hm
Possibly that is why I like it, at least in concept.
There is some live NASCAR if anyone feels like it, the two Duels which act as qualifying. Video via the main website
http://www.nascar.com/multimedia/webcast/race_buddy/
It's like the IndyCar one but better! Except its about NASCAR which makes it worse.
Did I really just see a Channel 4 news presenter advertise his Twitter account?!
Haha, suck it o2! Tethering - via Bluetooth!
Jon! Call for you:
from @AndyPriaulx: Oh dear, this could be expensive!!! http://twitpic.com/12mvsl
Looks like a Logitech G27 racing wheel there. Jealous!
yeah saw :D love it, have retweeted
how you know that from seeing a side shot of just the wheel (to me it looks the same as mine) scares me ;)
Thursday Thoughts ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/11/thursday-thoughts-f1-and-exclusivity/
What's yours?
I was looking at the paddles on the back, they're metal ones. Only retail racing wheels I know that has them are the G25 and G27.
Thanks - I keep telling myself this is autoracing and I SHOULD like it but I just cannot get excited about it - it has great ideas like following one driver and it should be so exciting. Curious, very curious.
Logitech Driving Force EX
I can't get excited by it, but it is live racing on a Thursday night after a winter of not much...
plus the 4 simultaneous camera shots with ZERO buffering are rather impressive
I know mine;s
Ah cool, mines a DriveFX for Xbox 360.
Nice response!
I just think apply that technology to F1 - that I can actually watch for free in South Africa which has about the worst internet connection in the world - now that is impressive - if only F1 could be as freely accessible and interactive!
ps2 aaaall the way ;)
Logitech Formula Force EX for PC, which I'm looking to replace with a G25 ASAP. Grand Prix Legends rocks!
am bored of it now
F1 should have led the way in this sort of thing
Plate Nascar is insanely soporific...
Considering it is not leading the way and certainly from 2010 cannot even claim to have the best drivers just the drivers with the richest daddies and sponsors - to me it is losing appeal.
testing...
Me too.
test from live commenting...
another test... anyone there?
so no-one can comment but the two of us?
I am on different connection to you now. Seems fine?
Another test.
trying in chrome. am not logged in or nothing.
looks like it's just you and me kid ;)
test?
w00t!
what have i walked into? :)
Let me in
yay
hello?
http://twitter.com/StirlingMossCom/
Sir Stirling Moss has Twitter?
Are we back?
icles
Who's on first?
Wakey wakey.
I couldnae post. Was this something the hosts did? ;)
He is on the spc twitter site, so I guess he does :)
we're watching you ;)
I come back in from the terrifying outside to find sidepodcast is locked. I don't need that
^^ so this earlier comment was a little too accurate for comfort.
Did Mr C fix line 381 ?
Hah!!
.Flaps!
Talking to myself.
LOUD NOISES!!!! ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
HUMHGPDFPFLFKJDFKJFOOOOJAAAMMAAAFLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPP
:-) :-)
Looks like the filter decided to filter all of us :)
Oh deary me. And there was me thinking I'd broken something only to be trumped by somebody far better at breaking things than I am! Beer's on me at Joe's meetup. :D
kses.php is an old wordpress file. i thought we didn't need it no more...
i thought wrong.
and using it like a pro, good on him if it is
serves me right :)
stuart was tweeting him. that's good enough for me.
He is not someone who lives in the past. He likes his gadgets. You should see his house. I would bet it really is him and no Scotsman would put proper money at risk unless he was sure
So is Jake
:D
He definitely likes new things and innovative things that is why he drives a smart car he he!
Unless he refer to himself in the third person a lot it definatly isnt him! I suspect it is his webmaster as the name is stirlingmossCOM
Evening all, just had a breeze though the comments
I love the capybara site :D http://gianthamster.com/
Cheers rich
Night All!
PS. americas cup race day 3 is tommorow, 1 & 2 had no racing, so hopefully we will get the first race at last!
Night Nick and have some Capybara dreams
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/capybara-cute-jpg
how do you design a hoody?
http://twitter.com/McLaren_eShop/status/8977080910
Check it out :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/heikki-kovalainen-42-jpg
hehe cute
WOAH!
You are the textiles expert and you are asking us
! nice work!!!
Awesome! You found Heikki!
I want one made of fire
:D awesome!
i don't do that kinda textiles.... hmmm...
I wish I looked better in pictures. I really do. :/
awesome!!!! :)
Then you need Lukeh to photoshop whatever bits of Jenson you want on it
Scott, your just taller than Heikki...
But brilliant for ya mate :D
I'm 5ft 8/12. I thought I was 5ft 9 :(
how do you know that i.....oh silly question :)
Fantasy WRC scores are up :)
Steven is leading
Its started?!
This took a lot longer to write than I thought. Not sure if I got my message across though. Hmm.
http://bit.ly/9PVVs9
Anyhoo....everyone loves a quick Blug!
*cries*
hehehehehehe.
i now know what i'll be spending 2010 doing...
I've been out most the evening, sorry.
I didn't realise he was scoring each stage, I thought it was just the overall result
laughing like a maniac? I hope to buy both you and Christine a drink at Joe's meetup in London. I'll be disappointed if I can't. :D
no worries.
There was only one stage today. Nothing's decided yet. Ogier was second :)
we have to do techie stuff. but maybe a little.
And everyone was doubting my faith in him :)
how does he have the time?
and how is christine ahead of me?
YAY
Ignorance is bliss
isn't she always ahead of you
#nothere
My goodness. How posh are Joe's invites?
"Albert park sailing and angling club"
I wonder if I am expected to wear a suit!
I am second in the overall competition
Christine doesn't seem to be in our league.
I am disappointed
she was asleep when we all added :)
the top ten of each stage get points from 1-10
ah :)
I'm 4th overall which I'm quite happy about... for now..
What have I missed now? Damn sleeping.
I think we signed up to about 10 different fantasy somethings.
fantasy rallying
I have a Fantasy WRC team.
i would expect that type of thing ;)
But you didn't join the league we are all in: You Lost Me At Special Stage
There's also a league. I'm still fairly sure we'll win. There's still only one league.
Ah, okay.
:)
:)
You're broadcasting it on Sidepodcast? :)
yep.
Cripes. I was only bringing shorts.
Will need a report from the London gig.
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am i last?
sorry
See, shoulda chose Ogier.
In our league? Yes.
you don't appear to have kimi in your team?
Oh gawd, good luck with that! I'll probably arrive early cos I'll be bored at L'pool Street. :)
not live btw. but maybe a few days later.
Hah! No. What a crazy idea
but... but... you... i... dan... we...
There are 5 leagues but the next most popular only has 4 teams
He was 5 seconds off the pace
He was? Per KM?
:D
You've reminded me that I need to do the F1 fantasy racers this year.
Kudos, shall look out for it. :)
Over the stage.
overall. on a 1.9km superspecial
The rally continues tomorrow 7:18am UK time.
and with that Goodnight everyone
night kathi
I think I'll skip that.
Night!
Goof night Kathi
Goodnight....
That's when my bus arrives for work! If Kimi is driving the bus...
Night Kathi ;)
#tenuousplug
you can pick rally drivers in my game this week.. (don't worry I'm going to stop plugging it soon)
Is there somewhere that has live-updating stage times? wrc.com needed F5 refreshes
Night. :)
Night Kathi!
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/2120621/Kimi_Raeikkoenen_als_Busfahrer
#nothereanymore
Oh wow
Since we're talking WRC, where on earth is Petter Solberg?
Oh woops, there he is. In 44th.
He might have touched a snowbank softly and spun his car later on.
Which prompted Grönholm to say that he was being careful and tried not to do a Solberg :)
#reallynothereanymore
Good job I didn't pick him....
*Frantacally searches for the replace button* Darn the no change during race rule.
Night peeps!
Night Gav
Night sir.
Night Gavin
I'm on a blogging mission at the moment!
Hello
Thursday has ended a lot worse than is started :(
What's up
What happened to happy Alison we saw this morning?
I had the kind of fight you can only really have with members of your family....
Ahh, not good. :(
Hello all.
Hi there
My sister came to see Joseph with me and we both sat in stony silence. Bad times.....
I thought you and her were having great fun a couple of days ago.
BTW does Nick know about Joseph?
Yes but we all have families right? You must know what they're like.....
Only two well.
too
i have spent my evening being all creative :D i may have to blog about it....
I'm trying to think of inspiration to answer your question but I'm not getting very far. Need to make a cup of tea...
Awkward, I bet... Did you enjoy the show though?
I thought you were supposed to be dying
Do spill the details :P
Yes it was very good. I remembered how much I always wanted to be in a musical.....
Tea helps everything.
I close my eyes...
drew back the curtains (ahhh)..
Always!
ahh-ah
Hello. Skiperson?
To see for certain?
it was to keep my mind off the death cold. at one point i did have a sneezing fit which made all the tiny pieces fly everywhere.. but it was fun :)
What I thought I knew...
Far far away....
Adie was eating...
I want to be the narrator. I think I'm too old though. The average age of the cast seemed to be about 12.
Nyom nyom nyom....
YEYYY SIDEPODSINGSONG
We have all the songs on CD. But someone has stolen the CD (what is it with people in this house misplacing CD's, grrrrr) so I am hunting it down.
.
Surely you are not suggesting we write a musical
That is the best idea I think you've ever had
I have a video cassette with Donny Osmond here somewhere.... Luckily I'm one of those mad folks who still own a VCR!
*sticks hand up*
me too!!
Go team cool!
NIIIIIIIIIIIICK wake up!!!!
Nick loves Joseph. A lot more than I do......
woop woop.
VCR/TV Combi. Go me!
Wahooo! At the now playing:
http://www.last.fm/user/LukeofCydonia
i raise you x1 ex soap star: http://www.last.fm/user/sidepodcast
actually, i only have 30 second previews.
It only says Feeder :(
Unless... no.. surely not, Feeder!
hehehehe.
Wow!! one of Jacob's is called Rubens apparently!!
#hesbetterthanjoseph
For the second time this week NASA waited until I went out before going ahead with a launch.
The ISS astronuats are on a sleep pattern. For reasons I don't understand they are waking up at 9:14pm UK time. I guess that means only people in Amyland will see the spacewalks since they will probably start at 2am ish ish. The astronauts are preparing for the first one now.
*ehem*... i've written another blog post! two in less than a week ;)
Can you tell a book by its cover? - http://photofinishblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/can-you-tell-a-book-by-its-cover/
Oh wow!
I know a book with a lovely cover (it was designed by Katherine): http://www.thebookwiththemissingfirstpage.co.uk
;)
Hello everyone :)
Right all.....off to bed.
Laters.
Slobbers to you all xxx
Bye Adie
It's like a personal headping ;)
Now, as much as I love it, is that Timo's head that seems to have been cut off there? Or is it Trulli's. If its Trulli's, I'll let you off and call it a class cover.
aww that's much nicer than mine..
hi giggles :)
how lazy am i...do I click the link or do I turn around and look at the shelf?
Night. I'm halfway there!
Ciao Mr Adie.
i would never cut Timo's head off!.. not sure tbh, if it is, technically it's not cut off, just hidden under masking tape ;)
Yours is very lovely too :)
hi lou :)
night! :)
I imagine the countdown music as you decide...
dun da dun dah dun da dun... duda duda duda da dun!
Night Adie!
I had to read that a few times until I realised you meant Countdown as in the show. I had the mental image of Pat wondering what to do to the sound of the Final Countdown...
sing the words to the final countdown theme, it kinda works..
.....kinda
Erm, who put this up?
I don't know what to think anymore.
Time to head off I think, night everyone.
Nighty night Mr Lukeh
noo not that song in my head!
what on earth.
night!
adios
Oh deary me. I'm not sure why I'm suddenly not sleepy after an epic Thursday!
No idea but I like the song even if I don't understand any of it apart from the numbers :)
I look away fro ten minutes and suddenly there are dozens of comments.
Hi Alex bye Lukeh and hi/bye to anyone I missed.
NIIIIICK?
Is it not kind of early for him?
I don't care! He needs to wake up so I can whine about my sister....
Seems reasonable
NICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't you just phone him?
I could.... That might make him quite angry though :(
#confidential
He mustn't know about this but what you do is call him then after two or three rings hang up. He will wake up to answer the phone and see you have called then call you to complain. You tell him you did call but realised what time it was and hung up immediately. Then you can whine to him for hours while saying sorry for waking him.
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/08/daily-8th-february-2010/#comment-677574
oh.my.gosh
I heart Mr C
wow..you have a really good memory mr c..
Ah that may be true but today she got very angry about an irish passport then slapped me and got so angry she ripped a door handle clean off the door!!!
if only i could keep up with all comments my life would be complete.
yeah, but pineapple fondant cake things.
That is a good point. That would probably fix everything.... That and an orange drill :P
at least you remember the comments you do read ;)
should could fix the door handle with that. win, win.
wow!! that's much more angry than i could ever have imagined someone getting about a passport...
mr c has a point...
Hey guys.I'm from the U.S. and I don't know if you get it or not but last night CSI:NY did a F1 episode
They would not struggle to find suspects for any crime involving F1
It's not even her passport as shockingly enough, my sister isn't irish :P
Hi Andre. We get all of the CSI series in the UK but I have no idea how delayed they are. I think Danica Patrick was involved somehow?
Was it Spike Milligan's because his Irish passport was a bit controversial
wow.. maybe you should buy her some pineapple fondant cake things... i hear they are really nice ;)
Yeah she can't act either.But someone must know about F1.They included Kers,Masa's accident and the best part is they hired Antonio Sabato Jr. to play a driver
What a time to walk into the conversation
Like an Orange PING!
Hi all :)
heya :)
I am amazed they did KERS. I am surprised anyone who is not a fan of the sport has ever heard of it.
Heya Bassano
wow. appreciate the heads-up andre, this will have to be seen.
Do you fix doorhandles?
That is clever
:)
I would be willing to pay you in cake!
Must have been a fan writing the episode
I know I was shocked.They gave it another name though but it did the same thing as Kers
They had Massa's accident? Presumably that's what they were investigating
On occasions
I have a limited radius these days due to the popularity of the aforementioned drill ;)
Believe it or not the full episode is on youtube already http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Pdwuecn8M
oo there is a new addition to the Goodwood FOS this year - link
'The Earl of March is proud to announce today (5 February) the introduction of a dedicated ‘Aviation Show’ zone as an integral part of the hugely successful Goodwood Festival of Speed.'
i'm not really into aviation stuff.. i mean i love the read arrows but know little about any of it. should be a nice addition to the festival though.
KERS is a stupid name. It is as if they had a committee and asked them to dream up a dull name
Bet the onscreen graphics were better than ours :)
Fiiiiine be like that. Luckily aforementioned handle isn't in my house.... She had the decency to destroy my parents' house!
That is going to be a nice little bonus
a few of my friends (who don't watch f1) have asked me about it, i've always been a little shocked. Not sure where they would have heard it mentioned :)
I read some tweets today about Williams KERS-type tech with Porsche. Interesting
So do you do Giggles-like technical explanation for them
No Pat,they were talking about all the previous injuries the driver had suffered including a fractured skull and then they showed an animation of him getting hit by a piece of another car except it wasn't a spring.Mac Talyor apparently is a mega fan of the sport
:D
Giggles needs to do an audio F1 glossary
Joe's take on it
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/a-rumour-explained/
Ta
good lord.
hehe i usually get past was it stands for and they loose interest. we should record Giggles explanations and play them at occasions like that though. :)
Interesting item from Joe
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/airasia-to-sponsor-british-gp/
Doesn't suprise me. Pirates aren't isolated to Somalia and beyond
I would love to hear him explain energy storage and recovery and energy conversion factors
It appears it isn't only the F1 Castrol Rankings getting stick, from Henry Winter, Telegraph journalist.
"Leaving Wembley...Capello clearly annoyed by Castrol Rankings that had in-form Rooney only 25th in world. Fab even took issue with compilers"
They can't do anything right can they?
Ahh I see, interesting.
:)
Castrol are really gaining a lot from this exercise
Someone should tell him the rankings are definitive