Surprise! Lukeh is a little tied up at the moment and thus I am here to bring you your daily post for Friday. Can I just say, TGI Friday has never been more appropriate? No time for complaining though. Last time I wrote a daily, I talked about the many sports we appear to be following, and today seems to be the day it all collides. F1, Le Mans and football. It's gonna be a busy one.
- Starting with Le Mans, then. Autosport have a really good dedicated section of the site with all things endurance. I particularly enjoy the driver snaps as Anthony Davidson has access to the Peugeot garage. I'm sure you can guess who he finds.
- In F1 news, Schumacher has decided that the rest of 2010 can be preparation for a better year next year. Firstly, how very pessimistic of him. He isn't normally one to give up in such a fashion, is he? Although having said that, that's probably the wrong description, because he's not giving up at all. 2011?? Oh dear.
- The World Cup kicks off today, and I would like to point towards two blog posts about them. First is RG, who has predicted exactly what is going to happen throughout the entire tournament. Good old RG predictions. The other link is some self-promotion, a post on my personal blog. Are there any other bloggers in the know that we should be keeping an eye on?
- Finally, good luck to all the people who are going bowling today or in the near future. It appears to be making a comeback as a popular pastime, so go on and hit some strikes... or something.
As I have been granted access to a daily post one day ahead of schedule, I would like to take this opportunity to abuse my power and wish a happy birthday to my mother for yesterday. That should do it for now, I will see you in the comments!
I feel inordinately happy, especially since I have also remembered that I don't have to wake up at 8am to catch first practise. Instead it'll be a lie-in - but not while I'm still too excited to sleep.
no lukeh daily? :cry:
Wondered when the Daily would appear
Happy Birthday to Mr C's Mother-in-Law
ooops.
Mr C: Eurosport app has been updated for the iPad
Hellooo to you all, thought I'd stick my head in whilst I'm getting directions to somewhere. Good day?
groovy. is ya reviewing it?
3pm and 7pm, much more civilised
*delayed head ping*
Depends if it's any different. Might make a mention on the Timing App post if it's worthy
#GetABlogHasTurnedIntoWriteAGuestPost :)
No no no no. Now I miss everything because I have to go to work....
yeah just saw, and I wont dignity it with a response ;)
Hey Jon! I'm getting excited now, so close... think this is the year I finally win Players player of the season.
can't blame a guy for trying.
I don't know what that is or why you're excited but yaaaaaay
i'm right though, i knows it.
Of course not
An email is easier than dealing with Wordpress too
Teams presentation night, the only award I haven't got.
Hi Jon
where are you going?
true enough
It's just practice. Not something to worry too much about. Most of it is just us chatting, onscreen action tends to be a little slow
We could play Spot The Marmot though
maybe :P
I'm gonna miss the whole weekend though. I like early mornings.
I'm going to Reading after work tomorrow and need to work out where exactly im going, which i wont be able to do when i wake up at 6.30
Record the race, it'll be a cracker
I love Montreal
Record? ROFL. On what?? iplayer ftw....
I have to watch it when i get back on sunday evening, theres no way i can miss an f1 race at the moment
Takes ages for it to appear sometimes
good morning
i just read this on a weekly email from a gossip site which has no relation to f1 normally.(this means the facts within are dubious)
the name of the site is too rude to post here, i will in twitter though after
Mike + Nico 4Ever?
The narrative of this year's F1 was supposed
to be about how long it would take for the
last two world champions, Jenson Button and
Lewis Hamilton (now both at McLaren), to fall
out. So far nothing. Red Bull saw the poor
relationship between their two drivers
embarrassingly out in the open in Turkey. But
that's still nothing to the story at Mercedes.
A source at the German team claims Michael
Schumacher and Nico Rosberg only speak to each
other when the press is near. And at the first
race of the seaon Mercedes were the only team
to be allocated two buildings in the paddock.
So each driver could have his own.
This could be fun.
I'm still creating my Driving playlist on Spotify, want to keep it to the same kind of songs I have at the moment, any suggestions?
http://open.spotify.com/user/woodwiss/playlist/0F6Iy6UdhPosf4sw3IfHsG
cause of your job, or cause you like it?
Stay off Twitter then
Well you all mocked me into disposing of the VCR!!
the former, still bores me to tears most of the time, actually i lie, i just fall asleep. I do like race sundays, i always get a good nap around 1ish for an hour
ooh, please be true.
I don't mind knowing who wins, I can still watch races knowing who does, dosent spoil it forme
do you not have to watch all sessions then?
Did I see Dank tweet that earlier.
Am sick of gossip rubbish like this, whether it's true or not
I don't know, ill be interested to see what happens tomorrow for fp1
even about darth?
hehe. presumably people just carry on with their jobs?
Derservedly so
I didn't say "don't replace it" though
i guess so, just wonder if it will be on or not
I'll have a think..
Well I don't even have a hooked up tv here sooooo....
Lazy journalism getting headlines.
rg, i has a photo, if you yell when you're done i'll throw it in there.
Canada should be good though..
Will do.
We'll see....
Just out of curiosity, it is just for the opening game right?
It appears to be a sound rumour though... before the season even started Nico was suggesting that he was just hoping to be allowed to get on with his job.
yeah, maybe go up before then. just a place we can centralise discussion and ask questions is guess.
Canada is awesome. So awesome the awesomest team in the world had decided to win their only ever race there
"a sound rumour"
a. information, often a mixture of truth and untruth, passed around verbally
hehee
McLaren just emailed me about a member's competition to have a photo taken with LH & JB at Woking next month
Don't tell Lou, she needs to save money
Same team that decided at that race to focus on the next years car and then pull out right?
Just wanna check
I think he means, is it for the opening game or both of tomorrow's games?
i doubt it though,
i reckon they don't talk much, but 2 pit buildings, thats unlikely.
oh. umm, both i hope. we'll need a lot of guest writers if we do one per game.
I think you'd know if there were 2 pit buildings, thats hard to avoid people seeing
We still won...
I heard it a few weeks ago in a pub playground - still a sound source :-)
we need to move house!
Okay, so SA v Mexico and France v Uruguay
Move to Brackley, I hear they have a nice indian
http://twitter.com/karunchandhok/status/15691526590
The two buildings thing is a nice touch - but yep, I didn't hear that bit. That bit does sound more pb than anything else...
sounds good. am happy to have a crack at post #2. we'll see who we can rope in for writing duties after that.
well here is nice :-) Brackley, Silverstone both within a 20-30 min drive :-) and a team on the doorstep.
Not much countryside though unless you want to drive to it.
And the cost of living sucks...
too close to london?
You've got an Empire Of The Sun track in there. We Are The People is one track I love driving to.
There are a lot of dance tracks I like to drive to too.
not exactly endowed with choices other than chains...
Right, gotta sleep, waking up early and coming home late sucks, I have little time to do anything other than work. Booo, yay for the weekend though.
Night all
night Jon
night jon
If it develops into something you'll have to move...
night
One of Nick's friends has bought a duck!!! I think it'd be wrong not to insist he gets me one now....
oh it wont, i start again at uni in September
Night jon.
really? even if they offer you something?
Do you want me to give you his likely answer now?
Brain a bit fried from trying to follow 50 cars :)
Will look through my playlist tomorrow, I've got you on Spotify so maybe I'll send something over through that? I may need reminding.
I think he'd probably try to cook it....
He he, this was in the hangar a couple of days ago :)
http://twitpic.com/1vnsfl
I did suggest meet up on tuesday but I think the consensus was lots of people arent getting to london until wednesday? I do not recall exactly
morning folks
alonso is in on the f1 cooking thing now?
http://twitpic.com/1vnm1u
Crikey, I know the players didn't like the ball being 'the roundest its ever been', didn't think the developers would actually tinker with it.
You can always do two.. depends what your plans are
Their poo is foul to live with though. And they need to be kept in pairs or they pine :-(
As opposed to the nice variety of other animals?
i've meant to install for ages, only done now. this is awesome
no idea what to search for that i haven't got. i'll try and remember those obscure tracks i can never find, even on itunes
Yeah I want twoooooo. Although I will obviously be their bff....
Hi Leigh
Can you drive?
nope (sadly)
Give it up!
I've made playlists for the same reason.
Hi Leigh
Am thinking of the Joe thing at Silverstone but am not staying and won't be able to drive back as there will be alkiehool
late i know, but is anyone up for thursday's (slightly) random f1 trivia question?
Why?
Sure, why not
cats are good, unless you don't like cat litter, or molted fur, or scratched furniture.
(starting to wonder why i have cats now)
bassano,
i'm getting a train up and back - thinking of getting silverstone tickets for the friday
I think your chances of success are very very poor :P
how are you getting there?
:)
You can get duck nappies though :D
If I'm going trackside, I'd want to see the race
Train seems like a lot of hassle and the event will definitely overrun
With aforementioned designated driver?
TRIVIA
How many Villeneuve's have competed in F1 and can you name them?
I find them to be selfish gits but each to their own ;)
When is this? Andy mentioned it but wasn't very, um, specific. And I live 30 mins away.... (well, on the backroads)
That's why I like them. Dogs are too needy.
http://www.morienval.com/silverstone.html
Three. Yes.
http://estergoldberg.typepad.com/.a/6a0105349ca980970c0128765258bf970c-320wi
:)
By comparison with any other domestic fowl...
Aaahh, but can you name them?
;)
I could drive but I'm after a car share with someone to drive back
#LongShot
Gilles, Gilles (the Uncle) and Jacques.
Is 2 a silly answer?
Aaahh, but can you name them?
;)
Yes.
(Gilles, Jacques and Jacques)
Very close, but not quite
Yes.
Although, I'm not sure if the guy I'm thinking of took a start in F1..
ding ding ding - we have a winner
:D
This was my thinking
could you just... not... dr...
Is 2 a silly answer? {Comment #123}
If you define "competed" as "raced", then no. One of the 3 never qualified, as far as I know.
Jacques Sr did indeed start least one race
You see!
Is it time to wheel out my one and only JV fact now??? :D :D
Where's Steven? He likes my fact.
It's may actually be Gilles Jacques (the Uncle) and Jacques.
His album's are terrible but Mr C bought one
At this stage the only plans I have in London are a Wimbledon tour on Tuesday morning :D
go on - let's hear it
:)
I knew he had a reasonably career in CART. Sort of.
Jacques Sr did indeed start least one race {Comment #131}
Oh, OK. Well done to him :)
i'll stay sober if you do.
That's it
by the way, jacques villeneuve sr entered 3 canadian gp's, but didn't make the grid
You must do the London Eye and the South Bank
oi. i like it.
is it that he drew his helmet design with felt tip pens?
Bwahahahaha
Tenner says you don't.
He's hoping to grow into his overalls
i''ll be sober for it - shame i can't drive though
:(
If I'm there he won't ;)
#BadInfluence
No. It's not special or unique or even interesting. It's just bog standard general knowledge. Steven knows to be patronising enough to be impressed :D
if bassano stays sober, that's not even a challenge.
i've met much worse influences than you bassano
;)
Are you hoping for miracles?
I'm sure you have, I'm related to a few too
Argh.. I now see why Andy mentioned it but failed to supply details...
How much do you think it would cost to buy off a 15 (on that day) year old if I went out on her birthday??
Pulled this off of Eurosport earlier - love this shot. The concentration is Ant's eyes is rather ace
http://twitpic.com/1vm467
:)
On a segue... Local reporting were showing Jacques Villeneuve and MSC at a local safety testing / road testing / car proving grounds. The meeting was to promote car safety and safety technologies.
During the wrap-up press conference, JV and MSC were at a press-question style table and a reporter asked.to the effect of "Michael, in regards to blind spot warning systems, if you had them in 1997, would you have been able to avoid the accident?"
You could see MSC turn from a light caramel to a solid plum in about 4 seconds. It was too funny!
Way too much
:D
Would they care at all. My sister just wants to hang out with her boyfriend all the time. Maybe your children are more civilised!
Are you building up the anticipation now?
I'm not telling you at all!!!!!
If she's an F1 fan, the price of a Joe ticket
#sidepodspace meets #mfc
I know a thing or two about resolution as well, having spent a few years calibrating a camera on board Hubble.
Let me make this clear: if you have perfect eyesight, then at one foot away the iPhone 4’s pixels are resolved. The picture will look pixellated. If you have average eyesight, the picture will look just fine. So in a sense, both Jobs and Soneira are correct.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/10/resolving-the-iphone-resolution/
Oh ok
#Spoilsport
tell me then, i'll attempt my bestest patronising comment ever.
I want to hear... I'm ignoring the call of my bed....
she a fan of joe?
:D
kovi is flickring from bernie's bash: http://www.flickr.com/photos/officialkovalainen/4688954037/
I don't think that that would fly... I offered to take her to the GP last year and she said she would rather go on the camp that she was booked on. Which was actually just as well as I didn't have any tickets, lol....
Besides which, she has Explorers on a Friday and has already stated her intention to go. Which ties at least one of us to picking her up...
ooo maybe that's a get out clause then...
I need a rolling smilie!!! is there a clip anywhere?
How much does a full sized Kovi-running-bare-chested-in-the-snow cut-out cost?
You have a fact?
It was on the local news. I will try to see if I can find it, but it will be hard. If I see the report come up again, I may just shoot it with my camera. It's all of a 2 minute report.
Ping!
Suppose
But, in the same new broadcast, JV said that 2011 is his last chance to find an F1 ride.
anyhoo kids,
time for bed - i'm off
shall be back tomorrow at some stage
:)
Night Leigh
night Leigh
i've seen the vids on engadget, you can see the difference between the 3gs and 4. the retina display thing is bluff in my mind though.
Ah now I don't know if the cutouts co does those just yet.. They do other drivers though...
I'm told that there was almost a fight in the staff room of the local M&S about who would get to take home the cutout of Lewis that they had been sent when the clothing range launched though. I'm also told that they are all suitably disapointed that Jenson isn't coming in on the same deal.....
If I lived in london i could have a lucrative career as bassanos personal sober driver
Allison - are you going to tell us the fact? Or should I just come hunt it out in the morning?
Sleep (and a baby) are calling. The latter loudly.
Night all.
night peeps who are leaving
:lol:
Luckily, I have a very good choice of pubs with a 500m radius
Night lpg
1995!!!! :D :D :D
Night LPG
I'm gonna head off as well, see ya tomorrow :)
You have a fact?
1995!!!! :D :D :D {Comment #191}
Sorry, I'm confused. Is this anything to do with winning Indy?
Bye all you sleepy heads
That should do me for a while
night Pat & LPG
Me too
:(
I'm never sharing my amazing facts again :(
Your fact was "1995"?
On the subjects of the mystery uncle there are people who are totally convinced that he was better and faster than Gilles. What a lost talent he was if that is remotely true
It was JV related :(
1995 is a fact?
Indy and the CART Championship too.
Do we get a clue how or is it just that he was alive then?
:cry:
He made you unhappy in 1995?
He continues to make me unhappy!!
:lol:
Maybe Jake knows
http://twitter.com/jakehumphreyf1/status/15886074935
I hate you all!!! :(
You don't mean that
De ja vu
You better believe it!!
Mr C, I've scheduled the post. I assume you can just slot the image in?
Alison has me confused
You are not alone
i am here with yooooou
Can I hate you all if I say 1974 and you dont all know what I mean by that?
I guess so, I'm not sure of the rules
i can. thanks you sooo much rg!
I suppose. Emerson Fittipaldi was champion that year and three Fittipaldis have raced in F1 so I guess 74 works
No problemo, and with that, see ya all later.
Night RG
night RG
Night RG
night buddy
I see Chandhok has been putting out some great tweets. I was going to list a few but thought I would just post his front page. I like his take on Big Brother and poor people, having walnut shells with Bruno and his direction complaint
http://twitter.com/karunchandhok
gone mad on spotify
done a new order playlist, now putting together a supergrass one.
No that is not what i meant. I hate you
:D
You definitey have Scottish blood in there
@fakebernie:
I don't know how many times this has to be said: Everyone at Red Bull except Mark Webber, needs to shut up. They're making it worse.
74 is the year my parents got married. I can't believe you didn't know that ;)
:D
Right, sleepy time for me too
See ya around for FP1 folks
It better have Someone Like You in there!
Night
you will be disappointed
72 was mine, yesterday was their anniversary.
Get it in there, it's an awesome tune!
done
I keep forgetting fp is on tonight. Its at midnight and 4am! Even for me that fp2 is a bit late when I have a meeting at noon tomorrow and then work at 2.
Good man :)
It won't be worth missing that much sleep over
did anyone mention wordpress being down? i can't access my, Pat's or even Gavin's blog.
I want to stay us for the guest commentators, i love fake Ants
I hate Ubuntu a bit less now.
you fixed it?
partly
staying up late is clearly good for you :)
I'll answer that tonight after work.
:)
having said that, i'm probably in the same boat.
rats ... sinking ship ... Good night :)
Allan McNish video diary. It's in focus. How did that happen?
http://lemans.autosport.com/allan-mcnish-video-diary/
Night
how does sleeping help!
oh wait...
someone else is holding the camera.
For some of it
looks like none of the world cup related links mentioned in the daily works :-(
wordpress is down i think. 2nd time this year.
oh yeah. he's had lessons?
... and for "everybdy is talking aboyt it" I only see white page
works now :-) 50% of the world cup links is now OK :-)
same here, although refreshing intermittently brings it up.
:)
Oh boo at the derailed tram!
bit harsh on mcnish, he's doing his best in a bad car.
Time for bed now
Night all.
night steven
Hehe I am not watching le mans this year!
booo.
I might literally die from lack of sleep. I will have on the daytime stuff, if I am home and it is on tv at all
nuff said. and with that i must turn in or suffer the same fate.
see ya.
Morning.
Why does Le Mans have to have it's qualifying sessions at night?
after my last few weeks and ahead of coming 3-4 weeks I think a brand new definition of "at night" is required :-)
I just won a raffle! Clearly this means I will also win the trip to silverstone as luck is on my side :D
Morning everyone...
Have been enjoying my holiday so far everyone having fun?
Morning. just stoppin by. :-)
I have finished work so soon it will be bowling time! that's like the textbook definition of fun! I think.
Didn't you just have a holiday? Don't you realise that the people need radio?
Yeah I'm in holiday central mode. There may be a show next week.
Woohoo!
Morning all. The sun went away again.
booo. I hope you can keep the rain away it is ruining the tennis :(
This is definitely one of my favourite comments of the year.
because of this comment I chose 74 as my raffle ticket today. And then I won! So it must be all thanks to sidepodcast! Or, my parents.
Guess who I got in the World Cup Sweepstakes? New Zealand!!!
(We get a prize if our team is the worst BTW...)
hooray! Don't worry, they're totally gonna win it all.
Not impressed with third place at all: http://iheartfranck.com/2010/06/11/peugeot-lock-out-le-mans-qualifying/
*checks bank balance. Finds passport application...
:)
I have Denmark. Do I have a chance?
Next tram is 18 minutes away! That is appaling for a friday night. I shall walk to the pub in the cold instead.
complain loudly if they don't serve 'flaming moe' (from the Simpsons - as if you didn't know that :) )
Well this is the thing about the Danes. They're a very quiet kind of people. They don't try and excel, they're happy to be mediocre. Therefore the football team operates the same way.
They should qualify, they have the players, but they don't have the attitude to do it...
I got Japan. I'm totally going to win.
You're all wrong. It's going to be France.
I wanted it to be Spain but my boss got them in the sweepstakes, so I'm not sure now...
Morning.
I think I'm going to have to restrict my Le Mans-watching to one feed, trying to juggle two plus comments plus twitter plus timing has hurt my head. :)
Nice easy day today I think.
We don't have a sweepstake in our office :(
It's a lot of information for 24 hours!
Sidepodcast sweepstakes! No money in, no prizes. Pick your own team/s.
I would like brazil and Australia. In that order
It was hard enough for 4! I'm not staying up for the whole race though.
I can certainly set up a Sidepodsweepstake on the new wiki.
Brilliant idea! The winner has to write a guest post on the World Cup...
Viva has one, places are full now though. I just learned I have Argentina and Chile. I have no idea if that's good :)
http://www.vivaf1.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1945&start=0
(I also can't remember my password so will have to comment there tonight)
I like it :)
Williams are getting in World Cup mood
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13252719
http://sidepodcast.wikia.com/wiki/Sidepodsweepstake_-_2010_World_Cup
I took Denmark, if that's OK?
Of course.
I also have a spread sheet with 5 world cup predictions on that I passed around my colleagues for a laugh:
1) World Cup Winner
2) Top Scorer
3) Best Player
4) Biggest Surprise (Team and Player)
5) Biggest Disappointment (Team and Player)
4) and 5) can potentially be the same team :-)
Or a different one. It's up to you... might just quickly blog it actually...
added my bit
Yay!
Here you go: http://rubbergoat.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/world-cup-predictions/
Nice :)
Can more than one person pick a team?
I think so. And Jeremy has two teams! It's a free for all :)
Cool, I picked England and Spain :)
I left NZ in case Amy wants it?
You can both have it i think
bring on NZ on Tuesday :-)
Oh yeah, that. You'll win, don't worry!
So are Ferrari
http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formula1/News/Headlines/Pages/100610_F1_World_Cup_Fever_Ferrari.aspx
When did the Ferrari website change?
oh and morning :)
replied :)
there is a sports bar in the casino at the track, I watched Euro2008 games there :-) I remember Poland Germany game on Sunday after the race with all the drunk polish fans celebrating Kubica's win later mourning the football loss :-)
I have seen pamela! We have planned post canada dinner :D
Cheers :)
Ooh i do want nz but can't edit from phone!
Morning all.
Failed to find an open bar but there were some stubbies in the fridge back at base.
Speaking of base, our host fished out a bottle of his home-made grog at breakfast and insisted that I try some. Am about to take my dictaphone, notebook and paint-stripper breath to a Peugeot presser.
My bowling name is Lamy
Sounds... fun!
Special World Cup press conference??
Pedro..
We now have a sweepstake :)
We got three teams each because there are only 12 of us (some had to have blanks). So I have..... England, Paraguay and Honduras. Are Honduras even in it?? :)
3 spares in a row!
That's what you call a continental breakfast..
4 spares in a row! Yay me!
Gooo Amy!
I mean Lamy.
Sorted for you ;)
lAmy?
STRIKE!
Live commenting bowling is fun :)
After the first game Lamy is number one female and third overall. Second game still to play, I fear after this cocktail it won't go so well
I have drunk enough to admit my secret love for Party in the USA
Oooh!
SO you have become RG...
I can't help it the music here is SO poppy. They are a currently playing Will Smith. I am secretly hoping for some bsb
Oh boo the dj has taken over and is playing modern doof doof rubbish
Boooooooo!!
I got too excited and spent loads of money today....
Attention Christine!
Franck will be in the #2 car at the start tomorrow. Story is about to go up on you-know-which WEBSITE
YES!
♥
What colour shoes did he have on today? It must be time for some red.
New drivers have to be cleared as safe to run in traffic in the dark so they have a minimum number of laps to complete. 10 I think they said?
Couldn't see, unfortunately. He was sitting behind the others.
Pure vindictiveness by the French – it's so that all the bars are shut by the time I knock off.
Lunch beckons. Not at Audi, obviously. Hurrah for BMW!
Alcohol does not make me bowl better.
Cheers for the updates :)
And keep us posted on who does the best lunch..
Linky: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84313
Ooh yes.
This cannot be a surprise to you.
hope they lose :)
Are you past the 'two beer' talent plateau Amy?
BMW? I wonder if their plating is as yucky as the art car?
audi. clearly. not because they won't feed stuart, just so that franck can win.
#loveyouchristine
What are you after?
nothing!
Okay.
...
What have you done?
:)
Well I must admit, after seeing how cool the Peugeot fans were last year, it's not so bad if they win...
World Cup beer
:)
:)
It looks a bit grey out there: http://www.mobypicture.com/user/virginracing/view/6764549
Any particular reason you've gone for Mexico, Mr C?
Some F1 2010 preview shots with the 2010 cars...
http://www.virtualr.net/f1-2010-first-previews-of-2010-cars-released/
in my head i read it as mexicola, and decided it was meant to be.
are they any good?
According to the betting list we got as part of our crazy ridiculous sweepstake, they are 12th best.
perfect.
can we put up rg's post early? also... how the hell i watch itv online?
Erm. I don't think you can. They do have catchup but not simulcast or whatever it's called.
thais could be an issue
A quick guide to today's matches: http://marileneriddle.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/it-starts-with/
Will anybody be wanting live WC updates (especially for team Mexico)?
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/11/2010-fifa-world-cup-day-1/
They have BTCC live online so I'm guessing they'll have list. But it isn't very good.
*this
Lunch time, going for some air..
http://www.tvcatchup.com/
First game 98 and third. Last game 29 and eighteenth. Oops
Alcohol has a lot to answer for.
awesome
Hi. Just popping by to see what's going on. Reading the comments I realise that being stuck in a hospital room with no way of watching the World Cup isn't such a bad place to be after all :)
I've been told I can go home tomorrow morning - my eye Is looking and feeling lots better but the Doctor wants to keep up the treatment for the rest of the day.
Great news... thanks for letting us know you are getting better...
good news. but you can't miss out on this football business.
At least you are getting better mate ;)
I've been fine all along, although LPG might disagree. I feel a bit of a fraud sitting here, but what else can I do?
Everyone always says that, but they wouldn't make you stay if they didn't think you needed to. They need the beds!
I guess so, another reason to feel I don't really need to be here, but on the other hand I am reasonably cheap and don't need much looking after.
I have an idea for the realtime page - can the current thread part of the page have a toggle that hides some of the post? I'm scrolling up and down to refresh. I am assuming I need to do this on my phone.
Well, that was a convivial lunch, if slightly incongruous – beef paprikash thing with pasta. Andy Priaulx popped over to say hello. They’re having a team strategy meeting before this afternoon’s press conference. Not sure if I’ll be doing that because I have Stefan Mucke and Tomas Enge Q&As to transcribe…
Afternoon
Can't stop but quick question
FP1 & that kick about in the park are on at the same time, yes?
Anyway, I have to pop out for half an hour so
See you at FP
Both kick off at the same time
I was in a bar. Now i am going home. Practice is my priority!
Um did murray just lose to fish? For shame.
He did, and is moaning about something or other as well: http://twitter.com/ACETennisMag/status/15925698876
Now I am at a tram stop snuggling into the scarf I knitted during wimbledon last year. It is the softest thing ever! I think I want to make another this year.
Sounds very pleasant. Enge's a bit mad but I like him.
You have to dp something to keep you awake through all these hours of sport!
*do
Blimey. Two people turn up and have extended conversations, then I get given a Tom Kristensen feature to have a second read of. Will I ever get these Q&As finished????
ahh, am now at home in bed in my pjs. Don't tell any of my friends who are still at the bar but this is my most favourite place to be at 11.23pm on a Friday #oldlady
#sameperson
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/11/live-canada-2010-free-practice-1/
I think I spent half my raffle money on booze tonight but tomorrow I shall spend the other half on yarn to knit a new awesome scarf <3
Is this the first time two events have had live threads at the same time?
oh no my manager wants 'a discussion' in a minute, couldn't he have done it earlier?
What colours?
It could be. I am very confused :)
:)
Which are you watching, if any?
No. We did the Japanese GP and Bathurst at the same time. But they didn't start at the same time
that is a very good question. last years was purple, and if I go for the same yarn again these are my options.
I am not sure I will go for the same yarn again because this stuff is sooo expensive, but oh my god its so soft and warm and amazing.
I vote Douglas Fir.
I think last year I was limited in choice to what shades were on special :D If I can find the same website, I will see what is on special this year
I have x1 realtime open for daily thread, and x2 LCLTs open for the live stuff. I'm probably going to be watching the Beeb commentary for both events, but no actual video.
So that's five tabs. I only have two eyes.
Oh, and also work as well.
More organised than me. I've got the doohickey and the BBC text for the football, haven't got around to the others because I've been doing work...
Oooh, and Twitter too.
*head explodes*
ooh i hear crofty!
in fact I may have to close everything while the bossman is around, enjoy everything people, will catch up later
Where is Mr C? It's his fault we're trying to follow two things and he's not even here!
Maybe his brain exploded too.
you said i had to get my haircut. i can't win :)
fp1 is on too? noooo!
FP1 results: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/11/canada-2010-free-practice-1-results/
am confused which thread everyone is inhabiting :S revision is going okay bassano am so bored of looking at the same english/chem notes all the time though :/ what's going on in the football?
This one's ok
Footie is 1:1
Mexico just equalised
About 15mins to go
South Africa vs Mexico
After FP1 he shot off
Maybe he has to pretend to work ;)
#fantasyracers
Warning: you have less than 10 minutes to make changes!
My changes are as follows:
LCM Barato: Kobayashi replaced by Trulli
LCM Caro: Vettel replaced by Hamilton
LCM Dragons: Sutil replaced by Liuzzi
Balances of drivers:
3 (1) - Hamilton
2 (4) - Senna/Kubica/de la Rosa/Liuzzi
1 (9) - Massa/di Grassi/Trulli/Chandhok/Glock/Webber/Rosberg/Sutil/Kobayashi
Yay! Mucke Q&A finished, despite interruptions of SA vs Mex
So that's where you are then?
Hmmm ;)
Perhaps Enge can linga longa
Yay! Mucke Q&A finished, despite interruptions of SA vs Mex {Comment #439}
Well done :)
Only 1 change for me - dropped Massa for Button. :)
There was also a very strange man with a camera. He appeared to be in his PJs. His trousers were pink with little white pinstripes.
Only 1 change for me - dropped Massa for Button. :) {Comment #443}
Not possible for me - the only team I had Massa in is LCM Alfa, which is only open to drivers whose names end in "A" and is thus a fixed team. In fact Felipe's the second best scorer of that team...
Hello
Is amy around?
Hi Lou
She went to bed during FP1
Lou
I saw Keith [the snapper]'s new studio today
I've got you an invite to the soft launch
that's not a subtle look.
Was it that German presenter?
[Forgotten his name]
ah okay, I wanted to thank her for my 'tiny faded' brawn hoody it's awesome and arrived safely this morning :) amy is awesome
kai. he'll be in canada surely? maybe his doppleganger?
ooooo yaayy!! Can't wait! When is it?
Next few weeks I think. Builders are just doing the finishing touches and his first shoot is tomorrow.
Will certainly let you know
Now what do we do, there's 2hrs till something happens ;)
cool will try make it down if I'm not in an exam :)
Live comment Mr C's haircut?
Otherwise there'll be the exhinition/official launch
This is why he needs iPhone4
*exhibition
will try and make it down when you gimme details :) hehe
nay is scaring me. i think we should confiscate the blackberry.
Certainly
When I know, you will too
[you know what these creative types are like ;)]
She got a Crackberry and you're still friends?
You obviously haven't been taking her to the Apple store enough
#BadFriends
i know it's a crazy world, lou is currently dancing to usher so what can i say. :/
Exam pressure, I can only imagine
Does she have white trainers with big fat laces?
i tried to convince her... I really did but the fact she wanted a cheap phone for the Internet lead to a non apple purchase. Bad times.
noo don't tell them that!!! Oh I need some wine...
yup, and those big gold earrings. and a hoodie. i've only been gone two weeks and look what happens :P
Hamster hoops
i don't even have my ears pierced! Meanie. Okay we are off to get ready for a friends birthday meal. First time em will have driven me anywhere!! Wish me luck! Xxx
It's ages since I listened to this
My Vitriol: Always Your Way
Choon
Bring your crash helmet ;)
Enjoy
. o O ( is baffled by this thing called a "tie" )
Hi again. Unable to find the South Africa came on any online catch-up service..
have gone off the idea, since the unlimited option was culled.
for me the ability to upload high-def videos from the field was a win/win. but not if you're paying £5 per gb it bloomin isn't. they can wait until i get home.
New concept for you guys :)
At least there were goals
I hope there'll be some kick back from this idea or at least one Network chooses to go unlimited
Doubt it though
don't see it happening. i understand why they've done it. it just neuters that one killer feature.
don't see it happening. i understand why they've done it. it just neuters that one killer feature. {Comment #480}
I can see a network doing it but charging an absolute fortune (like maybe tying it to a £50/month package deal) and therefore still not getting many takers.
I understand too, they should reduce prices for those who want to limit their data
£35-40 per month is enough for an 18-24 month period
could happen. it'd still be worth waiting until we got home and before uploading at that price.
it was the perfect storm on paper:
1. record
2. edit / produce
3. upload
all from one device on the go. step 2 had always been missing, and the minute they introduce it, multitasking ensures data charges skyrocket. grr.
Haven't found out yet if all contracts are going to limited data in October or just new ones
as a new user that makes no odds to my situation though.
With 4th Gen LTE networks launch, there's no way a small data plan is gonna cut it
Yeah, true
but the phone doesn't even support that does it>
No, but it could be next years big thing
I'm thinking from a network perspective, maybe they've stopped 3G investment to gear up for LTE
as a new user that makes no odds to my situation though.
Yeah, true {Comment #487}
Would you believe my mobile phone provider only allows me 25MB of internet a month before it issues an excess usage fee? Especially amusing since it's a pay-as-you-go phone for everything except internet (which is normally 30p a day).
Sounds like an old deal, is it worth swicthing to a new plan?
Sounds like an old deal, is it worth swicthing to a new plan? {Comment #491}
It's less bother to stick to the current deal and accept that my phone has a few limitations that have a minor impact on me than to find another provider, mess around with getting the SIM to talk to a non-standard device (no provider has an iPaq in its standard handset list, so I need new data from the relevant provider's tech support whenever I switch providers) and then remember that phone calls home (the main purpose of the device) will cost twice as much because I and the "house mobile" would no longer be on the same provider.
Going to a monthly contract isn't an option because it would at least quadruple my phone bill (assuming a £10/month deal). Plus all the above problems unless I stay with my current provider (in which case lifting the block would be £15/month).
You might be able to stay with your current provider but switch to a different PAYG deal
You might be able to stay with your current provider but switch to a different PAYG deal {Comment #493}
There is only one PAYG tariff with this provider. I thought there was two (and that the second had the same limit but a different charge rate for calls and texts), but they must have withdrawn it.
This WC calendar is superb http://www.wolfatek.com/fifa-world-cup-2010-calendar
I'm a bit concerned that the Serbia/Ghana match overlaps with the GP on Sunday.
I think I'll be watching the race from my mates living room.
Still, more chance of WiFi there I guess
Oh dear, the BBC F1 gossip column is quoting the Daily Star now
Sad times
How many Gbs would you be uploading?
Oh dear, the BBC F1 gossip column is quoting the Daily Star now {Comment# 496}
What next? The editor's aunt's parrot?
Depends how many minutes of HD footage there will be
It can add up
Fair use policy would probably stomp on anything excessive even today
I didn't realise that was possible
or even a "draw" ;)
What i mean is Mr c blames multitasking causing the problem. But HD video will cause a lot of problems too.
I think multitasking is anticipated to increase data usage
so, a short high def clip recorded at the joe meetup was 750MB. let's say i trim the beginning and the end, that's still about 600MB.
and i could've done with uploaded half a dozen of them. so a couple of gb per event?
I'm incapable of doing it, so I imagine it will tax a network hugely
i think hd is burstable. whereas spotify background stream will be constant.
You've turned into Mark Blundell!
Tht would take aaaages over 3G anyway.
Better off doing that over WiFi deinitely
hehehehehe
In practice I think Mr c might have missed a "feature" of the iPhone that Would have kiboshed his plans anyway. I have unlimited data now but I can't upload more than 1 minute of video over 3G. It makes you select the bit you want to send. The only way around it is live "much lower quality" ustreaming which isn't really what he wanted.
It's not like they wouldn't have known about it and smart phone usage is on the increase
Lack of investment in the network
have been watching itv all afternoon.
sure. but set it going and leave it.
Was funny seeing Jim again.
ahh, didn't know that. either way, iphone 4 isn't for me sadly.
I think multitasking is anticipated to increase data usage
I'm incapable of doing it, so I imagine it will tax a network hugely {Comment #507}
My iPaq can multi-task, but it can only have one standard internet connection open at a time* and only one window per browser (one comes pre-installed but it's possible to install others concurrently if you feel like it).
* - It can have 1 x standard (GRPS), 1 x WIFI and 1 x Bluetooth connection running at once. In theory this means you can have three simultaneous internet connections but in practise other computers have to act as gateways between the phone and the internet on the non-standard connections.
The digital world isn't ready for you ;)
I got a text last night from Vodafone to say they would stiff me for another £5 +VAT in roaming charges if I kept my BB connected to data after midnight. Current tariff is £5+VAT per 25MB when roaming. No prizes for guessing my response...
dreams currently on hold.
yowsers.
I mean it's ideal for somebody who is making fun little things while out and about and sharing them with their friends. It's a consumer product. It's not really a professional product. I mean I use one and people, I hope, don't call me a professional broadcaster :)
Well, Enge is done, so I am offski for the evening. Hurrah for finishing before 2am!
Worryingly, we are eating in the same gaff as we did on the Friday night last year, and we all know what happened next.
Audi-os
Don't do it!
Loving YouTube today
JJ72: Oxugen
:)
Not my choice!
The description for you Alex, hasn't been invented yet ;)
Oh dear
Bye Stuart
i'm not saying should be. but it's a phone that records in hd. why wouldn't i want to upload it?
I got a text last night from Vodafone to say they would stiff me for another £5 +VAT in roaming charges if I kept my BB connected to data after midnight. Current tariff is £5+VAT per 25MB when roaming. No prizes for guessing my response...
Probably unprintable! {Comment #519}
My provider does the same. Internet charging is also done as a midnight cut-off, meaning if I am on the internet with it at the wrong part of the day, a 10-minute blog update could cost me 60p.
A minute or two, yes
Alex has a small point
that isn't how you reward incompetence.
What happened last year?
Stuart, could you give us tips fqor the best data plan for Belgium..?
There was a food poisoning incident.
Uh oh..
right. but my 750mb video is only 4mins long. i could cut that to 3 mins no problem. still doesn't mean it's a professional product, does it?
And they're going back!
Is this like russian roulette?
Yes - don't go there!
More like Russian Rilette. Ha! See what I did there?
Right, properly going now, once colleagues cease faffing.
I mean I totally agree. But if everyone does it then we won't be able to do it anyway because the network will be too slow.
If they can't charge for it and they can't limit it then it's not really sustainable sadly :(
I think we're going to need a cheaper technology somehow.
I think he's gone
Roaming charges are terrible, buy a bundle
If you're on o2 you can set a limit too
[which they can't actually enforce and you get your data refunded when you come home :)]
:-) It is for Spa.. the forest probably means sod all signal anyway though... Not sure how everyone will cope.
I'm on Orange. I mean to ask them when my current contract runs out and if I can have a better one, I'll find out then.
I've been advised to bring a small radio for trackside commentary
I'm not expecting the phone to work and won't be going 3G
Maybe it's worth getting a Belgian PAYG SIM card for Belgium?
our perfect setup i think now, is x2 ipads and a shared mifi. christine's phone already streams video. post editing will remain at home for at least another 12 months i guess.
not kanagroo tv?
I thought that was the norm, bringing a little FM radio.. I've got one, somewhere... I usually bring it but forgot at the GT race, and I've moved since I last used it..
Alex: have you registered your interest?
O2 want £20 per month of remaining contract to upgrade [+handset price] so they can take a running jump
Camera connection kit + iMovie for iPad
Can edit before you get home or do via MiFi
I got paid today, checked my account, can now afford a Goodwood ticket. I will do that now. :)
Maybe MiFi, haven't decided
How much is Kangaroo for the weekend or just the race?
imovie is coming to the ipad?
I haven't. I am out of contracact though.
It will, am positive
It has to, makes no sense not to be there
Is Kat getting it? :)
the ipad has no camera? it make no sense being on there?
Plus, it'll be compatible when iOS is launched for it
Camera connection kit
Is mifi unlimited?
Won't they bring imovie or whatever the editing thing is called? out for the iPad? Then you can transfer to the ipdad edit and upload on miff?
i thought it only did jpeg and raw?
It doesn't have a camera but it has photos...
Don't know, mp4/m4v should be fine
nope. but with an ipad there's no camera, so can just be used for web browsing. i needed unlimited bandwidth for video.
Lost a few letters towards the end there.
15GB per month for £22
http://www.threemediacentre.co.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=488
Right so it doesn't matter if they bring out iMovie it still isn't going to work.
Upload from Starbucks?
I need to pop into a Three store and see if I can use a PAYG Belgian sim in Spa. I'll go down the MiFi route then
i know.
my interest in the iphone4 was hd video + imovie + uploading = win. that was the OMG moment, that would have made be pay.
without that, the mifi is by far the preferable option, because it's not tied to a single device.
Just a reminder for entries to the TMR Game..
http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/08/tmr-game-week-20/
wonder if anyone's tried it. video editing via touch would be bliss, but i was thinking it would come to v2 of the pad.
Yeah, I want to speak to someone who is local to me who has experience of it's usefulness & coverage
I need to pop into a Three store and see if I can use a PAYG Belgian sim in Spa. I'll go down the MiFi route then {Comment #570}
You just need to unlock the phone at an independent phone store.
we have good 3 coverage. our dongle is good, but tied to one laptop at a time. a shared wifi spot would solve that.
It's OS dependant isn't it?
Similar hardware I'd imagine
Nope, iPhone OS needs to be hacked [jailbroken] and I'm not doing that till I get a new handset
it'll be useless running on an ipad at x2 size surely? you'd need apple to release a proper app. will they? who knows.
Nope, iPhone OS needs to be hacked [jailbroken] and I'm not doing that till I get a new handset {Comment #578}
There I was thinking it was just the SIM that needed the treatment. Way to ensure excessive restrictiveness and impair creativity, Apple!
Yeah, a native version should be there
But with the iPhone 4 resolution, I think the x2 thing will go away
It's never the SIM, the handsets are what locks to a network
Apple lock down their equipment to ensure they work, and they do
fair point. time will tell.
for bassano, justine and ant: http://lemans.autosport.com/snaps/picture.php/dir/lm10snapsdav/image/lm_730_dsc03188-6
for christine, franck and ant: http://lemans.autosport.com/snaps/picture.php/dir/lm10snapsdav/image/lm_09212004_dsc03106-6
green shoes!
http://lemans.autosport.com/snaps/picture.php/dir/lm10snapsdav/image/lm_09212004_dsc03089-6
When towing aircraft, stay away from the bits that hang down
http://drop.io/bassanoclapper/asset/asam-0001-jpg
http://drop.io/bassanoclapper/asset/asam-0002-jpg
http://drop.io/bassanoclapper/asset/asam-0003-jpg
http://drop.io/bassanoclapper/asset/asam-0005-jpg
Nose & Fan Cowl change!
:D
Ant's so smiley
It wants me to log in.
One sec
oww
knee just 'clicked' and now it hurts..
http://tinypic.com/m/ak7eo5/1
http://tinypic.com/m/ak7eph/1
http://tinypic.com/1r50w577
http://i47.tinypic.com/2yocos0.jpg
The Goodwood ticket buying site has improved a ton, hasn't it?
I like that you can reserve a programme, I spent ages queuing for that last year.
Ticket bought for the Sunday.
Wow..
Pricey fix?
Kangaroo TV €50 for the weekend, hmm
Nose cowl is probably about £150,000
Fan Cowl maybe £10-20,000 both may be repairable
Hello :) sorry for not being able to do the daily... I feel quite bad about that but I just had no time whatsoever yesterday due to other rubbish stuff
Wowzers
No probs Lukeh. Mine is nowhere near as fun as yours, Mr C was disappointed :)
a stream please?
my firefox says - "This broadcast has now ended" my safari says - "This stream has finished" , at least I have a choice :-)
Heheh nice ad http://www.youtube.com/user/VerizonWireless#p/u/14/XQ1aHNhqsvg
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/11/canada-2010-free-practice-2-results/
Is it all done now? I was very impulsive today and spent all my holiday money on an OU course....
Yes. What's the course?
I was hoping you'd save that for Spa ;)
It's an introductory managementy course.
Good idea. Is this a one year course to get you back into education mode so you can go back to uni next year?
It's only 6 months with a possible 6 month follow up course if I want to get a professional certificate thingy.
But yeah. I want to see if I'm enjoying studying these kinds of subjects before I commit to doing something else full time. I can't afford to have another false start.
@F1Photos:
There are more people in the stands watching the support race on Friday than there were in Turkey for the race!
Sounds good. Best of luck with that
Says it all
Thanks :) I hope I like it. If not it's a lesson best learned now.
Very true
Good luck, when do you start?
End of July, a week after I'm back from my holiday.
Dubai, by any chance?
Oooh yes :D Did I not tell you. I'm off out on the 30th June for 12 days :)
I remember someting about planning to go, now you mention it
Guess it'll be mega hot then
Yeah. Horrific I'm sure. I was just going to stay indoors. I like indoors :P
Bernie giving the teams some grief over garage advertising
Power play over the Pirelli deal it is thought
Adam Cooper writes: here
He [Bernie] also denied that there was any connection with the tyre negotiations: “It’s nothing to do with Pirelli. I hope Pirelli don’t get the contract, and Michelin don’t get it, and we can have Avon…”
Pirelli it is then
He [Bernie] also denied that there was any connection with the tyre negotiations: “It’s nothing to do with Pirelli. I hope Pirelli don’t get the contract, and Michelin don’t get it, and we can have Avon…”
Pirelli it is then {Comment #622}
Or a Pirelli/Michelin tyre war, probably with each company having to bring one compound at the start of the year which must cover all dry-weather circumstances...
I thought a tyre war was ruled out this year due to the rules
Does Bernie not own a share of Avon
I thought a tyre war was ruled out this year due to the rules {Comment #624}
It would be easy for the FIA to rewrite them for 2011...
But if he's saying he wants Avon, he must mean something else
I guess
Probably
If the teams agree and they all want Pirelli, Todt & Bernie must want something else though
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84328
Bernie just wants money
Michelin keen to come back with bulging pockets?
Michelin keen to come back with bulging pockets? {Comment #632}
Todt keen on bringing France back into F1?
I doubt Bernie cares who pays. He will be arguing about things like advertising writes and sort of things like that which he can screw a few quid out off
AAAAAMMMMMMYYYYY!
Jean Luc picked up his knighthood
http://twitpic.com/1vx96q
:D
Stand by to beam one straight to sickbay
Hah :)
Is everyone resting from brightly lit screens after a a whole day of sport?
Too early? You got me instead. Not here long though.
I think they are waiting for the buzzing in their ears to go away. Hope Mr C doesn't get his fly swatter out or we could have another sporting injury
I'm watching Bones. I'm confused because they have another season contracted but this finale seems very final.
It was a question about McLaren membership, I think Amy has it
Anyone else?
How's Jeremy anyway, got that iPad yet?
It's a dream ;)
He is really in the shower
I has it too but i just paid money and it turned up.. I'll try to answer...
Day one for the iPad my friend! 16GB WiFi + 3G. Do do do do dooo... I'm lovin' it (did you get that Macca's jingle over there?)
I was at work today and found a document that told me to phone a company called Enron in case of an electrical emergency. I don't feel completely secure....
Sadly yes ;)
Is everyone resting from brightly lit screens after a a whole day of sport? {Comment #639}
I'm going through the results PDF for that survey I did in February. Some interesting stuff is already clear and I'm still on page 4...
Not Emcor?
I guess the procedures have not been updated this year then
No no it definitely says Enron.
Get the Timing App
Be afraid
They might start an electrical fire and run off with all my money :( :( :(
Brraazziiilll!!
http://twitpic.com/1vxchf
I went and sat on the sofa for an hour, watched the football debrief thing and the news.
There's a Blur doco on BBC4
Wow, nice!
Pat, you have McLaren membership?
Wow that's old
Nope
Am applying for a garage tour on the Spa friday, can go with other members
Thing is I'm sure they folded before my shop even took the lease on those premises.
I can't imagine another company would like to take that on as their name :P
Ah good
It is old info?
2001 or 2002. There are old documents at work for our electricity contracts, when Enron went down British Gas took over ours so I'd assume yours too
Well it's on a clean crisp piece of paper. I didn't find it rotting behind the safe or anything daft like that. I'll investigate tomorrow :D
waaay ahead of you there. we even have it on all the demo iPads in australia. I'm pretty sure I had nothing to do with that (decision probably made in USA) but i showed the app to everyone in Sydney head office when I bought it for the iPhone last year (day one!)
That's probably where the money is
You probably don't need any app recommendations I guess :)
I probably wasn't clear. I do have a joint McLaren membership with Zoe. They didnt even ask to see membership cards for the pit tour in Melbourne so we were able to sneak Paul and Pamela in with us.
Ah I see. I don't want to know!!
The website is doing a draw, I assumed you had to be invited
Maybe the number of members in Aus is a tiny tiny proportion of what it is here.
I'm always on the look out for good ones. My favourite is probably the Eye TV app from Elgato because I use their tv tuner on my mac at home and can now watch live or recorded tv on my iphone or ipad anywhere I have WiFi or 3G. The network I use in Australia is fast enough for this.
Amy won and brought me as her guest. She and I had both applied
Are Vodafone dropping their unlimited data plans there too for iPhone 4?
I assume she'll apply for Spa too
It's asking for member friends numbers, doesn't matter
not sure yet - for some reason we don't get the phone until end of july. this is the thanks we get for being one of the highest adopting nations... with a small population
I couldn't (and still can't) access the site :(
Even Canada have to wait
is it some kind of system whereby the more friends you have that are members, the more chance you have of winning?
i'd be happy to get you our member numbers. it might have to wait until tomorrow though
Don't think so
Just a random draw I think
No good you winning if you won't be there :D
another reason to move to the UK or 'King of the Hill' country in the good ol' USofA
Are you sure your name isn't actually Jeremy? ;)
Good point, mate
I think Amy will win the vodafone competition and take me... right? :P
I'll just send you my membership cards
Sounds good
I really have to get ready for work now. Laters y'all :)
Cheers Jeremy, catcha later
Never realised before, Massa has only ever driven in F1 with Ferrari engines
Lewis not happy with this afternoon's run: http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/06/11/option-tyres-are-useless-says-hamilton/
NIIIIIIIIIIICK!?!
Won't it be the middle of the night there?
He went out to brunch and hasn't surfaced since then :S
He has those brunches a lot, he'll be asleep on the sofa and wake up with a big hangover
He better not be!!! He'll have more than a hangover to worry about!!!!
Were you promised a phone call?
Not specifically. I'm going to bed in a minute anyways, I'm up at 5.40 :(
I just would be annoyed if he got in and didn't even say hello. I'm thinking he's out though....
Late night brunch?
It lasts all day
It's quite inappropriately named
Haven't been keeping up with the race edits, they are really good
Turkey & Monaco done, wonder how many I've missed
http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits.html
Wonder if they can make Spain look good
I'm getting a lie-in tomorrow :)
Good stuff
I've only got one more early shift on 7's before I go back to Mon-Fri
hi everyone
Hi Leigh
hi bassano,
on the off chance that anyone is looking for, the friday canada review will not be up until the morning - i'll be busying myself with le mans qualifying and fp2 in a while
:)
how did you miss this?
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/04/official-f1-video-reveals-more-team-radio-from-turkey/
I really wanna see Inception
Christopher Nolan did such a great job with the Batmans, this could be fantastic
too much sport
I haven't seen any.
I dip in and out a lot to the site and mostly straight to the comments
Guess I miss a lot
how did you miss this?
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/04/official-f1-video-reveals-more-team-radio-from-turkey/
You should, they're always good
my main beef with realtime. hopefully brining improvement to ye olde comments this week. am determined to make it the best commenting experience ever.
Looks at date
I know why, it was my first early shift that day :)
That was the radio discussion thing and I didn't particularly care...
it was the controversy of the week :)
So is getting up at 5am round my place
i used ye olde comments during FP2 and then remembered LCLT ;)
surely you were curious to hear it?
Those edits are really good. I should really look at them more. I remember really liking the Spain one and then not remembering to look again.
Plug: Results of the FIA/FOTA Survey (Part 1) - an analysis of the first part of the PDF with the full results in it.
Why? You told me what was said.
Ye Olde is good for the iPad if you want to focus on the session and not be distracted by the World Cup stuff
have been using ye olde almost exclusively since wednesday. the copy and paste thing is annoying, but i'm loving the 'p' key to load new comments when i'm ready.
ooh must read.
You can't copy and paste?
but you have to hear lewis' voice. there's soo much distrust in there.
i have to copy and paste. click to quote isn't working yet.
In my opinion, it was over-analysed.
Like Monaco
[paraphrasing]:
You want me to look after my tyres or you want me to overtake these guys?
i like that they are "live enabled" its a really good way of catching up with things you miss if you leave, chrome doesn't seem too keen on lclt for me anyway.
What isn't these days?
also another good one, but that made the tv feed, turkey didn't.
Racing that isn't F1 :)
but you've made that decision, without hearing it?
Nah, uncertainty isn't the same as distrust.
But they have 1000 times more adverts ;)
i agree. and that sounded like distrust.
Gotta say, let's have more Nick Heidfeld for at least one session a race weekend - he was simply fantastic today!!
:D
Alia, can you explain weighted and non-weighted results?
Can't really call it paranoia can you :P
I want him to say Castrol Rankings
To be honest by that stage I'd have enough of the whole thing, it came a day or two after the Vettel/Webber thing which I'd got bored of.
agreed
He didn't say it, but at least we got a "bull****" out of him - which ably describes the Castrol Rankings
Very true
I should watch more of these videos. The Monaco one has some great shots in it too. There's even a close up of Claire for Mr C :P
to me that's been the only thing of interest this whole season. it's the main reason i'm even watching canada. hoping for a '07 replay :)
I agree. It felt like an age since we've heard anything from him. I hate that he doesn't have a drive this year.
did i see that? hmm, can't hurt to check...
she summed up my rubens reaction well
I'm hoping for more of an '08 replay... not that its ever going to happen anytime soon
When Rubens is destroying his car.
what happened in canada in 07, other than Alonso going off at turn 1 half a dozen times?
I hadn't noticed what an immense job that Force India did of getting out the way!!
that kubica crash
Was that Claire?
I rewound to check :P She has Claire embroidered on her shirt so i'd say yes
I find him very boring to race but maybe he has a career in commentating
the '07 season, as team mates torn each other to pieces and drove each other off the road.
i wouldn't want to see that kind of thing again
I remember a lot of things about Canada, but I seem to forget that happened there.
Good hunch :D
Spa was good that year. Alonso forcing Hamilton as wide as possible. ;)
To me it was driver error (Vettel's), there was a gap and he got it wrong. I didn't understand all the comments that came after it, the team made a comment and suddenly people were inventing conspiracies... Way too early for that.
With that in mind, it felt like people were trying to overlay that on to McLaren and invent one there too...
Alia, can you explain weighted and non-weighted results? {Comment #745}
The survey results come in two columns.
The "non-weighted" results are the actual survey results.
The "weighted" results were put through the results of a viewing profile developed last year after some other survey based on audience data. The numbers are very different, which I believe is due to the factors explained early on in the entry (i.e. the people who are willing to spend 4 hours in front of a screen filling in a survey tend to have a certain amount of commitment to F1, which tends to be associated with avid fans who have followed the sport for a while).
However, if my explanation is not clear in the entry, that suggests I need to figure out a better explanation and then put it in. Otherwise most of the entry makes little sense.
Lets hope he can be convinced to come and do some more for the BBC ;)
What struck me when I watched that accident was how quickly the marshall had the yellow flags out. He'd hardly gone offline and suddenly he's swapped out his green flag.
that is the lady indeed. don't know how i missed her, thanks alison :)
that kind of thing. i'd like that from lew/but and vet/web for the rest of the season please.
I can still remember Martin Brundle on the gridwalk suggesting Alonso may try to make a move on Hamilton into turn 1.
best in the world
i think we will. and possibly between the 4 of them as well. Although I'd like to see Hamilton/Alonso go at it.
http://tinypic.com/1r50w577
Good spot
Weighted in favour of ardent fans?
without it, i'm not looking forward to valencia :)
as alia says:
"Clearly those who fill in these sorts of surveys are the highly dedicated, long-term followers of the sport. As someone who has watched since 1993, I classify squarely into that category. "
Yeah, I got that.
I'm trying to understand the 'weighting', seems a bit misleading to me
I suspect they are trying to get the survery to indicate what they want it to
Weighted in favour of ardent fans? {Comment #780}
The opposite. The non-weighted results had 66.8% of respondents having watched F1 for over 10 years, 84.2% watching more than 12 races last year, 85.4% watching races from beginning to end and just under 70% describing F1 as their favourite sport.
So the weighted results bring the casual viewers into play more - but there is a certain amount of imprecision due to how few of them responded to the survey (as if a 4-hour survey is going to attract hordes of spectators at the margins of F1 support).
almost certainly. they are weighting the results back to account for fans who aren't dedicated enough to fill in surveys.
Mr saward speaks in 5. Min
Cool
You gonna keep commenting?
This years race only needs 1 overtake to be an improvement, there were none last year.
Of the people who didn't answer, here's what they thought
I'd fill in a survey but 4 hours!?! Are you kidding me??? Who would do that ever??
really? you have the team boss, bending over backwards to accommodate the opinion of nobody, who was blatantly biased against the innocent party.
what the heck do you need?
Especially as they only listen to what they want to
More overtaking, keep tracks like Spa & Silverstone
signing off to listen
they lost my trust in 2008, i'm not remotely interested in taking part again.
And one of the drivers in the incident saying: dig deeper guys, to the press
oooh yay!
*dead jealous*
Agreed
Its pretty normal to have weighted and unweighted analysis' of info for surveys though - its about adjusting so that you get a balance of population. I tend to find that work where no weighting has taken place is more likely to suffer from indication bias (but then I spent a sorry amount of last year and this digging the bias out of others results to get a true picture, and not even for cash; so am maybe just a little, um, more of a results geek than your average lpg)
But if you're after the ardent fan, why would you not want to bias the results so as to attract them to you like moths to a flame??
Yeah, I got that.
I'm trying to understand the 'weighting', seems a bit misleading to me
I suspect they are trying to get the survery to indicate what they want it to {Comment #783}
Possibly. However, the results they have seem to reveal their secrets relatively easily. The casual supporters have put such different answers to the dedicated ones that it is, for example, quite simple to work out which sort of viewer likes using phone apps the most. And therefore why F1 is doing particular things.
it's a hotbed of politics just ripe to explode. i cannot see them keeping a lid on it.
whoop!
But surely they want more people to watch. They figure they're stuck with the lot of you already :P Who cares what you think ;)
Is gonna be a bust up at one of the top 3 teams this year, for sure ;)
I'd fill in a survey but 4 hours!?! Are you kidding me??? Who would do that ever?? {Comment #790}
Me. I have the wiki entry to prove it (and actually, it took me 4 hours and 7 minutes).
We know what'll improve the sport
The casual fan just wants it better
Are you all shocked it's not Alonso losing his rag?
Massa is not a threat, so no
agreed
You're assuming Ferrari are top 3 :D
That's just patronising! Anyways. They don't care about sport. They care about cash. How do they make people watch who don't already or who do so infrequently?
i would hope he learnt something from 2007, so no. but we'll see.
Especially as they only listen to what they want to {Comment #792}
It was a point of principle. I wanted my opinion on official record, I wanted to record the process for posterity, so that's what I did.
More overtaking, keep tracks like Spa & Silverstone {Comment #792}
Those come later in the survey.
The ardent fan is more likely to utilise word of mouth to draw others in, which is a more cost effective (although potentially slower) way of growing your audience share. It also leads to a better long term retention rate, as there is a personal investment in starting your involvement.
I remember having awful arguments when he was formally announced about how he wasn't going to have a mental breakdown and there weren't a lot of people who agreed with me.
I would have agreed. but then I support Alonso ;)
they lost my trust in 2008, i'm not remotely interested in taking part again. {Comment #794}
The year they foolishly decied to sell the results instead of making them freely available? That was really stupid of them...
Noi it's not, the more people who are passionate about the sport will have a greater understanding on why it's failing right now [though the last few races have been brilliant]
If the sport is exciting, the cash will follow as the sponsors trip up over themselves to come back
The world is returning to financial normality
that's the one.
But if you're after the ardent fan, why would you not want to bias the results so as to attract them to you like moths to a flame?? {Comment #798}
Because, as the survey results seem to indicate, that takes time. 3-4 years appears to be the crucial timeframe, though that remains a data-backed hypothesis rather than a certainty.
He needs Rob, I'd love to see if Mr Smedley could drive it as well as he can coach it
He's the talented half of the duo
[ok, that's harsh, but you see my point]
But you don't even agree with each other.... Steven and Mr C could argue forever about refueling. And I'll leave Nick's views on well anything out of it.... There isn't one "ardent fan" viewpoint. Also lets not be naive, money comes before any of our desires or requirements.
i think it's a good combination. it didn't work with fissi and there's nothing wrong with him as a driver. if rob was that good, what happened?
The Hamilton/Alonso self-destruction at McLaren turned me off intra-team infighting for life. Negativity, paranoia, veiled threats, insults. No thank you.
He definitely is. Massa can be fast but he's a rubbish racer. I'm sure if you put him in the lead he can drive speedily but he'd never get past anyone.
100% agree. the surveys are a means to make the dedicated fan feel loved.
which is a good thing, because people like to feel loved.
Did Fisi listen to him?
That car was a pig anyway
he came within a corner of being a world champion!
That's because they didn't ask "what do you think of Tilke's work?"
If he'd won, I'd never have watched again :P
fair enough. i don't think you can pass off what happened in turkey as people blowing things out of preparation, or finding things that don't exist. by all means ignore it, but it's something very much worth discussing.
*proportion (damn spell check)
They figure they're stuck with the lot of you already :P Who cares what you think ;) {Comment #801}
They want more money. If the attendance figures are anything to go by (other indicators that may test this theory come later), there's still quite a bit of capacity to get us ardent fans to give the FOM (and other people associated with F1 such as circuit owners) more money...
Even if their motives were purely "more fans", then knowing the ardent profile means they've got a better idea of what indicators show that a casual fan has become an ardent one. That can be useful because different sorts of fan want different things.
The F60 wasn't as bad as people made out. No driver would have been able to start driving a car half through a season without have time to learn how the car handled. It would have been the same with any of the cars.
it was fast in massa's hands before the accident.
Damon Hill won one too
shoulda been more than once. evil schumi.
Maybe they ought to start racing in countries where people actually cared then
You can fluke out with anything though. Remember that awful awful Renault last season? And how it crashed out of 2nd place in the first race?!?
Well, maybe so
But you don't even agree with each other.... Steven and Mr C could argue forever about refueling. And I'll leave Nick's views on well anything out of it.... There isn't one "ardent fan" viewpoint. {Comment #820}
This is very true and may emerge later on if it turns out that there are polarised results in the next section (where things like the refuelling issue lurked on the survey).
If by Renault you think BMW then you know what I mean....
OI, that was our awful car I think you'll find, and we woulda won too.
i don't see the connection. the car was hopeless and massa had the measure of world champion kimi in the same car. exactly what is a bench mark if that isn't?
#vettelsfault
true story
And I've never liked him since
#sliiightexageration
What I'm saying is that he's fast over one lap definitely. He's definitely a fast driver. But he couldn't get past a milkfloat....
massa? i can recall a particularly special pass on lewis in... germany? he out lewis'd lewis.
Considering what Kimi did in the car in the after Massa's accident, I would have loved to have seen Massa driving it. Ferrari would have finished a comfortable third.
THe car understeered. Massa liked that Kimi didn't. I predicted Alonso beating Massa and proving he is not as good as his reputation simply because Alonso likes the same kind of car as him
agreed.
The Ferrari was never suited to Kimi's style
He won the championship because McLaren threw it away
He's Frank Bruno
Can punch hard but can't box
and because he won more races.
He's the talented half of the duo
[ok, that's harsh, but you see my point]
i think it's a good combination. it didn't work with fissi and there's nothing wrong with him as a driver. if rob was that good, what happened? {Comment #821}
The whole (Massa + Rob + F60) was greater than the sum of its parts (in other words, what Mr C said ;) ). A lot greater in the case of the car. That there was no testing time to enable Fisi and the F60 (which required the opposite traits to what Fisi had to be optimised, hence why Kimi went well on occasion) to gel properly didn't help either. (
That's how it works, mostly
He has rarely been consistent over a season either and never over a season where his team mate has put him under serious pressure
Did Fisi listen to him? {Comment #825}
He listened more than Badoer ever did if the radio exchanges were anything to go by. In fact the only complaint I saw Rob make about Fisi in the interviews he did at the end of 2009 was that he was too nice to everyone outside the car!
I think Badoer drove round each race shouting to himself, "I can't believe they let me drive this thing"
Maybe they ought to start racing in countries where people actually cared then {Comment #836}
And make the tickets cheap enough so that avid fans in the countries that have races can consider going every year instead of just as an occasional treat.
I just realised that Seb seems to be doing Zombie practice a la Shaun of the Dead in yesterday's pic
http://static.sidepodcast.com/content/2010/06/vettel_schumacher_playing_football.jpg
i don't see the connection. the car was hopeless and massa had the measure of world champion kimi in the same car. exactly what is a bench mark if that isn't? {Comment #842}
That car required a certain very oversteery style. Massa had it. When Kimi felt there was something to aim for (which was less of the season than one might have hoped), he had it. It's a benchmark, but with a car that appears to be better driven in understeer mode (like this year's Ferrari), matters get a bit complicated.
This... silverstone with my lot is not going to happen any time soon.
(although I do wonder if there is a book in doing the circuit with children in tow... not one that would sell though rofl)
This... silverstone with my lot is not going to happen any time soon.
(although I do wonder if there is a book in doing the circuit with children in tow... not one that would sell though rofl) {Comment #861}
There could be such a book - but not until Bernie makes F1 cheap enough that circuit organisers can afford to make tickets cheaper!
Too true! DS1 says that he could learn everything he needs to from going to every race (and I suspect that home ed by formula one would be very doable, all that history, politics, languages and economics :-) ).
But he also says that he would need to go and see the cars up close to 'do physics'. He has a touching confidence in my ability to fix this :-)