Why hello! You've had a day to recover from the prolonged chaos that was Canadian Grand Prix, so hopefully you are all doing well. Lets not hang about and see what was going on yesterday:
F1 News
- Yesterday Autosport reported on Lewis Hamilton being spotted having a private meeting with Christian Horner. Whilst it has been dismissed as a social visit, specultation is high on the future of the 2008 World Champion and where he might be driving after 2012.
- Felipe Massa made contact with the wall during the grand prix whilst attemtping to lap Karthikeyan who as it turns out was confused as to what tyres he was on, and as such was driving around on slicks beleiveing they were Inters.
- Martin Whitmarsh has described Jenson Button's Canadian Grand Prix win as being amongst F1's greatest.
Ferrari are still saying that it is too early to rule out the title, realisticly it is look very unlikely considering Ferrari has yet to finish ahead of Vettel this year.
- In other news, Di Resta believes his penalty was too harsh, Steve Nielsen has left Renault and Sauber were dissappointed by their dry pace.
- The first pictures of Robert Kubica leaving the hospital have emerged, the pictures show for the first time the extent of the injuries he suffered back in February.
Non-F1 Stuff
- As a Doctor Who fan have you ever wondered how River Song's timeline fits in with the Doctors? Well this is for you. It shows three timelines, the universe, River Songs and finally the Doctor's. Simply click on a tile and the timelines will match up!
SidepodNews
- With yesterday being Monday it means there are some new tweets of the week most of which are about the action packed weekend in Canada.
- With today being Tuesday, it can mean only one thing its Rankings day! If you've seen anything you think a driver might deserves points for, now is the time to bring it to Christine's attention.
As I have done in the last couple of Daily Posts I shall leave you with a video, this time with Nico Rosberg and the Mercedes team explaining how brakes work:
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 14th June 2011
- Tweets of the Week - Four hours, four minutes and thirty-nine seconds
- Canada 2011 - Team standings
- Canada 2011 - Driver standings
- Daily: 13th June 2011
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 14th June 2011
- Tweets of the Week - Four hours, four minutes and thirty-nine seconds
- Canada 2011 - Team standings
- Canada 2011 - Driver standings
- Daily: 13th June 2011
Hey everyone
Something else new and exciting we've been working on: http://tinyurl.com/f1365book
Ooohhh... very interesting
:D
Morning. Bank Holiday yesterday so it's a crazy Monday for me today.
Definitely getting a Kindle now ;)
Hehe.
It's worth saying we're working on an iBooks version too.
ooh the chef on masterchef tonight has a cake shop in melbourne that i didn't know existed and now i feel that I MUST GO THERE. Bet the cakes ain't cheap though.
there is Kindle for iPhone, iPad etc I think
Amy, do I have to buy a US Kindle or can you buy a UK one if you don't live there?
I think you have to buy a US one.
Bugger. If I buy a UK one I don't pay import tax...
Just heard the new Arctic Monkeys album - not bad at all. A definitely move back to form.
7/10 from me
:)
are the Danish quite tough on that? I never have to pay it even on things that apparently are subject to it.
plus the UK one is equivalent of 172 euro and the US one is 130, so its a fair bit cheaper in the first place anyway :)
I just remember Denmark doesn't use euros, but the sentiment is there :D
Fairly.
this will not do ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_iphone_mkt_lnd?docId=1000423903
Yeah I'm confused now. It's something to do with where you buy the books...
well, I am still old fashioned real book in hand reader. I gave up on newspapers but not ready yet to give up real books
It says if I live outside the UK I have to buy it from Amazon.com and redirects me here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DZ1Y7M
I assume if you get the app from the Danish App Store it'll automatically get the books from the US store.
A mini post about the book, bigger post later: http://sidepodcast.posterous.com/introducing-365-f1-stories-for-the-kindle
if you select Denmark it says "Your international shipment is subject to VAT. This is the same VAT rate you pay when you buy products in your country. There are NO customs duties or any other fees. We will show you the estimated VAT upon checkout."
Yeah. But I wanted to get the device too.
I've been looking at the sample. I can't quite believe the amount of work that must have gone into it!!
I did 2 things just now:
1) got myself Kindle App for iPhone
2) bought to book
now let's see what is all the hype about :-)
Indeed.
*hugs*
I still reckon the US one will be cheaper, even with the tax.
I looked at the sample and then I bought it and now I must request that Sidepodcast folks stop writing because between you and Alex you'll bankrupt me :D
book downloaded, it appeared right next to the Treasure Island and Pride & Prejudice (those apparently come with the Kindle App) looks like I have something to read on my travels to and from the office :-)
There will be a part two, I'm afraid :)
I guess thats still better than the same book in 3 formats.
I'm a sucker for supporting those I know :)
quick note about the kindle book.
we've included a table of contents (TOC) at the beginning, but it doesn't show up in the current version of the kindle app (not sure about the actual kindle device). as the book adhere's to a standard spec, i'm assuming that the kindle app is a bit out of date and a future software update from amazon will magically pop up a TOC at some point.
No TOC on the kindle either.
in case anyone is in our beautiful city this coming Saturday:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226746560668986
They promise to pop up announced around the place, so I suspect Friday night may be fun and the usual party locations ...
un-announced was meant to be typed
apparently it's an extra #40.
Hi all,
Nice to see Mr and MRs C doing an ebook...
I'll download a sample and go from there :-)
I use my kindle app religiously....although it's all geek based reading ({Maxwells equations, physics ciursebooks etc)....actually come to think of it I did read the stigs book and that was alright
cheers. must be built to v1, and we're using v2. am already exciting by version 3 of the spec. keep up amazon!
Purchased! $6.90 from the US Kindle Store!
(hearts)
it was $6 only for me, no tax probably as we do not have such thing here
$4 for me, but that extra $2 charge only disappeared in Australia recently.
What's going on in the world of F1?
Seems the big news is the RBR/LH rumours...
Martin Brundle wrote a good account of what LH needs to do to sort himself out a little
Cool. $6.90 is 36DKK which is less than the cost of a pint ;)
Oh,,...I did include a link but that didn't work
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13754746.stm
Mike Coughlan did a little Q&A about how nice it is to be back in F1, Virgin are stopping work on their 2011 car, leading them to being 110% away from Q1 pole by September and Ken Block will be burning Pirelli rubber at Monza in August.
Apart from that, nowt much really.
and so is $6 here, #expensivebeer
Mike C gave an interview? I would've thought he wants to keep his head down and get on with it. Anything particularily smug from him?
Without wishing to sound rather odd, does anyone know a handy way to record calls on the iPhone?
I've got some interviews lined-up for the podcast and am looking for a handy way to do it with quality when I'm not at home with my mixer.
Nowt out of the ordinary - Williams are a great tea, looking to move on, great to be back in F1, photocopiers in Grove are expensive...
It should have a sound recorder built in....just check in your apps...
It cuts out when phone calls start (by law I think)
I should add that there is app that records and announces at the start of the call that the conversation is being recorded, but unfortunately it appears to be US only
isn't today a day when Team Lotus announces that new big "sponser" ?
Oh you're trying to record the actual phone call? Didn't realise that....I'm stumped I'm afriad...maybe search the apps store online? Failing that do the phone call via loudspeaker and record somehow from that?
I use a sound recorder religiously in lectures etc, godsend.
They already made one announcement this morning.
ooops, missed that (unless it was the Williams tunnel)
Still looking for something suitable / easy to use
I did that for the Pippa Mann interview and the interference was dreadful
Buy a HTC :-)
Buy a HTC :-)
Yep - twas the windtunnel news. Haven't heard anything else yet
No idea what a HTC is, but I'll have a look.
Cheers
that does not sound like a sponsor deal
Can't you do it over the web? Skype style etc?
Not when I'm in work or on the move
Android phone! There's bound to be some software out there...
Ok well it might be an impossibilty then!!
I only bought my current phone three weeks ago...
when reading this tweet...
... I did not really expect info about Lotus using Williams wind tunnel
Fair enough.....let me skype my iphone guru and see what he says
I think yr asking for an impossibilty though with the current range of apps and you needing to be on the move as opposed to being sat at a PC recording
Yep, pretty much. Oh well.
Hmmm... I may have clocked a somewhat convoluted idea actually
iTalk Recorder and Vnotes are being mentioned to me....
Means nothing to me (I can't search iPhone apps...no iPhone)
Cheers - will have a looksee
:)
Oh well good luck either way........
My friend's telling me that Apple don't like you to run 3rd party software whilst calling (something about it clashing with the app that's making the call)...only way to record direct from the phone is if Apple launch an official app..
He went down the audi recording route....ie sticking a lead out your headphone socket into a small recorder..might not pick up your voice though
audio recording route
I think I've a way around that
oooh cars 2 will be at imax. I think I'll go see it there, nothing like a 7 storey movie to make you feel ill :)
Oooohhh... the Hamilton / Stewart swap at Watkins Glen is today
I saw one of the most amzing Imax films at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida...massive 200 ft whatevr sized screen....amazing 3D images of the moon etc...my OH fell asleep within 3 mins! Fail.
it's not is it? tunnel news has been expected for weeks and weeks. not sure anyone knows the sponsor deal yet.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 14th June 2011
- Tweets of the Week - Four hours, four minutes and thirty-nine seconds
- Canada 2011 - Team standings
- Canada 2011 - Driver standings
- Daily: 13th June 2011
Has Joe announced a UK Audience with... yet? The British GP is coming up fast.
I'll add this to my short list of odd stories for the week
Fair enough says I.
Tony mentioned Intel over the weekend, but I'm not sure if this is another US sponsor. If it is, joe did say GE...
ooh, missed both of those mentions. ta.
Mike's gotten dressed up for whoever it is :D http://twitpic.com/5bfg5u
Ever wondered why Rosberg finished out of the points?
Here's the fan-made video to show it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVCmglwgoSg
Went too high over the kerbs at turn 1 and destroyed his front wing. His front wing had been damaged earlier hitting Kobayashi a lap prior.
Leigh... I think this might help you... There is a service called http://ipadio.com/ It provides you with a telephone number that you can call which can be recorded (and even broadcast live, although I think you can turn that off).
So the idea is that you could call ipadio and make sure you were recording, then press the + on the phone call and call the person you want to interview. Then download the recording afterwards.
It would certainly want testing but it might just work.
I like the way you say ever wondered like it wasn't less than 48 hours ago :D
poor Nico though. Why do I like him. Gah.
It's also free except for the phone call to it, if you are non-commercial
good find. ta.
Serena is back! Losing horribly but gosh it's nice to see her after a whole year :)
Where did she go_
she had a foot injury, then she got a haematoma, then she had a pulmonary embolism.
I'm amazed she's back so soon really, it sounds like she went through a lot.
whoa.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/13755914.stm really illustrates how bad it was
"The second surgery was tough, more mentally tough than a lot of things I've been through - including my sister dying. It's why this is a comeback that's totally different from any other comeback.
Thats hardcore.
Holy crap. I actually want her to win now, which I have never said before.
I remember hearing when she first cut her foot and it sounded like a really weird injury. Who knew it would go on to such horrible things!
and Kim Clijsters had exactly the same foot injury after her and managed to come back before her so lots of people were kind of like 'hmm, is this just an excuse to take time off?' but then she missed the US Open and it suddenly felt serious because you know she'd never miss a slam unless something was really wrong.
Have the Kindle, bought hte book....
Awesome! Thank you :)
I'm amazed at how easy it is to read on the iPhone...
Mmm Kindle apps.
Alex, you legend
:D
Serena is doing much better in this set, aka since I turned on my tv.
I must do the opposite to her what I do to the men :)
Hehehe. BBC doesn't care about the women.
thats boooo, I thought you'd get lucky since it's still the Aegon Championships!
This also works in reverse to me, unless its a slam or a masters ATP tournaments aren't shown until the semi finals but WTA is shown right from the start. Thumbs up to Eurosport :)
I have spent 3 hours making a graph in excel. 3 HOURS!!! and it is still not behaving grrrrrrrrrrrr
Have you berated it?
Between my 35 million cell sheet almost killing the laptop the other day, now this, its not in my goodbooks
So, Ferrari have re-conformed Philip Morris (Marlboro) as a sponsor, the BBC received 700 complaints because F1 ran over the Antiques Roadshow and the lovely Pippa Mann may have an announcement about IndyCar races coming soon
:)
Can you send it to me later? I might be able to help?
Unbelievable.
I always laugh at stuff like this. poor mug hunters!
ooh she said if she can find a sponsor she can get a ride...
I gave up and cheated. I wanted to combine this area graph and a scatter graph. http://yfrog.com/h4bgembuj
Sounds easy, but oh no....
Could you not have just made two parts and then pasted the area graph semi transparently underneath in a photo editing programme?
Understandably so. I'd be interested to see what the viewing figures for the GP were though.
Hopefully that is the case.
Sadly for Formula Renault driver Ollie Millroy, his funding has run out in the middle of his campaign - 4th in Championship with Manor Racing and Marussia and he still fell by the wayside.
I need to be able to move the scatter points between the zones though depending on a variety of things, the zones will change too.
I saved the area graph from a screenshot and used it as the background image.
It means more work in the long run, but at least Its done for now
Why couldn't you paste it in as another series? Excel can have two different types of graph in one...
Went to Maplins to get some bits and pieces for recording, but still managed to forget the lead to connect two devices together
Buh !!
second set to Serena, yay!
When i pasted the scatter graph data in it deformed everything!
Can you post a pic? Next time, give us a yell and maybe I can help?
It also went in as 2 different series, not sure why
Next time i will give you a shout, Its working well now :)
@EliGP said that this story has been written from a press release of one sentence: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92344
Impressive!
Ha. I particularly enjoyed the very lengthy Hamilton to Red Bull piece that appears to have come out of spotting him at one 15 minute chat :)
Silly season alert!
Well, yes, but I meant one celebrity spotting = 1,000 word piece.
True. Disappointingly not many have made jokes about the fact that Rihanna was there and she could have done with an Um-ber-ella-ella-ella...
Today I may have been spotted for about 15 minutes at Aldi.
I can confirm I was not looking for employment. Just grapes.
Hehehe. I can't take her seriously since she turned into Sideshow Bob.
We best get a blog post up about that :)
That is an incredible bonce. You'd think she's done it to hide in plain sight, except that she's dyed it BRIGHT RED!
game, set, match, Williams :D
oh wow, Tsonga is playing Eastbourne too. He must really like grass.
Take a break, man!
after Wimbledon last year and Queens this year maybe he just wants to play a match on grass where he knows he won't lose to Andy :D
Top Gun meets Cars: http://kottke.org/11/06/planes-a-sequel-to-pixars-cars
I'll watch it :D
Confirmed:
#IndyCar - Pippa Mann joins Rahal-Letterman-Letterman racing for three oval races later this year; New Hampshire (Rd 12, Aug 14), Kentucky (Rd 16, Oct 2) and Las Vegas (Rd 17, Oct 16).
:)
you mean Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan. ;)
Hope she gets a good result that gives Dave a reason to invite her to his show in NY. :D
Of course
:D
myTeamLotus: Tony will be live on CNN at 16:30 UK time today (23:30 in Malaysia) to make an exciting announcement. Tune in to CNN or keep an eye out here
Wow. This is a big'un
Joe has all but confirmed it's GE. I'm guessing he's right.
Wild (probably way wrong) thought - Caterham electric road car devision ???
Possibly in the future, but not right now.
That's what I meant
GE own half of NBC which own CNBC which sponsor Virgin.
Fun & games await!
Caterham Jet Division ;)
If it is going ahead I think its just so they can sell more engines to air asia
This afternoon Alex "Giggles" Andronov spent 15 minutes chatting to Head of Sidepodcast Christine Blachford in a move that has created a spinning vortex of rumour and speculation that "Giggles" is preparing a transfer from gamboling.co.uk to one of Blachford's properties.
"Nobody knows if it will be F1 Minute, or F1 Big Picture," said a random bloke that knows nothing about the situation, "but it certainly won't be Sidpodcast itself, Giggles has had some good posts in the past but in recent months his rss feed has looked emptier than a milkybar cupboard without a lock on it".
Giggles and Blachford refused to comment for this article.
#15minutesofrandom
Is that still the case since NBC's dealings with Comcast earlier this year?
Probably, but GE also build electric motors, so why not a hybrid Caterham division
They sold 50% to comcast earlier this year.
I didnt know that
For Gavin:
tonyfernandes: Oops. Think I had phone in pocket. Hahahhahhaha. Obviously my pocket likes u.
Pun FTW! :D
so THAT'S why they picked 11:30 for CNN. World Sport is on...
Hehehe. Not enough words really. Must try harder :)
There then follows random quotes whereby everyone slaps each other silly and says wonderful things
NBCUniversal wiki article says Comcast got 51%, GE still has 49%.
:D Let's see how the TV coverage goes.
I could have filled that out with loads of nonsense. I do nonsense really, really well
Iiiiinteresting. :D
The wta appears to have a new logo. looks like it should be on some deoderant
looks like they should be good in the wet http://www.ge.com/company/research_development.html
Are you sure,struggling to find much on their website
Was this fourstar? :)
F1 coming up next on cnnnnnnnn&n
Just going by their wiki
saw that. Did he leave the tweets in his timeline?
Tony is on.
Officially announced.
Yes, still there.
http://twitter.com/#!/tonyfernandes/status/80403060379226113
wearing lipstick i belive
Team Lotus KERS to be developed with GE for 2012.
Well, well.
I was somewhat close
Gascoyne is working on kers with them, caterham meeting them too
legend.
A little closer, Leigh. :D
Looks like I was more right than I thought
;)
Good work by CNN to sneak that in, by the way. CNN being a Team Lotus sponsor still seems to be a well-kept secret for many. ;)
#15minutesofrandom
An Open Letter from the desk of Alex "Giggles" Andronov
Unfounded speculation in the press today took what was an innocent chat between Ms Blachford and myself about a panda that has been trapped at Berlin Airport for a number of years and turned it into a full scale assault on common sense.
For example if I can't even keep regular posts on gamboling.co.uk what business would I have working on F1Minute - the world's premier source of 1 minute long F1 news? None that's what!
The article is a travesty from beginning to end and there is no truth in the rumours that I am looking to move, I love the home that I have had a gamboling.co.uk since I joined the internet back in the stone ages. However although I may have said in the past that gamboling.co.uk was the site that I wished to write for until I retired the internet is a funny place, and the winds of change can blow one from place to place, and I never said that! So stop twisting my words, and when I have a 15 minute chat with Lukeh later where we muse on muse that will not mean my future at gamboling.co.uk is in question it merely means that I am exploring other avenues in the hope that the avenue that I am on becomes wider.
Yours,
Giggles "The Giggles" Andronov
Rossi, Intel & now ge making them more american
Tony: We're where Red Bull were 5 years ago, they have a slight edge as they bought the Stewart factory.
Mind you, I'm not sure there's more than 1 Newey to go around... :D
the USF1 people must not be happy!
Hehehehe.
That man talks so much crap!
Rossi - who I may or may not be chatting to soon (cough, cough) - is also the lead driver for the Team AirAsia Academy
:D
What an awesome time to jump into the comments. Hullo all.
I must have missed the moment where they got a podium?
He's not right, but he's not totally wrong, either. They do have a somewhat solid technical staff now led by Gascoyne. But again, there's only one Adrian Newey, and Red Bull got him 5 years ago.
Are the GP2 drivers in it?
Not at the minute, although I can't imagine Rossi not being in GP2 in 2012
I'd ask Ken Anderson, but I don't know where he is. :D
Tweet PW and see what he says
;)
:D But, but, you started the rumor! Hahahahaha!
A Giggles-Christine joint venture wouldn't be a bad idea, though. Really. :)
He goes on as if they are winning all the time when they are not even scoring points. Even HRT beat them last weekend. Did Minardi ever beat Red Bull? Nope!
He makes comments like "Oh, we are so good that in Q1 we made the midfielders run on options".
Wow. So you make the midfield teams have to put in a fast lap to be 100% sure. Great progress!
It would be awesomeness, obviously. There just aren't enough hours in the day.
So did Lewis!
Unless they put him into f1.
can he afford gp2? i doubt air asia would fund him completly
Right folks,
I'm off - see you later
:)
There weren't enough hours in the day in the old days... And I'm about to enter minus time!
So if Lewis does move to Red Bull, then what? :D
Ha, yes! Blame Giggles.
GMM: Sources close to sidepodcast speculate that a deal has been signed between Ms Blachford & Giggles Esq to develop a method to squeese further hours into the day.
Good question. Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull decided against Red Bull, because if you have a solid learning base behind you, there's not a huge push to do GP2 - but then again, Lotus are not Red Bull.
More than can be said for Virgin, honestly, but that's another story.
I'm still guessing they'll score once before the year is out.
Right, now I'm definitely off
:)
this news shows a very clear difference between fernandes and anyone/everyone involved in USF1.
Me too. Night folks!
:)
I think he forgot about Alguersuari, I don't know, being slightly quicker.
Hehehe.
Announcing things when they've happened. What kind of crazy idea is that? ;)
:)
Indeed, but Virgin are acknowledging they need to do better and that's OK. Lotus have this swagger thats arrogant and starting to get annoying.
The payment system on the Goodwood website is borked :(
#points for LEwis: http://twitter.com/#!/Reid_Spencer/status/80665682924158976
Uh oh. I fear they may have charged me twice thanks to the dodgy system...
I don't think it's arrogant, they keep saying it's only there 2nd season.
It's more like positivity, and looking at the sponsors they are bringing in it's working a lot better than the Williams/Virgin approach of saying "It's all going wrong"
Well I suppose. But they need to start walking the walk soon.
I had completely forgotten try didn't have Kers until now
Ping: http://www.f1minute.com/news/team-lotus-confirm-deals-with-williams-f1-and-ge
they did that to me last year. email them, they'll sort it for you. They rang me, appologised profusely and sorted it so i only had booked one set of tickets, then gave me a refund and rang me a few months later to check it was okay. Thank god it was okay, i didn't fancy paying £226.. :)
ahh I remember that, a year later and it still plays up *shakes fist at silly system*
I haven't had the second confirmation receipt yet if it did do it twice but I'll keep an eye out. Only reason I wondered was because it failed to load during the processing debit card bit and brought up an error, so I thought I'd try again and it did the exact same thing. I got a confirmation receipt email after that but will keep an eye on bank account anyways just in case, bit odd how it randomly brings up an error when processing card details though. Still, I have my ticket, WOO!! :D
they did explain why but am sure they tried to fix it. It only effected me apparently so it wasn't a massive problem for them last year..
If you send them an email they'll be able to tell you how many they have, which is how i found out long before my statement came in. i only got one confirmation too i think.
Oki doki, thanks. Will find out from them just to be sure :)
Ooh, Christine's Rankings today, yes!
Any suggestions, always welcome :)
Hey Lou... Funny that Em will be working at Kings when we'll be there on Saturday!
GE own a hell of a lot of things. Is the tie up confirmed as to which part?
Afternoon all
Wow!
Small world :)
Felipe and Fernando went karting before the Grand Prix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQi9W5_i3sM
they do take it rather seriously ;)
Pub lunch all round, I'm round the corner :)
but I wouldn't want to paint it :)
I'm not sure I will be allowed out of the hospital... Certainly, I and I mean no offence by this, to go to the pub with you :)
She'd be worried I wouldn't come back!
Kat can come too, I'll bring towels and hot water. I've heard they're essential :)
You ask Kat to let you go to the pub at that moment you're a brave brave brave man Mr Giggles.
That mel gibson film with the scotland face would have nothing on you.
Hello! yes! very small world! She'll be there for a week. I'm sure she'd happily pop in and say hi at one point :)
Is she being induced, Alex?
I'm guessing it was aviation initiated, but Tony will be more interested in the technology division.
Any way to find what they use on most of their planes? I would guess GE
I'd have to run across the road shouting "FREEEEEDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM" and so on... And I'm not really very good at shouting :)
Mel Gibson's in the new Smurfs film?
It's all very much up in the air... but probably.
ah she gets awesome work experience and a pub lunch, bit jealous of her week in london ;) The girl has been so so lucky with her work experience, she'll make a fine doctor.... once you know... she's done her degree..
Coincidentally, they signed a $600m deal for GE engines last month
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1305766395.html
:D
The name has totally escaped my mind. Bah!
hehehe! if i was Kat i don't think i'd let you either ;)
Speaking of work experience Lou...
It's a great place to do it too... We've had lots of students around and they really seem super keen and learning. And it's not at all like Casualty where the trainee doctors are all allowed to operate on people without supervision or anything :)
I bet it's like Scrubs were everyone gets up to hilarious shenanigans and there is a very angry Doctor man
Yes all hospitals are exactly like scrubs!
Could be worse, could be Green Wing
I'm off out on a work night out which I am 100% dreading. Can't even make an early escape as sadly we're going far away and I need to get communal transport home.
I knew it.
Braveheart :)
So don't go.
i have emailed Keith and Nicky don't worry ;)
:D :D
Wicked!
Am with Christine, if you don't wanna go, and you're not getting paid to go or anything.. don't go :)
I have good news. My Mac is being shipped today. Woo hoo!
Unfortunately, I think it is on a slow boat from China so will be here in 2 weeks :(
they have apple stores in England? ;)
Damn those 2nd class royal mail stamps.
But they don't manufacture them at Apple Stores. This is a build to order machine
ohhh fancy!! :)
Very
MacWorld tested this spec this week and concluded it is faster than the current Mac Pros. [Until they are replaced imminently]
Hopefully, the last desktop I'll buy
Lucky Bassano!
After looking at the macs the really higher end people have at work I want a mac a bit more now... The closest I'll ever get to owning a Mac is by visiting McDonalds.
ohhhh!! :)
hehe! I don't think i could ever go back to PC now. No matter what my money situation is when this beautiful macbook pro decides it really can't go on anymore i can only replace it with another mac. It's perfect for everything i need it for, plus it's beautiful :)
@RachelClarkeF1:
One day remaining on my survey of Women and F1. are you female, like #f1, then please take part and pass on http://svy.mk/ifxrwc
Enjoy a little something from the sidepodcast.com back catalogue.
- The Real Fun of Autosport
Originally published 16/01/2007
Nice one SC! Ah it's funny to read about Mr C's antics :)
done :)
Oh Mr C you cheeky whippersnapper you.
Except back then, he was just 'me'
Woah! Kept this one quiet, until now
now a published author, mrs christine blachford - http://tinyurl.com/f1365book *so proud* #f1
:o
Wow!! Go Christine!
Congrats Christine
*searches iBookstore*
Amazon only?
Working on iBooks.
It might kill me.
Bought1
If you have any questions...
I did buy 1 but I meant bought!
No problem, buying the Kindle one now.
I assume Part 2 is in the pipeline? Fantastic
How do you get to talk to a physical IRS person?
iChat or Facetime?
Same
i saw this this morning, and from my bed i was able to download the kindle app for my phone and buy the book. love modern technology :) Christine it looks great, you must have worked very hard on it but it was such a great surprise and well worth your hard work. Thank you :)
That makes me happy :)
ah... My publisher did that for me... If you publish via Lulu then they'll do that bit. But obviously they take some of the money.
What if you shout?
But my book was already with them for the print bit... So for me the harder bit to set up was the Kindle version.
Makes no sense. On the app side of things, you just tick some boxes. This is just a different kind of iTunes Connect and you have to do crazy stupid things.
The IRS man will make you want to
Oooh that reminds me, kindle app for my phone. Must get after my post and my little idea for an experiment.
Can't wait to give this a read though christine. Only fair it be the first book I read as an ebookythingy.
am a control freak, i don't want lulu fiddling with no formatting (if i can avoid it).
I can only appologise :)
i did think you would appreciate this this morning :)
You have to ask?
You don't have to you upload the epub to them. They don't get involved in the document itself. But yes I think it's different because iBookstore is setup for publishers rather than individuals.
You'd both probably do a better job too
by the way I'm not specifically advocating lulu here. Just explaining why I didn't know the answer to that specific question.
gotya. did look into it, but would rather do it ourselves if possible.
I can imagine...
have you seen this btw?
http://pugpig.com/
you might be right about the ios5 newsstand thingy. if we can push html5 out daily, that would be brilliant.
I must say that I am very pleased that Sidepodcast has branched out into the products front. This is a very good way to give people a reason to give you money :)
Now what I want to know is which one will have made you more money and which one was more work?
I am Chief Inspector Giggles here with the tough questions :)
Cool
Push overnight so people can get up and the lovely new stuff is with them in a great format.
I want to be clear I want my vision of HTML 5 goodness newstand, and until we know exactly what Apple's vision is I can not be held accountable. So if their newstand is horrible then I didn't support it :)
well we have to cover the cost of apple developer licences and the cost of indesign too. so probably nothing, ever.
ah... Yes... :)
ohhh indesign *shudders*
It's a shame R5L can't promote it ;)
#SillyBBCRules
it's ace!
Other minutes are available?
:lol:
i love it... now but the workshops and lectures we had on book design and how to use it were painful and long.. i will never get that time back...ever.
I do love it now tho, even did a booklet for my friend by choice the other day! :)
self taught is always the way to go :)
noted.
You need to get TUAW, Cult of Mac or someone to feature it as App of the Week
Reason #59 why Dirt 3 is an absolutely awesome rallying game - rallying in a Mini. In the snow :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1g_o6SfIdQ
hehe. imagine having half a days workshop describing and leaflet telling you all about how to insert a text box, and how to wrap it around content... i'm pleased i know, but oh my goodness i could have thought myself! :)
That does look fun, is it XBox 360?
I always loved Rally games but they were always a let down
GT4 was the best I played but the rally section was too small
Certainly is. Jolly good fun I may add :) really good game.
The old rallying games were the best though, V Rally :D
I remember in the arcade, that was THE best
good, good memories of being down porthcawl or barry in the arcades after a day at the beach playing racing games in the seats that moved about and allsorts. It's a shame arcades went out of fashion big style really quite rapidly with the whole deal of home consoles.
I've been there! Is it on the coast?
I had a friend who grew up in Ystradowen [sp?]
Of course, the beach references alludes to the coast [blush]
:D
Porthcawl is a bit further down the coastline yep. Much like Barry Island it's quite run down now sadly, but doesn't have a BBC comedy to boost it's popularity.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 14th June 2011
- Tweets of the Week - Four hours, four minutes and thirty-nine seconds
- Canada 2011 - Team standings
- Canada 2011 - Driver standings
- Daily: 13th June 2011
Even Being Human went to Barry. Thought they could have found somewhere more original.
This is so cool. Chicago's shadow on a frozen Lake Michigan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpc-a-gogo/3336928080/
Hello world :)
Hiya marti, you alright?
Bwah hah:
The BBC received 700 complaints from OUTRAGED Antiques Roadshow fans after it was dropped on Sunday.
fixed :P
Is this really taki inoue? http://twitter.com/#!/takiinoue
Does it crash as you try to load it?
NOBODY beat me at Sega Rally...
Do you like my new little 'toys'? http://twitpic.com/5bjwn2
Nice!
ooooh.
Yes I do!
For some reason, I just remembered the oddball moment of the day.
Some visitors came into the hangar today to look at the best way of restraining a Cello in a passenger seat!
Awesome!!
They are an Autounion, the one which Rosemeyer drove in 1937, Jim Clark's 1962 Lotus and Alain Prost's 1986 McLaren :)
Evening all
Hi Steven
Hi Steve :)
I thought you were too young for Clark. Never mind Rosemeyer. I am impressed.
You'll do well round here ;)
If you are into Rosemeyer you may like this
http://sidepodcast.com/post/bernd-rosemeyer
Hello all.
Steven, you have a new comment on the Gerry Birrell post
Yes, I didn't see him racing, but I've read a book about Grand Prix's history and there I found out who where them...
I would have liked to buy Caracciola's Mercedes, but I didn't find it :S
Hi Janna
Thank you.
Christine e-mailed me earlier but better to be told twice than not at all
Bye everyone, see you tomorrow :)
Bye Marti
Hello, are you still enjoying working normal hours?
Yup. Getting a bit too used to it
Did a run earlier - managed to overtake another runner and I got chased by people on horses: http://rnkpr.com/ang9ie
I am sure you will find it one day.
It's unusual for someone your age to have an interest in such ancient history.
If you are interested in Mercedes of that period you should learn about Rudi Uhlenhaut.
http://sidepodcast.com/post/the-fastest-driver-who-never-raced
I also suggest reading Leif Snellman's site as for me he is the expert on that period
http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/
By Marti
I'm unemployed again after Friday so I'll be getting used to not going to work again :).
I've asked the agency for a couple of weeks off so I can see Mum & go to Goodwood.
I may be getting a proper job soon. Interview next Tuesday, we shall see.
Ooh, anything excitig?
And of course, Grand Prix Saboteurs: http://www.morienval.com/thegpsaboteurs.html
Of course
I need to read my copy. It may end up being the last paper book I ever bought :D
Admin for an Underwriting Team so not exciting but a chance to learn a lot
Good luck!
READ IT. NOW.
(after Christine's F1 book though)
Hehehe, I don't compare to Mr S :)
eBook. Purchased
Is his book available on the Kindle?
Not as far as I know.
no matter what letter it's prefaced by, it's still a book to me...
Then there's no comparison then :P
I never said I'll stop buying books. Just paper ones
Trying something a bit different, please do have a look... The F1 Babelfish PING!!
http://gridwalktalk.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/the-f1-babelfish-canada/
Peter Windsor wants to give Lewis Hamilton some advice: http://www.theracedriver.com/2011/06/some-advice-for-lewis-hamilton/
yeah right.
I like it :D
More please, regular item?
It is a fabulous book. Joe should have me on commission because I have sold dozens of them. You don't need to know anything about motor racing of the period. I knew a bit about the three drivers but I don't think it would have made any difference had I never heard of them.
if people like it I'll make it a race by race thing during the week after :)
Oooh go on. If there's one thing I dislike about F1 it's boring press releases and interviews!
Interesting idea. I have seen variations on this idea before but I like the idea of a series of them just to see if there are patterns to what people say
He is right though to an extent.
Yeah he is. But he's hardly the type to offer advice ;)
I think Lewis must have taken Windsor's advice at the start of the season. So far dues to a series of unfortunate accidents he has over-promised and under-delivered just like USF1.
Ha!
Uh oh, Chillingo, the publisher of Angry Birds, is releasing a Panda game soon
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/14/chillingo-shows-off-new-titles-at-e3/
Pandas and ice lollies. What's not to like?
hahahahahaha
Mr C: I'm hearing rumours of Thunderbolt peripherals at the end of the month with a new MacBook Air
i'll be happy with final cut ta very much.
That too
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/14/final-cut-pro-x-and-third-party-thunderbolt-peripherals-coming-next-week/
yeah, been following. leaked shots look interesting. need to find to a way to make videos affordable and we can do some interesting stuff :)
Are video podcasts hosted by the creators?
5GB of iCloud storage space... Per account
Well done on the book :)
Shall buy when I'm not battling tech problems and a headache.
not sure what you mean. we can make them, we can't afford to host :)
not following in the slightest. eh?
That answers my question. They're not stored at Apple's server farm. You pay for the traffic
Just thinking allowed. When iCloud launches, you get 5GB of free file storage, don't know how much extra for more gigglybits.
Access video from there?
ahhh, no. i guess that'll be private storage.
Probably. Could share photos from Mobile Me but can see how the commercial [ish] front would be forbidden
Wow, the BBC is going to start live broadcasting field reports from iPhones
shaky cam.
Ping 1: http://sidepodcast.com/post/small-talk-and-a-good-slice-of-cake-on-this-weeks-christines-rankings
Other Gorilla Grips are available? :)
Never seen pop up notifications in mobile safari before. Nice
Ping 2: http://sidepodcast.com/post/preparing-for-the-worst-has-highs-and-lows-on-the-team-rankings
have you installed ios5?
No. Just seen pop up for team rankings.
odd, apple have fixed it in ios5 so they finally work. i guess you just happened to be scrolled to the top of the page?
Yeah. Nice touch, quite subtle
Have them at the top of the screen, not the the of the page and I'll be impressed. But thanks, html5 bods
I count seven months before I mentioned the new teams again... http://northernwaffler.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/whatever-happened-to-the-new-teams/ #ping
yay :)
I missed the new teams championship
Me too.
Ping: http://mrschristine.com/2011/06/14/those-were-the-days-of-our-lives/
I hope it's good Engish. I have had wine.
English! See.
:D :D
I am sure it is perfect Engish
Good start :)
I read it and the English is fine.
Only thing I can see is your brothers became one brother on one occasion
Hehe. That would make sense. One of them moved out :)
:D
It's not often I laugh out loud at something I read
I must say I particularly enjoyed the South African accents in the documentary. How did that ever come about? It's so weird and so awesome!
Seeth Eefrica. I love that accent.
It's amazing!
I like how well Matt Damon can do one in Invictus. It's very good.
Has to be due to lots of dodgy alcohol
Although I must admit the first time someone told me Freddie was from Zanzibar I thought they were joking because it sounded like a chocolate bar.
I was very young. Although I'm still not sure where it is.
I am just on Wikipedia reading: "What? He was name the first great Asian rock star... what?"
I have a lot to learn.
Although Zanzibar is not in Asia. I don't want to confuse you.
I was about to comment africa isn't in asia. Thank you for premeditating the stoopid.
I am learning along with you :)
*Insomniac with arabian hat on disagrees* It should be part of Oman
Time to head off, night all.
Oh-kay. I have no clue, geography is not my thing. I'll go back to admiring the SA accent from afar.
Night
hehe, technicaly islands are not part of continants anyway :)
Geo Politicaly you are correct, it is now part of africa, but historicaly part of oman, ergo arabia, ergo asia
F1 and NASCAR Cup on the same track :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G88rTi_I2o4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QruXIcUxPG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bXy19ohFdU
Oh.
No clue.
I also just read that Sacha Baron Cohen has been chosen to play Freddie in a film. I get the looks thing, but that doesn't seem right at all.
is it cause he's... oh never mind.
Sounds very weird having those two engines running at the same time
Ooh, fun!
Yeah, weird but great :)
#Points
Haven't found any of the actual swap yet
He got some points for doing it, but for epic video I will allow some more.
I am sure more video will come out in the next couple of days
GOPRO!
*probably
You need to give Christine more wine before you get one