Welcome to the ninth edition of Heikki News!
Since you were last updated we’ve had another two races and Heikki outqualified Jarno in both. This makes their qualy head to head 4-0 for the year. Excellent work Heikki! He finished 16th in China, which was ahead of a Sauber and a Williams! Unfortunately hydraulics issues meant he finished Turkey in 19th, but this was still ahead of both HRTs and the only Virgin that started the race.
Lotus seem to be a lot closer to the existing teams this year and I’m hoping the upgrade they’re bringing to Spain will help even further. Heikki is hoping so too. I’ve literally put my money (at 17:1 odds) behind him scoring a point this year, but perhaps I should be focusing in the short term on getting into Q2 instead. I remember that glorious day in Spa last year when it happened, it felt more Christmas than Christmas! That’s kind of a lie because I remember it happening but I couldn’t for the life of me remember which race it was and had to look it up just now. That’s pretty terrible considering I was at that race but clearly even being there is not enough to overcome the F1 sieve that is my mind. I’ve just been told it happened in Malaysia too. Worst. Memory. Ever.
Heikki has also relaunched his website with a new look. There’s some new items in his web store, so feel free to buy a hat for me, or for yourself if you prefer. He has a new logo for this year too and I’m going to be honest and say I have no idea what it means. Maybe it doesn’t mean anything? His website also has fantastic posts from Heikki himself mixed in amongst the press release type ones. I don’t check it as often as I should because I’m pretty bad at reading things unless someone tweets a link to it!
Off track Heikki has been doing some really excellent things. Along with all the drivers and team principals he has contributed to the You Are Connected charity app which is raising funds for Japan. If you have an Apple gadget I recommend you get it – it’s cheap, for a great cause, has wonderful photos, and I can confirm it looks fabulous on my iPad! Heikki’s message is one of the longer ones, it’s very sweet. It doesn’t stop there though, Heikki is also the first champion to join the World Health Organisation’s latest campaign for safer hospitals in South East Asia. This region gets more than its fair share of natural disasters and in these times of trouble their hospitals are often unable to provide the services the people desperately need. As part of the campaign WHO want 100,000 people to test their reaction times against Heikki’s before next week’s World Health Assembly. As I write 70,264 have tried and lots of people have beaten his time but I am definitely not one of them. My average reaction time was 0.405 seconds. Can you do better? Give it a go here.
There has been some fun off track too, not wanting to let him win two days in a row he beat Lewis at a game of golf in China, they played a whopping 27 holes! He then went to Finland to spend some time with his karting team. I love seeing drivers get involved in different levels of motorsport, it’s nice they remember where they started. Another F1 Podcast headed down to Duxford and watched him drive a Caterham recklessly on a piece of concrete which is a video worth watching. Heikki also dragged his rowing machine into his backyard to get in a workout in what looks like lovely surroundings. Catherine may not have been home at the time but she still made sure he was being careful! Closer to home Heikki has been propelled back to the top of Christine’s Rankings, where he belongs, by answering heaps of fans questions on his twitter page so if theres ever anything you've wanted to know, tweet him and you might just get a reply.
He’s been proudly supporting Finland in ice hockey and GP3 recently so I wonder if Heikki will be watching Eurovision tonight? I’ll be getting up at 5am to join in the live comments here and, due to my lack of being European and actually having my own nation to get behind I’ll be supporting Finland instead. Make sure you join us if you’re watching and let us know who you want to win because it’s scientifically proven that the Sidepodcast comments make any event even better! Even if you won’t be joining us, have a great Saturday and I’ll be back in four weeks with another instalment of Heikki News.
Yay, Heikki daily!
Hello Heikkiday
It's midnight already??
Interesting new Heikki logo. No idea what it means
Evening!
Sure am glad that Fri 13th is over!
At least there is wine, pitta & taramasalata now :)
awww. we had the best sidepodcast discussion ever. i just read the comments back and i'm still laughing. what happened to your day?
i love heikki news monthly :)
Aircraft maintenance! :)
Things are on plan and then suddenly they aren't, tis the way it is sometimes. Just harder during our transition period [me running things on my own tonight]
Still, another day :)
i'd put money on that being a yes.
Poor work day? Same here. It improved pretty much as I walked through my front door. :)
I'll have a read back shortly
You could say that.
I plan on recovering the situation in a similar fashion, in fact. Remedial action is already underway :D
So you remember Nikki in Canada who I think did the travel thing on Sidepodradio?
She just tweeted this.
Married! http://twitpic.com/4x7lbi
- @NikkiVanDusen
What is it about getting married on boats?
Aww, congrats Nikki
sent her my congrats also
YAY!!
it limits the amount of guests :)
Not enough room on planes?
:D
a smaller venue and less invites does the same
Unless you work for P&O
I am addicted to these cover versions, I love the hand puppet on the bass drum pedal in this one: September
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 14th May 2011
- Daily: 13th May 2011
- F1 photographers versus the democratisation of media
- Daily: 12th May 2011
- Daily: 11th May 2011
This one is better than Beyonce's, in my opinion: Single Ladies
Her voice reminds me of someone, Regina Spektor maybe
like it.
reminds me of the rewind project at buffetlibre.
http://www.buffetlibredjs.net/r21.php
used some tracks on 1 or 2 podcasts
especially the version of rock steady crew
That's good. Puppet looks funny :)
Not seeing that, which one?
3rd page in
http://www.buffetlibredjs.net/index3.php
not to everyones taste
Ah, cheers
Ping - Friday Favourites
http://toomuchracing.com/2011/05/14/friday-favourites-13-may-2011/
(bit delayed but got there in the end)
Pinot Grigio suitably chilled
*content*
Ooh, this is taking me back to the mid 80's
#HipHopYouth
Not sure if this is true but it is funny
The perils of admiring Pippa Middleton
:D
This is a nice touch
Apple offering free repairs for iPod touches, iPhones, and Macs damaged in the Japan quake and tsunami
i truly don't understand what this means?
...expelling air from the input device proximate the key when user selection is imminent
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/13/apple-patent-application-shows-keyboard-that-doesnt-require-con/
I think, pushing air away from the virtual keyboard key, sensing an imminent touch
is enough movement produced?
Or maybe not virtual [reads whoe post]
Air driven feedback?
Haptic pneumatic :)
It means apple occasionally creat patents just for a laugh.
"here, see what they make of this "air blowing" keyboard"
Ahahahahaha!
i can't see enough of an effect possible just yet
:)
Over a small area, there is a fair amount of air displaced - relatively
Another solution in the patent would function like a vacuum to pull keys away when a proximity sensor detects that you're about to type, providing simulated feedback
Yes it's not like the keyboard has worked since the 1870s or anything.....
:)
Twitter has never been the same since a forced password change
Why won't it accept my new password? I can't keep changing it, I think they are being deleiberately obtuse
I must have woken up cynical this morning
you're an f1 fan, it comes with the job description.
Yes true enough. Was just reading about todts plans for Ferrari in season testing after all.......
Paper goes back a little further and we're doing our best to replace that!
#MFC
I love Andy Ihnatko's description of traditional books: Treeware UI :lol:
Evening everyone. (Relative to EST time, of course)...
Hi Jordan
:-)
Can't argue with that. iPad reading FTW
?
Remind me again...
the benefit of christine having an ipad, means i get the dented old one back. not sure what to do with it yet.
Flipboard, Zite, RSS, GP+, photos & videos
Shall I go on?
Still works as a digital picture frame ;-)
ha
*grips desktop for dear life*
:)
Hehehe
My mum was quite impressed with that bit.
It's harder to justify to someone who sits at a LCD monitor for a large portion of the day but I think the reading experience is superb on a tablet of that size
Bassano: 14/05/2011 at 01:36:00
Evening everyone. (Relative to EST time, of course)...
Hi Jordan
Greetings Bassao. When is the ETA for that Hanger Queen I am supposed to fly ? :P
The "aircraft in Maintenance" that you said was giving you problems on Friday the 13th.... Sounds like a "Hanger Queen"to me, as if it was an overhaul it should not be giving you that much trouble to mention it on this web site....
i think zinio will be the big winner.
When they stop ripping people off on some e-magazines
Mac Format for example
Their loss, not creating an app made me switch to iCreate
Oh yes. I was quite impressed with f1 magazine after someone's review.
I now have way too much to read however. Still have wired fro 2 months ago
And project.....
in what sense, chap?
Highly inflated prices for certain publications. One sec, I'll get an example
Funny, because they are all so much cheaper then the news stand prices here.
I haven't picked up paper in ages
I take that back. Prices have come down since I looked into it
Zinio version of Mac Format used to be about 20% higher than paper version
iPad app & sales must've changed that. Too late though, I've switched
only have f1 racing and racecar engineering, but them seem ok.
I'd like to read RCE but I can't even finish GP+
Might grab the odd edition now and again though
Plus have you ever browsed zinio? They have magazines on the craziest stuff
too much content :)
i read autosport+ last night for the first time in months. suffering fomr information overload.
yeah, it's dangerously expensive :)
Oh yes
Much like going into an Über Newsagent like a prime WHSmiths
Dumbo Flügel World and the like :D
:-)
Janna pointed me toward Hugh Laurie's Blue's album "Let Them Talk"
2 tracks in, I am impressed
Not easily done
Am enjoying a resurgence of early Björk. Tis a better prospect than bed, which is the sensible course of action
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 14th May 2011
- Daily: 13th May 2011
- F1 photographers versus the democratisation of media
- Daily: 12th May 2011
- Daily: 11th May 2011
Morning all.
aloha
Bonjouryes
(Bonjourno sounds a bit negative ;) )
Ooh. That deserves a place in the dictionary.
fbfb tonight too? woohoo!
Yes indeed.
best day ever
Are you staying up or getting up early?
I'll see how I go :) I'm already in bed watching a movie and its only 7.30 and I feel I could easily nap, but I do tend to perk up around 8pm which ruins all plans to sleep like a normal person
I made pie!
http://amyfulton.posterous.com/14052011093jpg
Wow, what's in it?
bacon and egg! That cross section drastically under represents the amount of bacon in it.
The best part is I still have another 7 pieces to eat :D
heh heh Amy... Don't worry... we wouldn't ever confuse you with a normal person ;)
Oh my goodness... how did it come to this? I am having to look at pram / buggy / travel systems. I do clever things for my job... but I haven't got a clue what any of it means. It's like they've got their own language going on over there!
Babies have their own travel systems? Like a secret tube network?
buy the Maclaren one, it's like McLaren but with another A. And A is for Alex.
Problem solved!
I wish it was that exciting!
I think... And don't quote me on this... That the idea with a travel system is that you kind of have the bit on the top that the baby goes in and that kind of snaps into the bottom where the wheels are and then you get given a spare snappy thing that you can put in your car so you can move the bit from where the baby goes from the wheels to the car and back with quick release like you're doing a pit stop.
Awesome :)
Buy this. problems solved forever. :)
morning all
ooh thats very hi tech, but I will quote you on it because you are actually right :D
They don't all do that though, but its an excellent solution.
Except I don't have a car :)
hmm, does babies grandparents have a car? Grandparents love to steal babies I believe.
wait a moment... Maybe I could put the bottom snappy bit into Lukeh's car...
Genius comments!
Yes they do... And yes they do... But none of them live very close so it seems a bit crazy to buy a whole system thing when it won't be used very much... And so we need to think of the power to weight ratio for getting quickly on and off of busses.
Some have a one button collapsable system, which sounds overkill but of course you need to be able to do that if you are on a bus and you need to collapse it because your other hand is presumably holding the baby...
I think I'm going to need to hire Adrian Newey and Ross Brawn.
Morning.
Wow. That looks both awesome and also a bit sickly. I want one.
the trick is to never have both of you leaving the house at the same time for at least the next 5 years.
heheh thats not sickly, what I made with the leftover pastry and some nutella is sickly :D http://amyfulton.posterous.com/scrolls
Now that is something I can get on board with!
because theres nothing in the shots for perspective they look the same size as the pie but they're only tiny little bite sized things :)
Oh yes, I'll have some of those
I didn't win the $21 million,boooo
I did win a row in 4th division and a row in 5th division though which should be enough to cover the cost of my ticket back. Thats enough to satisfy :)
Rrrubbish.
I'm getting closer though, 4th division is 4 numbers out of the required 6, thats the most I've ever got!
Hey all!
Good afternoon!
My lead hands from the pencils have turned me into a robot or some kind of human pencil. Mucky pup.
how are you Christine?
Hey hey :)
Pretty excellent, you?
great thanks :) looking after a very sick flatmate today but i'm very well, and happy. Finished all my uni work for the year yesterday so a nice relaxing weekened is in order :)
how has it been a year already, I swear you just started uni!
i know! crazy isn't it! not sure i'm ready to go home for the summer yet.
McLaren have put up their range of member-only stuff.
https://www.mclarenshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10551_-1_80154_22170_22170?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10551&krypto=mfvQ4TdDJqPcGAvqxptJJQ==&ddkey=https:Logoff
I need a big umbrella, we've had a lot of rain :)
that reminds me, need to get a membership soon.
Autosport says Vatanen is having an operation but should be fine: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91369
its so worth it
He'll pull through and still be totally awesome
#bff
:) *wants a pitwalk*
gah, all the Australians on my twitter seem to be watching the Eurovision semi on TV at the moment. They're ruining my plans of avoiding it. And wheres the fun in watching something that happened hours ago? #liveorbust
I'm closing twitter for now :)
There are mini croissants in the cupboard!! What a genius invention.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 14th May 2011
- Daily: 13th May 2011
- F1 photographers versus the democratisation of media
- Daily: 12th May 2011
- Daily: 11th May 2011
I don't get the whole semi final build up and stuff, it's much more fun when you tune in on the saturday and see all the acts for the first time!
I see that the videos and things have been on youtube for weeks and the songs have been available for purchase for just as long, has it always been like that? I would've thought the best way would be to keep it all hush hush quiet so you get the maximum BOOOM SURPRISE THIS SONG IS AWFUL effect on the actual night.
The semi final stuff is only a few years old but I think people have ended up selling stuff off and presenting songs and whatnot for weeks before it for ages now, or as far as I know anyways. Dodgy Eurovision music is all about the one night, damnit :)
Meh, the dodgy ones these days all go out in the semi finals.
I guess you can't really keep it all quiet since each country originally votes on which song they're going to send along to the competition don't they?
all of them are dodgy. ALL OF THEM.
i'm going to second this. :)
Hehehe.
One of them is from the north east so I politely disagree.
I still don't understand why they people represent random other countries they have no links to.
Perhaps I could be the Finnish entry next year.
He has lived there for quite a few years and the rest of his band are from that country. But I see your point.
Mmmmm. Mini Croissants get my mini approval.
I guess it makes sense if they lived there, but I remember last year there being a few that didn't even go that far :D
Ahh yeah, Jon Lilygreen, Welsh bloke for Cyprus.
thats the one!
There was soooooo much coverage on welsh news/newspapers about him last year. Very odd.
Hehehe.
Very true :D
Good afternoon
Hi bassano
Cupboards are very handy, I don't know where we'd be without them
:)
Woot! http://factbytefactbox.com/live
Now that is topiary!
I did and the app kept telling me I was clicking too early even though the green was lit :(
It's a great Heikki news entry Amy - never knew Heikki had a karting team (if it was in a previous news update, sorry for forgetting) :)
Congratulations to Nikki and her lucky husband :)
:D
Neat gesture :)
Sketch ping! http://wp.me/p1uBqo-R
Morning. Great Daily Amy!
So Eurovision starts on TV at 8pm UK time?
It means the keys can move more when pressed because the keys can go more or less flush to the case instead of the air getting in the way and limiting it to about halfway as is the case with current keyboards.
Means Apple can do flatter keyboards, meaning their devices will be thinner and lighter, and still have good ergonomics.
Yes.
CHeers. Kinda late start innit?
Same as every other year.
this will be the first year I watch it live actually!
Everyone i have a huge favour to ask...
I'm ready
Whats up?
Ah cool. Enjoy it then!
:D Also, there are occasional example of Cowware UI (parchment/vellum books), which sounds even less like an internet start-up ;)
shoot.
Way cool! If only you had a green pencil for the tyres :)
am thinking of doing some colour stuff soon, we shall see :)
could i be cheeky and ask someone to cover my daily for tomorrow please? kinda looking after my flatmate who really really isn't well, poor guy, and i'm not entirely sure i'm gonna have much time to sort out my daily this week.
That's really good man. Tough subject to draw too!
I can certainly do it.
Unless somebody new wants to give it a go.
I;'m sure someone will step in and help out :)
Sorry to hear that. Hope your flatmate gets well soon.
thank you! :)
As long as everyone understands that it will be SideCotCast ;)
Only kidding... No more baby stuff until baby time promise!
thanks, i got up super early to get his prescription but so far the meds don't seem to be helping him much :(
Baby stuff is acceptable if you are comparing it to pit stops and getting Adrian Newey involved :)
ehehe!!!
ohhh :(
Perhaps Man City will help make him feel a bit better by winning the FA Cup final in a bit :)
(And that's saying something coming from a Man Utd fan!)
Ok phew :)
for anyone who's been to a race this year, fofa peeps are looking for survey responses: https://web130.secure-secure.co.uk/fofassociation.com/survey.php
i'm not even sure he's up to watching the match tbh. said he may try watch it but depends if he can get up.
I'll see if I can sneak something in.
ooh, on the subject of dailies. christine is looking at the daily rota's this weekend, so if any new people would like a regular slot, or any existing peeps would like to take a break, now is a really good time to say.
more info here: http://sidepodcast.com/post/deeply-daily
wohoo! :)
Or any old people would like to come back...
Or any young people... or...
Nice
:D Amy & Heikki do "The Chain" in Finnish...
While we're talking about posts, is there a requirement for Indy 500 practice sessions (or one to cover several?), or just for qualifying and race? We don't usually cover IndyCar practice, but this is the Indy 500.
Sounds a bit like when the regional news advised everyone to support the USA team in A1GP because a local company was doing the engineering...
more posts are always better (can't have too many), but i am in no position to help, so am happy with whatever people have time to contribute.
if we have posts, they kinda need more than one line though :)
:D
Everyone ready for the cup final?
Just didn't want to go overboard because there are 7 afternoons of practice.
How much practice can people need?? :)
Turn left... Turn left... Turn left...
If they're really slow, lots.
Just tradition really.
Although there are 42 cars this year, the most for what.. 16 years or so. Some of them are one-offs and need track time badly. Only 33 allowed in, and that's 6 or 7 more than a usual race.
33 seems like an odd number.
if you're happy to write that many :)
do you have indycar media access? probs worth signing up if not.
IndyCar is the only thing I have media access for.
I mean technically it IS an odd number.
because I rarely use it and haven't seen the need to sign up for anything else
The grid is made up of 11 rows of 3
That explains it.
ahh cool.
free pics :)
..and press releases. but mostly free pics.
I don't really want to write seven of them though so unless anyone else wants to pitch in, I suggest one post to last from now until Friday, then another for either/both qualifying days, then another for the race.
Unless they are really short
That sounds like a plan.
Of course it's raining in Denmark today. We just washed the car!
via virgin:
What are you doing next Thursday at 12:30h GMT? Keep an eye on Twitter – YOU can interview @realTimoGlock #Twinterview
i know i am a child, but i may have spent the last 10 minutes dragging this ipad cover on and off: http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/smart-cover/
(half way down the page)
Working.
ahhh, true.
ooh what colour did you get?
I've had mine 6 weeks and still do that. I heart magnets.
christine got a blue one, but i'm not allowed to play.
hehe, i'm just doing it virtually at the moment :)
Practice is green but I'm not ready with the post, two ticks :)
ooh, be with ya in exactly 30 mins. how long does it last?
Aaages.
Let's just say there's no hurry. Finishes at 11pm UK I believe.
I wonder if eurovision video works on the iPad. Would make my life lots easier
I wouldn't be on it. They're usually behind the time in technology (and music, fashion, taste.... and that's why it's so great to watch). Is SBS showing it in Australia?
typo:"bet" not "be"
yes but not til primetime tomorrow so I'll be on the website tonight :)
Oh yeah - Just did the maths - I forget about *that* country ;) I used to have EV parties and got annoyed at anyone that didn't avoid the news all day Sunday. Are you pulling an all nighter and will you stick around for the voting part, which seems to be the slowest part of the show)
Just noticed the web player says you have to have installed the Octoshape plugin. The only time I've seen that before is the CNN website for conventional (not ipads etc) computers but the video still worked anyway. But it was built around flash. so did this help? probably not.
Do the other videos on the website work or use flash? that'll give clues.
all nighter then off to Lindt for lunch, then a run. Hope to get to bed at normal person hours tomorrow night :)
ah good point. Shall hook up my other laptop to the tv instead for fullscreen goodness
Ooh, what's this! http://sidepodcast.com/post/2011-eurovision-song-contest-grand-final
isn't Lindt a chocolate brand and if so, are you having chocolate for lunch? Kudos for you for staying awake - I would have taken the easy way out and just got up at 4am or whatever. Sometimes it's good to be in that region for international events, although i've never been able to get used to F1 at times other than 10 or 11pm.
I get "I/O error" when I insert a photo, should I be linking to it instead?
ahh yeah, i gotta fix that. could you upload to your blog and put that address in for the time being?
I don't normally get to bed before 4 so this is easier. Lindt has a cafe in town, I may get waffles but I'll see what else is on the menu. I hate races in the daytime, or past 2am. 10pm is perfect, much nicer than midnight in nz :)
Ok
And here I was thinking I was the only one! For me, I got into F1 with it being the end of the week, late at night when I was just chilling out as opposed to basing a day around it.
IndyPing! -
http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-indy-500-practice-sessions
yay, almost with ya. just listening to christine brilliant edit of a new aside and then i'll join for a bit.
Not much going on and I'm certainly not watching the whole thing.
no probs, it'll kill time before eurovision.
I love the total culture clash between Eurovision and Indy.
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/an-aside-with-joe-1203-world-championships-later
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- An Aside with Joe - 1,203 World Championships later
- Live: Indy 500 Practice Sessions
- 2011 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final
- Daily: 14th May 2011
- Daily: 13th May 2011
Dr Who PING!!
http://wp.me/p1x0FA-ga
Better watch Doctor Who now.
Can't wait to hear what you reckon of it!
it was a brilliant idea
#sidepodspace
The plans for the shuttle launch are going ahead as planned. Weather is 70% good.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
This happened at the end of the Nationwide race at Dover, Delaware tonight
http://youtu.be/EB9JBGYjI6g
What happened last week? some sort of fight, right?
Not really sure but it was something between Harvick and Kyle Busch, war of words sort of thing.
Now I'm not concentrating on following live stuff the drink has hit me :D
I'm in that rubbishy place of having drunk some but not enough for it to hit me so I'm kiiiiind of coming back down quickly.
there's an obvious solution
Nothing in the house, nevermind. Am thinking sleep may be the best alternative solution
I've had 3/4 of a bottle of a very nice 7 year aged Spanish Tempranillo (my favourite red wine). I can drink that all night but at some point a switch flicks.
Moar drink
I must be drunk, I'm watching Arctic Monkeys on Jools and started to think they were good
down to the last glass of a 5 year old Tempranillo tonight, funnily enough
They were good for like, 2 minutes I think.
Brian Wilson!
:)
i'm really drunk, i'm imagining that brian wilson is on
I think they were, you just had to see through the hype