In some regards, we are ahead of schedule because we've got the latest episode of F1 Debrief out already. In others, we are behind schedule, as I haven't written the next part of Life in the Fast Lane yet. The vote is closed, but I figured I would save it for a day when I wasn't busy editing podcasts, and could pay more attention to Mitch and his race strategy. Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- Ollie appears to have made a triumphant return to blogging, with more posts in a day than even Joe can claim! Head on over to BlogF1 to catch up with his thoughts on the launches we have seen, plus some nice glossy photos as well.
- If you have listened to the podcast already, you'll know we had a voicemail on this subject, but F1 Wolf has posted a poll of the liveries we have seen so far and you can vote on which is the best one. It's a great way of seeing them all one above the other in close proximity, so comparison is very easy.
- It's worth pointing out, as I did not do the daily yesterday and Mr C seemed to be otherwise occupied in terms of linkage, that we created an Amazon store for Sidepodcast. The idea is we put in recommended books, DVDs, music, and more, and if you buy from there, we get an Associates cut of that. We're taking suggestions on what should go in, although I think I'm a little behind on those already!
That should do it for now, although it would be remiss of me to post this daily without highlighting some of the outtakes of our offline show. I linked to them in the comments yesterday, but here they are for posterity:
Things you didn't think you'd hear Mr C say:
Speaking is hard:
I expect too much:
That really is all now, I'll see you in the comments.
2 minute warning!
I've decided to leave Valentines day behind and forget it ever happened.... :P
I like that idea.
Go AJ!
Good idea :)
BBC2 live at the luge
Lou,
You are in the wrong day
Lets ignore that fact he broke his hip at this track last year.
Spent most of his life abroad... Is that why he's not a useless sportsman? :P
but i liked Sunday... it was a good day :) hehe
Come on UK fella!
He was born in New York
This is like the Large Hadron Collider!
Bloomin American.
Ah I see so he's not even British at all. That explains a lot!
:D
the white visor they wear is kinda scary..
#needsmoreRob
/But are they in a good poisition?
Looks kinda useless to me
i wanna watch the tennis :( 8 sports channels and its not on any of them. Figure skating on in 10 will cheer me up
when they put it on it looks like they have put tight cling film on their face and it scares me. Of course i know it isn't, but it looks horrible..
It doesn't look like it'd do much protecting.... Maybe it stops you getting a draught in your eye? :P
Possibly when there is loose snow or ice it stops it going into the eye, especially at those speeds.
It is just an aerodynamic device it has no safety function
there is tennis?? no one told me.. :(
Why is it so thin and flexible?
i'm not a fan of it..
Really?
It's just to cut drag and it is the minimun they can wear that will do that. Having a nose stuck in the airflow would cause drag
Ah the link in the daily has reminded me to buy another copy of Alex's book following my unfortunate milk incident....
#sorryalex
You had a milk incident?
In that I dropped a carton of milk over his book yeah. I had to throw it away, it smelt too bad!
I'm surprised he didn't tell me there was no use crying over it. I think he was so upset he missed a trick....
the guy winning on the luge has rubens in his name!!
Oooh look Rubens is winning :D
That would ruin it
the tennis is only a 250 event and they are never shown live but its delicious fernando v roddick and it should be good.
Nooo rubens is not now :(
:D
And he goes down to second.
Just like old times #sorrylukeh
Booooooo!
:'(
I keep waiting to see one of them do serious damage to their face with the spikes on the gloves
never shown live? booooo. it's still your job to tell me when the next tennis is :P
I'm sure they have watched Xmen to see how Wolverine deals with the situation
Kindl looks like Ralf
Watch them at the end of the run when they push the visor up and rub their face
amazon stole his name....
:D
Hah!
next good tennis is the dubai tournament which starts next week. Also you lot are commenting too fast for mobile doohickey to keep up, why arent you asleep!
That's one tall fella' in a crazy suit.
you get upset when we sleep..too much sporting goodness this evening.. plus i'm on half term ;)
by next week do you mean this week? cause it would be nice to be able to actually watch the tennis in my 1/2 term ;)
Did I miss tennis? :( I should have gone then.... I've never seen proper tennis live. I really want to :(
He looks like the last person on earth who would be a olympic standard luger
i've seen local tennis tournaments, but never pro tennis, i wanna see it too :(
his suit has flames on!!!! :D
you should go to the world tour finals in london at the end of the year. The tickets are pretty cheap and you get to see the top 8 players so you are guaranteed to see someone good :D
and by next week i mean it starts on the 22nd :D
it's at the o2 isn't it? i saw the adverts for it last year and really wanted to go, but was busy on the days they had tickets available for :(
Ooooooh NIIIIIIIIIIIICK!! Take me to tennis. Kthxby
I'm waiting for it to be released for iPad
boooooo!! (can you please remind me next week? - thank you awesome tennis guru amy ;) )
this guy = the Siberian tiger?? doesn't look much like a tiger to me.. ;)
That was a crazy finish. I am not even sure what happened. Nice for Dale Jr.
I guess it is not the year of the Siberian tiger
Zoeggeler for the win I say. I know he's third at the moment, but he'll still win.
awww i totally forgot about the chinese new year yesterday. #blamemrc - for not putting it in the daily ;)
Ooooh I know how I can entertain myself.... I'm going to download Broken Sword for my sister's (my :P) ipod :D
Why is there someone there with an East German flag?
Erm, I meant Loch of course.
i forgot how awesome the winter olympics were. however i think i need to sleep now... night all!! xx
Good stuff wasn't it? Night lou :)
goodnight :)
Night Lou
Night :)
Me too, I tend to think of it as the 'lesser' of the two Olympics but its really exciting too!
Anyway, bedtime for me too.
Same here, night all!
Byee Pat and Scott :)
Night Pat!.
Winter is my favourite of the 2
I loooooove Olympics!!
delicious verdasco won! And i didnt get to see it! :(
Me too but time for a 20 minute break for Sky at Night
ooh i have picked up some overtime tonight #savingforeurope
Awesome :D
Hy, guys, morning!
Very off topic — sorry for that! —, but is anyone here watching NBA All Star online? They have a fantastic player with multy angle cameras and a mosaic that is very interesting...
Theres even a board on screen with statistics of the game that you can consult any time you want. I think is good stuff...
Ahh, the link: http://www.tnt.tv/sports/nba/allstar10/
Well done
Hi Becken,
Didn't know the All Star game was on
Has anyone kept up with the Americas Cup? I couldn't find it broadcasted here. Sad, I hate the thought of missingit.
I know Nick was trying to make me watch it earlier.... I'm not so enamoured. You can watch it online I think, I'm not sure if there's replays. I can try and find a link if you really want?
Well, unfortunately you have missed it. They did have live streaming on the web site, although you had to download their client. It was interesting for the technology, but sad for the fact there were only 2 races, and only 1 challenger.
Amazing pieces of kit though!
They had a medium-res version which required no DLs. But yeah, the race is done.
The America's Cup is really a head-to-head, Paul, but yeah, I wish it was a best-of-9 (as it was in previous years) than this best-of-3 we got. I like the idea of less restrictions on the racing, but a best-of-3? They could do a LOT better.
This one was just full of law suits. There was no challenger series, although with the cost of these boats, i'm not sure how many challengers would turn up. Also, running it in the middle of winter was a weird choice.
Maybe they should do a budget cap? ;)
This is like a more extreme version of F1 in that there is a bigger cost premium for each restriction they take away. And also unlike F1, these teams aren't as well-established or funded.
today has been the quickest day EVER even with the 2.5 hours overtime. What a great Monday
I won!
Morning everyone :)
A great Monday? You don't see that every Monday. :D
I guess work was good to you today?
You won what?
Morning, Alex. :)
Did the fancy dress work out?
My marathon game of SPQRisiko the playing of which was why there was no radio show yesterday.
work has been good. I got to wear my dress and we had a party. I watched some olympics and some tennis. Verdasco won his first title in forever and ever and ever. And the guy whose 2.5 hours im doing gave me $30 as bribery even though i would have done it without a bribe.
that sounds pretty good!
well done on winning alex! Did you get a prize or just bragging rights?
wow. that IS good! :D
sorry i'm late. what did i miss?
the next one will have more law suits its all but guaranteed, the USA team annoyed a lot of people, i would be very surprised if they get to defend it without being dragged though the courts
Morning.
The company who built the Yas marina circuit made a Profit of $272 Million last year. I guess we could have a second circuit & race in Abu Dhabi if they carry on like that!
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100214/BUSINESS/702149912/0/FOREIGN
Hello all.
Hello Christine. :)
I would go and report, but i dont go that side of the creek :P
I would offer to lend you mine, but having heard that i dont think i will be lending you anything!
The ladies tounement is on now btw
Morning :)
pssh, like anyone watches the WTA. I just dress like them.
Got my first Spam via Google Buzz this morning, 48 hours after signing up to iJustine's feed...
Pic?
hehe, everyday?
shall upload when I can be bothered going upstairs :D
no, just on work birthday day :D
You need a lift... i dont know how i lived without one!
There are so many levels of apathy in that sentence!
just how lazy are you!
Ah... did you sing happy birthday dear work?
Take the stairs - it's cheaper than a gym!
:P
my building is secure, so if i go in the carpark level i can only get to the upper floors using the lift ;)
my building has a gym... its free :D
;)
see that makes sense, we have a lift to the carpark too but I am talking about in my actual apartment :P
ah
#CantAffordADuplex
:D Hahaha!
Quiet news day, it seems?
#PriceyDubaiLand
just bragging rights.
No launches, no testing....
So where is the Campos Gossip and the USF1 press release about nothing?
You should live stream one of your games
Who won Alex?
me!!!
You won yourself? Is that a good prize?
That's actually it - the worst thing they can do right now is stay silent. We're just 4 weeks away from Bahrain, and... nothing.
I couldn't do that. One of my fellow players swears like a trooper throughout.
USF1 are quieter than quiet since that post on autosport forums.
Unless we hear something this week i dont think they will be entering this year
:)
What were you playing BTW?
You could stream on a non family friendly site :p
What post? Share a link?
The post from Composite Keith that nobody can verify?
Dank called him 'Compost Keith' :D
:D
my brother responded to my query of if he is a Notus supporter now, he said "supporting a bound to fail lotus is no different to supporting a bound to fail mclaren"
OUCH. Really... OUCH.
Oooh that's Fighting Talk!
he also said races are much better to watch on TV and he doesn't like the F1 engine sound because they suck compared to the old engines (ie the ones hes never actually heard in person to compare). Gosh he's odd.
Brothers are weird.
Responding with silence isnt the most effective policy, i was sceptical when i read it, but with them saying nothing whilst everyone else tests i am beginning to believe it.
To not even announce when you will launch/test is very odd at this stage of the season.
Unless you don't want to address such rubbish rumours?
I dont think they need to address it, they needed to keep up what they were doing before, its a very strange time to go silent
Windsor said Bahrain is the goal, so perhaps they are not doing either?
One would hope that they are going silent because they are making final preparations...
...But isn't it less than a month to go? That leaves about 3 weeks to get the car ready if they wanna make the plane on time? When was the last time a car was launched so late?
but he went to the trouble of getting permission to test in the US? It all seems a little chaotic and strange....
I remember minadi and aguri launching at the firs GP, but at least they had announced that that was what they were doing by this point....
That's not good company to be in though is it?
The last word from either appears to be this: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81275 and I reckon Windsor sounds more credible than the Campos people.
When you have the diamond-encrusted idiot that is Teixeira associated with your team, you may as well give up. The man is in trouble with the Aussies for fraud apparently...
I like windsor, i really want to see him succeed, after what happened to him last time he deserves it more than anyone. I dont know enough about ken anderson, he is supposed to be incharge of the car but i have heard more from composite keith than from him.
I have this from our new USF1 blogger friends: http://www.usf1formula1.com/2010/02/make-or-break-week-for-usf1-by-flood1.html
Not official though...
To be fair, the V10s and V12s have a richer sound compared to the V8s. It was also nice when they all didn't sound alike.
They have 1 shot to get the crash tests right. If they fail those, they won't make the Feb 20th-ish shakedown, and they're pretty much toast.
Mmm, toast.
You like American toast? :D
They already make toasters though?
I smell a conspiracy here! :D
oh yes I much preferred the noise they made but if you're sitting at a circuit watching an F1 race most people wouldn't go 'bah, this is better on TV' :D
Is it different to normal toast?
i really dont understand the whole toasters thing... is it based on anything?
Wasn't it Midweek Motorsport that started the joke?
Does he mean the toast fried in egg and cinnamon and sugar?
So is your bro into any sports or is he anti-sport?
ah, I really cant listen to them!
It is a little random though
Do you get annoyed when they have a go at F1?
he likes motorsport, but is one of the ones staunchly hung up on how much better it was years ago. Even though he is only 26 so wasnt actually born at the time. He went to the NZ Festival of Motorsport earlier in the year, the one that was celebrating Bruce McLaren.
very true.
i didn't mean anything in particular, but this is what American toast would look like, yes. :D
Not really so much that, i get annoyed when they start to act as if their opinions about things are the only ones which matter.
from my dress up day:
spot the difference (a) (b)
;)
You look good! :D
the correct answer is (a) has a racquet ;)
You're the one with no knee strap on?
Who is that again?
Seconded - well done, I'll bet your colleagues were impressed ;)
Ivanovic
Being opinionated is part of the fun of listening to many different podcasts for me. It'd be boring if everyone sounded the same...
Morning folks
I dont mind opinion, i like debate. :D I love the discussions on Sidepodcast
But people who come at an issue firmly in the mind that only they can be correct and other peoples views are irrelevant generally arent all that fun.
Good Morning Mr Lukeh, can you suggest max to become the next face of iceland or would he have to apply himself?
Well anything's better than Kerry Katona, he should definitely give it a go.
And one of my favourite PC games (Plants vs Zombies) is finally on the iPod :D and at only £1.79... what a steal. It gets super addictive mind you.
Late starts lead to audience slump
F1 viewers slipped by 13%, the first fall in 5 years. The UK bucked the trend, but it slipped in other areas. The news article blamed later start times that conflicted with other sports. But I seriously doubt this, as most race start times didn't change.
Is the unusual title battle (no Ferrari, no McLaren) a more credible reason for the slump? And is this why Bernie so desperately wanted Schumacher back?
woohoo! :D
Cooool!
hehe, awesome
are you going to have to play more tennis now?
I'd like to but no one wants to play with me :(
Boo :(
What you need is a handy brick wall.
and a racquet. I had one in NZ but my brother stole it because he also had one, and he figured it would make more sense to have two.
Maybe you could temporarily use a frying pan?
oooh brilliant idea!
Next you'll be telling us you haven't got any tennis balls either.
I'm sure it's the same :)
And with that I'm off to uni. I'm expecting my tutor not to turn up again, so we'll see. Byee!
well now that you mention it...
He stole your brick wall??? :D
You could use a rubberband ball wrapped up in a sock?
Overcome with urge to buy a swingball set. Ahh the holes I made in the lawn with one of those in my youth...
If 1 player swingball was a professional sport, i reckon i could be earning a tidy sum right about now :P
How could you win though?
Oh BTW today is Fastelavnsdag which means I have just eaten a delicious cake :D
hmm...
Speed
Style
Awesomeness
...I might be unbeatable :P
Part four: http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/life-in-the-fast-lane-part-4/
HOORAH!
wooohooo! These excite me more than they probably should.
Hehe.
This one took quite a bit of crafting, too. It's easy to write about a daring overtaking move, whether it is successful or not. But writing about strategy and trying to make it interesting... not so easy :)
Hehehe. You and I both. :D
i just added myself to the wiki, that was an effort. But i got there.
Did you get my long lost photos Mrs C
Mind you, this is a Schumacher-esque move - pitting rather than passing.
Anyway, duly voted. :D
I voted for the overtaking, I had forgotten about reality. Suspension of disbelief success.
:D That was awesome again, i have voted!
quite surprised at the result of the last poll
I guess there are more fans of pit strategy around than i thought!
OOh its pancake day tomorrow, i almost forgot!
Ooh, yes I did.
i was VERY surprised. i mean, i thought that was only ever gonna go one way. i guess not...
I had pancakes yesterday (normally have them on a sunday...)
Great. Hope you liked them, Can you post them somewhere for the other nostalgia heads around. Im not sure id know what i was doing. You have a fasr bigger audience naturally.
Will do.
Thanks heaps. I can go to bed now, Nite all. Although you guys arent at lunch yet.
Night KB.
hey all!
Christine part 4 is awesome!! I'm really enjoying these short chapters :)
Yay!
hehe
so how is everyone this sunny monday morning?
It's snowing where I am!
uh-oh! the sun is melting the rest of our snow. i hope the snow doesn't cause any problems like it seems to around these parts.
Nah it's fine here but I think the gears froze on my bike this morning (hub gear system)...
Its sunny here too :)
People started leaving the office really early, im debating weather to join the exodus
They have 1 shot to get the crash tests right. If they fail those, they won't make the Feb 20th-ish shakedown, and they're pretty much toast. {Comment #165}
Given that the FIA put in a new frontal "crush" crash test on February 10 that all teams must pass before Bahrain, everyone else is in pretty much the same boat. Stupid but true...
The FIA changing the rules at the last minute? Never! ;)
Ugggggggghhhhhh. My earlier prediction was right. No lecturer. *grumbles to self*
F1 viewers slipped by 13%, the first fall in 5 years. The UK bucked the trend, but it slipped in other areas. The news article blamed later start times that conflicted with other sports. But I seriously doubt this, as most race start times didn't change.
Is the unusual title battle (no Ferrari, no McLaren) a more credible reason for the slump? And is this why Bernie so desperately wanted Schumacher back? {Comment #193}
Ferrari and McLaren have a massive amount of the fanbase between them, so to have both of them doing badly would not have gone down well. None of the drivers or teams in the title fight had captured the imaginations of people before the season began. Unfortunately I can't get the page to load, but I'd be interested to see the breakdown of countries and races because that would offer more clues.
You cant expect them to show up every week if its on a Monday morning :P
I can if I'm paying for this.
is there no where you can complain to?
The FIA changing the rules at the last minute? Never! ;) {Comment #238}
I expected rule changes, just not such fundamental ones at such short notice. It looks like Jean Todt's era will be no better than Max's in certain important respects - though I will grant that the Jean era will at least have a better grasp of grammar.
If anyone missed it yesterday, I've analysed the differences between the Technical Regulations released this week and the ones released in July at my blog.
We have a course review this week or next week and I don't think anyone on our course is going to give a positive review based on what everyone else has been saying too. It's a shambles really and I know I'm repeating my same complaints from last week but if you're paying for something you should be expected to get what you pay for, not what we're getting :(
Can't stress enough how finishing iin May/June will be a complete relief
I can if I'm paying for this.
is there no where you can complain to? {Comment #243}
I'd go to the Student Union and complain to their information helpdesk if I were you (not to be confused with the university's information helpdesk, which will cite a conflict of interests as a reason not to assist). They should be able to tell you the correct procedure for protesting poor academic quality.
Last year was amazingly worse. We had 5 lecturers for the same module because none of them could agree with the module learning outcomes, one of them thought 20 minutes (in a 3 hour time slot) was a proper lecture, another one didn't think it was necessary to the course (??) and I gave up caring why the other lecturer asked for a replacement. It has been quite a shambles...
Once you get a job you won't have to worry about it ... just get through it and you'll be fine ;)
There's loooooads to look forward to in the summer so I'm just working towards that :D
i've seen lots of pics of Schumi and Shov.. (looking through testing pics), Shov isn't smiling in one of them. He was always smiling when Jenson was around...
I saw one yesterday, and with all the grey and whatnot around them as well as Schumacher's emotionless face it all looked very miserable
it's like Star Wars going from republic to empire...
Afternoon :D
hey alison, how are you today?
I'm good thanks. It's my day off. Good times. You on holiday now?
awesome, days off are great :) yep, thank goodness.i don't think i could have survived another week of school without a break. They don't tell you how horrible Alevels are when you start AS. :(
Awwww :(
I didn't have too rough a time tbh. My school were pretty satisfied if you turned up.....
ah. i don't think having so many january modules and a few retakes without study leave helped much...
at least it's all done now :) all i have to worry about next half term is some bits of coursework, my textiles project on f1 (yay!) and doing the lighting for our school musical :) good times :)
My gamboling blog post today is about Christine's story :)
http://gamboling.co.uk/2010/02/15/ten-step-stories/
Goodness. You're plugging a post that plugs my posts. Weird. :)
Hi.
Yes! I hadn't thought of that but I agree...
In fact one of the plugs in my post is for an article on your site where you plug your posts... that's a lot of layers!
i didn't realise what a barrier to commenting blogger had become.
i just left a comment and whoosh, there it was. in the past it was about six steps.
me either... especially because I was logged in.
it used to be:
- read post
- click the link to open comments
- type comment
- enter wiggly word code
- post comment
- go back to post to see if it appeared
I had to pull some strings to get that published today because Katherine had already edited all of this week's posts but I didn't want to write about it after the story had ended.
nightmare.
Dictionary!
Must add that to the dictionary later.
The perils of writing ahead!
it's must comment monday today, and i am determined to comment on every blog i read. have i missed any posts this morning?
right i'm off out to get more pics for Falmouth uni again... catch ya later! xx
See ya :)
I have one film watch and one story. Plus I sent you a couple of emails too. They probably don't count.
just found and commented.
Afternoon all.
chap.
Hey bud. Just listening to your voicemail ;)
Oooh dear...
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. :D
While the boss is away, TM will play. :D
fight the good fight lukeh. don't let these university types get away with it. they do it the world over, and I want to see massive student (peaceful) protests about it.
I think they should only get paid if they meet quality standards. If only you could get away with not paying your bill :-(
I'll have a post for your perusal this evening. :)
I'll try - I have two in the works but I need to iRace tonight to fast track my licence along too...
Awww. Give Shov time to adjust. I mean, he was Jenson's race engineer for a while by the time 2009 came around. They won't be best buds right away.
Here's another one for you Mr C.
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/15/vettel-makes-his-mark-on-christines-rankings/
:cry:
That's mean!!! I can look after things....
Kimi's Sweden video is up: http://www.kimiraikkonen.com/videos/3.asp
Afternoon all.
Anyone for a SM shoe? http://twitpic.com/13eehc
flippin' brilliant!
can you imaging bernie giving him rights to use footage of himself in a car?
anyone fancy putting a creative commons logo on hte FOM site?
Work is boring.
I get my exam result today via email but no idea what time... slightly nervous
Formula 1 lost more than 80m television viewers last year as a result of later start times for races, according to documents released by F1 Group.
A consequence of the later start times was that these races were broadcast in the evening in Asia. According to the F1 report, this meant that 'Formula 1 was broadcast in direct competition with domestic sports such as the Chinese Football Super League
so... late start times:
- made it harder for drivers to see
- caused the malaysian gp to be aborted
- lost FOM 80 million views
can we get a slow hand clap for bernie please?
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/markets/article.html?in_article_id=499633
- and upset me for a year. Stupid half points.
:)
I haven't read the thing yet but surely this can't have been the only reason.
that is what the article suggests, yep.
From the same item
£290 in a year and Max sold them 100 years of rights for $300 million because they could not make a profit otherwise. Time for Todt to re-negotiate I think.
Screwed up blockquoting = oops
Surely 17 races against 19 the previous season had some effect and 2008 went to the last corner where Button had the championship all but sealed up by June.
I've read it now and it looks like it came from a larger report somewhere.. Would be useful to see that.
how do you add a race and still lose viewers?
In fact one of the plugs in my post is for an article on your site where you plug your posts... that's a lot of layers! {Comment #263}
Recursive pluggery!
2008 had 18 races 2009 had only 17
aha!
I think they should only get paid if they meet quality standards. If only you could get away with not paying your bill {Comment #283}
In the UK, universities are supposed to have to meet a quality standard if they want to charge more than the pre-top-up rate, and a simpler one to have a charter in the first place. The trouble is the lack of quality enforcement. The ombudsman can force courses to close and the students to be fully refunded, but the process to get that done is lengthy.
just testing something....
and one more time...
if anyone has an old mobile that used to struggle to read the daily post. could they try viewing:
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/15/daily-15th-february-2010/
and lemmie know if it works now pls?
Formula 1 lost more than 80m television viewers last year as a result of later start times for races, according to documents released by F1 Group.
I haven't read the thing yet but surely this can't have been the only reason. {Comment #297}
One would expect a drop of 1/18 (to 554.9555555555 million viewers) through losing a race and this should now be regained because 2010 has more races than 2009. However, this leaves 32.9555555555555555 million viewers unaccounted for.
The Pitpass article from which this is derived admits that Brazil's figures plummeted after Felipe Massa's accident and that stars such as Alonso and Kubica didn't perform well enough to attract the legions of supporters they've accumulated over the years to the TV screens. All three of these drivers have a chance of doing better in 2010 than 2009, which would improve Brazillian, Spanish and Polish viewing figures respectively.
However, the start-time strategy was a factor as well (and the most avoidable Pitpass could see) because it meant Far Eastern audiences had to decide between F1 and, for example, Chinese domestic football.
ferrari want testing bahrain:
The weather wasn't good and it is getting worse. Next year it would be more efficient to go in another warmer and drier country for testing.
Do they not remember testing in Bahrain?
twas a bit dusty :)
i'll tweet them.
just for amusement: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/14/newspaper-headlines-style-cliches
gosh my town is a horrible place. Hi all!
Awww I'm sure you'll get some good pictures in the end! Couldn't you try somewhere slightly further afield if it's really scabby?
problem is they need to be at falmouth uni by friday, so i need to send them off by tomorrow evening i think. Well i have to have shots that sum up my feelings towards the town... so hmm...i may have to use some artistic licence and include some previously taken shots... it's really hard to get an offer from there anyway so i'll try my best.
.. someone remind me never to spend the day walking round town, there are some horrible horrible places. O.O
come to high wycombe and your home town will be lovely again :D
Yeah. I wouldn't feel bad if you had to use some other photos. It's a horrible time of year too. No wonder everything looks horrible!
Boooo. Can;t you come to newport instead then? :P
Although las vegas we ain't...
really? they try to make it look lovely, and to be fair they are trying to revamp it all. But some of the people :( when i got home mum explained how while in the lift to the car park a group of confrontational, and slightly drunk teenagers were being rather horrible to her. That shouldn't happen at 2pm on a monday :(
Ah that's horrible. Is she alright?
ergh. thats horrible. I really hated my town by the time i left, but now i miss it ALOT
she's fine, she just wasn't impressed with the 'youth of today'.
Horrible places can make good pics
Hehehe I hate that phrase..... I'm not a hooligan :(
You are not youth either
me too, but i get what she means though, apparently they were teenagers.. luckily she knows that not all teenagers are like that :)
#error.
she is....just
I'm not really old either.... People make snide comments about my age at work when they think I can't hear....
:(
There is no age you can be ever that poeple won't make comments about. Just as there is no way you can look, nothing you can do and no opinion you can hold that won't result in someone making a comment
BBC are very confused. Their winter Olympic website is showing Live highlights? How can highlights be live?
Because they are streaming from the Red Button
People make a lot of assumptions about your age though.... I've had people demanding to speak to my manager more times than I can really count. I'm sure they wouldn't behave like that if I was older.
As in Customers?
It's more to do with looking older I guess, rather than being older
That is true but if you are going to be more senior than the majority of people your age that is something you just have to deal with.
I wouldn't say it's anything to be proud of.... I should really go get an education and find a proper job :P
If you get asked about you age a lot in your current job imagine what it would be like if you were a doctor
Yeah i'm sure it would be a lot worse! I can't imagine finding it more annoying though....
At least then people would want to see your boss about something significant and you can understand them being nervous or upset if they are ill
It annoys me if they just want to whine about a refund or something and presume you're not important enough to be worth their time whining at....
I love UP!
i have finally blogged about the christmas special of doctor who over a month after the second part. I will warn you, there are a lot of images, so you may not want to look if it will bring all the emotion back! http://alwayslookingforward.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey/
It is awesome!
It's my favouritest film ever. I'm watching it now. I can't imagine ever getting bored of it.... I'm worried Nick might be though :P
Am I the only person on the planet who hasn't seen it and knows absolutely nothing about it?
nope i haven't seen it either. yet. ;)
You are not. I'm a bit down with the info...
You should both see it immediately!!
Agreeeeed
SQUIRREL!
Why? All I know about it is that it's called Up and lots of people here like it. I have no idea who is in it, what it's about or anything else?
i haven't seen it either. :)
It's an animation. It's super awesome!!
WHAAAAAAAAAT??
This is heresy!
That is hardly a sales pitch. What is so super awesome about it?
It's Pixar. Do you need more?
I would offer to lend you all my copy but I'm too attached to it!
It's by Pixar, that's all you need to know in terms of how good it is :P
I have gotten home to be told to tell you it is awesome. you must see it to embrace the awesomeness :D
i want to see it. i really really want to see it. specially after lukeh's review.
I like the song.... That might be my favourite bit! That or Kevin :D
Dug is definitely the best. or Kevin. or the heart melting backstory. Gah, there's too much awesomeness.
Hi There!
My name is Doug and even though I just met you I LOVE YOU!
Oooh I started to leave you a comment the other day then got distracted...
nor me.
Sidepodfilmclub, anyone? :P
I have a Kevin soft toy that I got from my sister for Christmas. It stands unaided!!!! :D
might have to be :)
Yes.
Throw some Miyazaki films in there as well (My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Spirited away, etc.)
:D
if anyone needs some distraction, am just catching up on some of this years ted talks. jamie oliver's is quite good: http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html
i fear i may not be that productive this evening.
ive been watching the Ted talks build up in my feed reader very slowly....think im gonna have to leave them until im less busy otherwise ill get nothing done.
very exciting for Ken Robinson
I have never heard of Ted Talks either. I feel vey uninformed
Hands up everyone else who thought it was Ted Kravitz doing interviews
At least THESE indycar concepts make sense: http://www.lola-group.com/newsstory.asp?NewsId=189
*me me me*
*raises hand*
*sheepishly*
#sameperson
Yeeeeeeeep.
I flipping hope not....
previous years talks have been linked to in the comments before.
although possibly only by alex and myself: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/08/13/daily-13th-august-2009/#comment-435432
I know about the Ted conference and the stuff that comes out of it but the original comment made me think if Ted Kravitz doing a series of interviews and I had never heard of that. He needs to plug them more ;)
:)
it's possible. I can't watch this years though I am carrying on with my plan to watch all of them from the beginning.
Evening everyone :)
Adam Savages talk from a few years ago was very good as well: http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_savage_s_obsessions.html
BBC2 are showing the men's downhill. The guy who has just finished seemed to think the idea was to hit the gate markers.
wouldn't it makes sense to watch the current ones now. like, while they're relevant and stuff?
Hi Alex
it's not like they're a series with a thread to be followed.
perhaps. I don't mind. I'm not really watching them in order but in order from when my subscription started. But I don't want to think about that.
The thing I am keen to avoid is any element of choice in the matter. Because I don't want to think, "that doesn't sound very interesting I'll probably skip it". The times when I consider skipping are often the most rewarding watches.
'ello.
I did that. I skipped some, then I skipped more, then I stopped.
i understand that. i don't see why order has to come into it? watch all the talks, just watch this weeks at the same time as everyone else.
it isn't likely to happen, but say i find something worth sharing. i'll say "check this out alex" and in three years time, you'll reply.
see and I bet it was that mean mr c who made you skip some he's a skip pusher!
No, I imagine Mr C didn't know I've ever watched any.
i've given up worrying about what you watch. it's far to complicated.
no you're right. I could watch a recommended one now I think i'd be down with that. I just don't want to go actively looking.
Oh.
Jenson just replied to Adie on twitter *dies*
okay phew. I thought it was going to be a whole farming todAy thing ;)
ahh, ok. that's fair enough.
i liked the microsoft maps talk. i won't spoil it, but it's worth a look: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/766
you have rules and stuff :)
awwww!
will that affect his rankings standing?
I have helped Nick to love the Olympics once more! All is well in the world :)
Looks like this week's test is going to be wet
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81523
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the race track apparently
Ron says Lewis and Jenson are equally good and he is going to be at a few races this year. Sounds to me like he is ready to go racing full time again now Max is away.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8510787.stm
it has made me want to meet Jenson again... earliest will be Goodwood right?.. bad times :(
Evening all!
sir.
hey Chris, had a nice day?
Yeah, hasn't been too bad. It's half term at the school I work at, so It's shorter days and casual dress for a week. I hate my suit, so I love the holidays! :) You guys?
ehehehehehe
@GrandPrixDiary'I'm having paella tonight. Then later on I might buy Campos.'
you have to go in during 1/2 term? that's no fair..
I think someone replaced my Monday with a Thursday :(
uh-oh! :(
I'm IT support. I need to to the major work to the pcs. Stuff that would be disruptive to the school in term time.
Boo! On the plus side, your thursday should be pretty good then!
ahhh fair enough.
Today has been super demotivational. Now I am watching Muse videos to cheer myself up and I still feel bleh. I mean, if Muse videos aren't working...!
:(
This man needs more Rubens, stat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XocDB1eYLLo
Just realised my uni shots must link together to tell a story! shoot me now.
That was a good day :)
tell them every photo tells its own story.
fixed.
Aw no :( isn't there anything you can do with what you have?
Ashford, right? You could torch a Mondeo?
even better, a Focus
thanks Mr C... that helps ;)
:D hehehehe you know my town waaaay to well ;)
More that it first the name. Turn a Ford into ash... and a Focus, 'cos it's photography
Make something up. If you are struggling stick a few pics in flickr and we will make a story
*fits
i'm gonna choose some pics... try fit a sensible, mature story around them and hope for the best... :s
:D brilliant! ;)
Evening.
I just finished my first ever race at Virginia International Raceway in a Skip Barber Car and finished 6th! Was very pleased with how the race went :)
If they're running windows then that will happen anyway :p
the university are trying to scare me by putting words like 'photographic practitioners' in their letters when what they really mean is 'photographers'
Ronspeak is clearly seeping it's way into the education system
Well, true. I mean more disruptive than normal :D
What about retouchers or photo manipulators. lighting cameramen etc? Not Photographers exactly....
:D
oh fair enough. i'm desperately trying to find 3 photographers who link to my project. I swear applying to university shouldn't be this stressful :D
You should try a Scouts International Jamboree application form.
These photographers - do you have to match styles or something like that?
i need to discuss '3 photographic practitioners who inform my work'
i suppose i should get on with it. see you all on the other side ;) xx
Good luck!
Makes sense. Good luck :)
Read and voted
http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/
Here is a post concerning weighted scores after evaluating the driver performances in various ways over the last month: http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/2009-driver-rankings-summary/
Note: This is only for fun and does not claim to be DEFINITIVE (or as good as Christine's Rankings) ;)
Result just in.. I passed the retake I took in December :)
hehe. i'll comment in a bit.
yay!
Well done :)
Get In.
Well done
I can breathe now. And cook my dinner.
I'm all for email results but the formatting and feedback could be better..
It helps to breathe while cooking ;)
Well pleased for you sir :D
Thanks all :)
This means I have now passed the whole course. Which is quite nice :)
Plan: shower, food, beer... maybe blogging, maybe not
Right, off to bed. Sleep well ;)
Are you taking over from Alex as the promotions man?
I need all the help I can get :)
That's because you need a directory for all those blogs!
Good night
I hadn't seen a plug for it so I plugged.
Christine, looking at your "film watch".
Do you keep a secret stash of children at home?
goodnight
Nope. That is the result of Christmas on the BBC iPlayer.
Oh yes, christmas movies. Nothing too horrible. :-)
Evening!!!
I had about ten days off and became obsessed with watching every free film I could find. It's not my fault that included the dodgy Herbie film and Bridge to Terabithia :)
Having listened to the podcast today I feel I have to clear this up:
I was not *on* the toilet when I left my voicemail. Just in it with the door shut, as a graphical demonstration of how I felt sans Doohicky!
Herbie got me thinking of the worst film I had to sit through for roughly the same amount of time. Thunderpants was a clear, clear winner.
No men dressed up in dodgy santa suits, that's all that matters.
Although I did like This Tweettoday.
#Sorrylou!!!
Well, heh, there might be one of those at some point!
Santa Lash?
is adie around?
He was here about 15 minutes ago
am wondering about his last tweet... well retweet..
'Breaking News: Has Nick Fry left MercedesGP?Is he going to Lotus?Rumours circulating the web seem to think so. More info as it comes in. #f1' it's retweeted from someone called f1heaven... so i've no idea how valid it is... just made me think tis all.
Haven't seen anything on that
just stumbled upon these, lap times from day 4 from Jerez: http://f1around.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/jerez-day-4-lapchart1.pdf
I think someone wanted lap times, haven't been able to find any for other days though.
I've seen that a couple of times this evening but not from any 'known' source so I didn't even check it out.
But Jenson isn't at Lotus? Maybe he saw Heikki's new haircut and saw a new copying opportunity.
me neither.we'll find out sooner or later if it has happened..
The only thing that shows up on a news search is Pitpass.
oh really? it came totally out of the blue to me. anyway, am sure autosport will cover it if true :)
ahhh.
Hi Loy...I'm here! Wossup?
Ah the Nick Fry thing...Just dropped a mail to Phil Huff @ TotalMercGP. He's got contacts in the team so would be pretty well placed to comment. Will let you know asap!
thank you :)
also.. when i saw jenson replied to you.. i nearly died. that is all ;)
:) Haha, I thought you might. Saw your tweet seconds after mine. To be fair, coffee did almost come out of my nose.
hehehe :D so he's testing friday and saturday.. i'm free on both of those days! yay *ehem*.. not that i'm only a mclaren fan when he's driving... ;)
Just checked flights for you.....not cheap :(
sadly i wouldn't have the money if they were cheap. But i can spend the time looking over pics, following the timings/news and embracing the testing :D hehe
oh i give up with these photos!! am going to have to do them tomorrow.
I recommend "The Art of Racing in the Rain," by Garth Stein, for the Amazon store. It's one of the most memorable books I've read, and it may make a Ferrari fan out of you!
Lou...would it be wrong to call Nicola Armstrong's (Merc PR lady) number @ 22:20 for Fry based news?
cheers shaun. christine's just gone to sleep, but have made a note :)
you have Nicola's number??????
No, definitely not, no problem at all.
#confidentialjustincase
*ehem* what i meant was... maybe it would be nicer to text her?
I'd say it's a bit late for shop talk.... It's up to you though. It does sounds like a 24 hr kind of job....
erm, we do too. you really need an f1 blog for media access lou.
will greatly enhance stalking possibilities.
*quickly brings back One Timo Glock*
:)
how... what??.... but... when i was trying to identfy her when i knew her as (the girl who replaced Jules) you didn't know either?... oh no one tells me anything :(
i have no time for an f1 blog.. :( maybe in the summer :(
;)
i don't stalk people... much....
What he said!! ^^^^^
It's too late really, 24*7 job or not I'd be annoyed if people called me now.
Actually I wouldn't as they'd go through to voicemail!
You only need to start a blog you don't need to update it
a text wouldn't.
but i agree. anyhow, it's only nick fry, some things can wait :)
(although that helps quite a bit)
just look at: http://mclarenfan.wordpress.com/
steve is hosting the official vote for the mclaren hoody. how freaking cool is that?
It would if my phone's off!!!
Anyone watching the downhill snowboarding?
Best sport ever.
It is sooo cool.
there's uphill snowboarding?
I actually love that. McLaren have been great in the last couple of months haven't they.
Between them and ClaireVW they've really embraced the new media concept.
I love the Skier and Boarder - Cross events. Amy's going nuts next to me!
absolutely stunning. very. very impressed. i keep meaning to blog about it, and they go and raise the bar higher before i get the chance.
that is really cool.... is it ironic i was thinking about setting up an f1 blog to cover Brawn this season... then Mercedes bought them, Rubens moved, and so did Jenson and now i don't have as much to write about.. :D
I just want to go out and do it now.
Shame Norway is like the nearest place to do it.
There's always stuff to write about!
You could do a JB blog...I don't think there's one out there. PicApp have so many images too you wouldn't need to get access to the team's sites etc...
Write about Jenson. In all honesty in my time writing about Timo, its not a regular thing, its not as if you have to write about him everyday.
i have enough pics of Jenson i could use :D
problem with starting a JB blog is that i could probably write too much about him.. which would be scary.. I may try it, i'd need to think of a name and some interesting things to write about first i think :)
if i'm honest, you'll likely have a better chance of getting into f1 with a blog, than with uni.
i'm not saying you shouldn't do uni, i'd just personally place a blog higher up the importance scale these days.
unofficialJB.wordpress.com would be a good start.
1st post - what the blog's about
2nd post review of last year
3rd post pre season and mclaren hopes for 2010
4th post preview to Bahrain and review of last season
5th post your own.
Take it Lou and run with it!
Call it On the Button
On that note I need to go to be. Up at 5 to drive to MK tomorrow.
Actually I suppose I could pop into Brackley on my way as I drive past the factory on the way in and find out first hand.
Even better, Lou that's your week sorted!
And if you did both....winner!
So goodnight!
Night
night adie.
As I said on interviews with bloggers, I'm doing a blog to help with my journalism, I can't see why it won't help for anything else.
Nighty night.
oh?
Thing is i want to do the whole uni thing, as well as having the opportunity to push my photography forward. So they'd be no question of me not going :) but I think that's why Farnham and Southampton Solent appeal to me so much, seeing as they are closer to the main British race circuits than Falmouth is :)
ooooo i'm ever so tempted...
Go go go!!!
how is an f1 team going to find you tucked away in a university?
clearly they're listening to twitter, google alerts etc. they have been since we started sidepodcast and now teams are being proactive about it. how long before f1 recruitment happens on twitter? i say this year.
you can just pop into Brackley? *faints*.. i knew blogs were awesome and all.. but... awesome.
night Adie.
that is impressive. i don't think we'd get past the security gate :)
course you would ;) everyone knows 'christine from the internet' ;)
;)
the year after is more probably, F1 teams seem to take a while to get used to things.
And how much she loves MS? :P
ooops!
I think you should do the course and have a blog as well. Cover both bases. Even if it is a fortnightly update or something.
I don't think you're ever really going to recruit for things like engineers like that.... Not unless every profession is doing it.
really? you can't see claire saying "we need x2 wind tunnel engineers, must be willing to relocate to grove"?
Arts and creative professions always seemed to me to be about getting seen/heard by the right people. Getting your demo tape played to the big producer or whatever. I feel like twitter is just an extension of that. Maybe in some regards it's easier to be seen.
I don't think that's how you're going to get the best engineers no....
I don't think for engineering posts, possible others within the team. You have to think eventually the teams might get more than one person to run their websites ;)
you make a good point.
okay i'm going to take a few days to get my half term work done and then i'll have a proper think about an f1 blog and what i can do in that area. As i said it's something i was considering at the end of the year, you know following the championship winners etc but now i don't like them :P
fair enough.
i personally wouldn't employ anyone who didn't have a fundamental grasp of microblogging these days. and what better way to ensure it.
:)
to distract you all from trying to persuade me to get a blog ( ;) ) here's a picture of a member of my family who means a lot to me :) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4360061003/
Nice photo
I find it so bizarre that a number of teams do that. I know budgets are tight but one person?? crazy.
If you had a blog, you could put that picture on there and write about it! ;)
It really depends what kind of work you're doing! My last place of work didn't even have a computer in the building :P
i guess:
a) bernie restricts them anyhow
b) it doesn't make the car faster
Aww, thats a nice one.
You still need a (another) blog
hehe i do have a photography blog, but tbh i wouldn't really be able to talk about that picture much. other than saying how awesome my nanna is :)
i don't think the type of work makes any difference. the type of company and company culture will do though.
yeah, after I said that I remembered your photo blog :)
grr Bernie. i had a rant to a friend about how Bernie was actually bad for F1 earlier. the friend just nodded as they don't like F1 that much :)
I can't argue with the second one. ;)
hehehe that's a lesson for me though, update more and people will remember you. :)
actually i can: http://sidepodcast.com/2007/10/25/part-of-the-answer/
I can't even remember what I had for lunch today. I've been coding and playing Modern Warfare 2 all day, brains turned to mush, and I still have another class tonight.
oh?
Thing is i want to do the whole uni thing, as well as having the opportunity to push my photography forward. So they'd be no question of me not going {Comment #540}
Given the number of people in my class at uni who got blogs (I was considered a tad unhip for only getting mine just before third year because by then only three other people didn't have one...), I'd say blogging and uni are relatively simple to combine. In fact, the broader outlook may help the blogging effort.
I hadn't seen that. very intresting :) I amazed at how long it has taken F1 to realise how good the internet can be for them.
clearly they're listening to twitter, google alerts etc. they have been since we started sidepodcast and now teams are being proactive about it. how long before f1 recruitment happens on twitter? i say this year. {Comment #543}
I don't think recruitment via Twitter will ever happen, though I definitely see potential in Twitter streams being used as a method of "screening" candidates and as a precursor to head-hunting (especially in the PR side of operations).
When evaluating candidates the first thing we do is see if they have twitter/facebook/etc. and look at their stuff (if it's public)
hence why i use a username instead of my actual name ;)
Really? ugh. I don't see why companies need to see my personal stuff.
in f1, or generally? because it is already happening elsewhere: http://tweetmyjobs.com/
To see what kind of person your like away from work. also if you've rude about said company ;)
I know why, I just don't think it should be allowed.
Then mark it private and make sure only your friends can see it.
We try and get as much PUBLIC info on someone as we can when evaluating. If they don't have public facebooks or twitter or anything like that, we certainly don't hold it against someone.
But there are a LOT of young folks out there that need to be a LOT more careful about what they post in public places.
If you post it in a public forum, then it's public.
as every company should. for their own self preservation.
But it's hard. I don't think things you've done at 15 or whatever should have any impact on anything in your adult life.
I don't think they should, either, but you shouldn't be broadcasting all the stupid things you do.
Back in my day, people only found out about all the things we did when one of the errr... "not so bright ones" trusted the cops and talked instead of waiting for a lawyer, like he should have
;)
Indeed. some people don't realise people can see what they put on facebook/twitter etc.
That is true. I'm sure I've done a lot of dense things in my life but I don't think I've really written about them on the internet....
I've done a couple dense things (and been caught once or twice) perhaps I'll write about it on the internet now, it was 20 years ago ;)
Thing is a lot people these days do, it has become the norm to tell everyone what you are doing every second of the day.
it'll get worse as it gets easier. however, it is always opt-in.
no-one is forcing anyone to listen. which is why is like it so much.
yay for the speed skating being on again :)
Oooh oooh oooh thanks for the heads up :D
Oh yeah! I have been sitting here trying to watch the ice hockey but its impossible to see the puck. Didnt realise there was speed skating option available. *changes*
BBC2 is showing boarder cross
:(
I still like you ice hockey.
Its a repeat of what we just watched though
:D I'm sad the luge is at 1 though :(
oh? i'm watching online..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/live_coverage/default.stm
I didn't watch it on the net though.
What happened if the ice cracks and they fall in the water?
Eurgh I disapprove of that starters gun.... Also ringing the bell basically as soon as they've started is stupid....
It was on BBC3.
err.. am not sure the ice would be allowed to crack?
what is the point of the bell?
Oh...
*sheepishly be's quiet*
It tells them it's the last lap.... I'm hoping this isn't a shock to them as the race is just over a lap long!
hahaha really? that's odd...
i have an uncontrollable urge to snowboard now. I just have to keep reminding myself that I hate snowboarding.
Hi Amy! :) how are you today? i've never been skiing or snow boarding, it seems waaaay too scary :)
Same here, I hate the fact that 20 minutes away from me is a ferry which goes to Norway.
Seems like a good point to unlurk.
Skiing is AMAZING.
Oooh Norway? I've been to Hamburg from Newcastle before. Nowhere so exotic as Norway though.... Might have to give that a try....
really? but you can break things.. and it's cold and things. it just seems very scary.. i mean attaching 2 pieces of wood (maybe not wood...but..) to your feet and falling down a hill? i like playing tennis, it's much safer ;)
Its pretty much the selling point. I think, they do 24 hour trips from Newcastle to Norway.
I enjoy skiing (I think) but I spend 95% of the time terrified and the rest of the time on the ground....
You can break things going for a walk, fall over and BAM ;)
When you're with me....tennis is definitely not safer...I have a tendancy to aim the ball at people.
Unintentially of course :D
i hate skiing even more than boarding
Sounds like brilliant fun.
I want to do the Moguls as well, which is pretty much skiing, but with some bumps and jumps there as well.
those 4 going down the hill at once is some skill. I want to have a go too, except I'm scared of heights and of falling, and of being out of control...
Ok...so lets get this straight...
If you spend 95% of the time being terrified then you cant be enjoying yourself...
So 5% of the time, you're on the ground...which means....you LOVE falling over.
Simples ;)
that sounds kinda awesome :) i don't know much about norway, only that i one day want to go there and see the Aurora Borealis..
You never feel the cold because you are working so hard. So long as you get the right gear the cold is not a problem and I really don't like being cold. I evn got stuck up a mountain in a blizzard where I couldn't see my knees once when a tow broke and even after 45 minutes in that I was still warm.
I've been skiing since I was little though. Mainly just on matting. Carlisle has it's own pathetically small dry ski slope....
true story. you're more likely to get sunburn than be cold
ah.
that is NOT skiing
Mogul are great but they are not like they are in the Olympics. They are all different sizes and you have to be way more careful than they are
i don't like the idea of being stuck in a blizzard!!
i'll stick with travelling for f1 purposes, they go to warm places ;)
I've been on snow in Scotland once.
Oh, right.
I'll stick to the snowboarding then...
Hehe I almost went on their fake snow thingy in Dubai but Nick was too busy to take me and I didn't feel strongly enough to go by myself!
Also the rental romper suits were just too hideous....
:) so not a fan of strapping things you to feet and falling down a snow covered hill? .. like me :D
i know :( breaking things hurts :(
hehehehe being hit by a ball in tennis i can cope with :D
I think the skaters seem to have an advantage if they start out on the outside... It doesn't see very fair!
i cant. ouch.
i once went backwards down the olympic downhill run Val D'Isere.
ouch
its the same distance, should be equal
It doesn't seem to be the distance. Maybe it's psychological. It looks too hard to build up enough of a lead on the inside to keep your advantage when you swap sides.... I've not seen anyone do it!
The guy coming to the end on the inside always wins.
i need to work out what events nz athletes are in so i can watch us not win medals. The tv gives me "aussie alerts" when there is an australian on another channel but this does not interest me at all ;)
http://winterolympics.external.bbc.co.uk/Athletes/nation=NZL/index.html
The BBC site for the Olympics is just brilliant.
our claim to fame is that in 1992 we won the first ever medal for a southern hemisphere nation. We just havent won any since.
in f1, or generally? because it is already happening elsewhere: {Comment #580}
In F1. Direct Twitter recruitment may even happen in junior-level motorsport, but F1 teams have too many good candidates rather than too few. There is also a healthy, well-functioning verbal grapevine. As a result, I think jobs in the future will continue to be primarily acquired through that grapevine, with the wide array of information types possible through traditional recruiting methods ensuring that the application-interview-reference approach remains the method for recruiting for jobs where the team hasn't made its mind up which candidate to hire.
Twitter may become one thing that could prompt a positive "grapevine" response (hence my comment that it could be a pre-cursor to headhunting) but I see no reason why F1 vacancies, for example, would be posted to Twitter in preference to Autosport (digital or dead tree), for example.
umm. autosport isn't free is it? twitter is.
There's no reason why they wouldn't, either.
How searchable is twitter though? I think if I were jobhunting and I had to try and root through hundreds of companies' tweets on the off chance they mention a vacancy, I'd be quite peeved...
I don't think they should, either, but you shouldn't be broadcasting all the stupid things you do. {Comment #587}
It would help if we knew what employers would deem "stupid". While there are obviously stupid things that definitely do not belong in the public domain if avoidable, there are subtler things as well. If previous experience is anything to go by, a lot of employers seem to think competence is stupid (or at least threatening) and a few seem to think my existence is offensive (because I blatantly don't fit some stereotype that particular organisation constructed that nobody fits and the people who invented the stereotype least of all), meaning that what exactly you can write in public is... ...absolutely nothing!
on its own, not very, but i linked to this site yesterday: http://tweetmyjobs.com/
f1 is no different from any other industry and i can very much see formula 1 jobs appearing in this format this year.
umm. autosport isn't free is it? twitter is. {Comment #645}
Twitter might be free, but if teams get the recruits they want through Autosport, why widen it out and waste lots of time discarding extra applications? They have to pay people to process applications and teams typically get hundreds of "spec" applications a year as it stands. With Twitter it would probably go to thousands because the opportunity cost of someone finding an ad that way is so low. At that stage, even the five seconds to read and mentally reject each of the superfluous ones costs a significant amount of money, probably justifying the price of an Autosport advert on its own.
Think of it as a hidden barrier to recruitment that weeds out lots of unsuitable candidates. In Year 7, there was a "higher maths" class that students could be referred to if they were really good at maths. What the teachers didn't tell you was that there was a hidden test you had to pass to get in. The classroom where the class was held had a swipe card machine like all the others at the school in question. However, said machine was not in an obvious place, but hidden behind a whiteboard and some other stuff. If you couldn't find the machine, you couldn't register yourself as in that class... ...and were therefore assumed not to be bright enough to absorb some of the arcane logic used in the "higher maths" class. There is no logical connection between ability to find a swipe card machine and mathematics, but there did seem to be a correlation between them which only became apparent as the students' in-class results started coming in.
In organisations which struggle to get suitable candidates, Twitter offers some major advantages over traditional advertising methods because there's more chance of at least one of the candidates actually being competent/good/outstanding in the job in question (delete as appropriate). However, F1 teams are not among them. What they need to improve their processes are new methods of distinguishing between outstanding candidates rather than more ways of finding said candidates.
There's no reason why they wouldn't, either. {Comment #646}
Apart from Autosport is known to work for the F1 teams' purposes and Twitter has yet to prove itself in that regard. When there is no good reason to change, inertia generally wins.
but do they? how can you be sure?
^^if that were true, we'd still be posting letters to each other?
what about convenience, speed of response etc?
I can't imagine how you know that, Alia, so I will butt back out of this conversation!
am guessing alia's starting her own f1 team on the sly.
but do they? how can you be sure? {Comment #652}
Because if they didn't they'd already be using other methods in combination or instead of Autosport and the "grapevine". It's not as if there's a lack of choice and teams plainly know, for example, what Twitter is. It's not that much of a jump between having conversations with fans on Twitter and offering work to them through Twitter (OK, it would be for Bernie and the FIA, but never mind...)
if you say so.
the fun thing about this is, by the end of the year an f1 team either will have advertised a job on twitter, or they won't have. and one of us will be right and one of us won't be.