Hi everyone! I thought that since only a select few people get the opportunity to write a daily post, I'd give you a little 'Day in the Life of a Daily Writer' for a nice little treat. Hows that sound? Rubbish? Well, tough.
--
0747: Well, I've just woken up. It's Sunday and again I'm up stupidly early. F1 is going on in China, I like to watch this, helps me get facts for the daily. I must say I am desperately hoping for a double points finish for Sauber, that would be fantastic. Of course I feel I should show some bias in my daily post to give it its own personality. It gives it a nice edge.
0938: So the Chinese Grand Prix has finished, usually it takes a little while to get links from the various commenters, but you always have the main news outlets like Autosport and the BBC getting news reports out almost straight away. They lack character but helpful in their own little way. The race itself was great, wasn't it, not if you were Perez, or Alguesuari's right rear tyre man, but in the grand scheme of things, F1 put on a great spectacle, in your face doubters.
1015: The BBC Forum is on. Hmm, nah, I'll watch what appears to be some people wearing Newcastle United shirts leading the London Marathon. Honestly, the Great North Run is far better. Ours finishes by the coast darn it.
1111: Time to take a break and play football. Guaranteed start today, people back from injuries, they might be league leaders but I reckon we can take them.
1422: We lost 3-1.
1428: This is the part where I sit back and enjoy myself a little bit. No pressure just yet. Stick on a bit of Tiger Woods 12 for an hour or two. Hopefully this time I won't hit a final round of 77, whilst leading. Two can play at the choking game McIlroy. Normally I just keep an eye on the comments and twitter, say, Lukeh has just popped up with his race review. Normally I'd expect the same from Leigh but he's lucky and is in Italy covering F3's, so I guess that is the only one. Also best remember to include Sidepodcast stuff, like the highlights and results, so useful.
1501: Stopped the golf because of this. No idea if anyone saw the Eurovision documentary last night, covering Blue going to Dusseldorf in May. Frankly, it was rubbish. But. And this is a massive but. It did feature Yohanna. This realisation has caused me to chuck away my controller and watch that bit again, and rewind...
1535: Ball in the water at the 15th. 4 shots off the lead, who the hell is Vaughn Taylor anyway? Oooh, Ted News is up. This is usually useful and entertaining insight by everyone's favourite pitlane person Ted Kravitz.
1547: Eagle at the 17th. Still in it...
1551: Rats, double bogeyed the 18th. Ruined. Stupid game anyway.
1600: Football, I like this, and it means I can talk a lot about it as well. Tottenham sadly didn't play this weekend because of the FA Cup. Here I'll link to how Manchester City beat Manchester United to make the FA Cup final, and whoever wins between Stoke City and Bolton. I'll say Bolton. Some game between Arsenal and Liverpool going on, probably be rubbish and not worth talking about.
1630: 3-0 to Stoke. This is why I don't predict anymore. Predictions are fun to do, but get them wrong often, not good.
1750: 5-0 to Stoke. Certainly worth mentioning, this is huge. Stoke in Europe and everything. Guaranteed link clicker. Arsenal and Liverpool as predicted, rubbish.
1802: I was wrong. This is why you write the daily at the end of the day.
1945: This is where it gets to the tight end. Few hours left in the day. Links are more or less ready, but I want to write a blog post and there's also a football match involving Napoli. Darn, this is going to be a close call tonight.
2102: Blog progress = 0%. Napoli losing 2-0. Title chances over. Well at least I can crack on with this... oooh, Hunter-Reay starting second in the IndyCar?
2306: Ryan is slowing.... no... no... nooooooooooooo. Well, at least it does mean I get to finish my blog post.
2339: Done! Matteo Manassero you blog worthy person you. But I'll never get this all done in 21 minutes. This is going to be close.
2341: Okay, here I need to come up with an idea. Come on brain think... rugby game... quiz show... normal daily.... oooh, daily of the day of a life of writing a daily. Brain, I don't say this often enough, but you are brilliant.
2345: Intro done. Short, smart. Like it. Now, 12 hour clock or 24... I usually flip a coin on tough decisions like these. Into the body we go.
0000: Midnight.This is a tough point for me, usually it means I have failed. But, in the end, it makes Mr C happy. Heck, I'm on holiday anyway. I usually come to this conclusion and soldier on.
0030: Daily post has done. Link time, this is a fairly dull and uneventful process.
0047: Unfortunately I have 'accidentally' clicked on one of the links. It may have been the one about Yohanna...
0051: Links done. Took forever. From here I go to write something into the excerpt box. Sometimes I like to write a little easter egg, or entice the reader to read on. Today I shall go for the latter. Something simple and memorable. Tick 'Daily' under categories and publish. Off to the internet ether we go...
0052: This tends to be the point I have forgotten to write and that is no different today. I'm just going to say that I'm dan saaf in Lahndan this time next week so can't do the daily, oh well. Thanks for reading this 'Day in the Life of a Daily Writer'. Au revoir.
hullo brand new week.
not sure if anyone will find this interesting, but jewel is live streaming a gig set up. at the moment a man is tuning guitars: http://www.ustream.tv/jewel
omfg, what a brilliant, brilliant daily post.
*salutes*
i would like to second this. not sure i'm allowed a top ten daily posts list, but if i were this one would be right up there.
Agreed!
I'm intrigued that you insert links at the end. I insert as I go.
RG will be in London. You should do a meetup.
I prefer to write my text down first and make sure everything is okay there, before links.
just realised i can't go for a run tonight as I'm having dinner with Pamela. Tomorrow i shall run!
Also (now that I've gotten off mobile doohickey and can read the post)
EUROVISIOOOOOON!
RG, I really like the insight you've provided into how you spent yesterday :)
Less than a month!
working on game scores, halfway through, Sean is killing us
Generally don't know if I'll be available, I'll ask and see and stuff.
I should start working on getting onto European time.
As you can see, its a great life...
Genius post RG
#sidepodspace.
This info is for Tuesday morning not Monday morning but I will post now so I don't forget. If you have ever wanted to see a planet in the sky then Tuesday is your lucky day because there are 4 of them all clustered together. If you are in the UK look very low in the sky to the east around 6am just before the sun properly rises and you can see Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury
http://www.space.com/11390-mercury-mars-skywatching-tips.html
Just make sure you don't look at the sun as it rises especially if you are using binoculars etc.
Just did a quick read of the Long Beach post and comments. From the heart I say THANK YOU! sidepodcast community for supporting Indycar. Can't explain why right now, but I'm positive that by doing so you'll help F1 back into the USA. The world outside the USA hasn't been taken in by the NASCAR Matrix and still wants to know who won the Indianapolis 500. The world outside the USA still knows what a real racing car looks like. Keep helping us here rediscover that, keep supporting Indycar!
Can I just say, one of the best dailies I've read. Ever. :) Great job, RG! :)
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 18th April 2011
- Live: IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach 2011
- China 2011 - Team Standings
- China 2011 - Driver Standings
- China 2011 - Race Result
Anyone else think Windsor is being a bit catty here?
http://twitter.com/PeterDWindsor/statuses/59858634699583489
Wants his old job back because he knows the sponsors name
Morning. Ace Daily RG!
My friend just sent me this - someone asked who first thought of elves, and the answer is very amusing! http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&u=http://www.familjeliv.se/Forum-25-71/m58411049-1.html
I write mine in Windows Live Writer. I collect the links using Instapaper, then I open them in tabs to copy the address so it's in my browser history in case I lose them. Then when it's done I copy the source code over to the SPC Wordpress Dashboard, add a summary, preview and then schedule for midnight.
The bit that seems to take the longest is which links 'make the cut' and what order they should be in...
Interesting read on the Quadbike guy who wanted to buy sauber without any moneyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13109493
oops http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13109493
We are having a bit of a clean up in the office and we have just found a whole cupboard of transparency files!
No wonder you couldn't find it!
:D
They look so retro ;)
Did anyone else notice there was hardly any traffic this morning?
on the roads? In Denmark? Not me.
morning all
:)
Hello.
Please save me from child chatter
Yeah, school holidays here, nobody doing the extra rat run.
Back in the office?
..although people still drive far too slowly for my liking :)
I meant locally you silly!
Ah I don't really use roads.
Yep - and absolutely exhausted. Only got in the door at 2am
Where you're going, you don't need them.
What about on your train?
It was seriously like a sunday this morning!
Ah but was it worth it? :)
This may be the single best line I've ever read:
Not if that's your club! :(
If I can survive that weekend, then Oulton Park shouldn't be too bad
:)
True, but surely someone should've noticed something before the club milk bill?
Excellent daily, RG.
I would suspect (and I say this with Peter Sauber in mind too) that seeing as he progressively fooled more and more people that they either got star struck over the amount of money involved or that they were promised it would arrive later...
True, but a dangerous tactic to fall into
Indeed. I suppose F1 and Football are very alike that once they see the money they don't care where it comes from.
Heheh, good to see Jenson can laugh at himself :)
I've just arrived to Tokyo and Jessy has recommended giving me some parking lessons before the next race in Turkey!! ;-)
points!
Ping: http://mrschristine.com/2011/04/18/an-update-on-reading-with-zinio/
I have started aperating to work these days ;)
Good idea.
mini ping: http://sidepodcast.posterous.com/more-gopro-sightings-at-mclaren
Adam Hay-Nicholls talks about how F1 and China see each other: http://www.metrof1.com/blogs/metrof1/2011/04/china-crisis---and-what-f1-can-learn-from-it.html
uh oh, someones trying to talk me into running a 5k on 17 July.
more lap analysis from tony: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5630414067
Yay!
look who did it last year :D
I haven't gone running in ages..but its 13 weeks away and I can get up to 5k by then if I actually start running again...and I kind of want a medal...
I did it in 3 weeks.
Hurt like hell though!
You can do it! You'll be far better than I was! :)
You have to enter by July 1 so I still have ages to work up to a point where I think it might be vaguely doable.
My friend is doing the 10k course. That I will not be doing :D
You can do it! You were running really well before Melbourne...
I am determined to get back into it tomorrow. I need to find a new course though because where I used to run is now too dark at the time I go out and I don't feel safe there.
Hmm that is a tough one. I have started running with a buddy - and she's quicker than me so I have to keep pushing!
running with other people is pretty much my worst nightmare. Stupid 5k race will be full of people. They let you go in 3 waves though, those who think they can do it in under 30 minutes, 30-35 minutes and 36 minutes +. Considering the first lot leave at 10.30am and they start closing the course at 11am though, it doesn't sound like you'd want to be out there too much after 11!
theres a 5.7km run during the Melbourne Marathon in October. Oooh. 5.7km sounds like an odd distance.
I was just watching some highlights of the London Marathon, and all those people at the start.
Almost fainted just from seeing it on TV :)
stupid marathons, making me think in one day in 25 years i might be able to do one.
Have you been for your run today yet? Did you decide if it was inspiring or not? :D
I am watching Ted News. Oddly when he's on camera he moves his hands less than when he's not :)
Hehe, not yet. Going any minute now.
I've only seen the pro-athletes on TV, and they are so far removed from me it didn't matter either way :)
good luck :)
First time I did it in 40, then I did it somewhere between 30 and 35. This year I'm gonna beat 30. That's my target!
theres a bit at the bottom where they mention the winning times last year for those who may be trying for a medal: men, 18 minutes, women: 20. 18 minutes is insane!
Oh boo. I forgot to defrost my lamb. I've got little minted NZ lamb... er.. steaks(?). Needs 12 hrs apparently. Maybe they can be saved for the long weekend.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 18th April 2011
- Live: IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach 2011
- China 2011 - Team Standings
- China 2011 - Driver Standings
- China 2011 - Race Result
It's a 5km sprint!
If you can run 5km in 18 minutes, maybe next year you should try for the 10km :D
Exactly. 5km is too easy for them!
Can you give the girlfriends points too? Jessy's responce;
'Yes honey remember Monaco in 2009? ;)'
:D
AAAAH That's so awesome!!!
they are so sweet! :)
Sam Michael is saying they are restructuring the technical department at Williams and he may not exclude himself from that. Talking about having a contract to the end of the year and staying as long as that, but maybe leaving. I hope he doesn't but maybe the problem is him?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90866
Pamela and I were discussing Sam Michael over dinner. How topical :D
Sam Michael is dinner conversation? The same Sam Michael?
its post F1 dinner. We talk F1.
i'm jealous of your f1 dinners. they sound so much fun :)
Hehe :)
tonight we had gelato. gelato is fun!
I've never thought much to Sam Michael - I think without Geoff Willis he wasn't as strong as the pair were.
They need to have a massive reshuffle because they are going backwards.
Wow!
I dont think i could talk about Sam Micheal. other than saying he has been responsible for a lot of bad cars and a walrus
I did mention that Williams have never won a race the whole time I've been a proper-F1-watcher and he's been technical director that whole time. We weren't talking positive about him :)
I like him but he just hasn't done anything
while i had to look up what that was i'm now even more jealous. When i come to melbourne in '14 can we go for post race dinner?
#planningconfidentialfrommrc
Is it not Ice Cream?
I'll have a go! :)
I always thought gelato was butter. Suddenly I don;t think butter is a meal.
Yuck!
sure :D
Good grief.
basically, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelato :)
an ancient Italian frozen dessert
I can't believe it's not butter.
:D
I see. Growing up I made no distinction between Ice Cream and Gelato, but nowadays we do tend to buy more Ice Cream from the Italian Supermarket...
hehe i really wanna go to Melbourne, but that's the first year i can (to make it coincide with the f1!). I've even started saving already. Am calling it a treat for finishing my degree the year before.
Wait... Lukeh, you work in a shop well known for stocking frozen foods and you thought it was butter?
And planning your meals.
Go for it.
we went here, you'd better start choosing from the menu
http://www.trampolinegelato.com.au/
Although there are other gelato shops I like more :)
I only learnt last year gammon was not fish!
Food is confusing.
hehe! i'm excited..
Oh... kay. I'll be back later!
*facepalm*
Now I know why I can never find anything in the Supermarket ;)
haha i refuse to choose a meal 3 years in advance :)
Woah.
Now i am scared! What if somone wanted a fishcake and went home with a load of bacon!
You're confusing me with someone who takes any notice in such a job :)
Touché. Not much longer now matey ;)
you'd get on well with my dad, mum is trying to plan their UK trip and he said 'until I set foot on English soil I don't want to hear or talk about this stupid trip' and then refused to help her investigate options for hiring a car even though it really would have been in his best interest to help her since he actually knows how to use the internet :D
they never have the flavours i want in the actual shop anyway :(
oh no christine come back! we'll stop planning such silly things :) the closest i've got to planning it properly is working out how much i need to put aside each month!
#isbeingsensiblereally..
Or a cake (I've seen that happen once).
Was it shaped like a fish? http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4050190279_98d81f17ff.jpg
No. It was a Victoria sponge cake...
Lukeh, check your facebook wall, i have sent you a link..
The thing is not silly, the planning is :)
I've just about got round to planning a trip I'm taking next month. And by planning, I mean I know where I'm going.
Vodafone has it's plusses every once in a while :)
I'd just like to put it to the jury that I've never planned anything 3 years in advance :D
On the flip side I don't even know what I'm having for dinner tonight
Hehe, I still hold you responsible as a bad influence :)
fair enough :)
now, back to blogging #oops
thing is, i'm 19 and have limited funds. If i wanna go to Australia, which i do, i need to plan in order to save. so that i can buy tickets :)
:D
I don't even know where I am having dinner tonight!
Oh I'm having mine at the dinner table. ;)
:D
Vodafone's online account stuff makes me laugh. On the bill section it has a frequently asked questions bit about mobile bills, and the first bit is..
'What is my bill?'
You'd think people would know these things :)
Some people don't understand English, apparently...
Disappointingly there isn't a 'What is a phone?' bit...
....yet.
Maybe they could have a 'Who am I?' bit too? That would be handy.
:D
That would only work if people logged in, otherwise it would say "You are who you are (C) Sebastian Vettel 2011"
He stole that line from Ke$ha so I'm going to call him $eba$tian
Really don't know why the dollar signs made me read it in the voice of sean connery...
I give it five minutes before you think it's too complicated to type :)
Is this the dreaded new "finger"?
I typed an s after every. single. $ sign.
Even worse on a Danish Keyboard as it's the Tremayne key (Alt-GRRRR) and then 4!
1,000 people google "symptoms of back pain" every day.
Im hoping its different people everyday, but with a question like that you cant be sure...
Your back hurts?
Hehe!
$£baStYen
Ooh, that's good.
I feel like Lewis would do this too.
Should've use euros;
$€baStYen
For real
he'd be on it like white on rice, baby.
genius
I just read that, doing research for Tweets of the Week. Genuinely have no idea what it means.
I've heard it before but I just realised I have no idea either.
I looked it up and I still have no idea: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/like_white_on_rice
He's trying too hard again.
Is it because rice is white? Even though it sometimes isn't?
urban dictionary says "the word does not carry any racist connotations, and refers strictly to the foodstuff "rice", which is in fact entirely white."
I like brown rice.
someone needs to educate that man on how to have a good curry.
Why does Urban Dictionary always have to have a rude definition for every phrase?
I don't think it always does, but the one's that do, well that's the nature of the beast isn't it.
it's a film isn't it?
can someone please type a pound sign into the comments for me to copy and paste into the post i'm writing? :D
£
ta. Thats much easier than remembering a shortcut code or god forbid, clicking on insert symbol :D
lb
(based in china)
Probably not. While we will probably hear more clichéd post-success utterances before season's end, I believe each will be different.
Yes: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892904/
cheeky :D
more broken Vettel radios please.
too easy!
Some people are not very good at telling when their back hurts...
Yes.
Can anyone do that with a Thai Baht symbol? they seem to be banned
:D
Agreed.
Have they blamed the faulty radio on KERS and that because he couldn't talk to his pits he couldn't come in for tyres?
Not to my knowledge.
Ah shame. Would have been a corker, that one ;)
Incidentally as part of the office cleanout I found a bottle of Whisky ;)
Finders keepers :)
Reminds me.. our company electricity provider is sending me a thankyou bottle of wine..
Its volume by the end of the day should be a KPI
Oh I think it was a present to me anyway..
;)
Lovely. All my "posh" wine has come from presents - something like 30 bottles now!
And we are throwing out a MASSIVE glass jar that was full of candy - so I gave it a sendoff by using it as a Darth Vader voicebox...
I don't drink the posh stuff you see - I just buy the cheap stuff from the supermarket...
Throwing it out? Sounds like the perfect penny-jar!
Denmark is mostly Electronic money - pennies are worth a tenth of a 1p coin here. Also it's the size of my head!
the answer is more candy.
Wow!
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/tweets-of-the-week-from-bad-taxi-rides-to-mid-flight-cake
Pat / Gavin,
Dylan put in a F1 spot again
;D
At least this time the bit he wrote about F1 was as short as the highlights package he watched of it!
will check later :)
Maybe it's just me, but why is there this obsession with lead changes?
my G3 review is turning into a novel, oops. too many features!
two parter?
I will leave that up to you. I can't find a natural break in the flow of it but I'm looking at it through the eyes of someone who has just written it.
Good afternoon folks
The 11 photos tell me a two parter is definitely needed :D
Good screenshots then! I think you need an editor, maybe Giggles can offer some advice :)
it's hard to take photos of a screen, none of them are perfect :(
Very true
that's my evening sorted then ;)
What about the fanvision website?
I shall donate more money to say thank you :D
hehe, wasn't a complaint. i want to know ALL about it!
you wouldn't take my money for the Uberfan thing, so I'm finding other reasons to donate :)
Afternoon :D
Hi Alison
we need a heikki big picture special.
I told my area manager I was going back to uni and he didn't go mad. I feel 100 times better :)
are you trying to bankrupt me? :D
I use way too many exclamation marks when I write for Sidepodcast. I need to be less excited about things.
He clearly believes in personal development like a decent manager should :)
Do you pay by the exclamation mark?
He said basically thanks for letting him know so he can decide who he wants to bring in when my boss goes off on maternity so that's good good :)
Right, email has been sent. Feel free to cut out any photos that are beyond rubbish, I was just too scared it was a giant wall of text :)
And now to sleep because its 1am and I have to go into work early tomorrow because I have lots to do :(
Goodnight Amy
NASCAR mentality, he's applying it to everything
His loss
Sadly at this stage I may not be doing Oulton Park this weekend
:/
Night, looking forward to reading it
If I wasn't on hold for about the 15th time talking to student finance then my day would be complete I think.
Speakerphone on hold is the only way to go
I've got through to someone. It's just he keeps asking me one question, putting me on hold, asking another question......
:( How so?
I hate that, escalate to a team leader
I got an inkling my bank card was copied, so I've had to ditch it. Unfortunately, I won't get it back until after the weekend leaving me with no way to get to the track and there's no way I can afford bus/train journeys on the day
Nothing to do with any other problems - just a bank card thing
:(
It's not his fault. I'm a very complicated case.... :P
So you should be speaking to someone who can answer your queries efficiently
I just found a photo on the F1 website where Heikki has been captioned as Kamui. Grrr. #nothere
I don't like when people like you call our call centre :P
It's fine because no-one can help me now... The computer system has crashed :D Ring back after 5.30.... :P
:)
Hi folks. I'm getting my car in for routine service and new tires. Yay free wifi. :) It's a gorgeous day out.
That's a shame
pirelli's?
Hey Kai. Expensive rubber?
Watch out for the marbles ;)
Always is. Let's see, pay rent or get tires?
taxi driver not so nice afterall?
kai's on a one-stop strategy today.
Aye, but of most of the UK circuits, Oulton is a real pain to get to. Oh well, a bit bummed out by that
Don't scrimp on safety, the landlord has plenty of money :D
hehe. Yeah, I'm going for the hards. Looking forward to the stripe sprucing up my ride.
hehehe!
A back-up card is always useful - worth considering
You can get cash over the counter of your bank you know without your card.
Absolutely no idea, but i went for train tickets this morning and my account protection thingy had been locked because of too many bad passwords
Definitely not me...
It was time for new all seasons. Snow tires off, new all seasons on. And I hope Algesuari's tire guy hasn't come to Connecticut.
they email way in advance when that happens? you sure you didn't forget?
That's not the problem - the tickets on the day from the station will be very, very expensive. Really need to get them in advance, because UK rail is stupidly expensive, for what is often a **** service
Mine doesn't. Usually they block it and then phone about 24hrs later
Not the most efficient way
:lol:
He's in re-training I think
I cancelled to be certain - better safe than having to struggle to get your cash back
Poor guy, I shouldn't make fun. He's in his own personal hell right now.
At least no one got hurt, it happens to the best of them
You can buy them in advance at the train station too. Just as cheap as online in advance. Often you're better off if you're served by an experienced guy who knows all the cheap ticket tricks.
And we have identity theft services you can register for to keep an eye on things for up to a year, not sure if you'd be interested in something like that. I signed up last year when some yutz at the teacher's retirement board lost a flash drive with all our info on it. Stoopid idiots.
Make sure you stop at the right garage
Good point actually
He he
*looks around* OOPS!
hehe
:)
Yes, true. Was it Adam Cooper who tweeted that it came flying by about 2m from his head?
if it was adam, he was probably 4 corners away then.
haha
:D
It was
Ping: http://www.f1minute.com/news/williams-admit-to-reviewing-technical-organisation-after-poor-start-to-season
I'm actually going to watch the China race again this week or over the next couple of GP-free weekends. I never do that, but that one was really good.
Do you get to choose a compound? or just the tread type? i have only ever bought 4x4 tyres so the choices are a bit different i guess
I can go as crazy as I want shopping for them. Everything from treadware to compound. It can be crazy-making. I went with Goodyears. I didn't get too into the research this time.
Ah Nascar tyres, perfect for north america :)
If this link works for you, it's a guide to how to buy tires based on treadware, weather rating, speed rating, ride quality, and noise.
http://www.edmunds.com/how-to/how-to-choose-tires-and-wheels.html
Goodyear is ubiquitous here, I didn't know they sponsored Nascar.
#happilyoblivious
Ah, its complicated.
Im thinking of replacing my current Dunlops for several reasons but they are nowhere near worn out which is a pain
It is, but it really does make a huge difference.
That is a pain. Can you sell them to someone else?
I would have to lie quite profusely about how good they are i would think!
hm. Yeah, that's not good. But maybe someone wants Dunlops? And you can say you are just looking for something else?
It's a dilemma, though.
Hello all, out with work for a curry. Just having pre dinner Guinness & they've given me a small piece of pizza as it's happy hour. Free food is good.
Why??? What's wrong with them? I'm not going in car on deathtrap tyres!?
He he
What happens when engineers own dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTEMRo-IcGk
Hi Janna
Funny starter, no poppadums?
what's going on?
@suttonimages: OK in room at Novatel, its not bad, its dinner time now and we all go down together like criminals! Report to follow later!
@willbuxton: So we are in the novotel but cannot leave our rooms. Trying to see if we can "arrange" something with the manager. May involve a cashpoint.
ahh, earlier:
@willbuxton: We have no visas so we're going to be transported to a hotel under guard apparently. The general consensus seems to be vodka. And lots of it
I HATE STUDENT FINANCE
could be worse, at least you're not being held at gunpoint.
you could not pay me to work in f1: http://yfrog.com/hsjyedwj
didn't make it clear am in pub, off to curry house soon. :)
How did they get into the country without visas in the first place? I would have thought there would be extra scrutiny of journalists for the Grand Prix...
missed a connecting flight.
"Landed in moscow over an hour late. 20 minutes to make the connection and we're not off the first flight yet. Sensing a long day."
Same here.
You could pay me to do it, largely because I would be skipping the China round ;)
what if you didn't have the choice?
I think the issue is more flying areoflot than f1.
nightmare airline
ahh, bad life choices?
I would remind whoever was asking me to go about Article 7 (3) of the Chinese visa regulations (which prevents me from setting foot on Chinese soil), at which point they'd have to ask someone else!
Apparently you get what you pay for...
i see. does that also prevent mr eddie jordan from doing the same? would explain a lot.
I don't think it does, unless EJ has paperwork I know nothing about. He tried to go to China last year but the volcano stopped him and 2009 and 2011 can be explained by the fact they were the same weekend of the year (therefore clashing with the yacht race he won on Wednesday).
i don't believe he tried at all, but there we go.
I suspect EJ has a lot of paperwork you know nothing about, unless there's something you're not telling us.
Easyjet look like executive jets next to aeroflot
He probably does but I don't know him well enough to say whether it is the type of paperwork that would interest Chinese police ;)
They have a slightly younger fleet now bu they used to fly these old bangers that had a massive undercarriage 'footprint' so they could land on grass if needed :)
I hear EJ doesn;t even have china cutlery at home and only orders takeaway from an indian place. That's how un-china he is.
:)
:)
Apparently ebooks are subject to VAT but paper ones are not
Weird and non-MFC, silly tax man!
I don't know if I mentioned earlier but I found a use for my posterous!
It's the same as takeaways not being subject to VAT when the exact same food eaten in the place of purchase having the tax imposed.
Goood thinking!
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Tweets of the Week - From bad taxi rides, to mid-flight cake
- Daily: 18th April 2011
- Live: IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach 2011
- China 2011 - Team Standings
- China 2011 - Driver Standings
A restaurant has service and use of crockery, cutlery and glasses, etc.
An ebook is greener than a paper one
ah man that doesn't sound fun.
books are essential, like food and clothes. e-books i guess are less essential, given you have the money to buy a reader in the first place?
I know someone who was so annoyed after flying with them, during his transit he phoned up the MD and threateed to quit unless he could have a signed document saying the company would never put him on an aeroflot flight again
I dont know anyone who has had a good experience and would reccomend them.
I think the GPWeek people were just chancing their hand doing it on the cheap with a shorter flight. Lesson learned i guess!
Im not sure about that!
The taxman doesn't do taxes on green-ness, but on whether something is deemed "essential" or not. There are still people who can buy print books without being able to buy e-books, but nobody in the opposite position (in the UK at any rate). While information is the thing that makes books of any kind "essential", the taxman was thinking "essential for the poorest people to live in society".
Hot food taken away is always VAT rated. Only cold food removed from the premises is exempt.
It can be, especially if your device multi-tasks.
Good point. Nonetheless, it's still the same type of bizarre distinction that comes from the tax office not 100% understanding (or perhaps not 100% able to correct) the loopholes in its laws.
Book: Lifetime of tree absorbing CO2 (assuming ti wouldnt have been planted without paper demand) - industrial printing - transport & logistics
Ebook:Share of enviromental impact of device production + energy needed to store transfer & use the book +share of impact of the devices ultimate disposal.
Probably about even, the paper book might just shade it?
What about bread? you can by that hot
Unless you're the sort of person to have music on and use the internet while reading. Having the one device do all three jobs is much greener than a paper book with separate internet and music devices, pretty much irrespective of what those devices are.
(In case anyone's wondering, that's how I generally consume ebooks).
Hot bread is VAT rated. Cold bread isn't.
What if the crust is cold but the bread inside is warm. Can you get a lower VAT rate?
Some products are "sold hot" and some are "sold cold". The actual temperature isn't all that relevant. For example, if I went to Greggs and bought a pasty, they sell that as cold. It doesn't matter if it's just out the oven and is actually hot enough to burn me.
Say I sell you a bowl of soup, this product is "hot" and I'm obliged by law to serve it to you above 75 degrees.
No. The heating process triggers VAT by itself.
Or so I thought until I saw this. Thank you for correcting me, Alison.
Taxes! Bleurgh.
Here's the Beeb's Big Picture effort this week: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9461867.stm
So iced coffee and hot coffee have different VAT rates? Madness
huh! the things you learn on sidepodcast.
They're not allowed to actively reheat it for you. If you happen to get to it while it's still hot, good for you. Same with bread.
Don't encourage them! :)
I genuinely don't know on that one. That's not food, it's drink.
Ive not noticed untill now how much lower Lewis is in the Mclaren than Vettel is in the Red Bull
#sorrychristine :D
Not too bad at all :)
Still think they need to move away from Darren Heath though
Is he lower or is it that the behind the head bit of the Red Bull is lower?
Interesting hearing his thoughts on the race though and how it was the busiest he's been in a race!
Kinda feel sorry for whoever had to do the 90 second package on BBCF1 for that race too :)
Maybe its the cockpit sides, vLewis looks quite snug in there, i wonder if that hurts is sideways visability
see jb on the homepage. same.
F1 Minute was hard! I felt bad about just focusing on the top few, but it had to be done.
Some drinks have 20% VAT (e.g. cola, lemonade, smoothies) and others 0% (e.g. milkshake, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, tap water). Temperature appears to make no difference.
Damnit F1, stop being so exciting. It's just rude! :)
Sorry so fruit has no VAT but if you crush it into juice it does? Fab :D
Yes. That's correct.
This tweet is awesome, i Lol'd
http://twitter.com/gulf_news/statuses/60017729628946432
Although this may be down to a warped sense of humour
Weeeeird. Why would a shepherd milk cows??
That would make him a cowherd as well as a shepherd.
ohhh i've found a new f1 photographer
http://twitter.com/#!/daniel_kalisz
http://danielkalisz.viewbook.com/
yay, viewbook user.
Amazing what these crises can reveal...
Andy Hone uses Viewbook too i believe.
he's pretty good too!!
http://danielkalisz.viewbook.com/portraits
Well I've opened the page and only seen 1 photo and already he gets my approval :)
scroll down and you'll find a bar you can select pics from.
hehe yeah, was just commenting on the Jenson picture ;)
Some really good stuff though, especially those portrait pictures. Like the in action photos from the f1 link at the top
i really like his work. *aims to have conversation(
I forsee another twitter chat with a photography making your day :)
*photographer, even
The base of their visors both appear to be roughly in line with the upper portion of the front [nose area?]
Why is his occupation relevant?
It's not. Their news is always bizarrely phrased :P
Babelfish News
Love this
http://danielkalisz.viewbook.com/album/portraits#9
Its crucial!
anywhere else they would have just said farmer or something, here it makes an amusing headline!
He looks really furry on there
That beard really reminds me of Eddie Jordan #sorrylou
except the hair is real.
:D Surely he doesn't have a beard wig too!
do you know how vain that man is? :)
Nick Heidfeld grows them to order
He has alopecia ( at the bottom) http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/646641-eddie-jordan-from-the-grand-prix-to-charity
Managed to mistakenly send a lap chart to someone wanting to know how I knew the di Resta/Heidfeld collision had resulted in a "racing accident" verdict. Oops...
hehe.
Oh wow, I didn;t know that. I had the same thing when I was very young.
didn't know that either. doesn't make him not vain either?
either, either?
Not at all, it's a pretty rubbish thing to have too so fair play to him for being pretty honest about it.
Me neither. Maybe that's the deal with the freaky wardrobe. As a distraction
respect to the person for asking.
No doubt he is, the shirts prove that alone!
That is pure vanity. Or attention seeking or something. He's not a wilting violet.
I don't think he has any excuse for the clothes :)
to mask his lack of talent in front of the camera, i would guess.
He obviously thinks he has talent or he might pipe down a bit...
ahh true enough.
Now, if I had seen this, I may have guessed
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/r7coo/ej80weblr3wg-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=42&t=724767&nmt=is%20eddie%20jordan%20wearing%20a%20rug&h=556&w=350&sz=23&tbnid=NE8HY0-5XFEhxM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=84&prev=/search?q=Eddie+Jordan+wig&tbm=isch&tbo=u&zoom=1&q=Eddie+Jordan+wig&hl=en&usg=__3e4ahol0C9QdxPeoDS15FMwMqqI=&sa=X&ei=8Y6sTfuSIYGg8QO-0ZC5Ag&ved=0CEIQ9QEwBA
If the accident Eddie's referring to is the one I think it is, then the wardrobe pre-dates the alopecia; according to the EJ biography Timothy Collings wrote, one of Eddie's school nicknames was "Flash Jordan" because he always wore the latest new thing before it was properly a fashion.
did no-one ever tell him? he needed better friends.
I can't imagine him caring.
I totally missed this over the weekend on BBCF1...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faAWe2KUeoU&feature=youtu.be
Love it though!!
If we keep discussing EJ, he'll claim he invented Sidepodcast!
he invented podcasting.
me too. it's possibily my fav one i've seen. not a bad subject either..
No he didn't - his technophobia is legendary...
I know GP+ came out in super quick time but was it just me who didn't receive email notification. Maybe the filter picked it up
He invented that too
we didn't.
He doesn't claim that, everyone else claims that for him* ;)
* - In the Timothy Collings book I mentioned earlier, the author got a bunch of Jordan staff past and present together to discuss Eddie. Upon being asked "What do you think of when you think of Eddie?" the two unanimous and immediate answers were, "Money" and "Technophobia"...
Interesting that McLaren had planned to do a 2 stop strategy and adjusted their thinking during the race. Bet Ferrari wished they did too
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90873
Funny that Ferrari borrowed McLaren's strategists and McLaren still beat them on strategy.
I still think Ferrari is too Italian
[Rob excepted]
I don't think it's to do with being too Italian so much as not really learning the lessons of the past. It's tried importing the talent without learning how to use that talent to best effect. They're trying to get the right people to think in the wrong ways to succeed.
The latest Motorsport weekly video is up. Still using handheld mics but the sound quality is good
http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/2011/04/18/video-the-week-in-motor-sport-18042011/
Cheers [adds to list]
In tech news, the iPhone 4 is soon to displace Nikon's D90 as the most popular camera on Flickr
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/18/iphone.4.near.becoming.most.popular.flickr.camera/
#shocked
Can someone help me win the lottery please?
#sidepodspace.
I mentioned this last night but for anyone who missed it and will be up early tomorrow morning I will post it again
This info is for Tuesday morning not Monday morning but I will post now so I don't forget. If you have ever wanted to see a planet in the sky then Tuesday is your lucky day because there are 4 of them all clustered together. If you are in the UK look very low in the sky to the east around 6am just before the sun properly rises and you can see Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury
www.space.com/113…atching-tips.html
Just make sure you don't look at the sun as it rises especially if you are using binoculars etc.
I am sure I asked that first
Cross your fingers when you select "Lucky Dip"
I don't mind sharing. I'm sure a couple of million would suffice.
Works better when you don't have to guess the link
http://www.space.com/11390-mercury-mars-skywatching-tips.html
Link fail
Is it viewable by eye? I'll be rocking up to work around then, multi-story car park could help
Thanks :)
#sidepodspace2
I really spoil you lot sometimes.
Are you all aware of the prototype British space plane? What do you mean I have never mentioned the skylon before? Takes off and lands like a plane and goes to space. What more do you want?
http://www.space.com/11414-skylon-space-plane-british-engine-test.html
All you technical people want to know how it works?
http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/
Ooh, we're recording a show now. How long can I get away with commenting before I am rumbled this time?
I'm very down about my student finance assessment. I think I must have committed sins in a previous life.
I won't tell!
:D I think if he notices, you should tell him off for even looking at the comments
You should see at least 3 of them by eye. Mercury looks very close to Mars so it may need some mag
"Why aren't you looking at the show notes, young man?"
Have you ranted yet?
Good plan
Soon :)
Tell him you only commented to test him
:D
If students weren't broke the Daily Mail would be upset
They won't accept I self-support because, although I have 3 years worth of evidence, the years apparently aren't arranged properly. Because obviously people only ever move job on precisely April 5th :)
I'm concerned when I see British, Space and currently in proof-of-concept phase on the same page
Would the Daily Mail be upset if students started leaving courses and joining the dole queue without much hope of escaping it because they can't afford to study? Because that's the sort of thing Student Finance causes with the scale of mistakes it makes. Statistically, 4 in 5 of its accounts get mishandled at some stage, and some don't get resolved in time for the student to stay in uni.
That's stupid but typical of them. If they were capable of arranging stuff properly themselves I might be more sympathetic.
Also they said one year I didn't earn enough to have been independently living with tbh is depressing because I did live off that.... I think it's cheek to say you need to have earnings of £9k to have enough to live on then assess me for support of £3400 a year....
That is one of the reasons I have never mentioned it before. That and the fact that is named after a static exhibit from the distant past.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(tower)
But they have raised a lot of money and it is a commercial project rather than the usual academics
That seems to be slightly flawed logic
Noooooooo, I've just seen that Twitter are in talks to buy Tweetdeck. Booo.
This will only end well...
Hi people.
Unemployment money would be £9000/year if it really cost that much to live for a year. That assessment is rubbish :(
Two things strike me
Take-off speeds must be enormous with such a small wing area - 250mph+
Either the undercarriage is very long or the rotation is so gradual to avoid a tail skid
You couldn't live independently off just JSA though, you'd need housing benefit as well.
Agreed
Hi RG
They are going to burn a lot of fuel getting all that weight to that speed on the runway.
Now you have reached my level of ignorance
Housing benefit varies according to where you are and what sort of house it is. If you've bought your house and paid off the mortgage before going on JSA you wouldn't be able to get housing benefit That's only a small proportion of people but we're talking absolute minimums here, which is what Student Finance should mean if it's going to come out with statements like it has. People cannot be told they cannot live on amount X if they are required to live on amount X.
I give up, I'm going to go and get some comfort food. I hate you student finance.
*hug*
Mr C just quoted Ronan. Shhh.
Commenting is like a rollercoaster, mrs c. Just gotta fight it.
Having used a song of his in a blog post, I'm in no position to comment.
Rotation is when the pilot pulls back on the sick and the flying controls lift the nose.
To prevent damge from the tail skiddiing on the runway due to over-rotation large aircraft have a bumper on a hydraulic ram, Concorde had small wheels due to the long tail cone. I think this thing needs Evel Keneival stabilisers!
OMG
I know what rotation is but I had no idea that it could result in a tail slide.
A380 Tail Skid test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I6SSE88fF0
Fernando Alonso?
he's a very complex man.
Love the skid block. He really dragged that along the ground
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Concorde_tail_gear.JPG/220px-Concorde_tail_gear.JPG
Checking the tyre pressure could be a pain!
The distortion of the rear wheels on landing is incredible
that is a big honkin' plane.
I think that name was a close second
You know what 'BUFF' stands for, right? :)
I do now ;)
Check out the crosswind landing tests: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5pGlw4o3Ks&feature=related
I'm not an even slightly nervous flyer right up until the wheels touch the ground landing. I'm really paranoid that the plane is going to rock from one side to the other and end up rolling. I don't even know where the fear of that comes from but I quite often feel the rocking sensation.
So if they gave you a parachute and the option to leave at ten thousand feet you would prefer that
Would that hurt my ears less? If it would, I genuinely might do that.... :P
This is my fave landing video
B747 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTl1nQ9bO1Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Good luck in opening the door
Stepping out of a plane and dropping faster is going to be a lot harder on your ears
In closed mode, the door is larger than the aperture
There's more than a few pounds per square inch keeping it in that position
Not to mention the pain in getting your luggage
Enrolment form for college doesn't work :(
This is true. Best not then eh. Nothing I hate more than arriving before my bags.
Mr C is reading the show notes this week and keeps being ahead of me. Who is he and what has he done with the real Mr C?
Is it because we mocked him for not reading the show notes in our voicemail?
He must have seen your earlier comment
No, I think he's just being annoying :)
Did you turn right at a road this morning instead of left?
Into a different parallel universe?
He he
@chainbear: Turkish GP prediction: Alonso's Ferrari accidentally activates a rocket boost, but as it's a malfunction the FIA don't penalise
A world where Mr C reads the show notes and Pastor Maldonado finishes a race
Interesting that after years of jokes about the FIA having a button to press to affect the performance of cars they eventually get one and within 3 races Ferrari benefit from it
Too much like science fiction
Now you're just being silly... Oh wait
It's too crazy to even believe :)
Think my phone will be heading back to Apple at the weekend
Yellow tinged screen is irritating me now. What a pain
A malfunction of what? Who's system? Lots of things are a mistake, doesn't mean you shouldn't be penalised.
alonso didn't benefit from what happened though
Depends on the reason for the malfunction, installation, software, couldn't help but give it a try?
A malfunction of when the DRS should have been activated. The FIA's part of the activation system, else Ferrari would have had a fine.
he races with a little devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other, and the little devil was whispering 'Go on, press it, I dare you' :)
Exactly. You need to deal with "mistakes" though otherwise people get very cynical. I think they end up having a lot more accidents.....
I think Darth collected enough mushrooms and pressed the triangle to activate the 'break rivals'
He must have gained some time even if it was only a couple of tenths
:D
if only Anando kept the mustache, he already has the red overalls
He did push the button then? In a totally random part of the track? Or is activation automatic if you meet the criteria?
I think the FIA are covering up for their own mistake. If their system had been working properly, Fernando could have hit the button all the times he liked and nothing would have happened except for an achey thumb and frustration.
I assume he didn't push the button or he would have been penalised. Even if he did push the button it still should not open
The official line is it didn't activate at the 750 meter mark on the back straight, instead it did at 300 meters, it then was available after the hairpin.
The car was so frustrated that it decided to cheat on it's own
You have to push the button, but given Ferrari's previous record on ergonomics, it's entirely possible Fernando could have clipped it while trying to press something else. Or it could be that Ferrari have a system where once pressed, the DRS stays active unless told otherwise (permitted, less thinking needed but slightly slower than deactivating when no longer needed).
How does the system work? Do you need to push a button every lap to use it or does it just open until you hit the brakes?
That's interesting. It says that the FIA isn't using a deactivation timing loop - and for something like this it should be.
Have Ferrari been advertising for hackers
I think the driver can close it too as the braking is more efficient if the wing is closed first
The driver has to press the button once he gets a light on his steering wheel telling him that the FIA think it is OK for him to press the button
You have to hit a button to activate it. Depending on the team, the DRS either stays active until the button is pressed again/automatic deactivation occurs or the button has to be held down for it to continue working. Force India has the latter system but I don't know about the other teams.
I wonder how they identify the end of the zone. Is it simply the driver braking?
So he did push the button at a weird place in the track?
Brundle defo said it automatically deactivates if you hit the brakes.
The driver can open and close it
The Ferrari wing was trying to talk to Schuey
"Fernando is faster than you"
No - but then why would it need to? The FIA probably has hackers in the organisation who can intervene on its behalf without anyone (least of all the FIA) being aware of them.
It does do that.
:D
Looks like it - braking is meant to be an automatic cut-off trigger. Evidently they need an alternative method because the brakes weren't enough this time (if Fernando hadn't braked for the corner he'd have gone way off the track, and surely someone would have noticed).
Surprised RG hasn't mentioned this
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18042011/58/premier-league-bale-named-pfa-player-year.html
OI!
Twitter feed has been literally 'he's not even the best player in our team this season', 'he's been hopeless in the league' etc. and its generally stupid how he wins the main one but not Young Player of the Year as well... so... I've ignored it.
Rats.
Ooooh Chadwell Heath on Pointless :D
bbc said he lost more than he gained, hence no penalty.
:D
Any time I have seen him he has looked worthy of it
I don't think that should be relevant. Rules is rules. I can see why you wouldn't penalise a team for ECU malfunction or something but otherwise....
because the fia screwed up. you can't penalise a driver because their system broke, surely?
Until the FIA tell us what happened we'll never know, and I don't think they ever will.
Why was he pushing to activate it?
Or was it just going totally mad like sesame street bin lids :D
If it was anyone other than the FIA we'd have had the full story already.
it activated late, he was probably pushing the button all the way down the straight hoping it would kick in. no?
are we all reading off the same page? the was posted in the comments after i woke up on sunday:
That meant it was not enabled until 300m before the end of the straight, and was then available after the corner for a short time.
This meant that he gained no advantage from the situation - in fact it actually caused him a disadvantage - so was given no penalty.
FIA officials are still investigating what caused the error.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13109394.stm
Attempting to press a different button (I remember Ferraris of previous years having bad ergonomics and that's unlikely to have improved with the extra buttons)? Or Ferrari might have a "fire and forget" system and Fernando had forgotten it?
I see. In my view, either he did something wrong or he didn't. The penalty should really be related to that, nothign to do with any time lost or gained. If itwasn't a fault the team caused in any way, why could you ever penalise them?
i don't agree. if the fia build a fallible system, it's their problem.
looking at this picture of the incident: http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6438/555we.jpg
Fernando was looking in his mirrors, no idea if he can actually see it or not.
That's what I mean. If the FIA caused the fault, the reason for not giving a penalty isn't that he gained no time advantage, it's that it had nothing to do with him.
i hate deadlines
ahh i see. in that case i agree.
It was mocking the hairpin really, like it had already gone through and the wing was going 'Look at me still flapping about woohooo' at the hairpin.
basically, what we can tell by this is that the DRS is getting smarter and smarter and by the end of the season will learn how to fly.
I didn't really realise the FIA had provided the software. I'd presumed the teams had built their own systems for some reason.
Probably thinking "Whaaaaaaaat?!?"
:D
manipe went into a lot of detail in the last podcast he was on. i learnt everything i know about drs from him :)
Which podcast was that? I didn't even know Manipe did podcasts...
Sidepodchat!
Talking of Sidepodchat any idea if there's any little mini ones coming up soon mr c?
he's done three now, i think. another after turkey, we hope: http://sidepodcast.com/category/sidepodchat
yup, been waiting for a break. next week or the week after, before turkey anyhow.
Thank you. Attempting to remedy large gap in essential knowledge now.
They're some good listening. I envy the fact you get to hear them for the first time :)
Eurgh. My charming colleague spilt a load of pouring cream in my hair today and I've only just remembered about it now... Really should have washed that earlier :P
Yuck!
I did wipe it out. I was just tying my hair up for bed and felt a weird bit. Best go wash that now :P
You have been walking around with a pile of cream on your head?
Having pouring cream spilt onto your head was sufficient justification for "yuck".
Yeah I know totally gross!
Farmville for Waitrose customers
wine maker extraordinaire
If you shake your head very quickly will you get a cappuccino bouffant?
How do you use cream in a cappuccino? :D
:D
watching bullseye, category is 'affairs' and the question is about a woman climbing mount everest. christine asks:
"what's that got to do with a love affair?"
Is this a barista joke?
She cheated on Ben Nevis
heeeeh!
oops
You do know your tv plays shows from the 90's onwards too right? ;)
earlier we had catchphrase on. i'm not sure that it does you know.
Not many good ones.
This is a very good point
It makes for a nice, large iPlayer viewer though :)
Ohhh so awesome!!
Say watcha see!
ChallengeTV?
If so, you must catch Takeshi's Castle
It's good but it's not right
i think i preferred life without a tv :)
but 90s tv gameshows are awesome!!
Wait till you get into baseball
Mmmm clean :D
i've found the perfect deal. buy their ipad app, and get a month subscription free. i just need to borrow christine's ipad. reckon i'll do it for may.
It will end uplike F1 where you need the video and the data
i suspect most sports are going that way.
I think some will and some won't. You would not want data at football for example. At half time or after the game but not during
But if you get a White iPad you can pretend you are TRON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD2H9vuqKfo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
oooh, i would. didn't realise espn did live analysis on the game we went to until we got home.
But it would distract you from the game because there as not as many natural breaks as things like baseball
Bullseye is more complicated than I remember.
true, i followed it okay during the world cup though.
Questions and darts make a confusing mix
:D
It's a game for people who count backwards in multiples of 2 and 3
And their friend who couldn't hit an elephant with water pistol, never mind a dart from 6 feet
I guess it may be different because I have been going to games since before I could walk
They really do!
What would you do if you really needed to do the ironing with a motorway closed off? There's only one possible solution
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/861217-man-does-ironing-on-middle-lane-of-closed-m1-motorway
Obviously, he thought he was next to the hanger lane gyratory
#LondonTrafficReportJokes
:D Brilliant idea!
How does that ever come into your head? I've been following the motorway story but never thought... ooh, I should head out there and do some chores! :)
Everyonce in a while I see a story and think 'Us British are just the best'. This is one of those moments :)
Must sleep now though, night all!
Superb
Goodnight!
A lot of people do extreme ironing. THey do it underwater or they jump out of planes and iron on the way down. Check extreme ironing on youtube
Night Lukeh
You know... I think I'll pass :)
You don't know what you are missing
That Takeshi thing has started now.
You would be better off watching extreme ironing than that
Never seen it before. Seems just like Wipeout.
The origins of Wipeout.
Is there extreme washing and drying cos I might just use a laundry like that?
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/hands-on-with-fanvisions-portable-f1-interface-part-1
You need to go and search for that
I think I saw some of that when I used to eat at a Chinese buffet restaurant - they had a huge flatscreen TV with Wipeout-esque shows on, apparently assuming most of the customers wouldn't be able to tell Chinese from Japanese letters (there was never any audio).
Ping: http://toomuchracing.com/2011/04/19/tmr-game-2011-week-13/
Game scores.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Hands on with Fanvision's portable F1 interface (Part 1)
- Tweets of the Week - From bad taxi rides, to mid-flight cake
- Daily: 18th April 2011
- Live: IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach 2011
- China 2011 - Team Standings
No. Now stop nagging me, you sound like my wife! ;)
Woot all deadlines met, and the best part of coming in an hour early to do the work means I get to go home early too :D i can run in daylight!
#nothere
RG, are you planning to continue your BBC bias series? Would love to see if they improved on their coverage in Malaysia and China.