Friday has arrived and with it comes more testing in Jerez. It looks as though it might be a little less damp out there in Spain, but since when did the weather people ever predict anything right? I've been enjoying consuming testing through our dedicated threads though, so I hope you'll join us through the day. Anyway, here are some other things we're talking about:
- The digital version of Autosport Magazine was launched yesterday, with three magazines available to peruse. We snapped up a subscription instantly, and although it isn't exactly a bargain, if you were thinking about subscribing to the paper version, definitely consider the digital version instead. You also get access to all the online stuff, including Forix, so it is well worth the money.
- Yesterday, I mentioned the US F1 rumours which are still just that at the moment. More respected sources are reporting the Argentinian newspaper thoughts, but we're still not sure of anything official. Meanwhile, Campos are getting ever closer to being bought out and it looks like former Force India employee Colin Kolles might be involved as well. I do wish these teams would sort themselves out, don't they know I have an F1 Digest Preview series to write?
- In former F1 driver news, Takuma Sato has secured himself an IndyCar drive with KV Racing, David Coulthard has said that he would like to have another test in a DTM car and apparently Mercedes are considering it, and finally Kovalainen is still keen on trying his hand at rallying despite having his work cut out with Lotus at the moment. I like to see drivers keeping busy.
There were other things I wanted to link to today, but at the time of writing Wordpress.com had spectacularly died, leaving me without some of our favourite blogs to share. Hopefully it is already back, or will be soon. I will see you in the comments.
how dare skeleton be on at the same time as half pipe. I am not used to trying to watch two kiwis at once
Morning. We had 4 options then an hour and a half of only curling now we get two good events at the same time.
#stupidIOC
my other 2 choices are womans ice hockey or an alpine skiing repeat which is almost finished and soon to be a live figure skating medal
I am watching the skeleton or at least the preparations for it because apprently it is too hot now. My other choice is a chocolate cupcake but I can multi-task and do both
I don't know what's wrong. I can't seem to get in a good mood :(
kendall in 8th after the first run. Only top 6 go through to the final. She has done better than her brother though
You're a woman. It's normal
;)
:(
oi!
That didn't cheer you up then? What's annoying you then?
Is that a launch groove they are cutting into the track?
That's Emily on Lou's computer because Lou isn't so rude
The commentator said they were cutting the ice like cheese....
:( bad times... maybe you should make some brownies to cheer yourself up? they are very yummy
They justsaid they cut grooves for the first 20 metres
meanie.
Moi?
hmmm
20 minute delay for the skeleton. The second run was meant to start in 7 minutes
Steven, the ladies are currently out-numbering you 3 - 1
Life. I still didn't make food. I got out from my duvet and basically froze. I'd rather be hungry than frozen. I don't know. I'm just a misery guts today.
You are one their side of that ratio ?
If you're awake, you don't have the heating on?
I hate the cold as well.
I'm not the one making 'those' sort of comments :)
I was wondering who the third was?
Food will also warm you up
so am i.
Amy's around isn't she?
Yeah but I wasn't expecting to be home from work so soon so the timer didn't kick in. I completely forgot to knock it when I got in. I did it now but it's gonna take hours to reach a suitable temperature....
Lou, Alison, Amy
ahhh. hi amy.
oops. Forgot about her.
#sorryamy
Is that the first time that hashtag has been used in a non-Finnish context?
You're also not making 'those' sort of comments
Yet ;)
you're about six months too late :)
hehe. no, i was wondering.
Ice Hockey: can only tell it's a goal because the crowd cheers
There is a light on the wall behind the goal that lights up for a goal
Point is, if I have to watch out for a light or a cheer
Not interested
I went and saw a game live once and it is no easier to see the puck.
I cant watch :(
Half Pipe looks better at night
Eurgh I also didn't mention that someone basically gave me a papercut in my eye! Luckily it was my "blind" eye so I was able to drive home....
You can, you choose not to
Ouch!
That would put me in a bad mood
she did not improve. No final for nz.
It's a bit unfair putting this on the day after Shaun White. It would make more sense to put the women's event on first so they are not being compared to the men
Ouch. That sounds bad.
Skeleton track ready, almost
It was disgusting. I can't even describe to you properly what's happened. I feel sick thinking about it. On the plus side, I can still see and drive....
Should you be wearing an eye patch for a day or two?
I am not surprised. That would put anyone in a bad mood. You need a crash helmet in your office
Hehe what's the point of those. I wasn't kidding when I said I'm basically blind in that eye....
Alison's Work: more dangerous than Skeleton
The blindness was pre-paper though thankfully!
It'll heal better and prevent infection
:)
If it is affecting your sight go see a doctor. You don't mess with eyesight
That's different then
That's a cool helmet
Yeah that eye is knackered. I can't see in focus beyond the length of my arm.
I wore a contact lens for a while and it had to be a 6 which apparently is mental strong. 20/20 vision gave me migraines though so I stopped.
The luge has a shortened course but the skeleton uses the full course from the very top. That seems a touch odd
That's MENTAL!
Skeleton > Luge
Proper vision shouldn't do that. Have you tried glasses and a different optician?
OH MY GOD!!!!!! O.O
Yeah. I can't wear glasses with this. The whole world moves a bit like I'm at sea. My brain uses one eye for distance and the other for foreground. Having two functional eyes made it very confused.
I can't believe humans are going headfirst downhill on a tea tray at motorway speeds!
Your brain is too clever for its own good
one day, kimi will get bored of rallying and decide to skeleton.
How are they doing great times when the ice is suposed to be a mess because of the temperature?
Yeah. The vision in my left eye is perfect in every regard. I'm not entirely convinced I can see in 3d without two points of reference though.
on that day, kathi will implode
They think the times will deteriorate with the ice and going early on ice like that is a big advantage.
I'm thinking that'll be next week!
You won't see 3D but you don't really need that for most things
They seem to be suggesting the early times are much faster than expected though
Don't say that to the DVLA. I don't understand though. I definitely do have depth perception! I can drive without hitting into things....
He he
Fantasy Skeleton League
I thought that was Jenson when I saw the helmet
:)
i would have a heart attack if he decided to do that....
She OWNED that
Track record!
143 Km/h
You can definitely judge distance with one eye regardless what conventional wisdom says. I am sure if you were playing top level table tennis or something it may cause problems but for normal life you can judge distance and speed
ooh nz girl is bib 15. I hope she isnt rubbish
stopping looks crazy scary...
89 mph!
Which event are you watching Amy?
I didn't even know the woman who is leading existed until the start of her run as all I have seen of this event over the past couple of days has been a feature on Rudman who is 6th
Right. I'm braving the kitchen!! Bringing lappytoppy for security :)
I'll be careful not to walk into any walls on the way!
:)
Have you got anything you can make in 3 minutes in a microwave?
lots of these girls are really pretty. They should find a sport that doesnt require a mouth guard.
I don't have a microwave.
Watch out for any sharp edges on the wallpaper.
Eurgh. What is with that hat??
Is that a Force India helmet?
What?
They all seem to be losing time in sector 3
That looks like a church bell at the finish. Maybe getting cow bells is difficult in Canada
Did I hear that right?? That woman used to be a professional runner?? Some people are too talented. No fair.
I think they sold out last Friday
Lukeh decided he needed more
Definitely said she was a seriously good sprinter
This Aussie's surname is a little unfortunate
The Russian looks wild
Oh my god that woman is lucky to be alive.
That was more tail happy than Piquet
:)
I think if I was in charge and someone had died earlier in the week there is no way I would let her run again
Gymnast, diver, skeleton and she wants to be a wrestler. She must get bored more easily than Kimi
I now see the problem with skeleton. If it starts to go wrong, there's no escape cord.
All they can do is dig their toes in which at 80mph is not going to do a lot
Skeleton must be a slower start than Luge if they are using the full track
I am not sure. It's certainly a lot more aerodynamic havin the head that the front so the skeleton should be faster. It seems wrong that women on a skeleton start higher up than men on a luge
If in doubt, use the sponge wall to stop :)
Isn't it the same start the men used for luge?
Kiwi on the skeleton.
AMY!!
Kettle takes forever to boil....
Go Kiwi!
The Luge started lower down after the accident
No. They said at the start of the commentary that this is the first time we have seen the run from the very top
Awww oh dear :(
Ah I presumed there was a women's start for the skeleton too. Do the men and women just use the same?
Guess so
Stop hanging a medal round her neck. It's run 1 of 4!!!
There is no reason to believe any of us have the slightest clue about this event but going by one sentence from a commentator who may or may not know what he is talking about it would seem they both use the same start
i can't get used to skeleton... it's crazy!!!
Good enough for me :P
plus... stopping could be very painful!
UK commentators are terrible for that
It's like the first day of the open golf when someone is two shots up and then finishes 34th.
We are paddling in our own ignorance and trying not to drown
Agreed
It looks awesome! I want a go!!
i kinda love it though...
Similarities: Golf ball speed = Human head speed
you're crazy...in a good way ;)
Really? I don't think I do. Bobsleigh maybe but not head first on a tea tray
Piquet would NEVER be allowed to try this!
You should bear in mind that I was nearly too scared to go down a waterslide because I was scared of hurting myself!
I should be a H&S co-ordinator. I see the risk in everything.
Maybe it's your calling
i missed the kiwi as i actually had work to do there for a bit but it looks like she didnt do well. I think id rather do skeleton than luge as i couldnt see where i was going, lying on my back.
We have a vacancy for a Quality/H&S Manager
Yet you want to go head first at 80mph down a hill with concrete walls either side of you
I blame my mother. She's made me scared to go swimming in case someone dives on top of me and breaks my back! There's so many ridiculous fears she's given me. I flinch when I see people throw things near each others' heads.
Not being able to see seems appealing as does hitting something solid with my feet rather than my face
really?... head first seems so much worse than feet first to me. feet first i could close my eye and hope for the best, head first i'd probably struggle keeping my head up...
I have a mother like that and grew up scared of everything but I grew out of it eventually
But I'd be under no pretension that it was anything other than very dangerous.
I don't know what it is, but there is something about watching people represent their country in a sport they love, even though they're rubbish. It's quite....inspiring
Amy's seem to be good at this
Half an hour till the second skeleton runs
Did she borrow that hat from Alex?
Men's Skeleton at 5:05
I'll miss that, silly work!
Steven, was Amy Williams the girl you saw with the jensonesque helmet design? ;)
they put the best events on at the worst times :(
Hmmmm I'm banned from taking a new job until I've earned back my holiday pay. Then I'm planning on leaving the country :P
My calling will have to wait.
it must hark back to my swimming days where i hated backstroke. Hated. I cant find nz bearings when i can only see sky
Yes. I suppose now she is wuick it is OK for her to wear it
i had the same fear! till i figured out that i could count the ceiling tiles so i knew how close i was to the side..
indeed :D
why does nz default instead of my. Grr.
Because you have NZ in your predictive dictionary
Have you decided where you are going yet?
right, am too tired to stay up any longer. night all!xx
Depends if Nick can find a new house.
i emailed my luxurious campsite last night. I feel so organised
See ya Lou
Night Lou.
Morning everyone.
...Ooooooh. :)
Will you need a working visa?
Hi Journeyer
don't say it ;) we're all thinking it :P
Women's Skeleton Run 2 coming up soon. It's great. Mental, but great
I'll say no more. :)
Anyway, how's your evenings?
Alison would have to be charge of the fridge ;)
and the balcony would have to be cordoned off? ;)
You're penpals?
I'm really not sure. I guess something fairly casual that came with a visa would be ideal. I don't know how feasable
me spending a summer there is really.
Sliding back to the start seems to be the only fun part in Curling
Night Lou
:)
Hey, I like curling! :D
How long do you intend on staying?
It's a bit pedestrian after 143Km/h Skeleton
There's a chess-like approach to it I really like. Take-outs are also very fascinating for me, the geometry of it all. :)
Shoe catalogue for the Winter Olympics must be HUGE!
i was working out how to get to the track. A few months ago they said they "may" have a shuttle. May is not a good enough answer! Now I know that they do have a shuttle but only on saturday and sunday. Time to organise friday!
Walk!
If he doesn't find a new house... About a week!
...and if he does?
He can't get a house just so you can come for the summer
You realise it'll be about 50 degrees there by then
That's true. But don't scare her off! ;)
I really don't know. Summer just looks so hot. Maybe 60 days ona visit visa?
That is the max, I think.
go kiwi! Such a pretty helmet
No one told me Half Pipe was back!
By house I mean flat with more than one room... We would plainly kill each other within a fortnight in that place.
im not walking 8km!
Why not
Gorgeous Belgian forestry
Skeleton back on TV with the scary Russian
i would if i had no other option but thats a long way and i get cranky after all day at a race track
Ta
Two good events, bah!
I am sure it won't be hard to get transport
yeah its near a train station so friday could be a train day.
That wall bump near the finish must lose them a lot of time
Go Shelly!
This looks like a great run
Two good Brits in an event
Amazing
The guys in the Knight's Chainmail are great!
Having just come back upstairs and noticed all this cheek. All I can say is OI!
Tbh I can't plan one week ahead, forget this kind of notice. I promised to go back at the start of April. I really have no plan of what then.
:D
This is SPC, we can't help it
oops
Shocked at people being cheeky.
Evel Kneival helmet
:lol:
:lol:
:lol:
Shocked, shocked at all the cheekiness going on here! ;)
You too!!
my shoulders hurt just watching them hit that wall
:D :D
I bet these skeleton people don't eat before they slide because a lot of them would be losing their lunch
Indeed
bad things are happening here. first of all it is so cold, single digits. may sound funny to some but I tell you, 8 degrees is seriously cold in place that is used to 30+ and has pretty much no heating anywhere
and then this:
not good ...
This happened in the UK a few weeks ago too :(
This also happened in the UK six months ago. Very disappointing.
That's definitely the kind of accident my mother has taught me to avoid.
was it just weeks ago? either way, i'm surprised this has happened again.
It was definitely winter
this is definitely a kind of accident that should not happen within a professionally run facility with all safety things in place ...
In the UK it was an after hours thing
Scarves should definitely be on the prohibited list
That same thing happened in England before Xmas. Her boyfriend worked at the track and after they closed he let her and some friends run a few laps and she died after her scarf caught.
It is something that has happened many times. Most famously to Isadora Duncan in a Bugatti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan
obviously they are on the list, only the list has not been followed:
you have no heating?
It's like Australia
Not many do there either
Amy Williams up next
Nick doesn't. Why would you?
Doesn't Australia get quite cold in the winter though?
nope, not worth building buildings with heating for a week or two of cold spells. and the buildings are generally build with keeping the heat out, not keeping the heat in :-) so small electric heaters that do not take too much space in the other 50-51 weeks are the way to go in most places :-)
don't know. just never occurred to me before.
Relatively, yes
how long is the cold weather expected to last?
Yes!
it has been a week now, so it should end any minute :-)
Woooooo!
i fear i've missed something...
:)
Women's skeleton
Amy Williams, the Brit, is leading after Run 2
I wonder if the scary Russian gets to go again tomorrow
I fear I'll be asleep tomorrow for the final two runs
OK, now I have to get out, mac mouse emergency, 1 piece just became 3 :-(
Terrifyingly, she is not last..... Some woman is a whole 3 seconds behind her!
11pm tonight
That sounds bad
I'm not sure I like their inspiring montage music. It's a bit OTT
Yeah, as I said, asleep
No sleep tonight, early one tomorrow
never let 3+ olds to touch the mouse unless you feel like mastering the art of keyboard short cuts
tab+enter
:)
If she wins there will be re-runs for ever
My paella is too big to rotate in the microwave
Good job I planned on having half for lunch
more like pick + throw :-)
Magic Mouse time
Buy lots of batteries, lots
OK, I am out mac mouse hunting. in the meantime I will close the poll for best 2010 livery today so if you haven't voted yet go to f1wolf to cast yours, if you have, go and check current status (and the new refreshed look of the site)
Have done
Lotus were in the lead earlier
You should speak to Mr C about magic mouse. He bought one and is not a fan
I on he other hand, love it
It splits users like that
ooh, me like the look.
i dislike it more than the mac mouse with the silly nipple thing. and i disliked that a lot.
Sell it on ebay
i plan to lend it to people who're considering buying one, in order to explain the error of their ways :)
Did you not try it out at the Apple Store first?
Oh my God
That was the world's best Paella!
me thinks i should go check out the competition to win a 2 seater f1 ride in the city tomorrow. Then get jealous of who wins.
that wouldn't have told me it ate batteries for a hobby?
i like the design in principle. the execution of said design is massive joke.
The forums do though
I'm buying rechargeable tomorrow, definitely
it's a mouse! who's trawls forums for mouse information?
i know you like it, but it has fundamental flaws that should preclude it from being sold. i'm not at fault for buying it. apple are at fault for selling poxy, shoddy hardware.
Have you entered?
Ask for a refund. They're very accommodating
no.
like i said. i'm going to lend it to people, in order that they can make educated decisions. that way apple will likely lose more than one sale.
(well two, because christine doesn't want one either)
Fair enough
Ooh Lost is really heating up
[no spoilers]
i don't want it to end. can't they keep making it?
No, I have 5 years of answers to come :)
:)
i wont enter, the winner is who can hold a steering wheel up the longest. That could go all day and I have things to do!
Please spare me!
it takes me ages to find a television show i like. the last one before lost was green wing :(
Green Wing was fab
You should check out True Blood or House
Lost is good
You have be an avid follower to appreciate it :)
I hate it! I'm pretty sure Nick likes it although he's bound to get grumpy about being unable to watch it.... Perhaps this excuses me from having to discuss it at all.
does he not have any tv at all?
not even itunes?
That'll do
Don't think he likes iTunes much though
Yeah I don't think that's going to be a popular suggestion....
ooh mens skeleton. I hope the kiwi men are better than the kiwi lady
I think Amazon sell TV episodes
Possibly. I don't think he particularly wants to spend leisure time looking at his computer particularly at the moment.
Doesn't need to
WD TV Media Player will hook up to his tv
Oh wait...
he should be my hero by all accounts. having no access to tv n'all. but it doesn't sound like he chose it. it's just there isn't any.
forced #mfc
I think there is but it's too costly
He does have a tv and there are terrestrial channels. Most of it's in Arabic though or there's a couple of English speaking news and sports channels.
I'm not sure but I presume there's some kind of cable available. God only knows how much it costs.
Tell him to look into the WD Media Player
All Green Wing episodes are on 4OD
Probably Spaced too. That was brilliant
Okay. He really needs to move house. I might encourage him to househunt before he gets too comfy!
Good episode!
Good idea
Men's skeleton on the website
i heard england is quite nice this time of year...
He's not locked into a lease is he?
Sweeping or Skating on Freeview :)
Good job really, I should get ready for work soon
They didn't like his CV
That's how he got to Dubai
No not at all. He signed somewhere pretty shortterm I think it's month to month. It's expensive and tiny though.
Short term leases are always expensive. You pay for flexibility
Yeah but he really doesn't want to go back right now. I don't care what he says.
Nice pic from @Astro_Soichi of a docking Space Shuttle
http://twitpic.com/141p1i
where is he then?
Oh I mean to the UK.
oh i see. wait, you don't want him back?
#sooooconfused
That is taken from their new I spy window
Ooh Twitbit embeds pics into the timeline. I like!
I don't really get a say.
another site update just gone up. again the homepage. if you give it a hard-refresh, star ratings are now shown beside each post.
homepage ratings are cached for approx. 12hrs until the page is updated. they're also read-only, you can't vote without at least looking at the full post.
you have a terrible track record for dating boys overseas, you should want him back!
Sorry, I meant Twittelator
Niagra Falls from space
http://twitpic.com/141p1
Yeah #datingfail
How does it know?
How many updates can you do in a day?
you can only click the stars on pages where the full post is visible. so to rate today's daily, you can to any of the following:
http://sidepodcast.com/blog/
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/19/daily-19th-february-2010/
http://sidepodcast.com/livecommenting/
That's not Niagra that is Obama. Not similar at all
too many, i have to sleep in a sec. am sort of panicking that the season's about to start and we're only 50% done.
:)
I guess you are going to have a load of late nights then
Ha ha, I missed off a character
http://twitpic.com/141p1o
Twitpic FAIL :)
pretty much :)
OK, shower and shave time
It looks a lot different to that when you stand next to it
I'd like to see Niagra & upstate NY
I was in the area through work and managed to fit in a flying visit. I didn't manage to get to the Canadian side which is where the best views are. I spent more time looking at a suicidal seagull rather than the falls. It had never occurred to mme that fish constantly arrive at the falls and then get a surprise drop. This seagull kept trying to pick them off just at the edge before they fell and kept being hit on the back of the head with chunks of water.
It's a beautiful state. I have family in around the middle :)
It is and it is huge, I didn't see much because I did the usual fly into Rochester, airport-plant-hotel-airport and fly out the following day.
Some of these skeleton men seem intent in doing themselves serious harm
Now the first skeleton run is complete I am going to bed. Night all
see ya tomorrow sir.
Sleep well fella
It's coffe time!
Wow, Lukeh was right. Separated at birth
Seth MacFarlane http://www.gossipsauce.com/files/gs_seth_macfarlane_090114_m.jpg
&
Eric Bouiller
http://static.sidepodcast.com/content/2010/01/erics_in_charge.jpg
What if we've been conned and it's Seth MacFarlane who runs Renault after all? Might we see Peter Griffins in the paddock someday? :D
Hehehe. Hello everyone.
I don't think much has changed since you were last here Journeyer
We may have lost some sleepyheads I guess
Stewie would be the strategy man ;)
This is nominated for best animated short film in the dutch film festival
Pivot
Sleepyheads? It's 5 AM! All-nighter for you?
That would be AWESOME. Hehehehehehehehehe.
Yeah :(
That explains it. Work?
Leaving for it soon
All right. Where's Amy?
She's been around but they are making her actually work ;)
Amy? Working? Has that ever happened before? :D
Ehehehe.
:)
it's really getting in the way of the Olympics for her
Right, these aeroplanes aren't gonna fix themselves
Catchya later
See ya Bassano.
working? Ha!
have scheduled today's testing thread, i'm done for the day. catch you all in a couple of hours, don't forget to check out the revised homepage.
So you're not working, then? :D
i hope the sun hasn't risen there yet.
night mr. c. :)
no, i am
Heikki from Jerez (with love?):
Also, I didn't know he kicked himself in the butt yesterday...
Morning.
Just in case you missed my link last night to my blog post on comparing points systems, here it is again: http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/points-systems-comparison-1950-2010/
(Or maybe you couldn't see it because Wordpress went down for a while - I think I lost a couple hundred hits at least...)
You know the photos on Flickr we keep linking to here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/f1photos/
I don't understand quite clearly the CC Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
So for example, if I wanted to clip and use an image for my blog header, is this OK or not?
you can use the image, but you should include the link that comes with that picture (on the license page)
I am still enjoying the chinese new year holidays, brain on holidays too, no stats no numbers allowed to enter my brain :-) will look into it over the weekend
The sun is out for once!
Morning everyone :)
run run! We are not supposed to deal with sun...
Morning all.
Sadly it didn't get as far as Denmark. Morning all :)
You had better ;)
Morning :)
Yay for Fridays!
Indeed! I am ready for this one... Because next week is my week off!
Oh fabulous! Holiday or novel or just time off?
Well... it's supposed to be novel editing time. And I know there will be some of that going on... but I am pretty tired at this stage so I shall be playing it by ear. I want to mainly get to the end of the week feeling nice and relaxed and then have an evening with Joe and you guys :)
Morning
Had the odd sight this morning of a rapid journey to work down completely snow free roads dodging around scores and scores of cars just abandoned in the road - I haven't missed the apocalypse have I?
That sounds like a good plan.
Where do you live??! As per usual Poole meets Armageddon with wall to wall sunshine and not a drop of snow / rain / fire in sight!
If you have... I have too. That's the best I can say.
Just... they nearly ran out of croissants in the cafeteria this morning ;)
Worcestershire, a drive into Birmingham - the fields were covered with snow which might explain all the abandoned cars but still felt odd as the road was completely clear.
I did think the Apocalypse was coming yesterday but I think it went away again.
phew!
I did see a horse rider yesterday but as they say, one horseman of the apocalypse does not the end of the world make
We had about 5cm of snow in Copenhagen last night, but as soon as I crossed the sea bridge to the island that I live on, the snow stopped!
The first of the day's pics from @thefifthdriver
http://twitpic.com/1436w3
:)
Right...I'd best go guys. Work to do!
What's a Quarter of an Apocalypse? A Thursday?
But a parting thought!
Give it a rest already Ferrari!!!
Even for an Italian he's complaining a lot!!!
I can't seem to find it at the moment but somewhere on the internets I did suggest that while we have a perfectly good swallows (not one but several) makes a summer way of determining if it's summer we don't have the same for spring.
I proposed flies to be the thing for spring. Not as nice as swallows for summer but it is true. From time to time in the winter you will see a fly. But you won't see more than one until spring has sprung.
Isn't it daffodils?
Bunny Rabbits? Groundhogs?
ah yes that's probably a better one than flies.
But you'd have to go with clump of daffodils. Because each clump has several daffs and that would be cheating.
But you can buy varieties that come up in February, or in March, or in April - they don't seem to care what season it is, only what month it is.
Wow! Snowing like mad outside!
my flatmate has given me her CD collection to browse through. I am really, really curious as to what is on 'The Only Boat Album You'll Ever Need'
Songs about boats?
I'll be sure to let you know in a few minutes when I finish dealing to Now Thats What I Call Music Volume 1. This is gold.
We were just discussing 'Hell Freezes Over' by the Eagles. Now that's a heck of a live CD!
Is that the British version or the Aussie Version?
the NZ version circa 1997
amazing track list. Amaaaaazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That's_What_I_Call_Music_(album)_(N.Z._series)
eeek preview button
Coz the British version goes back to the 80's I think...
That sounds like the playlist of the radio station in the bunker where I park my bike!
83 apparently
my father-in-law has all of them - terribly sad
That's one hell of a pop playlist though!
This Boat album does have some songs about boats - Ferry Across the Mersey is on there. It's sandwiched between Wichita Linesman (which I always associate with marmite) and Take That's version of How Deep Is Your Love. Apparently its an easy listening disc.
Does it have Don't Pay the Ferryman? Which by the way, Wikipedia says is not about boats and is actually about death, which has shattered pretty much all my illusions. I figured it was just a ferry.
Does that song have a green screen in it then?
I am convinced by the weather this Winter that Denmark is experiencing weather similar to the film 'The Day After Tomorrow'!
I'll let you know when I reach disc 2. Other boat/sea themed songs on disc 1 include 'Rock the Boat' 'Sittin on the Dock of the Bay' 'Island in the Sun' and 'Cruisin'
ooh disc 2 gems include 'Six Months in a Leaky Boat' and 'Sailing' 'Sloop John B'
Gosh I love random compilation albums
What about Yellow Submarine?
Six Months on a Leaky Boat AND Sailing! Kiwi Music FTW!
April Sun in Cuba as well :D I get the feeling this is an NZ comilation
is a submarine a boat?
Strictly speaking and uniquely a submarine is a boat as defined by the Royal Navy
Yes. Yes it is.
Yes it is. A lot of languages refer to them as boats (E.G. U-Boats)
it is in german - unterseeboot (undersea boat)
In danish the direct translation is an 'underwater boat' :D
I love German words that make total sense. Note to self: learn more German.
You will hate the ones that have the same spelling as English words because they are often pronounced differently (well, at least in danish anyway)...
nah, I'm used to that. My favourite German word when I was learning it at school was 'intelligent'
If Villeneuve has signed for Stefan, he seems to be very much in the dark as to whether that actually means much.
Mine was 'excuse me'
entschuldigung? I still say that to people and it's been 10 years since I studied German :D
Ich bitte um entschuldigung! - I beg your pardon! :-)
The German girl I work with was putting some captions on her wedding photos to send off to the department of immigration and she wanted to know how to spell toast, as in when you toast someone. When I told her she said 'oh its the same as the toast you eat? Why?'
I had no idea. English is silly.
I think it actually does refer to toast for some reason...
indeed it does :)
yes, they used to put spiced toast in the drink
mind you, that'll no doubt be debunked by QI at some point
Toast in a drink?
I think they crumbled it rather than put a whole slice in with butter and marmalade
that would be even worse! like when you dunk a biscuit a little too long in a cup of tea and it crumbles and ruins the whole thing
But drink isn't meant to have food in it.
I won't tell you all about Pimms then ;-)
One of the processes in barrel making is to toast the insides of the staves before the heads (barrel ends) are fitted. Toasted barrels greatly affect the final flavor of a wine, and winemakers can order the level of toast they want. As a rule, the lighter the toast, the more a wine reflects the oak flavors and accompanying tannins. The level of toast can range from light to medium to heavy. A light toast produces wine that tastes of the wood-oaky sometimes tannic. A medium toast generates a browner wood-the wine has vanilla aromas and fewer tannins. A heavy roast turns the wood very dark, and wine aged in such barrels has spicy, smoky flavors that can be reminiscent of roasted coffee or toasted bread
Or Croissants dipped in Latté ;)
:)
I heard a terrible joke just now...
A guy sacked from the dodgems is taking his employers to court.
He's claiming funfair dismissal.
you were right, it was terrible :-D
Well, as I believe Ronan Keeting has said many times, life is a rollercoaster.
was he given the bump?
I think he's going to have to look into it. It seems an entirely dogems decision.
F1 Wolf has the results of his best 2010 livery poll: http://www.f1wolf.com/2010/02/the-best-2010-f1-livery-poll-winner.html
Pretty much as expected, I think.
No one tell RG.
Fernandes - Branson 1:0 :-)
:)
hey guys. mobile doohickey on the bus. anybody following my twitter feed last night who are worried about me: I'M FINE!!! Nothing to worry about.
Good. You're not dead from a heart attack I see ;)
Hi all :)
Stefan GP have fired up their car... http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81593
Still hasn't got them an entry though
Hi, Lou, how are ya?
They remind me so much of Phoenix GP!
Hi Lou, how's the Brownies?
i'm alright, it's lovely and sunny here today so i'm pretty happy. Just heard back from another uni, and have details for another's interview.. i have another project and an essay to get done, but am not going to get stressed and am going to enjoy them :)
how are you?
still very yummy :)
Why are Bridgestone being awkward about tyres?
a bit different case I would say
that post made me know what I'm doing this weekend. Baking om nom nom
it may not be them being awkward, it may something in their deal with FIA that prevents them supplying F1 tyres to non F1 entities
Brilliant! It's Friday and I'm almost ready to post the next part of Life in the Fast Lane.
:D oh amy, not sure if i should tell you this.. but i think the stove looks more purple than usual in the photo :(
yay!!! :)
that doesn't say much for their chances if it is the FIA holding things up
Yes, but both wanted entry into F1, both had a car and yet neither seem to be allowed to run it...
this is good news because I would totally move to england if I could have purple cooking elements. Now I can stay here with my boring red ones :D
I think that the primary goal of Phoenix was to collect cash, not to race :-)
ah boo :( you should come here anyway :)
Do you really think StefanGP want to race and not pick up the cash too? I am not so sure...
I shall in 183 days!
true but if USF1 is gone and over, selling the entry to Stefan or joining with Stefan may be the only way for Hurley to recover some of his investment in that doomed Charlotte venture
see also - http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/hurley-stefan-gp-and-mike-coughlan/
well they do seem to be eager to get on the grid, they have a car, they are hiring (at least they advertise), they seem to have drivers ... does not look like a team with not much will to race. it may all be just a smokescreen of course
off to dinner
Here we go lovely people: http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/life-in-the-fast-lane-part-6/
Because Phoenix made much the same noises about their right to be there, you see...
Green Screen - I am going to cry now! ;)
You never know where a green screen is going to pop up :)
heheheheeh!
I want to believe :(
yeah, the x-files used them a lot.
pesky aliens not wanting to be on camera.
I showed my wife the video (as she watches most of the programs in the video) and she was shocked too. I still can't get over the Ugly Betty scenes!
I don't have a problem with the aliens and explosions and space bits - I do love special effects. I just didn't like the scenes where it's a character standing in the street and they have to fake the whole thing. I know there are some very good and practical reasons for it, but it just don't feel right :(
but it does when you watch it. it's only an issue when you think about it.
I think too much - you know me :P
Sadly, the world doesn't look like it does on TV.
"The sun always shines on TV"?
TBH I'm glad it doesn't - else I'd hate to work in a hospital/crime lab/airline/prison etc :D
just testing something, please ignore...
gaaah
apparently this is 'pick on Pat' day in the office
Are they teasing you about Green Screens as well?
I hope you don't regret wishing it wasn't so quiet now ;)
hmmm, the page doesn't appear to auto-refresh, but if you use google reader to subscribe to comments:
http://sidepodcast.com/comments/feed/
new comments appear instantly. whereas in the past it used to update every 20 or so minutes, and miss potentially hundreds of comments.
Every tiny thing that isn't right, is apparently all my fault...
And it is still quiet, I don't have enough to do so I'm doing little things slowly. I don't think they like that either.
in fact reader, is now a brilliant way to catch up with overnight comments.
I will put this to the test.
Same here!
I am Mr. C.'s Guinea Pig!
are you in it now? you have to keep hitting "refresh" to see new comments, but if you want to go back, just keep scrolling.
yeah it works!
Oooh.
that puts doohickey to shame!
...Except it's manual refresh, and you have to load the page to comment...
agreed. but for catching up with comments, it's better. gonna have to fix that :)
I agree - I should go back to that so as not to be so behind!
Sorry to hear that.
There can only be a couple of people crazy enough to catch up with all comments though.
I'm off out for the day, can someone cheer jenson on for me :P see ya! xx
I think I would like to do it - I feel like I miss out for sleeping ;)
yeah, that's true.
Mm. I do it. A couple of nights ago, they spent an hour talking about cheese.
oops!
I so missed out on that one!
just testing something else...
...this comment has been edited.
ooh ooh pick me! pick me! It's just another thing on my 'stuff I do at work that isn't work' list
do you use google reader? you have to try this.
Mr. C, your comment appeared in reader before it appeared here.
I am freaked out in Green Screen proportions now!
it only works with google reader?
and again.
OMG, yours too. I feel like I can see the future!
no, I catch up on mobile browser. Stupid internetless work computer. Unless you can talk the BBC into hosting the site? I can access BBC.
wow, it picks up edits to comments made through admin. cool!
technically, any feed reader that supports pubhubsubhub will do the same. problem is there aren't any yet. i think google is first.
Is that from 'In the night garden'?
*pubhubsubbub
true story.
or that :)
Who's garden?
It's a children's programme where they talk gibberish. Think Teletubbies on stronger hallucinogenics!
What's all the hubbub about pubhubsubbub?
what this means to me then:
- if feeds have gone realtime, suddenly following feeds in twitter is less appealing
- my desktop netnewswire client is now dead to me (until they catch up)
how quickly my life changes :)
You like feeds again.
#ficklerthanme
Oh, is that the Tombliboo one? I think I heard Scott Mills talking about it.
i do. i stopped liking them because they gave me information 20 minutes or so later than twitter. now it's faster.
That's the one! :D
apart from chicken noodle cupasoup
It's trousers kept falling down or something. Very bizarre.
Is soup food or drink though?
Try watching that with a hangover!
theres that amazing asian grape juice with whole grapes in it. I would quite happily drink nothing but that for the rest of my life.
That sounds odd. Don't you go to drink it and end up with a grape in your mouth?
yes. The first time I had it I didn't know they were in there and was like WHAT IS THIS IN MY JUICE but now I'm kind of addicted. It pays to drink it out of the can though because if you put it in a glass you can see them floating around and they look gross
Did you never have Orbitz?
*waves*
You can never have enough cheese talk.
There are more of us than I thought.
A what now?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitz_(soft_drink)
Too weird for me to try!
It sounds disgusting. I do not approve of food in drink. No, no, no.
I must get grape juice tomorrow. I shall take photos. I just read a review of it that said it was "just like drinking eyes"
I think it depends on what it is served in.
Appetising! :)
To be fair, if I had enough work to do I wouldn't be able to catch up.. I quite like to though because there have been times when I haven't and have felt a bit lost.
A pic here: http://joelavin.com/orbitz.html
or here: http://www.fanpop.com/spots/orbitz-drink/images/656876/title/orbitz
I'd be scared of choking
I have to because otherwise I never find out what Mr C is signing us up for next.
Good lord.
I know - I can't see how you wouldn't gag while drinking them!
So this from the Wordpress blog about the outage: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/wp-com-downtime-summary/
(apologies if it was already posted).
heheh :)
hurrah!
You know they wipe in the middle of the scenes too now?
Two actors talking to each other might well be talking from different takes.
okay :)
Stop, for the love of God, please!!! :(
ooops
Another one! I was so very wrong.
Used to spot a lot of that in Friends.
what do ya make of new google reader alex?
I was right!
what did you say?
that you shouldn't be using the desktop netnewswire and should use google reader and that twitter wasn't a good way to follow feeds. I was so ahead of my time ;)
heheh. what's interesting is how quickly it will swing. if NNW suddenly released an update that did pubsub and updated like twitter - well i'd drop google reader in a heartbeat.
i guess what i'm learning is that getting the data is important to me, and not the mechanism in which i do it.
everyone though, should be supporting every means of publishing data, so that if twitter bring out something awesome tomorrow, we can all subscribe to posts via that method.
to be controversial (and to upset christine), i am convinced that full rss feeds are detrimental to publishers.
there's no easy way in feed to encourage people to leave a comment. commenting will be at minimum a two-click process, whereas, if you click a url in a tweet stream, it takes you to the blog post with comments right there.
Me?
you hate truncated rss feed content, right?
or is that someone else?
I don't care either way. If it's there, great, if it's not, I click.
I have to leave now or I will spend the next few hours dreaming up 6 word memoirs. Ever since I heard of them I have been desperate to create some.
See you later.
ahh. in that case apologies.
friday evening fun?
I don't understand why that's different?
1) read link in twitter
2) click link
3) read page
4) leave comment
or
1) Read content in feed reader
2) load article
3) leave comment
seems that RSS is still fewer clicks.
Read page isn't a click, is it?
I hate it. Bassanno loathes it.
The perfect thing for me is that I can read rss without a fast internet connection.
depends on your workflow. this is what i do with full rss feeds:
1) click on new post
2) read post in reader
that's it. but in twitter:
1) click on new link
2) read post on website
the comments are right there
I HATE them. Or I did, nowadays my feedreader loads the pages automatically for me in the same window. I still don't like that I can't use my feedreader as an offline archiver for those feeds though.
I liked the Firefox extention thingy that was a feed reader but a sidebar, so you clicked the items, it loaded the page in the browser.
true. Fewer things I meant.
I mean When somebody puts a link in twitter I often don't know where I'm going or if I'm interested. Whereas when I subscribe to a feed I can look across my motorsport articles and press k every time I want a new one. Then when I find something I want to talk about I press v and I'm on the site in a new window.
It seems far more efficient to me.
The main difference seems to be that I'm in twitter for something else and "oh here's your feeds as well" which is a nice advantage.
why would you follow someone you're not interested in? that's like added random feeds to your rss reader and wondering why it's full of junk.
anyways I'm really hoping for somebody smarter than me to create rsc (really simple comments)
An interoperable commenting feed which is bi-directional. So I could, if I wanted stay in my feed reader and comment. And I could as I send my comment say, "subscribe me to all future comments on this post".
understood.
i very much want to truncate ours, but i know people would get mad at us.
what I mean is some people I follow aren't clear if they are saying, "here's something I wrote" or "here's the daily mail". Because everything's behind a bit.ly I don't know.
why do you want to truncate it?
fair enough, but that's why i like automated tweet accounts like this one:
http://twitter.com/sidepodcastbuzz/
to me, that's equal to a feed. and better for content creators.
It would be very bad for me. I don't read your posts on the site. I comment on the site, I read posts in my feed reader.
I may have written a hide article bookmarklet for the doohicky.
for reasons specified already.
- it doesn't encourage interactivity
- it doesn't get people onto the site
- the rss reader experience is sucky right now (html5 support is a real pain for example)
- is easier for people to steal.
hehe. you may have to rewrite it next week, but that's your choice.
also true.
you're just convincing me i'm right here :)
I guess it depends on why you create the content in the first place.
Mission Statement
To create, maintain, and further conversation about Formula 1.
http://sidepodcast.com/about
why?
surely it's not wrong to want to offer the best possible experience.
It may just be me... but I think that if you did that there is a chance I wouldn't read the articles anymore.
You are breaking my experience no?
How do you know what's the best possible experience for me?
That's very Apple of you.
I guess so, personally I am alot less likely to read something if it's truncated in my feed. BBC for example, but I already comment here so I'm probably not who you are aiming at.
that's true.
ooh good point
that might be an interesting experiment. kill full feeds for a week and see what happens?
what I meant is say you wrote articles for the betterment of people's understanding of F1. Then it wouldn't matter if your articles were ripped off and sent all around the world. I'm not disagreeing about that you want to create community rather than that perhaps.
He's taking away right click ;)
I'm the same-ish. If its something I really want to read then i will, but i wont flick through if im less interested as i would on a non-truncated
but do you follow links that i tweet?
sometimes, not often though. if theres SPC links i'll read them on here or on my feed reader, really depends.
to spc? Never. I follow the pings in the comments.
*waves*
I never follow your or christine's reading tweets. Because I already have the sidepodcast ones somewhere else. Which means I am sure I miss occasions when you are recommending something by somebody else because I mistakenly think it's a Sidepodcast article.
*waves back*
Mr C here's an article about the pros and cons of truncating your RSS feed:
http://pablotron.org/?cid=1571
That's only annoying because it doesn't go anywhere though?
And because it's missing a d.
It was only a joke ;)
aha
actually that is even more annoying. I almost carried on looking for another example just because of that.
Ah. My bad.
here's one more example for alex.
you mentioned the other day that the "breakout quotes" in articles are broken in the feed. say i never fixed that (intentionally).
your reading experience is knowingly worse than if you viewed on this site, would that make you more likely to click through to the site?
:)
That's possibly more to do with the way they are tweeted, rather than that they are tweeted.
it's possible that i make them similar deliberately too ;)
Well the problem is that I am not a normal user. I always have doohicky open on all of my computers. I then use something else to read articles across tons of sites. To me it is a huge advantage that all of the sites I read look the same. I actually read lots of articles in instapaper. Or Newsrack on the iPhone. Then I star them if I want to comment later then I do a bunch of commenting later on.
Reading mode / Commenting mode. Not the same at all for me. But that's me.
And as I say I always have the doohicky open.
that doesn't answer my question though. i you knowingly are getting a worse experience, wouldn't it drive you nuts?
Is there such a thing?
What's interesting about this conversation is that...
You are sort of suggesting that by doing this you think you can force more users to take part and comment by denying them the thing they like now.
There are people who have listened to your show where you say, "to contact us do... x,y,z, etc" every week for 4 years and then finally decide they have something to say. Would you rather they didn't listen until that point?
Afternoon :)
Today might be the best day of my life! My sister apologised for hitting me with a door handle. She brought ice cream. We're having a night in with Bruce later. In the mean time, I made theme hospital work on my computer! :D
Yes. Basically what I am saying is that you may be the exception because I am already in the community here. But there are no truncated rss feeds in my feed reader - I unsubscribe if you do that.
I read Scott Adam's blog for 4 years and then he started truncating his feed. I don't even know if he's still doing a blog now.
good point.
wow. interesting.
And he wrote a blog post every day so that was a comitment.
I'd never imagined it would be that much of an issue.
all i'm really suggesting is that i think twitter feeds offer a better deal to content creators.
i appreciate that rss feeds offer a better deal to consumers.
you know that our podcast feed has been truncated since day one? or is that different because it's in itunes:
http://feeds.sidepodcast.com/sidepodcast
well it depends how you consume I guess. I read most of my blog posts on the train with a dodgy internet connection. My feed reader syncs when it can and so I don't have to wait for large pages to load.
when do you see that?
And I want to comment from my rss reader. I'm not saying I'm normal :)
Sounds good :)
me neither. but i also know that there was no way we could've truncated our feeds without getting grief for it.
i also believe that full feeds will not offer as good a reading experience as the site. but that's just my opinion.
I don't think it says that anywhere. That's a pretty harsh assessment.
Ah I see. I quite like the full thing in there because the text size is easier to read there than on some blogs (including my own).
agreed.
if you subscribe in a normal feed reader, you see the truncated content where you expect full content to be.
I missed something then sorry.
I just kind of meant. I like reading the site in my feed reader and if you tun it off I won't like that. And I don't see what the upside for you is there.
In a tangental side note Scott Adams has stopped truncating his feed and is still blogging. I have resubscribed.
madness. but fair enough :)
it's kind of like the fact that we no longer give two hoots about IE6. you can try and read sidepodcast in that browser, but the experience will likely be shocking.
equally, you can keep reading posts in your feed reader, but the website will always be way ahead of what you're seeing.
completely your choice though.
so how do you see the full content?
you don't and never have been able to. am just curious why it doesn't bug alex. it's been that way since the very first day we went live.
*have never
then I'm totally confused about why this conversation is occurring
will go reread comments
Just to take this a different way but... Think about the iPad I am pleased that they have made a book reader for the iPad because there will be an easy way to get all my books together in one place. Because I buy a Steven King book today and a Tom Clancy tomorrow I won't have to relearn the interface. Turning a page will still work the same way, finding the index etc.
But weirdly the iPad is going to have applications for newspapers. I have no idea why there isn't a iNewstand but there isn't so if I read the New York Times today and the Guardian tomorrow I have to use different interfaces.
To me there shouldn't be 1 book reader there should be lots. But I shouldn't be forced to use 1 book reader to get that content. The content should be separate from the application.
I think more and more websites should be closer to the divorced content / reader model.
Just the way my experience is.
that's fine if your content is primarily text based.
I don't subscribe to it. Or rather if that's what iTunes is looking at then I don't read anything in iTunes.
that's fair enough.
we may create a secondary rss feed containing just truncated items and set the big orange button (you probably haven't seen it, it's next to every post ;) ), to point to that one and then monitor how that effects reading habits.
must dash now, good food for thought though.
do people read things in iTunes?
there's a description beside every item. so yes.
interesting stuff. I also don't use bookmarks if that's any help to anyone in explaining my actions :)
Sorry to anyone who either a) didn't think that was interesting or b) thought I was being mean.
Not at all, very interesting.
I don't mind truncated feeds because I know that for the blogger to register a hit, you need to load the page, so I click on the link anyway.
As for Scott Adam's blog, I stopped reading over a year ago when he went from being a blog about thinking issues and interesting stories to almost totally being about green issues and green building, which did not interest me.
I do indeed
[not here]
talking of blogs and interactivity, has anyone mentioned what the BBC are up to with their website? (blame search fail if they have)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/02/a_new_global_visual_language_f.html
So has anyone got any exciting Friday night plans?
Well, my train is late home, so I'm spending the evening sitting next to people I don't like...
What is a truncated rss feed?
Ringo Star ISNT DEAD!
He's the Paypal voice man!!
Happy Friday everyone.
Takuma Sato coming to the IRL? Man, this make wish that Portland or Vancouver had their race back even more.
Happy Friday dude.
Got another blog post for you all coming tonight - I mostly wrote it yesterday, slept on it and decided today that it was pretty much finished :D
Will link later when I get home and clean it up ;)
Evening everyone
'ello
I found out today that I have the best holiday hours slot ever. I tried to get them off a few weeks ago for this upcoming week so I could go to the Joe event but they told me I only had March available to do so, so I let them book me off for whenever in March. Turns out whoever booked the holiday hours did them the same week f1 returns! I literally did a happy dance when I found out.
By the way we may as well get this covered now... I don't think I will be playing Exogenesis this Sunday ;)
12:51 in total is the reason
woohoo!
I had a feeling it may be a biiiiiit too long. It's understandable :P
Sadly I shall'nt be listening Mr Alex, as completely stupifyingly awesome Radio giggles is I fear Lou might be mad if I told her I can't come and see her because I needed to hear Alex. As awesome as hearing Alex is, of course.
Although I suppose we could listen from outside the window. :P
does she not have internet?
We is going out to the cinema and whatnot. Perhaps I could ask them to tune in?
50ft Giggles!
Even better, Giggles in 3D
I see a business idea forming.
Oh no! I just decided on something to mention about coldplay...
Yikes!
#sorryAlex :(
I don't remember this bit in cool runnings: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/
Don't worry I'm sure a casual 5 second mention of coldplay will be enough to cause Lou to cancel her evening...
#sorrylukeh
It's totally understandable :D
Friend of mine made the original prototype for that. It was originally an April Fools joke, but they had such an outpouring of WANT they started making it.
The kids acting is really funny on the video.
Goodness me, have just read the Stefanovic Q&A on AUTOSPORT.
Campos have officially been taken over, and Adrian Campos isn't going to be Team Principal anymore:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81606
Will they make it to Bahrain then?
@fionn: 2006 was his last year and he had much more than 1 victory!
I like their chances. Bernie's involved.
Evening all
5 live have let me down
http://twitter.com/5LiveF1/statuses/9346191490
;)
Evening Steven
Ello Steven
Someone on Eggheads has a panda T shirt. Very distracting
Why are Bridgestone being awkward about tyres? {Comment #475}
Because Stefan GP doesn't have an entry, they'd need a separate agreement with Bridgestone if they wanted to use its racing tyre products in advance of said entry. Nothing in Bridgestone's F1 contract obliges it to supply teams which are not in F1 yet.
Though from the wording Stefan didn't sound terribly surprised the tyres hadn't turned up - they may simply be due to come later.
There can only be a couple of people crazy enough to catch up with all comments though. {Comment #521}
Pleased to be part of the crazy brigade ;)
what I mean is some people I follow aren't clear if they are saying, "here's something I wrote" or "here's the daily mail". Because everything's behind a bit.ly I don't know. {Comment #604}
I don't know how I'm managing it, but I can get my blog links to show up in full in Twitter. Yes it's longer, but it gives people a better idea of where they're being sent, which I for one find reassuring.
Today might be the best day of my life! My sister apologised for hitting me with a door handle. She brought ice cream. We're having a night in with Bruce later. In the mean time, I made theme hospital work on my computer! :D {Comment #648}
That's great, Alison! Theme Hospital is fun. Have a good night in with Bruce!
Home now. I've had a really bad day so I think I'll get some beef crispy noodles, open some wine and just chill out.
So has anyone got any exciting Friday night plans? {Comment #684}
Now that I've visited Grandma? Stay in, browse the internet, play computer games and generally have fun :)
That is a lot of win right there! Yay for Alison!
It's official: Campos has a lifeline...
Perhaps too little too late?
ooh, breakout?
I would be confident that they will be OK now. Making the first race could be tough but I am sure they will race this season now.
Definitely
am on it.
The making of that old Spice commercial (the one with the guy who starts out in the bathroom, then is on a boat, then a horse):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDk9jjdiXJQ&feature=player_embedded&hd=1
Good evening all...
Evening peeps
Hi Adie and Bassano
Interesting story REL Campos...
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/19/carabante-and-kolles-in-at-campos-meta/
sorry for the delay/
6 lines for work for me?
Make people do their jobs better.
Makes me popular too as you can imagine :S
That only leaves USF1 to be sorted
Well...is there any strength / truth to the rumours the squads could be merged?
Based on what we know or have seen I can't imagine what USF1 would bring to the party
Peter Windsor?..
Comedy?
No...that's me done
More Brian Kerramba videos on youtube. I see he has a new video on Ben Bowlby's insane Indycar design. It's not remotely family friendly so I won't post a link but I am sure you can find Kerramba on youtube for yourself if you are interested
Campos have officially been taken over, and Adrian Campos isn't going to be Team Principal anymore:
http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/81606
Will they make it to Bahrain then? {Comment #711}
I'd have said yes unreservedly were it not for the "we have to find additional funding". As it stands, I wouldn't put it past Bernie to let them miss the first three races and then inject funds if he has to. That way, Bernie gets to ensure the team makes the grid, show the FIA who's boss (by using Campos as a test case - should it miss races - to demonstrate that he is the primary arbiter of what the Concorde Agreement means because he pays the piper) and involves the least risk of him having to spend any money.
However, I believe the chances of Campos making Abu Dhabi are extremely high.
Right off out for a meal so see you later all.
Super G Time!
Well...is there any strength / truth to the rumours the squads could be merged? {Comment #739}
I see little point. USF1 has a factory lease, lots of staff and its own car - none of which Campos actually needs, since Dallara will surely hand over the car it's designed, completed and successfully crash-tested the moment Carabante gets his wallet out. At most, it might poach a few of the better members of staff if/when they become available.
I think USF1 will have to sort out its own problems.
Right off out for a meal so see you later all. {Comment #744}
Enjoy the meal, Adie :)
Gavin,
I posted a comment here last night just as you went to bed. On your points post the 1950s column on the first two graphs is actually a copy of the 1960 column as it has a 6th place in it. I tried to comment on your post last night but wordpress wasn't playing ball. I will read the rest of the post tonight
Well, if USF1 had a car they'd be in a lot better shape :) But I agree that they don't have anything that Campos needs or wants. Unless, for some inexplicable reason they want the ability to build their own car, and do it in Charlotte, NC.
If USF1 does anything other than fold I'll truly be shocked.
Hi guys i have spent the afternoon putting together a Megabloks Mclaren its meant to be for 8+ there must be some very bright kids out there.
Bonus thought there is only 28 days in feb so Bahrain is only 22 days away!
That's right, it was intentional. Same amount of points, slightly different system...
I forgot about the other point that wasn't for 6th. It confused me last night.
we need pics of that :)
Yeah... Pics or it didn't happen!
Sort of F1 related, from Jacqui Oatley, who commentates for Match of the Day
"QPR say Flavio Briatore has stood down as chairman. Gianni Paladini steps back in. "
any idea why?
is it just me or does anyone else think there should be extra points for pole position and fastest lap?
i think they do this in cart.
Probably only so that FLav can fire the chairman as well as the manager
It was considered in january by the teams but rejected. I wouldn't mind it if I'm honest.
Nope, only thing I can see on it. Reliable source though
Don't know - AFAIK after the appeal he had no problems with the FA....
I don't. I want points for finishing position and nothing else. Qualifying even though we don't have refuelling is still not proper qualifying so getting pole just means that driver's gambled race set up is better on no fuel than any other's gambled race set up. Fastest lap is utterly meaningless.
Re pic of mega blox Mclaren ok got a picture on my iphone but dont know how to share.Help
Post it here
http://drop.io/sidepodcast
Email or MMS to the address on the screen there
Or click to add file.
Sorry. Should have explained how it works.
If it's on the phone only though, that may be difficult
Shout if you need further help f1taxi
Mmmm Toblerone :)
True.
anyone (bassano) know how to shift a stuck stopcock?
Too harsh?
Where in the toilet [or loft] cistern?
My dad just pointed out some upcoming Murray goodness: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qxffj
Try wrapping a cloth round it to give you a better grip
erm, kitchen.
not strong enough. tried:
- wd40
- haridryer
still stuck.
Oh ok, under the sink or something
You could do with a large pair of pliers
Failing that, let me think...
Re765 drop sidepodcast
yay it took me a while but i have uploaded the photo of Mega bloks mclaren.
that was hard work putting it together and uploading the pic. lol
Any metal tubing you could insert over one end for more leverage?
love the header!
yay!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0543-jpg
I guess I am not to the acceptance stage yet. Probably need to change my name tag line.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0543-jpg
Coooool!
ooh, plan. will have a look.
do they break easily?
Did he build the Virgin? The aero is just as blocky ;)
That is pretty cool
Not really but you want to build the pressure up rather than wacking it with force
It is - how long did that take?
THat should be good
Have you tried hitting the stopcock to unjam it?
Awesome. I want one now
The pipe will likely not be too fixed so will probably absorb most of the energy
Valve is likely a bit gunked up with limescale
I was thinking of hitting it on the side just to shock it.
Yeah, I don't think you've hit acceptance yet :)
i could try telling it the cost of a plumber call out?
:D :D
hello boys and girls
You need an orange drill with some clever gearing to create lots of torque
Hi Jackie. How are you?
evening jackie.
Fantastic - looks horrendously complicated! They expect 8yr olds to do it?
evening Jackie :)
Every household should have some Swan-Neck Pliers
Along with a hammer and a large screwdriver, you have the fundamentals covered
[Orange Drills™ are for professionals]
Is Christine sorting the stopcock while you chat on here?
No - they expect their mums and dads to build it!
I'm good thanks, and you?
I've finally finished wading through mountains of stats
Hi Jackie
Got all of that!
ooh, we do. how do they help then?
:lol:
Hey Gavin
The grip the stopcock and give you 12 inches of leverage
... and Bassano
[facepalm]
Those are your're large pliers!
Use them for extra grip, you may have to try a few angles to get it right
Worst spelling, ever!
Is there water leaking everywhere while we are discussing theory of pliers? Because if there is you should probably deal with it first.
Hi Jackie. You've been AWOL
they don't really fit on a tap though? or am i missing something?
Second part of my post looking at points systems - this post looks at the 'fairness' of each system: http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/how-fair-have-the-f1-points-systems-been/
no, no. non-urgent, ours is just stuck.
They do. They open up to grip round objects of lots of diameters
I've been busy doing stuff .. seems like its been for ages. Did I miss your game again this week Pat?
Imagine the tap is facing you and the arms are at 'quarter to three'
Use the pliers in the position of the picture and rotate clockwise [to tighten] or vice-versa
You've got until midnight, and you've just reminded me that I haven't entered either :)
OK I have to ask. How do you discover your stopcock is stuck if you don't need to open/close it? Do people randomly check if their stopcock is stuck just so they can sort it?
Pluggety plug
cool, ta.
Oh pants .. can I have three from the top, one from the middle row and four from the bottom?
You are making it too easy for me now :D
Hey Jackie
I can't win my own thing, that would look bad!
hehehe. the shower went bang, it needs a new box fitting, but it still works. so no urgency, but turning off water was step one.
hi RG .. will be back after I've done Pat's game
If you're renting, shouldn't the landlord do that?
umm... not sure where to start :)
If it is a power shower, it would probably rest on whether it was installed before or after they took tenancy
Hi guys i have spent the afternoon putting together a Megabloks Mclaren its meant to be for 8+ there must be some very bright kids out there. {Comment #750}
Sounds like something I'd have played with if I was still young enough, because I was quite often playing with games designed for older people (I got Monopoly, Crystal Maze and Trivial Pursuit Junior before I was supposedly old enough and was not at any disadvantage against my older brother at any of them). The "8+" is probably due to the size of the bricks rather than any particular judgement on difficulty.
I've done it, was having a bit of a "countdown" moment
not sidepodcast towers shower. christine's mother-in-laws's.
she doesn't have a bassano.
Any joy?
:-) ta
So, having been out of the look entirely this week, who's got cool stuff for me to plug tomorrow?
umm, am commenting. will do in a sec.
My dad just pointed out some upcoming Murray goodness: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qxffj
THat should be good {Comment #790}
I hope I have a functional sound system by then (at the moment, my computer's not playing sound and I can't work out if it's the sound card or the speakers that broke).
I'm working on it.
:D
Here's your starter for 10:
http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/points-systems-comparison-1950-2010/ And http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/how-fair-have-the-f1-points-systems-been/ which look at the different points systems used in F1...
Adam Cooper has got some inside info from Kolles and others at ex-Campos..
If you need any more ideas Christine, get Mr C to ask questions while you do the grunt work
[Less dangerous]
There are a lot of good posts this week Some I haven't read yet. Gavin has 2 on points systems, Dan has stuff on USF1 and Christine is halfway through her fictional F1 story where the readers vote on the direction for the following chapter
http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/
http://www.racingeagles.com
http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/
Also ScarbsF1's blog might be worth looking into...
I still have 6 posts to read there
http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/
ooh QI on the telly :)
That's early??
I forgot about that. Too engrossed in the Olympics
Ooh forgot about that, haven't seen any of the olympics
that one hurt
you've really missed out, it's been fantastic!
Ouch.
Extended show on BBC 3 tomorrow
Hes been knocked out.
I switched to QI
I've been in some weird time warp the last couple of weeks
People of Sidepodworld..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/q/qpr/8525530.stm
It works!
Hurrah!
That'll be £180, call it 150 for cash! ;)
You fixed it and Mr C couldn't?
It was mentioned earlier, I think
I love this bit
By increasing the number of managers fired?
Is there anything to stop Briatore buying a team like USF1 if he wanted to after the court case I mean?
Theres nothing to stop him now.
I guess not
I think Dan and/or I might commit suicide if that happens.
Other than the fact that he prefers spending other people's money in F1 rather than his own
Oh god no...
I'm yammering while christine is fixing it, ihave pics !
I'm still recovering from the strong possibility that Villeneuve and Nakajima will be teammates. This is going to send me into a coma
Is that worse than no USF1?
That seems to be obligatory with SPC DIY :)
what was broke?
Hahahaha
No live stream though
Flavio and Peter Windsor on the same team would create enough F1 BS that would only rival GMM.
So to answer you question... yes.
In my mind, yes. I'd rather have no US team than one run by that guy.
Christine's mother in law's stopcock was stuck and after Mr C failed Christine unstuck it
You know, I forget now I live outside the UK how much over-promotion British athletes get. Talk about pressure!
We talking Amy Williams here?
#whatsastopcock?
Sounds like a new game .. F1 hell is?
The valve that controls the water supply for your household
Quite frankly since its one of our few chances of a medal, I don't mind.
Plus we are in Britain, they are meant to support British athletes
It's a universal thing. If I see one more Lindsey Vonn story... I am going to go Jack Bauer all over NBC.
oooh, thats bad
Well, the commentators should really be neutral
When a pipe bursts and your world is rapidly filling with cold water the stopcock is the thing you turn off to stop it
They should, but its never going to happen, in any sport.
for a world feed yes, for a country feed i disagree :D
The stupid thing is she never got a mention in the build up because the other skeleton woman got silver the last time and all the build up was about her
But not to the extent where they are touting Shelley Rudman and the other lady as practically having won the thing - it tempts fate and puts enormous pressure on them.
Plus they should be a bit more neutral---
That's what I am getting at. Yet the Super G tonight had her on quite a lot!
I wouldn't mind if they were biased during the runs by British athletes but when they are talking about them when everyone else runs or when an entirely different event is on it is too much
I think it makes people want to watch. I don't mind because she was AMAZING yesterday
What would you say if you were watching the American coverage and they never stopped talking about their athletes though?
I bet they do to some extent.
I am about to order some beef noodles, because my local does them very well... their starter of chicken noodle soup is also great and I have a craving, is 2 x noodles considered an overdose? :)
A bit of Olympics in bed before early sleeps for me
Day 1 of 7: acheived
That's a lot of carbs, end up bloated later possibly
*shocked*
They do, of course. But would you accept it in the same way?
Maybe I don't know, but I expect every countrys coverage to be biased, even the rubbish countrys. How have you got past the Geolock anyway?
Proxy Server!
Coulda easily used this:
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/
I'll walk it off tomorrow on the golf course. I'm marking this one down as "self-congrats for exam plus bad day at work equals treat time"
You passed?
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/html/minigame.html
I already have access to one though, but thanks for the link ;)
I did :)
amazing:D
Yay, you deserve the noodle doodles then :D
Will be done in 10 mins. I live 3 mins walk away :-)
Blimey.
Evening all
Well, I have some news regarding my time at Classic Team Lotus. It has come to an end. My 2 month work experience is over and me and Clive had a little chat about it. It's fair to say we parted company very amicably and they were very good to give me a couple of things to say thank you.
Firstly, Clive gave me an envelope which contained £350 as a gesture for all the help I'd given them, and then I was given a nice leaving gift - a copy of the book "Ayrton Senna - The Team Lotus Years" which had been signed by all almost everyone in the team and a message saying thanks. And also, they gave me a little pinbadge of the Team Lotus roundel with laurels around it.
Plus, Clive did say that if I wanted tickets for, say, Goodwood or Silverstone, then they would try and sort some out for me, and that they would also make sure they'd sort some tickets out for the Lotus Festival event at Snetterton in May for me and my family.
I am very appreciative that they took me on in the first place and I'm sure the past two months will be those that I will never forget. The people I've met, the cars I've seen and touched up close and the things I've done will stay with me forever. Sounds really soppy, I know, but I'm proud to say that I'm now a Lotus fan for life. :)
Dude, that's not soppy at all - that's awesome!
I think we need a blog post about it :D
Y'know what Scott, I think Jackie is right :)
That's fantastic, well done!
Why do the GB Skeleton girls dislike each other?
Because they've got no body to go to the party with.
(Couldn't help myself)
Wheres that from? I didn't think they did?
We certainly do
I'm off to pick up my food and settle down in front of the telly, no idea what I'm watching yet.
:D loooooser
:-D
Did ya hear that on Fighting Talk?
Heard it somewhere.
Maybe ;)
So it's rrrrrubbish then?
Anyone else think they should take the olympic downhill course and make it into a winter hillclimb? that would rule
Kiwi on the Super G!
Didn't they do something like that for Rally Sweden?
It might have been said to improve an answer, yes.
Typical!
Just finished a whole hour of plugging the blog. Phew!
A whole hour! That is mad. I plug on twitter and thats it, or on here if relevant. even then I feel a bit guilty plugging.
I plug in loads of places - I'm really trying to spread the links around so that the exposure is quite high...
can we pay you to do the same for us?!
just checking in. thanks to a moving stopcock, plans to fix the shower tomorrow afternoon have now been brought forward. have left christine and her mother-in-law drilling tiles to install a shower.
my job = putting up a guest post on spc. in know my place.
Well, I have some news regarding my time at Classic Team Lotus. It has come to an end. My 2 month work experience is over and me and Clive had a little chat about it. It's fair to say we parted company very amicably and they were very good to give me a couple of things to say thank you. {Comment #924}
It's a bit sad that the volunteering stint had to end, but you must have been really good to impress Lotus that much. Well done and enjoy your rewards :D
(Oh, and keep an eye out for any jobs there - the staff there will surely want you back which will give you an advantage)
:D
I would guess that Sidepodcast is a lot more well known than my blog ;)
oh man
how....*insert correct word*
Since you nearly injured yourself with baking powder I am not surprised Christine doesn't want you in the same room as a drill
McLaren hoody vote is now live, for the second time tonight, after a technical hitch!
http://wp.me/puhRP-7m
Some Sidepodcast Universe designs in there!
:)
x1 brilliant, brilliant guest post from lady snowcat: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/19/in-search-of-the-iceman/
Tis indeed!
Christine, 11 people have clicked through from my blog to your rankings page today :)
Just found out something interesting - there's a song on the latest Simple Minds album called Christine :P
#sidepodspace
The shuttle mission is coming to an end and the crew has closed the hatches on the shuttle and the ISS. The shuttle crew are preparing to undock which should happen in an hour and a half. After undocking the shuttle will fly round the ISS which normally provides some of the best pictures of the whole mission
ooh.
aww, ta.
apparently the daily post might be delayed, as is my food, as is our whole weekend. it's fair to say christine likes drilling.
can i go home now?
Seeing as I work for the 'Drilling Department', can I just say I heart Christine?
And yes, our rigs are sometimes orange ;)
ooh, it might not be an orange one though. lemmie see if i'm allowed to take a picture.
Preferably blue with a red stripe ;)
red bull drill?
I am not sure interrupting someone who is drilling to take photos is the best way to hurry up dinner
ahh.
Evening :)
Where's my Olympics?
Light blue, with a red stripe ;)
iPlayer?
Someone decided a four hour gap between events was a good idea.
There's nothing on till 11:45
not too much longer to wait!
Evening
Red Button?
live online and on red button if ya have it
An hour is too long, so I am going to bed. Night ;)
Oh what?? I have to take my sister home at midnight :(
I bet I miss the action....
I see the light.
I know why there are so many negative right wing talk shows in America. They get the ratings. People love people ranting...
I just looked at my hit rate for my SpeedTV open letter not to hire Peter Windsor again... oh my god...
I feel somewhat guilty for being mean but I don't regret what I said. I hate being negative, but I am just at my wits end. Sorry if I've been a tad Piquet the last few days. This does hurt a lot. However it is just sport and I need to lighten up.
However, this means I am an F1 Ronin again... who will I support this year... I wonder who...
Night mate.
Read part 6 and voted
http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/
Skeleton usually goes in reverse order, so Brits will be last, so just hurry up :D
Skeleton is supposed to be at 11pm
Thats only for the final run isn't it?
i assumed it was for each after the first.
There is nothing online that I can see
This has Amy Williams going first
http://winterolympics.external.bbc.co.uk/skeleton/resultsandschedules/event=SNW001000/index.html
It is on till 5pm so unless you are going to Wales you should be OK
I was just checking my computer wasn't broken as I opened the page and no video is available!
ah boo, wondered if that was the case. grr.
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/
I want the skeleton! That's on first.... I like that!
I really need to sleep tonight. I'm at work early morning. I'll die on a Saturday without sleep.
They went in reverse order for the second run so I assume it will be the same for both runs tonight
Same for me
There are two runs on the skeleton and if last night's schedule is repeated tonight the second run starts 45 minutes after the first.
Nothing there till 23:40
I might stay up for that.
Since my laptop broke, I now need to share a computer. Someone else needs it so night all and lotsa love.
Night RG
So I could miss it all?? Bad bad times.... :( I have to make a 45 minute round trip....
Looks like the first run is at 11:45 and the second should start at 00:30 so if you chuck her out now you should see both
Second one starts at 5 to 1.
Oooh grand so I can see the end? That's okay then. Thankies!
Blogspot really doesn't want you to make a comment, eh?
Skeleton's coming up for anyone who wants it
Night guys, off to see another flat later...
see ya!
night
Gooooood Girl Amy :D
Just back in time for skeleton
The girl done good :D
What? When? How? I still don't have a web feed?
I take it they are running in the wrong order then? At least that means I get to see the scary Russian
Did that euro one not work?
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/
Me neither. BBC2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/watchlive/
does this work?
Yeah RG was right #shakesfist Fastest first for first run, last for second
If you are not near a TV
http://www.tvcatchup.com/watch.html?c=2
Oooh yeah it does thanks Jon. I'm annoyed I missed the first runs.... Stupid BBC (not turning into Nick....)
@jon, hehe.
on my psp, no tv feeds, relying on bbc live text now...
does this work?
http://bit.ly/FBj13
Do you work for them or something? :P
nope but i knows how much RG likes this , so thought i'd try and help!
and actually i nicked it from SB further down
and I don't work for them either.
Hehe
Okays well it's off time. My sister was interested in SPC. Hopefully my mention of the sports website was enough to put her off. I wouldn't enjoy being stalked....
*is watching skeleton with her friend*
i really want one of them to stop before the foam......
<3's skeleton..
nah i love it when that do that!
This is a sport website?
Drive safely
adios!
#confidential
see ya
Why do none of your friends have names for the first half hour you are commenting with them in the same room?
@jon, cheers but no worky. i might sneak downstairs and turn tv on
dooooo it!
that's too easy.
but i think it's like a victory when they don't... also if i was there i'd have a craving to put bubbles at the end before the foam.. :D
don't worry ;) they'll be commenting within the hour
Well we know its not Emily or she would be on already looking for Bassano to cause trouble
well... this friend doesn't know about spc.. and was just making a passing comment, i've just downloaded Rhod Gilbert's dvd so we are going to watch it now. :P
see ya
you got your wish granted
it's not Emily, or Naomi...
NASA TV employs the smartest people. Some woman just said they have an instrument that measures the solar spectrum of the sun. WHat else can have a solar spectrum?
He was on 8 out of 10 cats earlier
Surely she knows you are typing on a laptop while you are talking to her
i now have tv!
I wonder if Amy Williams will manage to get her next run in before the BBC start campaigning for her to be made a dame and to win SPOTY
Go RG
http://www.labnol.org/internet/woman-painting-or-photograph/12801/
WOW, look at that,
Person or Picture?
yes... but we are watching the skeleton...
anyway... byyeee! :P
You don't need us now you have a friend? Well that's nice isn't it?
Good point, solar does indicate the spectrum is for the sun. What would they however name a spectrum that looks at other stars? (*goes to Wikipedia*)
This is the scary Russian woman. She is wild
I assume stellar would be the generic
Apple have released a new version of the iPad ALREADY! GAH i hate it when they do that
http://img.labnol.org/di/large_ipad.jpg
;)
I guess this is a modified Spectrometer anyway? We use them for Colour Printers to get printed colours exactly correct.
:D
Well, my jeans are soaked and my thumb hurts, but we have one working shower.
:)
Christine the plumber. Did Mr C help?
To be fair, he did the dangerous electrical bit.
He almost killed himself with baking powder and you let him play with electricity?
With the electric turned off I hope
He does have some experience with wires and cables and the like. I am better with a hammer.
Complemetary skills then?
You should start some sort of DIY company
On Rockall? Imagine the call-out charges
C&C DIY Factory
We would be like the Chuckle Brothers.
Brief pause for a passenger switch! Alas these folks are not so punctual!
*everyone immediately tries to make a pun out of DIY and Sidepodcast*
nope, can't do it
20 minutes till the final skeleton run and 20 minutes till the space shuttle undocks. Hopefully one of them will be late but given what we know they probably will both be late
(still thinking)
You have swapped your sister for another passenger?
Boo :( i want late skeleton please :(
is this Sister or No Sister?
Amy goes last, you should be ok
She was taking her sister home then going home herself and now another passenger is involved somehow
Sister has gone to friend's house. My parents are coming back from the railway station because i'm such a nice person...
I know that feeling oh so well. The world thinks you are its chauffer.
I can't believe I wrote this almost a year ago.
I guess they didn't know either.
It has taken a year to get those answered.
Can anyone confirm that the FIA did an audit of the new teams a few months ago to make sure they were making suitable progress and they would definitely be on the grid? I have a memory of this but can't remember details. If I am right then questions have to be asked about the competence and honesty of the FIA inspectors.
I am sure Alianora can give us details if no-one else remembers
i remember that, and remember that the fia released no details of what they found i think
As I say my memory of the details is less than clear but I am sure they put out a statement saying they were all on target which given Kolles comments you have to wonder if Campos took the inspectors to McLaren
you mean no one leaked it? there's still time.
If they do judging by the results, I think his name is Inspector Clouseau.
Probably no-one believed they needed to leak because many thought that one or more teams was in shaky ground
FIA Inspector: "Will you be ready in time?"
Team: "Oh yes"
FIA Inspector: "That's good enough for me"
Looks like it was in October. FIA impressed with USF1 plant
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/153335/1/fia_impressed_with_usf1_facilities_and_progress.html
Team: "Look, a six axis computer modeling machine!"
FIA Inspector: "Why is it making toasters? And why are the plans to your car on the refrigerator?"
Team: "Oh look it here... we have giant poster of Jim Clark on the wall!"
Team: "Look, there's the car. It's nose is just poking out behind that curtain. See?"
I haven't been this excited since Brazil 2008!!!
NASA looks like it is going to be on time with shuttle separation
Hi Alison. You made it
Don't be silly!
Or my computer wants to watch by itself :)
Space shuttle has separated. Flyaround is going to clash with the top skeleton runners. :(
It happened
It happened except they already added a day to their docked time so they are a day late.
I love the flyaround of the ISS which will start shortly. Some of the best pics of the whole mission
This is a dear diary moment!
:D
We need to get on the phone with NASA and tell them that their scientific endeavors should not clash with our sport entertainment.
They constantly clash with things I am interested in. I think maybe I am interested in too many things
If I believe beer commercials, then you can never be too interesting or have too many passions.
Never seen that before
I just love the disclaimer with the releasing a bear from the bear trap part with "Do not attempt this" written in the corner. Love ridiculous my country is sometimes.
Here is the new daily: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/20/daily-20th-february-2010/
It's not just yours. McDonald's here now have to have a disclaimer on hot drinks saying contains hot liquid because some moron sued them after spilling coffee on themselves. Heard someone on the radio yesterday saying they found a "may contain nuts" disclaimer on a pack of peanuts