It is essentially the halfway point of the year today, with 182 days gone, and 183 still to go. On the one hand, this year is absolutely flying and it's ridiculous that it is July already. On the other, I feel like June went really slowly and Le Mans seems like eons ago. Anyway, here are some things we're discussing:
- Abu Dhabi seems to be flavour of the moment, with a Yas Marina circuit being released to allow fans closer to the track. I couldn't get it to work, so have no idea what the under grandstand bit is like. However, the track gets a mention in F1 Minute and the Big Pic today, so their marketing is clearly working!
- Kimi Raikkonen will be officially rallying in a World Rally Championship event in Finland at the end of July. With Le Seb doing Le Mans, and Kimi rallying his heart out, which other drivers could take part in other series?
- Bridgestone have announced the tyre allocations for a further four races, with Hungary and Valencia taking the two softer compounds, whilst Belgium and Italy stick with the medium and soft variety. Does this actually mean anything though? For a viewer, the only thing that matters is soft versus hard, rather than one of four individual compounds. Another Bridgestone fail?
That should keep us going for now. There should be some more excellent tennis on later, which is one bonus for us hitting the last week in June and first week in July already. I'll see you in the comments.
There is a goodwood article about the Earl of March here, http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23713602-details/The+Big+Interview:+The+Earl+of+March/article.do
Seems like a really interesting guy, must ask him for a job if i see him
I have also found a teaser pic of the Audi sculpture
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/audi-teaser-jpg
an interesting guy who doesn't believe in earplugs though.
What?
*that was text so it wont be funny, so imagine it out loud ;)
Do you need ear plugs for goodwood?
yes.
Another car for Flibster if he is still around?
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/McLaren-F1/241170/
I dont really remember wearing them last time i went, but i will pack some old cheese just in case...
Oh yes. You can be standing inches from an F1 engine warming up. We tried to get Goodwood to issue free ear plugs to everyone after last year's event when amongst other things I saw a guy pick his baby out of a push chair abd hold it next to a Ferrari V12 being warmed up by an over-enthusiastic mechanic. The reply we got was less than encouraging.
Do they at least sell them there?
I think $5 million is just over his budget
I didn't see them anywhere. It was early in the morning when I saw the incident I mentioned and I had a look everywhere I went for the rest of the day and didn't see any anywhere.
Perhaps, but i think i would take it marginally over a fleet of formula masters cars
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/07/17/episode-70-when-was-the-last-time-you-sat-in-a-comfy-chair-at-goodwood/#comment-85076
Morning all.
hey sean. how are ya?
ooh an old show...will compliment my goodwood build up perfectly!
Listening now... You did goodweek/badweek!
Exhausted. It should be illegal to have to walk anywhere less than 10mins after you get up.
and one from the previous year (more comprehensive, but no lou/emily):
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/06/26/episode-23-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2007/
20 mins is a sensible interval in my experience
might i suggested waking up earlier? ;)
Sidepodcast is the gift that keeps on giving!
That is a ridiculous idea
my bad. apologies.
Apparently Vettel has had a corner named after him?
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/241136/
That id worse than a grandstand!
That wouldn't have mattered. I had to go to the shops to get milk and there was no car for me to take. No matter when I got up I would've had to have done it.
sounds like more translation confusion to me.
What is it with everyone and milk!
You need it for cereal.
I hope so...
Otherwise there might be a man with big hair holding a giant sign saying 'Turn 6' standing somewhere in camera shot near the corner
That is debatable...
:P
Baseball news: game on!
the rubens twitter excitement of last night makes me think teams need more communication! Someone asked the official brawn twitter a few weeks back if that was really rubens and they said they didnt think so. Fail brawn.
Morning Amy!
Anything exciting going on in your part of the world, it is uncomfortably hot here
not sure if christine is aware of this one, but it seems quite handy:
"...which means you can now deep link in to iPlayer content"
deep link sounds scary!
but it seems to be a god idea
hehe. might add it to our list too :)
my only excitement is morning tea in 34 minutes then a meeting with my team leader hooray
Sounds like its a by the minute countdown...
MrC have you had any drivers on sidepodcast?
mr roy and flibster.
am assuming you mean f1 drivers?
I don't think I quite qualify. Maybe we should set a challenge to all the people going to Goodwood to get a quick voicemail interview with a driver.
that would be brilliant!
;)
That was my plan, i might try to skype in if i get anywhere near one
Hey guys.
hullo joe. how be you?
Splendid. What's going on here?
plotting to take over the world... just the usual.
I am feeling quite American and watching baseball, and listening to old podcasts in preparation for my pilgrimage to goodwood :D
We would do a better job than most of the idiots doing it right now
What game are you watching, I'm watching the Rays vs. Blue Jays
Seattle at Yankees.
For some reason I adopted Seattle as my city for US sports as a kid, and it worked perfectly until they took the basketball team away!
Home run for the Rays! 3-1 Rays. I'll try and tie it into F1...somehow
Do you watch the Seahawks as well?
Oh yes!
This is my first baseball game in years though...
Do you know what the 22nd rule of baseball is/ means?
I have no idea, baseball is weird, the unwritten rules carry more weight than the written ones. Hey wait, that sounds like F1.
The new pepsi logo is really weird, i'm kinda lad they haven't used it here
Well, it isn't 2 compounds apart anymore - it seems Bridgestone have (sensibly) decided to drop that idea altogether.
Morning, everyone.
Morning Journeyer.
Hey Journeyer
Good Morning, glad you enjoyed the blog, i missed your feedback at the time¬!
hehe, love the sound effects in the 2007 show!
i have no recollection?
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/06/26/episode-23-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2007/
@ 7:02 :D
Archives! :D
megablastic swoosh?
still in use to this very day.
ah!
I normaly listen to the non live shows on my mp3 player, so maybe it isnt as noticeable...
I want it as my txt alert though!
hehe. it's an apple loop. probably comes with garageband?
Is that something to do with craig david?
I dont dare change anything on my phone, last time i did skype went mental, so will play it safe with factory defaults
That name is briliant, i keep saying it to myself.
... my flat thinks i am weird
Firefox 3.5 looks cool! :D
where's everyone?
*waves*
Here?
That's odd - I'm not hearing the sounds in Firefox 3.5. Is that expected?
*waves back* :D
I am wishing i had an air conditioner
at the moment yeah. somethings not right with it, but the code is fine in safari. might be something we can change, not sure.
oooh, i see. alrightie. :)
Sorry, here
Hehe. That's alright. :)
Is Mr.C still about?
i is.
did you guys get some pictures from your visit to Ferrari? If you have, sorry, I usually hang out in the live doohickie, I am sure an intervention is in my future
we did, and they're on the list. i would guess during the weekend sometime.
Fun fact for the evening... The Red Arrows cant go to New Zealand... How Brundlesque
really, how come?
I look forward to them. I remember during the podium ceremony for the 2007 Brazilian GP there was this brunette belting out the Italian National anthem, that was captivating. I suspect she works in the press office for the team. I am the only F1 fan at my fire station and when the camera focused on her, everyone leaned forward from their recliners, so she attracted some interest to F1. Did you run into her?
Sounds like Stefania Bocchi to me (if I even remember their names right) and yup, she's a PR officer. Yeah, she's hot. :D
I think she's blonde, right?
Apparently there arent any petrol stations on route... how convinient...
I would suggest a theory involving a Red arrows pilot, a kiwi fruit and an egg whisk
I thought she was a brunette. Lemme see if I can find a pic. :)
erm, lisa?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/lisa-at-ferrari-png
Not the best pic I could find, but does this look like her?
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02xT4FLbNZ6AG/610x.jpg
Is her name Lisa Lilley?
Could be the start of a tongue twister..
hehe. am surprised they can't stick 'em on a boat?
No, not Lisa. I have been directed to her numerous times. If you do a youtube search for Brazilan GP 2007 podium, during the Italian Nation Anthem, she's very prominent.
sadly, we didn't meet her then :(
might take too long... But it is plausable
see my theory starts to make sense ;)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/gf-jpg
Okay this is a shot of her at the USGP.
Definately a different person to the one in the BMW Stig pic.
Great... The power just went out. :(
But you're back now?
You should warn it of the dangers of the outdoors...
Tampa Bay Rays win 4-1!
Not really an F1 topic, but give me my moment
great stuff, my ESPN shuts off at 3am so i have no idea how the Mariners did, i suspect they were headed for a loss
I think the majority of discussion on here recently has been on non F1 topics.
MLB.com and I think you can find out.
3-3 in the 6th
Ah thanks, very snazzy, but they want my money!
Cheers!
The virtualisation thing is actually free and very impressive
Was on mobile doohickey - power came back just now. :)
Whew! You are a regular. Need you, dude
Only if Bernie can learn from American sports websites
Any sport is welcome on non-F1 days - you should've seen us live-commenting the tennis, especially at RG.
That is a fabulous service. It looks like every sport in the world provides a better service than the high tech F1
He did DigitalF1+ earlier in the decade - but he did it too soon and got burned money-wise. That may explain his hesitance to do it again.
I would have, but I think I would have insulted Amy. Not a big tennis fan.
Of course you could just watch the video http://www.atdhe.net/
Unfortunately he is all about the short term...
I hate to rebel...
But just this once ;)
If youtube is tied into USF1, we might see a broader F1
It won't make a lot o difference because Bernie controls the rights and won't give an inch. The only thing you may get is stuff from inside USF1
right i need to get some sleep... I would love to watch more of the ball game, but i must go now before the sun retuns
Parting shot
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/448/Fire-at-Festival-of-Speed.5396285.jp
Too much googling
A-Rod!!!!!!!
I'm sorry, I think you misunderstood....we want the Yankees to lose
I don't
Damn you, damn you all to heck!
Okay, end of 7 hopefully the Mariners will come back
Anything can happen yet
quite true. But WE need the Yankees to lose to help Tampa Bay
So much for the 2 run lead
Tied. Gotta love those Mariners!
I think that was more due to pitching problems. I wish Mariano could pitch 2 innings every night.
Okay, gotta hit the rack now. Night, night all
Night Joe
Mmm, chicken wrap...
I want one now but I need sleep more. Good night.
Night.
wow, day off and it is not raining :-) it looks like beach later today
You tell me. Over here, it's raining cats and dogs. And I just heard a single bolt of thunder that lasted 10 seconds. Creepy, to say the least.
I wish it was raining here. It got to 24 here today I think. It's supposed to be winter!
Morning everyone... Just reading an article on Autosport about the demise of A1GP (behind the paywall I think): http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2254
There is a great quote in there from John Travis who designed the A1GP cars talking about how to ensure there is overtaking in your sport:
Well I guess he's at a loose end now...
Actually not about the demise but rather just about Ferrari and A1GP
Was that just me, or did the sound suddenly work?
Testing.
Ah, I get it now. It works at the start, but I don't think it works after that.
That must be some list :P
Tony George leaves Indianapolis
Now - did he leave, or was he pushed? I suspect the latter.
Because?
Why would Tony George leave his baby by his own accord? And I also remember there were rumors 2 or 3 months ago about Tony George having disagreements with his family...
Morning, Christine. :D
Hi.
How are ya? :) The only thing everyone's discussing on the F1 Internets is Alonso-Ferrari. I guess that's a welcome relief from Max, but, wow, lack of variety. ;)
Mmm. I have tried to start two fun conversations in both today and yesterdays daily threads, but neither took off.
From this I conclude that F1 just isn't fun at the moment.
Awww... Maybe it's because there's no racing until the end of next week?
Maybe. That's not true for me, but it could be for others.
Know what is fun? MEN'S QUARTER FINAL DAY
:)
Awww! Amy's excited. :D
Is Hewitt playing today or tomorrow?
It should be today.
I secretly want to cheer on Haas but I am mad at him for being an angry young man and arguing with the umpire.
Right. I went off Hewitt for a long while but I sort of like him again now. There's no other Aussies so I don't really have much choice. I also hope Andy Murray does well.
:D I wonder what Amy will think of that. Hehe. ;)
It will not go down well!
Sorry Amy?
:)
Don't question yourself - say it like you mean it. ;)
I saw but didn't get a chance to comment on the conversation about what would make up the perfect racing driver.
I had in my mind one of those flip books that you used to get as a kid where you could have the head of one person, body of the next and legs of a third.
very Andy Murrayish. At least Haas plays with the ball kids :D
:D
I have a love-hate relationship with Wimbledons scheduling from QF onwards. I hate only being interested every second day because the women are so predictable and boring, but I love being able to sleep every second day.
......there are no words.
I thought so. But hey, if they meet in the SFs, you'd have to pick one or the other. ;)
It is good to get a day off. One can't stay up every day watching matches go on and on into the middle of the... wait, what am I thinking? This is Amy I'm talking to!
Exactly. :D
I figured that either F1 isn't fun anymore or no one reads the daily threads. Both are acceptable excuses.
Personally I've just been really, really, really busy :(
I was working from 7am to 10pm yesterday :(
Aww. There is not enough money in the world to make me work those kind of hours.
Hehe I thought the exact same thing :D
Thinking about it, that's a nonsense statement. I would work those kind of hours for Sidepodcast for free because I love it. Just not my job because I don't.
That is so true. :)
I never answered that one because someone had already guessed what my answer would be :D
:D Wouldn't you wanna combine the best bits of Kovalainen and Hakkinen?
I was kind of thinking that at the time. Lots of Heikki but also lots of Mika and Kimi
Yes. That's a good point. I have been working long hours for quite a few weeks because of writing at the same time as working and that didn't feel like work so I haven't minded.
Franck in F1 :)
oh my god I am in the wrong country. My flatmate just bought me some cheesymite flavoured chips from NZ and now I want to go home and eat them until I explode.
Ping!
From the Beeb Wimbledon blog:
0937: Roger Federer faces the unenviable task of returning 6ft 10in Ivo Karlovic's serve in the first match on Centre Court today. I can think of better ways to spend an afternoon.
It says the tall guy has hit 137 aces in his four matches so far, but King Rog has an 8-1 record against him.
Roger is the only one smart enough to be able to deal with his stupid serve and throw him off balance :D
In other news, I'd love to meet someone 6'10" and see how short all 5'1" of me feels next to them
I come from a very tall family. My dad is 6'3 and my brother is 6'5. Thankfully my mum is shorter so I am normal :)
I'd love to meet someone 6'10" so that my 6'3.5" isn't always the tallest or almost tallest in the room.
That's a LOT of aces. But I guess if the rallies go beyond the serve, it's Roger who has the upper hand.
My brother is the tall freak in our family, and he's only 5'11". He still towers above everyone else though.
so.......beautiful
What is cheesymite flavour?
marmite + cheese :D
Ohhhh, that's genius!
apparently they had a nationwide vote on a radio station, and thats the flavour that won. Hence they are The Nation's Chip.
I'm totally in the wrong nation.
Ah, like Walkers did here? Introduced some flavours, asked the nation to vote. Apparently Builder's Breakfast won, but it was up against squirrel, and chilli and chocolate.
British flavours blow my mind. I think Australia did the same thing and the winning flavour was gravy, I remember gravy chips being all over the news when I first landed in the country.
Cheese and vegemite is common here.
not in chips its not!
Have just checked, there were six flavours:
Builder's Breakfast
Cajun Squirrel
Chilli & Chocolate
Crispy Duck & Hoisin
Fish & Chips
Onion Bhaji
Gotta be honest, none of those appeal!
You should immediately go and listen (if you don't know it already) to Joe's T.A.L.L Song by Joe Cornish from Adam and Joe.
Lyrics go:
I'm six foot three and a half you know,
that's the height I go, and my name is Joe,
too tall to fit in a photograph, or a standard bath,
I'm a man giraffe.
Them airplane seats are too small for me,
I get DVT,
In economy.
Change lightbulbs without a chair at all,
in the Albert hall,
I'm ascendable,
Hit my head a whole lot more than y'all,
I'm a human wall,
I've got far to fall.
Do I look like Robert Duval at all?
'cos I'm tally tall, not smally small.
My clothing has more material,
I'm imperial,
'cos I'm really tall.
My close friends tend to be rather small,
I don't mind at all,
It's acceptable.
So sing this song if you're six foot 1,
or Jeff Goldblum,
or Dolph Lundgren.
I'm six foot three and a half you know,
that's the height I go, and my name is Joe.
--- phew I had to transcribe that it doesn't seem to be on the internets anywhere.
I'm about to head out for dinner, so I need a sidepoddecision. We're going to a healthy burger place. Do I get:
a) grilled chicken breast, avocado, crispy trim bacon, salad, relish and herbed mayo; or
b) grilled lamb pattie with avocado, tasty cheese, salad, relish and herbed mayo.
I'm leaning towards option b because I don't think I've ever had a lamb burger before and the idea intrigues me.
I'm a man giraffe may be the best line of a song ever.
Definitely b)
plus I just realised it's called the 'Baa Baa Burger'
with a name like that how can I not eat it?
I shall drop photos of course.
w00t! :D
Excellent :)
Heh, I will.
Sounds fab, but I'm intrigued by the 'tasty cheese' component. What sort of tasty cheese?
It really might be!
Oooh, I hadn't noticed, but Pitlane Fanatic just tweeted:
"Bridgestone announce tyres for third quarter: what happened to non-consecutive allocations? HUN - ss/s, EUR - ss/s, BEL - s/m, ITA - s/m #f1"
It's important because in my opinion with lamb you really need to be careful about the cheese choice.
It's definitely on par with that Human League song that goes:-
You're like that woman out of Species
I think I'm gonna go to pieces
I suspect it's been dumped altogether. Perhaps they (finally) realized that it didn't do much for the racing at all.
I thought I mentioned that earlier - I guess my comment didn't get through. Unreliable Internet connection. :(
With you on that one. I'd go for feta or halloumi. Any more for any more?
Press release includes a quote from a bigwig:
“We have made the change to the tyre allocation concept based on the data we have collected from races so far this year combined with our knowledge of the tracks we visit for these races. The cars of 2009 are very different to those used last year so we have learnt a lot so far this year, and they do use their tyres differently from before.Hungary is a circuit where the characteristics demand our softest tyres. This is also true for street courses, and we used the softest allocation earlier in the year at Monaco, and will again in Valencia. In Spa the weather temperatures can be quite cool, so the hard compound could have caused difficulties, and the super soft would have been too soft for this track, so that means the allocation of medium and soft is obvious. In Monza the hard compound would have given too big a difference between it and the soft, so we will bring the soft and the medium.”
Ah-ha! A lesson in how to say 'we were wrong' without actually saying it :)
Greatest lyrics of all time (or not)?
Life - Desree
I think that's your lot. Possibly goat would work, but I haven't tried it.
And watching the evening news. Don't forget that bit.
*watch
Good point!
I'm as serious as cancer, when I tell you rhythm is a dancer.
Indeed - and a pretty good one, at that.
Oh, what a clunker. As is (from an ABC ditty):
Can't complain, mustn't grumble
Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble
hahahahaha - I'd forgotten that one!
.
Mr C and I do quite like: "Are we human or are we dancer?"
It's quite a complicated Venn Diagram that one isn't it?
I mean this is just cheating isn't it?
I bought a ticket to the Moon
But now I’ve come back again
Why do I find it hard to write the next line?
And finally a recent one from Miss Lily Allen:
I want lots of clothes and f**kloads of diamonds,
I heard people die while they are trying to find them.
I mean COME ON!
Uh oh. I have a feeling this might get stuck in my head :)
It's already in mine. Oh noooooo ;)
*crashes down on sofa and hurls mug across the room*
Stuff it!
Morning...
I hope it wasn't a Sidepodcast mug.
If it was - I'd have to buy another...
It was my titanium and carbon fibre mug.
I am actually using a Sidepodcast mug right now!
:)
That is a good point, please continue.
Here's the evidence: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-102
Perfect.
Although, it reminds me that we need a new logo. I don't have the design skillz and Mr C hasn't got the man-hours.
What we need is some lovely person with ace design abilities to create us a new logo with the new slogan catchphrase thing, so we can make t-shirts, bags, keyrings, clocks, mugs, mousemats, etc, and make a mint :)
massive burger is massive
Oooh, picture?
shall eat, then dropio. I got gelati too which is possibly more exciting
i hope you took a pic of it before you ate it? ;)
Talking of giraffes (we were earlier, weren't we?), love this xkcd:
Sounds like a challenge. Although I'd want a share of those profits :P
Competition time!
First prize a key ring (second prize two key rings? ;-) )
It's you and Mr C with live comments isn't it :)
Hehehe.
That reminds me that I don't think I've seen Dirty Scarab around for a while.
Dank says Alguersuari is taking over from Brendon Hartley at Red Bull. They say it was always part of the plan.
Yeah - where has he been lately...?
The McLaren Twitter account guy is chatting with the Brawn Twitter account guy. Kinda funny. :D
http://twitter.com/TheFifthDriver/status/2417788588
What is Hartley going to be doing then? I will miss that hair :D
According to Dank, he'll be focusing on his Euroseries F3 campaign.
"the first half of the year" they say. ie, 4 races. A sad day for NZers in F1 :D
oh my how did I miss the twitpics of Lewis and Mika *falls over*
He has a "M" on his belt, loves it :D
He pops up every now and again. Last spotted having a rant about Ferrari, I think. When they were calling the new teams rubbish.
Fifth driver not showing up for me today for some reason :-(
I've been spending the morning trying to sort out my education arrangements for next year. At least being unemployed is good for something...
Seems also that Alguersuari has his heart set on a seat at Toro Rosso for next season, which might be possible. Bourdais isn't setting the world on fire with his performances this season and Alguersuari has the backing of one of the world's biggest oil suppliers Repsol.
Hartley bless 'im isn't having a stellar season in the F3 Euroseries this year.
My only concern is that at least Hartley has had some experience behind the wheel of an F1 car in testing last year. Alguersuari's done straightline testing and er, a couple of demo runs in the Red Bull showcar. If he's called upon to take part in practice, qualifying and a 90 minute race, he's going to struggle regardless of how fit he is?
Fifth driver not showing up for me today for some reason
Wonder if it's the same reason as me, i.e. Twitter still won't work?
Talking of giraffes (we were earlier, weren't we?)
I suddenly thought that perhaps that is the real reason Mr C can't reveal his true identity? Perhaps he is a man-giraffe?
And now, a sidepodcast special presentation:
The Dinner Of Amy.
On a fine winters evening (approx: 13 degrees) Miss Amy Lee and Kiwi flatmate Miss Jaimee Lee (seriously, NZ parents are not imaginative with naming) headed to the world famous Lygon Street (Ferraris spotted: 3) for dinner.
Dinner then had to be bought home because Miss Amy Lee had promised the good folk of Sidepodcast pictures of her burger, but forgot to take her phone or camera. Smart.
Exhibit 1: Burger
Exhibit 2: Half-completed burger
Exhibit 3: Gelati. Flavours shown are Italian Butterscotch and Cookie Mud, hiding underneath is Pistachio. Miss Amy for once did not get the Coffee or Mocha flavours, and feels this is an achievement as these are what she always gets.
Exhibit 4: A lovely beverage to wash it all down.
Yay :)
My only concern is that at least Hartley has had some experience behind the wheel of an F1 car in testing last year. Alguersuari’s done straightline testing and er, a couple of demo runs in the Red Bull showcar. If he’s called upon to take part in practice, qualifying and a 90 minute race, he’s going to struggle regardless of how fit he is? {Comment #268}
That is very true. The 2009 testing regulations don't appear to do much for the upcoming stars of the future. Perhaps they need to have some in-season "exhibition races" in their respective teams' F1 machinery? It would be the perfect way to plug the three-week breaks.
There's mouldy stuff on that burger...
All green and horrible...
Blasphemy! It was delicious. The tasty cheese was tasty.
Love it. More of this, everyone, please.
But do you have any more details about the tasty cheese?
The cheese looks fine...
it's the revolting green stuff. ;)
What about Superman? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6937327.stm
It's not exciting.
"Cheddar cheese is produced in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia (where it is usually called tasty cheese)"
Yep. It's just cheddar.
Have just checked, there were six flavours:
Builder’s Breakfast
Cajun Squirrel
Chilli & Chocolate
Crispy Duck & Hoisin
Fish & Chips
Onion Bhaji
Gotta be honest, none of those appeal! {Comment #206}
I made the mistake of trying the Chilli & Chocolate and Onion Bhaji flavours. They just seemed to accentuate the cardboardy flavour of too-thin crisps...
Heidfeld would call them 'wegetables' :D
I figured that either F1 isn’t fun anymore or no one reads the daily threads. Both are acceptable excuses. {Comment #178}
I'm just finding certain elements of the off-line world incredibly stressful. It's nice to be able to just relax here, but off-line is draining my creative juices a lot. I'm even struggling to get the motivation to get me a domain name and I really should do that...
There is a great quote in there from John Travis who designed the A1GP cars talking about how to ensure there is overtaking in your sport: {Comment #144}
Well, F1 managed the slicks, even if Max threatened to withdraw them if they made the cars quicker - but the track got narrowed in order to reduce the influence of sidepods. Did the latter outweigh the former?
Ah, buying domain names is great fun. It might even help your motivation to do that :)
Maybe they should reserve one of the FPs (I suggest FP2) for young drivers only. That way, the young drivers get to do some running. Of course, with no spare cars being brought to race weekends anymore, they'll have to be careful not to crash the car.
Ooooh, today is the 30th anniversary of Renault's first F1 win, as well as THAT duel between Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux. :D
I miss seeing 3rd drivers on Fridays
You need it for cereal. {Comment #28}
Yoghurt works as well, especially if you're having cereal on the move. A favourite pre-lecture snack for me in the university days was cornflakes, crushed wheat biscuit, raisins and a full pot of strawberry yoghurt.
By the way, I am trying something else to get my creative juices re-started. I'm doing the July 2009 Mini NaBloPoMo, which requires me to do one blog entry every day for the month.
Yay, new external harddrive!
aw, a gift for me? you shouldn't have!
of course. so long as you're happy to share the losses until the profits arrive?
@me or Christine. or anyone that knows drop.io - is it possible as an admin to delete a users comments? I'm setting up something but need to figure this out -I'm a control freak :) Hi by the way, massively busy week with lots of travel. hence my absence. I hope you're all well.
yes.
thanks. but can you tell me how? feel free to tell me about the help site, but i couldn't find it.
there's a red X beside each comment. click it.
I can't believe Serena is playing in long sleeves. It looks hot out there.
You have to go to the actual page though, don't you? Not via the weirdo dropdowns they've introduced.
not for me ;) maybe on the paid version of drop io? I created a note, made two comments from a nonlogged in account but admin has no red x option. i am not using the menu things.
still on the drop down for me?
although it looks like the X image isn't loading properly. it looks like a ? at the momement. but clicking it removes the comment.
what about a blue question mark?
seems like they've broken the X during the last update.
I have the question mark thing saying two comments, and click on that, brings up the comments, but there are no symbols at all with the comments. not really important for now, but might try again later. thanks folks.
have dropiod a screen grab of dropio:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/admin-delete-comment-png
the red X should be on the right. functionally the blue square does the same thing.
Weird. I don't have that but I can do it from the asset page, where the icons also aren't working :)
ha. ummm, go dropio!
I don't have that. well drop.io i hope will be a perfect forum for what i want to do, so it'll be fine. if I decide i want to delete comments ;) thanks guys. need to get back to meetings again now...what a delightful few days.
Mine looks like this:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/icons-png
aww, dropio has a stutter.
I SEE YOU ROGER
I'm kind of jealous of how close you can sit to centre court, on Rod Laver you're always above the court
Don't want to appear like all I do is pimp anything Red Bull, but this is a great opportunity for those wanting to go to the German GP this late in the day: http://www.redbullracing.com/Season/2009/Germany/News/Get-The-Vettel-Fan-Ticket-For-The-German-GP/
99 Euros gets you a weekend grandstand ticket, RBR cap, can of drink and autograph card.
If only I wasn't due to attend my mates wedding that same weekend :-(
mine looks like Christine's. anyway back to the racing...or the tennis ;)
i scored a press pass on the weekend that allowed me sideline access to the italian version of the american football superbowl. does this count as good access?
I am pleased there is never two F1 races on at the same time.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/two-at-once-jpg
convergence crazy!
I can see how that would be a problem.
especially since I have the commentary turned on on both.
Channel 9 should be showing one of these games in 15 minutes, but until then I'll struggle on.
oh hiiii huge mirka
good start Mr Roger. The Saviour of Tennis will be lucky to call you Dad.
What are you doing Karlovic!
I haven't been watching, just watching the scores.
did you see my comment too?
ha! he is 6'10" of "not as good as Roger"
I didn't. It's an infinite loop! Quick somebody stop him before he tears spacetime!
Roger is so kind, trying to wrap things up quickly just so I don't have to stay up too late.
Good Afternoon Sidepodica
you are in the wrong place, this is siderogcast
He is being a little boring today, could at least have dropped a set to make it interesting...
Nice dinner, I am very jealous ;)
Although the chicken option does sound very good
http://www.lewishamilton.com/fan-club
You have to pay 65 quid to join his fan club?
Who does he think he is!
It's not his fault Karlovic only has a serve :D It's literally the only weapon in his arsenal :D
I like the way he is playing in sunglasses, i wonder if he has a Heads up display behind them...
Too true. :)
Here's a picture of it, since I didn't buy it :D
Lewis Hamilton, obviously. ;)
It's just Team McLaren by another name, the only difference is the membership card and apparently the shirt this year. Last year it was the same. I'm still bitter that McLaren make him a flashy site and Heikki doesn't even have a site of his own.
Mow this looks more like it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grilld/2432577167/in/set-72157604263607970/
Beetroot in a burger... who knew it was so good?
I heart beetroot in burgers
There isn't a lot to choose between the drivers when you allow for what you get in return. Or at least there wasn't when I conducted some hard hitting undercover journalism (or something vaguely like that) last year.
I think I remember DC seeming to be the best value for money.
I Spy Kate Winslet at Centre Court
You could join Piquet's fan club - £39 gets you an Ing cap and 2 photos - woohoo!
Amy... Just a heads up... Normally I Spy would be played like this...
I spy, with my little eye, K W
And then we all guess Kate Winslet.
;)
I normally play it "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with K. (long pause) and ending in "ate Winslet"
Just because she's on center court... It seems a bit mean to eat somebody!
Soylent Green is Kate Winslet!
Kenneth Williams?
Kevin Whately!
Lew-is!
oh Roger, wrapping it up quickly not just for me, but also for the crowd who probably only want to see Murray. Such a gentleman.
:D
:D
Haas has also taken Set 1 over Djokovic.
It will stop being a gentleman for the crowd when he'll beat Murray... ;-)
I like that that game might take forever, because my TV station is hanging out for Hewitt and they are trying to build up to it but they have nooo idea when he'll be on :D
Wait, don't the other folks want Roger to win late so they can get home before Murray starts?
I watched a little of Murray v Wawrinka and the crowd were horrible. If they're like that again, any of you Brit's wanna go down there and give them a lesson in tennis watching? It's really not cool to applaud peoples errors. It's just not the done thing. You applaud the guy you likes winners, not his opponents errors.
Just tweeted about these pillows, they are v. cool: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6956228
we applauded massa spinning at silvertone. we applauded piquet going off at copse.
but tennis is the 'gentlemans game' and it really doesn't happen anywhere usually. The players often mention in their interviews that the Wimbledon crowd are super polite and are probably the best crowd for not doing it at all.
sounds boring. i salute and cherish incompetence.
other peoples misfortune is my favourite kind of humour and entertainment. When I watch tennis I do it silently in my head.
They're positively friendly compared to the French open and absolute angels compared with the Davis Cup...
Does this mean in our tennis podcast we will not end up with a song like "Fiiiive Massa Spiiiiins, spins, spins" ??
I will admit, the French are terrible. Davis Cup tends to be since it turns into a giant patriotism fest. Wimbledon crowds have been excellent this year for all matches I've seen except Murrays.
"Double fault for Verdasco, oh what a shaaaame at least he triiiiiiied?"
that could be an issue.
Federer appears to be a little bit good...
I think this is the easiest QF he has had in a while.
The real question is what shampoo does he use? His hair is always so shiny and bouncy.
Just a wee bit. Once Federer breaks Ivo this set, this game will be as good as done.
Im surprised he hasnt done adverts for l'oreal or something, maybe nike have him tied down
I doubt it, he does ads for Gilette.
apart from Gilette and Nike most of the ads he does are for stupidly expensive things that normal people can't afford like Rolex and his private jet company
that is true
He has a private jet company!
Heh I worded that weird. The company he uses I mean :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGC0DHVP3Ww
Hehe, very nice!
HAPPY CANADA DAY!
(if any one cares)
Have a good day eh!
How can it be cloudy yet unbelievably hot at the same time. And then of course it turns into thundery rain storm. This planet makes no damn sense.
Rant out of the way, hey everybody.
Afternoon squire...
Amy does Novak advertise anything?
you mean you've never seen this one? :D :D :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuyYri0lCwQ
That was verry funny... Dislike for him down -5%
AHH what a terrible time for the aerial to fall out of the socket in my flatmates room
Dont you watch it online?
Anyhow, I am off to shop for goodwood supplies!
That is weird.
I watch it online until the TV coverage starts, then I preserve my bandwidth :D
I'm really hoping Haas wins this match, I've been waiting for years to see him at this level again.
He seems to be the crowds favourite too.
Indeed. And a Haas win would also make Federer's life easier. ;)
Did Federer have to go past Haas at RG, Amy?
I like him because he's the oldest man there and he's schooling the young ones :D
yep, they had an epic 5 setter if I remember correctly
ah yes, it was the semi final I even made a .gif of the final score :D
Someone text the BBC with the same idea:
"Tommy Haas you beauty! I've got you at 66/1 for the tournament - frankfurters and Pilsners on me!"
oops wrong gif, I meant this one
Uh oh, BBC seems to be flickering. Theres a thunderstorm coming.
yay! needs me some more rain.
As long as it is now and not at one o'clock in the morning, please.
We had some at 2. Came down heavily but it was brief.
aww, i likes you commenting at 2am.
got blasted by hot wind earlier. hot wind is silly idea.
assimilation. I like it.
Actually, if I were a player I'd rather face the Joker than Tommy right now.
What was the furthest that Tim Henman got at Wimbledon?
semis 4 times
And has Murray ever got into the semis here?
I can never remember these kind of facts so thanks :)
nope, best result was QF last year
Nope, but then again he hasn't played there many times so far :)
Thanks!
The power of Sidepodknowledge.
are you having an in-office argument?
I'm working from home today. Just trying to work out the relative achievements - sans hype.
Absolutely :)
if theres one thing I do know, its majors Murray hasn't won ;)
I think Henman's best was 4th in the world, whilst Murray is 3rd.
Did you see Tim on Jonathan Ross last week? He said he didn't play for 18 months and has no desire to do so, doesn't even miss it. I find this odd.
I've got it recorded but haven't seen it yet.
That seems very odd to me yes. Greg R was saying he still plays a lot and enjoys it much more now.
I'd like to be at Wimbledon now and shout out "Come on Tim"
Hehehe :)
I liked Henman. I wish more people serve-and-volleyed.
Hold on... I saw him play the exhibition game with Clisters against Agassi and Graff the other week.
Yup, first time for 18 months since he retired.
So he hadn't had even a warm up game at home against his wife? Crazy! And interesting.
Thing is, Clijsters played and it made her want to come out of retirement. Henman says he likes working two weeks of the year and having fifty weeks off.
Seriously, Mr C, pick up a racket!
I cannot believe I just spelled it like that. Kill me now.
I just bought a cute tennis skirt. I think this makes me half way to a pro.
:)
:D
I can't believe what I did to Kim's name! Whoops
We have tennis racquets, and balls even, but I have no idea where the nearest court is.
I spell it with a k - American spelling and all that. :D
That is fine. I should know better.
my brother stole my racquet when he left home because "it didn't make sense for him to only have one"
:(
I haven't seen my tennis racquet in about a year now...
I can practically see a tennis court from my house. But I don't have a racquet or tennis balls.
Both my racquet needs restringing. No rush though, trying to get near a tennis court until the middle of July is murder. By then Wimbledon-inspired crowd should have lost interest again.
Unless Murray wins...
...come on Roger!
Sampras is in town, and he said he wanted to watch Roger break his record ;)
Brave man, I assume he has a team of minders though
not indoors.
I'm stunned at how much Murray's serve is troubling Ferraro
Tommy Haas has sent Novak Djokovic home.
Indeed. Hopefully Murray and Hewitt can make it 3 out of 4. Sorry Amy. ;)
my parents have now cleared all the bush on their new land, so they have all of this free space
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/untitled-jpg-2
no matter how many times I ask, my dad refuses to build a tennis court. No fair.
Ferrero + Roddick please :D
Oooh, seaside.
Can't believe I'm the first to say this but...
drop.io! ;)
Agreed. :D
It was meant to be their 'retirement by the sea' but they built it far too early. I do not look forward to the commute into the city when I go to visit.
children!
Yes... and?
Stop it.
Got it.
What is it about Murray? I sense nothing bad about him, and yet... I can't seem to like him.
Grumpy chap? Thats why I like him.
Thought I survived the thunderstorm, sounds like its coming back.
His style isn't elegant?
Don't worry, I'm with you. I hope he wins.
Well, he's not as bad as Nadal for me, but still unlikeable for me.
Anyway, night everyone, I have to get up early today and my body isn't used to it. Its in holiday mode. See you later.
Ayt, later, Sean.
Right - will probably go early too. As always, will be back in time for the quiz. :D
ahaha the crowd for Roddick Hewitt is embarrasingly small
Everyone's on the other court.
They can't fit everyone in there though!
Ironically, I just played as Roddick in Stick Tennis and beat Hewitt. My tip of the day.
Crowds on number 1 court have been poor this year
I'm already plotting my Australian Open 2010. I think I need to take a week off work because I want a 5 day ground pass
I am thinking I would like to go and watch some tennis, but Wimbledon seems much too crowded.
Go to this. I would kill to be there.
plus it's outside (mostly).
plus its indoors. not scary.
That looks brill!
seriously, I want to go really really bad one year. When its only the top 8 as well its bound to be a whole bunch of people you know and care about, none of those unseeded people you've never heard about who continually lose :D
£20.00 is cheaper than goodwood.
Would you come with me?
can do.
Ferrero seems to have one a few.
I'm going to once again moan that nothing ever fun like that happens in the north.
I am going to live vicariously through you.
you have rain. i'd like some of that.
:D
I know there is some event at Edgbaston which is norther than London.
Thats Birmingham. It takes 5 hours to get there by train (something like that)
They only have tickets for Thursday afternoon or earlier. The rest is sold out!
Ah yes but "With only the world's Top 8 singles players and doubles teams taking part, every match will showcase tennis akin to the quality of at least a Grand Slam quarter final."
Oh. Well that's okay then :)
well. that would make thursdays a good day?
why are there no women?
Cos it's the ATP tour, I think.
the mens and womens tours are separate most of the year, they play the slams together and 2 or 3 other tournaments but they play about 60 separately
What she said. :)
i did not know that.
i may not be the best person to partake in the non-existent tennis podcast.
the fact that there are 62 mens tournaments + 4 slams in a year might make you very thankful there are only 17 F1 races :D
I assume then that there are more than one tournament in a week at some points.
wimbledon podcast?
tim's hours.
yep quite often there are 2 or 3 on at the same time. For example, in the week before Wimbledon both Queens and Halle were on
I thought Halle was the female one.
I don't understand this, I like the F1 structure.
So.. I can have Seats at section 421
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/seatchart-png
For a Thursday afternoon, which is presumably different to Thursday evening, cos those one's are sold out.
£30 a ticket. Is that vicarious enough for you, Amy? I don't wanna click buy unless that's decent.
I'm not sure you can say 'F1' and 'Structure' in the same sentance...
Its an oxymoron
Whoop!
Just got my weekend passes through for Rhythms of the World! :D
Time to clear the memory cards and charge the camera.
Oh yes. I would be willing to accept kidnapping of the following:
Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Roddick or Verdasco.
It's at the O2 riight?
Apparently it's not for the faint hearted in the top rows up there
Being in the middle would be better, I reckon. And when I say middle, I don't mean the court.
What does that mean?
When comparing it to tennis, it is.
It's VERY high
ball girl blachford?
Hehehe, our Amy's not fussy :)
Ah, gotcha.
I think being willing to accept 5 of the top 8 means my odds are quite good.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1293/623079257_dad1ae7a2f.jpg
the top top top one. not as high as i'd thought, but still up there
I always thought I would love that, but nowadays, seeing how much standing around outside, in the sun, getting hit in the face by balls, and knocked over by tennis players is involved, I think perhaps I was wrong.
is that the name of the show? Like F1 Minute... Tim's hours?
hehehe. i think so.
#
ah but you may have got to play tennis with a pro....if you werent the one knocked over by the player
Another rogue hash key!
what you commenting with jon?
whoops 8-)
finger slipped
oh!
carry on ;)
Oh. Stand down Mr C.
hehehehe
im going to get ice cream cones :D
Grrr, all I can hear is thunder.
that won't help your typing?
How does the Murray brothers' mum decide which match to watch?
Andy makes her more money ;)
And yet she is cheering on Jamie right now!
ooh. Go Judy!
actually I would pick Jamie because Andy's answer to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99EoQiLBfQE makes me cry
Woooo, Goooooooo Muraaaaaaay!
also, he can't drive.
McEnroe saying he thinks it will be Murray vs Fed in the final. With Fed winning.
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS
No, I agree with him. That's what I predicted (boo) as soon as the draw came out :D
Who can resist the enticing offers of morrisons.
21 cones for 75p
BARGIN
i'll cut my little finger off, thats where the rogue # came from
That seems a bit harsh. You could get a mac that would make it less likely :)
Thats even harsher
I'd rather gouge my eye out :P
Now I'm really curious as to where your # key is. I can't even hit mine when I'm trying to.
Next to the enter key :)
weeeeeeird
like this http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~tphillip/german-keyboard-a.jpg
but less german and more laptop-y
I have to say I much preferred the two Murray games I've seen to even the few minutes of Roddick Hewitt I've seen. It's all Ace, Ace, Serve, Return, Out. Urgh.
wow. is that where it normally is on British keyboards?
of the 3 computers i have to hand....yes
yours is on your 3 non?
I have definitely learnt something today. I assumed they'd be the same as in Aus/NZ except with a pound sign instead of a $.
correct
The problem is that in the UK we want the £ and the $
That's hardly sticking his neck out - it's not the women's singles with the Williams sisters messing up the seedings by playing four tournaments a year.
I'm now reading about keyboard layouts and its blowing my mind. Everything I take for granted is different. Remind me to bring my own keyboard when I travel.
What's this? Sounds interesting.
I think i got carried away shopping for goodwood.
I spent far too much and now own a pair of crocs!
noooooooooo take them baaaaack
How dare you
I exaggerate a little, I think Serena played 13 last year - they're both too busy doing their clothing labels and since seedings are based partially on World ranking, they come out lower than their real ability.
http://www.alltheshoes.co.uk/images/axle_3.jpg
eek!
In my defence they were £3.99
There can be no defence
they're not AS bad, but stilllllll
at least they're not the traditional holey crocs
They are for walking the rally stage if it gets muddy on the saturday
I am seriously tempted to get tickets to Britney Spears. Whats wrong with me.
I now feel much better about my crocs purchase, thanks Amy!
Come on Leyton (Hewitt, not House)
Calling him Clayton Chewit helps avoid the confusion ;)
Any time. Must talk to flatmates and see if they want to go to Britney because I can't go alone. Too embarrassing. Going with someone else I can pretend I got dragged along.
you could just watch a few music videos.. it might snap you out of it...
Think of all the hardcore Britney fans that will also be at the concert....
I wasn't even a fan of hers when she was at her peak, and I'm certainly not a fan now.
AH TIE BREAK NO
Then wouldnt a different concert be better for you?
I recommend these guys http://www.myspace.com/britishindia
Think of all the pizza you could get delivered for the same money. Instead of lounging around in your PJs you are going to get dresssed, go outside to see some nutter sing and probably be disappointed.
At the rate celebrities are going down if you buy tickets put a bet on her dying this year that covers your ticket price. A lot less hassle than claiming money back from the promoters
I just have this horrid nostalgia for 90s music. Nothing seems to cure it.
She doesn't even sing, she lip synchs. Terrible. I should probably buy tickets to AC/DC instead.
So why give her money for not singing?
good point. AC/DC it is. Maybe. I should probably find another job before I start mentally spending all my cash. Stupid not winning lotto.
Don't worry about it I am getting £2.5 million tonight. Pick a concert and I will buy your tickets
That story came out about a month ago and was denied by the family but it was clearly not his decision.
I tried to get the racing driver bits game started from yesterday's daily thread but no-one followed me. We all know what Amy's answer would have been and we have a fair idea about Lou's but it would be interesting to see what everyone else thought.
right this match is NEVER going to end so I'm going to bed. Night all.
Already? Are you feeling OK?
I get the feeling when my alarm goes off in 4 hours they'll still be playing and I'll get to see the end so its OK :D
Good night
Evening :D My fan report is up on Puma Motorsport! :D
Night Amy
Cheers scott will have a look
Why, if people do not know where to go to see this, where can we see this?
www.pumamotorsport.com
Excuse me, I'm on t'iPhone tonight.
http://www.pumamotorsport.com/2009/07/puma-uk-fan-reports-from-silverstone/
We have tennis racquets, and balls even, but I have no idea where the nearest court is. {Comment #425}
Try phoning your nearest leisure centre...
Thanks Alianora. I could find one if I really wanted to.
that's brilliant stuff. love the pics.
don't do it!
Clearly I don't really want to :)
Kubica looks soooo unintrested
Is it just me being an annoying on-demand nethead, or has this taken a really long time to be published?
i think they video caused the delay? videos have a habit of doing that.
10 days to put up a report does seem excessive. It's not like they had to record a 2 hour video and edit it into a 40 minute podcast.
my brother stole my racquet when he left home because “it didn’t make sense for him to only have one” {Comment #428}
I've never had my own tennis racquet. The house racquet game is sqaush and I never had the hand-eye co-ordination for it. Mind you, with my record of seven tennis balls on the school roof in six weeks of playing tennis in lessons there in Year 11, it would be reasonable to argue that I don't have the hand-eye co-ordination for tennis either...
The only racquet sport where I can reliably keep the object being struck anywhere near the playing area is badminton and even that is a bit hit-and-miss!
People like that shouldn't be allowed to hav kids.
Scott to replace EJ, I say.
gets my vote.
Now that I wasn't expecting! :D Thank you very much :)
I tried to get the racing driver bits game started from yesterday’s daily thread but no-one followed me. We all know what Amy’s answer would have been and we have a fair idea about Lou’s but it would be interesting to see what everyone else thought. {Comment #570}
I spotted that one - the trouble is that after 36 hours I still have very little idea on how I'd reply. My idea of which attributes are necessary for a perfect driver are such that I worry that I could put contradictory parts together that would end up making the driver less than perfect overall...
I didn't realise that. How can it possibly be so long ago?? Still it is a good reason to watch again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2tIFxSEGA
My fan report is up on Puma Motorsport! {Comment #575}
Looks like you really made the most of your trip into the paddock. I particularly like the paragraph about Piquet Jr's car. A well-written report, Scott - Puma picked a very good person to be their reporter. :)
I think you have to ignore the logic of it. I had Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna and Gilles Villeneuve together. Can you imagine the reality of the cold calculating Stewart with the couldn't care less Villeneuve? It would be full of contradictions. You need to assume the sidepodcast magic dust overcomes all thes little problems.
Is it just me being an annoying on-demand nethead, or has this taken a really long time to be published? {Comment #586}
It's taken a long time...
Great report Scott, well done!
I think you have to ignore the logic of it. I had Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna and Gilles Villeneuve together. Can you imagine the reality of the cold calculating Stewart with the couldn’t care less Villeneuve? It would be full of contradictions. You need to assume the sidepodcast magic dust overcomes all thes little problems. {Comment #597}
I see. I'll have another try and come back with an answer later.
My Driver
Senna's Ability to qualify and ruthlessness
Mansells ability to feed off a crowd (supposedly)
Hakkinen's unorthodox overtaking ability
Buttons smoothness
Shumacher (ugh)'s Consistency and adaptability
Montoya's attitude
Ecclestone's Humour
in a close contender for revelation of the year, apparently DC enjoys arguing with EJ http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2499194/Formula-1-pundit-David-Coulthard-loves-arguing-with-Eddie-Jordan.html
It's just a shame he has to argue. If everything EJ said wasn't complete garbage there would be no need. I like that DC keeps picking him up on it though.
I like the arguing, if there is nothing much going on it does help keep things interesting. Mike Gascoigne was brilliant in China, but i suspect if he was there every race a lot of people would complain he is boring.
On some subjects EJ does need to shut up... KERS, how Jordan once employed everyone in the F! paddock, but saying stuff like Kim should be suspended is fair game in my opinion
The brain of Michael Schumacher. He comes up with quick solutions.
The face of Timo Glock. Nothing else needs to be said.
The 'opportunisitc' attitude of Takuma Sato.
The Press Conference abilities of Mark Webber
The Donut ability of Lewis Hamilton
The qualifying ability of Sebastian Vettel
and, The Crashing at the ideal time to allow the championship contender of a team mate to win, Nelson Piquet jr.
*waves at the land of spc*
how do?
tired but happy no more work till after goodwood :)
wonderful stuff. you leaving tomorrow?
McLaren have posted some vids of the MP4/4 testing at silverstone ahead of goodwood
http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialMcLarenVids#play
Nah, leaving early Friday. Tomorrow i must get a haircut, which is vital to the whole thing no doubt! :P
hmmm.... haircut
you don't wanna meet jens looking scruffy.
I learned a lot of things from Scott's video... But the main thing was Scott wears glasses. That I did not know!
Or get confused for a now former F1 test driver.
damn they put a lot of effort into it. had no idea.
Im in 2 minds as to weather i should take my suit and look smart for one of the days at goodwood and try to sneak in somewhere posh
is it a panda suit?
I'm going to simply say that I'm really DC, and that the BBC cameras do crazy things to the way I look on TV.
If it stays this hot I'm not sure you'll appreciate a suit after too long.
:)
Hot? Where is it hot?
South London where I am
Has been bloody boiling here all week!
Grr, southeners, get all the good weather, grr.
Why does last.fm's radio take so long to load? I've been waiting 2 minutes already and not even an advert!
its not hot, its aggressively tepid
i would suggest that it isn't working?
From Durham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NpeonMywAk
Hot? Where is it hot? {Comment #622}
It's been so warm in Derbyshire that I've considered taking my coat off before going outdoors. Only considered, mind you...
I hope it stays this hot.. my phone thinks otherwise though
I've been in a shirt and trousers all day, it's way too hot.
Heehee, on the Xbox 360 there's a new edition of the legendary Worms series of games to download, and they finally decided to re-include the Formula 1 voicebank for the worms :D
Won't go into great detail if you don't know the games but it's hilariously brilliant playing the game to high pitched squeals of 'Oh nooo, he's spun off!!'
Working its way up north then, we had that last week
i would suggest that it isn’t working? {Comment #628}
Boo :( Silly online radio thing - I'll have to settle for Winamp...
Does your Alpha Romeo Pickup have a hemi?
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Dodge-SRT-10/241224/
Evening!
evening :) how be lou?
From South London right now:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-103
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-30
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-3-40
South East (as in where i live in the south east) is soooo hot. thank god the humidity has gone down since yesterday though.
If its been sunny where you are *Shakes fist*
Hey
Sorry about that...
hullo.
I need to go to a beer garden!
Oh god the tv is flickering again.
Didn't know Durham had such high humidity
The two brands have the sam core values? I assume this means Dodges are over-rated unreliable and depreciate faster than Enron shares
Neither did I
When you put it like that they do seem quite similar!
:D what an amazing day for tennis! :D
What happened? I missed it all and noone in work cares for tennis :(
Murray won in straight sets.
Oooooooh.. into the semis then. Awesome.
i have to choose between the 2 andys! (on friday!).. i'll probably choose Murray... but i always liked Roddick...
has been for days!
haha, the into to the Wimbledon highlights was brilliant!
You got to touch Alonso! *is so jealous* :D
Why you ought to...
If you like highlights packages then you might like this from Silverstone: http://bit.ly/hMxDK
Ah yes, i have watched that ;)
But it hat the whole German leaving a towel out to reserve a space thing... Brilliant!
If your not sunning in the sunshine, join in the ye ol' Pitlane Fanatic Quiz at the usual location
I completely forgot!
Ummm dinner... And sidepodcast...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-104
livin' the life baby!
Livin' la vida Sidepodcast!
Looks great, im just tucking into some enchiladas
Grr outside grrrrrrr.
Send some my way will you? :D
Sure check your e-mail ;)
*wonders if this will cause new DVD intros*
You wouldn't steal a car
You wouldn't steal some pasta
:P
They are especially concerned by all the people who are downloading pasta over Bit-Tortellini
Ohoho! :D
:D
Rouge character!!!
Character 16 if anyone is keeping count ;)
have given up. lclt is fixed anyhows, so much less of a worry.
Ah yes it was the old lclt! I will just pretend that this isn't happening :)
That pesky Desktop Doohickey and its dodgy characters there
Only just catching up with Scott's experiences at Silverstone courtesy of Puma - un-be-liev-able!
Looks like that will stick firmly in the ol' memory banks for many years to come :-)
you should be using safari anyhow ;)
oops...
i dont think the DD likes me :(
I love logging in to deviantart and finding people have left me some random comments :D
you gonna enter? it's easy. you might still get to belgium yet.
Isn't usually Mac and Cheese?
oh lordy!
I tried Safari. Gave up after an hour as it totally killed my PC. Sooooo slow
I am... Now ;)
It now sounds like I am cutting the hedges in my garden :)
bugger. tis ace on a mac. although it hates flash, really hates it.
:D :P
They are especially concerned by all the people who are downloading pasta over Bit-Tortellini {Comment #672}
Well, maybe if the Italian Parliament hadn't accidentally permitted peer-to-peer music sharing last year, this problem wouldn't exist (quite so much)...
But he's the saviour of the universe!
unfortunately he's rather bloated, a bit slow, and prone to crashing.
Your wish is my command: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-105
I think Apple are just hoping that they can just pretend that Flash doesn't really exist.
Mac is Nelson Piquet??
no. flash is.
:lol:
Beat me to it
No, Mac's are.
no. piquet is.
this could go on a while
no, ... Oh forget it
I only had a doohickey, an lclt and two tabs with standard web pages on them and if I typed a comment it was taking 5 seconds for a letter to appear after I typed it. I had no flash and nothing else that should have been comsuming resources. I closed down Safari and opened Firefox without a re-boot and ended up with 20 plus tabs of Firefox and no problems what ever.
Umm, guys...
I was...baking, and well...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/umm-guys-jpg
People can say a lot of things about Macs and they do... But one thing you can't say is that the mac machines are slow.
I like how the kettle stands prou in all this
You appear to have caused a small explosion!
*proud, even
yeah.. you'll need to clean that up ;) it's not really baking if you don't make a mess though, so don't worry ;)
Like it's saying, "It wasn't me!"
I've decided to go the way of Mr C and forego capitalisation. Except when absolutely required or it just does it by itself
The only thing that matters is, what were you baking and was it worth it?
Nooooooooooo!!
You've made a couple of mistakes already
i tend to make uber mess when i cook, not sure how i do it really
:P
:D
I was thinking about this the other day... You know how we all take the mic out of AUTOSPORT by caplitalising it every time we reference it... Doesn't that somewhat play into their hands?
as long as you clean it up, and the product is yummy it's all worth it :D
;)
those were necessary ;)
It looks like you didn't tidy up as you went along... ;)
I'm always making that mistake.
no. we;re highlighting the fact that it's not an abbreviation of anything and they look silly every time the do it.
in fact, they're making GMM look smart.
You may still need to sort your name...
i'm making eccles cakes :D mmmmm
4 of 5 seem to have stayed sealed, one of them has leaked rather alot....
Okay... I just didn't want them pulling a switcheroo on us at the end of the season and saying... "look even the fans have started using our new name - that's market penetration"
i thought we were taking the Mick out of Mr C for capitalising it on the daily post when Christine was away boating?
if market penetration means you have to stand up and look very stupid for a very long time... they're welcome to it.
in fact, they’re making GMM look smart. {Comment #722}
That takes some doing...
tis true though. their's is a genuine abbreviation. i guess autosports would be:
A
Ooooh... I don't know if the other quiz is going on... but has anyone done this one yet...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8128133.stm
Could it be AS
true. that could work.
maybe we should try that out for a while?
the quiz! i forgot! :(
Its not a nice quiz, really it isn't
who's hosting?
kimster from PF.
questions are OK - small crowd, though.
who's on first?
not sure what you mean?
is it harder than usual?
roughly the same difficulty for me.
I forgot to tell Christine... I spoke to a friend (on twitter not in real life obviously) who was watching the baseball. I asked her who was on first?
Aparently it was "Nobody at the moment" :(
I forgot about the quiz.
I am watching BBC2's program on Apollo 13
Perhaps Nobody replaced Who.
I reckon Who must be about 90 by now
:D :D
I should have said, "Nobody? Nobody's on second". So stupid!
I'm bitterly disappointed at my missed opportunity.
Anyway... I better go and do some novel writing or I'm going to have a second 0 pages day in a row! eeeek!
No, What is on second.
So Who's on first?
Nobody.
If Who has retired maybe What has too. Anyone could be on second
Nobody on first, Anyone on second. Sounds about right.
Anyone? So anyone is on second? Is that how you run a team?
Sounds about right on third?
So Sounds on the right, Who's on the left?
I've done a blog entry on the current state of F1 politics (though it turned into more of a bafflement at how come Max can't see his top-flight psuedopolitical career is, to all practical intent, over).
Isn't that how Piquet got in for Renault?
Somebody's gotta be?
Somebody's on second? I thought you said Anyone's on second.
;)
Somebody is in centre field
Who's pitching?
No, Who retired.
married to Someone.
Is Someone different to Somebody?
What? Who retired?
Yes, both of them. Replaced by Nobody and Anyone.
Yes. Both of them
Both of them? Where's Both of them?
nobody's irreplaceable?
But Who was.
No-one ever went from dirst base to pitcher
:) :) :) :)
Was?
Ooooh… I don’t know if the other quiz is going on… but has anyone done this one yet… {Comment #730}
I got 5 out of 7 - not bad considering my GCSE Design and Technology subject was Graphic Products, which wasn't covered in the quiz...
So no-one ever is now the pitcher?
Maybe we will get Someone in the draft as a replacement
And no-one ever is married to Someone?
I think there's a hitched in this plan.
Is this softball now?
Helloooo, can I just point out that more or less as soon as we finished that conversation about our amazing unlimited broadband, mine broke!!
It's still not resurrected...
How are you supposed to live without internet
no-one ever said it would be easy.
Pitching is Easy?
i pitty anyone who is watching the comments and doesn't have a clue about what you guys are going on about ;) luckily i do, but it can still get confusing ;)
This is more than anything else the cliquiest thing on here.
Unless you are American when you'd spot it in a heartbeat.
count me as one of the confused ones... ;)
I really don't know..... I'm in a hotel tonight though so all is well!
Where does Confusing play. Is he the short stop?
Happens to me all the time. This is one conversation I can follow!
That is an expensive way of getting internet
:)
Me?
I heard Confusing was quite tall
I'm lost. I was lost all the time, even after reading and watching everything.
Hahah yeah it would be. Luckily work are footing the bill for this....
Maybe it should be Who's on pole? Would that make it easier?
Heheh. :D
we can add it to the spc guide?
or we can just admit there's nothing in f1 worth talking about at the moment and carry on.
Who gave up baseball and took up driving?
What?
Whos on pole? What's his team?
Oh I really think we should do this option :)
I may, at some point, pull these conversations out of the comments and wiki them for posterity.
Because they are awesome.
Nick says What's the team... manager?
The Manager team?
whatever.
That's Insane
you should! :D
'Evening :)
jsyk the outside was hot today. and dangerous.
Insane? He's in second.
I'm trying. You're typing too fast
Grrr, more southeners
that's alright.
Where does whatever play?
Where's That?
Outside is bad. it is always dangerous
wherever.
S - o - r - r - y
;)
I think that is the team insane and alright drive for
No Somebody is in second
ehehe :D
everybody needs somebody.
Does everybody run Kers?
Nobody!
Who's on Kers?
:)
Nobody Which, Ones are their drivers?
Hehehehehehehe. I don't think I can fit all this stuff in the best comment ever page.
Won't this go under
'Best Discussion ever'
Considering it is more than one comment.
Who?
Then just link to the post that started it all off.
Doesnt who drive for what?
Whatever wont be happy if who moves
Good plan.
What's whatever?
No Which and Ones are their drivers. They're not using Kers.
Who's on Kers.
Who's on KERS for What?
Whatever runs and owns what
Yes but they might be selling their system to others
Right. That's what I said.
So Who's on KERS for What.
Which and Ones driver for They're and they use Kers.
And Whatever...
Who drives for Others?
Eurgh. It's SO HOT. I might die!
Who is Others?
No Who drives for What!
Grrrr.
Others is the B team of Everybody Else
I'm still in the Garden!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
You're supposed to be writing!
I was supposed to be writing in the garden... Katherine's watching TV inside... And I'm stuck on first....
Right I better go!
i wish i could go sit in the garden, but my laptop charger doesn't stretch that far.
I would wish I had a garden, but the outside is dangerous.
Same here :(
Flowers need to be power sockets me thinks.
It does live without battery you know! By the time it died it'd be dark.
well said.
although flowers are probably ok?
I actually have an outdoor power socket... Not that I'm here.
Shoo ;)
That wasn't what I meant.... Obviously it's been a long day!
are microsoft running their new servers from your garden?
It amazes me that more people dont... this country is strange.
Flowers have pollen. Pollen = sneezies/bees.
I think theyre still looking for their roof
I was so hot, I went and soaked myself with cold water fully dressed and I'm dry already :(
ahaha my laptop really doesn't live without battery :(
Evening! Nice and warm innit?
No no no no no. Nice and nothing!!
Grrrrrr.
Ahh the advantages of being in a coastal town with a nice breeze ;-)
I'm on the coast as well.... I just really don't do heat. I've been hospitalised with heat stroke before.... in Brittany!!
It's about 23c (73f) here and it's supposed to hit 25c (77f) later this afternoon.
for me warm is 28+ very warm 34+, and hot anything over 42
Has been the same here all day and the meedja is in overdrive about a "heatwave"
*rollseyes*
Just saw comments about earplug requirements at Goodwood. I would say not because it isn't sustained noise as it would be at a race meeting. But we already established my hearing levels the other week.
The weather people are calling for temperatures in the mid 30's for later in the week, it's not going to be fun for those of us who have to work in this heat.
i found them pretty useful when i was standing in the f1 paddock and they were firing up the engines last year. i say have them with you ;)
I got some today in preperation. Ollie's blogamajig about first timers has been mighty useful.
i disagree.
good man. where'd ya buy them?
I got some today at boots
nice one :)
are you guys all planning to meetup somewhere?
I would have them on standby during the 90s and current F1 cars. I personally don't think they are necessary for the other stuff.
If you are in one ofthe paddocks where they are warming up several engines within a few feet of you they are very useful.
just a shop in our city centre that does stuff like that, i asked him for ones that would be useful for very loud cars rather than trying to sleep or something, and he gave me a funny look but gave me some that look good enough for the job, not some cheapy foam stuff :)
I also looked in Boots and the employees said ear plugs didnt exist which amazed me.
That would be good, i am taking my camcorderwith me so might do a video blog? I am not sure.. will see how it goes
We should really :P
I'm still deciding whether or not to go - the reason being there is my cousin's wedding the day before and I'm trying to establish how hungover I will be :-)
But I'm leaning toward ringing to see if there are tickets left tomorrow and letting that make the decision. If there are, I'm going, if not, I'm not.
And if I'm going I'd hope to meet up with people!
perfect.
depends if i survive seeing jenson... if i find him... which i will..
excellent. can you all access the comments from a field, or are you swapping numbers?
If anyone is looking for hearing protection check Arco and see if they have a place near you. These guys really know what they are talking about and have a good range of products.
http://www.arco.co.uk/branchloc
numbers would be easier, as I shall be internetless all weekend.
Unless the hotel im at has wifi and my DS decides to be a legend
erm... i might be able to.. seeing as my phone now does 3G. i doubt i'll keep a close eye on them though. i may send some pics to drop.io.. if i can remember how from my phone
are you all on the wiki. messaging each other on their is handy. that or twitter.
i'll be checking the wiki to find out who is going now...
Just about but text messages are a lot easier. The WAP on my phone is next to useless.
will keep an eye on your tweets too.
Good to know, ta. We use Arco at work. I could stop at Bournemouth or Eastleigh tomorrow on the way to London. I'm sure I've got a spare pair somewhere though.
ah, ok will look at that
oooh yes Ill be able to tweet, my phone can do that. it's one of the 5 things it can do; phone, text, tweet, break, and produce bad photos. Expect me to tweet a lot. :)
hehehe. no worries.
Don't forget: 0121 28 87225.
Ta. I may set up a couple of people so i get their replies on the phone, usually I have that turned off.
Sending tweets seems to be patchy for me despite the messages successfully sending from the phone - and I hope Twitpic works this time, it completely failed on the museum meetup.
i wont forget it... whenever anyone mentions the number i get the little advert you did for it on the podcast in my head. - 0121 28 TRACK! lol ;)
How could I forget? My phone seems to treat it like a hotline lately
I am @Twiger if that helps
Consider yourself followed!
Added as a contact in my phone.
Suprisngly not worthwhile¬!
Ditto!
btw for the avoidance of doubt I'll obviously be using the racing account @toomuchracing and not the personal one ;-)
Cool, im folowing everyone, surprising how many people from here are already following me given my output!
also btw, clearly I'm assuming I'm going until told otherwise...
will update my twitterphoto so people can recognise me, and stop swearing at the idiot with the hair
heeh!
oh no.. i just checked the weather forecast... make sure you bring at least an umbrella to goodwood everyone! sunday looks like it could rain...
ooh, forgot to get that... will have to pick one up tomorrow!
mahahaha.
What do ya mean I'm bitter?
having said it might rain, there is only a chance. plus Lukeh promised he'd leave the rain in wales ;) either way i'll get a photo of Jenson! :P i just need to remember to go down the hill cause i didn't get to go to the bottom last year.
I bought watertight shoes and a mac today ;)
Truth, I did say I'd lock it in our garden. Heck, I bought barbwire and everything to stop the rain getting out. if it gets out of our garden I'm gonna be upset. :(
I can always send my rain back down south.
Ok, slight footnote, i now have 300% more hair
nah it won't, it'll be lovely
i have my lovely walking boots :) sooo comfortable, not really amazingly waterproof though :(
I've only been in the entrance at the bottom of the hill. They turn around in an area before you even enter the place!
I love rain!
I look exactly like my Wii Mii, but I'm not making that pose all day
i'll be bringing something to keep my camera dry then ;)
If you want photos of drivers being in the start area before they run is a good time because they arrive early and normally getout of the cars and take their helmets off while the cars ahead are running.
I look like Lukeh.
Well that helps.
they go back there too right? when they come back down? i'm going to see how far i can follow Jenson, although i doubt it will be far.
normally not. usually they go directly to the awnings.
okay. *starts to plan route from start line to awnings*....
No they usually run in this sequence:
Leave paddock to go to turning area.
Turn around and line up at the start line.
Run up hill.
Turn around.
Return to paddock.
Loving the community feel to dropio today :-)
you won't get very good pics from the start line unless you have a seat there. where steven mentioned (the paddock) is the best place. the start from there before they go to the start line (if that makes sense?).
No. They get re-directed straight back to their paddock
I tried adding my twitter to the wiki but failed...
I dont think i will be becoming a regular anytime soon!
you need to shout...
RG I NEEDS HELP!
They do two runs in the day, morning and afternoon. If it were me I'd spend one trackside and one in the paddock (just 'cos you gotta see these cars trackside).
Hello. What do you need Mr C?
I have been very close to the start area without a seat. The other option is to get a position at the top of the hill because the drivers normally get out and sign autographs. Just be prepared to be trampled by kids.
true. but then you miss out on the good pics at the top of the hill.
i'm beyond helping, rg. but nick needs a wiki hand.
Nick, right, will do sir.
oh i was trying to asdd myself to the twitter list but i cant work the wetpaint to do a word on top of a link
ahh too much to see and do!
ooh right i'm with you. :) okay.
in times like this you ask yourself...
...where can I get hold of a stretch armstrong?
Should be all ok now.
yep tis what i'm planning. the f1 cars go up at 11:50 (well in that batch) and again at 3:25.. just after the red arrows... not that i've been looking at the timetable or anything.
Thankyou!
I think I asked this before but I forgot - how long does it take, roughly, to get to the top of the hill from... let's say the track crossing on the main straight?
To be fair you have a better timetable then me which is currently:
Enter. Do stuff.
At your service. Shall resume lurking now.
I have one, it leaked and permanently attached itself to my megadrive.
I think collectively they are a unique piece of mid 90's chic
i was at the top of the hill last year but stood too far away, even though i was at the front. i may need to do some more planning.
That basically is a combination of melded awesome.
This is also my timetable, only I'll add:
Enjoy
The last times I went I was so obsessed with seeing every last thing and taking photos, I forgot to sit back and enjoy it properly.
you're going for three days though ;) you lucky person.
i'm only obsessed with making sure i get to see the f1 cars and the other 1/2 of the hill :D i think i may need to go and calm down, just the thought of hearing the cars is making me way too hyper for a wednesday.
Those crisps flavours from earlier... I tried all those Walkers ones.
Hehe :D
I'm excited as hell for it, now I'm out of work it's really dawning on me on how close it all is and how freakin' cool it's gonne be for a first timer like myself. :D
This is not the time to lose your camera cable!
half an hour at a reasonable pace? it's single track through the trees, so you can only go as fast as everyone else.
I was at the top last year just after lunch and Lewis ran early because he had to go somewhere else. He was signing autographs and passed about 3 feet from me.
i wish we had a sidepodcast to help us when we first went :(
completely clueless.
Unless any more of you have some sort of Wiki Advice required, I shall see you all tommorrow. Weather suggests....showers.
I also looked in Boots and the employees said ear plugs didnt exist which amazed me. {Comment #884}
The earplugs I've used for the past several years have come from my local branches of Boots. I think your branch's employees need their training updating by about 80 years...
don't forget. wherever you think lewis will go, he'll be heading somewhere else.
mark.my.words.
Woah, James Allen replied to Gavin on twitter
night rg.
ace. what he say?
Who won the quiz tonight?
@RubberGoat - not quite, it started out as him missing a race because of Le Mans commitments and went from there
In reply to gavin asking about Brundle's hungry hungary holiday
ahh cool.
wow, i forgot he was going for a second... will it be the same for Jenson do you think?
Heheh, I want to see cars on the track. I'm not much of an autograph-hunter but I do like the cars. One of the main reasons for me wanting to go is the history of WilliamsF1, and the chance to see a lot of stuff I otherwise wouldn't at a normal race meeting.
He is going to be a lot more popular this year. The only places you can guarantee he will be is at the start and the top of the hill.
Thanks, I'll have to check out the programme and see when the best time to go is, wouldn't mind a look up there.
yeah, i thought so. :( i knew him doing well would be a problem in some way.
I forgot about the quiz, I was outside..
I forgot about the quiz, I was outside..
Journeyer.. it was tough
Sorry for doublepost, it told me it had an error.
he was basically ignored last year. me thinks the vibe may be slightly different this time around.
you should try and speak to jules though.
We warned you about 'the forbidden zone'!
Now they're making it so hot because so many people are falling for..... outside....
Ooh! Good idea.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/media-temple-database-error-png
I have every usb cable you can imagine, and a few you cant, except micro usb... grrr
I have found 9, yes 9 mini usb cables :|
I have every usb cable you can imagine, and a few you cant, except micro usb... grrr
I have found 9, yes 9 mini usb cables :|
ooo good idea! i'll definitely try and pluck up courage to get close to her and try and chat to her. oh and i've nearly finished my letter too!
oops
Really? Has that happened before?
Morning all!
Yeah I was getting that when I tried to get to the site at first.
have rebooted database, hopefully it'll get better. soz.
It is very addictive. Almost as addictive as this. Almost.
He is scary...
Crisis over, cable found ...under the sofa.
Stoopid USB for causing this in the firstplace
It is a really good idea because she will be board a lot of the time and the vast majority of people won't kno or care who she is so it will probably make her day if you go and talk to her.
will she be there though? i suppose she has to be?
Oh good. Mock the Week starts next Thursday
I will shout out as loud as i can to see if she is
I hope jools jolland isnt going. It could be awkward.
*holland
seeing as they're nicked her passport, i say yes. she was last year and the year before.
I have forgotten how awesome iplayer is on the ps3, its like a whole new tv channel
yay! :D something lovely to help me get over the bad day that thursday always is ;)
I notice James Allen has been talking to Gavin on twitter... It's all go on the interwebs. I can come back now as I've written 2,000 words...
Although now I have to go to bed.
yeah she was at the british gp after all. :) i'll keep an eye out for her. :D
Excellent :-)
if i say hello, will you say goodbye?
It kinda bugs me that the Wii and PS3 have their own versions of the iPlayer and none on the 360 because of no browser support, and even though the Xbox 360 is having personalized twitter/facebook/last.fm stuff this year, I would take iPlayer application over any of them...
....except maybe twitter. I loves ma twitter.
Hello, hello.
Hello, Hello.
Huh? hehe. :-)
I say hello and you say goodbye
long series too - it's on until the second week in Sept.
You get skyplayer though, i use that and its difficult to get it on the tv
wow, awesome! i hope Russell Howard is on it as usual :)
Is this a song?
Hela, heba helloa
--- oh I'm talking gibberish this must be the end of the song ;) er... evening.
Night all!
I dont want sky player! *sulks* :P
Yes.
:)Night!
night Alex!
i knew it!
well if you said yes, I'd say no. But then I'm like that.
Does the Wii have its own version now? The last time I checked (many months ago) it just loaded the web page.
me too...
Like that? didnt he start from the pits?
... i just re read it all and it still amuses me... :D
I read a while ago about the iPlayer being personalized to the Wii's browser now in a similar/same way it does for the PS3. Haven't tried the Wii way yet but the PS3 browser and iPlayer combination is fantastic.
night sir :)
They improved it since i last used it so you can maximise it to full scree, before you had to zoom accurately
(hi and night Alex)
Ah must try that again then!
Hey all, just quickly dropping in. :)
Something which was mentioned earlier about DC and EJ arguing. One day it'll go too far and then...
Jake Humphreys: "So, Scott..."
;)
It would be awesome!
Although you can never hold EJ down.
Then you, sir, clearly do not know me at all! ;) :D :P
Yes, I have worn glasses for, must be at least, 5 years now.
I haven't actually seen my video yet! Or most of the professional pics! Must look now! :D
Twitter question:
"Note: In the UK we currently only send SMS notifications to Vodafone subscribers."
So if I set @replies for certain people to go to mobile, it would only work on Voda? I'm on Orange.
Wow, my video actually turned out great! Am quite chuffed with that! Although from some angles, I don't think I look that good on camera!
righteo, i'm gonna head off now. See you guys tomorrow :)
bye lukeh
Night. I'm off too, except I have to go to work. See ya.
Night.
Night, If not tomorrow... GW!
enjoy!
bed time for me too, long day for me tomorrow, just cause it's well... thursday ;) night! x
OK, I give in. Where is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMoNwZB2bJc
It kinda bugs me that the Wii and PS3 have their own versions of the iPlayer and none on the 360 because of no browser support, {Comment #1013}
I've found a web page about iPlayer and the XBox 360 that might help. However, I don't have a console to test the theories.
night, lou
Oh youtube. That's a funny place to put a video.