It had been an exciting weekend of racing, so now perhaps we can finally catch our breath and discuss the aftermath. Plenty of opinions have been flying around the paddock, as well as here on Sidepodcast, so let us get to it:
- First of all, jump right into the Vettel-Webber debate. Mark is winning the votes here, though the result on formula1.com offers a more balanced view. I still maintain that neither were at fault since the Red Bull team was the one that truly screwed up.
- All of us have our own opinions so just go down the list: Leigh, Australian media, Adam Cooper, Joe Saward, Autosport and me. Alianora also has updated on engine usage this season.
- F1 wasn't the only racing around as there was also Rally Portugal and Indianapolis 500. Both Sebastiens had a better time in rallying than poor Vettel did in F1, but I'll let Lady Snowcat tell you more about that. #waitspatiently
- In the meantime, you can always reread Leigh's guest post or Sports Illustrated on the American race. Pressdog also offers injury updates.
- Christine is hard at work on her film post and rankings Karun loses a point!
- Jake does a video blog that is quite entertaining, if a little biased. ;)
- I update on my trip round the Marina Bay circuit. Plenty of pictures ahead.
- A very happy birthday to Alison! (wow 2 birthdays in a row on my post). She wants a cake like this, but I imagine this or this would be much cuter.
It is going to be a quiet week since there is no F1 (and rallying takes a 5 week break o.O). But thankfully I have tennis and the upcoming World Cup to keep me occupied. For the rest of you who solely like motorsports, I hope the raging Red Bull debate will do. See you in the debates here.
hello june!
Sauber released their merchandise*
http://www.sauber-motorsport-store.com/pub/index.php?page=goods&c=34&l=en&psid=98d890b4efa46a479e741d91129fc390
I wouldn't mind a Pedro cap, but will he still be there by the time I get it
*Okay, its a range of 3 caps.
How can it be midnight?
I'll be disappointed if they don't release a Vote Pedro t-shirt
It's June!
How can I be 22 :(
it's a... start. i want one though
Without saying the obvious, anyone know of anything half decent to do in Brackley?
Slow down year
Hmm, I don't like it when they mix of Swiss and English
Now I'm gonna be saying Wiess instead of White for ages.
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH already?!!? where has the time gone!?!?
#thesis-writing-crisis
hello sidepodpeople
I am rather tired so I am retiring for the day after a fun bank holiday. Night all
talking to Shov?.. oh you said not the obvious...visit force india? they are near brackley... right?
Hi Guille
wohoo! 30 days till Goodwood! :)
Night
Take your stormtrooper outfit to be polished
night!
happy birthday alison! :-)
Night
Oooh, good idea, go to Force India and tell them to keep Liuzzi.
Hey guille and bye Lukeh
How long do you have?
night lukeh
Sauber released their merchandise* {Comment #2}
They'll be pleased to have beaten Force India (and probably some other teams too) at something :)
really? why?
Because he's Liuzzi, and doesn't deserve to be dropped, at all.
I should finish writing sometime near the end of October. There is still time... I hope... ;-)
ish...
sold!
;)
Haaapppppppyyyy Biiiiiiiirthday Alison!
Woo, hb alison!
Ah it's not super-soon then
that sounds like a yes to me!
im not sure i can just stroll into FIF1
looking at the amount of work/data analysis/writing it's starting to get a little bit hot... but yeah, it's not critical yet
well you'll never know if you don't try! it's either that or going to the castle ruins... :P
i like castles! :P
Without saying the obvious, anyone know of anything half decent to do in Brackley? {Comment #7}
Force India's wind tunnel is in Brackley.
In non-F1 stuff, Brackley also has the oldest building in continuous use by a school (the chapel at Magdalen College School has been used for that purpose since 1548). Maybe you could see if you could photograph it?
There's also a town hall, park and leisure centre.
Awwww can I just say those cakes are soooo cute :D :D :D
Also Nick is going to kill you.
im not sure i can just stroll into FIF1 {Comment #33}
Try sending them an email or perhaps a message via Facebook. You never know...
yeah i saw the leisure centre, might go for a swim
Ah, busy times then!
aah so you are getting married?
i like castles! :P {Comment #26}
It's more of a ruin than anything else - but if you like history, then definitely give it a visit.
Also look for the old railway station. There's talk there might be a new line going through Brackley and re-opening its station to serve the route.
brackley f1 have a huuuuggeee Gym.. it was new in 2008 so i'm sure they'd let you use that instead of paying the local leisure centre.. then again i doubt they have a pool...
i can no longer keep my eyes open.. which i think is a sign that i should sleep..
night all!! xx
P.S
I hope you have a wonderful birthday Alison :) x
night
night lou!
night lou
Errrrm I was more thinking he's obviously off his cute duck picture hunting game :P
night lou
Happy birthday Alison. Don't worry 22 feels exactly like 21. And its not old.
Bah, the one day I leave Alistair at home there is no one in the comments to entertain me. Boo.
can I ask who's Alistair or I'll end up like the guy that doesn't pay attention...?
Alistair is my Kindle. I got the comments to name him :D
TRUE! now I remember. So, it wasn't a problem of not paying attention, it was my usual bad memory :P
I was woken up by my neighbour playing MC Hammer at a ridiculous volume. I hope this amuses you.
soz, have been trying to sort a shortcut key for alex to post comments on his ipad. sadly apple have thwarted me, it can't be done in any sensible way. blast.
fyi alex (when you wake), the best ipad solution i can figure:
1) in "ye olde comments"
2) type a comment
3) hit "previous" button
4) this jumps you back to the "website" input box
5) you can now hit "go", which will post the comment
if you're using the bluetooth keyboard you can substitute step 3 for shift + tab. this jumps you back like the "previous" button does, but is quicker (at least it does when using the simulator, i don't have a bluetooth keyboard to do this properly).
in theory, that's the same as normal commenting but instead of tab+return it's shift+tab+return.
hope that makes sense, that's all i got.
It really, really, really does!
Yay, it's June. I can now say that I am going on my O/S holiday next month! 6 weeks and counting... 2 whole months of holidaying and not being at work. Excellent.
Yay holidays! I have 12 weeks minus 1 day :D
:D
I am sure being female entitles me to be better at spotting cute stuff than him. He shouldn't get jealous so easily. :P
Morning everyone.
Well that's still pretty good.. They really do want you to use your fingers I guess. Thanks for all the effort mr c
Happy Birthday Alison!
Happy Birthday Alison! :D
I have discovered another two victims of the Great Under The Stairs Cull 2010. Number one is the bag we put all the little plastic bags into, this is quite useful, now where will I find bags to put in my rubbish bin?
Number two is my favourite purple apron that I like to wear when I bake muffins that my nana made for me. And she can't make me another one because she ain't alive no more :( :(
Flatmates suuuuuuuuck. I'm all for throwing out rubbish but why throw out stuff that isn't cluttering up the place, they were hanging on a hook on the back of the door!
This article comes from a state that is to host F1 in 2 years :-) Well, it talks NASCAR and ovals but perhaps only because that is the only form of racing the writer ever heard of :-)
My friends, auto racing is a road to nowhere
They didn't ask you first? Flatmates really do suck!
I almost wish he was home when I noticed it was gone because it might make him feel bad that he made me cry.
Do it again when he is back.
I should prepare a script. "Where oh where is my lovely purple apron, oh how much it meant to me, oh how upset I am'
ooh but in happier news, tomorrow is my 2 year Australiversary so I am going to have cake.
A cake shaped like Australia?
in Tasmania that would be about 1/10th size of a cake shaped like Tasmania :-)
ooh now theres an idea. But no, I am yet to decide what sort of cake. Depends what is at the cake shop. Although the cake shop I want to try is closed on Wednesdays, perhaps I should wait 24 hours.
Do you believe this to be the same flatmate who put your chicken back in the freezer?
no, I found out that was the other one!
I'm very very angry at your flatmate. What an idiot. Make him
move out
did you come for the GP, then go home again, and come back in June?
You are so brave and awesome!
Vegemite or Lamington cake? :P (lamington ftw)
bingo :D I thought I'd come over and see if I liked the place first, but I think I already knew I would come back regardless :D
We have lamingtons in New Zealand, they don't excite me. I might go to the cake shop at Crown and see if they have any of their amazing black forest cake :D
Black Ardennes Forest Cake? :P
Lamingtons are crap. A great big piece of plain dry sponge covered in a thin layer of jam and shredded coconut?
ooooh, topical!
Morning..
Boo that sucks. Words need to be had..
That's awful. I can imagine how upset you must have been. I'm glad it survived the cull!
Morning guys! How are we all today?
Hi Lukeh. Mostly thinking about cake. #blameAmy
How are you?
I am more than willing to share (photos of) my cake with you :D
Mmm cake.
I'm ok thanks. Mostly thinking about lunch. #blamegreggs
Heheh. I am tempted to go forage for food at lunchtime but it is proper raining.
The bank holiday weather arrived a day late, it's miserable and dark grey skies here too. On the other hand, I cannot find anything nice in the cupboard!
Indeed. I cycle to work and the first 3km were directly into a strong headwind. Not nice!
Ooh rubbish :(
I just went into the back garden and decided it was cold and yucky. Perhaps not as exciting!
Here's a picture of Lukeh and Lou on the iPad...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4659074277/
Hehe. That's fab :)
It's also good in that there is some of the crazy wallpaper that Katherine really liked in the background
I had a good poke at it :)
I am sad that French Open quarter finals start 3 hours later than the early rounds and that Roger is up second on court. Twill be a late night :(
Or an early morning.
Here's a picture of Lukeh and Lou on the iPad on the iPad
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4659732818/
I fear for where this is going :D
Mind = blown
hehehe what a headping!!!! I love that picture... I heart the ipad :)
Hello everyone!! :(
Hello, whats wrong?
wrong smiley face *:).
phew :P
I love that I can now edit my photos. Massive afternoon of pic uploading and editing coming up. I have already done some revision today so I don't feel too guilty :)
well done McLaren...
http://mclaren.com/article/2010/pm-feature---bruce-mclaren
oh my god! please tweet that.
plenty of people already have :D
I think my favourite is "why is it Spanish" haha
How confusing
oh dear!
lou, I lived up to my promise! I began watching gavin and stacey last night
yess!!!! Thank you alex and kat!! :)
go us :)
Theyre all so welsh, and alex was right. I've only seen two episodes so far but rob brydon's character is immense
How is it that you haven't watched already?
I dunno, just never been interested in it but I've been bugged so much to watch it I have given in. Plus, james corden.
Oh yes, well, there is that.
Perhaps the timing is so to give my mind some preperation for his Dr Who episode :)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/01/on-this-day-1st-june-2006-a-promising-new-driver/
i have been telling him to watch it for months :)
hey everyone,
how goes lunchtime?
:)
I'd probably buy something from Hispania Racing... if their colours weren't brown
wow, I can read a NASCAR book! For free! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted.
From fifthdriver, you'd think the mclaren boys would change after turkey!
http://twitpic.com/1t0ewm
you sure it's words and not just pictures? is it NASCAR after all....
If that's what McLaren are like in the factory after a 1-2 finish, I'd hate to see their Christmas parties.....
Oh wow, it looks awful...
Get it.
I swear, the calibre of books I read has gone way downhill since Alistair came along because I cannot resist the lure of a free book and most of them are awful
One of the reviews:
I only finished this book because I'm stubborn and kept hoping things would get better. Unfortunately, they never did and I just lost two hours of my life.
Alistair??
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ally-McCoist-Portrait-Alistair-Aird/dp/1844545687
I can't wait! It has downloaded, so it can be my lunch break reading at work tomorrow :D
is that angus young on the microphone?
sooo tired. Between this slam finishing up this weekend and 2am grand prix next weekend, when am I ever going to get some sleep?
Federer just started. You could sleep through the first two sets at least.
if I slept I'd miss it all, and you can't miss a Soderling match!
oh.my.god! how have i lived without grand prix plus in my life!! i love it!! :) have read the turkey and the monaco issues so far and i love love LOVE them! the photography is amazing!
anyone fancy taking bets??
:D
You know Mr C is just going to say I told you so now.
OK, elephant in the room time. Soderling has lost all 12 of his previous matches against Federer. No active player has such a poor record against the world number one.
Sounds like a great time to have a nap :)
but he took Rafa out at this exact round last year. Dark horse, that Soderling ;)
hehe but i always wanted to buy them. just never had the money to do so.. till now :)
Mirka has a lovely handbag with her today.
told ya so
:D
don't forget to tel joe.
will do :)
Paris has sooo many empty seats considering its a QF. You'd never ever see empty seats in Melbourne when Roger is on court and considering you crazy Brits camp out overnight to get into Wimbledon I'd imagine it's much the same there.
i decided to look into how you can get wimbeldon tickets... and i got very confused.. from what i see you have to apply really early to stand a chance, otherwise you can chance turning up in the day, but due to the crazy people that camp it's unlikely you'll be able to see any tennis. am going to hang my hopes on going to the WTFs at the O2 i think..
I have seen a few tweets and things of people suggesting the stands have been way too empty. And that the scheduling is rubbish.
yeah I'd say it's your only chance, my friend who has Wimbledon tickets got them in a ballot months ago and they're still pretty rubbish, she is going down to camp to try and get better ones. She got her tickets for Queens months and months ago too.
its silly, they keep saying they need to move Roland Garros out of the centre of Paris because its too small. Whats the point in more room if they can't fill the room they have at the moment?
I'd rather go somewhere a bit quieter. Like Eastbourne or something.
it's soo annoying.. i like to plan.. but i'm not an Amyplanner :)
that is another option, and sometimes in the summer i find myself going down to watch Kentish championship.. but i would love to see some of the pros play :)
tennis tickets are hard to plan if you're trying to see someone specific because theres no guarantee who will go how far into a tournament, I was very lucky to see Federer/Roddick for my very first ever match, it could have been anyone random really!
hehe by the time i watch a tennis match live i'll hopefully have a better idea about some of the players.. i'm getting much better though :) i'm recognising more and more names :D
this is why WTF would be great, since only the top 8 get to go you're bound to have heard of most of them :D
Imagine if I had kept up DailyTennisBlog instead of DailyF1Blog, we'd be looking at a whole different doohickey right about now.
awesome! i shall start saving now cause last year tickets seemed soo expensive :(
we'd be wondering why there so many empty seats at Turkey on Sunday
hehehe goodness my comment might have been something like
;)
If Roger wins today he is guaranteed to stay #1 even if Rafa wins the title. Which gives him enough weeks at #1 to beat Sampras' all-time-weeks-at-the-top record.
Hooray!
cheapest round robin tickets are 22.50 pound. That's pretty cheap for a chance to see um, Murray *trying to appeal to Lou*
:P hehe i think i was a bit late to get them last year.this year i'll try though :) hehe i'm not buying them now though.. it's months away! :)
this is why things cost money!
:)
but... it's in november/december right? i've no idea what i'll be doing in the winter! we've not even had summer yet!..
yay
if you like tennis now, you'll probably like tennis in 6 months time :D
Well that's mad. The cheap seats aren't going to be around much longer I wouldn't say. The semis and the final are already completely sold out. I'd go myself if I had a single day's holiday allowance left :S
there is forward planning.. and then there is amyplanning..
6 months is forward planning. 12 months is amyplanning.
but... like... it's 6months away!
first set in 31 minutes. Good pace Roger, good pace.
Not necessarily true!
But the last 3 days of the tournament are already completely sold out!!!
you've given yourself no leeway at all?
imagine if we'd bought silverstone tickets the day the deal was confirmed.
6 months away at 22.50. By two months away you're looking more at 70 I'd say. This is why I forward plan, I don't like knowing I paid more than the person sitting next to me at anything :D
thankfully they don't change the rules of tennis every year. They should totally ban refuelling though. No more bananas for Rafa, they tried to kill him once.
Hah no really :P
I added it all up yesterday it was terrifying. I'm taking 7 days at the end of this month then Nick wants me to go to Aus which is gonna swallow the rest. So erm yeah....
but.. i can't possibly think about booking anything yet.. i don't break up for uni christmas hols till mid december so it's during term time.. and i have no idea if i'll have a chance to pop into london during the week cause i don't know about lectures and things.
i'm so confused. you're both taking holidays and your names begin with an 'a'.
carry on.
ahh yes, I forget you live in crazy backwards land where you aren't off Uni between October and March :D
Nick doesn't want me to go to Australia with him :D
And we're both going to be working until we're 40 to earn back the holiday allowance we're using! :D
I've already got enough :D
i did wonder :)
hehe
bad times.. that would be awesome.. i could do with being on holiday for my birthday ;) when i know more about uni then i'll book them. i'd rather have to say to a tutor 'sorry i can't make this session i'm off to london to watch some tennis'.. i'm not sure how well that would go down :)
grr Robin, how dare you break him.
So do I (if I don't take more holiday before March :S)
I may actually go stir crazy.
march 2011?!!
crazy
Hehehehe super fun times
I won't have a holiday til then after I get back. No more holiday til Aus GP :D
It's a hard life :D
but! don't make yourself ill with all the working and no rest...
which is why I shall say to the younger ones, being at school/uni really wasn't so bad :D
hehe!
Oh no, it really was.
What is going on? No one can bagel Fed surely.
are you sure about that?
I'd rather have homework than only 4 weeks off a year.
I can always #blamenick
If he lived somewhere sensible, I could spread my holiday out sensibly.
wohoo! am looking forward to uni then :P
Are you kidding?? I'll have 12 weeks annual leave please.
I shall miss the free money
I didn't do the uni thing so perhaps that was the good bit.
judging by the number of 'it's a bank holiday!' dailies I see I feel like you folk are having long weekends all the time. I need to move.
I don't get them. They're actually busier than usual. A lot of my friends with office jobs are forced to take the time out of annual leave or have them unpaid. It's not all cushy.
I love writing those. Shame the next one isn't till August...
Hey folks.
morning RG
You waaant an iPad.
we actually have a long weekend next weekend but I'll be at work. It was tempting to take the day off because it's Canada weekend and the race starts at 2am and I start work at 8, but I need the 2.5x my usual hourly rate for my Spa fund.
Maybe... ever so slightly.
school has had some good times... only regarding friends though.. not so much on the work side though. i would take 4 weeks holiday and no homework over this past year though.. seeing as homework has kinda meant no evenings and weekends to do what i like..
hearing about your school year has made me feel tired. But my school never expected me to repaint it :D
*shudders* did i mention that i went into the place i painted the other day to find where there had been 13 rooms all together there were now 8.. them having taken all the cables off the wall and knocked through some of the walls..
you know what that means... it means it needs to be repainted. thank god i'm leaving! i.am.so.angry.
:D
this set is stressful.
aww Jessy went to Turkey..
http://blog.honeyee.com/jessica/archives/2010/05/29/turkey.html
Roger nooooo
why?
no idea.. i'm assuming she was planning on going to the GP? :(
i actually pointed this out over the weekend. i would guess then that jenson asked for the breakup and jessica didn't see it coming?
oh i didn't see.. sorry. who knows.. it must have been difficult though. Hopefully they're both alright and happy :)
she doesn't look bothered though.
on the surface, it looks like they are. i do hope they get back together, because it'll be hard to find someone better than jessica (who, for the record, i think is MUCH better than louise griffiths ever was).
she took it well.
i've heard reports that she was flying all over the place for him and he wasn't flying to Japan that much.. it's only a rumour and neither have some out and said anything but i suppose that would make sense it if was a mutual thing. but looking at pics Jenson seems much more under the weather last weekend than Jessy does it photos.
Louise was annoying... Flo turned him into a hippy..but Jessica seemed to make him much happier however we're only seeing it from the perspective of the press... we all find Nicole annoying but Lewis must see something in her..
Jenson seems to change depending on who he is with. I await to see what will happen with the next one.
what about his tattoo?
Hmmm/// I must admit, I'm incredibly cynical about Nicole - I've always thought Nicole was there for Nicole and her "brand"
(shudder)
Flo was all right for me. Better than Louise, but nothing like Jessica.
As for Nicole... well... let's just say I wouldn't be surprised if she became the new Victoria Beckham...
he seems to have matured alot. so who knows what will happen next..
his button tattoo is cute :P and the one on his ankle means Ichiban.. 'number 1' and i can't think of what the other means, but they all mean something... much nicer than Kimi's *runs away from possible angry Amy and Lady Snowcat*
Hey! Victoria ain't that bad. :( #spicegirlfan
Hello everyone. And a ping for Amy: http://marileneriddle.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/wordart/
by cute I think you mean lame.
But Kimi's tattoos are wayyy cooler. Which tattoos are supposed to be, as opposed to being cute. :P
It's not much different from Kimi's sun tattoo, really. Did you like that one? ;)
*puts fingers in ears* lalalalalala :P
a SMILING sun tattoo, at that. :D
nope
its very 98 Degrees #boybandfact
Kimi's tattoos will look ridiculous when he is older.. Jenson's can be easily hidden..
I like Jessica's star tattoo behind her ear too :)
Oh. Ehehe. :D
there was a boyband called 98 Degrees?
I just had a meeting with a company who want to sell us iPad development... hmmm...
they were really only famous because one of them married Jessica Simpson. But I liked a few of their songs.
Were they not famous in the UK?
I can't decide if I am more jealous of Nico or Lukas: https://twitter.com/nico_rosberg/status/15176458852
sell you ipad development? you mean make you an app?
Judging by Wiki their highest charting song there was the one they did with Mariah Carey. I like that one.
Neither. By the sounds of things, behind closed doors I bet neither team is fun to be in...
I think that's what they meant...
i'm not the person to answer that question.. err.. christine?..
oh is Rosberg using his twitter properly now?
They were, yes.
they didn't do a very good job of selling, if you're not sure what they wanted. can't you just do it in-house?
phew. I'd hate to think you missed out on such gems as I Do (Cherish You)
They did do a good job... I was just being silly. The thing is we don't have any objective-c programmers
But the German team's captain is Philip Lahm! And he is terribly cute even if he did cost Germany the Euro.
I agree with this. I really dislike the way she 'bumped' into the BBC crew post-race!
:D
ahh, a bit of a problem. it's quite similar to c#, only you have to manage resources too. i guess the other thing is, you need a bunch of macs.
that was their absolute worst song. Just awful.
I think she really likes Lewis - celebrity couples rarely last this long if there's nothing behind it. That said, she doesn't miss any opportunity to promote herself...
I always wanted to be a garbage collector when I was young ;)
ehehe it's tuesday! that means Darren Heath should be on twitter tonight/tomorrow :D
:)
That's cool, and he must like her too. I got no probs there. But she does take advantage of her position in the paddock too much and she's in front of a camera too many times...
I HATE YOU PARIS RAIN
I wouldn't hate on it so much. Given Soderling's above-average form, I think this is better for Roger than Robin.
:( sleep.. we'll headping you when they play again... it's at such a great point to stop play though :)
ah yes, I hope Roger gathers his thoughts and comes back better, but I do not like delays :( It seems silly that Melbourne will soon have 3 roofs and Paris has none.
Paris is an interesting place. No roofs, no digi-eye. It's the home of old-school tennis.
the silly thing is they have hawk eye installed there, they just don't use it "because you can see the marks"
Amy.. do you do the bbc live text commentary by any chance?
'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The rain is falling much heavier now and play is suspended with Federer leading his service game 30-15... What an monumentally rubbish time for that to happen.'
:)
:D Just call me Amy Cheese.
I like the next bit:
That has annoyed me quite a large amount as it happens
No kidding!
:D
heh. The French being French, indeed. :D
hehehe! :)
I like her most recent tweet too: @piersnewbery this is pathetic weather. change it immediately.
ah that explains this then :)
'Oh, I am FURIOUS about this weather. Who can I complain to? I might try Piers Newbery first...'
Hehehe. I ♥ Caroline.
I hope she's doing the World Cup text...
i thought that said piers morgan for a second - the guy's in LA, what does he know about bad weather??
OMG They are now talking Webber-Vettel on Radio Roland Garros. WTH?
All of the folks doing BBC live text have tons of character, best service ever.
WHAT?!
hmm my Roger loving Melbourne based friend has just gone to bed. Hmm.
they're saying no play until half past so I'm calling it a night. Don't let me down while I sleep, Roger! You need to get to 24 consecutive semi finals!
Exactly. They were somehow talking about Australia, then went into famous Aussie sports people. Then they talked a bit about the crash, and one supported Mark while another said that it may be more fair to see the German side of things too... o.O
Goodnight Amy!
night!!
Night.
Night Amy. :)
Ooh. Chris updated. It is ironic how it was the other Red Bull that crashed.
Well, running into Webber did shatter his race...
The pic is of Webber. Supposed to represent his commitment and AussieGrit.
Evening. Busy day in the office, I was lurking but no time to take part.. Glad to be home.
Eeeeevning :)
oh, i thought it was a post-race Turkey pic. it was shot before the race, as it turns out. my bad.
Your holiday talk earlier got me checking how many days I have left. For some reason our holiday year runs October to October and I lost track.
oooo update on the tennis!!
'1730: I promised you an update, and here it is: some brave souls have just been shovelling lakes of water off the covers on Chatrier - and the covers are now coming off.'wohoo!
AMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Darren Heath's pics and blog are up!
http://www.darrenheath.com/
:D
oh wait.. i can't see them.. he lies! :(
Camera obscura?
Ops. Roder's broken.
i can see his last post though, pre turkey...
This is all well and good. F1 needn’t be jejune without controversy and political intrigue, but a little off-track spice here and there might be nice.
#blamedarren
Again. :S
ah dear..:D
he replied to someone saying that all the snappers were a little sad the Lewis wasn't very happy after his win..
his blog and pics are now up :) hehe
oh my god! *can't watch the tennis*
uh-oh..... no one tell amy....
something of note in Darren's blog post
poor Felipe :( it's good he has Rob on his side..
c'mon, really? felipe is miserable because he worked hard to get better for this season, and his car sucks.
Good gracious. What happened? Last I looked it was raining.
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/01/f1-on-the-ipad-racecar-engineering-magazine/
ah..
i know alonso plays mind games, but felipe is stronger than that.
i dont know! it all happened so quickly! :( amy is going to be mad... soderling got really good :(
Hi all
you makea good point.. i didnt see free practice.. but it seemed odd.. i've have seen lots of pics of sad ferrari people though...
hello!! ;)
Really? I have always thought that was a weakness of his. I am sure Rob will sort him out though.
It shouldn't be forgotten that regardless of practise he qualified and raced ahead of Alonso
Woop, karting for a friend's birthday sorted for Sunday :)
i thought it weakness was an inability to drive without direction?
wohoo!
That too but I have always had the impression that he is one of those drivers who needs to feel the team is behind him and if there was someone like Alonso trying to de-stabilise him he could crumble.
i guess so. i don't buy it given how the pair came out fighting before alonso joined. we'll see, if darren has it right he was the first to call it, if not...
I think Darren is being optimistic thinking there is only one cause
#MFC #Leo
First of the new Tom Merritt daily shows is at 10:30pm UK time today
http://www.twit.tv/tnt0
yay!
Ooooh.
Is Lukeh still about?
6 months is forward planning. 12 months is amyplanning. {Comment #175}
I'm having enough trouble planning a week on Saturday evening...
Tomorrow afternoon should be easy to plan though. I'm going karting with my brother at a karting track not far from home, with different karts to what I've been used to at Newark.
Just a short post from me about what's been happening to the blog posts lately: http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/a-little-housekeeping/
kind of... Laptop is cobtinuslly crashing so now I am on iPod frustrated :( why?
Do you know how to pronounce Cerrig-y-Druidion?
keh-rig ooh droo-vion
That's almost as bad as Danish!
ehehe the shots on darren heaths website of the mclaren with water on them are awesome.. specially as he just told me it's actually champagne! :) hehe :)
Ace. Thank you :)
Oops, last word should be Droo-i-vion. Missed out that i :)
You two are always chatting now
Oooh, Lukeh, what about Dinas Mowddwy?
Din-as Mo-with-ee
Woohoo! Thank you. That's all my questions I think. :)
(hearts) hehe i can't ask him questions tonight though :( am too busy going through my own pics :D
are you starting up a welsh podcast mrs c?
Are you doing an audio book Welsh guide book?
Maybe he will ask you about them
ahahaha! i doubt it!
Hahahah no.
We get enough complaints about things we pronounce in English.
:)
Grand Prix Diary Rob has convinced Timo to do an interactive cookery challenge on Twitter. :) Not sure if you've seen the last few weeks but Timo's been posting pictures of his dinner every few days, and Rob decided he was obsessed and it built up from there :)
http://twitter.com/realTimoGlock/statuses/15196987821
Dinas Mowddwy is a nasty one to pronounce in all fairness
As is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Lukeh, one more... how do you pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? ;)
:)
oh wow. points galore!
the only place i know how to pronounce (other than cardiff and newport) is Llanbobl and that doesn't even exist!
#blamerhodgilbert.
It sounds nice out loud once you explained it but I would not have guessed. Too many consonants.
Chl-an-fare-pull-gwin-gill-gogery-kurn-drob-ill-chlant-ee-silly-oh-go-go-goch ;)
I should record it really
You must have seen this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm :D
Yes you should!
There was a welsh Countdown on a welsh channel once
Never again
:D :D
Classic :)
These Welsh place names are really hard to pronounce....
Car..dife.
#MarkAndLard
Oooh, yes please!!
You mean I've been saying it wrong all these years? Gah.
Look at this Sinkhole - it's like a portal! http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/central.america.storm.deaths/index.html?iref=allsearch
woah
Here you go:
http://drop.io/mrlukeh/asset/llanpwell-mp3
+1!
oh my!!
♥
! hehe i love the welsh for toast :D
I know it but i can't remember it!
Blimey
:)
Good gods, that's a bit deep.
Does anybody know what happened to Claire V Williams' Twitter acct? Did she get sacked from Williams?
I'd love to know "What's Claire Tweeting Now".
She's now on @williamsf1team
jbusa, everything you could ever want to know about f1 people who tweet:
http://sidepodcast.com/twitter/
//end shameless plug
Nice to know the programmer in you is still reigning supreme. :D
:)
i saw leigh do it earlier i think. i assume his was a typo, but i like it.
//ends
Adam Buxton gets the iPad into Star Wars :D:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbHF63b7g50
Daily has been scheduled ;)
Wooo! Thanks Gavin.
he's cut back on his own blogging, but he's still doing the daily. crackers.
Hey, I enjoy writing the daily ;)
phew ;)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/01/the-unofficial-f1-world-tour-2010-part-2/
My friend who went to the Turkish GP met Jenson Button!
Met Adrian Sutil and Jenson Button at a VIP party in Istanbul after the race, my cousin managed to talk us thru the door and once your in no one questions you! Drinks were £12 each though.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evening folks
buddy. who's u?
or. how's u?
:) Not bad thanks
Wanted to tell you guys that Big Fish is the 99p rental on iTunes at the moment
[as name checked on SidepodRadio's Film Watch]
HI Bassano
ooh, ta.
Roger noooo
oopppps... #sorryamy
Tom Merritt and Beck Worley about to go live @http://live.twit.tv/
Goood evening lovely people.
I return from my travels.
Hi Jon
Hi Jon
Ooh, Shawn Of The Dead has just started
am on it
Just noticed. Who stole her y. Becky not Beck
eeerrrghhhh i am never going to get through all these pics....
Do some today and some tomorrow. Don't spend so much time on them that you are not enjoying it
you did take ALOT
live blog it. do one, publish, tell us what you did. repeat and rinse.
Hi Lou
I was editing earlier too. Sadly I gave up after getting tired of erasing dusk marks
i'm enjoying it, heh it's fun.. but i just want to get through them all.. i need to have a full day of revision tomorrow..
biggest.blog.ever
:P
1, 150 isn't as many as i was expecting to have tbh :)
So long as you are enjoying it and it has not become a pain
A fair bit of continuous mode then
WHAT?
i have many dust marks on my sensor :( i need to get it cleaned..motorsport photography is a dusty business. i'm wondering if the new photoshop would help with cleaning up photos like that..
oh my goodness, thats even more than id imagined. i want a proper camera, you looked like you were having alot of fun
Almost definitely
getty images publish with tonnes of dust. just go with it, it's a dirty environment.
that's a good idea. i have a tendency to go through many and then select the best to publish though..i'll be surprised if i publish half of them..
Do you have Lightroom?
You'll probably be using Aperture by the end of the year
a fair bit.. most are experimental shots i took while either figuring settings, composition, or techniques. :)
i'll be surprised if half go on flickr though :)
nope, i'm a photoshop gal :)
You expect to end up with 500 pics from one day?
Good night!
Night Gavin
laia might be a little disappointed in LOST: http://twitter.com/laiaferrer/status/15205738235
Night Gavin
translated:
Capitlos 121 x 50 minutes = 6,050 minutes of my life stolen! I feel swindled! Good night
oh it was soooo much fun. :D i was in that little zone of 'must take photos' :) at one point a Marshall said hello and it took me a few moments to realise he was talking to me.
Night gavin
talk tomorrow sir
noo.. i would expect less. specially as most were just me having a bit of fun.. i'll see when i've been through them all..
night!
i was raaather jealous. at britcar in march i stole my friends slr and it was so awesome, i want one!
i would be lost without my dlsr. i (heart) it alot. :)
Tom Merritt and Becky Worley are really good together. Especially as this is their first show.
how frickin' professional!
because i want some sort of evidence that i have done something this evening.. i uploaded the latest edit i've been playing around with this evening
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4661513752
gorgeous
I love that. THe blue colour is incredible
aaaand now my new desktop ;)
but.but.but.but.
how do you do that!?
*faints*
awesome :D hehe! i bet it looks pretty on a macbook.. (as i'm sure all pics do)
Point camera. Click
aahh right, thats what i was doing wrong
My Internet speed is shot again
I'm barely getting dial-up service
Gonna have to report this tomorrow
can you not change?
you forgot
'try not to fall over as Lukeh suggests mcgregor is a new williams test driver' :P
:D :D :D
You do know one day there will be a driver of that name and he will claim he was right
:D
I've got the works with VM
The service is usually very good, 10mb package is actually very close to that
Is definitely a fault. Just need to test it's not the Airport Extreme packing up
ahh, have you tried it via ethernet?
Once my download finishes, I will
It's crawling along at a snail's pace at the mo
on more pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4660961015/
Nice. What is the car? Sunbeam?
Number crunching done for the game... took a while with four races :)
Now for the blog post..
i really have no idea what the car is.. :( the writing on the steering wheel says Sabre..
i want to be like tom!
Me too!
In that case I assume it is a Reliant Sabre
:) :)
You already have a beard. I am sure Christine will laser you if you ask
does becky have a twitter account?
You both want to be like Tom but you stopped doing podcasts??
awesome! thank you :)
bworley
http://twitter.com/bworley
Did it look like any of these?
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=reliant+sabre+&FORM=BIFD
i didn't think this through.
i wish was as awesome as tom?
listed
Does everyone know Leo and Sarah Lane are going to do an iPad show?
sorta heard that. should be interesting.
like this
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/sabre.jpg
i think..
I was confused because the speedo looks like it is from an old Mini or Morris Minor and I recognise some of the switchgear from other cars. Reliant made glass fibre cars and used bits from all sorts of other car companies. I have to say I have never heard of the Sabre before so I learned something.
They mentioned it a week or so ago on Macbreak
It has to be better than Pad Pundit. Despite Andy Inatko, it's a little dry
Though I do like Scott Bourne's photo website
How can those two never have done a show together and be that good straight away? It just isn't fair.
Smiths dials used to be everywhere
True but that particular speedo looks exactly like the Mini or the Minor
they have before haven't they? but not for ten years.
damn those professionals.
I am at work watching Roger replay. I clearly like torturing myself. Eagerly awaiting the cake I shall buy after work. It can be Australiversary and Rogisseration cake.
Tom just said they have never done a show together. They worked for the same company and I guess they may have both been on the same show just not one where there were only the two of them
ahh, i misunderstood.
aww it came as a shock to all of us.. one minute it's raining.. the next Soderling won :( probably a good job you went to sleep when you did.. :)
You do have the option of not watching
Do not understand the concept of "not watching tennis" I need Soderling to beat Nadal now so Roger can stay #1
#sidepodspace
Half the permanent ISS crew is landing in a Soyuz in the middle of Kazhakstan tonight. It is being covered by NASA TV but the timings mean I will miss it. The times listed are Central times so add 6 hours for UK time so the landing is 4:27am UK time.
6:45 p.m. -- Coverage of Expedition 23 undocking from station, scheduled at 7:08 p.m.
9:15 p.m. -- Coverage of deorbit burn, scheduled for 9:37 p.m., and landing in Kazakhstan, scheduled for 10:27 p.m.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/may/HQ_M10_073_Soyuz_TV_Coverage.html