Hiya, me again. Marilene is busy having a new internet connection installed as part of a deal that comes with sports on cable, a wise choice if I may say so, and as supersub I'm filling in although I can't promise quite so many bulletpoints.
- I have the week off work and yesterday I did practically nothing, which was really relaxing! A bit of cleaning, a few odd jobs and a lot of watching ITV4's hour-long Tour de France highlights on the ITV Player, I got through four stages! It has developed into quite the head-to-head psychological battle between Spain's Alberto Contador (very Alonso-like in attitude) and Luxembourg's Andy Schleck (reminds me of Vettel - it's the hair), the rest keep trying but it keeps boiling down to these two. Thankfully the sport is much cleaner than it used to be so I don't feel as bad about watching as I did a few years ago.
- The other parallel to F1 in Le Tour is the return of the king - but for Michael Schumacher, read Lance Armstrong. Both are 7-time winners of their sport's biggest prize, yet both are putting in entirely anonymous performances that can't even be described as embarrassing because nobody pays them any attention. Lance is rolling in several minutes behind those he used to beat fairly easily, which is equivalent to Schumacher taking the flag up to a minute behind the likes of Button and Alonso - which is exactly what he's doing, of course.
- Perhaps this fall is why the might of Pedro de la Rosa - who according the Rankings has done nothing notable all year - ran Schumacher surprisingly close in yesterday's Character Cup, which I'd expected to be a walkover given the number of MS fans around! Be sure to vote and comment (in the respective thread) on today's battle between Lewis Hamilton and Vitantonio Liuzzi.
- As yesterday was Monday it was time for the weekly update to Christine's Rankings, as well as the Tweets of the Week, all done while sorting out a house move. I don't know where you get the energy! Mr C has been busy recording a new podcast with Joe Saward, so look forward to a new Aside With Joe appearing over the next day or so, I certainly am.
- Lukeh has asked an interesting question - Who is your Who? Pick the Doctor Who you most identify with, the one you feel IS the Doctor. I'm having trouble deciding.
- Everybody is cordially invited to Sidepodpubbing - August 2010. This was formerly known as 'Pre-Spa drinks' but I got the impression everyone took that to mean it was just for the holiday people, when really it was always intended to be a chance for everyone to catch up with each other, and some of the race-goers just happen to be there too. I made a Wiki page with all the info so just leave a note there if you have any questions and please do let us know on that page if you can make it. Like I say there, this is your chance to meet some of those flying in from around the world!
- Speaking of Spa, in order to move the planning out of the comments, Lou and I have been working to make the Wiki more suitable, and Lou also set up a Google Wave (I think we've finally found a use for it because it is working swimmingly at the moment - we'll let you know how it goes). If you've got any Spa thoughts please leave them here, or if you're thinking of joining us last-minute you can use these three pages. Alternatively give us a shout and we'll add you to the Wave!
Finally, I'm sure you'll join me in wishing a happy birthday to former Minardi driver Alex Yoong.
Heh, turns out I found quite a bit to link to, after all..
Hello Tuesday
holy smokes... can we sign pat up for regular daily duties?
Yo Yo Yo - it's Tuesday!!
love it!
Alex Yoong, what does he do these days?
tour de france explained in f1 terms. perfect!
Tesco's?
Ooooh I would completely come to drinks. I'd need to investigate finding a friend to bum with though....
Last thing Alex Yoong did (that I remember) was GP2 Asia in 2008-09
I remember A1GP and then... nothing.
great daily, great wiki usage, cheers pat.
:D
I like how all today's stuff seemed to link somehow.
GP2 Asia was after that I think
6 Sidepods of separation
Explaining things in entirely different terms is the future
I think he's on Star Sports? Marilene, Journeyer and F1 Wolf will know.
agreed.
Lou's idea for the 'talk' page, the function was there and we're still trying to work out what it's for.
:D
Heheh :)
I changed the table to an infobox, I was really proud when that worked :)
alex yoong is on twitter: http://twitter.com/alexyoong
doesn't he work for 1malaysia/lotus now?
Is he their 'young driver development' coordinator or is that Fauzy?
Driving the team truck??
Twitter still having account/settings issues then? :(
I was getting some kind of FailBot
The Whale seems to be on holiday
i think that's his role. he seemed more active before the start of the season.
Fauzy, I thought
http://tinypic.com/r/6jlkiq/3
Needs a catchier name
Following on from yesterday's comment:
Author releasing new book solely for iPad
I've never heard of him either, but to coin a phrase: he's big in Japan [apparently]
that's probably not ideal either. christine has the kindle app on x4 devices now: mac, itouch, ipad and htc desire. it's available for even more platforms than that.
Maybe Kindle has a very low user base in Japan.
I would tend to agree with you though
anyhoo, i'm off folks
good night
:)
I think that's really ridiculous....
Night Leigh
Could well be a stunt that turns into a limited exclusivity
Well I find the idea that apple could end up completely controlling the book market too terrifying to even contemplate.
They have some way to go to catch Amazon I think. It probably needs a big, third eRetailer. I'm not sure Barnes & Noble are very big outside of the U.S.
it'll be amazon, if anyone.
thread fail..
I don't mind amazon, they're clearly the book people :P I do enjoy being able to have books in print though. Until a device is going to be fully affordable and easy on the eyes, I'm unlikely to use one. I do like literature though.
Mr C: did you see the rumour that refreshed iMacs and Mac Pros are being held back cos they are coming soon with USB3 and FireWire1600 [or 3200?]
Interesting, hope it's true
i just don't get apple's pro strategy. their imac is better than their tower.
eReader prices are dropping like the proverbial now.
For those that don't need a multi-tasking machine, the equipment will be almost accessible
The Pro refresh is long overdue. This could be why
MacPro does have the upgradeability that iMacs don't [RAM aside]
yeah. but they no longer have a screen to go with them.
Last snippet on the technology front.
4xHD is coming soon - 4096x2304 resolution
Was it Leo that was talking about YouTube supporting this soon. Crazy!
*ahem*
Who knows...
Other than that Yahoo mail appears to be down
FailWhaling is all the rage now
Yes I think companies are just putting the capability in so that the software is ahead of the hardware and when the camera and screen manufacturers produce equipment with that capability the software is already there
I can't sleep because I'm coughing too much. I swear this is supposed to be a winter ailment....
i don't see them innovating in that space at the moment. all hands are on the iphone deck.
Honey & lemon in hot water?
I think they are done there for this year.
I think it's just the RED and very few others that can film at that resolution
in that case ipad upgrades and appletv. still don't think pro's are near the top of the list.
I remember one of those SJobs email replies where someone asked [when WWDC had very little Mac stuff] is it all about iPhone now, is the Mac dead?
Something along the lines of "we have big things coming for Macs"
Isn't that basically the obligatory reply though....
Not really
Steve Jobs has been strangely open lately
yeah. email me about live shows, i'll reply and say we have big things coming too.
just don't ask me when :)
So you think he'd ever say "forget your mac getting any better...."
Of course not, just some bland response that everyone would see as expected
That's basically how I read what he did say.
What big things?
massive antennas.
I'm looking for the article
USB3 would be one of them
:D
:lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKIcaejkpD4
not from us... i hope. mind you she said she was moving house...
Left handed podcasts?
:)
Can't find the article now
But a hardware refresh and possibly a sneak peak of OS 10.7 to come for next year.
Wishful thinking really, am looking to upgrade this year :)
i'll believe it when i see it. i'm not hanging on the end of a steve jobs email though.
Well, agreed
Ideally, I want a Quad Core that's not in a 27" monitor format
It'd be a bummer to upgrade and then USB3 comes out 3 months later
In other news, has anyone gotten used to the new BBC site layout?
I tend to agree with Lukeh, it's bleurgh
going out on a limb here... what in the world do you need usb3 for? in our case it might mean we could ditch our firewire 32 track audio mixer. i can't imagine much other use for it?
File sizes are only going to get bigger.
Transferring TB's won't be far away
but do you use firewire 800 now?
Yup
fair enough, speed freak. we only use it for multi-track audio. usb2 is fine for file transfers. wifi is our main transfer mechanism. if it's a background task, it makes no odds to me.
I move a lot of large video files onto portable drives for my media player.
5-10gb will takes a few seconds
file transfer is a background task. set it going and do something else.
When I want to move it and leave the house oe watch something I should of moved earlier, I want i t quick! :)
Will try the Air Video app soon
hehe
Sometimes, times is very precious
And I'm often running late ;)
http://twitpic.com/255rnm
The new BBC News homepage is too cluttered, so I cleared it up.
still doesn't seem like a sensible reason to hold off buying a mac, but fair enough.
anyhow. i gotta sleep.
Mine's not exactly slow now
Night Sir
i just went to aldi and bought sausages. finally tonight i can have that bbq! take that jake!
:)
Leaving a message for Mr C. Does Doohickey regularly ping the server even when it's in sleep mode? I'm trying to investigate why my mobile browsing bill tripled.
Morning folks.
As a bit of a summary: With multitasking now possible, iOS4 doesn't automatically kill a process when you hit the menu button like it used to in previous versions. So even when I'm not using it, Safari could still be open in the background, right?
hi j. i'm not doing so well at sleeping in this heat. roll on winter.
realtime doesn't ping our server when sleeping, no. google analytics does keep pinging google though. it's not new, it's been doing it the whole of 2010.
so the bill has increased since ios4? in that case it could be the issue yep. worse still, is we may not need to sleep realtime any more. the news will be able to handle many times the load of mediatemple. that would mean pinging never stops.
you can have some of my winter mr c #cold
it's raining and it's still hot. i may sleep on the kitchen floor.
*new server, not news
yup. a LOT. so i'm trying to figure out why.
interesting improvement, and that's good on your end. i will need to be more disciplined in closing SPC on my mobile, though.
:(
Not really, it's just dormant, ready to spring back into action
Not many apps do real background processing
Flickr uploads, internet radio. That sort of thing
My other possible suspect is notifications, because it keeps asking for updates from open apps (like Messenger, although I don't use it anywhere near as often) which then uses the mobile 3G. In any case, I've turned it off to be safe.
I've turned off nearly all notifications. Boxcar gives me Twitter mentions & DMs, which is great
Every other non-core app doesn't need my attention most of the time
i would be amazed if doohickey made that difference.
doohickey pings every 20 seconds and sleeps after 25 minutes of inactivity. assuming no comments it returns zero bytes of data
google pings every 60 seconds and gives up after 120 minutes (ish). google brings back 35bytes of data each call. that's a maximum of 32kb returned (roughly)
the only number that's of any significance is if comments are posted, and they can vary in length. more comments = more data.
unless doohickey never sleeps because it's detecting movement?
In a dormant browser? Doohickey is asleep when I return to it
not that then. i don't think we're doing anything else. factbytefactbox sends quite a bit of data, but only for an hour a week.
I'd agree.
Reset your your data counter in Settings>General>Usage and then monitor.
You can adjust some apps and see the data flow accordingly, at the same settings place as above
Alonso and Alberto Contador arre good friends. Alonso loves cycling. I'd love to see those two Spaniards cycling against each other. It's not possible, I know. But a nice thought, thoug ... :-9
but i never use FBFB on mobile. in any case, i'll keep notifications off in the meantime and hope for the best. :)
I got confused about Karuns dad last night... But his mum is on twitter and she retweeted me :)
http://twitter.com/Twiger/statuses/18932074774
ventured to grandprix.com after some time, found interesting few days old article on Senna Chandhok Yamamoto HRT . That was posted at the time when Senna was dropped. The article suggests that Karun stickers were already being removed to make place for Sakon for British GP but higher forces moved the sticker guys to Senna's car ...
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns22439.html
I am bbqing in the rain :D
I am expecting some rain, another typhoon on the way
I am being killed by my shampoo http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/popular-shampoo-recalled-in-qatar-1.656540
Nice knowing you then :P
hehe,
In other news New Zealanders in the UAE are "Delighted" with the news of an embassy opening here and People living in Sharjah are unhappy with powercuts during the 40-50 degree summer
Of course they're delighted ... it means if they need to get documents issued they don't have to go to another country to do it ;)
I've never been to an embassy but it's nice to know that I can in Dubai if I want to :D
friend of mine went to consulate once and ended up marrying the vice-consul. embassies and consulates can be dangerous places :-)
Unfortunatly its in Abu Dhabi, but i guess thats even more convenient if you are coming to the GP...
If Spa is a success, mass sidepodtrip to abu dhabi in 2011? ;)
You need to visit New Zealand House in London!
tempted...
Morning pretty people.
Good Morning,
How is rockall this morning, is the new side of the rock better than the old? :)
Morning.
Listen, I'm sorry, but I might not be able to write the daily tonight as I have a work function. Does anyone want to swap?
Can do.
We are sort of flitting from one side to the other at the moment. It's quite confusing.
Thanks Christine - sorry to ask at such short notice. I'll happily sub later in the week if needed...
If you want to do a swap with me, I write mine on Friday night for Saturday. Otherwise I'll volunteer someone else :)
I cannot believe Pat got to use an infobox too!
I wanna!! *stamps foot*
That sounds good :)
When i moved a couple of months back i did it in 3 hours, I dont think that will ever happen again!
I only half finished putting the wardrobe together because none of the sides reached the same height at the top and the instructions were on the other side of Rockall.
Have you guys seen this?
Famous People Painting - Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante
It's a bunch of famous people in a painting with Wikipedia links to each person!
Maybe it was specialy designed for an un even surface? :)
I am getting my car this evening.
I am far to excited, i dont know how i am expected to work in this state!
That could be it!
Will you drive round and round just because you can?
I so will! For hours!
I have a rental at the moment, but this is the first car which will be mine.
I cant wait.... *pop*
Thats amazing, I love the fact they included a lolcat :D
Its like wheres wally :)
I am eating Belgian chocolate... mmm...
Pic can haz LOLcat? Coolz!
guten tag
Hey buddy :)
Morning.
hello Gavin and Christine,
how are you both today?
I'm doing well. I am going to some team building event tonight and it's quiet in the office...
How is Leigh today?
A bit tired, but happy enough. Having a bit of a software screw-up right now, so I can't do my job, so am waiting patiently
Pat, why can you not attack for the yellow jersey if the guy has a problem? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8837033.stm
It seems ridiculous to me. You might as well run the most agressive bike you can even if it breaks every hour then nobody can pass you!
In fact if you are about to be overtaken, kick the chain off and you are sorted! :D
The whole fair play thing gets a bit ridiculous. They stopped the whole race in an early stage so the schleks would not loose time. I don't think Andy has anything to complain about. He was attacking and his bike had a problem. He wasn't waiting for anyone at the time.
I love how everyone is complaining about fair play, while at the same time they are seemingly all willing to abuse substances and even have mechanical assistance in the bikes to gain an advantage...
Fixed. ;)
:D
Am i hyperactivity checking things more than usual or is the entire internet a little quiet today?
It may be a bit of both.
Luckliy joe shattered the silence with some noise :)
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/noise/
It would be so much fun if there was a team from Libya. Then I could say:
"Who do you think? The Libyans!"
all.the.time.
Mr C would love it.
We need that
"They found me, I don't know how but they found me!"
Where did Pamela meet mark webber?!
At the airport. In Nice.
Oh well yes, of course.
*super jealous*
This has just brought a smile to my face
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=41474
:)
hehehe
and that is why I do not care about Tours de Anywehere ...
ooops .... :-)
I do enjoy when "news" sites like that get it so horribly wrong
Not really surprising is it?
They have their little vendetta's and sprouts of bitterness - they give me the benefit of some exercise by making my eyes roll so much
That was brought to our attention 18 months ago after an article criticising Sir Jackie Stewart: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/03/05/an-open-letter-to-pitpass/
hahaha brilliant!
It has got to the point i am going to listen to James Allens Radio Show.
#Dangerous
I wanted to download that. Does anyone have a link for the file?
allen + irvine... in audio? not in a million, million years. i'd rather flush me head down the loo. all day.
Oh dear
its on the website http://www.talksport.net/shows/show.asp?showId=101139&id=111468&c=100085&sCatType=shows
I dont think you can download
hahahaha!
Maybe you can?
Strong feelings there from Mr C
:o
hey amanda. what's the max age of a tour cyclist? it could happen.
How old is Lance Armstrong?
Indeed he does; he has a Colnago C59 Italia http://twitpic.com/24xcm1
Thats not a pic of him with the bike. The caption explains it ;)
i have no care for anything coming out of irvine's mouth. if i never hear allen speak out loud it will be too soon :)
I think I want to hear it, because I reckon James Allen isn't as bad as we thought he was, TBH...
have we seen bruno karting: http://www.twitvid.com/FQ0LO
how amazing does that track look?
...and you're actually passing up the opportunity to hear both!?
Someone asked Joe the age-old Legard v Allen question at Silverstone and he said very interesting things. I wish I could remember what they were.
Speaking of amazing tracks,
I might have posted this before, but i looked at it yesterday and its still awesome.
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/kaeng-krachan-race-track-in-thailand-is-a-hidden-gem-of-a-circuit-ar92999.html
oooh....
now i am intrigued!
Normally he shies away from those sorts of questions because he doesn't live in the UK anymore...
He did preface it with that, yes.
Hehe. It wasn't revolutionary, just interesting. Something along the lines of the fact that James is clearly a walking encyclopedia of F1 but because commentating doesn't come naturally to him it feels forced, and viewers/listeners can feel that and it irks them, even if they don't really know why.
oh yeah! i'd forgotten that.
I agree with that sentiment.
Ah, i guess that is true. I think that might be very true. hopefully Ted Wont do the same thing!
I was thinking maybe Bernie pushed james out because he didnt like him on the world feed!
And of course Mr Walker was 100% completely natural which made everyone comfortable so most people loved him. Even if he was a little on the scatty side.
eh? pushed him out from what?
The UK commentary is carried as the default commentary with the world feed. it doesnt neccecarily have to be used, but it comes with it. Apparently lots of people complained when it was James in the ITV days.
if that were true, james wouldn't have go the tv unilaterals gig, would he?
plus he did it for yeeeears, if bernie didn't like him he would have been gone a lot sooner
totally. the bbc have since tried to erase all trace of allen, it's a beeb thing, no way is it bernie related.
Thats true.
It was in the F1 coverage thread on digital spy. If i recall james said something when the itv coverage ended about how great martin had been sticking up for him and not having him replaced.
yeah... to the bbc.
because martin didn't want to work with croftie or legard.
I didn't know Skype Credit expired?
I think this was before that, I was reading it for a little bit just after the bbc deal was announced.
The BBC do seem to be overkeen to keep him out of the coverage though.
I have a feeling Legard will do next season then call it quits after that,
It does?
Panic calling to use it up quick?
BEN EDWARDS!!!!
:D
He was considered, but apparently the beeb wanted him exclusively which he didn't want to do...
that doesn't help anyone. we need shot of brundle. it's probably his fault jordan has the gig too.
Dammit Ben!!
>:(
Id love Brundle to go, i dont think it will happen though, the job is too good.
I think EJ will stay there as long as his wife wants to keep him out the house!
Hey Mr. C, do typefaces really matter?
an interesting piece on blogger burnout (related to the headlines story yesterday): http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/business/media/19press.html
I do love Brundle, but I think he should be move to co-presenter. As a commentator, he's getting a bit long in the tooth
"In the past week the BBC website has taken on a new look, replacing Verdana font with Arial (on PCs) and Helvetica (on Macs)."
^^neither of which are good screen typefaces. hopeless.
Hurrah for unexpected half days!
they shortened the day? couldn't they have done that on thursday?
theres no such thing in my world :(
That is a good idea. I should phone up the guy on the phone that tells the time and let him know.
*humph* my dad is soooo annoying when talking to nice helpful guys from the orange shop...
:)
Fans of BBC live commentary: its the end of the board for Caroline Cheese:
http://twitter.com/carolinecheese/statuses/18987655631
I want one! :)
So I guess Yamamoto is gonna be taking over
but her surname...it's so amusing! Who will amuse me now!
I don't care that they messed up the news page or let several people go to ITV. This is the worst, BBC are rubbish. *sulks*
*rolls eyes* dad is now on the phone to a person from orange... why is my life so complicated...
you liked her? this could be tom's big f1 break.
Can't you trade your dad in for another one? he seems to be getting in the way of quite a lot for you at the moment :(
if he'd rather talk to a lady from orange on the phone than have me tell him the same thing... im not going to argue.
Oh no, this is for the football. Her and Stevo were the best.
Orvolac or something does the F1 doesn't he?
I was going to say I really miss my dad but when I rung home and he answered and said mum wasn't home I said "oh I'll call back later then" and didn't talk to him at all #baddaughter
I really should have done better with that:
Caroline Cheese is Toast
Shes Melted
She Wont Brie There any more
The BBC has gone Crackers...
Ms Cheese has definitely done the F1 before
:)
Thats so harsh!
Hello..
I didn't know that.
I know that but recently.
he's hard to talk to on the phone! We can talk for houuuurs in person though, I was always a daddys girl :D
My Dad just sits there on Skype while Mum chews our ears off!
hehe i guess im not the best on the phone to my dad either, i tend to get distracted and end up saying 'what' all the time!
he likes to tell me about his new cars and his new boat, and although I am looking forward to going on the boat when I go home, I don't need a detailed account of each minute of the 8 hours he spent fishing :D
:D
Dunno, I'd never heard of that before.. It is one of those sports with weird unofficial 'codes'
I was saying earlier it's weird that so many resort to unfair ways of winning and yet get grumpy over sporting etiquette!
Armstong and ulrich waited for each other years ago. Different circumstances though
oooh errr... dad seems to have sorted some kinda deal thing.... i'm not going to question it.. it may mean i get a desire
Used to, yeah
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/20/a-lap-of-hockenheim-with-mark-webber/
and hd ping: http://sidepodcast.com/video/
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/20/an-aside-with-joe-stop-whining-and-deliver-the-goods/
Ah good, need some direction today, very little done at all.. :)
hehe, tweet from stuart "Chris Amon was 67 today. Do you think he celebrated by failing to win something?"
http://twitter.com/teamSCboard/status/19004639881
I guess he will fail to blow out the candles or the cake will be from the baker who was great last year when Chris's cake cake from somewhere else.
:) :) :)
#MFC
Oooh, nastily expensive. Microsoft Kinect is going to be £130.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/microsoft-confirms-kinect-price
This is the thing for that Milo video Alex posted last week. The price for the camera was expected to be about £50-60. The whole Kinect thing is supposed to be the Xbox's challenge to the popularity of the Wii but I don;t think that is anywhere near what it should be priced, especially when Kinect + the cheapest version of an Xbox (4GB model) is still going to be £250...
It needs to come with it's own sailboat... not just a drawing of one...
oh and hello everyone :)
Hello :)
i don't understand why anyone would want to spend that amount of money on a game thing.. then again i'd happily spend twice that amount on a lens..
*waves*
Same reason why anyone would spend silly money on a spoiler for a car, or on sport related accessories or any kind of accessory for an interest. Just different interests for different people.
Although you can get a whole Wii console for the same price as that accessory. #justsaying
The Times paywall seems to be a bit of a disaster. The Times online now has 12% of the readership it had before the paywall and as if that wasn't bad enough some PR people interviewed on the subject said they would avoid contacting the Times about a story because they want the story to get to a big audience. So looks like the Times is losing out on supply and demand.
I have no link for this. The subject has been discussed on a couple of Leo shows recently. The 12% figure apparently comes from a former Times executive who has only recently left the company.
it depends what they're trying to do though. i heard advertisers will pay a lot more for the eyeballs of people already proven to part with cash. that makes the existing times readers a valuable asset.
I am disappointed. :-(
i'm sorry i've let you down.
I am sure advertisers will pay for targeted ads but you have to wonder how long the Times can justify the costs of running an online paper for 15,000 people. The other thing that has to be considered is anyone who subscribes to the paper version gets free access to the online version and I am not clear if they are included in the numbers or not.
if the alternate didn't work, maybe this is better than that? e.g. it still looses money, just less money.
The problem is if PR companies are already avoiding taking stories to them is it worth losing those stories in return for the income. I guess they will let it run for a while and see. Maybe it would be a better paper and more likely to get a paying audience without the kind of stories PR companies supply.
maybe PR companies are they ones out of step. which works better, generic blanket promotion, or a targeted intelligent approach. if i was selling anything, times readers would be top of my marketing list right now.
- early adopters, check
- happy to pay, check
- media savvy, check
much better to promote / sell to them over say a generic ad on a GMM site, likely being read by freeloaders who'll believe anything, but pay for nothing. no?
Depends what you are selling. Anyone selling to a traditional newspaper is looking for a big audience.
Would you really go to the Times or would you go to more specialist publications?
yeah, because more people = more ads.
personally i like niche. so i have autosport, RCE and gp+. i don't subscribe to the times because news doesn't interest me. even free bbc news doesn't interest me. it must interest someone though, because people buy newspapers.
every morning i eat my breakfast and read through sidepodcast comments and twitter.
It's not you, it's Apple. iPhone has a crack in it at the base near the dock connector. Only had it a week and a half. :-(
they'll replace that in a heartbeat chap. just take it back.
With the Times paywall up I am reasonably confident that the readership will go down unless they do unique and exclusive articles. Without it people will desert unless they have a good reason to stay loyal.
it wil and has gone down. the only real question is what level of down is acceptable to them.
It was ex-Bassano but near mint. Not sure how it got like this.
I might cry!!!!!!!!!
back in the door - another dreadful tube journey... ughhhhh...
Murdoch is keen on the paywall because it worked so well for the Wall Street Journal. But that has a different audience and is regarded as a tool for people in finance/stocks etc. It is also paid for by many companies rather than by the people who read it. I can see the same thing work with the Financial Times butnot for a general newspaaper
bassano is an apple reseller?
Hmmm...
Fans pay £75 for Tyson autograph
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-10698756 (UK)
Why would anyone pay for that? That just encourages clebrities to rip off the public.
ringo started something.
You killed Tyson too?
as if i'm that brave!
I didn't know Sauber had a woman MD. I saw this retweeted by Emma Stonier
http://twitter.com/alanbaldwinf1/status/18989757563
indeedy, can't believe you haven't committed this video to memory: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/01/10/sauber-reorganise-directors-for-2010-season/
I failed :(
hehe. we should've blogged it, am surprised we didn't. mind you it could be hidden behind a take that lyric.
;-)
what the hell..?
D'Ambrosio has had lousy results this season. 7 points from 10 races.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jérôme_d'Ambrosio
Good to see the other RG getting back into things.
...but Grosjean??
he's awesome.
He won GP2 races. He is a proven winner at that level and better than he ever looked at Renalt
So does this mean d'Ambrosio has been dropped by Renault? His team mate hasn't scored a single point!!
...the number 2 renault.
But wasn't there rules to say that once a driver had taken part in a few F1 races, he couldn't do GP2 (or something like that)?
I thought it was only for the champion
#nothere
Glock went back in 06 and 07, Pantano too...?
I have heard variations of that and am not clear on the real rule
he's looked after by gravity, not renault.
Wasn't that F3000 and not GP2?
gravity statement: http://www.gravitysportmanagement.com/?p=2680
He's the Renault 3rd driver with Ho Pin Tung
Nope, he did F1 in 04, Champ Car 05 and then GP2 06.
That's what I mean - he never did GP2 prior to '06
Actually Glock never did F3000 either...
ah i see.
in other news, i bought socks today. they're lovely!!
Mr C I think you may appreciate this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/passiveaggressive/4773512458/
;)
:)
So just one weekend. Seems crazy to me, can't they sort it out between races?
For the IndyCar fans, I enjoyed this one
http://www.popoffvalve.com/2010/7/20/1578723/as-the-indycar-turns-why-oval-and
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/20/character-cup-2010-round-1-bruno-senna-vs-jaime-alguersuari/
Is there anyone that hasn't written a daily post yet that needs to be volunteered for a one-off?
Not here.
ooh, new people please!
of you need someone to write a daily I don't mind.
of no one new can help I mean... Although I don't mind either way
Hehe, thanks Lou. I can do it no problem, I just want to throw it open to anyone that hasn't had a go yet.
i likes new people dailies.
oh okay :) people should volunteer they are good fun. Steven have you written a daily yet??
I am supposed to do the volunteering. I am sure it is in the rules somewhere. I haven't done a daily but since you have already volunteered I will do the next one that someone can't do.
Kubica reckons there could be tyre trouble in Hockenheim. He thinks the supersofts could struggle to do one lap.
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/161736/1/kubica_supersofts_may_struggle_to_do_one_lap.html
brilliant :)
That'd be a great story for the daily.
I knew I had created a monster. Ever since I volunteered you to host sidepodpanel you keep volunteering me for stuff. :)
I think I am better at suggesting stories than writing the post. Did you know that your belly button dictated which sports you will be good at?
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/18779/
well no one ever voluneers you for anything. But ya'know I've got to get my own back somehow ;)
I can't wait for your daily now Steven :)
Stop trying to distract us. It's on my list to set you up with posting privileges anyway, so the timing couldn't be better. :)
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Haven't you got a house move or something more important to do?
so when is Steven writing a daily for Christine? :)
Would you like it to contain stories about a black couple with no white heritage at all producing a white daughter with blue eys and blonde curly hair?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100720/tuk-blonde-bombshell-black-couple-s-whit-45dbed5.html
sounds like you're going to write a really interesting daily :)
There are always interesting/odd stories out there. Yahoo is the best kept secret on the net. Everyone thinks it is a search engine that has had its day but its news items are great and a lot of them are odd
perfect :)
Lou,
Do you know Rhod Gilbert is on 4 tonight?
nooooooooo? Is it his mince pie show?
Yes.
ahhh I have that on my iPod (and saw it live) it's awesome :)
I have never heard of the mince pie show. Guess I need to watch it
the award winning mince pie :) it's very funny. It's very well put together. Perfect to watch while writing a daily ;)
:D
Hehehe.
Steven, I have emailed you Wordpress login stuff.
Thanks.
The power now at your fingertips can be overwhelming ;)
The power to write rants about anything with no-one to stop me
MWHAHAHAH!!!!!
including tomorrow's daily. excellent work ;)
Lou is already doing that.
You do know no one stops you writing things in the comments too, right? :)
But who is going to notice keywords in a comment?
:)
Is this something for MrC's list?
It helps finding stories about Alex Wurz for some reason
oh... Uh-oh would you look at that I can't do tomorrows daily anymore... Lucky you said you'd write the next one someone couldn't do isn't it ;)
I have given away all my good material so I can't do it either
I spy a set-up
ahh well people would have missed it, so you can always just link to them again :)
But you miss out on the suprise of new material in the daily and I couldn't deprive you of that
ah but there were only a few of us in the comments at the time. I will sacrifice the surprise for the good of the others .... Erm Christine I may need some help :)
I need to learn how to make links look good etc as I have never done that before. I need time to learn stuff
it's the same as the comments :) plus there are nice little buttons to help.
I have never made links look like other words though. I have not been trained to use buttons.
she may have gone to bed. you're doing great though.
#isimpressed
didn't joe just teach you that content in a timely manner is important and making things look neat is for the likes of f1 racing?
Exactly and I have already done that in the comments so no need for a post
be honest, you couldn't write a shorter post than leigh's indycar post on sunday.
That sounds like a challenge. And I may even take it up one day in the future but not today because it is Lou's turn
In at the deep end like the rest of us.. its the only way to fly.
You fly under water?
i'm having a bad day. have just spent all night making weather graphics for the factbytefactbox, only to discover there's no sun in singapore.
i say 'discover', i mean 'remember'.
:D
just set it to grayscale. i'm sure it will look like the moon :P
Did you not do something with layers ?
:)
Surely the A380 has a swimming pool, it has everything else
yeah. i'm missing the moon and my background is kinda... blue.
Level adjustment?
Mr C and other typeface enthusiasts : Do typefaces really matter?
Comic Sans for the win :)
gavin linked to that earlier. and the answer, according to the bbc, is not in the slightest.
oh i keep forgetting it's tuesday..
Lukehhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
you should just write the daily :P
hehe. worst font ever ;)
noooo i've written enough dailies, i'll let you gave a go this time. :)
:D you could use it to mean 'clear' not sunny?
i write the sunday dailies.. Steven should write wednesday's
In keeping with this week so far, the daily is gonna be late again...
:D just for Mr C
I agree :D
I'd offer but I do Thursday's, not doing two in a row ;)
Mr C! help!
tis okay, it's Steven's turn...
umm, i'm making weather widgets and christine's gone to sleep. i guess we could just have no daily.
Don't deprive yourself
hehe go from the 20th to 22nd. the 21st never happened.
I said I would do the next one after today that someone couldn't do
Like Lukeh's BBC News?
it would work if we all just stopped commenting for the whole day and picked up on thursday
well im in London tomorrow... so i'll be pretty silent :)
it would become part of sidepodfolklore.
mind you I don't think such a thing is possible.
sure it is. we can close comments.
Quick someone write a daily.
*ehem*
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/20/daily-20th-july-2010/comments/#comment-847553
no mention of there being after today.... although tomorrow is technically after today ;)
Steven!!
You want me to miss Rhod Gilbert? You have the show on your ipod so you wouldn't be missing it
Don't have to do that much surely.
"Its Wednesday, oh dear, weekend soon though. Here's a bulletpoint:
(Insert bulletpoint here)
Have a nice day."
as i said it's perfect to have on in the background, plus it will be on 4 on demand ;)
I want to watch it tonight now you have told me how good it is and I don't want to miss anything he says.
RG that made me laugh quite a bit, so I've put it here: http://sidepodcast.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Comment_of_the_Year_2010
Nice use of the wiki.
ohh grrrrrr. fine i'll write the daily!!
We'll end up with two at this rate
it's gonna be late though.
Thanks Lou. You will enjoy it. Apparently it's fun. http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/20/daily-20th-july-2010/comments/#comment-847469
You doing one too?
Perfect
http://twitter.com/sidepodcast/status/19026428729
(although secretly i quite liked the idea of turning off comments too)
i will get you back for this...
it's going to be super late..
aww. tell you what. Steven you can write Sunday's.
GENIUS!
That's nice After I gave you a great idea for your photography site.
That just makes Mr C happier
I don't think my religion allows that
how come you always end up volunteering me for things. Christine will be most unhappy.
you write it on the Saturday. so technically you don't have to do anything on sunday, other than watch the race.
:)
Not if it's late you don't
(and Giggles Radio of course)... if its on though, is it?
That's unfair. I have volunteered all sorts of people for stuff. I just try to avoid me being volunteered from doing stuff.
But then it would be on time and we can't have that
you always say that the next day starts after you've gone to bed. so write the daily late then go to bed.. it will technically be sunday when you wake up ;)
You are getting way too good at this.
:)
dad always said i had an answer for everything... and you've taught me well.
:D
I am pleased you appreciate everything I have done for you. And in return all I ask is you write a daily or two this week
i'm writing one daily this week, you're writing Sundays :)
Haveyou gota good excusefor not doing it?
i'm writing tomorrow;s
Evening!
hi.
Hello
Another random, Sainsbury's question:
What happened to Gillette Series Gel Deodorant, has it been outlawed?
I can't find it anywhere, anymore
Google is your friend.
I remember looking a little while back. i'll try again
Two many online shopping deals. Was this big news?
Sidepodchallenge. Whats the most epic name you can think of for a motorsport management company?
Double De-clutch :)
Is this for managing drivers or something else?
managing drivers
amazini driver management
megablastic management
:heart
boo
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i think worst would be: a little bit piquet
i just broke the space bar on my laptop...
#blamesteven
#latedaily
The worst bit is that I can't even quote it to say uber-boo
How did you manage that? Does it help get you a Macbook?
i can't fix it back on :s no sadly not.
would your comment not read: ijustbrokethespacebaronmylaptop?
Sakon On The Grid :D
Is it taking so long cos you have to copy and paste earlier spaces?
Theres that little pushy thing under it which hurts when you press it I think..
no.. cause i still have the bobble bit... just not the actual bar.... so it's taking me longer to type things cause i have to press the bobble thing, and not the bar....
:)
*thinks about question mark*
:(
So speaks the expert in laptop workarounds
#SorryRG
yes that.
hehehehehehehe :)
To get the spacebar back on usually involves putting the metal bar in the right place first. This is trickier than it looks.
Put - instead of space then do an edit find change all at the end
Do you have an old plastic rule you can modify as a space bar percussive lever?
Who knew driver management names were so difficult. Best I could do
To InF1nity and Beyond
erm. no. i shall however continue to write the daily and fix it when i get home from london tomorrow.
I suppose it should just be InF1nity and Beyond
that is quite magnificent.
Is this for your 7 year olds Miss Wladock?
Nada, zilch, nuffink :(
Waldock.. My typing is getting worse
I do believe you mean, Miss Warlock
Checked the tesco site product/price search doofer and got nothing
nope, my 7 year olds will be making mini-beach huts tomorrow out of paper-nets. can you tell its the last day?
I've had an idea and i want to see if it's a possibility.
I've been called all of these things and worse in the last 2 weeks, I wouldn't worry :D
I just want to know if it has been withdrawn. Last time I saw it was at the airport, no where else.
I usually stock up on it as it's has been harder to find, now I'm running low
Gillette must have a site where you can find out about it
I don't want their opinion though
Jon: I loved your tweet today:
QUOTE OF THE YEAR; 'can anyone tell me what de ja vu is?' asked the teacher, 'is it a type of kung fu?' replied the child.
They must be able to tell you if the product still exists and where to get it
I actually burst out laughing, bless her. So very funny
dumb question of the day (or yesterday i guess). if you had to describe the change from the day to night in a single word, what is that word?
background is i now need a variable to handle day/night for the weather widget, but i have no idea what that variable should be called. i've so far settled with "sky".
hola! I am eeeing at work. #naughty
dark?
Que tal?
sleep?
nightfall
Darkening
jon... why aren't you at honda? #clearlyimissedsomething
#finishedawhileagoitwasjustworkexperience
i can't write this:
$darkening = "day";
can i?
gutted :(
I am not sure there is a single word that applies
Has Alistair dumped you?
not really, i could have had longer, i ended it
only you will see it?
there is. it's nightfall.
It's a grdual change, not a switch from one state to the other.
I'm not sure what you're after
An adjective for the process?
that's my issue :(
two words i can concatenate?
WHAT?! are you mental?
Do mind us asking why?
anyone with admin access to sidepodcast will see it / maybe use it. so all the daily post writers, plus steven.
yeah, basically.
When did link or join become unacceptable?
I keep seeing this word lately
no....doing a job i wasnt really enjoying and paying to do it...hmm, seems like a no brainer to me.
and before you say it, the "wow im working at an f1 team" bit runs out pretty fast when you aren't enjoying it
There must be a driver's name you could use as the name for a management co.
Senna-Prost Management
Ascari-Andretti Managemen
or
Monaco Management
Monaco Ferrari Management
it's a programming term. we're all geeks now.
fair enough. i assumed you'd be there forever.
I figured it was, am sure I've seen it in the normal world lately :)
it wasn't honda! :(
But that only applies to the time it changes. I think Mr C is talking about the difference between proper daylight and proper darkness because the Singapore race takes place at night
Hello? It this thing on?
Nightfall - the onset of night. Check your dictionary app.
oops.
Using the Lotus method, name your sons Senna and Prost and you might just get away with it.
You mean it IS a real word?
Mr C: can you explain again in what sense the term would be used
[as un-html-like as you can]
verb [ trans. ] formal or technical
link (things) together in a chain or series : some words may be concatenated, such that certain sounds are omitted.
ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as an adjective): from late Latin concatenat- ‘linked together,’ from the verb concatenare, from con- ‘together’ + catenare, from catena ‘chain.’
very much no, it was just a bit of work experience. i was doing some good work and the same stuff as the guys around me, but i would often have to wait for hours just to get my boss to sign off on stuff before i moved onto the next bit. having to sit and do nothing for hours is rather tedius.
Im glad i did it, but that job wasnt for me, if they offered me something a bit more relevant to me then id love to go back
but theres a honda in the reception area?
bingo. the code just displays a weather widget depending on race conditions, so you might enter:
[weather sky="day" condition="cloudy" temp="21" humidity="36"]
or
[weather sky="nigh" condition="rain" temp="18" humidity="15"]
there is a honda in the reception area?!?!
*prays its the ra106*
Like a catenary cable. Now I get it
What about transition?
ha. well, less honda, more bar, but still. very retro
bar?...
oh... you mean BAR?.. no caps can be confusing.
B.A.R ?
BAR
You thought they were selling alcohol in reception?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidepodcast/839715472/in/set-72157600873539237/
it's late and you've made me write a daily. don't be mean. lol
oh eeeeww
I am not capable of being mean
So weather Time: day or time: night won't work?
it definitely wasnt that one!
there was a brawn and a BAR
now i want to know which BAR... lol
maybe these: http://sidepodcast.posterous.com/hanging-at-honda
it was blue.i cant find any pics
time almost works, but time normally means something else. best yet though.
condition: day [or night]
Hello all. I'm supposed to be sleeping but it's too hot :(
condition tells you if it's raining or not. dayrain / daysun makes no sense either.
#same
Hi Janna
Will you be joining us for SidepodPubbing next month?
No-one on this site other than Christine sleeps at normal times
Just comment trawling. Concatenate is used in Excel formulas to bring the contents of two cells together. I love the word.
Right, sleep for me. So very tired.
Night all
Daylight: on or off :)
I hope so. If I don't have a job I'll definitely be there, if I do, it will depend on whether I can take a half day on the Wednesday. Kind of hoping I don't have a job ;)
Night Jon
wow! now i want to go there... that looks cool..
I think you should just stick with Sky
i may have to. azimuth isn't right is it>
Night Jon, hope you have better luck with sleep than I do.
I'm not sure I like technical words entering eveyday parlance
it's a bit short... but it's the best i could do at short notice
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/21/daily-21st-july-2010/
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That's a viewing angle, isn't it?
Nooooo!
That's angles and stuff
hmm, rotation?
Nearly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuth
orbit. tilt. position.
That's the passage of time, generally. Not really specific to time of day