Saturday at last, and we have had a week filled with testing, Honda rumours, Danica speculation, and talk of Bernie getting involved with as many deals as possible. Meanwhile, we continue to talk and discuss:
- ING have apparently said they will continue to sponsor the Turkish Grand Prix, even though they previously said they'd be pulling out of F1 altogether at the end of this year. What's with the sudden about turn? Shouldn't they have decided this before the announcement?
- There is speculation that the Honda team may show up at Silverstone for some straight line testing next week. There is also talk that the transporters were spotted near Dover, and things are kicking off at the factory. Take all the above with vast pinches of salt.
- The latest Sidepodcast Diary is up and about. Number 16 takes a look at some of the video we shot at the Porsche Centre, including a small boy attempting the Batak Wall, and a mishapen ball being thrown at me. What more could you want? Go take a look and enjoy.
- Also, just a quick mention that this is the 100th Daily post. Yay! I honestly can't quite remember how we managed without daily posts, so here's to the next 100.
I'm sure there will be more news later in the day, so if you spot anything, be sure to share it with us. Feel free to veer on and off topic, though, that's what the daily posts are for! I'll see you in the comments.
Happy Birthday Daily.
Gotta admit, the kid attempting the batak wall was cute, not that I coulda fared much better with height issues.
Wow, already?
100 days has certainly flown by. The daily posts are an awesome way to get through the off season :)
hehe i'm watching back on the earlier episodes of sidepodcast diaries :) i like how f1minute's Big Picture is listed at the side as part of the google ads :D
soooo it's 12:30, isn't it time for some honda news :P
No, someone has to be just about ready for bed first :)
Next one to yawn triggers Honda news?
haha :)
My mouth is soo staying closed ;)
i have honda news...
...although, it's umm, odd.
Do share please
Is it Mercedes have set them a deadline for Monday?
Please share.
yay! i knew you wouldn't let us down.
lol :D doesn't matter :)
it's weird:
http://www.caranddriver.com/blog/2009/02/honda-f1-race-car-sport.html
presumably old news that only just got written up?
Ahem...
"My mouth is soo staying closed"? ;)
Very
Going by what I read earlier Honda were talking about deadlines but I think that is just to push Branson into moving faster.
I took a drink, it slipped in after.
But aye, 'forum speak', Honda buyout deadline is Monday as thats when engine deal for Mercedes is required
deal should read payment
If they don't have a budget to test the new car they don't have the budget to give joyrides to journalists.
yeah that's pretty old. Done last year i believe. i think there is a video on youtube of it...
There is no reason for Mercedes to impose a deadline. All they have to do is ship a few engines to ex-Honda and they no doubt have plenty engines available.
in that case... i got nothin'
Hence why i said 'Forum Speak'
well... if it's talking about the Steve Sutcliffe test it is... if not i've no idea.
but at least it's something :)
The test i was thinking about - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Immx3VuhO9c
100 Days 100 Nights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE
Congratulations and thank you :-D
Gosh I've been a "Sidepoddie" for 100 days, wow, doesn't time fly!
Nice one Jackie.
Are we Sidepoddies then?
Never really thought about a name for the collective
Alia thought of that name, methinks.
Sidepoddies are the sidepod awards. Any new meaning of a word should be put in the sidepod dictionary.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Dictionary
Found a stupid tennis game on sticksports earlier and after much effort I finally managed to win a set.
Guess thats not xiao xiao related then?
Am currently watching this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHU1B4mICHA&feature=related
The only real time I have actually jumped in the air when someone one. And Im gonna see it in June, yay!
www.sticksports.com
They have a few sports games but I would give their motor racing game a miss as it is by far the worst they have but better than their previous attempt.
How about "Christine, me and the Sidepodettes" :P
Can't remember the last time I saw Speedway but think it must've presented by Dickie Davies on World of Sport on Sat afternoons
Showing my age here ;)
:D
Sidepodsters?
Love the cricket and baseball, and I see what you mean about tennis
That makes me think it's an opening band before The Sunday Show
oooh you have to press 'a' to hit the ball....must.read.instructions.
The cricket was the first one they did and much as I hate the real game their version is addictive. The baseball is too. Football not so much but I think the tennis is going to keep me occupied for a while until I win at the top level.
Q: what is the best driving game?
For me it's gotta be Gran Turismo
The trick to doing well is to use the arrow keys to aim your shots. So when you press a press the left or right arrow as well but don't press the arrow first or you just run away from the ball.
I haven't tried most of the driving games. I get too competitive and it ends up taking up too much of my time.
omg... i'm having trouble even winning a point, so far this game is 15 - 40....
I loved the Topgear space shuttle game
oooo and you can move forwards..... that's helpful..
Took me ages to get that relatively straight :D
ooh, I'm only 2-3 behind
Is there a Wiki entry about Stevens web games? :D
I struggled to get a point but once I won a game I won a set straight away. Assuming you are playing the novice move in for his serves.
Ooh, are we playing games?
We had a night here a while ago where we played that and the other Top Gear games
One of the few times Steven is actually the right one to blame.
lost first set 6-2
ah thanks. real tennis is much easier :)
We would need to search back through months of comments and dropio to post record scores but not a bad idea.
The John McEnroe in me is trying to fight out.
Now that's a research project! :)
[For someone, not me]
woo! i won a game :)
I have started playing the pro since I beat the novice. Well he is playing I am just running round not getting to the ball. Fortunately I can serve at 147mph and get points that way.
Maybe we could have an online soduko game one evening and see who can drop.io the finished result in the fastest time
talking of which, is this a new view?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/media/images
all of the uploaded images. also:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/media/movies
That sledge one was the most irritatingly addictive game I've ever played...
??
But LOL @ http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/mac-lab-4-uwc
oh yeah... that was fun :D
I love the image view in dropio. For those who were not around then we were designing a helmet for Button.
:D
Both new views are great.
That Santa was a pain.
wasn't that Rich's dog? very very cute :D
So that's what Me looks like
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/mac-lab-5-uwc
I think so. That was Christin'e 2007 Xmas message.
Lost the match 6-2, 6-1.
May need to improve a bit
Ooo there's a DC video, I feel sad now that he won't be around next season
Just my preference but Page 1 should be the latest, not the oldest
My serve is up to 153 mph
F1 does need a new Scot
*fights urge to try to beat it*....
di Resta?
Hopefully
Paul di Resta
Is he that good? .. after all if he was as good as they say wouldn't McLaren have given him a testing role
You can't beat that urge any more than I can.
You feel the need. The need for speed. No-one can fight the need for speed.
He won the European F3 title. His team mate was some guy called Vettel who some folk think is as good as Hamilton.
grrr :P
:D
Ooh fighting talk .. Vettel has won in a reasonably priced car .. unlike Lewis
am only 146mph so far
Lewis did some very good thinks in GP2
you two are totally having this discussion on sunday... please?
*wonders if we've spoken to bassano on the phone yet*
Contemplated tonight seeking out a Skype headset and taking a crash course. [No promises]
Nope
*wonders if we might this sunday*
haha :D
Also considering only doing face to face 'live comms' :D
if that fails, landline works just as well.
he was pretty impressive in DTM in a year old car
can do.
Junior Series mean nowt, Kimi Raikkonen hardly bothered with half of them and still won the championship. You get rubbish F1 drivers who can obliterate the field in lower formulae
Vettel is not as good as Hamilton but I think McLaren don't want to rush di Resta as they have spent a lot of time producing to great young drivers and
they don't want them fighting each other too early. I think he will be in a McLaren for 2010 though.
I'm watching one of the original Scots right now. Weekend of a Champion. Jackie Stewart, being directed by Roman Polanski. Genius.
Over a pint and/or Elderflower Spritzer [Black Sambucca Chilli Mojito is optional]
I am now at 155
Only 1 behind! :(
and if I say no? I think I could be too shy to come on a show and argue.
Is there a live show this week? every time I put it in my calendar it gets moved so I've not risked it this week
*sigh* still at 146...
PC World do them for not much more than £10
:D
we'll talk you into it.
Aye, the chat show one
Has to be, Mr C is egging me onto the phone!
yup, sidepodchat redux.
Cool :D
Great movie.
I am not wearing a panda suit.
Giorgio Pantano? :D
And Kimi barely got his super licence in time for lack of experience
are they optional?
i have a spare.
that's what 'me' said ;)
you have 2?
You have two?
We REALLY don't want to know ;)
:D
:)
Twice the fun
Do I go for call centre/MacDonalds Drive-Thru style or wireless/bluetooth set-up?
Stop it Jackie, we had to change the subject last night ;)
Well, nothing really cool has happened to Honda F1 since Surtess won the '67 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, so it just becomes a matter of much propaganda can you smotach in the meantime.
Honda in 68 (wrong), Honda in 69 (wrong), Honda in 70 (wrong), Honda in 71 (wrong).......
much fun:
http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/02/three-blondes-and-scud.html
;)
That was good though :D
haha :D
Anyone?
Cheap and cheerful will be fine
@steven, serve is now 150mph, am catching... slowly...
erm. no clue. anything with headphone is good because it cancels echo.
I just have a headset with a cable and a usb plug.
I have considered it, my wireless phone's battery is so poo that I doubt it has the legs for a SidePodChat
I lost 4-6, 5-7 to the pro. He broke my serve on my sixt service game.
Shame we can't play each other on this game.
Thoroughly recommend Silversun Pickups Radio on Last.fm, btw
Good chilled/shoegazey stuff for The Parade Lap too
haha you'd win for sure. it's probably a good thing we can't otherwise i'd be demanding that we continue playing until i win :P
Beat the novice on the second attempt, 6-3, 6-1. Bring on the next guy
Do I need a VOIP headset or will a USB headset be fine?
(The only differences seem to be better adjectives at the moment)
Yay! I finally won the match!
that's strange, i accidentally navigated away from the doohickey page and when i returned the comments were from about an hour ago. i refreshed and it was fine.
Oooh, recorded 154 mph
I found that I went very quickly from scoring a few points to winning against the first guy. Took me 30 minutes to figure out I had to use the arrows to aim the shot since it doesn't say that any where.
Mine is just a USB headset that cost about £10 from PC world .. think it works okay
:D
So long as it has a mike there shouldn't be any difference.
same issue andy had yesterday. i'm not seeing it though?
STOOOOOOOOP. I refuse to allow you to serve as fast as me.
What is Di Resta doing next year
Sorry, missed that so I got 155
LOL :)
That's what I though, we have Sennheiser set-ups onboard the aircraft at work but I doubt I'd get an adapter from PC World :D
Maybe Maplin....
I've had that before...
i'd had the page tab open for ages and pressed or did something and ended up looking at ye olde commenting... which confused me, then when i went back to the doohickey (actually clicked back rather than typing it in the address bar) it showed the older comments. not sure if that helps..
i think he's staying in DTM but getting this years car. taking Ralfs seat maybe?
great now i need to beat Steven AND RG...
Doohickey likes to freak out now and again, so would you if you had such a choice name!
It hasn't been announced yet. WHen Merc announced their DTM team they said that one of the new cars had not been assigned. It was di Resta's unless he had another prgram. A couple of weeks ago they gave it to Ralf. ART the GP2 team they placed Lewis with has announced their drivers so he is not going there.
I would still believe he is going to be getting a lot of testing miles for USF1 but no-one can say anything until they make their announcement on 24th.
Probably marginally over-specced for Skype.
Mentioned on his blog (back in Dec) about almost putting pen to paper about a race winning drive
Yup, same here, but 1 hour is a bit of an exageration, only realy 20 mins
he has a blog?
Maybe more of an official site
http://www.pauldiresta.com/
Tomayto/Tomahto
He talks on it :D
that's a blog :)
Christine posted a video of di Resta at ASI saying that he had something good lined up.
I definitely don't pay enough attention to the lower series
As I said
"Tomayto/Tomahto"
Isn't all of the web "a log" of some sort
Needs more mainstream TV coverage
I think that's the problem, it's just not easy to find stuff unless you are in the know
Though this could work
http://tinyurl.com/d7h2ba
I think I know a place where there's one or two people I could ask ;)
Ah but is being obsessed with one motorsports series not enough?
That will do the job perfectly. I have an Advent headset that cost about the same and it is perfectly good provided you remember not to mute the mic or turn the volume right down.
wooo just served at 156mph :)
Racing the same circuits on an F1 GP weekend helps to get into the lower formulae too
No. A1GP online tomorrow. Start there.
Nope. But it helps... ;)
any idea GMT?
I tried that and just didn't like it
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I just found out that your highest speed disappears when you start a new match. I just won a set against the pro but only just did a 155.
Noooooooooooooo. No. No. Noooooo
Hmmm, sounds familiar
I guess a wireed set-up could avoid any Tinkerbell moments too
[Though we'd forgotten hadn't you ;) ]
sky box told me it was 12 earlier.. will just check though
tis South Africa so should be late morn / early afternoon
Did anyone go slower than 146? Do I win that? ;)
The countdown clock says 1 day, 10 hours 26 minutes.
haha that was good I put my comment between html brackets and it disappeared
Try it with live commenting here and have a look at their timing and telemetry. They do it so much better than Bernie.
Guess I'd best not volunteer again ;)
yep coverage starts on sky sports 2 at 12pm.
It also stops people saying 5 minutes before the show that they haven't charged their headset.
You mean Live Timing works?
What a revolution
ooo i forgot about that :) am looking forward to that now.
Reet gonna gan now, have fun!
Anyone got a live streaming link? ;)
night rg.
Goodnight RG
Laters fella
[am guessing he was saying "goodnight"]
Will head off too. Night all!
http://www.a1gp.com/About/Promotion.aspx?id=31 says the official site does live streaming
G'night Dom, switch on the Honda News Bing will ya.
We'll give you a shout if anything good comes up
see ya dom.
Goodnight Dom
night RG :)
Most excellent, up yours Murdoch!
LOL :D haha
I think they show it on www.a1gp.com
Giid night Rg / Dom
night :)
Am liking the sound of HiRes video too
Ooh, I just did the rewind time thing on the doohickey. I went to a link and when I came back it was showing comments from 25 mins earlier
what happens after that out of interest? do the comments filter in again, or does it just sit there?
Maybe Craig David is a webmaster now?
I'm off to bed as well, cya later :)
I'll have a go at A1 again today if I'm back from town.
night jackie.
I just used the scroll button at the right hand side to go to the top of the page and it worked fine after that
they update as if they have only just been posted.
night Jackie
G'night
For info
SAT 21 FEB A1GP Qualifying 12.00 - 14.00
LIVE 14.00 - 16.00
SUN 22 FEB 07.00 - 09.00
A1GP Sprint race (delayed) and LIVE Feature race coverage 11.45 - 14.30
[*that formatting isn't going to work*]
cheers, that makes sense. will see if it can be sorted by tomorrow.
w00t. Just beat the pro 6-4 6-2 but I don't think I am ready to step up a level yet.
Night Jackie
Just looking at Listener map, I could have drinks with Keith in Phoenix soon, must make contact
that would be rather awesome.
If I nick Giggles iPhone I could Live Comment :D
How big a bribe....
imagine the roaming charges :)
Giggles is paying :D
An elderflower spritzer should do it.
What the hell, let's make it a large one
Wiki PM'd, if he ever visits
how'd you do that then, he's not on there?
'tis a shame I'm not there on a Sunday late afternoon, I could try to wangle a local radio link-up :D
Maybe I should go for a shout-out
ahh, i see your comment. v.clever.
I did a Sidepod listeners map message
You can do that?
i had no idea! you've lost me on the radio thing tho?
But who logs in and checks that?
Sidepodchat shout-out may be required [and needs to make the edit]
Hang on, it's starting to sound like Cilla and Blind date....
Ermm
ok. well, what we need is someone who's on the call to bring it up in conversation tomorrow...
Get a Phoenix local radio to do a Sidepodcast 'radio shout-out'
It's getting a bit Dave Gorman isn't it?
:D
I haven't looked at the map for a little while. There are a lot of new pins on there. I tend to follow the what's new page and follow the links to keep up with the wiki but it doesn't log map pins.
You going to find 50 Bassano Clappers?
If Sidepodcast is mentioned and no one is listening, does it actually happen?
Well, there's a story there...
It's much more than 50
really?
Really, really
i also think the doohickey really hates me today.
I blame Bill Gates [who may or may not blame Steven Roy]
awww.
you not read dave gorman?
I might tell you at IET...
:D
haha :D
no?... Ed Gorman the times online guy yes, a dave gorman no.
According to itv-f1 FOTA will announce their plans for F1 in Geneva on March 5th.
Dave Gorman did a TV series where he set out to track down 50 other Dave Gormans.
oh right.
Dave Gorman was talking about being lambasted for abandoning My Space.
He had an auto reply saying "sorry, this is not being monitored anymore, if you wish for more info on DG then go to DaveGorman.blah blah
His reaction was, if you phoned someone and heard 'you can reach me on this number' would you give a torrent of abuse, as the My Space [cadets?] did?"
How very neutral
My neighbour is one of them, changed his name by deed poll
[previously discussed, wiki needs to auto-update :D]
if it wasn't being monitored... how did he...?
I don't know, isn't that your world?
Maybe it was a Golf Sale bloke on his My Space page
:)
not been back to myspace in a long time.
Is that a London thing?
Cos if so, it's really obscure
Who has?
Bwahahahaha
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070807135117AAkoysK
us:
http://www.myspace.com/sidepodcast
"its a code for when someone is selling golf stuff"
:D
Must not click, Sidepodcast is reversing into 1984 ;)
I know
Me and a friend followed one of those signs near Oxford St once. He bought a fluorescent golf ball
He doesn't even play golf, go figure
It obviously works!
it lights up in the dark?
there are plenty of golf sales round where i live... there are also plenty of golf courses...
Another nomination
:D :) :D
But are there any lone figures holding Golf Sale signs, nowhere near Golf shops?
Golf sales are everywhere.
Like this http://dublindailyphoto.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/dscf1319.jpg
Where I live they actually sell golf stuff at one of the local hotels one day a month in the summer. The summer in Scotland is the time of year when the rain is nearly vertical.
erm..... no. that's kinda strange...
Have been there, he is a truth speaker
Gah!!! why does the Doohickey hate me so much! :s
:)
preview button enabled tomorrow. if that doesn't solve it...
I want one
http://www.funkytshirt.com/Images/Products/ProdPage/golfsaleOLIVEGREEN.jpg
wow!
Gracias
chances of my hitting preview are kinda slim.... but will try to train myself to do it ;)
haha
goodness it's late, i should have been asleep hours ago. you guys are a bad influence :P night x
Still regret not buying the "nobody knows I'm a lesbenan" T-Shirt
(My misspelling Wordpress Nahtzees :D )
night Lou
moi?
good night
Dawn is awesome!
night lou.
who's dawn?
:D
She's a friend of Risingson
friends with chorus?
Neighbours I think, Massive Attack on the other side
you out-geeked me :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsMd8xRnwlI
Was an NME/Indie anorak back in the day
Rising Sun ;)
that bit i got, the massive attack reference went north by about 60 miles :)
At least you were in the same country!
Christine? ;)
It started there!
You really were in the studio with Bros weren't you :D
sort of.
I wouldn't admit to that ;)
So, are you Stock, Aitken or Waterman?
now would be a good time to apologise for jive bunny, right?
I don't think there's ever a good time for that!
:D
Am loving the art-deco'ish machinery at the Montana pasta factory
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/at_work.html#photo4
Before I read the text I thought that they were primitive injection moulding machines
They look cool as!
I'm imagining this as the switch room
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/at_work.html#photo7
damnit, am tired and the sun isn't even up yet.
catch y'all in the morning :)
I'm just shutting things down too.
Good night.
'night fellas
Blimmin' hell. 328 comments before 'proper' morning?!! :-)
Beardy Branson was on the box this morning on BBC Breakfast. Didn't say much about an apparent take-over of Honda, but gave the impression that he was interested, particularly if F1 was made a lot greener.
Guten morgten
Was on Sky News (My Mam was watching it), was stuttering a lot and smiling a lot so I'm guessing he's intrested. A lot.
He's doing the rounds a bit this morning isn't he? Was also on Five Live!
From BBC News 24 this morning:
If we were in discussions I wouldn’t be allowed to say it because there would be some kind of clause which would prohibit me talking about it.
I love Grand Prix. If Bernie Ecclestone can make it more cost effective for the likes of the Virgin brand to come into that sport, and if he can champion clean motorcar racing, then at some stage we might be interested in getting involved.”
If there were I wouldn’t be allowed to tell you, so I cannot clarify it I’m afraid.
Just slightly evasive.
He's getting a lot of publicity for his 25th Virgin anniversary...
I'd forgotten he's been "interested" in Northern Rock but then stepped back...
I am hoping that his interest is more than a publicity stunt for his 25th... he's getting a lot of exposure for virtually no cost at present...
I heard him on the Beeb, TV and radio, and I didn't think his interest came over that well...
Let's hope that's a negotiating ploy....
I was thinking that. It's not the first time he's been involved in a takeover and got lots of headlines before totally disappearing, like with Northern Rock.
Didn't Branson say he was interested in buying Gatwick Airport when BAA put it up for sale? Whatever happened to that bid?
And didn't he briefly do the exact same thing and bid for Bradford and Bingley too?
Hi...........
Hello :)
Hi everybody, I know I am not around much at the moment - work is stupidly busy but just wanted to share this quick snippet.
I went to a Carnivale party last night and somehow found myself for the evening talking with two pandas. All night I kept thinking about Sidepodcast :)
I hope you're all well and I'm looking forward to making some more appearances in these parts sometime soon.
Any pictures? :)
Richard Branson on BBC news this morning said "he could'nt comment on whether he was or was'nt talking to Honda" because if he was he would be contractually bound not to say anything, and if he was'nt he would'nt say anyway!!!!! So is he buying Honda or What..........
I'll see what I can do! Might take a day or two though.
The million dollar question!
Sidepodplague catching on then...
Just making the most out of the free publicity, like he always does. The guy is very clever. Even if he doesn't buy Honda, my guess is that Virgin will launch some new product shortly.
For anyone that hasn't seen it yet, Ollie has a great post with... get this... a positive vibe! Makes a nice change :)
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/02/20/the-future-looks-bright-for-formula-one/
Richard Branson on BBC news this morning said “he could’nt comment on whether he was or was’nt talking to Honda” because if he was he would be contractually bound not to say anything, and if he was’nt he would’nt say anyway!!!!! So is he buying Honda or What………. {Comment #342}
I'd say he is thinking about it. He made a slip-up in the BBC interview (listen from 5:53 on this BBC interview). Following a question attempting to clarify the existence or lack thereof of discussions with Honda F1, Richard said, "If there are...". Then he stuttered to a slightly giggly halt as he noticed the grammatical issue with his utterance.
"If there are" implies there can be, despite his saying in the previous answer that F1 needed to change first, whereas "If there were" (which he used earlier) implies that such discussions are not possible under present conditions (more in line with what he'd previously said).
He recovered quickly with, "If there were, I wouldn't be allowed to tell you", but the damage was done, at least to my ears.
I thought it was gonna be like 'The Future's Bright, The future's Orange' with Orange as a shock new buyer for Honda
ah thanks. real tennis is much easier {Comment #60}
For me, real tennis is a lot harder. I got seven tennis balls on the school roof last half-term I played it (note that the half-term in question was only six weeks). Which would be more impressive had I not been attempting to get said balls into the normal playing area of the tennis court. In addition, I sent a couple of balls into the car park for the petrol station next door and several more in hedges.
Strangely enough, I never won a tennis game in the entire half-term...
I think i'm a little confused, didn't Honda already confirm that Virgin are in talks with them.... so why is Branson saying 'if'?...
i guess he's just being careful. virgin in talks with them is quite different to making a deal with them. in talks could just be seeing if its possible. lets hope he's just being coy because they've made a deal :D
Working on the 'in it for the headlines' theory: because it gives him even more publicity?
Hi everybody... Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I have been very busy!
As you can tell from my drop I might have some unread messages to catch up with in the doohicky:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/alex-has-some-unread-messages-in-doohicky-png
i so hope so. i'm a little worried about what he said on five live, about f1 possibly needing to be a little more green etc before he enters the sport... i'd hate it if he was just doing this for publicity, it's hardly fair on the fans if that's true.
hey Giggles, 3191 new comments?! omg.
I'm guessing 100 of them are me insulting Honda...
i couldnt work out what you mean as i couldnt see the tabs, but WOW...have fun with that!!
it wouldn't surprise me lol
So from that article, it looks as though Branson is saying "Thanks but no thanks". I'd be gutted if this doesn't happen, just like I was gutted when I though Carlos Slim was taking over.
holy....
Phew, just had to do a system restore after my laptop screen all went wierd and locked up my system. Thankfully none of my files are affected :)
What are the stats looking like? :P
:D
I think it would be great for Orange to buy Honda. I think Ornage really missed the plot by not having a green plan when they bought Arrows, a while ago and now it might be time for a second shot at seeing an F1 car that looks like a Jack-O'-Lantern on wheels....
Just think of all the "Smashing Pumpkins" jokes we could come up with if the two (Orange) Hondas took out each other....
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Ggrr, team-mate just spun right in front of me on Grid in the touring cars, causing me to hit when we were running 3rd and 4th, in the end I finished 20th. Ggrr.
Nice stats.
his page has been running so long, he has the old version of doohickey open!
It's the way forward!
Oh no backward... ;)
:D
drop.io seems to be having a headache, and no matter what i try, video's won't convert into anything preview-able. however, if you care to download:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/preview-demo-m4v
that's a quick demo of doohickey comment previews in action. as you can see the style sheets are all a bit jumpy, and there's more work to be done. still hoping to get something up today though.
it looks great :)
yay.
and when i say today, i mean tomorrow!
:D haha. as i say i like it, it's worth waiting for :)
that looks awesome!!
You know, judging at how frequently Honda enters F1 as a constructor I think Lou has better hopes of seeing her pension than another Honda F1 win....
well as long as i see another Jenson win i'll be fine ;)
Kinda enough of the Honda bashing Jordan, yeah?
any remember these brackets?
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/11/18/daily-18th-november-2008/#comment-148743
didn't last long :)
How the heck did you find that so fast??
:D
Have finally remembered to put panda's christmas present up
Http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/1235235038674
i havent decided whether thats cruel or not....
"look its your mumma....oh wait....no its not...."
lol
I feel really unoptimistic about Honda's 'future' again. grr.
i keep saying to myself that we will know in a few days (hopefully).
It's just been on my mind all day in work (yeah I know, I don't think about much... :p) and now I've just come on to see Branson saying he'll enter F1 when it's faults are rectified, and as a fan I just feel a little... I don't know. I wish there was more conviction to his words I suppose. I got the same feeling with dave richards after his whole 'we'll enter eventually but not now' stuff.
Maybe I'm just overalaysing it but you're right lou. We just have to wait and see.
:D
Don't be. They'll make it.
Plus, we need to make the most of them being the centre of attention every day after midnight. ;)
:D
haha :)
yeah i totally understand how you feel. i wasn't totally happy with what he said today, but in the end what he says to the press, and what he actually does could be two very different things. Bernie is keen on him buying Honda and has been on the phone to 'his people' so that's kinda a good sign.
woo :D
haha :D
I shall guffaw if these talks between Branson and Honda are nothing more than them becoming a logistics partner to help fly equipment to races via Virgin Atlantic :-)
I am not changing what I said about Honda, but I think Lou would be happier that her pension fund got her tickets to see the Honda next win....
Not really. My hostility towards Honda can be summed up in four Words:
Lotus Honda, Williams Judd.
Yeah, well, my worst enemies do not deserve NASCAR drives.... I am not that cruel...My take of the Daytona 500 is 43 people running around in a circle until the pride of lions jumps in to take out have the field in one swoop....
I think that's cruel in a well-meaning way, like bobbing a dogs tail a small piece at a time so it will not hurt the dog as much.... Just as I am sure that a Panda named Carlos would not put up with that sort of stuff and seek revenge...
Lucky that's not this one then.
quality post from dank:
http://www.red-bullog.com/2009/02/21/anatomy-of-a-pit-stop/
I just spent 30mins looking at two of the photos in th epost and asking myself, "Are they different photos?" :) Excellent post, Dank.
you mean you didn't learn from the spot-the-difference trick?
;)
Hmmm, just looking at old F1 history.... In 1995, with both Schuie and Hill driving Renault engined cars, and Herbert and Coulthard being decent rear gunners, I wonder what the odds where for Alesi (Ferrari), Barrichello and Irvine (both Jordans..) in that order in Montreal....
Rally update: Kimi's positions
stage 1 9.
stage 2 10.
stage 3 7.
stage 4 9.
stage 5 7.
stage 6 43. (it took a bit to get him out of the bushes again)
stage 7 8.
adds up to 23. overall
Ssshh! If Jolly finds out, he'll never post the hi-res versions again. ;)
awww!
If he says yes that is the end of the story until the deal is done. If he says something vague he gets lots more intervies and therefore lots more free advertising. The bottom line is he is buying and it will be announced by Tuesday.
It is important to remember that while Branson is doin interviews he is still negotiating with Honda and Bernie so if he comes across too positive the prices will go up.
GPM2 2008 update - playing as Renault, won the WDC with Alonso in the first year, now currently running with Kubica and Vettel, got virtually the best car on the grid thanks to acquiring better technology from other teams, all the top sponsors and about a million dollars coming into the bank per race. Things are looking good so far :)
on tuesday? i have to wait till tuesday? :)
*faints*
The same day as USF1's planned announcement? They're going to compete for media attention with USF1? Isn't that a bit, erm, silly?
I said by Tuesday not on Tuesday. I actually think it will happen on Monday but I thought I would give myself a little leeway. Best to have a little leeway when ou stick your neck out.
Otherwise you get the blame for stuff.
Yeah, just noticed the language myself. Sorry for that.
:D
Exactly and I don't want to start getting blamed for stuff.
haha :D
Slippery slope, that would be.
Otherwise?
Just a raincheck, can I be on Sidepodchat tomorrow?
course :)
Are you on my side of the argument or Jackie's side?
There's sides already?
Remind me what that was again?
There is Jackis's side and the correct side.
:D
Something to do with Paul di Resta. Can't remember what exactly. 'me' decided we should have the discussion on the sow so I am sure he knows what it was.
Ah right, thanks. If you want my view, I like the guy and hopes he does make F1.
Is comment editing turned off? I realised my error on doohickey, hopped over the main site but didn't see the Edit link. It's possible it has been off for a while, or maybe it doesn't work cross commenting platforms - I don't really notice these things until I need them. No biggy either way, but was just wondering...
(Comment left via main site to test theory two)
Edit: Theory 2 it is!
Was it that Vettel was better cos he did well in a bad car?
Ah yes, I remember now! It was something about Di Resta winning the F3 Euro title with Vettel 2nd.
That sounds familiar-ish. I am sure Jackie said she didn't know much about di Resta and whether or not he was any good but I am not sure what the argument was. I know I was right though.
not yet cross platform, soz.
Thanks. I edited my question comment, but it's good to hear from the creator. And also good to hear it's something in the pipeline.
if it helps, the edit button will be situated next to the reply button in doohockey. but that's as far i as i've got.
the problem actually isn't editing your comment, it's refreshing everyone else's windows with the changes, without flooring the database.
Oh what a surprise - Honda just went bankrupt in my GPM2 2008 game.
Think it started here and spanned Lewis, Vetel & Di Resta
You should know better than bring facts into it.
:D
I just tried the top level of the tennis game we were playing last night. Didn't go very well. 6-0, 6-0. I only scored 9 points in the whole match and one of them was a double fault.
Sometimes you just know straight away you are not going to win. First point I hit a 152mph serve as wide as I could and he it straight back past me. I think it is a big step up.
Heck, it was just a comment that I rate Vettel .. didn't know we had to take sides
:(
There's always sides ;)
Have provisionally added my name to the Sidpodchat list on the wiki
awwww, you take us far too seriously.
my original point was, this was a debate we had to have live. if it make ya feel better, i'm on your side. apparently that's the wrong side, but don't worry... my left hand rests on the skype volume control ;)
Hi Jackie.
It was 'me' that said we should have the argument on the show. I couldn't even remember what the argument was,
:)
yeeees!
That makes a change that someone else apart from you is getting the blame :D
Mmwaaa haa haa
And I did say...
:)
We'll find a way to twist it somehow.
If not, blame Steven anyway
I'll be around tomorrow too.
I've just spotted the comments from the early hours regarding Bros and Jive Bunny. :|
Oh yeah!
ace :)
I've confirmed my availability for tomorrow night as well :)
Ignoring the mention of 80s pop groups then?
Ah ha
hehe.
ignoring the fact i missed a blatent massive attack link.
:D
I won 10 quid on the lottery :D
you'll be buying honda on monday then? :P
:D
am currently educating christine to the genius that is "hole in my shoe".
All this playing of GPM2 ain't just for fun ya know ;)
Not so much blatant, more kinda 'hit over the head with a 2x4' link ;)
:D
the genius that is what now?
... and it's letting in water
:) ah well it's good to knowyou'll have some experience in the f1 management world :D
Trust me, you don't want to know.
letting in water.
letting in water
erm.. okay.
http://www.last.fm/music/Neil/_/Hole in My Shoe
:(
Oh, you so do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB0UZN83N-w
If I can bring Minardi up from nothing to world champion winners in less than 10 years, I should have no trouble bringing up Honda. Although let it be known we'll need 2 paying drivers, partner deals on our main components and no sponsors for the first two seasons. :P
Oooh nooo...
Oh YES!
Button has a new Honda contract so he should be able to chuck in a few million
The Young Ones rocked
"Oopen up, it's the pigs!"
"Don't flush it, it's only Neil"
:D :) :D
Excellent. Now just need another one :P
Apparently he's riding on the back of a giant anchovie. Really no.
The version by Neil? "Oh No, look at all that washing up"
errrrrrrrmmmmmm............ that's....interesting :s
It should not be legal.
Heathen ;)
Hey, that's not fair. I have the single somewhere. Not got the album but I understand it was quite good.
I mean that performance. ;)
If money was no object, who would you love to see run Honda and why?
Paul di Resta. He is really good.
Honda.
honda.
:D
:D
you guys are freaky.
Me.
christine.
You or me? Or me?
I thought Christine was committed to Williams
haha :)
Errm, they didn't do such a good job 1st time round
I'd like to see Paul Stodard back in F1
[Ducks and hides from Lou's wrath]
Since we have a show tomorrow I am going to say Franck
The older I get, the more young people make me feel older. :D
I'm guessing this is something else the younger folk haven't seen, just like Monty Python it would seem. I need to start a campaign to get these things put in the national curriculum.
Crawler :)
I'd like to see Eddie Jordan back on the scene
There are not many good experienced drivers around looking for drives just now so you either have Button and Barrichello or some of the young guys.
What Ollie said
He is, just in front of the camera this time
Everyone's seen Monty Python. Fact.
I don't want Christine giving me the tick tock sound.
No, Mystic... ;)
i watch monty python all the time :D life of brian is one of my favourate films :) (i like alot of old comedys) i just haven't seen that before...
you may have the wrong show.
But not everyone knows they've just seen Monty Python (or something that was inspired by them).
haha :D
Ollie said Honda should put Monty Python on the national curriculum. I though earthdreams was enough to show they had a sense of humour.
That was 80s Top of the Pops for you. Any comedy song had to be rubbish when performed on the show. Remember Jasper Carrott's Funky Moped?
i'm confused (i know this happens regularly) that song was inspired by monty python? or am i lost... again....
Yes. No. What? :D
You were doing so well until you called it old. Do you know how that makes us erm .... erm slightly more mature people feel?
I am not prepared to take chances after my last sidepodchat.
The KLF in all their incarnations
but it's not always about their success. besides no one would know what the would have been like this season... i mean in '09 they could have won races, seeing that they gave up their '08 season for it. unfortunately we will never know.
Does it prove advertising works if I say I read that as KFC
I wish I'd never mentioned it now! :D
I once tried to explain Fawlty Towers to a Polish person. Never doing that again.
oh... i mean old.. as in... older than me...not old as in people.... *stops talking and just continues digging hole*
Forgot to add in Lou's "confused" quote.
They recently launched their own YouTube channel. Pretty much everything is on there, you are encouraged to buy anything you like.
Life Of Brian is one of the best comedies ever made.
:D
"They're justified & they're ancient and they drive an ice cream van"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8TLxa9Icc8
:D
QFT
Yeah :)
Let's just hope me isn't responsible in any way shape or form for Star Trekkin'
oops I have that on my iPod, its great for when you want a laugh
Absolutely.
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
He is the King of the Jews
And that's Capricorn is it?
Life of Brian is now 30 years old...
before my time thankfully!
But would he admit it if he were?
I say bring back Jordan, they really were the bees' knees when it came to the smaller teams (and with the 'Buzzin' Hornets' livery, quite literally)! And, you could spot their cars coming a mile off!
And I thought my iPod had more than its fair share of embarassing music.
But still as fresh as a daisy on a spring morning.
The bluray release is a very nice print - not perfect, but it's as good as it will ever get.
They don't write lyrics like that any more.
We come in peace
Shoot to kill, shoot to kill
Stop doing that.
Surely not including the Million burning incarnation... if they'd left that in the bank/stock market they could have bought honda....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE
They could still buy Honda if they handed over the ashes...
Or their empty wallets...
Ok, good point. I should have added "musical"
Silly sausages, a million quid!
Could I get a link to Sidepodcast's drop.io thing please?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/
http://drop.io/sidepodcast
Or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vUVJsfG3eA
Jackie, you can stop that right now :)
!!!
Spoil sport ;)
I dread to think what spitting image would be doing if they were around today
Philip Pope, who wrote the music for the Chicken Song was on a show about comedy songs recently. He explained that people still mention it to him, then say that the song they really liked was on the B side - I've Never Met A Nice South African except he didn't write that.
Lyrics were by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who went on to create Red Dwarf.
This is how novelty songs should be
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Yoda (lego style)
2DTV was a good substitute.
Um
You could have done the classic music thing and started 'young'...
That is genius. "if you kill Darth Vader, you'll be unemployed."
He was too.
Is a good substitute!!
According to the 'local success' exhibition that was in town earlier this month, there is new 2dtv on the way :-)
:D
:D
One of my fave Al tracks
Amish Paradise
Brilliant .. I wasn't expecting that :)
"Tonight we're going to party like it's 1699" ROFL
I can't be the only person who can still remember most of the words to the chicken song even now, can I??
What about Roland Rat? Now *that* was definately dodgy 80's and Me *is* too young to be responsible there!!!!
Yeah, rat fans!
Yeah!!!
Are you sure that "me" is too young for that?
Zig & Zag for me though
You're not. But then I can probably remember most of the words from the Spitting Image LP Spit In Your Ear.
Besides, I thought Greg Dyke was responsible for the TV-AM Rat?
Aw bless.... I'll tell the children to test you then....
Now... .who else (apart from Andy!) remembers Captain Beaky?
Hissing Sid?
And Me you've gone all quiet... has Christine threatened you with the panda suit for playing dodgy 80's stuff??? Should we suggest some of the less dodgy stuff (Portishead anyone? The Cure....)
Adam Buxton: NWA Day: Help The Police
(Safe for Work)
sorry, am here. just coding :)
I can imagine Giggles doing a rap to that
Yes & yes
Evnin all, just back from a surprise birthday party. (With the nutty side of the family). I think a few had a bit to much to drink, especially when karakoe came on, and they forced me up. I shall remain quiet on what I sang.
Not gonna bother gannin through the comments as basically, I've had 1 to many J2O's (whilst nice at the same time, nothing can beat the tastes of Oasis)
Was it Star Trekkin' ?
Has he solved the not going into bankrupcy problem yet?
That and the Nirvana one are my favourites.
Nope.
kate bush?
:D
Any of the below? :P
Hopefully you've all seen Alan Partridge's tribute to Kate Bush?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2IZwOOGGrU
Smells Like Nirvana
evening RG :) hope you had a good time :)
You had to open your mouth didn't you RG, well done you muppet.
Best music video ever. ;)
haha :D
Did they tell you which song to sing? or did you get to choose?
Instead of telling us the song you could just sing it on the sidepodchat
Now, I could never watch Alan Partridge
Nothing's changed :)
Sounds like a fair deal to me. :)
Agreed.
Forced. Oh they promised me money, but all I got was black pudding. Evil, evil people
Well done you absolute idiot RG, now you gonna have to sing the damn song again. Unless...
Another nomination
there is no unless...
Did they hit you with the black pudding? If so, is your last name Bacon by any chance?
was it YMCA :P
Unless... you wanna turn the lyrics into a rap?
Shhh
You can sing it on sidepodchar RG and you don't get the black pudding
If you break your headset they'll phone you. ;)
and you were?
:D
I don't have a headseat, I only have a phone, and no other option if that just so happens to fly through the window.
:D
That or track you down and do the show from your house.
oooh so that's the reason for the map on the wiki :P
Speaking of bacon, this still baffles me
Chocolate covered bacon
Has RG got the sidepod-xfactor? .. Please can we hear it tomorrow :)
What an excellent suggestion, RG!
Actually I'm quite scared, cos I have a relative who people call Mr C, and he knows where I live.
RUN
It's not like it can ever be as bad as The Giggles Rap ;)
How long have you been waiting with that link until somebody mentions bacon? :P
Have you heard me singing?
not yet.
Not yet...
No. But we will tommorow!
Is that you volunteering RG?
Strangely, I saw it earlier on (the real) wiki
That reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9s9rmi9Kk
I think it is!
I'm dooooooomed, doooooomed.
Why couldn't I have a football match to conviently injure my self in, oh wait, Maths Homework, if I have loads, I love you maths teacher,
Oooh look, it's Honda news time!
am looking... haven't found anything yet...
Whats your maths teacher's number? I'm sure he'll understand...
I know he lives in Blyth, and thats it.
"RG must be excused from his maths homework as he is required to rap the YMCA on a Formula one podcast."
How's that for an excuse?
Love this:
I'm The Only Gay Eskimo
think of it as making up for all those Honda jokes :P
Oh crap, I think he likes motor racing as well...
Damn you justice, damn you all.
I really am Laughing out Loud at that :D
And all those times you said "I want to kill Franck" and "I think the 2009 cars look good." :P
you can't escape karma :P
RG is excused from his math homework. The importance of rapping YMCA on Sidepodchat far exceeds his educational development.
:)
not honda news, but how about - we rather regret buying them ferrari's:
"I would not have ordered the new Ferrari cars if I had known about the crisis in advance. The previous cars were all paid for."
http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Sport/Article.aspx?id=944369
Alright Sir, I'm struggling on a certain question as well, you know similatanious equations, one about circles with the equation x3 = 2x - 5, can you help me?
I'm glad you understand. :D
That's cheating!
Don't tell him! :P
I said help, not answer ;)
Erm, it's been a while since I last did simultaneous equations. Can't you just look it up om the Internet or summink!? :D
I've put a few soundclips on drop.io. The mian one is a David Letterman interview with Jacques Villeneuve from 1998, but the others are good too.
Although he's had all half-term to do it, so really there's no excuse at all...
So...
Will this be with webcam or without?
Original or SPC F1 version?
Rikrack/Tim Curry or Damien style backing track? (hey, back around to 80's music again?)
I have already done it apart from that one question ;)
It was today?
The state of teaching today summed up in two sentences.
If money was no object, who would you love to see run Honda and why? {Comment #487}
David Richards. He knew what to do last time the team needed rescuing (from its rescuers, ironically enough) and he'll know what to do this time.
listening now joe. excellent stuff, thank you :)
dearest doohickey,
why do you hate me?
lou x
:P
loving the schumi piece!
dearest sidepodland and residents
I've only said a few jibes about Honda, and only once have I said I wanted to kill Franck, but you gotta admit, the new 2009 cars are hot.
RG
WHen Jackie posted that originally I read it as who should Honda run not who should run Honda. Must stop scanning and read properly.
You're only making it worse for yourself...
I actually think it sums up the state of the curriculum better (assuming you know that I am in fact not a teacher - just to make that blatantly clear in case RG does actually use this as an excuse for not doing homework!). I had a good education, but I've had a better one since leaving the mainstream education system and started learning for myself.
Ah how worse can it be, I'm singing tonight, on -1,000,000 for the next Sidepodpanel, erm.
Goooo Mod Queue!
You're supposed to say "how can it be any worse - Jehova, Jehova, Jehova"
:D
Well that shows something that was missing from the curriculum then as well....
:D :D
You've just got to work it out for yourselves.
(How long can I keep replying with Python quotes?)
Now I can't even get Fame out of my head/
Fame, Fame
I'm gonna live forever
Nope, I didn't get that one. I will though, just give me time.
???????
Oooo - that works... it even takes you into right to left until you manage to escape from the pasted area (clue, go the 'wrong' way with the cursors)
Yes, we are all individuals
OK - so it only works until you hit post...
Me - your hebrew script seems to be missing :-P
what in the world are you talking about?
:)
It's on the list :D
classic :D
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/17022009/58/talking-point-f1-s-greatest-driver.html
Just found a poll on the greatest driver ever on yahoo. First they don't have Gilles on the list so whoever set the poll is an idiot but there are a massive number of votes for Senna and Schumacher and very few for anyone else. These are by people who went to the F1 page so they should have some interest.
But first put a crash helmet on.
When I want F1 news, strangely, I don't think of Yahoo
:D
Who threw that?
I blame the Romans. What have the Romans ever done for us?
Can I have a packet of gravel Mum?
Oooh, nice, an F1 related Python quote...
I just happened to follow a link and when I was there I clicked on the F1 page.
I blame Steven. What has...
No, it doesn't work as well. :D
him him HIM!
Actually, I think it was 'a flat one'
Tow flat ones and a packet of gravel
Just illustrating the lack of some obvious names
you could replace f1 with any applicable word in that sentence :)
Even yahoo?
hehe :)
I usually think of Jerry Yang managing to talk his way out of a merger with Microsoft.
:lol:
:D
:D
apparently the company can do nothing right:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/21/oops-microsoft-asks-some-laid-off-workers-to-send-back-part-of-their-severance/
okay am off to bed now. night all x
see ya lou.
Night Lou.
I'm a big fan of Fat
Most of Weird Al's videos are superb though. Anyone else seen his movie?
Just found a poll on the greatest driver ever on yahoo. First they don’t have Gilles on the list so whoever set the poll is an idiot but there are a massive number of votes for Senna and Schumacher and very few for anyone else. These are by people who went to the F1 page so they should have some interest. {Comment #678}
I go to that page regularly but I don't ever vote in the polls Yahoo! has. So it's not necessarily the case that everyone who goes there can be bothered to answer the question, especially when it's a multiple choice answer to something that could have literally hundreds of different replies (not that all of them would be sensible*)
* - Murray Walker once declared Ukyo Katayama the greatest driver in F1 ever in the middle of a commentary. Whether this was a slip of the tongue was never fully answered, possibly because anyone who knew who Ukyo was would have struggled to see how he could possibly be F1's greatest-ever driver.
anyone around for some early morning doohickey "preview" testing. or should we leave until the morning?
Seeing as it is the morning... :P
:)
promise you don't have anything better to be doing?
It's morning?
I'm still here, sort of. (Writing as well, but I could do with the distraction.)
for some reason i figured everyone would be asleep ;)
if you refresh, the preview button should now be enabled. having issues with ie8(beta) though.
Hmm, looks okay to me.
glad to be of assistance! couple of other changes:
- you can now quote smileys (quoting will convert back to text)
- you can now quote bold and italic text
oooh, me likes.
Preview button test. Test worked.
Have you been to this site before?
Well this I have to try. ;)
:D
makes you wonder.
I can do very little at 2:30am...
Hehehe. Looking good.
Quoted and previewed italics.
Clicked on bold to quote
Me likes.
You can even quote previously quoted smilies.
at last :)
:D:P;)
We don't have to leave gaps either...
I have to try that
:D:D:D :D :D :D :D
No way! That has made my morning. :):):)
Works with zero gap
If I don't someone else will... :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
really??
still have to sort on 'ye old comments' and 'lclt', but we are getting there.
It's the simple things with me!
i see!
thinking of supporting other smilies like (heart) and (beer) in future - basically anything we can blag off of msn messenger. still not a fan of the animations though.
Just trying to praise doohickey of new and am being told "Error: Invalid post id."
Preview isn't working on that comment either?
ooh, that's not good.
give it a refresh and try again. not sure what's up there?
Does it not like numbers?
123456
i see your numbers.
12:34:56.
I'm not actually a fan of smilies, despite what you might think. But SPC caters to all sorts, so I say go for it if you want.
I have to agree on the animated ones though. Even the lol smiley below is starting to annoy me.
(This is the second time I'm posting this comment - the first didn't actually work - it just disappeared after hitting Post. It happened to me earlier in the evening, but eventually (like 60s later) appeared. As this one hadn't shown after about 120s, I thought I'd post it again.)
it just hung? that's not great :(
It really doesn't like this one comment. Have tried re-writing it in a few different ways and it tells me "Please note: You must enter a comment."
could you screen grab and drop.io pls?
The comment box disappeared. The message didn't show.
Earlier, when I was halfway through re-typing, the message finally appeared on the doohickey. This time, it didn't show at all. And at no point did the moderation message show either.
New comments arrive faster (and sign) can see the 02(colon)32(colon)37 on my own comments.
I think it doesn't like the and sign.
k, appreciate the info. the box shouldn't close without some warning. must've missed something.
the what and the who?
:D
Definitely doesn't like anything with an and sign. I have tried a few variations an always get the pop up at the top of the screen saying
Error: Invalid post id,
Think of Shift 7 on windows.
It wont let you use it.
ampersand
It also ignored the plus sign in that comment.
right :)
OMG, it doesn't even like the HTML version of the amperage symbol.
ok. good info, am looking into it. cheers.
I was so meant to say ampersand! :D And as Steven said, plus symbol causes issues as well.
I tried using the ampersand in a sentnce, with other shift number characters or even just on its own and they all show the same fault
()
!"£$%^*()
All the other symbols you get with shift plus a number work.
£
%
@
\
gotya. the good news is the preview isn't showing either. so at least that's true to what you're posting.
am looking into it.
That's the thingy!
/*--_
The doolally isn't working on the doohickey!
Does that make me first to press post instead of preview?
:D
:D
I decided to print all the characters possible using single key or shift operations. I got a couple of warnings then I deleted the ampersand and posted it straight into the mod queue.
Some things never change. :)
cool. that's a good thing (bar ampersand). because i've re-written akismet integration and that comment looked spammy. next step is to implement a whitelist for regular commentors, but that's next weeks task.
Before I get to see the new moderation message?
you can see it by removing your name from the field top left of the doohickey, then trying to post.
same thing, different text.
Also works when you try to type an ampersand symbol!
hehe ;)
So it's "you must enter your name to comment"?
But it says something like: "You comment is awaiting moderation."
Is it going to be able to cope with RG's brackets?
the ultimate test :)
Where?
Hahaha. I hope this whitelist is based on email as the identifier. :)
You know where it said "you must enter a name"?
Just imagine that dark background, SPC icon and X, but with the text, "You comment is..."
I seem to be having real issues with the letter 'r' tonight!
imagine with your eyes:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/doohickey-warning-png
;)
I was sitting here thinking, "Should I purposely type a rude word into the comment box just to get the message? What if it doesn't work and posts the comment? Nah, I can't do it, I just can't!" :D
¬``!"£$%^*()_ =/*-~#@]}[{>.
twice?
I got desperate!
I think the mod queue hates me, btw. It never lets me join the fun.
that's a first.
I swear I've been moderated only about 9 or 10 times altogether since I started commenting?
Favouritism
akismet have a test key you can enter in to the name field if you want to be sure to hit the mod queue:
http://akismet.com/development/api/
right at the very bottom.
Probably about the same as me then.
I have had weeks with more visits to the mod queue than that an Lou is the same
Hmm. I wonder if Jackie and Jolly suffer much? :P
You guys probably comment a lot more than me though. I wonder what it is as a percentage.
I just got that. Sorry, I'm a bit slow at this hour of the morning! :)
Technically it's not Sunday yet, seeing as the daily post hasn't gone up.
Think I need some sleep, just managed to confuse myself.
Night. :)
see ya dom. daily post shall resume once you wake up :)
thanks for you help.
- this is a + sign.
- this is an & sign.
(may have to refresh doohickey to see)
& we said unto me, fix and thee will have joys + laughter for all of eternity.
:)
:D
and with that i must sleep ;)
G'night.
night sir, and thanks u.
Tried without refresh and it didn't work. This is after refresh.