Guten tag and welcome to this fortnight's Memorable Moments post, which includes clips from the German Grand Prix, as well as the lowdown on another important sporting event going on at the moment - well, it's important to me anyway. The last few weeks have been like Jekyll & Hyde here in Edinburgh weather-wise. Two weeks ago it was torrential rain and thunder, last week it's been beautiful sunshine and this week we're back to torrential rain and thunder. Global Warming. There, I've said it, can we move on?
Before we take a glance at some glorious highlights of German GPs gone by, I thought I'd mention one other sporting interest I spend my time watching and enjoying. This week sees the 18th PDC World Matchplay Championships take place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The World Matchplay, which has been staged every year since 1994, is one of the biggest darts events in the calendar and it's a tournament that every professional player worth their salt wants to win. The defending champion is Phil 'The Power' Taylor, cited by many to be the greatest darts player of all time - his statistics speak for themselves. However, he's hit a bout of poor form lately - he hasn't won a major TV tournament in over a year, which is unheard of for a player of his reputation and ability - which makes him vulnerable going into this year's tournament. But don't dismiss him yet: he may be in his 50s but there's life in the old dog left. Please note: Phil Taylor is a human, not a dog.
And what a start to a tournament we've had? For a start, we had a superb 9-dart finish from Canadian 3-times World Champion John Part. For those of you not in the know, a 9-dart finish is described as winning a game, starting with 501 points and working your way down to 0, in nine darts, which is the least number of darts required to win a leg. Just like getting a hole-in-one in golf, a 147 maximum in snooker or a 300 game in ten-pin bowling, it doesn't happen often but when it does, it's exhilarating.
Other notable favourites who are tipped to do well in this tournament include:
- Reigning World Champion Adrian Lewis, who has also recorded a 9-darter during the World Championship final at the Alexandra palace, London.
- James Wade, winner of 7 major titles and is already on a high after winning the last TV tournament, the UK Open at Bolton
- Scotland's Gary Anderson, who recently won the Premier League Darts at his first attempt - no mean feat, when you consider he had to play seven of the best players in the world twice over fifteen weeks in such high-profile venues as the O2 Arena in London, the SECC in Glasgow, The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham and Wembley Arena in London.
- Raymond van Barneveld, the first man to truly challenge Phil Taylor's dominance in the game and is himself recipient of 5 World Championships and 5 9-darters in competition.
So with Phil Taylor not at his best, several top players have a chance to win a major tournament, so this year's World Matchplay could prove to be a very wide open affair.
And now onto a sport we're all interested in - the Grand Prix of Germany. It's had a long history, from the old Nürburgring in the 50s-70s, the old 'straights-and-chicanes' Hockenheim in the 60s-90s, the truncated (and also boring) Hockenheim in the 00s and the new Nürburgring in the 10s, so there's plenty of moments to choose from. I have therefore reduced the selection to these, one moment from each version of each race track:
- This is what happens when a back-marker doesn't look in his mirrors. In 1982 we witness a square-up between Nelson Piquet and Chile's Eliseo Salazar. And the commentary's fun to listen to as well.
- 2010 saw Ferrari make all the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Felipe Massa's radio communications seemed to suggest that the team was using team orders - directly or indirectly - which was banned at the time. He let through his teammate Fernando Alonso - who was ahead of Massa in the World Championship standings at the time, interestingly enough - to finish 2nd in the race.
- Niki Lauda survived a terrifying accident at the old Nordschleife in 1976. The severe burns he suffered are still visible today and it was down to the help from other drivers, who stopped on-track, that his life was saved.
- In this clip, Niko Rosberg takes us through a lap of the current Nürburgring whilst tracing the circuit blindfolded with a marker pen. Any excuse to make a feature interesting, huh?
So what does the 2011 race at the Nürburgring hold? It's generally not a popular circuit with drivers and fans alike; on the other hand, perhaps the new overtaking aids will push everyone's opinions in the opposite direction. We'll just have to wait 'til Sunday to find out.
cmcb
hullo fine new daily. excellent darts update, have only heard of phil, but i'm already much wiser.
Good. I'm glad to hear it. Honestly, darts is on the up.
all i know about it now is that crofty likes it (and what i've just read). i used to know everyone when bullseye was on the tv.
Crofty commentates on the BDO darts - that's the darts they show on the BBC.
ahh yes!
Have you watched the updated version of Bullseye on Challenge TV?
eh? noooo! who's presenting/
It was on a couple of years ago on. It was presented by Dave Spikey. Tony Green still did the scoring.
Phil Taylor is going through my theory that I've named the Tiger Woods phase, where everyone still goes on about how great he is, knows he hasn't won in a while, but isn't really commenting that he's probably well past his peak.
And don't forget Paul Nicholson, who's for some reason would rather say he's from Australia than Newcastle...
hehe.
ouch, why?
He was born in Newcastle but grew up in Australia. He's living in the UK again, though.
I think he was raised there. Still hurts though, badly.
Especially when he has a strong Newcastle accent.
we'll claim anyone that looked at Australia on a map. But only if they're good.
Worked for them in the Ashes.
And with that I'm off...
Okay, toodloo for noo. :)
sounds like a sport I used to care about ;)
catchya later RG
:D
Fab daily, thanks Colin.
yesterday a colleague and I got into an argument over who owns Russell Crowe. Neither of us wanted him.
You're welcome. :)
Hehehe!
I'm gonna have to go too. It's half past midnight here. Tata.
Oooh, darts in the daily!
Ooooone-hundred and EIIIIGHTY! :D
#nothere, #justsaying ;)
Over the past week or so I've decided I might have to unfollow Jake Humphrey because his tweets kind of make me dislike him.
Shall listen to Joe after work Thursday as I've run out of time (trying a new regime of getting to bed before 1am on weeknights..).
But I thought I should mention these while they were in my head:
- Travis Pastrana is the first name to be announced to try for IndyCar's $5m prize at Las Vegas. Optimistic..
- A great article by Toby Moody slapping down the MotoGP riders for being stupid about the radiation risk in Japan, citing XKCD's chart. :) http://plus.autosport.com/free/feature/3685/why-motogp-has-to-go-to-japan/ (in Plus but is free)
Dislike Jake? Whyyyy?
:D
hashtag abuse mainly :D
:)
blimey
Hi my name is #Jake blah blah blah #bbcf1 #bbcf1 #gettingfitter #thisisahastag
i'll have to pay more attention. think he's getting to smart for his own good?
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 21st July 2011
- An Aside with Joe - He's an unusual human being
- Germany 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 20th July 2011
- From Moscow to Cardiff in the Team Rankings this week
it kinds of comes off that way, all the self congratulating gets a bit old too
A billion people watched #bbcf1 last weekend, how amazing are we! strength to strength! yay for us! #bbcf1!
ahh yes. but worried about his job i'd guess. at least he cares enough to want to keep it, i'd be off prepping for the olympics if i were him.
He should be able to sleep knowing that if and when the BBC do drop the F1 he's probably the only one guaranteed to keep working for them :D
also true. brundle will have a job wherever it goes though.
for sure. he's like a little network pinball :)
hehehehhe
2012 Aus GP has launched.
“We are excited to announce that we’ll be launching an all new female focused Grand Prix experience titled the Ladies Lounge,” he said.
“Held at Albert Park’s iconic restaurant The Point, the Ladies Lounge will target female fans providing an exclusive race day experience including three-course meal, fashion parades, massages and pedicures.”
Surely that's not targeting female fans so much as females who get dragged along by their husbands/boyfriends? The last thing I'd be interested in on a race weekend would be a fashion parade and a pedicure. Gah.
sounds exactly like that! how far is it from the track?
it's just inside it, beside the lake
i'll try a do a post about it tomorrow. i like that they're trying, but they could've been more honest :)
I feel like the AGPC fail at a lot of things #blametweetdeck
:) :)
"I want to be seen at the Grand Prix because it is a big social event, but without having to do all that noisy car stuff"
Bingo
The Ladies Lounge will be held on the Saturday and Sunday of the event and will allow fans to get dressed up and experience the fun of the Grand Prix, whilst relaxing and soaking up the stylish ambience.
sounds like monaco.
MMMmmmmm Laaaddddiiiieeessssssss....
:)
Worlds biggest McDonalds to be inside Olympic Park. Someone must have told them I'm coming.
Mmmmmm cheeseburgers.
Shutterfly editing of their little photo books is driving me nuts.
i have no idea what that means?
hehe
Same for me earlier when you said "pass" to whether Lion would fix the thumbnail preview issues in Snow Leopard. Why does that happen, anyway?
Okay, so Shutterfly is an online photo service and because I did lots of TripAdvisor reviews they gave me a free photo book of any of my photos I want. I've been selecting them and editing my little book for hours.
but it's not as fun as the iphoto one?
It's not as fun.
ahh, i meant - "i have no idea why it does it, or if it'll be fixed. christine didn't have the issue before the upgrade and she's the only one with lion.
*shrugs*
oh, ok. I thought you knew and you didn't want to go into it because you had before and I missed it or it was too annoying or something.
I'm glad I asked. :)
ah no. "pass" like in a quiz show :)
Hey, I was looking into UK immigration. They've reduced the number of visas they're going to issue per year to 20,000 or so and it will be harder to get there. And they took away the general one I would have applied for.
ooh, bugger. can you not marry someone from the comments instead? you could hold the wedding at the williams factory...
Sure. Can we then live in the Renault bunker or wherever that was so I can do my voice overs from home?
ummmm. not sure that was for rent :)
Well, maybe we can do a podcasters commune and build or find a space that is quiet and we can rent it out to others.
hehe, yeah noise is a nightmare. mowers especially this time of year.
My issue is a barking puppy next door. and loud air conditioning. and loud fridge. and mowers. Pat had issues with seagulls today.
we used to have to turn the fridge off in one flat. always forgot to put it back on. never had air-con, but kids and dogs always cause grief. thankfully no more live shows, so at least we can pause these days.
i must call it a night.
Good night :)
Freshman year in college we had a used fridge.
With a rattling compressor. Sounded like a bell, but at random times.
Sounds interesting.
So jpan, did you say you're going to Austin next year?
Barring disaster, yeah, I'll be there. Have a place to stay already (friends house)
Eric was asking for people interested to see about sharing a place. That weekend, June 17, may be okay for me, it may not be.
Eric the baker? Don't need to share a place, but I've got half a dozen folks who can tell me where all the good BBQ is ;)
I'm hoping Joe does an audience with for the race.
I'm thinking there's a decent chance the date is going to change, though.
Man this would be so much easier with voice recognition ;)
And there was me thinking I was the only one inexplicably up at 4am..
Well I'm not really inexplicably up. I'm quite able to name the reason I am up.
Do you think it will go later or earlier?
Later, please. Then I can go.
Hi Alex (and Nina). :)
Night all
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 21st July 2011
- An Aside with Joe - He's an unusual human being
- Germany 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 20th July 2011
- From Moscow to Cardiff in the Team Rankings this week
I have a friend who owes me a favor and have a condo lined up for the week of Friday the 15th - Friday the 22nd.
It's not perfect, because I can't check in until 5PM Friday, and it's an 1 hour 20 minutes S of the track. It does have private space for 6 adults, washer/dryer, full kitchen and stuff like that. It will be a comfortable place to stay. I don't feel like camping.
Morning everybody
Morning, so will the announcement by Team Lotus be about today ?
Oooohh... I missed this...
http://twitter.com/#!/MyTeamLotus/statuses/93939340710912000
we already know that Ritz Carlton Hong Kong is the best hotel Fernandes ever stayed in, Air Asia announced their venture with ANA in Japan :-)
by the way, that Ritz is seriously amazing. need to go to check out their apparently super cool bar on 100++ floor
Air Asia just did a tie up with ANA japanese airlines, maybe some of their logos?
looking at the profil of today's TdF stage. that looks brutal ...
did not see that one coming - Karun in for Trulli this weekend ...
60 minutes until the shuttle lands...
coverage has begun - not much to look at yet but after deorbit burn in ~30 minutes, there's a lot going on
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Earlier than expected. I assumed Trulli would be retired after Monza
says for this weekend only ...
I still expect Trulli to be retired after Monza though
... and Fernandes says something about being close to conclusion of a deal with Trulli for 2012 ...
Good golly, why??
Wow, well i guess they dont have the power steering untill the next race
They did say the steering update would be Hungary
BBC weather update for the Nurburgring this weekend...
wet, although not heavy rain
There were rumours he would do 2 races this year, 1 of which india
I guess it made sense for trulli to miss this one whilst the car isnt to his liking
Morning all.
Like in Blade Runner, you mean?
He should man up and get down the gym.
at least Bernie won't need the sprinklers
the cars are never to his liking (and I deliberately typed cars, not car)
Absolutely; alas Trulli is more Daryl Hannah than Harrison Ford
getting back to previous comment about that Ritz Carlton and Fernandes - the bar is on 118th floor... that would make one dizzy without having a drink. #musttry
I get woozy on the 3rd floor of most buildings
I've seen a lot of drivers compared to other people over the years but this one I doubt I'll see again :)
Probably true
here 3rd floor is considered deep underground :-)
And even more alas, more like Daryl Hannah in Splash than Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner...
If you want to follow the shuttle with interactive google earth live telemetry/GPS
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/shuttle_google_earth.html
Does that make Heikki F1's version of Tom Hanks
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/6540154
where's Steven Roy? seems weird to be talking space without him! 30 minutes to go....
he's having internet issues again.
Good early morning
NIce to see I'm not the east coaster awake! Good morning.
At least for Steven, this will be on TV
i set my internal clock to wake up and it worked. 5:30am on the dot.
It is sad to do this without Steven.:(
You don't have electricity where you are?
hehe
No, I just couldn't bring myself to set a regular alarm for 5:30. I'm still recovering from all the vacation excitement.
so this was a "non essential" activity? :) I set the alarm. 17 minutes to go... Mach 20
Always good to hear that initial radio communication after re-entry.
yes, and I set me dvr as a backup.I'm happy I have NASA tv.
Totally agree - I drifted off for a second and they did it with so little fanfare I didn't even realise!
Our familiarity with the shuttle over the past 30 years or so has made us a little blasé about what an epic adventure each mission is. What a remarkable achievement it has been.
Phew, just in time.
as opposed to NASA ;)
I know NASA got annoyed the only way they make the front page is when something...(holds breath)
I agree. Well said.
for Stuart, and for Scott. :)
I'm glad you made it Christine.:)
W
The live video is here and will have in shuttle camera showing the pilots view
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
contains other links to ustream and different formats.
11 minutes to go.
I hate typing on the iPod
Should have been:
Wow. This is it.
:) I have a similar issue when writing emails on a bus and I hit send before I'm ready. awkward when I was only going to draft an email....
i was a little concerned that the pilot didn't know where they were! He's drifting off the preferred line there....
okay, I got to the keyboard.
Shuttle is going 2.5 times the speed of sound.
Pilot cam! Awesome.
It's a bit dark.
Yeah.
5:53am
Was that the sound barrier?
sonic boom!
Twin sonic booms! Fabulous.
yesterday the shuttle launched a tiny satellite
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=102379751
go to about 1min 7 seconds. it looks like a shoe box being fired from a canon.
Oh, 7 times steeper than a commercial jet? eek. o.o
It's on the dark side
Seven times steeper descent angle than a commercial jet!
of the moon?
my local TV is showing this....I bet they're regretting showing a black screen...ooh HUD time!
:)
Thats why they made it white #truestory
runway at the top
1 minute until the end of the shuttle program!
yay landing. boo no more shuttles :(
Aww. All I can see is a parachute. Probably a good landing though.
Seemed like a good landing
It's so quiet and normal and nonchalant about it all.
better than I do on that iPad game
I'm sure the TV networks were kind of regretting taking this one live. No infra-red?
the speeches are more rehearsed than Vettel's.
ooh infra red!
that is breaking, from Mach14 to zero in 20 minutes ...
yeah. Someone was pushing for a daylight landing, to be sure. I mean, what are all those people there seeing? It must be amazing just to be there, though.
Hurley seems to have done a good job getting into the space program so quick after Lost finished
:)
The training program was intense.
The google earth config is a little off - the shuttle looks like it's buried into the runway. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/shuttle_google_earth.html
Yay landing. Yay no more shuttles
(think im on my own here on this one)
why?
yup you strange man :)
what's your angle? I"m open to discussion but to me it's the passing of my youth with no shuttles...
Doesn't seem like a good incentive to get on the front page of the papers for less tragic reasons, if you do all the good stuff in the dark!
Same here. It started when I was in middle school and now it's over.
Good point.
if NASA knew how much interest they'd get for the end of the shuttle mission, they might have milked this out for a few more years and funding opportunities.
I like space exploration.
The shuttle as nice as it is, is just a delivery van.
We arent going anywhere in space if all the focus and resources are on a delivery van.
Its perfectly nice, but i think it should have been a sideproject.
Did he just call that guy "Chunky"?
It was designed to be, but people got so into it they wouldn't fund the bigger projects.
i didn't hear this call but think I heard yesterday something like that. were there a bunch of nicknames of all the crew?
We have no money or drive to do anything now. :( This is all we had.
Okay... I don't have to have a massive argument with you then phew :)
I thought you were about to wheel out the "space exploration is a waste of money" argument which is very easy to disprove.
Without it, no satellite TV!
Also its very old as well.
it was concevied in the 70's
The 1970s! Computers looked like this...http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kYou0sYtaeI/SX_THsDuhwI/AAAAAAAABBw/SES5Dxd6JfM/s400/_MG_0186ps_web.jpg
Do you think the public's attention to recycling is to blame? I do kind of agree with your points though but I see this as a vital delivery service - like a delivery to an 1800s mid-west outpost or something. You need the delivery to keep going further out into the unknown
Yeah, no good science happened before the 1990's.
;)
Nasa should have killed it off before it killed them off, shame really.
Had it all been happening today, they could have sold the shuttle to a business and gone back to pushing boundries.
As it stands now they have nothing and are looking for business to do what they should be.
But something will happen, competition could be just what space needs now
Who is going to be supplying the ISS now?
I'm old enough to remember the 70s but thanks for a picture ;) you do know they've been upgraded since then though?
The Russians
A ten year old with a slingshot. and good aim. but seriously, the russians....
NASA is not looking for that, people are not willing to pay for it when they have no job.
Pot stirrer. ;)
hehe, my point was, look how much computers have changed since then, but the shuttle is still fundamentaly the same!
hehe
Is anyone else in serious development with any programs, private or gov't sponsored?
Commerical competition because the international competition didn't last past the 1980s....
there is also place called China spending big on space program ...
The reusiblity was a problem.
When you are using disposable rockets, each time you can refine and improve.
They did some of that with the shuttle, but not to the level it would have been done with rockets
You can't improve on excellence! joking...you make valid point Nick. and they're we all thought we'd be having a big argument with you....
Without wanting to wade into the politics of it. NASA costs 3 cents a year to each US taxpayer. But the patents that NASA invented are held by the treasury not NASA so NASA actually contributes more than it costs technically, but because the funds are ringfenced it doesn't get declared like that. Tax payers feel like they are paying for it when actually they are being let off some tax because of it.
yeah, I wondered how it was going.
as good as money can buy, and there is no shortage of it in China ...
It's too early for that, and this is a moment I want to relish and not have some big disagreement. Life's too short.
Yes, they have all of it, I think.
They have so much they've lent everyone else some!
Christine... I hope you are sitting down...
You may know friend of Sidepodcast Em (Lou's Em)...
She... I don't know how to break this to you... She uses upside down Smilies
https://twitter.com/#!/belugabeluga/status/93974877169651712
Well said. It's more the idea of it, rather than the reality of it, that people don't want to fund or feel that they can't afford. Once again, lack of an informed opinion. :(
hear hear! and also if you're in the USA, too hot. I'm stepping away from the computer to prepare for work - and the summer heatwave - about 104 today with humidity factored in(40 Celsius).
I dislike it immensely. I'm not a summer person.
Thanks for being here for this historic moment, neighbor. :)
Oh no!
me neither. Boston seems to skimp on the spring and autumn/fall. I have a balcony that I never use because by the time I realise it's good weather, I have barely enough time to buy a deckchair before it goes the other way.
oh yes.
:) I'll pop by later hopefully. It's been fun people!
I think you might have to talk to her about it. I tackled the last one :)
Hehe, today is a good day :)
aha, yeah. It's Florida in July. Best not land them when they could all melt in the heat on the runway in midday sun. Hence the oh-dark-thirty landing time.
I said 'hence' at 6:26am.
The absurd mediocrity of such an attitude is infuriating. When you think back 50 years to JFK's declaration that the USA would put man on the moon "not because it is easy but because it is hard", it epitomised the mentality of a confident and inventive nation that felt it could achieve anything it set out to do, provided it tried hard enough. The American dream!
The slow death of the shuttle programme has become equally symbolic, this time of a nation whose leaders (and I mean that in terms of big business, not just those at the tiller of government) have become dull, inward-looking and obsessed with the bottom line.
I agree.
There's much less of a tendency for people to step out for bold endeavors anymore.
#nopolitics
different times, different priorities, different world order ...
An indictment that could also be aimed at society as a whole for the most part I think.
"Trulli" is trending world wide.
Wow - that's Trulli amazing
:)
That "joke" was inevitable by the way
:)
and all it took was to get out the car he does not like anyway :-)
Simple.
(re: NASA radio) it might not be Chunky but Chucky?
hehe! I just heard that, too. I like Chunky better. :D
http://twitter.com/#!/H_Kovalainen/statuses/93991816696836096
heikki obviously not ready to lend his car to anybody :-)
defiant. but aren't the drivers the last to know? I've never got into twitter so I'm pleased when someone actually shows what they're replying to without me clicking. #lazy
Apparently Narain found out about Ricciardo from Twitter
... and we haven't hear from Narain ever since ...
Shame though. While not an ace by any stretch of the imagination, he always came across as quite a nice enough fellow.
ouch!
yes, Narain's last tweet announced his early morning flight to Valencia .... I am quite surprised by total lack of comments from him or Tata on that Ricciardo deal
"helmets have left the building"
astronaut humor.
his website still claims he is the fastest indian in the world (not to be mistaken with The World's Fastest Indian) - Karun may disagree with that :-)
I bet the average speed Narain notched up in NASCAR will be quicker than Karun's average speed at the Nurburgring, with a near enough comparable top speed
Ok everybody, more sleep for me. See you later.
bye kai
how lazy, i'm off to work! bye everyone.
summer hibernation.
Bye Scott.
In a pickup truck?
the AGPC got a bit of Ladies Lounge criticism on Facebook too, their reply was:
" Hi Ladies, the Ladies’ Lounge appeals to a different market at the GP. For the motorsport fan (who are the majority of our patrons) the offering is pretty awesome! "
well clearly it appeals to a different market, thats why saying its for female fans is stupid :D
On the super speedways, they're pretty damn fast
I wonder if he'd be so confident about giving the same answer if the question had been about the Indian GP
can simply ask him :-)
it was a mean question to ask in the first place :-)
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 21st July 2011
- An Aside with Joe - He's an unusual human being
- Germany 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 20th July 2011
- From Moscow to Cardiff in the Team Rankings this week
Ping: http://mrschristine.com/2011/07/21/the-open-university-try-before-you-buy/
Love this from Lotus: Busy day for us with media today - Karun's obviously attracting a lot of interest http://lockerz.com/s/122220508
Something tells me Trulli has never been that popular :)
Some thoughts on my favourite team in Formula 1... http://northernwaffler.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/the-italian-and-the-indian/
Im not sure what I would ask him, beyond this...
So you are driving this weekend?
-Yes
Are you happy about that?
-Yes
Are you going to try and make the most of this oppertunity?
-Yes
...I didnt even need to queue!
Someones grumpity!
I just couldn't help myself.
why are you driving this weekend would be a good question
Because Racing Driver
:)
I'll be sure to watch out if virgin try a replacent for Timo!
It would probably end up being more than a blog post for sure.
££
(but probably not ££££££££)
Switching into taking-issue-with-the-daily mode...
Fans watching on TV maybe. Local fans? Mad for it.
You dont think its part of a noise reduction strategy?
Amazon are having a big Kindle sale
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_dnav_bw_feat?ie=UTF8&docId=1000705681&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1A52YYX
uh oh.
oooh.
Having one fewer person complaining would certainly be a good thing.
*puts fingers in ears*
In other news, what's your definition of "midday"? I was expecting a call then, and it has not materialised. Have now missed lunch with Mrs C, causing MASSIVE TROUBLE.
i'll take one of everything please.
surely the problem is, that it's called the nurburgring, but it isn't really?
:D
I quite like the Nurburgring actually - both of them
Here it runs from about 11:45 - 3:30
Right, that's it.
I'm swapping to the laptop so's I can watch the Tour de France. Very spiteful of the course designers to put the highest climb right at the end of several high climbs.
Oh good grief!
:) :)
For the one or two that are vaguely interested, Kotaro Sakurai won all three Rookie Class races in the British F3 series at the weekend.................
..............because he is now the sole competitor
Some people went for 'lunch' about 2 -its 4:45 and they are yet to re-appear!
kindle sale for kathi: http://amzn.to/pkVE0J
and for those in the uk: http://amzn.to/np3v9m
hooray for sharing the love internationally!
I spent no money but I did download 12 samples and will no doubt end up buying some of them :)
The other thing which annoys some people here is "i will meet you after 3pm"
..this could mean any time between 3-7pm
sounds like from @eligp that buying in spain is a bit more tricky though. but yay for kindle sales.
did he go out on track?
I cant buy from the us store, the kindle app on the ipad sends me there so i cant get into the the UK one... grrr
with so many books available that i've never heard of, as I scroll through them I am 100% judging them by their covers :D If you too judge books by their covers feel free to discuss with us on the Sidepodcast Shelfari group. Plug plug plug.
that problem is becoming less and less in Australia, when I first got Alistair every second book I wanted to buy was not available. It's not too smart of the publishers, not being able to buy it on Kindle doesn't send me to the local bookstore, it sends me to .pdf files and Calibre :)
(hearts)
you have your own local ibooks store, though don't you. surely that must be cheaper than amazon.com?
I dont think i have ever seen a self starting f1 car, http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93204
they all have to be able to do it in 2014
Manipe on the prowl...
he still has to race to garner the results
Christines book is $4 on Amazon and $5.99 in the iBook store.
I don't know if this applies to all books though, I prefer reading on Alistair so Amazon is my preferred shop.
♥
madness.
Everything I've looked at on iBooks is more expensive than Amazon.
Yep
Looks like the first driver for IndyCar's Las Vegas five was selected - Travis Pastrano
The Jobs giveth, the Jobs taketh away...
Right, am installed in front of the TDF on the tele and the laptop is plugged in. Hmm. Multi tasking is proving more difficult than I thought,
Hope they let him do some backflips!
Will he be driving something quicker than a Subaru? ;)
Multi-tasking? Laptop?? Tele??? Soon you'll be making tea as well..!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LhETezcvaDk/S8EgPcUvDmI/AAAAAAAAAH4/A4Ux8gD-mX8/s1600/Screenshot_Cinema_Ted_Dougal.jpg
Am getting filthy looks from the cats every time I move or make a sound.
Oh, he drives too!
that i didnt know
american or australian dollars?
Probably not the best in an IndyCar
;)
Wonder if Ken Block is still interested..?
He's also testing a NASCAR Nationwide this week too
AU
but kindle isn't in AU dollars is it, or am i confused?
Phil Liggett is hypnotic.
although Amazon is $US I guess which means it's even cheaper. $4 US is $3.72 AU.
no, our dollar got so strong that I started mentally converting it as $1=$1 a few months back :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXJYc4CpXA
interesting. i'd assumed with your own store in your own currency things would be cheaper.
when Apple finally made our apps cheaper they didn't touch any of the books/music/video so they're all still rather overpriced :)
ahhhhhhh, understood. kindle it is then :)
Hey that's my job ;)
I just placed a picture of the Nordschleife on my screen saver - that'll keep me sane for the next couple of days
This has got to be worth so many #rankings points:
http://twitter.com/#!/NobleF1/statuses/94032870779273216
So, I've got no work done and I have no idea what's going on in the stage.
#multitaskingfail
heheheheheh!!!
Ha!
awesome
heheh she didn't get far!
you should try installing lion too :)
how long would it take to lap that at 60mph??
That must have taken a while.
km/h, even worse :)
oh my...
A number of days ;)
Thought I might wait until version 1.7.1!
Besides, will have to soften Mrs C up to the fact that she will have to do gesture-based stuff on the trackpad when she uses the MacBook. She abhors people who stroke their iPads/smartphones ostentatiously...
christine upgraded to lion yesterday and i had x2 app problems by sticking with snowy. no fair.
hehe.
20.8 minutes
It's 20.8 km which makes the maths nice and easy :)
twenty minutes!? they must've thought he'd crashed.
rather 60km/h makes the maths easy
Or that they'd stopped for - oh, let's not go there...
#nopolitics ;)
tennis fact of the day:
Pavlyuchenkova served 25 double faults yesterday and still won in straight sets
ahh WTA, you amaze me.
I'm trying too. by "stage" do you mean Le Tour? (cycling) or are you a theatre director?
Sharapova should take note.
I want to watch the Tour but sadly I am in the office, and for the first time in ages with not a lot to do other than tidy up loose ends.
So I have been hitting Google Reader instead. :) Apparently the England v India cricket match this weekend is the 2000th test match.
Yeah, that.
Also need to pop to the garage and fit my new saddle, but I have the feeling that as soon as I do so the person who was supposed to ring "at midday" will call.
Kinda reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhGJyLR6TI
:D
Hi all.
Christine... Are you around at the moment?
I feel like I need to help you with Monopoly :)
it's almost midday in twenty minutes somewhere in the world...
cycling: big push on now. I must admit to not paying attention completely.
Pat: can you watch vid? links are at http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/
Stoopid game.
hehehe!
I feel like I can help you :)
Nope, ta though
I heard something on the BBC last few days about if there'll ever be a 3000th - due to "demise" of the sport. which hasn't happened. that's why australia has let england win a few test matches recently :)
I did learn that the utilities take ages to get your money back on, but the trains are quite good.
too bad :(
My monopoly game tells me that there have been 6,640 on this iPad! I might play that a lot
games?
Well.. technically I can, but technically I can also be fired for watching video whereas text looks like text :)
rolls!
phew.
I understand. you should learn how to see The Matrix.
that was quite the typo!
random hint of the day - put an emergency contact phone number on the outside of your phone somewhere - or edit the lock screen wallpaper picture on your smartphone to contain a contact number. just a thought....
hmm?
Yes. You used to be able to preface the name of your emergency contact with ICE but that doesn't work with modern smartphones.
I'm sure it'll be around for a while yet.
We do like to ensure the continuity of the sport by developing this colonial talent..
why hmm? I know it's random. I have an emergency contact in my wallet but sometimes I don't have that. I *always* have the phone though ;) no I'm not planning on doing dangerous things but sometimes there are crazy bus drivers...
3 or 4 are good
I figure if something happens to me someone would be smart enough to call either "mum" or "dad" from my contacts
yeah I had that too, but once you lock the phone, it's useless right. Unless they created two "emergency" numbers. and that wouldn't get confusing now would it? one for the paremedics and one for your family.
actually the other reason I put a contact number on the lock screen is in case I lose it somewhere.
but is your phone unlocked? And yes, I've called people's parents in the past for lost phones.
yeah I don't keep a lock code on it, mainly for that reason because i'm good at losing things.
Knowing me, my phone would have no power in it anyway!
at least you're honest :)
#sameperson
That's a good point. I have seen people with numbers written on the back of the phone. I always assumed that was because they couldn't remember their own number ;)
F1Minute ping - http://www.f1minute.com/news/ferrari-confirm-departure-of-aldo-costa
1 of 2.
I was surprised to see "Honda confirm their departure from F1" in the related stories. was wondering what I missed? ;)
ahh, i see. if get toasted, i'm not worried who finds out or when.
F1 Minute - http://www.f1minute.com/news/karun-chandhok-to-replace-jarno-trulli-for-lotus-in-germany
2 of 2.
They departed too :)
But what if you're just singed? ;) you could put organ donor on the phone then, if you are ;)
true, but then... i don't actually have a phone.
weren't the almost saved by some guy? I seem to remember breaking that non-story and getting people's hopes up...
ross brawn :)
Indeedy: http://sidepodcast.com/post/a-different-kind-of-yuletide-saviour
whoa. cellular implant?
stupid Scott in Italy ;) good thing he doesn't show his face around here anymore...
no-one to call. and no-one needs to call me :)
I might do better without one, in the last month I have 17 missed calls and 2 that i actually took. People should learn not to call me because it's never in the same room as I am.
Right, I've now got SOME work done and I have SOME idea of what's happening in the TDF.
Also have SOMEthing of a headache.
:)
Wonky picture but still: New kerb outside the exit of T4! Not possible to go as wide as before, coming out of T4 http://yfrog.com/khffwdj
http://twitter.com/xevipujolar/status/94045052254420992
I rarely use the phone part of my smartphone it's a portable email/net thing for me.
yeah, ipod & mifi for me.
am excited for the future of autosport, they're looking for someone to build:
Rapid, highly-scaled data services using Mongo DB or Cassandra
no idea what they have in mind, but it must be something massive and social to require that kind of heavy lifting. more here:
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/php-developer-939531420
People shouldn't allow geeks to choose names of things.
I have a sister called Cassandra. She probably won't go for the Autosport job though.
:)
hehe.
bit too far away for me sadly, but it looks like an interesting role.
Uh oh. Phone rings, getting up to answer it causes an extension cable shunt and two awake/irate felines. Phone stops after two rings. Cats still narked.
worst day ever! it's worse than the phone in the shining :)
And "midday" is a long time ago...
one of the other geeky new db structures is called couch db, you can tell a geek named that too :)
couchdb is awesome. keep trying to find a use for it :)
I got distracted by a small person so I attempted to put my top monopoly tips on your blog: http://mrschristine.com/2011/07/20/i-love-monopoly-but-i-am-not-good-at-it/#comment-12748
reimplement lotus notes :)
that's where it came from right?
That's brillo. I was starting to figure that concentrating on one set was the key. Considering in that image I owned practically everything and was still losing.
Yeah that was not a good sign :)
did it? not a clue. i just like that it's all json data.
A bit delayed, but...
2011 British Formula 3 Round of Paul Ricard (Rd 6)
Race 1 - http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/2011-british-formula-3-round-of-paul-rivard-rd-6-race-1-july-16th/
Race 2 - http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/2011-british-formula-3-round-of-paul-ricard-rd-6-race-2-july-17th/
Race 3 - http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/2011-british-formula-3-round-of-paul-ricard-rd-6-race-3-july-17th/
Quick question: Have any of you been targetted by cleverly submitted Santander spam in your blog comments. Tis very annoying
Not that I've seen. Haven't noticed any spam in ages actually
nope?
It was the guy who was in charge of the database side of lotus notes who knew that Lotus notes was hated as an e-mail system and was really upset that the baby was being thrown out with the bath water because there was some really really neat stuff
I've only got some bloke complaining that they lost 4-0 to Juventus. Which isn't very good spam, nor relevant to any post I've done.
nice one. hope it takes off. mysql drives me loopy.
:) :)
it's not being picked up by spam checker because it starts with a very sensible and well thought out comment, an absolutely genuine response that fits the article... before then having an ad and a link tagged on to the end
I use MS SQL most of the time, but a number of people I know swear by Postres rather than MySQL in the free space
Apparently we are looking for a LAMP web developer
...lightbulbs are the new tablets
yeah, tools for that are diabolical.
unless you reeeeeally (heart) the command line.
;)
nope :)
perhaps Karun was substituted on in the second half and scored a hattrick?
that's weird. Could there by spyware that latches on when somebody clicks "post comment"?
a manual thing then?
oooh, could be.
Hmm, explains why he doesn't do every Friday practice.
my thought is it that it is being done manually as the link is F1 related, well Abu Dhabi GP if you can call that F1
Now that I have noticed in the past, but not recently
can you track IP of the user comment? I'd be curious as to what information could be gleamed from seeing the domain of the user. is there an email address submitted with the comment? maybe manually email them and see what happens? although then your email might get hit ;)
Does it latch on to certain phrases and spam that way?
it's not every comment, or even every new commenter so it's very clever if it is that - will go have look around
you mean manually as in the person writes something on topic before posting the spam?
can i have a "as predicted" on 8-speed gear boxes by the way?
whu and eh?
no, somebody is sitting around actually writing each spam comment
"must comment monday sponsored by Santander"
8-speed boxes from 2014 - probably to counter the lower rev limit.
i tweeted it a few weeks ago
8 speeds are in the 2014 regs
Saw that rumoured a few weeks back on twitter - is it definitely a goer?
I'm not saying spyware can do what i proposed, but I'm just thinking how it could get there and be relevant text - have a search on google for the text posted. i wander if it looks at your blog post, then searches for similar content on the web, takes a comment that someone made on that, then posts it on yours...but with an advertisement. Or have I just invented a new system of spamming?
it's in the regs (for now)
2014 tech regs
Darn you!
I see - lots of very short spurts through gears then
i wrote that badly. what you said is what I meant, i.e. compose a response, add the spam into their response, then post. sorry for confusion
let's just let that gloss over...
oh cool. why 8 speeds, more efficient?
probably to counter the lower rev limit "as predicted by" Journeyer :-)
mind you, I'm wondering about turbo lag
Can't imagine it being that critical tbh - tech has moved on so much since the last F1 turbos
we're back into off-throttle exhaust territory though
i thought feeding the diffuser was banned from next year, so it's irrelevant.
Off-throttle, hot, cold, medium blowing................................... :O
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/31143/mahnah_mahna/
who knows with the fia... if it was excuse to blame the diffuser in order to try to use aerodynamics as the reason for banning them that's fine
but if it was burning extra fuel that was really bothering them, then they're facing a similar problem
Burning extra fuel, eh? I wonder how that extra GP in Russia is coming along...
joe said it was people needing to upgrade all their equipment, wind tunnels etc. so cost-cutting was a key reason.
I love this 2014 rule:
"Below 10500rpm the fuel mass flow must not exceed Q (kg/h) = 0.009 N(rpm)+ 5."
I for one will be watching avidly to ensure that one is not broken
they've also got exhaust energy recovery in the regs, that's motive for keeping the exhaust blowing too
ooooh, finally.
keep getting grief about not making android apps, so i made one: http://sidepodcast.posterous.com/making-a-start
even getting that far was a miserable experience. gonna be a loooong summer.
Right folks,
Off to a gig in a while - shall be back later
:)
I see the mid season reviews have already started around the web... wouldn't it be nice to actually wait until we're actually past half-way?
the concept is silly anyway. last year the second half of the season bore almost no relation to the first.
i think the summer break makes a more natural point for reflecting on the year so far anyway
i guess. can't imagine i'll be reading any. feels like content filler.
new promo video for renault and team lotus: http://www.renaultsportf1.com/Le-trace-du-Nurburgring-par-Team.html?lang=fr
Enjoy a little something from the sidepodcast.com back catalogue.
- F1 Debrief - Against Each Other and Equally Rubbish
Originally published 23/11/2009
Is it on rotation at the AUTOSPORT site?
Evening all
Haven't we just done that if Silverstone was the mid point?
not yet...
Smaller torque band possibly
It'd be interesting to see if your experience echoes the general rule that iOS users are more likely to part with cash and the Android marketplace has a stronger tendency for ad-supported free apps
it won't ever be ad supported, so we won't be able to help there.
But to compare Android to iOS sales, I mean
ahh yeah. my guess is it'll be less too.
Ios devices are more expensive which might suggest you will have more users with disposable incomes?
And you also need to register a payment method too get the free apps in ios
Naturally. But for a 59p app [or 69p as it is now, I think], should it make a big difference. Yet, it does apparently
No you don't
didn't know that.
You dont?
Some App Stores, you can still select Payment Method: None
I had to get have a credit card or voucher to set up an itunes account to open the app store?
I didn't for my US account. Like I said, some stores
germany is the mid point
You're right
I'm sure their were comments about GB being the half way mark. Then again, there was a lot of trumpet blowing in general
Perhaps if Bahrain had gone ahead it would have been? I haven't given it much thought.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- Daily: 21st July 2011
- An Aside with Joe - He's an unusual human being
- Germany 2011 - Race information
- Daily: 20th July 2011
- From Moscow to Cardiff in the Team Rankings this week
Evening all
Who'se smart idea was it to tell Steps reform? I suppose you could say it's a tragedy...
*tumbleweed*
It was the last thing on my mind and better best forgotten or I'll be a deeper shade of blue ;)
Could be worse. Could be 5ive...six seven eight.
I'm so sorry.
Look at this chain reaction you have started, you'll be sorry if you ain't careful now.
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/second-volume-of-365-f1-stories-available-now-on-your-kindle
(meant to write that on sunday)
I can't think of any more of their songs :(
I think this is a good thing.
Thank goodness! I used to own a video where they taught you steps dance moves.
Hehehe.
Although the only one of the steps I remember was H. I assume now he is friends again with I, J, K and L.
Hehe Timo is setting the rules tonight at the drivers' hotel it seems
https://twitter.com/#!/realTimoGlock/status/94112993700347904
timo's house maybe?
Making sweeping changes at the blog: http://mrschristine.com/
No judgements yet though, please :)
@StatesmanF1: Just did a lap of Laguna Seca on Google Street View. My time was about 10 minutes. http://bit.ly/oRxq6x #MotoGP
It looks great. :)
I like it, it's very clean looking, I like no fuss. Hope you will still be able to change the headers, I like that too.
Yes, it still has custom headers an option.
Woo-flipping-hoo.
http://twitter.com/#!/willbuxton/statuses/94117151362908162
"Massive controversy in Germany. 10 teams in contravention of FIA regulations. So far only Lotus and HRT are legal (I think). No joke." - Will Buxton
Sorry, you said no judgments, but I couldn't help myself. I'll be quiet now. :)
wha?
Oh what now?
they're the only two teams without a blown diffuser, aren't they?
*rushes off too bookies for Heikki to win*
Virgin don't (or didn't have one)
Bernie distraction to avert the bribery attention
Very nice. Clean and structured.
I want to steal the 'last few posts from this category' idea. :)
Gets more intresting:
MarussiaVirgin
@willbuxton Ooh, what are we in the dock for?
11 minutes ago
willbuxton
@MarussiaVirgin Sent you a direct message.
1 minute ago
Oh dear me :)
That'll be fun...
Well its optimistic that the teams don't even know...
virgin don't even know? i love twitter.
Which makes it sound like someone's interpretation rather than an FIA ruling
Come back when it's actual news Mr Buxton
Or at least the PR tweety man doesn't know
I'll bet Will has got it the wrong way round. HRT and Lotus have are the ones not complying. and the rest are fine.
Just heard from @marussiavirgin that they are also legal. MASSIVE! So 3 teams legal.
diffuser then.
Ah good point. Maybe one of those two teams has lodged a protest with the stewards of the meeting, and the stewards agree..
Why can't he just tell us, unless I'm mistaken, he is a journalist right?
Attention seeking
busy typing it up no doubt.
I hate this mentality of me first, "I've something to tell you but I can't tell you now"
Accurate is better than quick
that would be twitter's fault :)
Apparently it's about the legality of overalls.
Only in F1.
Deary me. There was hardly any need for Buxton's drama then..
I can't be the only one who finds Will Buxton very annoying anyways? Never seen the fuss in him
Wow. MASSIVE.
bless him. he needs a woman in his life.
I don't follow him anymore really, there's better journalists to follow.
I thought he was alright until a few weeks ago, have got steadily more bored..
We should have a game where we guess what other F1 formalities Will Buxton makes a drama out of
- HUGE news as 12 team principals could be banned from the sport for the incorrect jumper
- Just found out the DEVASTATING blow for Sebastian Vettel - he's losing 5 brake horsepower
- UNBELIEVABLE sight on my laptop as caps lock begins to become a pawn to my overtstatements
a better game might be:
what has buxton dm'd today?
So do I but I don't go around saying something is a MASSIVE DRAMA when it is just poor stitching. :)
That needs a jingle :D
ha.
YES>
I fear what would happen if he did Supermassive Black Hole on karaoke. Most overstated version ever.
SAME. I have to admit he's gotten under my skin since the first day he took over at Speed as the pit reporter.
hehe
haha. Too funny.
Only the FIA would come up with a rule like this. The overalls are illegal because the FIA logo on them is printed, not stitched. Madness. I'll tell you who'd love this... Steven. :)
His ISP needs to get on the stick. It's a race weekend.
And you don't want to make Steven angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.
I'm telling you, Bernie is pulling strings to get the heat off
The FIA demand class I suppose. Makes sense as the final three letters of that word sums up their president rather well to me.
Interesting.
He'll need to do a lot better than that!
embroidery reference?
That'd just give people the needle
Stickin' it to 'em, isn't he?
I don;t think this news needs a new thread personally :)
:)
Only takes a thimbleful of common sense.
Sow they say!
Sew true.
They need to stop hemming and hawing and get on with the race weekend.
We should stitch up this thread, dontcha think?
Okay, I have actual stuff to do here...
It wouldn't be a normal day in the comments without puns :)
Current puns.
Has anyone seen the new trailer to the new Spiderman film?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJQS16dGk0w
It seems to just be the first film again but darker and more... Twilighty. Weird.
Also have we got to the point with hollywood films we're making remakes only a few years later already? Bah.
don't forget studios didn't want to make inception, they only wanted batman 3, but that was the deal.
The marketing term is 'reboot'
Nolan is the Golden Cow at the moment, if he asked to do the next Smurf film, I think they'd draw the script up immediately
Bleh, it's guaranteed cash for them. Gaming industry going through a very similar and very annoying phase right now. Recycled money over new ideas.
gotta sell those toys.
Noticed today the original Cars film sold over $10 billion in merchandising and whatnot. Mental!!
It's not even their best film!
No comment. Brij would rinse me....
I have hatched a secret and devilish plan to draw attention to the homepage in tomorrow's daily *cue dr evil laughter*
All for the price of... one miiiiiiiiiillion dollars!