Another late daily post, but this time we've got an excuse. The Sidepodparty was a raging success last night, or at least I hope it was. From our point of view, we got the show recorded, opened some presents and danced a conga dressed as a panda. What more could you ask for? Watch the replay here and the finished Sidepoddie Awards show will be out in the next few days. Elsewhere, in the world of Formula 1:
- Vettel has admitted he's concerned about the safety of KERS. With another voice added to the weight of dissent in the paddock, plus the fact that no one is ready to take it racing - will we actually see KERS appear in 2009?
- Dave Richards has stepped up his campaign to purchase Honda by flying out for meetings in the Middle East. Richards credentials for owning the team are still up for great debate in the comments, so add your thoughts if you've got an opinion.
- That's about it for news, it is Christmas after all. If you were buying presents for any of the guys in the paddock, who would you buy for and what would you get them?
If you've finished work/school/other for the holidays and are wondering what you're going to do for the break, don't panic. Sidepodcast will still be here. We've got plenty of shows coming up, and the Daily posts will keep on appearing at midnight indeterminate times each day. We'll get you through the festive season.
First post!
Toyota loses £1.1bn in 2008 and Hyundai Kia interested in buying Honda?
What time did the Sidepodparty finish? Got a hangover by any chance?!
I found this yesterday, it makes me laugh every time...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oE5NKizHx60&feature=channel
No hangover for me. Think Mr C is sleeping it off.
Useless information warning:
Eddie Jordan is apparently holidaying in Antigua this Christmas. Had it not been for Richard Branson's daughter needing to use her medical skills to help another passenger on the way, I would never have found out...
25°C in Antigua. Nice :)
I'm pretty sure she was working at the hospital near my work a year or so ago in Australia - I think then (maybe incorrectly) she was a nurse. Regardless, great effort.
This roundabout way of finding out about famous passengers reminds me of a time when a plane was (almost) hijacked in 2000 and someone had a photo of people holding down the hijacker and you could see musician Bryan Ferry looking quite shocked as one of the passengers. Read more here or here.
Just to make you feel Christmassy:
Merry Christmas Everybody, and thanks for all the fun in Sidepodland ;-)
Here's to a 'Five Pints of Awesome' 2009 :-D
morning.
It lives!
ugh.
You sure about that? :P
afternoon.
Wow. Lou really is mystic. In the other thread, she guessed your first comment as 12:50. Six minutes out.
if i go back to bed. will that ruin anything?
the delightful ms. williams:
again, having a shocking day with the camera. i think because the conference center is uber-dark, the iso-thingy settings couldn't cope so well. the place is very heavily mood lit.
would have been fine in the summer, but it was already dark when we arrived :(
Nope. The first comment has been made, you're free to sleep the rest of the day :)
may just do that.
Claire seems to have her dad's teeth... and maybe his eyes too? Can't quite tell from the pic.
No work today, Mr and Mrs C?
I do. Sounds like Mr C isn't capable of work right now!
Cheers :-)
Well, she's not as nice as Lee Mckenzie ;-)
you haven't seen her wearing nothing but a flag though?
it'll keep.
for breakfast. i appear to have a choice of:
- iced mince pies
- christmas cake
that doesn't sound right. i'd like to take that comment back :(
I think you better had.
I was just wondering the same. I hope the couch is comfortable, Mr. C! :-D
By the way, during the Madness of last night's "12 Days of F1 Christmas" my wife had just gone to bed and because I had the headset on all she could hear was my bad singing :-D
Cue classic quote from wifey this morning:
My sides still hurt from laughing about it ;-)
Will you be playing her the finished article when it's done?
Sorry I missed your cyber-party thingamabob. Sounds like a good time was had by all.
In other news (and I don't know if this has already been mentioned) but apparently some crazy Mexican called Carlos Slim gave the game away and popped by Brackley last week. He's the second richest man in the world and his flashy helicopter was so big it couldn't fit on the Honda helipad, so they had to clear the car park so he could land there...
Sounds like the ideal man to save Honda :)
what the heck was he flying?
Have just discovered that the Williams conference centre does weddings:
http://www.williamsf1conferences.com/weddings.html
Now I'm annoyed we went on a stupid boat.
no.freaking.way!
Additional options can be booked and added to your wedding package:
- Williams F1 Simulator
I dunno, but he's got 60 Billion in the bank so it was probably something overly flash.
I KNOW!
chinook?
Hmm... I feel a renewal of vows coming on...
On second thoughts, my wife probably wouldn't appreciate that.
A Chinook or a Mil-26 probably ;-)
Yeah, I'd say that's too big for the average modest helipad.
So am I right in thinking that Slim, Richards and Mallya are the three main contenders?
"Slim, Richards and Mallya" - Sounds like a dodgy ambulance chaser law firm.
Is it too early to renew one's vows after eight months?
nooooo.
joe's had a second stab at an article he wrote a couple of weeks back. no new information so far as i can tell, but i guess he's had a chance to digest everything he learned at the monaco seminar:
http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft21058.html
call me a cynic but it still seems like absolute rubbish to me.
Possibly. Although you could have a massive argument and spit up for a few months and then get back together again. That would warrant a renewal, I reckon...
I've been married for 6yrs so I think I'm eligible. Yay! Now to think of a cunning plan to get my wife to agree on it...
I suppose I could feign a fatal illness and make it my deathbed wish... (and then make a miraculous recovery afterward).
Oh the deviousness...
I reckon that's why Me was mentioning the naked except for a flag Lee MacKenzie earlier!
Katherine and I are just begining to plan our wedding at the moment...
...I wonder ;)
thinking about it, we don't need to get married at the conference centre. we just need someone to get married there and invite us along...
Everyone at BMW loves christmas :D we're the funnest team on the grid.
You lucky son of a gun, it was either toast or a sausage sandwich for me.
Actually, the sausage snadwich was lovely
And by the way, I have not just got up, as a matter of fact I got up at 7 in the bloomin morning. WHY IS HOLIDAYS LIKE THAT YOU EVIL AND SINISTER PEOPLE. Why can't I just have a nice little lie in.
And some back update, feels a lot better after a night sleep, so you may have a sigh of relief.
And (I really should think of another way to start a sentance) sorry for cutting the call early last night, the battery was about to go again, dodgy bloomin charger.
Red Bull's Christian Horner discusses 2009 on Crash.net. Not really anything we didn't already know.
But he er, does eerr, errrs a lot.
You know you are an F1 fan when you first thought on hearing that EJ phoned Richard Branson to discuss his daughter daving a plane passenger's life is EJ is putting a deal together and finding an exuse to speak to Branson.
No melted furry biscuits?
:D
He is the reason Piquet has a drive at Renault. He put some money into the team and insisted on a South American driver.
Maybe it was one of those things you put on the RSPCR F1 wiki
You could do it all again
I have never heard anyone have an F1 simulator at their wedding. I would have thought it would break things up a bit if everyone just stoof in the queue for a shot. That could kill the atmosphere a little especially once it got competitive,
I found the RSPCR F1 helicopter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-22_Osprey
You could do it as an anniversary present to yourself
I can't believe there qre 150 mea rich people who want to live next to Donington. I doubt there are 15 let alone 150.
I stick by my original opinion. There will not be a GP at Donington.
:D
that must be it.
i ate them all.
drink!
i can understand it working in america, but here, it's such a short distance to the nurburgring. why chose donny?
I think that he has a domestic version of one of the uber-sized US military models... I have a catalogue I edited/Layed out for the parts somewhere A501 I believe (the parts catalogue, not the helicopter. The parts are in one of the MoD spec huge helicopters as well....
Every profile I can find for him says he does not own a plane or a helicopter. His company Telmex owns a 6 seater Cessna. A bit odd for someone worth $60+ billion
I'm with you on this one. If they haven't got the money together now they never will - they expect planning permission to be granted next month so building can start then.
Not going to happen.
talking about flying machines - will Button still go ahead with that HondaJets purchase now that he no longer will race Honda cars ?
Excellent. He buys out Honda on the condiction that PK jr is the lead driver, or better than that, Barrichello is the lead driver and PK jr is the second driver....
I know we had this discussion before and I have bids for the Captain's seat, but have we found a jock with an "eggbeater" rating that can bump me down to co-pilot status, yet?
So is the idea to use these birds as the teams transoportors to the races?
I am sure Lou said she had flown something.
I think they were for flying pandas
Thing is, as Felix Dennis says, peeps like this *never* own things like helicopters/planes/boats...they hire them. If you are Dennis you extend this to your female company as well (rofl)...
If you own with them, you are stuck with the bills, and there is no investment potential anyway. If you hire them you can give them back and get some more that are shiny and new...
makes sense. but bernie has his own jet?
And you're surprised because...?
He usually doesn't ride commercial. And when he does, it's usually in style. Matter of fact, he was one of the passengers on the last-ever Concorde flight.
lol ah just 6 mins out. wow i was expecting 'me' to get up later than that. ;)
yeah i did. about 5 years ago i went to a friend's 13th birthday party, and we had a flying lesson. We each had a chance (there were only 3 of us) to fly a small plane (a bit like the plane James flew for that top gear race once).
At the age of 13?
yep. there was an instructor there ;)
Well obviously, but 13 still seems young.
lol yeah, it's a little tradition in her family though ;) every 13th birthday they go flying :)
Bad news for me. The ITV repeat of the season is on ITV4 next sunday at 5:30 pm and on ITV1 tues 30th 11pm
Oh well, sounded like fun
How many 13th birthdays does she have?
13, 26, 39, 52 etc
just the one... sorry, i meant like every time someone in their family turns 13.
sidepodspace pics:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/round_trip_with_endeavour.html
Mr C just said Max, and we both shouted "Drink!"
It's gonna be a long Christmas.
long may not be the word for it...
hehe XD
blockquote>It’s gonna be a long Christmas.
long, but funny :P
What a co-incidence.
Sidepodspace Update
Tonight at midnight UK time there is a spacewalk scheduled to start at the ISS. They are installing and retrieving scientific experiments and they will measure the the electromagnetic potential around the Russian part of the station as this is thought to contribute to the problems firing the separation bolts to release the Soyuz. As a result the last two crews which have returned to earth via Soyuz have had much steeper descents than planned.
I had no idea until a couple of minutes ago that there was a spacewalk.
electromagnetic potential? wow. hmmm. sounds very intriguing indeed. i wonder how they measure that?
anyhoo, something to live comment on! haha!
Every set of pics I have ever seen form that site have been outstanding. I really must check it regularly. I came across the overhead of the shuttle/747 a few days ago.
I assume they mean voltage
i think alex found it when they did a feature on the singapore gp this year. have followed it since.
Definitely check out the Year in 2008 set.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html
There are three parts to the set and they're outstanding.
if you're bored and have 60 seconds, we're working on improving podcast audio quality. friday's and today's f1 minute should sound a little more sparkly and punchy:
http://www.f1minute.com/2008/12/22/19-dec-08-toyota-forecast-record-loss-for-0809/
hopefully the debrief will be similar. pls yell if you have any issues.
I can't believe I missed the Sidepodparty. Did anyone dance around with a lapshade on their head? Did anyone drink themselves into asking out someone then throwing up into the trash can? Did anyone see a giant pink Pandas?
Maybe Eddie and Branson should go in together to buy honda. Virgin F1 would be a massively fun and insane team. With Eddie/Brawn bring the car together and Branson bringing capital, sponsors, and business infrastructure. That would be a force of a team.
But on the plus side - if you continue to drink like that, at least you won't remember it. ;)
Just did. 1, 27, 30 and 40 are incredible
I am now looking at the Hubble telescope's advent calendar.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html
Years ago when Bernie threatened to take all the races out of Europe Branson called his bluff and said that if he did then he would set up a rival series using the European tracks.
Not pink. No. Definitely not giant pink pandas.
i didn't see anything?
As a football fan, I find 7 impressive.
No F1 pics, BTW. And there was only 1 motorsport pic, from MotoGP: Casey Stoner during wet free practice at Philip Island.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_singapore_grand_prix.html
I find they do indeed do some absolutley fantastic photos..
Its scary to think that was DCs last ever points in F1.
Amazing, the one of fisi in the air was brilliant
I love the two tilt-shift pics, #s 11 & 23
You know the more I think about it, the more I would love to see Branson in the sport. His parties alone would make it worth it.
BTW: Giant Pink Pandas would be an awesome band name.
I just looked at some of those pictures and thought 'how big was the lens that took that?!'
I think I've been living with AndyT for too long.....
And now, coming onto the stage at the Royal Variety Performance, Giiiiiiiant Pink Pandas! Featuring Mr and Mrs C, Alianora, Gavin, the lovely lpg, Andy and Steeeeeven Roy!
They'll be signing, the 12 days of f1 christmas
Only if I can be on drums!
Lou, am guessing that's sing not sign
Unless you're a fan of impaired hearing communication
Watching QI earlier, the '5 Gooold Rings' is actually trademarked and have to pay royalties if you were to use it.
5 Massa spins is alright
Sorry, that should've been R.G. and I've now realised Lou was doing a quote thing
nope it's sign. I was part of a sign language activity at school for a few years :) we also signed we will rock you once. it was very funny :P
yeah sorry, the doohickey does that to me sometimes.
Sounds fun. The people who sign on late night BBC always make me smile. They seem to be signing quite sarcastically based on their facial expressions :)
been testing it all day on chrome (well all the day that i've been awake), no issues for me?
Thats why I use the 'Lauda, Coulthard, Liuzzi, Trulli'
heheh :D
And if you think thats the start of me losing the plot, I've got something I'm planning which will probably make me the madest person on here.
I was on one of those flights too!
how is that script going?
oh... maybe it's just me then. i make a point of making sure the quote code is correct but it still does it sometimes. never mind.
Decent, but my new plan has put that to the back of my mind temporarily.
lol i might start doing that to reply to posts, but i like the doohickey, cause you can see comments from other threads too which is often useful when it gets to midnight ;)
lol :) i look forward to finding out what it is :D
you could release it to us scene by scene? ;)
very odd. have you got the latest chrome?
I wish I'd been able to fly Concorde, but the closest I got was piloting the simulator at Filton.
I was on G-BOAG's final flight, currently parked at the Museum of Flight, Seattle
you were on the krypton factor??
yep.
No, I studied Real Time computing at Bristol Polytechnic - we got to visit :)
:D
i'll keep trying then.
did you crash?
ouch
it only seems to be me that is having problems with it so i wouldn't worry. i'll see if i can spot if it happens randomly or anything.
Almost, but the instructor stopped me in time. Apparently they have to fill out paperwork every time a simulator crashes. I'm not sure how they got around this for Krypton Factor, but I guess they were being paid for their services.
The most amazing thing about the simulator is that it was controlled by a 1960s vintage computer, but all the video generating stuff was done by a brand new system (in 1991) that took up a fraction of the space of the main computer. Before that they had (no joke) a camera on a wire that moved around a real landscape.
:D
and now i have x-plane on the ipod.
Have only had a go on the fixed sims which aren't nearly as much fun
Damn. I forgot to mention that I found out how to sync iPod Touch/iPhone calendars with Google Calendar. In beta, but then so is Google Mail ;)
I guess a link would be an idea: https://www.nuevasync.com/
I think I'll be up for an iPhone on renewal of my contract in a couple of months
I hope my old iPod lasts until then, is showing early signs of tiredness
:D
it's very tempting.
Very. Must.Resist.
I still have a Nokia 1100
Wow, had to look that one up
"Over 200 million Nokia 1100 cellphones have been sold since its launch in late 2003, making it the world's best selling phone handset"
"as well as the best selling consumer electronics device in the world"
And it has an LED torch :)
Its the thought that moving from annual costs of around £35 to monthly costs of said same sum.
eek!
I don't think that the household budget would stand for it either....
:D
and don't i know it.
what about the payg option?
That's told him :)
'tis a tad expensive compared to £3 per month
8GB = £340
16GB = £390
Not much of an option :(
Rumours of an iPhone Nano coming soon (non 3G)
Lets see what Macworld brings in a couple of weeks
Um... well you have to buy the phone... then you have to put at least £10 on it per month to keep the wifi/'net active... in the end you are no better off than if you did it on contract and dropped it down after 12months...
PAYG iPhone does include 12 months of Internet/Wi-Fi access.
my ipod is dying, i now have very little sound that only comes out of one ear, but the casing is coming loose. It's really really old though. good job christmas is coming up soo ;)
Anyone looking to take out a brand new contract should consider using Quidco. I know this sounds 'spammy' but I've earned over £1,400 since Nov '05 - but anyway, O2 are on there and they'll pay £45 for an iPhone related contract: http://www.quidco.com/o2/
i heard you only have to top it up a tenner a month after the first 12 months. duff info?
Yup, then it's £10 per month WiFi access thereafter
that's all i'm interested in though. no need to call anyone.
you've done what and how?
Then all you need is the iPod Touch
i have one. but it doesn't have 3g.
means google maps is as good as useless (if i have wifi, i know where i am).
current iphone will be obsolete in 12mnths though, right?
Sell it on ebay and buy the new one
but the new touch doesn't have 3g either??
Quidco explanation: Quidco works on a referral basis. At the moment, if you go on www.website.com and say they have an advert banner for a merchant and you then buy their product/service, then this merchant (or an affiliate) pays www.website.com a referral for the business.
Quidco works on the basis that instead of them gaining this amount, they pass it on to you the customer, 100%. How do they keep afloat? Well, they take a fiver of your earnings per year. If you don't earn a fiver you don't pay them anything.
As an example, I took out a contract with Orange recently and got £150 back. £21 from RAC. £40+ through Christmas shopping in December and not changed my shopping habits.
Delicious :-D
But if you're not calling anyone then just use the WiFi
Depends on your coverage I guess
That's what they say... but forums are already hearing tales of people not putting on the £10 the next month and finding their net/wifi access cut off... O2 is telling them that without active call time the wifi/'net doesn't work either... and after x months of you not topping up they can reassign your number etc... would you want to argue t&c out whilst that clock was ticking on your expensive bit of kit...
Andy is currently off looking at o2 stuff to prove me wrong lol
I've been modded innit!
i think you're missing my point.
google maps can use gps and 3g to determine location. thus help you out when you're lost.
if i have wifi access, i'm either at home, in a train station, an airport or a coffee shop. either way i know where i am.
christine has a g1, it's gets us to places (mostly) when we're lost. i can't fit christine in my pocket. an iphone (with 3g and gps) would make google maps useful... very useful.
Free wifi in Pret now too....
again? never before, then twice in a week? one second.
Apple does not comment on unreleased products.
if i'm in there, i can ask someone where i am :)
You need a GPS chip installed so Christine can come and get you when you're lost :D
Does that make it 'to go'?
hehe :)
i'll take that as a "yes".
How lost do you get? If urban someone will be able to provide a (nearby) postcode, or you can look for a street name...
If you are that off-grid, then why do you not have a map with you?
Please tell me you aren't one of those people who go up mountains drunk, in adequate clothing, and without all other necessary gear? (cos if you are, I'll warn the various peeps I e-know who do mountain rescue pmslumwfwp )
woah!
And off to see Professor Warwick with you...
Like Paris? :)
in paris? very, very. very lost.
SatNav
radical idea. but with google you can have the whole world in your pocket, available at the touch of a (glass) button.
Google schmoogle
More info on Wikipedia
Explaining it first off is a little bit difficult as nobody believes in a 'free lunch' so to speak. Sign up and have a look around. There's over a 1,000 odd retailers on it.
Particularly useful especially when thinking of taking out a new phone contract etc!
Still got lost though :)
2 of my 3 phones have built in GPS so I don't get lost.
I get temporailly misplaced.
Google maps and more often than not Tomtom help me out.
You can't even use google translate when you ask for directions...
it's not a flawless plan, i grant you.
My post got swallowed, but basically the O2 terms say so long as you have 17p credit on your phone you can make a data connection. When you top up with £10 at the point of purchase, the 12 months of free data is activated.
that might suit me.
What kind of random number is that for phone credit?
i see nothing in spam queue?
Bonjour. Je suis perdu. Pouvez-vous me dire le nom de cette rue ?
Or
Bonjour. Je suis perdu. Pouvez-vous me dire le code postal de ce magasin??/de cet endroit?/de cet rue?
:D
i shall do just that. cheers.
After you've spent almost £400 to buy the thing
Take off £120 for the Internet access and it's merely £270+ :)
okay, can anyone beat Lou's "Greenie Pigeon" status here for the co-polit's slot of the RSPCR Osprey. Think we are talking 1 hour air time. In the case of a tie, Lou will earn the co-pilots slot due to her mystic abilities the might work better than the on-board collision-avoidance radar....
okay the Air Crew has almost ben sorted out but I need a Cabin Crew to look after the passengers in flight.....
How much extra do we make again for handling the Osprey, Christine?
hmmm, you raise a good point.
Or you can
a) ask for directions
b) bring a map
c) learn how to use the G1
I wouldn't. Seriously. If it's not on the Apple website it does not exist.
it seems so simple when you say it.
always have a plan 'b' :P
yeah, but app developers are already bemoaning the lack of horsepower the phone has compared to the touch. they can't keep it in it's current incarnation for 12 months. i see speed bumps before next xmas.
Lou!
How was 'Wicked'?
If you get lost phone someone with a computer and they can find a map and give you directions
sounds a bit 1990's.
NO, I'M ON THE TRAIN. WHAT?
If you do the maths (oh no, Maths!):
iPhone 3G 8GB = £342.90
12 Months data = £120.00
Difference is: £222.90
iPod Touch 2nd Generation 16GB = £214
OK, so the Touch has more storage, but no camera, GPS or microphone (for the all important Ocarina app)
Now it's "I'M ON THE PLANE... NO, PLANE... NAH IT'S RUBBISH"
And they want to set up mobile access for the London underground - yeah cos that's a quiet place!
Okay, Andy Talyor is out of the running for the second seat of the Osprey....Sorry Andy, But Christine wants the Pandas safe at all costs you know....
It's better than driving round Paris for hours with no idea where you are
:)
Has there always been 'drop shadows' on the headings on Sidepodcast (eg. Page title, 'Pages', 'Recent Comments' and every heading in the left and right frames) or am I going nuts?
'Wicked' was amazing, thanks for asking LPG :) it's one of the best productions i've seen. We had perfect seats in the stalls, with no one in front of us (must have been the only empty seats in the theatre), a great way to spend the afternoon. I went with someone who had already seen it twice, and i would recomend it to anyone. Best £19 i ever spent :)
If he is on a plane or a train he isn't lost yet.
:D
in safari, yes. since last xmas.
you testing a new browser?
I don't have drop shadows and have never seen them
Safari does look nice, just wish it's buttons were a little more customisable
it's possible he could be really really really lost. :P
christine is killing herself as she edits the show beside me!
Downloaded the latest Firefox beta (3.1 beta 2) to try and fix a few issues I had and then noticed it.
That doesn't work in the doohickey (switches to normal page in FF)
Sidepodspace Update
The spacewalk is expected to start in 10 to 15 minutes and last for a little over 6 hours. One of the spacewalkers is Russian and there is an interpreter with an annoying voice translating his radio conversations. She does both parts of the conversation which is a bit confusing.
Do the adblock plugins work in FF3 now?
ahh cool. must give it a try.
safari were ahead of the css3 game, but others will catch up.
It works in my doohickey
hehehe XD
it didn't work in lclt either (am now using both). works fine in drop.io though :D
Isn't there a TV programme with this as the central theme?
Not that I've ever seen it beyond the 20mins it took me to decide there was something preferable on the 'net somewhere
rofl
do you have a link?
That's not something you hear everyday :D
mine too?
erm... i'm not sure.. i don't watch much tv anymore.
I have it working in both
Meant to ask earlier, lclt?
Did in the latest release version, not this beta though.
Tried Google Chrome this evening as well to try out and was promptly put off by the amount of info Google collect on my browsing habits (not that I have anything to hide!)
Those of us in the know use something called a DMI. AS long as you have it set right to "TO/FROM" it will give you your relative heading (it is actually called bearing) based on the "TO/FROM indicator.
works in my doohickey, but for some reason not lclt... wont let me click the 'play' button....
Lost is the TV equivalent of crack cocaine according to Marcus Brigstocke. You have to watch it in case something interesting happens and you miss it, apparently.
live commenting live thing :)
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
If you want a bigger pic choose the other viewing options menu on the right of the screen and click on Windows Media Player
aha. Doohickey
the live commenting live ..... thing as named by Shaun
http://www.sidepodcast.com/ria/ajax/
http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/
I thought that was the doohickey, tis what I'm using and cannot play the Drop.io link in it
nice one, cheers.
I think the ISS has skype problems going by the sound quality
given that i've now stopped watching tg. lost is the only thing i actually watch on the television in the corner.
Doohickey is just for reading?
Buffering? :D
alex.
on the bottom right of each post there is a reply button
doohickey = http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/
;)
I am sure Shaun phoned in and used the name first
Plus the Grand Prix?
Ooh, no. Don't like that at all
ajax beta is betterer
yeah that's what i thought too..
Not much text history either
not if the beeb do decent streaming, no.
but, if they do HD coverage, then yes... and the tv in the corner needs replacing :D
wassup with the doohickey?
The advantage is that it lets you follow multiple threads at the same time. I prefer the lclt but I check the doohickey from time to time to see if there is a conversation going on that I don't know about
Doubt it, look at the iPlayer
That'd be Ten pints of awesome!
shaun was the thing-a-ma-gig:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/09/01/episode-75-just-listening-to-your-talky-thing-a-ma-gig/
at least according to christine. alex phoned in here:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/08/06/episode-72-the-live-commenting-live-thing/
It follows all the threads at one?
yep
iPlayer has its uses and you have to give the BBC credit for making it cross-platform, even if it was forced on them by the BBC trustees.
I have other ways of getting TV shows though :)
OK, I'll let it off then
Now I remember. In my head I can still hear Shaun saying the live commenting ..........live ..................thing but maybe it was Alex. I remember Shaun saing the talky thing a ma jig so maybe I am getting things confused.
Doesn't it get a bit random if there are multi conversations going on?
what's wrong with iPlayer? it works fine for me. the only slight reservation i have with it is that is never has 'A Question of Sport' on it, which is sad cause i hardly get to watch it anymore. although i did watch it the other week and got the 2 f1 questions right :) i correctly recognised Alonso and Massa in their pictures :P
that's what single click quoting's for.
Poor quality in full screen mode - well, 20" screen at least
Yes, I'm fussy :D
I mean trying to follow it :)
i may need some help here. i have to explain to christine the dad's army reference and can't find a decent clip of corp. jones on youtube.
it's still the best on demand service out of itv's and five's
Multiple thread conversations are easy to follow though... or have I just spent too much of my life reading things online? (heck there are times when threads/topics spread accross multiple boards/newsgroups and you watch with glee the confusion of people who only follow/read/post on one of the many... bigevillaugh
OK - so that probably makes me an e-sadist (redface)
yeah. it can get a bit mental.
I'm too used to Virgin Media's TV on demand which is very good
Or downloading stuff from the states before it airs here (I didn't say that!)
Well the short form of Coporal is Cpl. , Mr. C....
yay, i like dads army :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance-Corporal_Jack_Jones does this help?
There has been a lot of dads army on bbc two the last few days.. any on iPlayer?
was kinda looking for a clip.
Doohickey hasn't updated in 8 minutes, is that normal?
apologies.
like this? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6wok7g7do&feature=related
nope. it has issues.
there's a timer at the bottom of the screen that should refresh ever 20 seconds.
working on fixes at the moment.
technically that is jones, but he's not one step behind like lpg and andy.
Last polled: Tue Dec 23 2008 00:38:28 GMT+0000 (GMT)
It's complicated in the back room isn't it?
holy cow. it's gone past midnight??
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OLK-WgqGo
Start at 3 minutes 55
totally.
3 min 45 not 55
I'll stick to aeroplanes, was never very good with avionics :)
Oi! it wasn't at our end!!
(oh, memories of primary school assembly football reports..'we got the ball up our end... they got it up their end...' etc etc doohickey... all very NFB though (at least I wasn't native to there, but then I was never the one doing the report.. still don't see the point of football rofl)
Me neither
As my colleague said today - 22 millionaires kicking a ball around and you mugs pay to watch. :D
Very true
puuuuuurfect. thanks you :)
I would like to have the record state that Bassano Clapper makes me very nervous.......Please remove him from the Ground Crew for the Osprey....
oops, sorry.
noted.
:D
hehe
I didn't think we were behind. I was having attention deficit problems due to not being able to hear properly, then when I called in after the song I forgot to turn down the video feed which was several seconds behind and confused me because using the Bluetooth headset I can't hear the audio stream for some unknown reason that I haven't bothered to figure out.
I only do civillian craft anyway :D
you haven't watched the show back yet, have you?
Um, no.
It's definitely time for some tea and crumpets
i recommend you download and scrub to the song.
it's worth it, i promise you.
Quite laughing Lou! As co-pilot, if Bassano makes a mistake and has the FBW controls crossed, WE die!
what about the panda's?
Plus he lacks having put the time in at Evesham/other studios that would have prepared him for working with a delay, and having something different come in through the headphones to the thing you are talking about :-)
(and yes, that was a favourite pastime at college - leaving the desks on delay so as to confuse the next lot of techs/students in :0 its great fun hearing yourself back 30seconds removed, but does enable you to silence the swearing before broadcast ;-) )
Which he is now commenting on to rebuff of course...
What? The Osprey is armed? How smart are you guys giving Lou and me an armed aircraft with the salary you are paying us?
Link please?
it's a must ;) one of 'me's last comments from last night says it all :P
to yesterday's show? damn you're high maintenance :)
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/12/21/live-there-aint-no-party-like-a-sidepodparty/
video:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/episodes/media/live/live31.mp4
Huh. I used to present radio shows with the live output in one ear and the pre-fade in the other, so I can do it, I was just confused due to the lateness of the hour and the fact that I was doing something different to previous occasions.
ah well, has been a good life ;) i never asked to be co-pilot :P i've only flown a plane for like 1/2 hour. :P
You wanted to bomb the opposition so it was either arm it or let you take a panda on a suicide mission. And we can't afford to risk a panda
Oh I am *so* glad that I don't do planes...
I think the sidepodcast.tv thingy doesn't work properly for me. Dowloading the other link now. thanks :)
Ahhh, Pandaburgers, anyone?
At one point there were five spins one after the other on the same line
Jeremy Clarkson has probably eaten one of those. I think I'll pass.
That makes you the second most qualified pilot we have
haha
Yeah, well, it appears to be 30 minutes more than everyone else...combined.
Well, with the wires crossed, taking off might be a bit of a bugger....one of us should clue in that the Opsrey is not rising into the air with the stick pulled back....
Then we can use the armaments on the brillant avonics engineers that crossed the Flight control ssytems.... :P .
Yes yes dear, whatever you say...
Great this, having gentle domestics on the sidepodcast comments whilst sitting but feet apart and talking about something else entirely...
Welcome to my life... and somehow we have managed to have 3 children (rolls eyes)
i have x-plane.
what's x-plane?
That.Doesn't.Count.
I would like to point out that I wouldn't be crossing any wires as I only touch the oily bits
At least with the Osprey you can look out of the window and see if the rotors are tilted in the right direction. It's not like you are rlying on flaps that you can't see.
can you make sure that you don't use the airspace that goes over here when you go up please?
(that's the birmingham to Luton corridor btw, unless you are following the M1, cos that's just about far enough away that I won't worry to much I'll just listen for every fire engine in the place firing up its sirens at the same time and hurtling up/down Watling Street.... The M1 is the road that is paralell to and not as straight as Watling street, and has more lanes to it btw ;-) )
Sure thing, Chuck Yeager!
I flew under the Eiffel Tower in a lear Jet in a flight sime game if that helps
Listening to the 12 F1 Days now - I see what you mean, am creasing up with laughter.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/24/tuaw-review-x-plane-9-for-iphone-ipod-touch/
:D
me, have you had any issues since going to 10.5.6?
I do not want to say what I did with the Extra in MS Flight Sim 2000.....
oh right. that looks fun :)
And when's the SPC app coming out? :D
I'm OK here with 10.5.6. Safari seems snappier ;)
go on
:D
Never gets old that one
The funny thing is that we heard other people after us, so how did we manage to end up last on the "massa spins"?
literally just the initial problem with startup items crashing. removed and all is well now.
it's coming, but the website redesign / development needs to happen first.
it'll be a live commenting app.
That was fun... you can kind of tell who had 'proper' microphones though...
And Alianora... wow, made me think of the 78s on shellac that were on the radio the other day :-)
Was drooling over the unibody MacBooks today
Guess I should really get my old laptop fixed though
i have no idea? but i'm glad you did because it made the whole thing magical.
Before Sept. 11, 2001, I did figure "8" with inside knifeedges (Bank 90 degrees with full opposite rudder) at the WTC's Towers 1 and 2.
Not to proud about now....
I don't see anything wrong with that and I am sure you are not the only one who did it. When I got hold of a sim the first thing I did was try to go under the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe and various bridges. it is natural in any of thos games to interact with the buildings.
They are nice aren't they? :) Have you seen the video showing the manufacturing process?
http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook/the-new-macbook/
Yeah, I watched the launch and was drooling then when John Ives was showing it
£900+ is silly though
Wanna take over the second seat if Christine and "me" decide to head back to Paris on the Osprey? :P .
It does look like a lot, but you get what you pay for :)
It would sort out the pigeons who "annoy" people standing under the Eiffel Tower
They are well spec'd but it's a lot of dosh for an entry level laptop
(The white MacBook doesn't count)
Still want one though
you say that, but... well, lets just say i'm happy with my macbook investment, and i do it again in a heartbeat.
in fact, if the unibody came with a matte screen option, my credit card would've already taken some punishment.
balls. that was me commenting there!
But the Arc is surely a "no joy" in the Osprey....
I would need to try just to be sure
Sure looked like it. The comment had a lack of capital letters. :P
:D
I've got a glossy iMac and it's really not an issue for me
I'm not a Graphics/Photo pro though I guess
You soon get used to the glossy screen apparently. I'm sticking with my matte Macbook Pro though.
i borrow one frequently, but i get sick of the sight of meself :D
Well take Lou with you on that trial. She needs to build up her hours...
what's the minimum for a ppl?
glossy makes the pictures look fantastic though, ideal for showing clients.
You could wear the panda head
:D
bloody fur.
A little more than half an hour I think
I think I would prefer someone who had seen an Osprey before just to be safe
I'm so glad McDonalds doesn't run an airline :D
sure but it's no use trying to colour correct video when the colour of my t-shirt affects the choices.
In the land of Frozen Tundra, around 25 hours dual and 25 hours solo. 200 - 250 hours solo to apply for commerical.
Ooo, just had a great idea - 18% grey t-shirts :D
:D
we're gonna need a smaller helicopeter.
Even the new Cinema Display is glossy now, seems matte is going the way of Firewire
neither of which please me.
i've seen one, someone linked to one earlier. :P
Glossy is all about your ambient lighting, lack of Firewire is a big mistake I feel
:D
:D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-22_Osprey
The Osprey's wingspan in 14 metres so it should fit OK. Can we get a swing wing version just in case or convert a standard one to seing wing?
Closest I heard of was Kamikaze Airways, apparently, they specialized in one-way, non-stop direct flights. They offered massive discounts on repeat customers, too!
wow i have a lot work to do ;)
Good enough for me
I think Hooters Airways went out of business too, who'd a thunk it!
is anyone going to be jumping out of our Osprey?
:)
Only if Panda gets dropped :D
Interzone magazine. one of the issues in 2001 (I can't remember if it was before or after DD2 came along though, lol). Or shades of Robert Cormiers 'The Chocolate War'.
Noooo. Note to self. Can of redbull cola at 6pm on a day when you are on the up from a bleurgh few days, is *not* a good idea... its nearly 2am ffs!
I'm a little sad about the loss of Firewire from the Macbook as there is no option to add it back in.
but it's christmas?
Depends how good your flying is.
Feels too much like forcing you into a MBP (£400 away)
hahahaha
It does, but for the majority of people, it's not an issue. Neither is the glossy screen.
Great, now wingspan covers the wings, but what about the overlapping rotor blades? You need to add the length of two blades as the centre of the rotor is at the end of the wingtip.... One rotor blade clearence for each wing and that is your maximium width. If flying under the arc is possible you are going to be in hover mode and try it sideways.
And me, its Christine's money, not yours to spend on Lou's training. Lou is saving Christine 30 minutes of expenses!
Just give the panda a parachute. And an alieo-tometer thingy-whatit (I can't remember how to spell... its nearly 2am) to set it off. Or just an attached cord-thingy like the AAC use.
Now, would a Panda have a trad. round parachute, or a modern steerable one. Bearing in mind that bamboo is one of the fabrics used in parachutes these days :-)
We could give Bernie and Max a lift back for one of the races then when we are over the sea somewhere.... I am sure Jordan would be happy to b the pilot on that flight.
i thought the money came from relentless?
Just don't tell the panda or it will eat the parachute on the way down :(
you're offering a panda an edible parachute? e-vil.
I'm being told that the panda wouldn't want to eat the bamboo once it's been turned into parachute material, so that's OK then.
Including rotors it is 25.8 metres which may be a bit too wide.
Nooo - by the time its become a parachute fabric its as inedible as an inedible thing.... would you eat something dragged through ethanol to force the fibre into shape?
I would like to point out that I have already "bailed out" when Steven Roy came up with the idea of flying the Osprey under the Arc in Paris... And the engines have not even been warmed up yet.....
right, ok can i not be there when you try that? can i not take my training in a safer enviroment?
am you saying i'm a panda?
do you have any evidence to back that up?
Depends if the ethanol was Guinness or not :D
:D
:)
That would be a great survival aid. You have to jump from a plane and you know that when you land you at least have something to eat. I wonder if they could make a chocolate parachute.
:D
Edible and alcoholic. It just gets better
If you'll buy chocolate parachutes, would you be interested in some chocolate teapots or knitted woollen shower curtains?
is this the plan to make sure the pandas aren't too much trouble on the flight? give them food and alcohol?
Um, no. Definately not. Its made from the bits of the bamboo that are useless for cloth and have no regrowth potential.
Oh good grief. I have spent too much time on materials science 101 this year.
And Me.... its doing that 'posting too fast' thing again when Andy and I are posting :-(
Works for me
Well, given your apparent lack of flight hours on the Osprey, the last thing you need is a couple of pandas trying to get onto the flight deck, so this is probably a good idea.
Try using different browsers to each other
I would do the flight for free. I imagine there would be a big fight over who would co-pilot the flight....
sorry, we were being spammed off of the web earlier this week, so i locked the site down. gimmie two mins.
We have static IP address if that helps :)
Locking the flight deck door would be a good precaution, they come Kevlar lined these days with CCTV
it's based on ip, then email i think. have lowered it to two seconds.
Can we get a couple of ejector seats fitted in the passenger compartment to help get rid of them.
haha
it's a panda, they'd struggle to get past a wooden door.
You can make 'parachute' nylon from Hemp as well :-)
(Hemp is very similar to bamboo, except that its a useful food source for humans rather than pandas. You can put it in chocolate and brownies (but not in the A.B. Toklas way, wrong sort of Salvita), and use the oil in salad dressings and to treat and prevent excema, and make fuel from it, and plastics, and clothes, and all sorts of other things useful or not, and paper, and bits of computers...
And please *don't* get me started on hemp I could talk about that all evening...
You'd be surprised, I saw one dancing the other day and talking into a microphone
:D
:D
Yes, the training takes a while so that you can develop a feel for the aircraft, like knowing when you have a very high chance of snapping off the rotors in flight while flying under the Arc in Paris....
Come on Lou, let us scare some pigeons under the Effel Tower.... Relentless is paying...
Or undo a zip?
The only problem with hemp is if there is a fire on the Osprey people will be too stoned to get out.
ouch ;)
Right, 2am so I really must go to sleep. Working from 10 :s
cheers sir.
Lack of opposable thumbs
'night Andy
erm... well i suppose i've always wanted to go to paris...
Night Andy.
You missed the bit about wrong sort of Salvita. You're unlikely to get high from hemp unless you smoke/consume about 10 hectares worth of crop in under 2 hours.
Night all.
You've never been to Brixton then :D
Well a lot depends on your input into the flight controls Lou. The more smooth you are, the less food and alcohol the Panda need. I was planning on letting you do most of the flying....I am just long in case i need to save the bird. By that time, the pandas will know they are in trouble.....
Not in *that* way... Passed through on other business a few times :-)
I'm being dragged off to bed, now, apparently I am supposed to sleep?
(I like it here, its nice not to be the only person awake at stupid O'Clock :-) )
Sorry about the zipper...
nn all.
It's good night from him and good night from me as well. Night all.
see ya lpg ;)
see ya steven.
'night LPG
'night Steven
i hope you are aware i have no idea how to take off or land... or do any of the complicated things, i can literally just steer the plane.... and it was a small plane at that :P
Night littlepurplegoth :D
Lots of throttle, pull back before end of runway
Landing is a tad more involved
night Steven
I hereby make an offical request that Alinora's R & D department come up with some system that only allows the passenger ejector seat to fire when the Osprey is in hover mode.....
I assume that these are upward-firing ejector seats...
i'm gonna need some practise... and maybe some lessons :P
Fortunately for us, Lou, most of the flight is the flying from point A to B part. The part that I have figured that the bird will be in danger is the same said part that you have mentioned: Namely a) Taking-off, and the transfer from Hover to flight modes; b) The Transfer from Flight to Hover modes, and the landing; c) The other complicated things are called "emergencies" and I expect your shreiking to awaken me from my sumbers under those circumstances....
BRB, need to walk the dog.
i'll still be here.
you mean my shreiking as i jump out of the plane right? cause if there are complications i'll be the first to run for the emergancy door and parachutes :P
Parachuting, now that's a scary thing. Fun though
never had the urge to jump out of a plane but i will if it's the easy way out of a mid air complication :P
'tis an experience worth doing once
i will keep that in mind for the future ;)
anyway tis late and i really should be going to sleep, night all!! x
'night Lou
night lou
It is more scary for me as I am the one who has to explain to Christine and Mr. C why Lou stole my knapsnack and jumped out of an perfect airworthy airplane two miles up for no apparent reason, other than the red intercomm light was on.
:D
Run into a slight headwind and consequently run a little late and Lou bails out on me!
Should I be more concerned for me or her that she took my knapsnack....
....But I am so hungry I had BBQ chips in there!
meant to say earlier, photo collections now updated:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidepodcast/sets/72157610807173397/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidepodcast/sets/72157611435205909/
coolness! I especially loved the Williams pics. :)
i'm glad, because there's some slightly awkward lighting in that building. am amazed any photos came out at all.
they have a succession of white spotlights, coupled with deep blue 'fill lighting', which means everything ends up with shadows cast left, right and centre.
a great experience, but troublesome to capture.
The shadows added a bit of mystique to it, so it's not as bad as you think it is.
But what was really amazing for me was how you got some great angles and came up with something new for me as someone who sees those cars regularly.
Now only if we had them F1 museums here... :(
aww. you need to keep reminding us, because it's so easy to forget.
after to reading all the donington news today, it occurred to me that there's been no mention of what will happen to the donington collection?
we know it's in the way in its current location, but will it get moved, or removed, in the quest to host the bgp?
we only visited the place last year, but i'm thinking we ought go again very soon, just in case.
but hey, i got to go to singapore because it's cheaper from where i am compared to from where you are. all is fair.
it'll probably get moved somewhere nearby. don't worry, they'll take good care of it; those cars just have way too much value for them not to.
must read interview from max today on f1.com:
http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2008/12/8797.html
"Q: The FIA recently announced measures to make stewards’ decisions more transparent from next season. What prompted this change?"
"A: This change was prompted because people were criticising the stewards’ decisions without having the information which the stewards had. The obvious way to deal with this is to make that information generally available. Once people understand why a decision was made, they will be less likely to disagree with it and any criticism will be informed rather than uninformed."
this has been obvious to anyone with half a brain for many a year, but i love how max has swung it, as if to suggest we're at fault for not having all the information available to us!
Mark Webber says some F1 races were boring. The article has some quotes from Webber about the races, but nothing too much, and no update on how rehab is going.
interesting that we have had max and bernie these last few days - time to push agendas i guess becuase people like us are desperate for anything f1 related.
but yet the drivers had to wait until the media reported it? am i right in saying this? sounds a little harsh if you ask me.
well, that what they say. but that may have been to keep the employees happy.
“Last night, why were you singing about 5 Massive spins?”
My sides still hurt from laughing about it {Gavin Brown - can't be bothered to count how many comments ago}
Did you explain to her that Massa's Silverstone spins were Massive?
Is it too early to renew one’s vows after eight months? {Christine}
Not if you want to get into the Guinness Book of Records. There was one American couple that got married 50 times. Quite remarkable considering that they only married each other...
Maybe Eddie and Branson should go in together to buy honda. Virgin F1 would be a massively fun and insane team. {Dan Brunell - some time after Christine's comment}
EJ did say back in 2002 (when Virgin Mobile sponsored Jordan F1) that "We bearded entrupeneurs have to stick together"...
Um. They may have told them there was a possiblility. But I very much doubt that they told them for certain four days ahead of their own workforce. For all their issues, Hondas business ethics are immaculate, parent co and shareholders first (along with backers/bank), then workforce etc.
Unless Mx et al have a substantial holding?
What kind of random number is that [17p] for phone credit? {Bassano Clapper}
My guess is that it's their minimum call charge and that it's probably what they charge for one minute of standard calls (at least that's how it's calculated at Virgin, though their calls are only 15p per minute).
Okay, Andy Talyor is out of the running for the second seat of the Osprey….Sorry Andy, But Christine wants the Pandas safe at all costs you know…. {Jordan Allen}
What's wrong with using the TARDIS to transport pandas and just use the plane for transporting people (when we need to make a statement/impression)? The pandas will only be in the TARDIS when they get put in the car anyway, they might as well get used to it...
it’s possible he could be really really really lost. {lou}
It's possible he could have boarded at Chesterfield station, as their train listings have been broken for the last week. The number of times I've been at risk of getting on the Derby train instead of the Nottingham one is scary.
Do the adblock plugins work in FF3 now? {Bassano Clapper}
There is a version of AdBlockerPlus that works with FF3 now, though it took them a while to get round to it. Reminded me of just how much I detest adverts. Wish Dad would install that plugin on his computer...
Maybe it's time to switch then
Doubt it, look at the iPlayer {Bassano Clapper}
At least it plays streaming in sequence and only occasionally stalls. Which is a lot more than I can say for ITV's offering.
Now the F1's gone, I've no reason to watch ITV anymore :D
And Alianora… wow, made me think of the 78s on shellac that were on the radio the other day {littlepurplegoth - 151 comments ago}
*blushes*
Maybe I should try singing more often...
we’re gonna need a smaller helicopeter. {me - 120 comments ago}
There's a remote control helicopter in the model shop in Nottingham for £30. Will that do?
Someone keeps getting lost in the TARDIS and the only way we seem to be able to track them down is to wait until a memeber of the public calls us to inquire "Where did this Police Box come from?"
Go big or go home, folks......
:)
Speaking about Helicopeters, Did anyone find out where Lou landed with my knapsnack, yet? :P
i'm not flying a TARDIS... unless it's easier than an Osprey :P
Er, Lou, before you bail-out again, run to the parachute first, then run to the door. You had the order switched....
Second. Kindly return my knapsnack that you may have thought was a parachute.....
Third. Never again freak out about the red intercomm light going off. First you got me using very colourful language, and becasue the intercomm was on, the Panda got very upset.