It seems like order had been restored in the sporting world as the favourites reign supreme (well almost) in both football and tennis. As for Formula One, all seems quiet for now. But with a grand prix coming up (even if it is just Valencia), things might heat up soon:
- Lotus had a family outing of sorts, with Heikki and other older company coming around to drive antique cars. How sweet!
- Mercedes may need a spy of their own as their current methods of copying have not been very effective...
- Meanwhile, some Schumacher fans just don't give up. But this quote (along with Mr. C's reply) is simply classic.
- Alex Zanardi's thirst for racing has not died down. National handbike champion is another title he adds to his list of achievements.
- It has been a positive day on Christine's rankings as the selected few register a large gain in points. Tweets of the week has also been posted, with Ferrari dominating proceedings as usual. :D
- Another F1 blog goes bust. Thank goodness Mr. and Mrs. C thought of downshifting instead of clearing out for good.
- It hasn't stopped other sites from messing with each other though.
- James Allen's site has been taken over by FOTA. Let's hope it will not end up like their own.
- Goodwood is approaching! Who are you going to watch out for?
- rFactor has received a new mod in the form of FSONE 2009 1.0. Brawn cars, Kimi's helmet and the option to use KERS await!
- In fact, Jenson may think of getting this update for a ride on his winning car, rather than unpleasantly fighting with his former employers.
- Jon is planning something epic. Stay tuned.
- Brazilians racers join in the football fun. But where is Rubens?
- Is all the football talk confusing you? Or just not getting what Wimbledon is about? But no worries as here at Sidepodcast we are going to have breakout threads to keep things in perspective. And if in doubt, you can always consult Christine.
- For those who have really nothing better to do (though I doubt it with the amount of sports waiting for you to enjoy) you can always watch a map where trains move along the tracks. Because it is like, fun. ;)
- Finally, there is a new cute way of shortening those troublesome long links!
Wow, I didn't expect it to be that long. Anyway, hope you have a lovely sports-filled day and remember to join us on the breakout threads (or even contribute one of your own)!
(hearts) marilene's links. just perfect.
Hello Tuesday, day of rest :)
Only one more set of 7 day working remains
Thank you.
btw, I might help out with tennis too. Just not on the same day as I am doing daily or football. ;)
cheers. and good lord we are working people hard.
sorry about that.
That's unusual.
More power to you then. :D
No problem. I like typing on my favourite sports. Gets me thinking while my school break lasts.
I knew that quote editing would fail
[yes, I know about ye olde preview :)]
I should probably stop writing about football... do something else for a change. Won't happen soon probably.
Night Lukeh
:D World Cup Fever!
ooh it crowd is back? that has made my day!
Yeah!
Should write up about Croft soon... then I want to complain about FIFA's refereeing selection, then hype things up for the British Speedway GP.
I can possibly help out if you need more people.. I wouldn't expect much in the way of detail though. :)
Hiiiiii :)
Somehow I've ended up at my parents' house.... :S
Hey Alison
Did you fancy a [vegeatarian] roast dinner?
oooh okay, folders are pretty cool...
Hey.
detail is optional. the more help the merrier.
Unified Mailbox working?
Hello :D
Hi.. I take it that wasn't the plan. :)
hi alison, bye lukeh
No I needed essential travel documents that my mum was too blind to locate and post to me. Now I'm here though I'm obviously going to pick up my posh dress and insist Nick takes me somewhere nice so i can wear it.
ooh i love the email stuff too,everything seems so organised! :)
Entirely reasonable
I can do a footie post for say Thurs/Fri/Sat (not Weds as I'd write it Tues and I'm fully booked with two posts of my own :) ), or cover a Daily some time..
Complete feature guide to Apple’s latest iOS 4
brilliant. thursday would be good. christine's doing tomorrows and i'm doing wednesday's i believe.
Can do WC again post for Weds if you guys are struggling to find folks
if you're sure rg. ta.
it's not so much struggling, more, grateful for all the help we can get :)
do we maybe need some wiki pages?
ahhh good :)
and that I'm off, see ya guys later on, try and work out which matches to watch in that time. byeee.
See ya RG
No probs. I'll make a note so I don't forget..
night
see ya!
I thought so! Apparently I've managed to choose dates that his dad is over there. So erm yeah....
bye RG
It seems having heaps of music and photos on your device substantially increases the install time #iOS4
i only saw half of one today. worst day since the cup started. must try harder.
So it's his fault for not asking his Dad to come another time then, I guess :)
but you followed the tennis!!! mwaha! ;)
bah!
Ooh, I'm done
I have new background wallpaper too
On the day when Portugal scored 7 and Spain finally got into gear too. :(
I'll try that out.
:D
I didn't see any due to work, and due to the evening game looking one-sided.. Rest of the week looks better.
i saw some of the 7, but that was all.
Ah well. At least you saw some goals.
Spain was the dominant force, but they did also spurn some spectacular chances.
Today's don't look that good. France? Bah. :P #sorrychristine
I am waiting for my afternoon in the pub to see England's fate.
Am glad there is table service and food on call
I just realised Glastonbury is this weekend.
:D
I am backing Slovenia.
It's been years since I've been, too long in fact
Never have.
Can't say I care much either way, just looking forward to an afternoon with the boys
You must, it's splendid
The music is only half the joy, so much to see & do
My sister went a few times, loved it. Wish I'd gone too. I'm not much of a camper though..
I've been 3 times, each time in a camper van [2x old VW, 1x hired new]
Moderator!
Idiots
ewww camping :D
Goodness. What's with these people nowadays?
No fun for trolls here
They always get bored or banned
Yup, thanks to mr & mrs. c.
Commented deleted btw. ;)
Serious incapacity to interact (nicely) with other people?
Heheh! They aren't usually targetted, you should be honoured.
If you have the access, always worth passing on the email info to the admin too
Very true
I must've insulted Schuey one too many times or something :)
Got it.
you can do that? mind = blown.
i just went to remove and got all confused.
you have been giving more power than you though, it seems ;-)
(or marilene has superpowers...)
I think Christine granted me access.
Does this mean I don't have to tell you now? It is still in the trash...
it makes sense, as marilene wrote the post. just never occurred to me.
i think you've given us daily post writers too much power ;)
gosh, i'm rather bored at the moment but entertaining yourself like that is not for me :D
can I go home now?
I wish. Then Germany and Spain will play spendid football for the rest of the tournament and either one will win the trophy. ;)
is a good reason
Right I've finished organising my iPod, time for sleep, night all :) xxxx
Night
Night Lou
Folder choices need some thought time, I need to play with my selections for a while before tinkering further
what about the quote 'with a great power comes a great responsibility'? you should first combat the crime, put an end war and famine, and only then you can play with the results of football matches :-)
night lou
Goodnight!
if you're happy to moderate, we're more than happy to let you :)
Oh well. I wish for Africa to be clear of Aids! (and their teams to play pretty football :P)
Me neither, and looking at it I can do the same for comments to posts I wrote.
it's not a problem, it makes me happy that it's possible.
on the other hand, because i didn't know about it, i hadn't accounted for it in the upcoming comments server move*. i may have to revise plans, because it'll remove guest writers ability again.
*quick fyi: comments are being moved to the factbyte factbox server soon, because it's twice as fast and more stable.
It is just deleting wrong stuff isn't it? And the occasional wrong thread posts.
can you delete forever or just trash out of interest?
(i really should read up on this)
Yay for better comment speed. :D
bingo. basically anything that doesn't fit this: http://sidepodcast.com/about/comment-policy/
normally we just yell at people if they're on the wrong thread :)
I signed out now as I'm off to bed shortly, but it looks identical to the controls I have on my blog. I didn't try anything to check it as I didn't want to lose any comments. :)
Gotcha ;)
Just double-checking out of curiosity..
I've got: Unapprove, Reply, Quick Edit, Edit, Spam, Trash
I don't know if I can delete it from trash..
Delete forever option is there for me, but I think you might want to note his email first or something.
have done. what you just did was perfect, basically.
ace.
*wonders how the heck i'll make that work on the new server*
Okay. I tried to delete the trash permanently, and it only works for comments on threads I posted.
So I can moderate whatever is on my thread, but the rest is up to you guys. ;)
And with that, I'll leave you to it.. :)
Goodnight all.
night pat
Night Pat
coolio. i've just looked at wordpress, and it says you shouldn't be able to do any of what you currently can do :)
Goodnight Pat.
LOL okay. :D
:D
You've modded this place beyond belief, is it any wonder? :)
well there is that. i still blame wordpress.
Indeed :)
apologies that you bore the brunt of that too bassano.
you always should
Ah, life's simple pleasures
Toasted crumpets and a cup of tea :)
i want a crumpet :( all i have is a cold cup of coffee.
captain bassano, did you see my comment about stocking up the car with crisps? :)
I didn't, but that is certainly a good idea :)
You have all those new flavours to discover too
i am addicted to these tiny, tiny urls:
http://⌘.ws/spc
http://❥.ws/f1
http://✩.ws/f1
my blog made me realise i have so many flavours to try and 2 days wont be enough time so to spa they must come!
I love SPC's videos tab
hehe
have you tried it on the ipad in portrait?
Ooh, not yet
Been messin' with iOS folders
The Dark Side of the Moon playing in the back...
good morning
Hi Leigh
morning leigh
hi bassano / guille
finally got to see the indycar race this evening - absolute cracker!!
:D
how is everyone?
Doing ok
Glad rest days have arrived, it's been a long week
You?
hungry, marking some exams, listening to pink floyd. average night, I guess :P
not too bad - sleep is out of sorts again hence the wakeness
great race by TK (and sato until he binned it...)
This place is great for insomniacs/out of wack sleep
Always someone around
sato was unlucky though - at iowa if you sitting that distance from someone's rear, you lose; however if you literally on top of them you can keep it through the corners
it happens unfortunately
we thank the Earth for being a rotating sphere ;-)
also, i think milka duno set a new benchmark for awfulness on sunday night - what is she playing at??
50% of my day is over. high five!
yeah! :-)
:)
Mr C sir...
hey leigh. how b u?
None too bad - out of bed a couple of hours, indycar viewed, very happy with the result
:)
Should you wish, I may have a guest post ready for either tomorrow night or Wednesday evening
sounds good. what's your chosen subject.
(bassano take note ;) )
Well, with Valencia fast approaching, I'm doing a piece on one of the original Spanish street circuits, Montjuïc
Gotcha
I have some time allocated over the next couple of days
crikey, sounds good.
(hugs)
aye - lots of very good, interesting stuff at the track
...with some nice video footage too
:)
hooray! that is on my to do in barcelona list
:)
That's goodnight from me
Catch you in the morrow
see you bassano
bye captain
night bassano
night for me also. bye to the people still here...
perfectly understand where that one came from. facing same situation. you start doing something for fun, then it starts to grow, you get some audience, you happy about it, you want to grow it. to keep and grow that audience requires more and more time and one day you realize it is all taking up way too much time that is missing somewhere else. then a decision has to be made ...
I have learned my lesson from last night so I am off to buy wimblesnacks.
Morning Everyone...
This is for Steven Roy and #sidepodspace fans and anyone really...
Here is a space shuttle launch as seen by skydivers:
http://i.imgur.com/NwfUx.jpg
WOW.
Pat Fry to join Ferrari?
Wasn't that a nailbiter? :)
I think I died.
Strawberry's & cream or Kentucky Fried Womble? ;)
I got lime and black pepper chips (verdict: I don't like them) and a raspberry danish. And a apricot and custard croissant. So. much. pastry. Tennis will make me fat :D
More than once, I'd think. ;) But that's woken up Fed, and I think he should be safe at least until the Round of 16.
sooo many other seeds went out already *weeps for Stan*
and Nole did exactly the same thing as Roger!
interesting. must be something in the Wimbledon air, then. :-/
its floated over from South Africa.
The crisps sound good, not to sure about the pastries though!
The Costa outside my office has the most tempting rockyroad cupcakes....
One day....
this story is brilliant.
http://www.theage.com.au/world-cup-2010/world-cup-news/bucking-the-system-how-one-italian-is-worth-three-times-more-than-the-entire-kiwi-team-20100622-ytl6.html?autostart=1
I like the fact "Italy has 4.9 million footballers - more than the population of New Zealand"
Good morning peoples. I am off Thursday and Friday this week, so technically, this is my Thursday. Fingers crossed it behaves itself.
Good to get your Thursday over and done with quickly
One of my colleagues is going to Wimbledon today. To appologise she is buying us breakfast.
Oooh, fun! Wimbledon, not breakfast.
I don't think I can imagine an exciting breakfast?
If you were parachuting and having breakfast, that might be quite exciting.
Not fun though.
True...
What if Franck made you breakfast? Actually that would probably be the same as the parachuting version.
It's tricky, because I don't really like breakfast. But I wouldn't want to be rude and refuse breakfast from Franck. Then again, I would probably have fainted anyway, so eating would be tricky.
What if... You stayed up really really late because you were watching Franck winning Le Mans and then he came and made you breakfast because it was actually breakfast time, but actually because you'd all been up all night he actually made you dinner and there was cake for desert?
I think that could work, except for the fainting of course.
That would work. And we know he gets hungry after driving, so it's a very likely scenario.
Also, if I have to stay up all night, I'd probably either be really drunk or high on energy drinks, so that might solve the fainting issue too.
Good point... So I think we've found a fun breakfast. Go Sidepodcast!
I also found a brand new kind of crisps for Amy: http://yfrog.com/7hx9ggj
morning (again)
Very fancy.
Morning. Lovely sunny and warm. Jeans may have been a mistake.
hi pat
Piccies from the Lotus event
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/index.php/id/2076
Love Jarno's face in the car.. http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13253630
The milk would go everywhere :D
That's true. It's probably not the most practical way to consume food :)
going flat / room viewing again tonight - oh, the joy..!
Oh I don't know, if you're used to quickly hustling down some Cheerios, a choice of pastries or a fry up might be quite exciting.. Or maybe that's just me :)
We would get more aerodynamic spoons though.
Always fun.. Have you a list of things to ask them?
pretty much sorted, but i swear at this stage i could nearly memorise the list
Sporting pings for the day:
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/22/wimbledon-2010-day-2/
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/22/2010-fifa-world-cup-day-12/
Hello to everyone;
Anyone know what those floating things are called? You put fire in them and they float away, like a balloon but I'm sure they have a proper name.
Chinese Lanterns. Terrible things.
ahh yes them thanks, how so?
Hehe, must be even harder than normal to find a good place in London..
Users have no control over them, they just fly off and land anywhere, so it's akin to littering. If they land near wildlife they can seriously scare them. If wildlife eat bits of them they can die. If it lands in crops, it ruins tractors and things.
ah yes, that is bad
I heard they are now banned in EU (or will be soon)
Really? That's good news.
that is info I got at a workshop from one guy from Austria. he was reacting to a presentation from somebody else from somewhere else where they used these lanterns as a part of an ad campaign.
I remember a big kerfuffle about it, it was on Farming Today and everything. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8490524.stm
however, it may be still be Austria only ban (link)
Ahh. I didn't even think of fires, I assumed the flame went out once it was quite high up.
the flame goes out once the solid fuel cube burns out and then the whole thing drops down as there is no hot air to keep it up. so, should not be much danger there
Yes, at a decent price - it's all about finding a halfway decent spot with nice folks. Right now, i'm living in a dump with nice, passable people
I can imagine price is a problem there. My sister and her bf paid more than they could really afford just to get a good place.
I have a definite figure that I can go to, so I have specifically only looked in that range. There are parts of East London which are relatively cheap, but it's trying not to get suckered into a filth box
Hey, Pat, did I see you were offering to do a daily post?
Ooh, wait, I see Mr C signed you up for World Cup duties already. :)
Hope you get a good one then :)
Yeah I'll do whichever, whenever :)
Me too
;)
See... what you need... (and I may get hit for this)... is a skydiver having breakfast...
Ooh, see, it all begins to come together. No conversation is wasted on Sidepodcast :)
New sponsorship day?
Is that a new sponsor on the lotus rear wing? http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13253640
And joe has added GP Photo and sidepodcast logos to his blog http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/more-about-the-f1-tyre-situation/
SPC has been there for ages, he just appears to have changed it.
I thought it has been, (i am not obsessed with these links!)
He's blogged about the photo links http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/my-mates-keith-and-peter/
what an odd logo.
Two exciting things have happened to me in the last 24 hours.
I've joined up the Duke of Edinburgh scheme at Silver level. It should be exciting stuff - 26 hours of volunteering somewhere, 26 hours of learning to cook, 52 hours of swimming and six days of camping expedition. Should keep my brain busy :)
Also, I've received a provisional start date for my data entry job - July 5.
.
excellent stuff
Nice!
Hey folks
hello ryan
WOW!
geoff just pointed out that ibooks supports pdf's on the ipad too.
christine... can we get rid of all our books and magazines and bookshelves now please? i'll get you an ipad in return for never having to move boxes of books again.
they're a bit high up aren't they?
in e-reader news, the Kindle has dropped in price by $70 and is now US$189
afternoon!
Spa people are nice, they replied to my email, they hand lanyards out at the gate too :) (just in case anyone was wondering)
how many books do you have? might take a while to get pdf versions of them all.
hooray :D
no idea. the question surely must be. how many are we ever going to read again?
this is true, most books people read once and never again.
Cool, I shouldn't have to dig out my old tatty one then :) Thanks
all digital bookshelves appeal to the ron dennis in me :)
I say the Spa people are nice... they are yet another motorsport related thing that have sent me an email or letter starting
'Dear Sir'
*humph*
the only problem is "hi. My name is Amy and I am addicted to downloading every free book I can find, most of which are rrrrrrubbish"
you need to swap with Pat, people think you're a dude and people think he's a lady :D
Deal.
Lou can be a man's name..
Hah :D
w00t!
i know, but i write to them/ buy tickets etc under my full name.Louise isn't a man's name... that i know of?
Maybe they read it as Louis. :)
:D i suppose it's a step in the right direction from crystal places'
'Dear Sirs' :)
Guys,
I'm off sick today - have some sort of cold and feel RRRRRRRRRRRRRubbish. Can someone else write the daily post tomorrow in my place please?
No problemo.
Pat? :)
Ooh, okay will do :)
excellent stuff {Comment #228}
Thank you, Leigh and RG!
I'm off sick today {Comment #252}
That's a pity, RubberGoat. Get well soon!
aaaaaahh... lunch was nice
:)
yikes!!
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/a-sad-story-in-finland/
sports news!
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday confirmed South Korea's Pyeongchang, Munich in Germany and France's Annecy as candidates to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Germany please.
Pyeongchang sounds like a ricochet
I started to type "Wouldn't South Korea be nearer your time zone?", then I realised it was Amy ;)
I think 2018 I might like to attend in person and Munich sounds like the most fun :D I won't start planning 8 years in advance though, that's a bit much for even me :)
a friend of mine just bought an HTC Wildfire... it looks so beautiful...
heheheh the fact Jenson AND Florence were in the same room makes me happy :D
Hey check out my camera skills with this pic of @flo_tweet and Lily Cole from the launch of Vodafone VIP! ;-)
http://twitpic.com/1z01mx
anyone on vodafone... there are some nice f1 prize draws you can enter..
http://vip.vodafone.co.uk/offertypes/template.aspx?id=3
who's florence?
youtube have improved their transcript options. you can now read the text and jump to a point in a video based on text selection: http://twitpic.com/1z1fqf
florence from Florence and the machine :) the one on the right of that pic :)
oh.
not a fan?
Clearly he hasn't got the love ;)
umm, don't think i know any of her songs.
he used to go out with a florence, right?
Jenson Button climbed back up to seventh in the Castrol Rankings this week, despite not being in action.
no.words.
There must have been an event this weekend 1 year ago which they removed.
whhaaat??? How have you escaped her awesomeness?
Yeah he did, Florence Brudenell-Bruce. She is a model/actress... And she tried to turn him into a hippy...
something about indycar drivers doing worse.
maybe they saw the mclaren video too?
heheh!
Following my return from Montreal and a brief comments exchange with Keith of f1fanatic fame I was driven to pen a little ditty about how I am struggling to get interested in F1 this year....
They stay that putting things down on paper helps you to get over what ever ails you...
I feel a small bit better.... I think...
Still not looking forward to Valencia though....
dunno, has giggles played her?
lou, jb needs a "design my swimming hat" competition: http://twitpic.com/1z1hiz
There's that one about drumming, and the cover of Candi Staton...
is it called a hat?
Oh right. I can see their logic. Someone lost points compared to last year so dropped below him.
oh right, apparently i have the cover song. who knew?
Nobody is looking forward to Valencia! A race as good as Montreal will attract a load of fans who'll just walk away again this Sunday. Valencia is a great location, they just used the wrong track layout.
I might just watch the football instead this weekend.
You do know some, you just don't know that they are her.
I might go to Ikea
understood. i sure a heck don't know what she looks like.
tomorrow:
The WMSC is also set to give approval to a name change for the BMW Sauber team
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84678
You do realise the races start at 1 and the football at 3...
Finally. Now we don't look as stupid.
erm... no idea, i think so.. maybe..
am expecting pedro to burst into song following the announcement.
You can sing this song when you go: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Ikea
That may just depend on the result at Valencia....
At least you could previously argue that the extra letters were slowing you down....
Hang on.. they are ditching the moveable front wings and having moveable rear wings instead? Isn't that a bit unsafe? And also like they are just trying things for the sake of it?
hehehe!! :)
i love that he is tweeting and twitpicing more and more, i just wish he'd reply... i also wish they had run the 'design a helmet' comp again :( it will be sad to see him at the british gp with his normal helmet :(
http://twitpic.com/1z1gjp
I blame BMW for designing such a slow car...
swimming cap.. i think?
Slow is unfair actually... unreliable.
i think so :)
And the letters were a good reminder...
ahh i thought it unlikely he'd have escaped her :)
Errr...
OK slow AND unreliable...
AND also...
Rubbish drivers....
cool, have tweeted him.
Thats not fair on Pedro.
Kamui I'll agree there.
hehehe if he replies you'll be the first he's answered in months! maybe he's just figured out how to upload pics from his iphone...
i wonder if we'll get any behind the scenes pics of him and his mum at goodwood...
Pedro is a great driver.... for testing....
Sorry RG....
Has anyone here had problems updating their iPod/iPhone to OS4? I havenøt, but I see a few tweets from people that have...
i keep trying to restore my ipod from itunes and it just keeps freezing, it's annoying but i will get there with it. silly slow laptop and 2nd Gen ipod.
Are there any French players actually playing this evening?...
Evening guys!
Goodwooooood tickets! They came in a fancy looking guide this year, I was impressed: http://twitpic.com/1z1tct
coool!! how smart! :D
that is posh. how hard would it be to add some ear plugs?
hehe :)
Mum said it made me look very posh. A nicely made booklet with tickets. Thats how easy it is to become posh in wales.
:)
:)
Very posh! Is the booklet a programme? Where's mine? :) I've never ordered them this early before, normally I do it in the week leading up to it and collect them at the gate.
i was looking at the goodwood site the other day and there was a FAQ about earplugs. Their answer was that children should wear them etc... and if you needed some they are sold in the shop.. so i'm guessing they wouldn't want to give them away if they can sell them :( silly goodwood.
It's like a mini programme, yep. Lots of useful info regarding goodwood, what to do and how to get there and what to expect.
hehehe! i dread to think how posh you're mum will think i am when i meet her one day.
Oh yeh, must remember to buy some. Usually manage without because it is only really the F1 cars to worry about.. but I swear my hearing is getting worse. There's only going to be one reason why..
It;s OK, one of my mum's oldest friends is soooooo posh. But she;s really really nice so it's OK :)
You should play it up.
BTW if you two get married will you have a triple-barrelled name? That's posh. ;)
double barrelled is long enough! Questionnaires are time consuming.
Evening all
lets not start talking about if Lukeh and I get married or we'll start mr c off on the williams thing again...
heya
evening
Timo is still tweeting his dinner :)
Hhhmmm very nice salad http://moby.to/ettk6o
He needs to think of something else to tweet...
Ideas anyone?...
Chandhok taking Mr C's advice on sites to visit in Madrid
http://twitpic.com/1z12it
Fry goes to Ferrari. Sorry Lou not Nick.
Interestingly there is no gardening leave involved. I don't understand how McLaren would let someone like Pat Fry go to another top team without having a clause in his contract stopping him from starting immediately
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84669
This made me laughmostly for the total randomness of it - what if Nigel Mansell was in Street Fighter? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Os41oXGw04I/TBlyvFcMS7I/AAAAAAAAAGU/QpsbFNVb4QQ/s1600/Nigel+Mansell+SF4.jpg
i don't know anything about him.. other than he is their chief engineer... as long as it doesn;t mean Jenson's car next year will be rrrrrubbish i don't really mind too much..
That's brilliant :)
McLaren have a system where one preson is responsible for designing next year's car then next year that person switches to the race team to run the car and someone else does alternate years. He is one of those people but I don't know if he designed this year's car or is workng on next years. McLaren will not be greatly affected because they have so many people and such a complicated structure but Ferrari could gain a lot next season.
Wonder if Alonso is behind this
have we any idea why?
Not a clue. Some shared sponsor with HRT?
James Allen says he was going to design next year's car: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/06/pat-fry-and-ferrari/
he designed last year's lemon.
So they have time to slot someone else in there and it won't affect the running of this year's car
ah okay. well a close fight at the front is what we want :)
hehehe when you say last year i think Brawn.. and forget all of the other cars :D
:D
F1 2010 has the ultimate compliment regarding it's current state
http://twitter.com/T4RG4/statuses/16791001101
fabulous.
Hiiii I have escaped from my parents' house :P
Did they have you locked up?
I'm sure they'd love to!!
Glastonbury is this weekend, and I think this may be my favourite Glasto photo ever http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/gbury_06_29/g02_19500531.jpg
hehe! i've just been told that because i am English i should watch the football... worst.reason.ever
My duckies are still alive!!!!! :D :D It's the best day of my life!
you have ducks??
Which duckies?
Oh sadly no. I was driving home from work last night and had to swerve to avoid a mummy duck and a train of 5 babies crossing the dual carriagway!! I saw them run out the way of a bus and then didn't see if they made it right across. It was very upsetting.
But I saw them all today. Alive and well :D :D
And that is the best day of your life?
awwww!!!
ohh i took some pics for you while in london btw.. there were little ducklings and everything!!
:D
Hmmmm I was very very happy. Nick already had to tell me it wasn't okay to nearly crash your car to avoid hitting ducklings :D
You wouldn't be the first. NZ had a rally driver called Possum Bourne, who earned his nickname after writing off a car avoiding a Possum...
Very nice
Lookslike Chandhok and Senna were at the Bernabeu onofficial business
http://twitter.com/tabathavalls/status/16792788161
Saturday is the best evening ever. Get in from work, watch Dr Who finale, then World Cup or Wimbledon, then Muse live on BBC2 headlining Glasto :)
Nice piece on Tony Kanaan by Willy T Ribbs:
http://silentpagoda.com/blog/2010/06/22/willy-t-ribbs-report-iowa/
:)
Haven't heard of Willy T Ribbs in 20 years. I remember when he was going to be an F1 driver
by Roy Hobbson :)
Not sure it's the WTR, but to be honest he was a decent driver - never thought of him in an F1 seat though
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/22/a-lap-of-valencia-with-mark-webber/
A cue for my to put my Valencia preview together - it may end up being a video of me headbutting my kitchen wall though
Janna just pointed out this goodwood news article on twitter
http://www.goodwood.co.uk/festival-of-speed/news-and-coverage/articles/f1iscominghome.aspx
so.. f1 drivers who'll be in action over the weekend =
Heikki, Karun, Jenson, Lewis, Rosberd, Heidfeld, Trulli, and Bruno Senna.
I'm assuming maybe Gary Paffett will be there on the friday to take the mclaren up the hill, seeing as JB and Lewis are there Sat and Sun.
Williams will be taking their 2010 for display too so maybe we'll get to see Rubens' car!!! :D
Try this list Lou
http://www.goodwood.co.uk/festival-of-speed/news-and-coverage/articles/whosdrivingwhatlist.aspx
But my target is now to meet Mika Hakkinen, Karun Chandhok and Heikki :D
oh and Hulkenburg...
hehe i've seen that, but it doesn't have Heikki, Trulli, and Karun on it, they were going to announce more people in the days leading up the the event.. :)
*prays they announce Ant* :)
what about Jenson :(
I meant new people I haven't seen! Of course I wanna go see Jenson ;)
my aim is to get a pic of all of them...and maybe a pic with JB and Karun :)
It must happen!
this needs to be a post at some point but...
re: the mark webber video. if you play it on the homepage, or in the post itself, the video plays in standard definition. if you download the video using the normal podcast feed, you also get the standard definition version.
however, there is also a link in the post to download an hd version of the same video. the hd version also plays if you view the video on this page:
http://sidepodcast.com/video/
it should be noted that if you use firefox or ie, you'll need a really good computer to play hd footage within flash. users of safari or chrome will likely have a better experience (html5 rocks).
finally, you down subscribe to hd videos using this feed:
http://feeds.sidepodcast.com/sidepodcasttv/hd/
hd videos look great in itunes, but will not sync to iphone 3 / ipod / itouch, but they will sync to the ipad (and i think the iphone 4).
hd f1 looks stunning on an ipad!
My target is to be in their vicinity and see them with my eyes :)
My Spa tickets have arrived. *is happy*
:D
Speaking of Goodwood, I had an email from them an hour ago.
I'm not sure if this will be good or cringeworthy:
we are thrilled to confirm that throughout the weekend the cricket pitch will rock to the sound of 20 car-related songs. A display of 20 cars immortalised in each song’s title or lyrics will be shown around the Goodwood cricket pitch, with a troupe of dancers performing around each appropriate car as the corresponding song is played on a special radio show compiled and presented by the legendary disc jockey Johnnie Walker.
oh that first italic line was mine, that's not an odd subheader of theirs..
Sounds like they've been chatting to Matt Bellamy and David St Hubbins
The Supercar Run will include the new McLaren road car, its first public run..
except for Valencia ;)
Last time I was there the cricket pitch rocked to the sound of 20 dragsters and many many thousands of horsepowers
virtual valencia looks stunning.
via alan baldwin: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/330711,fry-deputy-technical-chief.html
Ferrari hire Nick Fry as deputy technical chief
whoops!
Jenson Button climbed back up to seventh in the Castrol Rankings this week, despite not being in action.
no.words.
There must have been an event this weekend 1 year ago which they removed. {Comment #273}
Yes. His British Grand Prix (where Jenson finished 6th) will have fallen off the ranking. Alternatively, other people around him may have lost results where they excelled (have Vettel, Webber and most especially Barrichello lost positions?)
whoops indeed :D
have fixed the issue now: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/330711,fry-deputy-technical-chief.html
i could make wordpress so much better.
it'll come as quite a shock to ron that he used to employ nick fry, that's for sure.
best get started then ;)
I'm still sceptical about Pat (not Nick) Fry going to Ferrari he was one of people responsible for the MP4-24 and it doesn't seem McLaren did a lot to keep him.
they really didn't. on the other hand, he could still be of use to ferrari, if only from a "here's how mclaren plan to follow up the f-duct", point of view.
he doesn't need to design anything.
Even GMM wouldn't screw that up
The only problem is that the tubs are homologated, making it difficult to for the rest to copy McLaren completely. He can defiantly help though I'm sure.
He was also working on the MP4-26 as part of the McLaren rotation, so some secrets to be passed there ;)
Just thought of another reason for Ferrari to hire Pat Fry. Ferrari have run nothing but Bridgestones for a very long time so they may want someone who knows how to make a car work on Michelins either because Michelin get the tyre contract or to use that knowlegde and extrapolate from it if Pirelli do
i like that thinking.
evening all,
i returneth...
Game results - http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/22/tmr-game-week-22/
Hopefully its right this week... :)
It seems I do well when I do crazy strategies.
PING -->
Mark Webber Drives the Valencia Street Circuit: http://wp.me/pSi0N-dt #f1 #formula1
BBC 2 seem to be doing a cute animals show but the sound is turned down so I don't know why.
via the quick comment box which is needed.
hehe.
i hate my life :)
Time for sleep, all that tennis has worn me out. Night all!
Timing is awesome. I haven't used it in ages and then it happens a couple of hours after we discussed it
i'm getting tired now - painfully little sleep in the last couple of days is beginning to catch up with me
WC post scheduled I think, sleeps for me too. Cheerio.
I LOVE the quick comment box! I use it all the time.
i use it a bit too... when there is a doohickey full of football its the only way i can comment in the daily! :)
:)
if i could think of a better solution, it'd be gone already. it's equally useful and annoying.
Night Lukeh, Night RG
(hugs) rg.
night all who are sleeping.
it's the thing that trips me up, each time.
but you made the doohickey?
I'm off too actually - for the folks with the glory of Spotify, I leave you with this little cheerful number
http://open.spotify.com/track/3qXpbtghezZZJJu77upfkv
:)
but i'm stupid, and doohickey isn't idiot proof.
the goodwood site wont let me by tickets!! stop crashing silly website.. let me give you money!!
aww!
Ditto. I am writing the Daily. Blogging to a deadline is fun.
oh i have a post to write now too.. when does it need to be scheduled for?
you are? awesome!
Gavin is ill. I should say that really.
before the first game, ideally. but whenever you'd like it to go up.
we owe so many people drinks!
aww, had no idea. sorry i missed that whole convo. hope he's better soon.
I'm going to cry when I look at my bank statements. I've spent far far too much recently :(
ah okay... well play starts at 12 normally so in the late morning then :)
grrrrrrrrrrr goodwood ticketing office... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
*decides to leave mine until tomorrow*
but i have dad's credit card now... (with permission) who knows when i'll get it again...
Write down the numbers and name and you will always have it ;)
lemmie try then. how far you getting?
:)
:)
:)
at the moment it wont even let me log in :s
i can add the ticket i want to buy without logging in but it then tells me there is nothing in the basket..
i keep getting this page
https://ticketing.goodwood.com/ErrorPage.aspx
so... so.. tempted...
My dad gave me my own card with my name on it when I went on holiday last summer. I nearly cried when I had to give it back :P
goodwood is open on thursday?
wow. i have my own debit card which is awesome... but Dad said he'd pay for goodwood and i'm not going to argue with him if he offers to pay for me :D
yes.. but it's not normal goodwood.. it's a new thing..
i memorised my cc number, expiry date and security code within a week of getting it. it makes impulse online shopping so very very easy
oh right. well the whole has now died for me too :(
I had a very embarrassing incident at the Tesco pay at pump today :( I put the card in and everything was fine, picked up the pump and then noticed a huge bright red spider which looked like BAD NEWS on the pump so I put it down and shook the spider off but then I couldn't use it to fill up and it wouldn't re-authorise and I had to go into the kiosk and explain :(
awww no :( if it's still down in the morning i'll email their ticketing office i think..
dad just said i should write down the details and do it in the morning when he's out.. i'm un nerved at how trusting he is..
I'd trust you!
or he read steven's comment.
1 x Daily done, with seconds to spare. Scheduled for not long now.
It messed me around a bit. I added the ticket without a problem, but I went to add the programme and it lost the ticket. I had to re-add it.
Supercar previews, the manufacturers have more time to show off
he usually does things like this for me if he's building up to ask me to spend a day or two doing something IT based for him... i feel i am about to acquire another project...
but thank you :)
Pay it yourself, print the receipt and get the money off him.
the idea my dad might be watching the comments is a scary one..
nooo, using his card is much easier :D
I need to sort out the excerpt and tags, if it has tags, just wanted to get something up there
i just got a message saying
'Error updating unreserved seatplan'
say what?..
Recommend logging out, refreshing the site, logging in.
Amy... who are Hamish & Andy?
Done - and ping :) http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/23/daily-23rd-june-2010/
wow if you press refresh enough you get a whole page of scary looking code! i think i've broken the site..
They were on Graham Norton last night
Working fine in Firefox at the mo
is that where my friend got this thing called ghosting from then?
albeit really slow
tis very broken for me in chrome
'Unable to connect to the remote server ---> A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 192.168.103.216:5555'
Yes. One of them went out in the street and did it while the other one commented. I can't believe people get paid for that when I used to get in trouble for doing it when I was a kid
Oh. I just added a ticket and it crashed so perhaps not.
ahh okay i will have to check that out.