Ooh, it's my turn on daily duties again. I'm writing this on our Windows Machine - the one that allows us to use Skype without Mr C tearing his hair out. I know, I know, he's never really been complementary about Windows in the past but it has it's benefits. It allowed us to record the recent Sidepodchat, which is certainly worth listening to if you have a spare fifteen minutes. Also, the Windows machine means I get to play The Sims 2. Which I am not doing. Nu-uh.
Now, what goodies can I bring to you today? First off, of course, we have this week's ranking posts. You can check out how well the drivers have done here, where Nick Heidfeld makes his debut. There's also the team post, in which every single entrant now has some kind of points on the board - albeit positive, negative, whatever.
Also spotted yesterday, Renault released an update on Robert Kubica, via the medium of a brief interview with one of his doctors.
...he no longer needs intensive care so he has begun the rehabilitation process. He is now in his own large room so that he is as comfortable as possible. He has already started some gentle hand exercises with the slight flexing of his fingers.
Dr. Rossello
It does sound like progress may be slow, but any kind of progress is brilliant, and I really appreciate the updates that Renault have been giving us.
Yesterday, Alex pointed out some exciting things from Amazon - although in the US only at the moment. Members of Amazon Prime will have access to streaming TV shows and movies for free. Loads and loads of them! I wonder if the subscription business model would work better for TV than it does for music. It's certainly not dead in the music industry but it doesn't seem to have taken off as much as it was hyped to. I know I don't like it but that's probably just bad experience. Meanwhile, Spotify have just got a load of investment to keep on trying to break America. It may happen one day.
Whilst we're on the subject of media, whilst I was browsing the iTunes podcast store recently, I spotted that ChannelFlip have found a new celeb to link up with and have launched Richard Hammond's Tech Head. I don't know what it is like, but I do know that Hammond is relatively popular amongst us as one of the Top Gear presenters. Is Top Gear still cool? Who knows?
What other non-F1 podcasts do you listen to? Do you make a point of subscribing to them, or do you just catch up when you can? I'm always intrigued by people's consumption habits, so why not share yours?
Now, back to the matter at hand, which is sports and stuff. Make sure you keep an eye on the Sidepodcast Calendar. We're doing our best to keep it updated with the changing F1 circumstances, and it's also worth noting that there are some fun things coming up this weekend. There's more NASCAR, but if that's not your bag, you should definitely tune in to Crashed Ice. It's the third of four rounds, and so far it has been super duper exciting every time we have watched. We may be testing out the Factbyte Factbox in the coming days as well, so make sure you stick around. We're widening our horizons, and we're taking you with us!
That's plenty enough waffling from me for now. Best wishes go to everyone affected by the Christchurch earthquakes. I know several of our commentors have family in the country, so our thoughts go out to all.
I will see you in the comments.
"What other non-F1 podcasts do you listen to?"
Too many.
Hehe, me too. Just curious if there were any standout ones or new ones.
90% of my podcasts are BBC produced. I ♥ Radio 4
There are non-motorsport podcasts?? What on earth do they talk about?
:)
I think the only one is Startledbunny, when I can find time to listen properly to note down the tracks for future Spotifying or buying.
Well the ones I usually make priority to listen first are 7 Day Sunday, Fighting Talk, Football Weekly, Boots N All, Wrong Bed (thats darts people), The Bugle and Football Ramble. Rest I fit in if I have time.
I just started listening to 7 Day Sunday.
amazon prime reminds me of sub-prime. are they lending movies to people who can't afford them?
snowbineharvester!
And a ping for game results - http://toomuchracing.com/2011/02/23/tmr-game-2011-week-5/
i listened to the latest renault podcast, but i think maybe uspcontent don't make it anymore. the quality was... ropey.
I think that counts as an F1 one.
Morning
a subtitle in the making there. are you going to follow it up with, "where we're going, we don't need nascar"?
YO!
Awesomeness http://yfrog.com/h6boiraj
perfect
#sidepodspace
Thursday's shuttle launch is still on schedule despite a minor problem having cropped up. Fortunately it was minor and will not delay the launch
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
There is another mission launching at 10am UK time tomorrow. This is the Glory mission which will study aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere. The launch window for this mission is only 48 seconds so unlike previous unmanned missions there will be no chance of sitting watching nothing for hours.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html
Genius
48.... not 60?
I'm a pretty big podcast listener too, I have a big list if anyone cares.
I assume they are trying to fit it into a particular orbit so they are limited in the slot available. Not sure why that should be the case unless it is going into a similar orbit to lots of other satellites.
we're watching glee
#sidepodconfession
oh yes, go for it.
I do!!
It's not that bad.
shhh!
Glee is fantastic, as Charlie Brooker once said #totallynotmisquoted
OMG. Stop now
errr. see, the off-season got longer, and then we had wine and cheese and now we have glee. #berniesfault
Save yourselves. Cool Runnings is on the iplayer
As long as you stick to the episodes which feature a lot of Sue, you'll be fine, best thing about it by a mile.
I just found out you can play Snake on youtube...
Cool runnings is just so epic :)
Alright then, I'll start with F1.
Sidepodcast of course, Chequered Flag F1, F1 Rejects, and The Flying Lap
IDK how to categorise the rest, but I get Chris Moyles Enhanced, Hamish and Andy, Russell Brand, CBC Comedy Factory and Laugh Out Loud, CBC Radio 3 Music, The Moth, TED Talks, Stuff You Should Know, This American Life, and The Vinyl Cafe.
It's about 12 hours a week of material, excluding video podcasts.
I have The Moth and This American Life but I'm sort of saving them for a rainy day.
The Moth is definitely worth subscribing to, although This American Life can be a bit long-winded. Stuff You Should know is quite good as well.
how do you have time to listen to all that?
I listen as I walk to and from school and as I'm cooking dinner or cleaning. That pretty much covers all of it, usually I run out of material to fill my ears with.
amazing. we must record more stuff.
and on that bombshell... g'night.
Good night
"What other non-F1 podcasts do you listen to?"
Hamish and Andy. Two hilarious radio presenters which fool about somewhat.
http://www.hamishandandy.com/
ooh, finally an answer to what they're building down at Albert Park, a new garage for the V8s
may not be that black and white issue. In the Concorde Agreement there is a number of races per season the teams have to commit to and it probably is not 20 races. I remember the number mentioned few years ago was 16-17 races per season. Every race on top of that means extra payment to teams (likely from FOM). So Bernie may be loosing out on Bahrain payment but at the same time he will probably also save some $$$ on payments to teams. I would be surprised he if there were no clauses protecting his interests and his pocket in case of race cancellations...
oh, you said non-f1. i totally read the daily wrong.
ermm... no non-f1 podcasts.
You're up early!
I listen to/watch a lot of podcasts, but the non-f1 ones I am subscribed to are:
The Archers (a recent addition), Beautiful Places in HD, Best Of Myspace, The Bitterest Pill, Boing Boing Video, Buzz Out Loud (Audio), Buzz Report, CNET Conversations, David Mitchell's Soapbox, Desert Island Discs, Digital Flotsam, Dubvibes, The Feeder Series, Go For Odd, Interrobang Podcast, John Shed's Saturday Night Shakeup, Leeds House Music Podcast, London Landscape TV, Mashuptown, Radio Clash, SLV Podcast, Stampodcast, My Podcast (only to check that the episodes download & play properly), Tech News Today, That Sound, TKRS Productions, Top Of The Pods, WRC Official Podcast, and Xtratrancecast.
world's worst sore throat. no clue where it came from, i was fine 8 hours ago, now it's agony.
blimey, that still going?
ah yes... I remember that one...
I am sorry to hear that
blimey, that still going?
they had a break for about 2 years, partly because they were busy, and partly because Jon moved to Israel. They did a few new episodes last year.
heh :)
The last episode was in November...
Looks like we ran at 7 episodes in 2009, 6 episodes in 2010, and so we might be running a bit late with our first thing for the year but something every 2 months seems to be the go for odd pace.
fair enough. and to answer christine's question, "Do you make a point of subscribing to them, or do you just catch up when you can?"
i listen when people ping them :)
Which indeed I do :)
What do you do if somebody mentions something you want to listen to but you can't listen to right now?
Morning. How are you all?
normally, it falls out of my head and i never think of it again. which is okay cause then i have no knowledge of it :)
i, err, live for the moment!
Good thanks :)
hullo squire.
Yes... Well I like listening to podcasts and... I most of the time I want to listen to podcasts is exactly when I'm not in front of a computer. I can do lots of things while listening to podcasts but I can't read at the same time. So I like to have the podcasts come another way.
I subsribe to most and huffduff the one offs.
i used to as well, but little travelling means i'm either in front of one machine or another.
For the video ones, I catch up when I can remember to, and for the audio ones, they are queued up to listen to in the car, which I'm in every day. I don't subscribe to anything I don't enjoy.
Radio is not an option, except 6 Music and BBC 7, but hardly any cars have DAB receivers.
I listen to mostly motorsport or football podcasts - other than that it's Fighting Talk, Friday Night Comedy, The 404, TWiT and Freakonomics.
I listened to the debrief while on the flight home from Trinidad yesterday too ;)
Travelling is part of it but I do it when I'm cooking, cleaning etc too...
that's exactly how media consumption should work. i just don't spend enough time in a car to listen to much more than f1 minute :(
I used to listen to a lot on the train. I can't listen while reading, but if I am data mining or spreasheeting I can no probs..
yeah... err... cooki...
I went for another run plug plug :D
:)
To to answer Christine's question:
Adam and Joe, Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape, Back to work, The Big web show, Build and analyse, Desert Island Discs, Hypercritical, The Infinite Monkey Cage, Friday Night Comedy (only the News Quiz half), MacBreak Weekly, The Pipeline, Put this on and The talk show.
I also subscribe to Collings and Herrin, As it Occurs to Me and You Look Nice today which may not be suitable for all readers / listeners.
I subscribe to everything. I download more than the above but those are the ones I listen to (and have listend to all of every episode of and are still going). Because of these other onese that I have downloaded but haven't yet listened to I have 1,281 unlistened to podcasts.
I have to say podcasts from the http://5by5.tv/ network of Dan Benjamin are my now go to place for well produced high signal to noise podcasts.
Most of them are less news focused and more generally fascianting. For example Hypercritical is a show all about the little things that are wrong and what we can look to see in the future. Episode one was about tv connected devices like the apple tv etc and why nobody has found the solution yet. In a recent episode they talked for about 20 minutes about the stupid design of USB Connectors because of how you can't tell externally which way is up.
It's hard to imagine that everyone would be interested in such a show, of course, but that's what I mean about the network. The shows are great and when you find one you like you will cling on I think. Dan's co-hosts of some of the shows above are Jeffery Zeldman, Merlin Mann, John Gruber, John Siracusa (of Ars Technica) and Marco Arment (of instapaper).
*gulps*
So the discussion about using iTunes for podcasts ... I was surprised because I think the iPod handles them quite well. Having said that, I rarely use iTunes as a music player these days...
I just realised that I didn't mention David Mitchel's Soapbox...
well done :)
I had McDonalds for lunch, it was necessary :D
Well done. I went for a short run around the oil refinery where we stayed in Trini but it was a killer in the heat!
I was hoping that when we came back to Denmark I would be able to cycle again but it's snowing!
heat is not good, I am not a fan of running on treadmills (as much as I like not having to go outside), but the hotel gym in Malaysia will definitely be the lesser of two evils.
Agreed.
morning everyone
Sad to hear about Tony Kanaan's IndyCar drive falling through yesterday due to a lack of sponsorship - a really great shame.
Only 32 days before the start of the season too.
:(
Really? shame.
In answer to Christine's question (great daily by the way), the only other podcast's I listen to are "Trackside The Fan" ( http://www.1070thefan.com/trackside/ ) and the occasional Radio Le Mans and Motorsport Magazine podcast.
Aye - announced during the night.
Morning all.
NASA TV ( www.nasa.gov/ntv )is currently showing the build up to the launch of the Glory mission. Launch is due in just over half an hour at 9 minutes past whatever hour you are on. Weather and everything else looks good so far.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html
morning steven
Hi Leigh.
Shame about Kanaan. I thought his drive had been sorted but apparently not
NASA just reported a zero% chance of weather issues and if they have to reset and go tomorrow there is still zero% chance of weather problems. I guess that shows the difference between launching in California against Florida
aye - the original deadline was apparently feb 1st, but de ferran gave him an extra 2 weeks. sadly nothing came about.
he's a very good driver who does not deserve to be on the sidelines
That's racing I guess. You rarely if ever have the best drivers on the grid. THe most you can ever hope for is that you get the best of those who can raise the cash
true sadly
and how is that different from other business ? who can raise cash can run business, who can't can go on dreaming ...
T-30 minutes to launch.
The latest poll of the flight controllers unanimously go for launch.
Very true. I think the one difference is that it is rare for anyone to give a large sum of money to someone who is clueless to let them run a business where in racing all sorts of obviously clueless drivers seem to be able to get sponsorship despite it being obvious to anyone that the driver is not good enough to succeed.
it's sad though that while the indycar series is clearly in much better shape than it was a year ago, the series champions from 2004 and 2005 are without drives
:/
not rare at all, greed often makes people blind ...
Probably true
I personally know a person who consistently manages to get funding, grants etc etc burning loads of money without ever managing to actually create anything ...
That is so annoying. I have tried raising money to get a business going in the past and found it impossible regardless how much money or how good the business looked
this is too funny for words, we're in tears of laughter this morning. you must listen to this podcast: http://www.anotherf1podcast.com/2011/02/22/2011-02-preseason-podcast-previe/
comes with a strong language warning, but essential listening, promise :)
like the kids in uni that had bmw's, but still managed to get the grant while i was barely able to afford the bus...
T-15 minutes to the launch and everything is absolutely set for an on time launch.
Sounds too good to miss
T-10
Most boring build up to a launch ever. Everything is perfect. The weather even if they have an issue and have to go tomorrow the weather will still be 100%.
The rocket looks like an oversized firework. Doesn't look big at all
T-10 minutes
Countdown has been stopped. Looks like they have a problem after all. THey need a commentator to explain what is going on. Sounds like a power issue somewhere on board
oooh.
Went smoothly until it all crunched to a halt. Looks like a 24 delay so launch some time tomorrow morning.
Sounds like the problem is not on the rocket but in something that communicates with it and gives it commands to ignite etc.
You jinxed it.
Looks like it.
Morning all.
Am total fail with podcasts, I have tried to get into others but I get really bored. Sidepodcast is the only one that's only kept my attention.
morning lukeh
I like how the autosport homepage has a picture of trulli scowling. Maybe he really doesn't like the Pirellis.
He pulls good faces :)
he's F1's version of Jim carrey
The Grinch!
Just listening to Another F1 podcast... FIGHT!
he's green and everything!
We've had to delay this week's podcast a bit, but they need to watch. their. backs.
Maybe.
I can't really pull off being a tough guy :)
I think you should do an impression of one in the show :) I think that would be awesome :)
I will channel by inner Bruce.
I should also add that I have a really short attention span and other podcats don't really pull me in enough to keep me interested. Either that says a lot about how much I enjoy your podcats or that I really am quite awful with listening to stuff for a long amount of time
Podcats?
Hehehe!
It's interesting, because you're okay watching tv and films, so maybe audio only just doesn't capture your interest. Everyone is different in that sense. I embrace the x2 speed so that they don't take quite so long :)
They don't know that though
Hehe, I think they do :)
Yeah I can sit for longer than most podcasts watching a film or something but I seem to get really easily distracted with audio stuff. It annouys me a bit because I want to embrace podcasts a lot more but it's a bit of a struggle sometimes when I find it so easily to be distracted as wierd as that probably sounds.
Well, this is blown my mind for the day courtesy of @glinner
http://twitpic.com/42l6iy
Been having an IT Crowd Marathon lately. That show is just brilliant!
forgot to ask chap. how was yer holiday?
Looooooove IT Crowd :)
Have you ever seen Black Books? Similer type of comedy from Graham Linehan but possibly funnier
And yes, welcome back gavin!
hi gavin
Oh it was awesome! We went to see a friend of mine who's from there - we saw so many cool things, tried so many foods, fruits, drinks and had so many great experiences. It's a really nice place and the people are so different in their out look and so friendly - we always felt safe and comfortable too!
We also went to a massive Carnival party, went snorkelling, body boarding and jet skiing, drove around both islands and the people we stayed with threw us a party for our anniversary :)
Yeah, got the DVD's of that too - and I saw "Bernard" live when he toured to Wellington. Very funny man!
Yay!
Should mention that they eat totally differently over there - sort of a cross between Indian and Caribbean. It's got so much spice and flavour to it that I'm having trouble adjusting back to European food. Also the fruits they have are different too - they taste much better! I tried Sugar Cane and ate the pulp off fresh cocoa beans too!
oooh, sounds yummy!
ooh, you must remember that for sidepodtravels.
The most delectible Podcat... He's the leader of the gaaaang!
Definitely!
This is the first meal I shall be attempting in my slow cooker. Bring on tomorrow nights dinner :D
I am sure by now everyone knows that Diario AS is not a reliable source of sports news and is one of GMM's favourite sources. The next time anyone suggests an article from that publication is proof of anything show them the link below.
Apparently "translation errors" even affect photos
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/33296/
So many podcasts, so little time :)
Mactalk, WRC, TWiT, Macbreak, The Talk Show (the first couple of episodes of this were terrible but perseverance paid off - they are slightly better now).
I worry that one day I'll meet someone from one of the podcasts I listen to at 2x and tell them they sound funny at normal speed :P
Saw that yesterday - just moronic
I hate it when I accidentally photoshop something out of a photo. One minute it's there, then it;'s not! Such a bother!
it's the ideal device for people who like planning.
its not so ideal that it needs to be turned on in the morning since i am not a morning person :(
I heard about it on Football Weekly - AS are a Madrid paper and apparently the papers in Spain are very biased towards their teams.
A little too biased maybe
It's a really stupid thing to do. It's not like no-one is going to notice. I can imagine the Spanish Andy Gray pointed it out on TV
I watched that game and it was a bit tricky to see, TBH.
buy a timer socket?
Sid Lowe goes on about it all the time.
This was just tweeted by Gab Marcotti too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEbf-o83fc
Hi people.
thats what my mum does but the internet pointed out to me that the reason they dont come with timers is because if you leave the food sitting there uncooked and delay the start time you tend to get food poisoning
Haha, just saw that myself. Blatent!
That is genius
so you have to get up and fill it too?
I have put all the ingredients in a container in the fridge so it will only take about 2 seconds to dump it all in and flick the switch. I don't think most people would bother but mornings, ugh.
Someone bought us a slow cooker. I used it once and what came out the other end was not good at all, so I threw it out!
I think they must be trendy at the moment because there was a whole bunch of slow cooker meal packety things in the supermarket and I'm sure they never used to be. I am hoping the delicious food that came out of mums was not a fluke and mine will be delicious too.
I don't really like sausages though so the first experiment might not be the best.
Why would you pick sausages if you don't like them?
Ugh. They can be great for making casseroles and curries though.
no, no. why don't you like sausages?! :)
I had some in the freezer from our Australia Day BBQ and I didn't want to have to buy more meat before payday :)
I do like sausages when they're bbqed and in a piece of bread, perhaps this can be added to the list of ways I like them :D
something about the texture creeps me out. Beef sausages, pork sausages, chicken sausages, they all look identical. Scares me.
Kiwi hotdogs?
Same shape, but not really identical, not on the inside.
I don't think the Aussies would be happy with that ;)
but the texture is the same, like when you eat a chicken breast it feels different to when you eat a steak. But once things are all minced up into sausage meat they're always sausage meaty.
I don't hate them, I just only eat them about twice a year because I prefer everything else above them :D
When I tell people here how we make kiwi hotdogs it freaks people out!
I see. Same as burgers really.
bit like gammon and fish :)
A "Fransk Hotdog" with Pommes Frites Sauce is the best form of fast food!
:P
to me a kiwi hotdog would be a sausage in batter on a stick :)
:D
Franck! Oh no, not quite.
Ah - I was referring to the good old sausage in a slice of white bread :)
i know, i've just never heard anyone call it that before :D
Same thing though - Fransk means French as it's served in a piece of french stick...
When we were at spa there was this really yummy sausage that Burb Incorporated had and it was called something like the Worst Sausage. It really wasn't, in fact it was near the Best Sausage.
It probably isn't called that - but when we have BBQ's here I ask if people want "Kiwi Hotdogs" when I serve 'em like that :D
♥
I miss Spa food, damn nostalgia.
What about the "Gur-hacked bowls"? They were like a big meatball with BBQ sauce in a bun...
I miss the munter coins!
So.... Fransk Franck?
you crazy Danes, I learned some things about your wedding traditions last weekend and now I'm curious as to how you live there surrounded by nutters
I have one in my wallet, its kind of annoying because sometimes I have no money OTHER than the munter but I love it too much to leave it at home.
Fransk Franck fra Frankrig!
Hahaha oh yeah! That was so confusing. I couldn't work out if jt was a giant burger or a wierd burger hot dog or whatnot.
What did you learn?
something to do with tapping on glasses meaning the bride and groom had to stand on their chairs and something else meaning they had to kiss under the table. Necks could have been broken, standing on chairs in such heels!
Afternoon all.
Nicholas Courtney il fait mort.
afternoon stuart
:(
absolute legend
Yeah I heard that too but in general they don't, because they get too drunk after getting bored from the speeches!
The last one I went to, they played trivia games and I had to overturn a question that they got the wrong answer to on Tom K. They never had the traditional wedding waltz at midnight either because the bride got so drunk she passed out!
Quite.
The best Lethbridge Stewart line has to be when he orders one of his troops to shoot the gargoyle: "Chap with wings – five rounds rapid!"
The Daemons - a Pertwee classic
:)
I think my friends played up the Danishness at their Dunedin ceremony, they'll probably play up the Kiwiness at their Danish one. Not that NZ has any wedding traditions that I can think of :D
It sounds like it. Good on them though I suppose. At our wedding we tried to do some Danish stuff as like you say, there aren't many Kiwi traditions that we knew of...
Ping: http://mrschristine.com/2011/02/23/new-experiences-with-one-pot-cooking-and-apple-corers/
I just finished listening to Another F1 Podcast, from now on I will refer to Christine as "Miss Christine, the lady"
or perhaps just "the lady"
I am trying to figure out whether Christine or Mr C was the puppy that got kicked in the face
Hehehe.
That was pretty funny - shame they are so sweary because they are great to listen to!
i like that they divorced us in the process. i'm freeeee.
starvation will get you soon.
uh-oh!
The Milky Bars are on you. Especially if you want dinner
odd choice for a meal.
:)
theres no chance of putting them in the oven while still in their wrapper so they're perfect for you
heheh!!
Hello all,
I know its hard to believe, but the Castrol Rankings have just got even stupider - http://www.castroldriverrankings.com/news/2011/02/vettel-favourite-for-another-f1-title
They are basing stuff on testing?!
Hello. Welcome back Gavin.
That sounds awesome.
What can I say, they've surpassed themselves in uselessness.
They always use the Sauber 2010 testing as an example. Hmph.
last week they tried to give dale earnhardt points last week, he passed away a decade ago.
They basically say "You can't base much on testing times" and then go ahead and do it. Typical!
I decided I was not going to bother with testing this year.
wonder if we can work out what buffoon writes that cack, based on their biases? no-one's yet been brave enough to put a name to a post.
*facepalm*
Thanks man. I'll have pics in a few days and then I think I might write a short blog post about it...
I somehow missed that. Maybe because I have not read a single thing about the rankings on THAT site since the first day they posted them
Same here. It's like Pitpass - I only hear about them when someone posts here!
Whoever it is, I feel embarrassed for them. Surely they realise that is the worst piece of analysis that has ever been dressed up as proper motorsports journalism?
Yes but if you extrapolated the points he earned from 2000 I am sure he would be right up there ;)
Oh, and as for a name...well its probably an Autosport hack. I'll bite, Edd Straw perhaps? He does love Vettel.
i think that's what they were trying to say. unreal.
can't wait until they start comparing drivers from the 50's.
Some people don't seem to understand that just because you can see a pattern in the numbers doesn't mean the pattern has substance to it. They may as well watch the flames of a fire an extrapolate from the patterns they see there
Yep. Especially as, if I understand the "article" correctly, that pattern is based on the fastest time for each driver only. Which leaves no allowance for the programme each driver is on or the track conditions that day.
Or comparing F1 champions with each other ;)
Or whether one car can get 20 laps out of a set of tyres and another only 3
This week in the Catrol Rankings for the first time in 7 years a living driver makes the top 20 of the definitive comparison of driver ability.
Maybe they'll include the nationalities of how many times a country has won the championship
:)
;)
ouch :)
:)
I thought the podcast was the puppy
I must say that I found the podcast to have a bit too much laughing on it... But maybe that's me?
Does anyone know, or has heard if there is any truth to this?
Bruno's cartoon for the Bahrain Grand Prix: http://mimosart.com.br/blog2/?p=80
The figure seems a little high but you'd have to bet that they had some sort of financial incentive to give him a run.
Hehe. I only discovered that he'd moved his site the other day. I love DJ Alguersuari!
Cheap for F1.
I thought so too. What's the going rate for tests these days+
fancy a go?
Just to clarify, I thought the figure sounded high for Mondini to be able to afford, he hasn't done anything of note since 2006. Maybe he's been saving up his pocket money since then :D
I propose we start a petition to have @pressdog change his twitter handle to @horndog.
Is he going on about "his ladies" again?
not right now, it's just an idea I've had for awhile but haven't voiced yet :)
So Mr C did you go to work today or are you around with the ability to play sound?
I'm going to guess that's a no ;)
hi, at work, sore throat n'all. what you planning?
Was thinking about a little OWL-E live streaming test.
oooh, can ya do it later? back around 6-7pm. youtube upload also more useful than live because i can download and look in detail.
Oh yes... I was planning to do a YouTube upload... and I wanted to do a little live test... How about both :)
(hearts)
I'm going to have to cancel tonight - I forgot a thing... I'll let you know though.
:(
http://easymusicfordifficultears.blogspot.com/2011/02/nicholas-courtney-rip.html
Hello folks
iPad 2 event confirmed for next Wednesday
I'll miss it as I'll be on lates next week
Awesome
Wonder if Steve Jobs will be back for that.
I hope so, not the same without him.
He didn't when he was on medical leave the last time. It shows the Apple is fine without him if he stays away, I think
Also, strong rumours to suggest a refresh tomorrow of the MacBook line, coinciding with Intels launch of Light Peak.
Leaked photos suggest Apple will call this Thunderbolt. Significant speed increases over USB2, even in this early copper version before full fibre optic in the future
Did I hear 4 times faster than USB3?
Some rumours suggesting Apple might have come up with something that combines Lightpeak with a the MagSafe power adapter.
Then you will definitely be able to tell which way up it is.
"10 gigabits per second in both directions simultaneously" eventually scaling to 100 [presumably when fibre optics are used]
If you like the articles on my site where somebody mistakes me for something I'm not then today's article is for you: He's only a waiter
http://gamboling.co.uk/2011/02/23/hes-only-a-waiter/
So between 2 and 3, roughly
You do get up to lots of adventures in that London, don't you?
Oh yes... I'm not sure if it's me or That London...
I feel like a lot of people walk around with their eyes closed though.
Definitely
I try not to walk around too much :)
Good news for Prague weather watchers [err, me]
Daytime temperatures should creep above zero tomorrow.
Checked in online, Row 1, window seat :)
Yes... And checking back to my story I was sitting down throughout... So I'm not really sure of my point :)
It's as though I don't have a leg to stand on... I'm sorry I couldn't resist.
How's the novel going btw Alex?
Good question... It's going...
I'm working on another draft at the moment. I'm probably about a third of the way through. It's fair to say that I did hardly anything on it during 2010. And now I have a bit of a deadline to get some serious work done before that's proving to be a bit of inspiration.
However... I do keep getting distracted :)
I've just got to the editing stage of a four part story for gamboling. And on the back of the fun feedback I've written a directors commentary or something I'm not sure if that's the right term to go on the end which will hopefully encourage people to give feedback like they kindly did for the Airbourne story.
I think people find it difficult to comment on a story, but maybe it's easier to comment on the process? That's my hope. So I'm hoping to put that out as 4 parts over four days Monday - Thursday and then on Friday the Directors Commentary post.
Basically I'm getting my writing and editing eye nice and sharpened up for the novel :)
Sounds good, looking forward to it all
Oooh, brilliant!
Hello all, non F1 podcasts:
Dr Who: Radio Free Skaro, Dr Who Podshock, Two Minute TimeLord, Bridging the Rift, The Happiness Patrol, Sonic Newsdriver
Football: 5Live Football Daily, The Game, The Tuesday Club (Arsenal)
Comedy: The Comedy Week, The Bugle, Answer Me This, Friday Night Comedy, Onion Radio News, The Perfect Ten
Other BBC Radio: Alex Lester, Chris Evans, 7 Day Sunday, The Archers, Daily Bacon, Danny Baker, Simon Mayo, Kermode & Mayo, Rhod Gilbert, Desert Island Discs, Fighting Talk, Point of View, In Our Time
The New Yorker The Political Scene, Fiction, Comment, Out Loud
Other Stuff: Bright Club, Word, Stuff You Missed In History, History of Rome, Gareth Jones, The Feeder Series, Startled Bunny, Listen to Lucy, Joyce Meyer (Religious), Robert Llewellyn's Car Pool, Go For Odd
I think that's everything ;)
Listen to Lucy is goood :)
I like her & A Point of View from the BBC because they get their point across succinctly.
i am waaay more excited about this news though: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/23/new-final-cut-pro-described-as-dramatic-and-ambitious-due-in-spring-2011/
Apparently Apple is still putting the finishing touches on “the biggest overhaul to Final Cut Pro since the original version was created over 10 years ago” and wanted pro user feedback. Emphasis on “pro.”
now that could/would restore my fair in apple as a creative enterprise. very important to me, that.
Guess that's why I (heart) F1 Minute too
I don't know about this one...
http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=18
actually, i'm quite excited by the rumour of a matte screen macbook pro. that really would put apple back in the 'pro' arena.
Yes... Well I heard something by the way that I hadn't realised... The guy who was project lead at Adobe on Premier was the guy who was project lead on Final Cut at Macromedia. Macromedia never released Final Cut because they were bought by Adobe and for anti competitive reasons they had to give up Final Cut.
So the same guy was responsible for the start of both of those products. One time he came back from a holiday and all he wanted to do was stick his home movies on something that would be simple and not over complicated. He did a renegade project which ended up being the reboot of iMovie. And then he was put in charge of iMovie for iPhone. He was the guy up on stage. So the guy who invented Premier and Final Cut has been doing consumery stuff for ages. I wonder if he might have got to the end of the inventing new stuff for consumers stuff and now they've put him back in charge of the proper stuff.
Aha I know who she is... I didn't know she had a podcast!
Maybe we'll know tomorrow
that would make me very happy. soooo annoyed that imovie is getting all the attention first.
Classic Apple - One guy in charge of something and when he's busy the project stalls
true enough.
Oh dear, installing Service Pack for Windows 7. Hope this goes better than when I had Vista.
sighhh....
Don't you just love the tube...? The heat, the smell, the slowness.
i would guess it's bugfixes and you have most of em already. haven't heard much about, which would be unusual if there were new features.
Evening.
evening pat
You know how motorsport.com has looked the same for.. ever?
It will soon look totally different. I never thought I'd see that site change. http://beta.motorsport.com/
Their next job should be to lose the GMM infestation..
that is marvellous.
Oh yes that's definitely one I keep meaning to get into but always forget.
The HP deal wasn't enough?
Not sure if that's happening to be honest. He may have enough for some races if any.
Should be ok. I remember when I installed vista sp1 and my old laptop might as well started crying in the corner of the room. It caused a lot of conflicts with my programs.
evening ladies and gents.
Nearly holiday time EEEEEEEEEE!!!
Nick is leaving for the airport :D :D :D
For Mr C, one program in particular I reference to going loopy because of vista and it's service pack at the time i was using it is NetBeans.
Neettbbeeeaannnsssss.
*eye twitches*
Service pack worked but IE9 failed. Have shut everything down & tried again. Thank goodness for my Desire
Hopefully he'll get something worthwhile, would hate to see him out of a drive.
This is how @ebernoldi looks after working out http://plixi.com/p/79446425
- @EJViso
:) :)
All sorted. Normal service can be resumed.
*stands down*
Hope you have a fantastic time. Let us know when he arrives :)
:lol:
love netbeans :)
Awww I have an 8 hour shift at work tomorrow then a 5 hour drive down but I'm dead excited now. It feels like it's finally here....
Catching up on tweets and just noticed Williams are doing a livery launch tomorrow at 11:00 GMT
It had a willingness to point at me and laugh in red squiggly line form I found ;)
Very useful though, just had a vast amount of teething problems getting all the plug ins working when I first used it in year 1.
IDE's are for WIMPS! #textmate4eva!
'Course, I can say that now because I'm not a developer. If I switch I'll probably be forced to use an IDE.
Ping: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/news/greased-lightning
I thought a test day normally cost £500,000 if the team wasn't planning on using your services afterwards. Though to be fair if they're considering giving him a 2012 race seat, a large discount would be normal.
But to put this into perspective, it costs €5500 (£4666.75) to do Renault's "Feel It" programme, which includes 2 laps in an old F1 car. Hispania charged $6562.50 (£4052.34) per lap for Giorgio to do his 32-lap run in a nearly-new F1 car. This means that Hispania are charging less than twice the amount to run in their car and Renault are in theirs.
I believe Hispania are either undervaluing their product or aiming at entirely the wrong market...
i've yet to find one that uses a decent typeface. no type, no use.
I somehow didn't register the
line when I read the Daily thread the first time.
a) Christine, please tell me off for not paying sufficient attention
and b) Welcome back to the Sims 2-playing community :)
I don't always like artsy pictures, but this one's very nice. :)
Although with the title you chose for it, I'll probably be singing songs from the Grease soundtrack for the rest of the night...
I was just thinking the same thing and seeing it in somebody else's comment has given me chills!
They're multiplying!
Now I'm losing control!!!
There are worse things I could do...
How electrifying :)
I'd better shape up...
Is it just me who finds it funny that Sandy started this?
Sing one note of that specific song and I'll glue your lips together. F-o-r-e-v-er.
Just so you know. :)
He he :)
I'm not sure where to go from here with this. It's as though i'm Stranded ;)
Oops.
Stop it or you may be branded
He he :)
For those who liked the film 'The King's Speech', Channel 4 has something on in 15 minutes called 'The Real King's Speech' which looks very interesting.
ooooh, cheers Pat
You have no idea how glad I am right now that Giggles Radio episode S has already been and gone...
(And btw, I'd take Janna's advice if I were you.)
So, March 6th, will there be a theme for Giggles Radio or can we make requests?
#sidepodspace
Tomorrow we have not one but two launches. First we have the launch of the Glory mission to stdy aerosols in the atmosphere which should have launched this morning but ran into technical problems late in the countdown. It is due to launch at 9 minutes past ten UK time..
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html
About 12 hours later we have the launch of the space shuttle Discovery at 9:50pm UK time. Today's mission managers meeting gave the go ahead for the launch and even the weather is playing ball with only a 20% chance of weather problems.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Did anyone notice the names of the original 7 ercury astronauts in the photos Christine posted. Have a look at the first names of the first 5 in picture 8 and see if they look familiar.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/02/the-historic-flight-of-mercury-6/100012/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RzCB3VRruE
It would be a great quiz question if one of them wasn't called Virgil. That is a giveaway
https://picasaweb.google.com/106400214729093018812/PragueCityTour?authkey=Gv1sRgCMufgoeyuI3I9AE#5576977275002932210
Pic of my view from the apartment at night
Bit of a rough day here, but going to go to sleep and try again tomorrow.
Hope tomorrow is better for you. Goodnight!
Prague doesn't seem to be working out like you would have wanted
Thanks Alia, I have a few minutes to chat, it could help to raise my spirits a bit.
Ohh no, I hope everything's OK Kai!
True. I had that great meeting last night with the great idea of working to connect US kids and Czech kids, and I still like that idea and will pursue it, but I guess what I think I'm realizing is that this isn't where I want to be. A 60% pay cut is rough, and I'm not at a stage in my life where I'm up for that. But it's a beautiful place, no doubt, but difficult working conditions for folks here.
At least you've got a good idea from the experience. Would it be worth pursuing from the US side?
Yeah, no great emergency or anything, just not feeling that great. I think it's the food or something, but I'm here cooking all my own due to the allergies, so why is this happening? It's not bad, I don't want to give the wrong impression, just a bit low today. Lots of stress.
I guess it is worth the pain you have now to learn that.
Exactly, and that is what I take from it, and that is why I came here. I met with a guy tonight who was very abrupt and told me the real deal in no uncertain terms. It was excellent for information, but he was kind of a jerk about it.
*Sidepodhug*
I hope tomorrow will be better. And I really hope you're not getting sick! I'll keep my fingers crossed that tomorrow will bring some positive things.
And as the other say: at least you've learned some valuable things. That's worth the effort, right? :)
I blame the evil tesco woman. ;)
Shame to hear little things like that are affecting your trip though. Hopefully it'll pick back up soon :)
Yes, totally. Invaluable. And that is why I came here, to find out the deal, and now I know it. I was just hoping to be a step further on the path to a new job somehow, some way, and maybe I am and don't even know it. :) I will try to work it from the US side.
yay! Better already. :) *hugs* back.
It will be, I'm going to meet Bassano and his friend!
It annoys me that people can't be more pleasant
Brilliant :D
Sidepodhugs in person :)
hehe
We can blame the guy I met with tonight, too. :)
Ahh bassano is totally awesome. It will definitely pick up :)
hehe
True!
A couple of years ago, somebody told me it's better to walk in the dark than to stand still in broad daylight. It was the best piece of advice somebody could gave me back then, maybe it'll help you to now in some way.
Once you have been home for a week a lot of what you have learned will become clear
Near as I can figure, they may have no reason to be pleasant. There's a heaviness here, and they make 40% of a western salary. Life is hard here. I feel for them. And I don't want to live here. Clarity is awesome.
It may just be the way the Czech people interact. I know a Slovak lady who is very blunt. Life would be boring if we were all the same but sometimes it's hard when you're not used to it.
I totally agree. Thanks for the perspective. You're right. I took this chance as a research step, and I learned a lot, and that was the point.
I think I really just want English speaking TV. ;) I'm so shallow.
Without wishing to blanket everyone I think a lot of Eastern Europeans are like that. We have some Polish employees, very friendly and very polite but also really abrupt!
That'll be a laugh. :)
:D :D
yes, I don't mean to be prejudiced in any way, I probably said that other comment wrong. I'm not at the top of my game right now, sorry. I do understand it's their way, and you're right, it just isn't for me, that's all. But I talked with the receptionist at the hotel office today and she was hilarious. She was a delight.
East Europeans tend to be a bit more blunt
It's a double edged sword. I like it, 'cause there's no messing around, but it can be hard to take in the moment.
Evening all, about to get on a 747 with a crowd of Germans!
Have you thought about trying somewhere else or has this put you off completely?
Have fun!
Safe journey, sounds like it will be interesting
I like the honesty part, but it can feel a bit harsh. I'm just a delicate American I guess. hehe
Have a good flight!
You sure you are on the right flight? Alison is not going to be happy if you end up in Dusseldorf
I'll second that. I had a friend from England and a friend from the Ukraine proof-read an essay for me once. The English told me it needed some work, the Ukrainian told me it was crap. LOL!
Anyways, people, I'm off to bed. It's almost 11 o'clock here and I have an early start tomorrow! Goodnight!
I'd love to check out an English speaking country. As much as I love languages that would be a huge amount of stress off the move, if there was one.
Night Kai!
Good night Sandy
Goodnight!
Good night Sandy, thanks for the kind words.
Oops, I thought it was kai. #alsotired
:) You can't get rid of me quite yet. ;)
Don't worry about it. I'm listening to any name (including 'hey you!') in my current state. Night all! ;)
:lol:
I need to sleep. Goodnight all.
Kai, hope you have a better day tomorrow. I think it's great you're trying something new but have the good sense to know when it's not right for you.
The guy tonight basically made me feel like he was doing me a huge favor in talking to me, which maybe he was, and he said to ask him when I figure out what I want to do. I felt stupid for not articulating it better, but this whole trip is about finding out what I want to do, not knowing it ahead of time.
Goodnight!
Night Janna
Thanks Janna. I appreciate it. :)
But the beer will be great!
You should definitely use that excuse to Alison when you accidentally land there.
She would be quite happy that Nick was enjoying his beer
So what is a nice gift for my Czech friend who's been sending emails to his Czech friends and set up these meetings for me?
Last night I dreamed that the final test was moved to Melbourne, but the track was different. Then I ran into Rubens in the underpass under the track and he was wearing a St Kilda Saints AFL dressing gown. Once I got to my stand I was sitting behind Puck from Glee and I was trying to comment and tell Mr C but I couldn't get the internet to connect.
I blame Mr C completely for this messed up turn of events.
Hi all
Something she misses from home she can't get in the States?
Yay for SPC dream. Glad I'm not alone. :)
A Czech chequered flag. Check the cheque doesn't bounce though if you pay in that way.
I always find it difficult to make suggestions for people I don;t know
Good idea.... I wonder what that would be? I'll ask at the office tomorrow, they can tell me, maybe....if it's the nice lady who is working.
I'll Czech it out.
That is a very weird dream
And that's part of my problem, too.
every element of it has recently been in the news or in the comments so I must have remembered them :D
Amy redefines SidepodAddiction anytime somewhere is within shouting distance of catching up :)
I think it's time to pack
Back soon
OK. See you soon :)
Bring warm clothes. It's still really cold.
#obvious
I watched some of An Idiot Abroad on You Tube tonight. It put this trip into perspective for me. Things could be worse. :)
Pastor is going to do fine in Formula 1. he already knows the basics.
Good night everyone. Sidepodminimeetup tomorrow. There will be comments.
Yay! Goodnight actual kai :)
:D
:)
Night Kai, see ya tomorrow
First time I've seen Film 2011
Is Claudia Winkleman sponsored by Orangina?
Just caught up with this (and the 2010 highlights), so funny :) :)
Very right about the language warning (and a lot of laughing) but it is fun. I kind of think they aren't a million miles from you guys, like a Sidepodcast Uncensored... they even have your "WHAT?!" :)
:) :) :)
I got carried away trying to find a song I can link or embed in the daily, I haven't written all the other words yet.
And I still haven't found one