Hello Thursday, you've come around quickly! Let's see what's happening..
Space
Tonight we will hopefully see a shuttle launch, as Discovery will be lifting off at 9.50pm GMT to fly to the International Space Station. Sadly this is Discovery's final flight, at the completion of this mission it is scheduled to be retired. You don't want to miss the final launch, especially as there are a limited number of flights for the rest of the shuttle fleet. NASA info page here, and Spaceflight Now has a live blog and an embedded stream - the stream is also available directly here.
(I'm amused to see blurb next to the SFN embed, Miles O'Brien will be giving a talk - I don't think it is the transporter chief of the starship Enterprise but I might be wrong!).
The other launch due today was the Glory mission on a Taurus rocket, but that has been deferred a few times and will now launch on Friday at 10.09am. There is a technical issue with this flight so it may yet be deferred again. NASA page.
Thanks to Steven for the heads-up on both.
Racing
Check out the F1 Big Picture. I can't say I'm a fan of the weird effect on the photo which manages to completely neuter the effect of the shiny shiny silvery livery, but I am a big fan of long-running partnerships. Mobil 1 have been with McLaren for 17 years! I'm sure I read somewhere recently that Hugo Boss have been around at least as long. Good on them all for not chopping and changing every year.
I was disappointed to learn Tony Kanaan's IndyCar deal has fallen through, he's a great guy, such a character he needs to be in the series. I hope something gets worked out for him.
Allen Wedge tweeted this great piece about the teamwork between Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti. It doesn't matter if you don't like IndyCar because I'm sure the lessons hold for F1 too. Okay so it is hosted on a sponsor site, but it is a nice non-fluffy piece about drivers working together having a positive effect on all the other people in the team, great bits of banter too. Kind of puts you in mind of Vettel/Webber and how the garages must've been divided at the time, even if only mentally.
Drayson Racing has quit ALMS/LMS sportscar racing to join the all-new all-electric EVCUP. This is a bold move but it lends real support to the fledgling series to have a name like that involved. Drayson Racing always said they are a green team, their previous use of 2nd-gen biofuels is an example, now they've really gone for it. I was and remain sceptical of this series - to convince me the cars need to be fast and the teams/drivers need to be 'known names'. Drayson is the first step.
Christine and Mr C were in fits of laughter this morning listening to the latest offering from Another F1 Podcast, which features a part about Sidepodcast. I checked it out this evening, the rest of it is pretty funny too! There is a MAJOR swear-alert though as it is NSFW. In the words of Mr C:
"this is too funny for words, we're in tears of laughter this morning. you must listen to this podcast. comes with a strong language warning, but essential listening, promise :)
What's Racing This Weekend?
The three NASCAR series (Cup/Nationwide/Truck) visit Phoenix International Raceway in Arizona. This is a 1-mile oval with a unique dogleg on the backstraight which makes things a little less repetitive (some of these ovals all look the same). The dogleg is being redeveloped in time for NASCAR's second annual visit later this year, so do catch one of these three races to see the classic layout for the final time.
Meanwhile in Australia, Phillip Island hosts the first round of the World Superbikes. I can't say this is a series I follow all too closely but it is good to have another championship getting their 2011 season up and running.
Don't forget: the next round of Red Bull Crashed Ice happens this Saturday, live from Moscow. I'm sure we'll be following along here with a dedicated live thread. Extreme downhill ice skating! Like snowboard cross from the Winter Olympics but with ice skates instead of snowboards. Completely mad. What's not to like? Btw, did you know the Winter Olympics were last February? How has it been a year already??
Next weekend: WRC Mexico, NASCAR Las Vegas and GrandAm Homestead-Miami.
Just as a quick plug, I run a predictions game involving several racing series, at the moment there are only NASCAR Cup races involved but F1, MotoGP, ALMS and others will kick off soon. It isn't too late to join!
Music Choice
The Rifle Volunteer - End Season
This band is relatively unknown. One of the guys in the band is a friend of my sister and her boyfriend, they all used to hang out in Southampton and then London. I really like their sound, really good wintery stuff, reflective.
I do recommend checking out their Bandcamp, Facebook and Myspace pages. There are different freely streamable songs at each, and on the Bandcamp site you can buy an MP3 for as little as £1. Bargain. Just click the covers and remember the 'more releases' link.
I hope you like them. I don't get a penny for this I just think they are really good.
I am sure there is plenty I have missed, but I think that'll be all for me for now. If you spot something interesting do bring it up in the comments! Have a good day!
You leave me no choice...
Go Lewis!
Great daily Pat :)
Ta :)
Morning..
morniiiiiiiiiing
Good daily Mr W
:)
Great Daily man... and I have added my picks to the TMR Game :)
Cheers. :)
Did you see about RTE?
http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/11931/
Aye - about time. It's a difficult sport to promote when it's on a channel that no one has. It'd be a gamble for RTE, because the Beeb is free to air in Ireland
Seems like a problem a lot of countries have. Seen that happen in NZ and Denmark.
Anyone in the mood for some early morning reading?
Hopefully it would be better figures than Beeb vs Setanta though, unless the coverage is really bad
RTE's coverage of F1 used to be quite good when they last showed it.
Anyhoo,
Early morning ping -->
http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/raising-the-stakes/
I remember when Sky first got it in 06, they only had a 3 year contract. I can only assume TVNZ don't want it back. Hopefully one day :)
Thanks. :)
Is it still shown on Sky?
I remember TVNZ's coverage being quite good, but they would only show the race. Sky showed qualy and the race but had no studio coverage.
yeah it is sadly, so none on TV for me if I'm ever at home during a race weekend.
I used to love the stuff they did with Bob.
Yeah it was really good. Geoff Bryan was a good host as well. I know a guy who worked with him and said he was a nice guy too.
It's a pity no other motorsport holds my interest, theres so much on pay TV here.
I may the minority here but ... what a waste of time listening to that barage of swearing and nothing else ... could not handle that for more that 5 mins ... not sure why people think that rude = funny ...
It wasn't for me either to be honest. I just found it annoying, but there you go
I'm relieved to hear it. After 4 minutes or so I had to turn it off. It wasn't for me either.
Good morning everyone.
morning kai
glad to see I am no alone :-)
It was too sweary but very funny. However I am not surprised that a few people here found it too much, considering that we refrain from such potty mouthed banter over here.
Having said that, some words that they used should be off limits. I swear a lot but even I don't use some of the language they did!
Me too :) It just wasn't my sense of humor. And I couldn't listen to the guy with the cold. I was afraid I'd catch it by power of suggestion. :)
It wasn't the swearing I found bad, it was laughing at his own jokes grated like cheese.
I swear too. It was more about it not being funny to me, and the congestion. :)
to me it was not funny, just a like a drunken talk, that's all :-)
Yeah, that too.
I see. I just thought the swearing would put people off. It would be hard not to tell that story without laughing though!
I'm not saying I could listen to it every week but I thought it was a good satirical rant at all the things F1 does badly. I do like a good rant. :)
The first few minutes weren't that good but it got better, the sidepodstuff especially..
I have to say that keeping a blog is fun. I've never done it before.
That surprised me too.
ooh what's the address?
you blog a lot! I'm really enjoying reading along with your adventures, it's awesome.
Admittedly, I swear shhamefully
I have to do a subscription thingy with an email address so my students can't spy on me. :(
If you want to DM me an address I'd love to send you an invite!
@AndersFinn
oh, there was also a story ? :-)
I also think if I ever go to Prague I'll have to stay where you are - that apartment looks lovely :D
I do love to write. I'm so glad you like it, Amy, I'm enjoying doing it, and I know what Christine means now about blogging for yourself, and if people like it, it's an added bonus. I enjoy the process and putting together the travel journal kind of thing.
Done.
It's so nice! Highly recommended. I kind of can't believe I'm staying such a nice place, and it's reasonable, or comparable to other prices.
I looked it up on tripadvisor which lead me to the rates, very reasonable!
Yeah, it works out to about $126 US per night for so many amenities, including full kitchen with dishwasher and a clothes washing machine.
http://www.residence-karolina.com/detail.php
and the shower that hits you in the ear probably wouldn't be a problem for my shortness :D
hehe
It's just a weird design with no shower door or anything, and when it's in the holster thingy it's hard to wash my hair under it. It's a challenge to not get water all over the bathroom (like I did yesterday, shhhhh).
It's just part of the adventure. :)
I did that in my hostel in Berlin, and spent a long time cleaning it up. Later that day I went into the bathroom and there was water everywhere again, clearly one of my room mates was not as considerate as me :)
I usually only use 2 towels, but let's say I did get the full use of all of them on the rack yesterday. ;)
fabulous daily mr pat.
that's a shame :(
Yeah same here. The sidepodcast stuff was pretty funny but the rest of it wasn't my cup of tea really.
Morning guys
oooh, hadn't seen that. hope that works out.
True. Interesting to see how the public take to it without the two Eddie's though
Williams are launching their car in 45 minutes on their website, wonder if they're going to live up to the livery rumours of it having a retro influence
i found myself quoting lines from it all day, "you know i'll always defend you, but stop picking ******* fights" etc.
Yeah, and I know that teachers have had bad experiences posting stuff online, so I need to steer clear for now. Boo.
Haha.. glad some of you guys have now discovered AF1Podcast , I have been listening to them since about the middle of last season. I agree sometimes they do overstep the mark a tad, but thats to be expected. One of my favourite bits from them is when Lewham started tweeting and they ripped it out of him (very funny) .. i listen to spod for actual news and levelled opinion then listen to them for all the pi$$ taking and laughs...
That's a smart move. Teachers here are not so scrutinized - one of the page 3 girls here was a teacher!
Ta :)
Wow.
I was thinking I may do a kind of 'open house' for it one day, maybe this Sunday so anyone can read it. There's nothing that would negatively affect me even if my boss or students did read it.
Spod! Why have 3 syllables when you can have 1 :)
Your grammar best be top notch then
;)
hehe
*goes to proofread*
The stream is up and ready to go for Williams
http://www.attwilliams.com/
Thanks. I've never been able to watch an online launch before. It feels like vacation. :)
Phew! Back in UK...
Scotch egg and sausage roll purchased!
Yay!
You even get to see the most Rubens-est of all the launches too. Awesome. :)
Glad you made it and got some good food.
The other 2 are unnecessary ... its all about syllable optimisation!
*waits for the williams *retro* livery*
Is it still suposed to be a retro livery on the williams?
Im gonna bet on the ICI era if it is
it only works if alan jones and nigel mansell pull the covers though
I wonder if 5 months ago is classed as retro
Welcome back, don't forget the cup of tea :)
I drink green tea by the bucket at work so having a diet coke for a change :)
as long as its not from that classic season of 1998 .. oh yeh... red and white with crazy ads all over it ....
And woody woodpecker :)
with ralf doing the unveiling...
Oh the australian one? Winfield was it?
:D :D :D
Ooh, just saw one of Lukeh's tweets fly past on the Williams page :)
They go so fast!
It's against the law to mention the brand
;)
Big pic ping: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/news/balance-transfer
I concur with Jarno. I have yet to mean anyone passionate about KERS
*puts ear up against laptop*
I am getting mucho buffering on everything tonight, internet is soooo slow.
Is that chap talking to someone, or is he practicing? :)
Hi guys :D
hi pamela
I think he's trying to find the light switch or asking soeone to do so
Hello!
Oh that's better :)
He's talking!
Rothmans-esque!!
Poor guy seemed so nervous.
It's blue and white! Surprise.
A bit... kinda disappointed it wasnt slightly more radical
Does anyone else's video keep skipping or is it me?
bwahaha.. "tight rear end" ... nice paint work!
A little :(
Yeah. It may be a glitch in the matrix. Make sure you know where the closest pay phone is.
Hi, are you back in Australia?
yep :(
Yep :)
ooh hello, I hope you are enjoying your last days of freedom :)
Suddenly I want to go to Venezuela. Or not.
I wish they'd actually light the car. Are they at the Autosport show or is the same lighting people?
I am happy Rubens is driving the best looking car on the grid in 2011 :)
Ugh, back to work (and reality) on Monday.
I guess they don't want everyone to see it all, for all the secret stuff.
car all fixed?
Yep, got it serviced so the annoying light has gone. hehe.
hooray! Now it will tell you far more interesting things :D
Not. Trust me on this one!
I agree Sam, Rubens is the bestest thing ever.
#possiblyreadingtoomuchintoit
Is it retro?
I thought I'd give their sponsorship a chance to work its magic on me. Didn't happen.
Rothmans livery. Looks a lot different in my opinion, I find it odd so many people say it looks exactly the same
Sam Michael talks at a good speed for note-taking.
With two retro rothmans stripes. Disappointing.
oh dear. Technical difficulties.
About as Rothmans as Renault is JPS then? :) :)
It merges the blue they had last year with more white, and the deep red of the PVDSA(?) with grey line
Its not too bad, but i think i expected too much
Well I am sitting firm in the 'it looks awesome' corner. ;)
Your missing the chef part. So far the chef has gotten more attention from them than the livery. Not sure what that says...
It does look good, but it's oversold as a retro livery. I need to see a better pic but from the feed it just looks like last year's car (which I happen to like the livery of anyway).
Sam Michael: "I don't understand you people... I told you it was going to be a retro design. And now you're complaining that it looks exactly like last years car... Do you not know what retro means? It means 'looks like something from before', last year is before!"
no, I mean on their end. :)
I am listening to the chef. They must be psyched about their food this year.
It has a lot more white, it also has the stripes up the back of the sidepod.
It is nice, If they hadnt built it up as retro i think i would be much more impressed
They have put extensive testing into their catering trays over the winter
Cool, will wait for the high-res pics with interest :)
To be fair they didn't build it up as retro, Sam Michael just hinted at it to a few fans.
Better photo of the car
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89631
Absolutely terrible lighting
Important question:
Does it have any sponsors?
I wonder if they will be cooking arepas for Pastor this year?
For a style to be retro it needs to be outdated though....
although saying that...
Very aerodynamic.
Their twitter too...
And by doing that we all hyped ourselves up that it would be retro..
All that talk of food has made me hungry. Off to the supermarket now :D
Joe said he eats at williams a lot so i am sure he will be pleased they are upgrading the canopes
I love it.
I still think there's a big difference between the way Williams hinted at it and Renault proper hyping it up. That is building up a retro livery to me.
PDVSA (which I am told is pronounced Peh Deh Vay Sah)
Fair point.
Oh I didn't know that. I've been pronouncing it Peh Dro VaRo Sah? ;)
Retro usually means "something before the current one", not "something that looks like the current one or before". Does Williams need a better dictionary?
I think the other side of the rear wing has Venezuela written on it.
I think you must still be on UK time, I'm already in bed
Williams' method would have been great if they'd checked what "retro" meant before they started...
:P
I'm only mentioning it because we have 4 Venezuelans in the office ;)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/williams-launch-new-livery-for-2011-season
Terrible lighting.
Only people passionately against it...
yes. Is there a reason for that?
Indeed. It's very handy to know the actual answer about that.
I have... But he was the CEO of Flybrid (or whatever they were called) though :)
Normally, I would say so that people can only take rubbish pictures and have to use the officially sanctioned ones for a decent view. But the ones on the Williams media page are all dark like that, so I have no clue!
Some sort of "darker" theming to the launch?
Tip: be careful where you use a microwave to heat your morning brew...
I was watching that yesterday, was very odd viewing
I can't watch that right now. What's it about?
I have never been tempted to microwave tea though, sounds crazy!
look what microwave water does to plants! http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp
There's no video, just says about when The One Show randomly went off last night because someone was putting their tea in the microwave and fire alarms kept going off
The One Show evacuated live on air due to a fire alarm. It turned out that the alarm was due to someone warming their tea up, causing the microwave to set the alarm off...
:D
Is that every livery in 2011 done now then?
Nothing... That's what the article says that you are linking to. It says that it is a false internet rumour. And that microwaved water in actual tests makes no difference to plants...
yep, just hrt's actual car is still to be unveiled
I think they were trying to copy... the Rothmans livery? But it doesn't really work for me...
We've already seem their early april fools though :)
sorry I was making a, admitedly very poor, joke.
:)
not sure that's the actual F111 though
Yes.
just like the livery, then. ;)
Unless the lotus thing pops in a particular direction
Ouch!!
if anyone successfully makes a livery / liver type pun joke, then i will be impressed
boom!
Hi people.
Are Grumman going to sue over that name like Ford did over F150?
...and get what? HRT only actually own an old football and three broken plates
I don't think Ford has a 111, so Hispania should be safe. Of course, they'll need to find another numbering scheme before 2050...
They get publicity out of it, which is probably worth more to Ford than the entire team!
Its not really the same industry!
Still though, F-111 is the name of a well-known intercept bomber.
Unlike the Hispania, which will go down like a bomb this season!
Didn't stop Ford...
Ford was i the same industry though in that they were both vehicles.
I have a feeling that Ferrari knew what they were up to by using the same typeface.
It doesnt help that Ferrari's parent company is now effectively merging with fords big rival Chrysler...
Lots of images to look at here: http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=5881 but all pitch black.
It's a bit fail with all this bad lighting?
D'awww, today is rubens' 14th anniversary with Mrs Rubens :)
Congratulations Rubens!
Why do they do it? Can't be too hard to get a few lights in surely.
Hehehe: Sam Michael said "journalists have no chance to predict where everyone is". We will see about that when Heidfeld is champion, I say...
http://twitter.com/EliGP/status/40752507399446529
Looking at 2011's liveries PING!!
http://gridwalktalk.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-2011/
Hi all. At Heathrow, awaiting a gate number
42!
Hey there
Excellent option :)
Hehe, great post.
I was there earlier...
Terminal 1 has 3 arrivals halls! ...madness
nice... I think the williams is growing on me
Hopefully I'll bring some milder temperatures with me ;)
Yes, please do. But I'm getting used to it now.
How was your holiday Gavin, where were you?
It is eh. Love "The Lolz" :D
It was great! I was in Trinidad and Tobago to visit my colleague and friend who went back for his paternity leave.
It's a fantastic country that's totally different to Europe and we had a great time trying new foods, tropical fruits, seeing all the sights, going to the beach, liming and wining at an all inclusive Soca Party and getting the full Caribbean experience.
I wholly reccomend you add it to the list of places to see!
need: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
Imagine accessing multiple streams of uncompressed HD video — from your notebook — at speeds that let you edit an HD feature film in real time. That’s how Thunderbolt technology will connect the next generation of high-performance peripherals to the next generation of computers — starting with MacBook Pro.
neeeeeeeeeeed.
Thunderbird technology!
i'm not entirely sure what that means. but yay that my laptop can do it :)
it's new out to today, that's the brand new MPB.
or thundercat. ho!
oh... my macbook is old already? :(
just think how old mine is!
hehe!
*hugs macbook*
really need: http://www.apple.com/thunderbolt/
Now you can create a professional video setup for your MacBook Pro, just as you would for your Mac Pro. If you’re a video editor, imagine connecting high-performance storage, a high-resolution display, and high-bit-rate video capture devices to handle all the post-production for a feature film — right on your notebook.
dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum. Dum de dur dum...
bassano was waiting for usb3 in macs, but thunderbolt is twice as fast and can, "transfer a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds".
he's gonna need a bigger disk :)
http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm
Yeah... I think I might need me one of those computers
for christine, with thunderbolt we can now put machines in a separate room* for complete silence.
*assuming we upgraded everything.
fact
:)
Adrian bought a 13 inch mac book pro just before Christmas...
yeah, but he doesn't need this stuff, right? we do and you do, because we make video and audio and all sorts of big creative things.
Do you know how many people I know that have been travelling that I have told NOT to buy an iPad yet?
Blimey that's amazingly fast.
(I hope the next one is called Lightning.)
:) :)
He bought his macbook pro for audio editing he's a bit remix nut... But I don't think it will be that much of a problem.
You had me at Thunderbird.
ahhh, didn't know that.
:)
Apple have, unusually, released a picture of the guy who designed this new adapter:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410KJY05TJL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
hehe!
Developer Preview of Lion too:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/02/24macosx.html
:)
Announcement on Wednesday
always nice to meet the brains of the operation
I just didn't realise Jonny Ive had grown his hair back
Jeremy just stood up and said, "I don't know how I've gone through so much of my life without one of these. And why is the shop still closed."
Thanks for sharing, I'll check on google
good question. i need to know if you can swap the dvd drive for extra storage.
sad that the 16GB flash drive for the OS didn't materialise.
Boarded now. See ya later folks
also. what are the matte options? none at all?
shame.
See you soon!
have a good trip
"AirDrop, a remarkably simple way to copy files wirelessly from one Mac to another with no setup;"
v.interesting.
Have fun
have a nice time! take lots of photos!
have fun bassano
also for christine, in lion: http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/
If you’ve ever restarted your Mac, you know what’s involved. First you save your work, then close all your apps, then spend valuable time setting everything up again. With Resume, that time-consuming process is a thing of the past. Resume lets you restart your Mac — after a software update, for example — and return to what you were doing. With all your apps back in the exact places you left them.
Interesting. Or they could just make software update less obnoxious :)
or that.
the uk store isn't up yet, but the 13" mpb is £999 while the 15" is £1,549
that's a massive jump.
£500 for two inches of screen?
you get a better processor and a secondary graphics card for heavy video work too.
that's what it was before?..
am surprised the cinema display has seen an update with thunderbolt.
not a clue actually.
Macs are very expensive...
£999 is a very good price i'd say. am just surprised the next jump is so much.
i'd pay that for a good 13", but i wouldn't go an extra 550 quid for the next up
same.
when i got my mac the difference was a good £500
ahh, fair enough. it's still too much though.
yeah tis waaay too much. I only got the first £1000 from the DSA though. So we paid £550.. it's the only way i could have got a 15inch.. like ever.
what made you choose 15 over 13 out of interest?
The screen for photo editing (both size and resolution), hard drive space, and i felt like it would be able to cope better with any heavy editing. Which tbh it's not let me down once. It's exactly what i need. Perfect.
ahh yes. i have x1 external screen, x1 external drive etc. not exactly portable though.
oooh, 15" mbp has matte screen option. $150.00 extra though!
MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display
The key thing, I think, is that Macs aren't any more expensive than PCs however... Apple doesn't do any low end machines.
Remember these are the Pro line of computers, these are business machines.
I would settle for that, however the amount of travelling i seem to do back and forth from uni it's not always as practical. Sitting on the train yesterday editing images and listening to music on my laptop was amazing. The three hour journey that would usually be spent reading or listening to music while i wait to edit things at home has now become 3hours of work time! It's awesome! :)
Dell, for example, has a range of Laptops known as the Precision Mobile Workstation range. It starts at, what they bill as, "as low as £1,049".
uk store is up now. 15" + matte screen = £1,669 which is too much.
sold on the 13" for £999 though, just won't look at the screen.
:D
that sounds absurd doesn't it. i mean, i don't really look at the screen now anyhow.
:O
I am pleased I don't need to create anything so I can spend my thousand pound on consuming things instead.
Not that I have a thousand pound going spare. Boo.
sidepodcasting is expensive. christine could do with one too.
you have a credit card though?
you look at your external one you mean?
yeah. almost always.
Me too, but there's an element of 'ooh shiny toys' which makes me want a new computer too.
Same
sock it to 'em Mr C!!
:)
I don't buy things on my credit card that I couldn't pay for out of my bank account, I don't like debt.
ahh fair enough. My flatmate often links his old macbook up to his hd tv and works from that screen. He's doing alot of film editing atm and woaaah it looks awesome on a huggee screen!
he'll be wanting a new one too :)
he blew last semesters installment of his student loan on his 42inch tv... i don't think he needs much more encouragement about spending money.. may not mention the new macbooks to him for a bit ;)
The price difference is also in part the quad core rather than the dual core. That's quite a speed jump... mmmmmmm... speed...
it's the price of half a 13" though. x2 macbooks might be more use, and set one up for rendering.
Yeah... I don't need it... I think I'd go 13" £999 model... What about SSD? Booting from SSD is awesome (as my pc desktop attests).
which reminds me, i've to drop my mac in for repairs tomorrow
:/
Afternoon all.
Was very excited by this Mac news until I realised that it will be another two years, thanks to our arcane tax laws, before I can en-fiddle one onto the company's account. If I sell the Macbook before then I'll have to pay tax on it, or somefink.
afternoon stuart,
thoughts on the fw33 launch sir?
too expensive for me at the moment. the 256gb drive is too small (fcp and logic alone come with that many assets) and the 512gb is £1,000.
ouch. you could sell it to your other half for 1p, or is that now allowed?
By the look of the pictures, someone at Williams forgot to put 50p in the electricity meter. Livery looks okay to me; will be nice to see it running around a track. *grabs diary*
Well, when it’s at home she is the principal user of it (not sure the taxman would approve of this) for looking up tat on the internet.
There is that. Much as a shiny new fast thing appeals, for me at least a 26-month-old MacBook is fast enough. I don’t edit videos and I do most photo processing on the iMac.
Oh yes. Nearly forgot. Where are the sponsors?
i think williams forgot those too :)
sponsors? sponsors?? sir, they have a new chef!!
Not many people know that
Hmm true, and yes, the lack of sponsors was certainly galling., Hard to sell a midfield team I suppose
Apparently he was only supposed to blow the bladdy doors off
Sponsorship is passé. All about Arab oligarchs now.
#clingingontoanyhopetheywon'tbethenextTyrrel
hmm... i can't imagine sam michael being much of a michael caine. patrick head on the other hand....
too late, sorry
just a flesh wound
Sounds fantastic, RubberGoat!
James Allen has a pic of it outside:
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-1415.png
it looks very bare...
Here is a pic of the car Drayson will be racing this year (per the Daily):
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/gt-drayson-racing-goes-all-electric/
And I just saw that he tweeted me this morning after I questioned the prospects of the series last night..
@toomuchracing I'm convinced @EVCUP is the start of a whole new area of motorsport - electric race-cars will be common in 10 years time IMHO
- @LordDrayson
(Evening, home now.)
It looks so ugly though! its like a prius f1 car!
I like the front end, not the back end or the covered wheels!
Hello all, how are we today?
Evening
If Kai appears in the comments, ask her to email or text me please
Though if she's online, she'll likely get my message
Have you arrived? Hope the journey went well.
I like it when people put their money where their mouth is.
Hello. Nice to be able to go straight home (well almost, via the shop) instead of having to drive elsewhere first. :-)
Yourself?
Aye, at hotel now. Very quick transfer
Ok thanks. I have many cakes in the kitchen as I'm taking them to work tomorrow. It's a real exercise in self-control.
So was being in the shop when hungry :)
Doesn't seem long since you boarded!
Never go shopping when hungry
or drunk.
#ohthestories
This can be the problem with grocery shopping online.
erm, williams were the first to bring arab oligarchs into f1.
Evening all
Hello Lukeh
In case anyone asks: we are eating at Klub Architectu on Betlémské náměstí
Just saying. Later peeps
Bit harder to say than Coal Hole :)
Have fun guys.
you made it? blimey, i've missed loads of comments.
Ping: http://www.f1minute.com/news/williams-f1-reveal-2011-livery-and-discuss-kers
Evening all
#sidepodspace
Just tuned in and the shuttle crew are being loaded up. Looks like there are a couple of empty seats to be filled. Launch is in around 2 and a half hours
It would be fun to Factbyte Factbox it but I'm worried it will just jinx it again :)
It's NASA. They jinx themselves. Crank up the FBFB. I would love to see what you produced
You've twisted my arm. I will require moral support though!
I promise to clap every time you post something more interesting than NASA TV. Does that help?
I think I may get sore hands. NASA has the astronauts in the van going to the launch pad when they are quite obviously in the shuttle
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
There is also the launch blog which I have never followed before
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch_blog.html
Hopefully, we are now in sync with NASA: http://factbytefactbox.com/live
FBFB to begin at 8.
I can't wait to see what you make of it
#sidepodspace
2 hours till the first launch attempt for the space shuttle Discovery. So far it all looks good with a 90% chance of good weather which is higher than I have ever seen before for the Kennedy Space Centre.
All 6 astronauts are loaded up and the pad crew are working through their check lists to close out the vehicle and then the breakdown of the white room.
I may just copy/paste your comments in there :)
Oh that's sneaky.
Maybe I just shouldn't comment and read what you say for this launch. :)
Darn.
Gonna write a quick post for it, as we should do that for live things anyway, plus we'll need somewhere for FBFB replay.
Do you need any info for your post?
evening
Hi Leigh,
How's things?
Ooh, thanks, I went for a short post: http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-space-shuttle-discovery-launch-sts-133-mission
:)
That's all that is really needed
There was a chance I wouldn't?
hehe, thursday crept up on me. we haven't plugged your trip on a podcast yet!
Maybe it's for the best ;)
not too bad steven - a bit shattered though. you?
fun times
:)
http://www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk/Circuit_news/Formula_Libre_is_back!/182.htm
I saw them tweet that, it looks interesting, may well go along. :)
@toomuchracing yr blog... http://bit.ly/9V6BYz ...is gr8. thanks for the Lola pic Lotus 49 is a v cool car 2-you have gr8 taste! :-)
- @LordDrayson
:D :D
I love my N900.
I've just successfully transformed it into a wifi-3g-hotspot-magic-things #testingforIceland
oooh, you can keep in touch then? awesomeness.
Surprise guest post PING!!
http://sidepodcast.com/post/feel-the-rhythm-feel-the-rhyme
It is a follow up to last year's super positive build up to f1 that I feel needs to be shared again :)
*falls over*
you are soo awesome! cheers.
ooh lukeh, i know what you're saying, but they didn't cancel melbourne yet :)
ohh whoopsy. *changes*
You're all imaging it!
I hope so.
Kai is here, SidepodMeetup is GO
Hooray :)
YAY!
can you give her a hug from me?
YAY!
woohoo!
Kai, I would like to read your blog if that's OK. I have sent you a DM. If you didn't get it, Bassano has my e-mail address. Thanks
Damn (#IndyCar)
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-de-ferran-dragon-shuts-down/
Best I go to bed before I get caught up in the launch and sleep at my desk tomorrow.
Enjoy Sidepodspace.
Those in Prague, have a wonderful evening. Comment with you all tomorrow.
bye ms j.
night janna
i had best split too
Bye Janna and Leigh
That sucks.
Now we're done shuttling, it's worth plugging Lukeh's excellent surprise ping again: http://sidepodcast.com/post/feel-the-rhythm-feel-the-rhyme
flappy dappy wings!
#sorry
while we're at it, a plug for lukeh's earlier post on gridwalktalk* too: http://gridwalktalk.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-2011/
*the f1 blog he forgot to plug on an f1 podcast
i was busing trying to remember my other one, multitasking is hard
good evening* (*correct as appropriate to your time zone)
:)
hey sir. how are ya?
Ugly?!
how's things? NASA managed to launch in vaguely the right direction?
good, and you sir?
uhhhh... lukeh?
never better.
nice and chilled out today and i've got a fancy angle-poise mic stand like christine's, so the silly thing doesn't fall over mid-podcast anymore :)
yeah, I couldn't believe it was on the ugly list - Hispania looks cool
The livery gods have had their say
the mic or christine?
Oh, best not upset the Gods then.
Hehehehehe!
:) :) :) :)
v.interesting point from joe:
If one shows a judge a headline that says “the real Lotus is back” and you tell him that this is from a reputable journal, he might believe it, even if everyone in the industry knows that the real Lotus is not back at all and the people who wrote such things are schmucks. It is all fairly basic misinformation and disinformation, but will the judge see through it?
would love to know if an autosport magazine cover ends up being used in court. would that make haymarket complicit? more: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/what-is-really-the-news-for-f1/
could be embarrassing for them - it's not hard to show the change in editorial attitude coincided with the announcement of the livery launch at AI!
very much agreed. and it's not like team lotus didn't notice it.
similar if the Chapman family are wheeled out
agreed. but they're hands are tied, any judge will see that. autosport by rights should be seen to be totally unbiased.
I'm sure GL will try it.
the thing with that cover was that it just stuck out compared to everything else they've done/written. maybe they got sucked in, maybe they didn't mean anything by it, but if joe's right it could spell significant trouble.
Would be very interesting if they ended up exploring the account books
I suspect heads have been knocked at Autosport Towers.
Wonder if anyone bought some Rifle Volunteer..
i didn't, but i did visit myspace for the first time this year, does that... err... count?
Yep, and same here, first time in many months. :)
Think I linked the wrong song but never mind.
i did give them a listen, but thought it needed a better final mix. just seemed not quite there to my ears. always appreciate new stuff though.
Interesting, room for improvement on any 2nd album then. :)
i would say the song was good, but the producer wasn't. no idea who did what or where, but something just didn't sit right somewhere. how much of their stuff have you bought?
7 songs plus 2 remixes. They are releasing the album one song per month, annoyingly time-limited and I missed one. The one I linked isn't on the album, it was done a year earlier.
you've set a high benchmark for your next daily :)
Oh and I've seen them live, which was very good, better than the recording.
Heh, will have a think then. :)
I think the album stuff sounds a little less raw but I can't say I have an ear for it.