It is Thursday once more, the day that seems to be everyone's least favourite day of the week. Normally not a lot happens on Thursday, at least from my perspective, but with a huge amount of sport taking place hopefully today will just fly by.
- Yesterday say the USA, England, Germany and Ghana all qualify for the next round of the World Cup, but spare a thought for the Slovenia team who this time yesterday they were top of Group C and now will be making the journey home. In action today are Groups E and F with the defending champions Italy playing Slovakia, Paraguay versus New Zealand, Denmark versus Japan and Cameroon playing the Netherlands.
- Over at Wimbledon yesterday saw what can only be described as an epic match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut who tore up the record books as their match became one of the longest in tennis history, play ended last night with the two men level on 59 games each on the final set - the match will continue today and will be the match's third day!
- The F1 world wasn't quiet yesterday either after a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council a number of changes and rules were announced, the most major being the announcement of Pirelli as the sole tyre manufacturer for the next three years.
- In the comments Leigh pointed out that Ferrari have released footage of Fernando Alonso driving the F10 around Fiorano shot from a helmet camera allowing you to see the circuit from a unique perspective.
- Joe, of the popular podcast An Aside with Joe and grandprixplus, has a great post on why Ferrari boss Luca Di Montizemilo is after having that third car, as it turns out he wants to see see four Ferraris on the grid!
- Those of us using Twitter are getting used to seeing the "Fail Whale" with Twitter seemingly unable to cope at the moment, well the 'Fail Whale' has now been created in cake form. Speaking of Twitter, recently the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Twitter headquarters and took the time to tweet a couple of messages.
- This Saturday will see the conclusion to Matt Smith's first series as the Doctor, over the last 13 weeks he has become the Doctor to the point where for me personally when I think of Doctor Who, Smith comes to mind and not David Tennant. It feels so long ago that Tennant left but in reality it has only been 6 months. If you have a chance between now and the finale on Saturday I suggest re-watching some of the episodes as there have been hints dropped throughout the series that at the time mean nothing but will mean everything this Saturday.
- For those using Google Chrome a very awesome new feature has been added to the comments here at Sidepodcast, above the comment box there should be a button entitled "enable alerts", click it and then select "allow" when you are prompted, then either post a test comment or wait for someone else to comment. To cancel the alerts simply close that page or use the click option on the pop ups themselves. If all goes well then you will get a pop-up appear on your desktop every time a comment is posted, it is a new feature and as Mr C mentioned the information on how to do this only appeared yesterday, so it is very, very new.
- Mr C has also been working on "sidepodcast offline" which is a means of browsing the site after your connection has died, right now only the "about page" has it enabled. This is just to let you know in case you wonder why you are seeing something like this, which may appear in Firefox, offline browsing works on all the latest versions of Chrome, Safari and Firefox browsers
That about sums up this (extremely long) daily post, I hope you have a good day whatever you are doing whether that be watching the World Cup, Wimbledon or even queuing up for the new iPhone. I shall see you in the comments!
More Apple stuff? I thought it was all over...
first break already. i am dominating thursday.
ooh, had missed that ferrari video. ace.
:D
news to me. what's coming?
iPhone thingy...
the new iphone is out today.
ah yes. i need to find someone who's getting one to help me test something.
so that's Alex then? ;)
i never found out if he ordered one. but hopefully, yeah.
i remember Kat and him chatting about who would get it when we were last in the pub so i'm assuming they ordered one..
ooooh its thursday. tickets day!
oooooo!!! i've just found the 'request to licence' stuff and information about the Getty partnership!! i must look into that after exams.
http://www.flickr.com/help/gettyimages/
http://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/gettyimages/?photoid=4664838162
it's very exciting :)
it's just a check box. click it now. you don't commit to anything until later.
(have already enabled ours)
Today could see australias first female prime minister!
on tickets day? what are the chances?
ah okay, i shall read up on the FAQ in a weeks time.. it's now on my
'after exams' list :)
WC post scheduled..
awesome stuff sir.
Hiya,
Ohhh, I hope so! Surely it will only take another hour or so. But I feel bad for Rudd.
Is Mr C about anyone?
i'll take as a no.......
ah sorry leigh.. am assuming he's coding? try headpinging?
Mr CCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
headpinging..?
how have you escaped knowing what a headping is?
must be all the gravy i have for dinner...
a headping is when you call someone from the comments... like
Mr CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and then they appear (tis kinda spooky..)
hi lou
Oh... fair enough
how timely...
Leigh wants you..
:)
tis the way of the headping. :)
what's broken now?
nowt broken sir, but a guest post may have just arrived in your... ehhh.. box
hehe i'm sure nothing is too broken ;)
ooh, i forgot.
cheers chappie. am just working on the race preview post, and then i'll put it up. if that's cool?
positively ice cold sir
excellent.
if you needs me in the meantime... yell.
i think it's bedtime for me to be honest - 6.27am is looming ever closer
:o
hehe!!
i'm going to sleep, revision in the morning.. again... - yuck!
night mr c and Leigh.. and anyone else around..
xx
night lou
i can't help but feel that mr c was mocking me in his comment of 00.22.21 :D
Australia's new PM is a Welsh woman.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100624/tpl-australia-gets-first-female-pm-after-b034b0a.html
as if
new f1 racing coming soon: http://f1racing.co.uk/the-all-new-f1-racing-on-sale-july-22/
I know how much my ticket obsession amuses/scares you :D
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/24/europe-2010-race-information/
awesome guest post ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/24/fast-but-dangerous-montjuic-circuit/
and now i must sleep. night amy / all.
Now that I have commented on Leigh's wonderful guest post it is good noght from me too. Don't work to hard Amy and enjoy your sleep when it comes.
Night boys.
I survived the day! Not even tired though
Awesome. How do you do it?
I wish I knew!
So, reading the announcement from the FIA about Pirelli tyres, I noticed this:
What prompted this?
Lewis?
Also good morning :)
Good morning all
Of course. Nice of McLaren to force two rule clarifications (the other one being about cars returning to the pits under their own power)
Morning - have you unwittingly broken any laws yet today?
Morning Jon :)
None that I'm aware of. I'm still recovering from yesterday....
Did Amy explode after yesterdays tennis?
No - she made it through!
I was impressed that it was 7 hours, 10 hours is a bit excessive. I feel sorry for the members of the crowd who'd got dragged along by their friends! That would either put you off tennis for life or make you love it!
Morning all
According to Jake, the Valencia race will be on BBC2 this time (football, etc...)
The evolution of the video game controller: http://www.myextralife.com/comic/comic-evolution/
Morning
Morning Pat :)
morning pat
All this football and tennis while very good has meant I've not had my weekday motorsport fix, I usually watch something from my pile once or twice in the week. I'm getting jittery like I've not had tea.
Surely BBC Classic have something on? Get that digital drip on boy before you collapse!!
Yeah, I'm two weekends behind on MotoGP and one WRC rally behind...
Hah! I'm well behind on that too!
No, I mean I don't have time! I've not watched any of the classics on the BBC since Monaco..
Don't want to miss Cup games like Tuesday's or tennis matches like last night's though..!
http://twitpic.com/1zh5gs
hehehe, I want to be a HRT driver! They get to do the coolest things!
If I were you, I'd contact a top physicist and get him to stretch time for you - tell them that days should be 30 hours long
Just be Amy and don't bother sleeping ;)
There's also that
Well Insomnia might be easier than trying to break the laws of relativity - just saying ;)
They'd be a sponsor's dream..
I stay up late enough as it is :)
Morning everyone :)
evening !
Morning Alex and F1Wolf :)
The plus side of Valencia being dull, I guess I can watch something else at the same time
@RubberGoat - I think today I can support Kiwis only up to a draw :-)
Now I'm being harassed on the phone by car insurance companies :(
Mrs Hospenthal has a busy few weeks
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84695
What it doesn't say at the bottom is that as well as the crashes and the 31st place finish, she was actually running in the top ten for a reasonable while.
I've written a strongly worded letter to my (ex) insurance company. Sadly I can't find a stamp :(
morning Alex and F1wolf
what goes on?
Different ones? If you used an online comparison thing, some ring you up to see how they did
Oh no, not another Danica frenzy
Ping - http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/24/2010-fifa-world-cup-day-14/
Hopefully that's not too inaccurate :D
Yeah that's what it is. It's just kinda annoying.
I have the new iPhone... mwahahahaaha
Oh dear...
Lock up your High Definition faces ;)
My phone makes phone calls (sometimes)
:)
Sorry mate - Italy and NZ are playing ;)
Do you think it's acceptable to make a formal complaint by fax? That would be so much easier. I found the fax for their complaints department.
The fax machine is probably in the basement.
what is fax ? :-)
A ping for Lukeh's brilliant Wimbledon post, since both he and our hosts appear to be otherwise occupied - http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/24/wimbledon-2010-day-4/
Posting a letter is hardly any better on that front!?
I am on a park & ride. Buses are quite complicated, aren't they?
I hate buses. I'll do anything I can to avoid using one!
I don't mind buses or trains as long as I have something to read / write / listen to
The few times I use them I'm always stressing about whether I got on the right one or if it goes the right way.
I'm always worried I'll get confused about where I'm supposed to get off.
I've decided I don't hate it, I just don't understand it. I am 70% sure I'm going to end up in the wrong place.
See it's easy with the Subway - you know where you are and how many stops until the end. Buses? No way. And you're packed in like a sardine!
I quite like the bus at night - never packed, not much traffic and little hassle
Cool. I travel during peak times though.
I usually bike to work, or take a Metro that runs every 5 minutes into town and then walk. The Metro has no drivers!
As a young woman I think the opposite is probably true :P
I like places having names and clearly publicised locations. I can look in advance how I walk from a train station to a specific place. Buses are a bit o a mystery.
This one is mostly empty which means there is no one I can grab for help.
I wish lunch time would hurry up
Boo! GPS on the phone?
OOoooooohhh.... Wimbledon?
woot! alex, are ya able to test something for me, please?
you're lost already?
the new iPhone has some issues: http://www.neowin.net/news/iphone-4-issues-begin-mounting-up-prior-to-launch
I think the intended destination begins with E, but nothing springs to mind
are we sure gizmodo aren't just sulking about being sued?
Why hello Mr C
Bit of a late night I gathered
hehe they might be, but the antenna issue is being reported by quite a few.
I don't trust Gizmodo after how they conducted themselves over the whole affair...
my own fault, i get carried away with coding :)
Indeed...
I have no discolouration... Can't confirm or deny the 3G thing O2 are experiencing some delays moving me over to my new sim!
27... out of how many thousands BTW? Hardly a major issue is it?
Exactly... And whenever this has happened Apple have been quick about replacing units and so on.
TBH, with all that new stuff, you're gonna get a few glitches. That's why they have warranties and stuff ;)
Sidepodcast Realtime from iPhone 3GS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4730196916/
Sidepodcast Realtime from iPhone 4
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4730197504/
Aaahhhh, I see
wowsers. although flickr might be screwing with those pics.
3gs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4730196916/sizes/o/
4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4730197504/sizes/o/
just stunning.
alex, could you get a homepage screeny too pls?
Portrait or Landscape?
Or both?
if you can do both that would be fab. am really interested to know if the high definition video will play on this page: http://sidepodcast.com/video
Your wish is my command:
3G Portrait - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4729570233/
3G Landscape - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4729570297/
4 Portrait - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4729570407/
4 Portrait - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4729570543/
4 Video page - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexandronov/4730223276/
thanking you.
does the valencia video play?
Yes... But I am experiencing some buffering... It looks amazing though
w00t! mediatemple's servers can't handle HD sadly, we need to upgrade.
glad to hear it's working. there's an HD RSS feed listed at the bottom of that page. the videos look great on the ipad, i bet they look stunning on the iphone4.
need to go back and re-encode all of this years red bull videos now. just wanted to be sure the hardware was up for it.
thank you, thank you!
This week's special guest: Heinz-Harald Frentzen
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84698
The screen is absolutely mind-blowing by the way.
i bet it is... but i don't need one... do i?
does it make the ipad seem a bit... old?
Well...
Here's the video I recorded and edited on the iPhone 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT3TwZi-S8A&hd=1
(Note to self: Shave before making HD videos)
holy cow.
i love the edit in the middle. even the sound is good.
Indeedy do
Quite amazing... I mean if I wasn't waving the camera around so much it would look more pro but what's amazing is how pro it looks despite me waving my arm around.
last question for you, and then i stop bugging ya. if you browse to the spc about page, and then enable "airplane" mode. does it work offline?
you need a gorilla grip around your arm.
i have one of them if you'll just loan me the phone...
Dieter Rencken on the WMSC decisions (sub req) http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2888
He points out that while there is a weight limit increase of 20 kg and the teams have agreed to use KERS again, much of that limit will be taken up with mandatory changes such as extra wheel tethers and post-Glock chassis strenghtening (the ballast came loose in Japan and injured him).
I love this...
It does work and that appears to be baked right into Safari so works on the 3GS too... It may be an iOS 4 feature though.
brilliant. i have an issue with firefox, in that it won't refresh when the connection does come back. hence the testing on "minor" pages at the moment (no use if new comments never appear again).
hopefully though you'll be able to read and comment underground and everything will re-sync when you next surface.
heh...
By the way... Remember about the limit I mentioned before on e-mailing and outputing videos over the air?
Well they seem to have added something here too in that you can't send HD at all over the air so you have to downconvert to send.
Of course when you attach it to a computer you can get the HD video... But then well you could edit it on the computer too right.
Kind of annoying "feature"
Awesome... You are, as ever, a god :)
That's rather awesome
to me, it's the *most* annoying feature. but it is what it is.
your video quality looks better than our lumix hd though.
i wish i had more time :)
Indeed... It's rather nice.
He's also saying the Pirelli draft contracts were agreed during the Canadian race (the actual race), and the FIA's tender process never happened.
Is that good or bad though?
Apparently Michelin also didn't formally apply to tender - they just entered negotiations about physical terms
...with the teams, that is.
I have no idea
The only car tub that was built by USF1 sold for
*drum roll please*
Just over $7,000
ha, true story
I see. I guess they wanted competition then.
The champagne went for $320 - despite all that was spent, the auction only raised $1.7 million
Wow. You know, there is a saying that goes:
"How do you make a small fortune in motor racing? You start with a big one!"
Clearly to the creditors this was the case for USF1...
Not my fault! They closed the road I intended to get off on. Have been to my E and am now riding back to my park.
Oh dear :(
Buses are stupid.
They never were the brightest
More Apple stuff? I thought it was all over...
news to me. what's coming? {Comment #5}
A queue going from the O2 shop most prominently selling iPhones in town, past the shop next door, past the ice-cream van spot, past the benches and halfway across the footpath 10 minutes before the shop opened. The last time my town saw a queue that long was when M&S sold all those things for £1 last May...
I get the impression a few people want this iPhone thingy.
Oohh apple, sometimes loving your products is so hard...
Each time I now try to restore my iPod half way through the restore I always get blue screen of death :( I'm never going to get my iPod back to normal :( stuuuuuuuupid upgrade!
So, reading the announcement from the FIA about Pirelli tyres, I noticed this:
General safety...
What prompted this? {Comment #56}
As it's exactly the same as the regulations already in force (and used to penalise Lewis), I can only assume the FIA desperately needed to repeat itself to get some message across. It wasn't the only thing on there that wasn't news...
Mr C I also filmed something without any camera shake and no additional light:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4hfCmSMx14&hd=1
Oh dear :(
i'm very annoyed.. i don't even care if i dont get the upgrade anymore.. i just want my music!
I am on a park & ride. Buses are quite complicated, aren't they? {Comment #110}
Especially the "once every 10 minutes" ones that are more like once every 2 hours...
What's the situation? The computer is bluescreening?
What steps have you taken so far?
after having downloaded the iOS4 upgrade i thought it was okay. But i need to restore the ipod now, and it just keeps freezing about 1/4 of the way. i can leave it for hours but it just seems to stop, then there is an error and my computer bluescreens and restarts.. it's a horrible circle.
people seem to be having the same problems here - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2472583&start=15&tstart=0
I've restarted the ipod, tried restarting the computer and trying again. Have just left it running with nothing else on my laptop, just in case it was a RAM issue or anything..
in the thread someone suggests creating a new account or something but i really don't want to end up deleting anything..
If i try and cancel the restore the sync is unsuccessful. gah apple.. gah!!
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/if-you-happen-to-meet-a-french-air-traffic-controller-tonight/
I think this is my favourite Joe post ever.
Have you tried the thing that is suggested in the second comment?
He's also saying the Pirelli draft contracts were agreed during the Canadian race (the actual race), and the FIA's tender process never happened.
Apparently Michelin also didn't formally apply to tender - they just entered negotiations about physical terms {Comment #171}
It might have helped if the FIA had remembered to formally invite companies to tender for the tyres (which wasn't done, or at least if they did they forgot to mention it on their own website).
I think it may simply have been a case of Michelin couldn't come to an agreement with the teams regarding the tyres physical properties (apparently)
no, shall i try it? i was just aware i would be downloading something not from the official site...
http://joesawa…c-controller-tonight/
I think this is my favourite Joe post ever.
Of course there is a small practical problem (apart from me being unlikely to meet any French air traffic controllers tonight) - said controller, if honest, would doubtless have to reply, "Which Joe?" because they've inconvenienced such an enormous number of people over the years...
I think it may simply have been a case of Michelin couldn't come to an agreement with the teams regarding the tyres physical properties (apparently) {Comment #194}
Perhaps. Though it throws the statements about F1 needing different tyres in the wake of Canada into a completely different light...
Indeed... Um... Indeed... How about this... Lets try and force your iPod into recovery mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
okay.. i followed all the steps up to step 5... when i get a message from itunes
'the iPod 'lou' cannot be synced. the required disk cannot be found'
apple hates me *sobs*
apple hates me *sobs* {Comment #199}
*hug*
As long as they love your money, they love you
Okay Lou... Ready to be brave...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1539
Which version of Windows are you on Lou?
As long as they love your money, they love you {Comment #201}
They don't love my money - I don't have enough of it ;)
Vista.
Oh and I'm on the eeePC today - the other is being used for audio commentary. XP was too slow on this machine so I took the plunge and went for Ubuntu Netbook Remix...
hehehehe!
well done you.
Heh!
Are you on a laptop?
Are you connecting the iPod to the USB on the side of the laptop or the back?
Are they on strike again?
Still?
Yes - and so are the train drivers. He wrote a little about it earlier but I'm guessing he's a little more stressed now! http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/stereotyping/
Oh this is probably another one.
If anyone is coming to Spa via air travel, consider avoiding France..
yep
i only have USB connectors at the side of my laptop, i've tried using all of them and the same happens.
Okay then I'd go for this from Apple which apparently fixes the "disk cannot be found error"
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1539
you know that's better than your giggle's radio cam?
Yeah. That's only the iSight in the laptop though.
I wonder if you could get a live feed of the camera into a computer?
okay, have done so, and am now trying to restore it again. thank you Alex!!
ustream?
But it won't be the same quality will it? Or will it?
true. depends how much of a difference the new light sensor thingy makes.
aw i'm feeling really sad seeing pics like this
http://twitpic.com/1zj600
...
i miss Valencia :(
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/3874548029/in/set-72157622197467900/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/3874532549/in/set-72157622197467900/
Live for just a phew minutes... Things are very blue...
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/alexandronov
few not phew
very. how come?
except for your shirt... which is red.
are you the hulk?
No idea... I guess the app is doing something weird to the pictures... The video it shows on the camera is fine
needs a 4.0 update. boo.
Looks like it...
Lou are you doing the recovery way we talked about before or just a straight restore?
the way we talked about... Was that wrong?
No hopefully that's right :)
I've just had a thought Alex.. this is only erasing and restoring my ipod.. not itunes?.. right?..
Correct
*phew*
I think what we are doing is saying, "look there's something wrong with this iPod you need to clear it and start completely again".
ah okay.
i have the little apple logo up on my ipod with the little progress bar.. which seems clear atm, i have a feeling this might take a long time, it's apparently ' restoring ipod software.'
I have done it before and it does take some time yes.
i'm prepared to let it take days if needs be.. i just want it working :)
Katherine's 3G iPhone which is probably around the same level as your iPod Touch took more than 3 hours to sync. No idea how many hours more than 3 because we went to bed and it was fixed in the morning.
I have a cunning plan about this weekend's radio show by the way... I think I might have to do 2 S shows because there are so many AWESOME songs... But maybe that's okay because S is plural?
how are you fitting the show in between the race and the footie, btw? or are ya saying to hell with it?
Won't the football be over by Sunday? There has already been lots of football...
Yeah I don't know what to do. I might just have to say to hell with it. But obviously it depends if anyone would actually listen.
oh how i wish it was...
i'll be listening!!! :D
i would be more likely to listen during the valencian gp than the footie, if that helps?
pre-race parade lap thing?
bah! you haven't even tried.
but i've watched several football matches in my life and i don't enjoy them... i could do other things with my time... like revision or watching tennis.. stuff i'd enjoy :)
After seeing the post-match BBC stuff yesterday - I understand why now...
you'll be skipping this weekend's gp as well then ;)
:)
Like practicing the Vuvuzela?
Could do... 10am is quite early for some Mr C's though right?
i'd get up for giggles.
hehe, well with no tennis on Sunday coupled with the fact that i (heart) Valencia (the place not the race).. i'll be watching..
plus i want to see who the next person to stand on the podium is.. seeing as i was the last person last year ;)
ace.
*it'll be a gp3 driver*
*confidential from lou*
Also might mean that I don't have the problem of waiting for the red button to finish
they cant possibly be thinking of doing one this week. jake will miss the football?
oh. :(
i still (heart) it all though...
if the red button is cancelled cause of football i will cry.
Indeed...
You have convinced me... 10am Giggles Radio then everyone :)
I won't be able to overrun
wohoo! *makes note for her daily*
england v. germany, the paddock is basically shut down as soon as the race is done. who will they talk to?
awesome.
less chat, more songs. giggles' better music mix ;)
:(
i hate football..
although maybe ferrari will be around?..
although jake says:
and the forum as usual! Watch it all including the forum and then watch the second half of the footie!! Perfect
i don't believe it though.
http://twitter.com/jakehumphreyf1/status/16927950535
heh... It might have to be pretty packed if I'm going to get through S in Only 2 shows!
Neither do I. Will the excuse be 'lack of resources' or 'bbc charter' or 'not wanting to compete with anyone'???
you could do a bonus show this week, come back to 's' next weekend?
#sorrychristine
Alex!!! it got 1/4 of the way through restoring again and has now frozen my entire laptop. Cntrl + alt + del isn'd doing anything.. it's just a frozen mess.
grrr
In fairness, I'd say it's probably not Alex's fault...
hehe am not having a go at Alex. he's been awesome. am mad at apple. :)
Oh no :(
shall i just crash the computer and ring Apple? lol
I know ;)
And in this Bonus Show just happen to only play S songs?
I think you might have to sorry :(
hehehe. that would work. was thinking more of a request show or something different. take he pressure off you.
no problem. you're been awesome, thank you for trying :)
A request show would be really big pressure because of my set up!
I think I'll be fine :)
ahh. say no more. remind me on saturday i have to wake up early.
Greetings from the Land of Cloudy Tundra!
I thought I would just drop in to say that at present, reports of my demise at the hands of mr. C have been greatly fabricated......
it wasn't me :(
Evening all
goodwood fos website... breakfast club y/n?
i mean it's not a bad film, but hardly relevant to motor sport.
Don't you... forget about goodwood... don't don't don't don't?
:)
wow, goodwood's cc transaction page is a shocker.
*wishes i could buy everything via apple*
ticket bought. i'll be at goodwood a week tomorrow.
that's what you call planning.
woooo! awesome!
#differentperson
I said about a year ago that I think that is something Apple is gunning for.
I have 54 toilet roll tubes, what should I do with them?
By the way Mr C iPhone OS3 Safari also supports your about page in Airplane mode.
Make platform shoes out of them obviously
Evening. Well played on the WimbledeWombledyTennisyWennisy Post
it took 2 hours but I got there in the end!
Well dedication is what you need - if you want to be a record breaker that is. And you do want to be a record breaker don't you?
woot!
will add it to a few more pages this weekend then.
i wish they'd hurry up. i would like to buy goodwood tickets on itunes and then present my itouch at the gate please.
Yes! RFID in the next generation please (like Oyster Cards)
is rfid necessary, when you have a massive hi-res screen?
Why do you need a person on the gate?
yikes
Eh?
i am just in from the most horrific tube journey ever
the screen can display encrypted info to a scanner on the gate. no people required. like tesco's read barcodes.
that way it'll work now, and for everybody, not just the next gen iphone.
That's no good.
standing room only, well over 40 celcius, and no air travel at all
couple of people collapsed, i had to get off at holborn because i just couldn't feel my legs anymore
Urgh that's horrid. I had an experience like that some years ago and i still remmed it quite vividly.
never nice nice to get off a train because the journey is making you ill
Yeah. Not sure it's the apple way though.
When you walk past the gate the gate just opens for you without you having to have an ap open with something on your screen... Could be way cool.
surely, people walking along and waving their iphones at the barrier to make it open, is the apple-way?
what kind of plug is it, if it's hidden away?
Good point!
wanna play timo glock at poker?
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/virgin-racing-freeroll-tournaments
...i think a toast popup for every comment i type might be overdoing it.
Hi :)
My last day off before my holiday tomorrow :D :D
I have Alphonso booked for his service in the morning though so I won't be able to go too far afield.
Lucky for some innit? ;)
I do have another 5 days work to do after that. Including a shift on the day I fly :P
I sent off my ranty letter. Hopefully I walked the right line between rude, assertive and reasonable to get them to send me some cash :P
i am looking forward to this
http://www.stirlingmoss.com/video/trailer-new-dvd-series-formula-1-greats-narrated-stirling
:D
hello! i have returned from our art/ textiles exhibition with the news that leaving the pop up comment thing on while i was out was a bad idea... every time i press dismiss about 3 more pop up :D
great news that you're going to be at goodwood next friday mr c :D
oh and apple have broken my laptop too.. i think it's time i ring them..
That sucks Lou... does this mean you'll get a macbook now though?
Seconded! Which day/days?
Its a secret Apple tactic to make you spend more on their prouducts...
#dodgyapples
hehehe not till i get a discount on it, but i think my laptop will survive.. it just keeps blue screening and 'checking the disks' or something..
which days are we going?..Lukeh and I are gonna be there all weekend! wohoo!
Remember not to let them catch you out. There's an education store and a HE store. The HE one has a higher rate of discount.
I meant Mr C. I already knew you two would be there all weekend! :p
:D even!
Nice of them to have a Home Economics discount for when you want to live stream cooking muffins...
woah, didn't know that.. will check with the comments before i buy anything apple anyway :)
oh right, i said in my comment, i think he's going on the friday?
It's easy to get confused IMO. You can only access the HE store from computers on campus. If you want to buy from elsewhere you have to ring them up as you can't even look at the prices from elsewhere.
do'h! Sorry, I'll go back to lurking for a bit I think...
Ooooh pancakes.
Niiiiiiiick can I have more pancakes?? :P
hehe! i can't remember which day you're going to be there?..
Sunday only. Can't afford the whole weekend unfortunately. It was that or Spa!
cool!! Lukeh and i will look out for you :)
Sounds good to me. I really enjoyed last year with you two, even if Lukeh decided to spread untrue rumours! :D
I am also there on Sunday only. It was Goodwood 3 days, or Puretech+Goodwood..
*de-lurks*
Much back punching occured ;)
*lurks*
Lies!
hehe well there will be no Button family in residence at goodwood on Sunday, and i'm not going near Lewis... so maybe we'll see Heikki and you can punch him instead?
why are you lurking?
Just busy with stuff
I'm up for seeing Hekki. Not so for punching him. I dread to think what Amy would do to me if I did!
Do you think you could use car registration documents as proof of address?
Who updates the address on them? (Sorry, don't own a car). If they are updated because you have told them then possibly not because, unlike a utility bill, they are not tied to the address by any other means. Have you not updated your driving licence yet?
Sadly no and I don't want to do it now until I'm back from Dubai because I need the card for ID
Also you NEED to update the address on the registration documents, it's the law. Plus if you ever get a speeding ticket or anything like that, they'll tell you at that address. You can get into big big trouble without the correct address on it.
That's understandable. All you can do is ask the people who want it. It may be OK.
I think it's pathetic that you can use a bank statement because all you do to move that address is tell them that's where you live. Most things are like that. Also the way things are now, I have a lot of "proof" associated with somewhere I don't live at all.
heheh :D
Should be able to, depends what its for
Amy won't wake up for another three weeks.
You can get away with leaving until after you get back. Just don't do anything naughty..
hehehe thats true.. bad times with the tennis being in England
I get away with anything tbh address wise. It's my parent's address on most of my stuff and they redirect my mail to me.
#F1 news McLaren have switched to an elbow operated F duct - Scarbs
http://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/16956255766
Drivers need their knees to bang the cymbals apparently
Quick TMR reminder.. http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/22/tmr-game-week-22/
http://www.worldometers.info/
Lots and lots and lots of numbers!
Mock The Week in 10 on BBC2. Caught last week's last night, Milton thingy was brilliant as always :)
Was Christine on a train today? http://twitter.com/jupitusphillip/status/16960582250
Thanks for the reminder. Shame Frankie Boyle left
He was kind of annoying though...
It was a shame he left but he got a bit big for his boots I think
hehehehe!! i just finished watching the new episode of the IT crowd :) (hearts)
Good night guys ;)
Night gavin
I forgot about that! Must watch that... although I might just wait now till tomorrow when it's on C4...
I heart it too :)
it's so good! :)
hehe!! hey Andy!
btw, i'm in a grump with Apple for breaking my ipod touch :(
Night
night!
nope, a bus. phew.
Watching TWIT live and Tom Merritt and Dr Kiki are discussing rubber baby buggy bumpers. Are they doing fantasy racers?
i am awake!
Don't believe you. The long match is still going. 122:122 in the fifth
You WHAT??? Is this some odd joke that I don't understand?
too bad i saw the end of it in the early hours of this morning :D
Hey Amy. Hey Alistair!
Hii Amy! how are you feeling this morning?
Just winding up Amy. It finished after another 40 games today. Last set was 70:68
Today they played the same number of games as 5 6:2 sets
i just annoyed one of my workmates by telling him he cant have the tv to watch michael jackson memorials all day. apparently i dont share :D
Mental times. You'd have thought they'd let them both through for such a great effort :P
:)
:)
You sound like my mother. Imagine you had spent 11 hours trying to beat someone but they were allowed through anyway and you had to play them again later in the tournament
Oh dear.
You'd clearly put them in opposite halves :D
And what if they make the final. You spend 11 hours beatig someone and get to the final and have to beat him again or worse lose to him
jaie can go home and cry into his wimbledon trophy. its ok, at least he already has one
don't be mean about the nice Murray brother :( i wanted him to get a second trophy :( bad times.
If I were in your position, the TV would be "broken" all day.
If I was in charge, I'd have called it off once they'd broken that all time record and said they could both go through with a gold star for effort :)
that wasmore me tring to be mean that andy doesnt have one :D
I wanted them to stop and do rock paper scissors
If it happened again in the final then they'd just have to share :P
if it were me, i'd have borrowed some wheeled flood lights from the motorway and insisted they played until one of them collapsed.
can't play in the dark, can't play in the rain. fairweather kids the lot of them.
:)
they both got champagne, surely thats enough.
If you squeeze an iPhone 4 your signal gets worse and you can watch the bars drop
did they spray it on their trainers, while sue yelled champaaaaagne?
iphone stress ball?
oh. don't be mean about Andy.. he'll get one soon ;) just cause Federer had more than he needs! ;)
According to Tim Henman they got a crystal bowl and crystal champagne flutes
Apparently there are all sorts of stories that holding it in a particular hand you lose signal. Tom Merritt just did some trials and discovered that if he squeezed it he could kill his signal
I'm sure Tin is very jealous.
That's a bit like NASCAR isn't it?
He did the presenting with Ann Jones and some old guy with shaky hands
nascar drivers love the dark.
I saw someone tweeting last night saying that a set going to 59:59 was like NASCAR having 50+ goes at green white,checker
:)
you can see how much I pay attention to USian motor sport.
you're right about the rain though. silly ovals.
has mr bassano been in today? #ticketwatch
Look at all them beautiful Lotuses/Loti/Lotusii
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/23062010/36/t/classic-team-lotus-festival-2010-0.html
I think it's Lotuses.
It is not, however, Williamses - this is aimed at Mr Legard.
Haven't seen him..
They are definitely Lotuses and not Williamses
I realise that. I'm just pointing out that the plural of Williams is Williams.
I have always called them WIlliamses
Noooooo!
Oooh 10 minutes to finish this daily!
Creeps up on you doesn't it.. :)
we won't mind if you're late :)
are you writing yours next week from our hotel on my laptop btw?
Lotus pic for Amy
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/23062010/36/t16/classic-team-lotus-festival-2010-0.html
He appears in a few other photos in the series
in fact mr c would probably be pleased :)
We both will :)
awesome.
All done :)
Hehe catherine looks concerned! i hope they are enjoying their epic drive across europe...points for heikki!
it's the 'are you sure you know what you're doing' face :)
For being in a photo?
Noo points for the epic drive across the continent over night to make it in time for free practice. Thats dedication.
fact
pah!
Don't know nuthin bout that
He's driving from Geneva because the French air traffic controllers are on strike