It was Ross Brawn's birthday yesterday, which I missed mentioning thanks to all my moaning about it being Monday. He had quite a good day though, announcing the first of his new drivers. What a way to celebrate the anniversary of your birth! More on that in a moment though. Meanwhile, here's what's on our minds:
- This weekend's live F1 Debrief is now edited and available as a 30ish minute podcast. We discuss all the news we've missed, ask you for help with a few upcoming projects, and talk about the fun and games we had on the Wii over the weekend.
- Rosberg was confirmed as Mercedes first driver, although I say first without knowing whether he is the number one or number two. It really depends on who will line up beside him, and at the moment the discussion seems to keep on coming back to Schumacher. Read all the views and add your own on the breakout thread here.
- A few days ago, Vettel was asked what he thought about Button's move to McLaren and said he was surprised - just as everybody was! He thinks it will be interesting as McLaren are always strong, whilst Mercedes/Brawn will still be strong from their momentum this year. Either that, I suppose, or things will completely turn on their head again.
That's all for now. I'm thinking the guest daily posts will start either next week on Monday, or perhaps at the weekend, depending on the thoughts of those who have already volunteered. If you would like to have a go, you can sign up on the wiki, and there'll be more details along shortly.
Evening!
Quiet here
Ssshh You will wake someone up
Me! :(
Sorry :)
Oh no. I forgot to Ping.
I've let you down again Boss.
This is my 2 weeks notice, my cousil is no longer of use to you.
Wassup Alison, trouble sleeping?
I knew he would cause trouble
evening
Something like that.... Nothing out of the ordinary tbh. I'll chirp up!
Is it because of something train related?
Hahaha no! :D
Are you sure you wouldn't sleep easier if you told us about it?
Hehehe I'll tell you if you want :P It's not a very interesting story though. I was emotional about it at the time....
I was thinking about people giving up their seats on trains to old folk and it reminded me of this time a lady gave me her seat on the tube. At the time I was really appreciative as I'd been feeling quite faint and am sure I looked pretty unwell. Then she starts talking to me about how she felt when she was expecting her boys and asks if I've decided to find out if it's a boy or a girl.... I was mortified.
The worst part is that I was so embarrassed I couldn't bring myself to say I wasn't pregnant. The friend I was with then pipes up suggesting names. She still laughs about it now.... I must have cried for about a month.
Doesn't sound pleasant. Don't let it keep you up though if it's in the past
That is not funny. Not even slightly. :D :D :D :D
At least she didn't think you were about to have it there and then
Hah I was about 17 at the time and on holiday down in the big city with my best friend. I was quite paranoid the whole rest of the trip. Thing is, when I look back, I can't even fathom why she said it.... Must have been the way I was standing or something. I'm really not in the slightest bit fat.
That's tough at 17. It was probably just the pale look and the faintness and her jumping to conclusions
Oh yeah. Now I'd be milking it. Free upgrades here I come....
Quite right too. Now you can walk into a room and announce it and make sure people give you a seat
Little Mini BLUG
http://jonwaldock.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/right-where-were-we/
I had a conversation today with someone who reckoned that you can't learn race craft (overtaking and such) on an indoor circuit. Tosh i tells ya!
I'm so tired, i have no idea why i'm still up!
Night
and it's likely im talking to myself.
brilliant :P
To an extent I would agree. You can lear the basics indoor but the circuit layouts inside restrict your options so if you only ever drove indoor then went to a proper track you would find that you still have a lot to learn. If you learn outside and then go inside you won't have very much at all to learn.
Night Jon
am reading, but have nothing to add sadly.
Morning...
Wake up europe!!! :)
Hello!
Wake up Nick!
Whoop!
I had given up...
Its sunny here, how is your weather?
Dry at the moment but expecting more rain.
Morning all!
oh dear... its about 22 here... everyones complaining about the cold!
margning!
That's because it is cold here!
ARRRRRGHHH!!!!
BBC News now autoplays videos as well!
Monstrous Mechanical Marvels: 9 More Enormous Gadgets
Singapore Flyer http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/giant-gadgets-part2/4/
#sidepodspace Atlas V http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/giant-gadgets-part2/5/
#mfc Microsoft Surface http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/giant-gadgets-part2/9/
oh and morning everyone :)
Morning
Here it's rain, with more rain, followed by heavier rain, with a quick look at the river down the road OMG IT'S GONNA BURST with more rain expected during the day.
We have a beck down the back of the office. I'll try and qik it later today. That thing is like White Water Rapids, except is muddy brown.
*yawns* Morning all. Tis gonna be a windy day in our house whilst the windows get replaced
I meant the people in my office!
Are any of you London folks visiting the ATP World Tour Finals? (Also known as the ATP WTF)
I want to go so bad :(
*Looks outside at the weather*
Urm... I'll stay in here thanks. :P
But Roger (yay!) is playing Muzza (boo!) today!
Roger Federer needs to stop all this silly wind and rain then! Perhaps he can blow it away with an ace whikst serving.
That'll show that stupid weather
It's totally Andy Murray's fault, the UK wants him to go away again.
:D
They're talking about it now onn the TV, woohoo! The only reason the court is blue is because it's sad to see Andy Murray
BBC Breakfast says that someone at Silverstone has said that the deal is in its final stages for the Grand Prix...didn't know this.
:D :D
Fed fact... his apartment is 150metres from my office
stalking time!
I just learned that one of his Swiss apartments is in the same neighbourhood as Kimi's. Can I move there? Pleeeeease?
Oh thats just blatently asking you to be there
Next you'll find out Heikki is moving there too
Paul di Resta and JR Hildebrand will drve for the Force India young drivers test
http://www.forceindiaf1.com/index/page_id/356/news_id/269
Amy, any Heikki news for us?
I am not the one to ask! I don't trawl for F1 news at all, I get it all from the comments here which means someone else has found it first :D
Noooooooooo!
No fuel weights for us? :P
thats not trawling, thats a pdf thats in the same place every week :D
*COugh* Fuel Weights *Cough* ;)
Nah, just wondered if you had heard anything - even if it was not F1-related...
I know he was at a NASCAR race! I learned that from the daily though ;)
Hello everyone.
morning
Morning Christine. How are you today?
Good Morning!
Very good. Yourself?
Morning all
Cold and hoping these windows people turn up soon so they can get it over and done with. I am not amused my bed is upside down!
What happened to your windows?
The council are relacing them all so I had to get up early to move everything in my room away from the windows x every room in the house
Very good! Blimey!
*replacing
If I were you, I would hide the Brawn cap!
I know! Mark this moment down in your diaries.
It's Rubens, they won't be interested ;)
Still...
my flatmate just gave me some white chocolate she got in New York. It's amazing! It has a 'creamy meltaway center'
those crazy yanks and their spelling centre wrong.
Christine, blog update ;) http://alwayslookingforward.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-end-of-time/
There was a big discusson in uni yesterday in our lecture with that word and it left me confused which centre/center means middle
I thought centre means shopping centre type of...spelling, and center means middle myself... english is confusing :(
Don't Australians do that too?
A bank sent our company a box of amazing chololates this morning...
nom nom nom
I am set next to them :D
I beat you to it! Have commented already :)
not that I've noticed.
awesome! :D
Labor?
Indeed. I haven't commented but it was in my feed reader earlier ;)
ah, I think thats the only one. There's even a section on wiki explaining why there is no u :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party#Etymology
Have done so: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/calendar-gif
:)
I was shocked when I looked at the dashboard, yesterday I got 56 view on that blog, when it was getting one or two for the past week or so.
I'm in moderation, but unlike Alison, i won't throw a paddy about it, i shall remain patient ;)
You need to link more - it really helps spread the word - Twitter, Facebook, forums, blog comments... It really helps!
It seems to pick on people. Stupid wordpress.
What a time to wake up.....!
Morning all :)
oh man!
Morning... By the way... I answered your sort of unasked question on Jon's Blog yesterday
It does - even previously approved people get modded...
Ah thanks!
Its a personal blog so I'm not so bothered about number of hits. My F1 blog which I haven't updated in a few weeks is still getting quite a lot of hits.
I woke up to a comment infestation!
When referring to meetings are you AA? I might adopt that, AA.
It let me in fine this time.
I'm kinda like that - although I am the worst plugger ever. I hate doing it!
It hates Mr C
Fair enough - but establishing a base helps motivate you to write when you know people are reading it.
My F1 blog peaks at over 1,000-1,500 during a race weekend, but at the moment is between 20-50 per day. My other blog gets 1 hit per day!
♥
I do... It's a really neat system for meetings in Outlook at work to see all of the people who are going to be there.
I know. and you've commented several times so shoudn't have been moderated yesterday.
saying that, there is probably a setting i've changed :)
WOW! Thats some serious hit-age
dictionary?
awesome. but you see your blog has more of a purpose than mine ;)
Just remember that all the best people are reading :)
Because I plug it like mad! I spend half an hour after posting linking it to various forums, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Facebook...
It's a good blog!!
That is what I am like with mine. When I update twice a year, I mention it here because I like you guys to read it. And then I mention it to my mum because she likes to know what I'm up to. And then I don't mention it anymore.
By the way, I am referring to 'Making Up The Numbers' - See, it's easy ;)
So AF are you planning on a new blog post soon?
Yeeeeesh. I only do the automatic thing on twitter usually and even that annoys me most of the time
Must Comment Monday or MCM as all the cool kids are calling it really hit for me yesterday. I wrote about 40 comments I think... And I still haven't caught up with all my blogs yet. Sorry if I flooded anyone's blog!
Or missed anyone.
Indeed I am, AA. About PJ.
PaJamas?
You know it.
Cheers :)
Oooooh Alex thankyou for finding the postal train poem! :D
No problem... It's burnt into my brain... So was reasonably easy to find!
you can't. You're ALF. You don't get to choose a TL, you must use a TLA
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/24/tell-us-how-2009-was-for-you/
:(
You should really have words with the auto-ping ;)
my favourite TLA at work is "OOO" because I call it an ooo rather than a 'one on one'
What is a TL or a TLA?
I have no middle name hence my two initial centric view.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-letter_acronym :D
I had to make up 'Two Letter' just so it would fit my purpose. Three Letter Acronym would be better if I could have said Free Letter Acronym, because that would be the reverse of ALF
I hope when you read my comments you picture me like this
ARRGH!! IT BURNSS!!!!
disturbing!
I picture you shorter than that :-)
wise.
Ahhh.. .It was the TL that confused me...
PLugging time. Although it's just a bit of fail that's making my day a lot more amusing (you guys really must see the last video on that though!!!!)
OMG the 2001 video is awesome!
I can't stop laughing at it. It's tremendous.
What's the story behind that one?
Apparentrly it is being played by an orchestra of non musicians. I believe they were called the Portsmouth Sinfonia. It just makes me laugh so much every time!
BBCF1 Gossip is getting stuff from Joe's blog now.
I don't know how I do it.... I wish I could stop I think :P
Hehehe
When I was at school, I was in a school band that would have been proud to sound like that!!
Good evening. Any big news?
For some reason, I have just ordered two signed copies of James Allen's new book. I don't quite know why.
He will be signing stuff this saturday according to his blog:
'I will be at Motor Books at 13/15 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4AN (0207 836 5376), just off Charing Cross Road on Saturday 28th November from 3pm for a book signing so come down if you are in town doing your Christmas shopping."
Unfortunately I am on the other side of the world, but I was in London I'd probably check it out. ;)
Oooooooh.
you are within 1.5 hours (driving distance) of me. he is promising to sign any copies of his book before he sends them out if you pre-order so I don't have to travel to London
Two? Why? I only need one...
not sure why. i think postage was the same for one or two copies and my brain figured it made sense to get two then. ebay or xmas pressie for someone?
You've ordered books, I've just had to order a new birth certificate..... :S
I am not buying one but I am always open to donations.
i need to do that too, you'd think I'd know how to prioritise by now
your main priority right now should be watching The Castle.
I'm in Sydney. I don't know if that is within 1.5 hours of you or not though. ;)
Where can you pre-order and how much.?
Today has gone far too slowly because of the window people. Being up and dressed since 7am is rubbish!
I'm going to order myself some lunch anyways from The World's Greatest Bakery™ nevertheless.
I might have to go through and delete some podcasts..... I've developed a backlog! I'm not sure there's any way I'm going to be able to listen to 902 new items :(
I'm not sure why that is relevant right now, but that is a very good film.
and it's on right now! hooray!
*sings* too many times, too many times... (Mental As Anything)
Ah. I didn't know that, but I thought as much. I have the dvd though. Maybe I'll watch it tonight.
not stalking or anything, but i know where you live (roughly)
www.jamesallenonf1.com then click on the book to pre-order
cook some rissoles, watch it in the pool room.
Why, where do you live?
I really like the idea and the fact that he has signed it makes it even more worth it!
Can I do a guest post book review when it arrives?
Absolutely!
I wish I could figure out how to take the log-in requirement off my wiki - I think it must be seriously reducing my hit count :(
Yay! :D
Sydneyish. South (but not the Shire). I work in Pitt St.
Maybe Santa will be nice to you
Ah. I'm north-westish.
Santa is bringing me a Finnish flag, a Roger Federer cap, and $$. :D
Mmmm cold hard cash. I could use some of that!
Maybe be will bring a british flag, an andy murray cap, and monopoly $$
*runs away from amy very fast*
Couldn't we all?
me too. Straight into the holiday fund though!
Bad Santa (good movie)
It could be arranged. ;) *Needs Amy's address*
Has anyone mentioned the Andy Murray contribution to the Hip Hop / Rap song Autograph?
On the plus side you'll be super prepared next time you play monopoly
ahahaha oh my word. I found it funny enough that the Bryan Brothers had a band and then they went and put Murray and Djokovic on a song :D
Aha... you arent really as old as you pretended eh? :P
Lies! It's more! Not much more though mind you...
yay, i beat the afternoon.
i hate flash.
clicktoflash
Ordered my book. No idea what it's actually about, just cos everyone else is doing it.
Its twenty to four!
i thought we were going? or did we never get around to it?
Darn. Thought I'd got away with that one.... I'm secretly 15.
considering it was mentioned during Wimbledon, aka in July , my guess is you never got around to it.
wow.
It's some ad with Shir Sean Connery at the moment,...
only when Nick is around? :P
tell us about it. back in 2008, every other comment here was "can i be unmoderated please?"
rightly so. i haven't said a good word about it in months.
I was thinking the other direction :P
sorry. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/
How rude!!
has googled changed your comments, or have you btw? says i can no longer comment anonymously.
:cry:
I decided against it.
:)
understood.
fair enough, the thought of seeing Andy Murray in person would do that to me too.
That'll please Steven ;)
Morning all :P
oops
Good morning.
I've just read somewhere that apparently Qadbak's takeover of the ex-BMW team is on the brink of collapse. Just trying to find a link.
Did you see the discussion yesterday about it? There was a link to a German article I think...
Nope I didn't.
so do i. i have to do it for this stupid assignment.
Sorry Lukeh, but I sort of stole your blog title...
http://pardonthefrench.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/thoughts-of-a-trying-insomniac/
[/plug]
Rich didn't want to post anything because he found it upsetting, but basically it says that the whole corporation is a sham, has no money and has fooled a lot of investors. The article postulates that the British guy (who has a fraud conviction) wants to get into F1 to get the TV money etc...
Its OK, I kinda stole it from Muse :P
I saw that on Facebook but didnt read into it without a link
:D
Oooh, I got Google Wave invites.
Too bad I've gone off it now!
I dunno what to do with Wave. It's a lot more underwhelming than I was expecting.
I took ages to peddle my invites.
I don't even check it daily at the mo...
I have logged on twice since I got it and have never 'waved' with anyone. Hooray!
I didn't even know Lukeh and you were on it?
me too.
I must confess I had never heard of it until now.
*me neither
I got an invite from jpancoast about a month ago.
Oooh I see everyone now for some reason on there
the problem alex highlighted with "public" waves killed my enthusiasm. spc integration requires the use of public conversation and right now that gives away your email address to everyone.
not very well thought through at all.
Also, it works fine on a PC with FF2.x, but not a brand new netbook?
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/24/switching-allegiances/
I am so totally winning the pinging competition now.
i'm thinking identi.ca may have turned the feature off :)
The pinger isn't even working out its 2 weeks notice, how rude.
:P
on Gamboling? No... I can still see anonymous...
odd. it didn't look like that yesterday?
i had a mini pop-up box asking for a google login..
ahh wait. i mighta clicked "create a link"
whoops.
ahhh... Did you want to make a link?
sadly not.
#doasisaydontdoasido
Oh boy, chocolate cake!
Yes please.
Omnom :)
loving these tweets:
http://twitter.com/DaveGorman/status/6004814672
http://twitter.com/DS_North/statuses/6007920039
:D
Are you going to comment now... Or is the moment over?
oh, yeah. gimmie a sec. still feeling stupid, if that's ok :)
If we pointed and laughed, would that help?
always.
That's quite alright... I had to work out what that link thing is for... It's mad... It's for posting a post in your own blogger blog about my blog post (which I guess is why you can't do it anonymously). I should probably remove it.
he...
shhh...
Woohoo! As Alia pointed out on Twitter, Canada GP from 2010 seems on :)
http://willthef1journo.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/canadian-gp-back-but-at-a-cost/
I dun one: http://twitter.com/alexandronov/status/6008566044
I think we're now about to find out just how far the Quebecois are willing to go just to have the GP back...
love it :)
another good one: http://twitter.com/SparkleyTwinkle/statuses/6008749575
Not here
No woman, no cry. We had a pre-nup.
#middleclassreggae
bedtime! night all :)
:P
night amy.
night amy.
:)
i've commented, am in moderation.
do the figures add up, i can't see how you can raise that much tax during 5 days?
with a circuit capacity of 100,000, if half the crowd stay in a local hotel, they each have to pay an additional £100, to make up the shortfall, right?
£100 on top of your current ticket cost.
assuming everyone has a room to themselves. or couples pay £200.
tell me i have that wrong?
You need to quit it with your "math" and "making sense". Just stop it!
:)
ahh yeah.
yay for canada.
:)
That's my job!
Woohoo! As Alia pointed out on Twitter, Canada GP from 2010 seems on :) {Comment #251}
About time too - this is great news :)
$ dear boy $
ahhhh. much... nope, still £56 on top of your ticket. there must be a greater percentage of people staying in hotels.
It could be on food and maybe travel as well?
Yeah I guess they say... Are you a hotel in the area? Yup... Good... Right... You are the lobby that said you wanted this thing... So there's 200 hotels here... How many rooms have you got in total? 5000? Cool... Chuck us $100 per room you have in your hotel. Cheers. What's that? How do you make it back? I don't know... you figure it out.
on plus side, at least britain won't be the most expensive grand prix of the year anymore.
I wonder if it's a tax on all hotels in the area for all patrons, whether they're attending the race or not.
"Are you here for the GP?" "Nope!" "OK then! you get a cheaper hotel room!"
ooooh. that makes much more sense. how would they determine your plans otherwise.
that's much better (at least for f1 fans).
Seriously, Simon Gillett?
"But from a location point of view and a fans' point of view, everything about Donington makes it a viable circuit."
except for the lack of a race track.
I assume someone told him Formula 1 isn't a destruction derby in a big bowl of dirt....
....right?
and the lack of capital and the lack of time to get the work done and the lack of credibility etc etc
Good evening :D
I am home and i have ordered pizza... its supposed to be here in 40 mins... will they make it?
They should have just run it on the shorter track for sa year or 2, then they would have had the cash to expand...
i'd hope so. if you have to make it yourself, you may as well have gone to the shop.
:D But i meant tha....
I ronicly there is a restaurant over here which lets you make and bake your own pizza, i will go one day and report ;)
#remembertotakewrapperoff
ok i got it wrong... they make it, then you take it home raw and bake it yourself... http://www.figaros.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=42
I guess they wont let people play with there ovens :(
I think there are some places over here in the states like that... not sure. I have heard of it before, though.
Get up, stand up - to avoid deep vein thrombosis
#middleclassreggae
:D
111111111*111111111 = 12345678987654321
hehe. Love it. You should write a song for giggles next show.
Pizza just arrived...
2 mins late!
"Uncle Enzo doesn't have to pay for cold pizzas or smashed pizzas, he only has to pay for late pizzas"
free?
hardly, although i did make him come up to my flat
i was hoping it was one of those guaranteed issues:( free pizza if it's still hot is great:)
It is hot, and its awesome, was only about 9 quid for a large stuffed crust too :D
thanks for the conversion but it means nothing to me;) euro or us dollars thanks so at the moment I'd rather euros;)
On a positive note regarding BMW, they are keeping their promise of letting the winners of the Formula BMW World Finals get a test on the young driver day at the first official F1 test session, regardless of the pullout.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80328
That's good from Mario :)
Hey all.
Good on 'em.
This only furthers my wish for Mario to remain in F1!
kudos for this. It speaks integrity and not a cut and run.
13 bucks?
which is confusing as we also call the curency here bucks
Does Fbmw end too?
They are only pulling out of F1.
thanks :) I found some nice supermarket pizza which is pretty good here. What size is the pizza?
mmm large?
:P i really am not that good at working these things out... maybe 14inches with the crust?
And let's be honest here.
Men are TERRIBLE at estimating size!
uh oh!
I didnt realise you did shows in the off season!
thats awesome :D
Uh oh!
did I just start something ? Sorry... I was just saying whenever the next show is - 2010 is fine for me as I have the rest of my life to sort out;)
Yeah but 2010 is only 5 weeks away!
Dunno why but that reminds me - a week and 3 days until Lee Mack live at Norwich Playhouse! :D
thats a good enough estimate. I was just after a rough idea to make a scientific comparison:)
oh yeah forgot. Still not used to northern hemisphere.
For those who don't know who Lee Mack is or what he's like, here's a clip of some of his one-liners. Be warned, there is some bad language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73YscxkmORo
i was thinking you were talking about Lee McKensie (spelling?) the first time! I know of both of them and guess their level of comedy is quite different;)
Just noticed that the big picture (original one) has j/k navigation keys built in... Neat :)
Look if you are going to volunteer people you must never take a backward step. You had him on the hook and didn't strike.
around here it's #blamesteven not #blamescott.
And I like it that way :)
I can't believe nobody responded to my comment saying... "oh you're going to release it in 5 weeks".
Why did I say that?
Steven- it's all yours...
I thought you had just pleged to do it, i didnt realise i needed to confirm ;)
Alex's big New Years day Parade Lap of 2010
2.5 hours of comedy, phone ins, games and predicitions ;)
there you go, i have planned it, now you just need to do it :P
you hold him down Nick. I'll add more. But just make sure the how is in the afternoon;)
show not how;) the how we do not care about. Just make it happen ;)
I think it's time other people did some volunteering. Alex has spent a while teaching people to plug and the next course at the sidepodacademy is going to be on volunteering people.
hey guys
Its sorted... ;)
Have you set up the wiki page for that yet?
Ah... of course.. alex can do a segment on plugging, and you can phone in and do a section on volenteering...
the show is filling up fast :D
Thanks for volenteering to do that too :D
Whats left?
Ah your getting some music together for the show too?
Brilliant... I am really impressed how the comunity spirit is bringing this all together :D
Christine is going to do reading out loud and Mr C will do baking but very closely supervised by LPG
I can get some music yes, send me your requests.
I concur but what are we talking about? Sidepodacademy? Think I missed something.
I'm hungry and need to procure food...
I thought Mr C did the numbers!
I don't think I can actually do a live show on New Years day... But I don't suppose that matters much :)
:D
I hope they can take part... but if not alex has proven he can do independent multi channel live streaming :D
But you're the host!
You have to wear a suit too...
The suit I can handle... Hmmm... It really will depend on a few things.
Ladies and gentleman, I think this is cyberbullying.
You proposed it :P
then he was disapointed it wasnt being organised!
Don't worry I can handle it :)
It sounds like fun... And I would be up for it... But I know where I have to be on New Years Eve. And I know where I have to be on the day after New Years Day. The latter has broadband the former doesn't. I hadn't actually decided about New Years Day yet. Which means I don't know if I'll have broadband.
I think you've inhaled your pizza the wrong way;)
do it all from the iPhone?
The day after new years day could work too ;)
While this has all been lots of fun I have to go and record episode 2 of the Go For Odd podcast... The very occasional podcast from http://goforodd.com
No can do I'm there for an all day party!
Theres going to be an episode 2?
Took your time there (no room to talk)
later!
We do work on sidepodtime so one day or the other doesn't make a lot of difference
There have been other things on the site... It's quality not quantity, etc etc etc...
Ah... so the day after the day after new years day?
Who has an all day party the day after the day after new years eve? thats madness!!!
For those who like blugging this is an interesting article by somebody else: http://www.zeldman.com/2009/11/24/on-self-promotion/
I look forward to it :D
I like to tell myself that too :)
New Years day is the most likely day for it to happen for me. I'll talk to Katherine.
It's a birthday party of my Uncle, he can't help being born then I don't think ;)
Ah, ill let him off!
very generous Nick!
I have just been invited to a house party at (next to) the dubai autodrome...
it could be awesome... i hope its floodlit!
I know! :D
#donttellalison or she will think im a walkover ;)
I must go now. I have to go to the supermarket to buy beer. Oh and some food, but mainly beer.
Night all
#confidential
#gulp
night
How on earth do I do this....
Are people talking about me 24/7 or do I always come in just as they start??
Well no news today, the most boring day of the off season so far!!
as long as it changes colour!
I'm not saying anything to anyone but if it's on the Internet, it must be true and she can find out for herself:)
I'm loving the lack of news at the moment. It's fantastic.
It is a difficult time of year... it reminds me of the horrible summer break!
ciao!
That is unbelievable. You have not had a mention all day and seconds after your name appears so do you
sorry Nick. I probably should have thrown pebbles at alisons window?
nooo... she would have blamed me, then more balcony!
Jon did it earlier too just as I woke up. It's most odd.
i meant to say "should not have" but my brains thinks faster than I type. Either way, this is karma for the bullying:)
hehe, right i have some work to do so i might drop out the comments for a bit, but i will try to lurk ;)
i think you have a pinger that detects your name and wakes you up. I'd do it too but I'm not as popular as you are :)
i have that too but I'll be here for a bit longer- I'm having lunch.
Work...? I refuse to believe it! What are you really doing?
Eating pizza that has just arrived
:D
hi me, there's a new show being planned. Nick was bullying Alex earlier;) I need to close the window and go do some work. Lunch over. See you all sometime.
Me?
Never.
See, now it's happening to me
yeah i see it. it;s not going to happen.
Great thread on Allegiances...
Interesting to see why people support the teams or drivers that they do....
:D
indeed. although i'm none the wiser who to support if renault bail :(
I see we are going to have to wait until January 5th to find out how Flav & Pat have got on....
"indeed. although i'm none the wiser who to support if renault bail "
Interesting...
The allegiance thing is more heart than head so, although you will rationalise your choice (men usually try to but they are kidding themselves), you will have to wait for your heart to be engaged....
haven't been following it. what's the latest?
Flav asked the council to spin out on the way to the meeting, sadly they didn't see the funny side of things
I assume this is what happened anyways
has anyone recently upgraded their contract phone on orange. i think the women i spoke to at the call center confused me :)
:D:D
It can happen without you and mrs c... i planned it specialy so it would be no work for you guys!
oh good. in that case i don't need to know about it.
Is our resident Finnish specialist available?...
Just picked this off the comments on f1fanatic...
" the finnish station Mtv3 and helsingin sanomat kimi has signed a contract with mercedes gp for 2010"
Although steph, the poster, picked it off a tweet from somewhere.... and wasn't too certain about the provenance....
KATHI!!!!
Do you have a link?
Woohoo! :P
:)
Hi Kathi...
No...
That was all she said down near the bottom of comments here...
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/11/24/who-should-get-the-second-mercedes/
I hope Alison is around so she can see that it is not just her that appears just as her name is mentioned
:D
This should be fun on twitter :)
11 or so years ago I was a regular in an IRC channel. Whenever they wanted me to appear they'd say "STAR WARS!" and I'd magically appear....
Sorry but all I can see is both reporting that Norbert said Kimi has his number and can call him anytime a few days ago. Nothing since then.
Thanks Kathi...
It's probably just chinese whispers....
Nothing about Kimi and Mercedes. MTV3's rumour of the day is that Kimi signed a pre-contract with Citroën, but even GMM is more reliable than MTV3
ah the Muppets are just awesome .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
I'll hold off booking my tickets for Sweden in February for a bit...
?
Is there an ice rally then?
ahh, ok.
Sweden is the first round of the WRC next year...
I've put it in my diary... just in case....
if it will ever get cold enough for snow up here *grumbles*
Is the weather running linux? :P
just kidding ;)
ummm...
#sorrykathi
You were very helpfull... it was mostly my fault;)
I am still having xp withdrawls on win7
:P
penguins like snow, so am guessing more likely windows.
You cant open windows in rain though...
apples need rain to grow ;)
ahh, but windows keep out the cold.
Im not even allowed to open the fridge to help cold the air up for you Kathi because the environment hates me doing that apparently
Crazy CVCs or GMTVs or whatever it's called.
Definitely windows. Unpredictable and craps on me a lot. definitely windows.
Hello
evening pat.
who do you blame for the weather?
I blame Eddie Jordan myself. Why create weather then create global warming, EJ?
Madness.
Bernie. I blame Bernie for everything except for those things done by Max. Or maybe it was the other way around, it gets so muddled now.
I feel like i took windows for granted. having been though ubuntu, i now think it is awesome//has god like usability. :)
I blame Java.
And windows.
Can we not blame it on the weatherman? B*Witched said we could.
They also told us to C'est la vie so I'm not sure what to do
:D
:-)
My daddy cooked me the bestest tea ever. Nom nom nom
Mixed feelings. I have tomorrow off work - so I could get some things done in the flat and so some revision without pressure - but my car has decided it would like a new alternator belt.
I am currently putting together a covering letter to send with my CV to a few race teams and car companies around my area in order to get some unpaid work experience. I am looking to send it to Lotus, iSport, Comtec and P1 which are all based around Wymondham and Hethel, and also Advent Motorsport, who I know the team manager of, in Thetford.
Hmmmm is the car undwivable undwivable without a new one?
Whose better...
Daddy or michel?
:D (daddy or chips)
Not yet but I feel it will be. I don't need it tomorrow I just don't need the expense right now... couldn't it have waited until January? But I'm not going to risk anything with a warning light flickering on/off..
Sounds interesting, good luck.
Anyone know any other race teams around my area? I could try Classic Team Lotus, I guess.
That is such a hard choice!! My daddy is a very good cook.... Michel was definitely much more pleased to meet me though!
I'm sure Michel's food is nicer if I can persuade him not to have a fish obsession!
While I'm pleased that di Resta is getting a test, I found myself more excited at seeing Hildebrand testing too. I suppose because di Resta has been around a while? Hildebrand is apparently very good..
Where is everyone? The comments have been silent for an hour!
Last comment was 15 mins ago?
or 15 minutes.
Weird. The comments on the LCLT haven't updated since Pat's comment on Di Resta and Hildebrand. Apologies!
tis okay, we were on the other thread.
Ahh, that's why.
I'm trying very hard to watch football on the TV. I have realised that I cannot watch TV anymore!
:)
Gavin, you reposting that amazing Space Oddysey theme cover on Facebook has got me in a fit of chuckles again :)
It makes the Final Countdown cover by that band before seem immense.
There was no way I was not gonna let my friends miss out on that one!
I can recommend a Samsung Series 8 Plasma to cure that. If there's nothing on free to air, then it has built in you tube and media playback from either the built in flash memory, a usb stick or hard drive, or DLNA equipped computer.
F1 needs that orchestra to play podium anthems
if you're looking for something to do though, don't forget about this:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/24/tell-us-how-2009-was-for-you/
I'm serious! I am trying to watch the Inter vs. Barca game with doohickey, tweetdeck and 3 live commentary windows open for the football. I have barely set eyes on the telly!
have always argued that.
misread the comment.
...which orchestra?
I blame the commentators....
...maybe the ref as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKH3iemEd-A
Portsmouth Sinfonia at their finest.
It's OK, I'm gathering addresses to send my CV and a covering letter for work experience to.
holy......
I'm watching it in Danish ;) We have Peter Schmeichel and Brian Laudrup in the studio!
Isn't Schmeichel a BBC reject?
I want them to do the italian national anthem at Monza. It would actually be a natural disaster.
Um? Well he seems to do alright in Danish...
blergh .. just thought I'd say that for no apparent reason
I posted this when Gavin and RG were not around. Like all football fans they know referees don't have any common sense. This is a clip from a local game on Saturday. The team in red already had one player sent off and one carried off so only had nine players on the pitch. The penalty is given in the 91st minute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZa4Pouozgw
blergh to you too
nice :)
PING Amy:
@carolinecheese: Whoah. Big cheer for Murray. But massive roar for Fed. Where's the partisan crowd? Cracking atmos tho
I need reasons why I shouln't just go to bed
Right, I've got addresses for iSport, P1, Comtec and Classic Team Lotus. Are there any more race teams based in the Norfolk region around my area?
Won't your Dad have contacts?
Are you b...d?
Is it Wacaday?
how did you guess :{
Bloody hell. That not a lack of common sense, thats just a lack of talent. Poor refereeing, easy to tell 10 things he did wrong in 5 minutes there.
pmsl
True, I was thinking about Palmer Sport and Snetterton. I don't know if he ever got that Clerk of the Course position there. He never told me or let me know.
The Xmas/New Year issue of AUTOSPORT will have the little red book with hundred of motor sport companies in it
I must be psychic
What about volunteering to be a marshall at a local circuit and then you can blog about that?
Brits On Pole have a list of teams in the UK
thought that was RG *sniggers* (sorry RG)
That is incredible! The problem with all refs is that they rely too much on the 'letter of the law' and don't use enough common sense!!!
According to the manager he sent the keeper off for denying a goal scoring opportunity despite the fact that the ball ended up in the net. No-one is sure yet whether he abandoned the game because one team only had 6 players or if he just decided time was up.
I'm just predictionchic
He might wear glasses...
http://www.britsonpole.com/in-depth/locations-of-british-motorsports-companies
It seems your list is more exhaustive than theirs :-)
Maybe he read your mind and planted the thought in mine.
you changed sex?
My god. And if the new keeper was sent off for time wasting I'd have been sent off on Sunday, as would the other keeper.
The first replacement keeper was sent of for talking to the crowd
I best stay quiet then.
Snetterton is my only local circuit. :P
At least you have one.
Didn't your Silverstone thing open any doors for you?
Although before I moved to Norwich, I also had Rockingham.
Nope, seemingly not :(
Where are Team Lotus based at the moment? Hethel? Or are they using Litespeed's base?
I think mine is Jyllandsringen in Jutland, Falkenberg in Southern Sweden or Anderstorp.
I would guess that Spa is actually the closest F1 circuit!
Hmm, I didn't know iSport and Comtec are based in different units but the same location.
When the going gets tough, the tough have a chocolate bar .. yummy
I suppose it depends on your definition of 'local'. My nearest is Thruxton nearly 2hrs away and I don't really consider anything over 1hr to be local :-)
Then it's Jyllandsringen.
I'll get back to you on what my nearest F1 circuit is.. ;-)
Christ, football is boring when you don't watch it in the pub!
Hmmm I'm really tired now but I can't go to sleep until about 2/3am or I'll die on my feet at work tomorrow on the late.....
I didn't know you were back at work again. I though you were still skiving
Does anyone want to play a team management competition via email? I play one and the guy running it is asking if we know interested parties for next year.
Pick 14 drivers from F1, IRL, NASCAR, ALMS and GrandAm and then pick 10 of them every week (5 oval, 5 road course) from February to November... And you can trade. But it costs US$10.
mmm
.. but if you win you win the 'pot' of everyone's $10
You had me until the $10...
Ah, that's better!
Alas it's back to the grindstone.... I did 3 days last week. I'm about to start my proper working week again tomorrow.
How many people usually do it?
This season there were 10 teams, but one of them was practically a dummy team. One team owner isn't returning but he says he has a couple newbies lined up.
tis a good day in the spc household. wordpress has left the building.
(as has the rb4 header, but shhhh)
I finished 8th but in fairness I was so busy with my studying I couldn't devote any time to leaning anything about NASCAR or GrandAm
So when picking drivers does it work:
2 from F1
2 from IRL
2 from NASCAR
2 from each ALMS class
2 from each Grand-am class
?
ooh
I liked the BMW header better.
#notbiased
#honestly
Woop woop :D
noooooooooo
oh well we'll get over it.
No more Wordpress?
I like Grand-Am. For me it's a cool sportscar series. I must admit i am rather partial to those Daytona Prototypes. And the GT Mazda RX-8. Man, that things sounds goooood.
Nope. You can pick anyone from any of the selected series. Any combination. It is up to you to nominate 5 road course drivers and 5 oval drivers per week, and it is up to you to know which week the IRL is on what type of track...
http://odeo.com/channels/349553-Sidepodcast-All-for-F1-and-F1-for-All
What about then the Grand-Am series is on a roval? Can that work both ways?
Yaaay.
the database and bits that hang off of it are still in use behind the scenes, but it plays no part in the site that the outside world sees.
it'll take another 6 months to fully rewrite the database and things, but you won't notice any changes when that happens.
They're in rfactor and iRacing - but I am miles away from that licence!
is the RB-4 header immortalized anywhere? :P
btw i like the video on FBFB.
No. Road course.
But you have a pool of 14 and if you want to change someone you have to swap during the week or trade with someone, before nominating your line-up.
Hermann Tilke is set to create a new track for 2011 if Silverstone doesn't get the deal for the British GP
Anyway if you are interested or want more info in the game can you email me and then I'll forward it to Andy? He comes here sometimes as The Speedgeek.
ollie took a screenshot of it, but no idea where it is?
there's this though: http://sidepodcast.com/2008/12/29/pick-a-header-any-header/
:P:D
Yeah sounds interesting. I reckon I adopt that "2 for every series" strategy so it covers all the bases pretty much.
I used to have it as a 1920x1200 wallpaper - shall I drop.io it?
The other thing to mention is because NASCAR has so many races it has dominated the year, we're wondering how to counter that.
have just been tweeted this, no idea how legit the source is though:
http://bit.ly/8RTFeB
Oo Very nice, some of those are nice headers. shame I can't see how much RB4 beat the competition.
I believe we have some docks up here. I'll just push my Newcastle Street Circuit first, don't think Bernie has responded just yet. I even signed it H. Tilke.
literally what i'm fixing now :)
That better not happen, or there will be a very annoyed person on here.
But that would mean no Franck. :(
oooh I can't wait for a certain source to start sending out 'Kobayashi set to be given 'this job' in 2010'
It'll confuse everyone!
Whatever happened to Dirty Scarab?
hehe awesome :)
don't know, but the link doesn't go anywhere either.
I do wonder though, why did the BMW headers get no text?
Does GMM = Capsis?
nope, capsis is owned by f1-live. why?
The car is too cool to be ruined by text.
Just always thought little of Capsis too so I wondered if it was just another name for them
Are you sure there are enough corners?
I'm surprised that Mr Tilke has included such few corners
capsis takes credit for editing gmm content, so you're right. but they're not the same company.
Am more amazed he hasn't made a statue of himself yet.
He'd probably make sure it was abstract so there's penty of corners.
Ta :D
But it may suit Nissan
Ah yes that must be it :)
So that post contains the last known work of Dirty Scarab. intresting ;)
They appear together a lot
But Nissan don't have any say in Renault's F1 operations?
Not yet but that may be an option for Renaut. Get Nissan to contribute to the budget
Or Renault F1 becomes Nissan F1?
There is no mention of Kobayashi on the Auto Hebdo site. Auto Hebdo is the French equivalent of AUTOSPORT and very reputable.
http://www.autohebdo.fr/
It does have a piece on the Festival of Speed and says the theme for 2010 will be Italy
It's possible.
First set Murray 6 Federer 3. Amy will not be happy
Neither will the crowd!
"I'm surprised that Mr Tilke has included such few corners
Am more amazed he hasn't made a statue of himself yet."
Nah... I am amazed he hasn't popped on of Bernie at each track....
"Or Renault F1 becomes Nissan F1?"
There was a story suggesting this may happen... where was that?... was it Joe?....
The Renault-Nissan idea has been floating around for months
I have an Auto Hebdo T-shirt from Le Mans...
Time for me to go. lotsa love!
I am pleased they have learned to use the net. I haven't been on their site for months because all they ever had on it before was a cover shot of their next issue and some basic contact details,
Night RG
do you have one for every day of the year?
who are they?
night sir.
Trenchcoat Rock
#middleclassreggae
As I said 10 comments ago ;) they are the French equevalent of AUTOSPORT. Hebdo is the standard abbreviation for hebdomadaire which means weekly
Just spotted this time last year it was all about Webber: http://www.f1minute.com/2008/11/24/24-nov-08-webber-recovering-from-tasmania-accident/
i saw that, but i'm confused. the website says "auto trader" and i see no f1 info?
Doesn't seem that long ago
i might start the Nissan f1 fanclub. We will be known as the Sunbirds. Did u get that model in the uk?
I don't see auto trader. It has Flavio, Dakar and NASCAR pics running as a slideshow on the front page and a news feed on the right hand side.
http://www.autohebdo.fr/
Never heard of Sunbird
aha, i was here: http://www.autohebdo.net/
as you were :)
Eyelids drooping :(
No idea how that happened as I had read the stuff on the .fr site. I am really confused now
You need to stay awake for another 5 hours.
EURGH!!!
very 80s but might have actually been made by datsun originally. Never mind. ;)
how bout the Skyline. It had fancy ish lights at the back. Very futuristic I thought as a kid
There isn't an autoplaying video in sight.
I know what a Skyline is but not sure it ever made it here
Give them time. They have only just learned that they can post more than a pic of their next cover
Looks like Federer is going to take the second set. 5-2
:D
boooo
we obviously got a lot of cars from japan in the land of oz
Andretti Green Racing has now become Andretti Autosports. I think this means Michael is the sole owner now..
or they changed colour;) do you think this ownership change is a good thing Pat?
They announced that was going to happen a couple of months ago. Danica gave an interview saying (but not saying) that is why she was staying there rather than going to NASCAR
You're not helping me stay awake! What do I do.....
Well it is his baby now, which I think he's wanted for a while. I'm not his biggest fan. He has a tendency to defend Marco even when it is indefensible (with the proviso that I've not watched most of the races this year - yet). I think it caused friction. They've struggled for a while and perhaps this is the key to get them back on top. It is interesting that for 2009 they changed roles and he became Danica's strategist rather than Marco's, it seems to have helped her.
I miss Team KOOL Green.
I was a fan of the original Team Green when Barry Green owned it. Dario Franchitti and Paul Tracy driving. Brilliant.
Count sheep backwards
PANIC!
Panic always helps you stay awake
BOOO!
Murray : Federer 1 set each and 1 game each
Evening all
@Pat W.
Have you heard the story that Simona de Silvestro will be in Indycar next year? Apparently Walker Racing will announce her on december 10.
i vaguely remember this lineup but never followed this too much. Although now I am in the USA I might start. I might also run for the senate, but more likely just the bus.
I am panicking quite a lot.... I don't want to be this tired at work tomorrow. I'm on shift until 3.30am so I need to stay awake until at least then today :(
or count backwards sheep. I think you should eat a big pasta meal
Evening.
I haven't heard that but I haven't properly been keeping up with IndyCar news really. I am surprised you say Walker Racing because they stood down their IndyCar team for a while.
Is that in the coffee place? I suppose it isn't a good advert to be tired there.
No!! What kind of crazy coffee shop is open at that time of night? I'm not in Soho :P
She drove for Walker in the past, so it could be them.
Might also be another team.
Who?
Don't sit down
Stupid job giving me stupid fake jetlag
Swiss racing driver.
Third in Formula Atlantic this year.
Should have won the championship.
Motorway services
Working shifts is a pain
Fair point but no. I left the coffee place last July.
Ah sorry.
What about? :P I can hardly keep up with the goings on in my life, I can't really expect you to :D
IN YOUR FACE ANDY MURRAY. Ahem. Hi.
Good morning Amy. Didn't see you around after the first set
Hehehe I don't even know what's going on but I have a soft spot for the Murray boy.
He won the first set and lost the next two. Lost the last one 6-1
Good evening
Eveningggg
hey Jon
Hi Jon
i got to work halfway through the second set so I thought id wait until the end to comment :D
Zzzzzzzzzzz
Try fly killer
PIIIIIING
oh too early
:D