Boxing Day traditionally means recovering from the day before and eating all that leftover turkey. It will be turkey sandwiches and turkey curry for everyone for weeks, I'm sure. We were right about the F1 news, though, there was very little. Here's what we're talking about:
- Autosport have an interesting article about ten things that didn't happen this year. I'm assuming they mean things that we believed would happen, otherwise that would be a pretty hard list to narrow down! Some of the things could still happen, so we'll have to keep our eyes peeled.
- Poor Donington Park didn't get the Christmas present they were looking for as they couldn't find a buyer for the lease, and therefore the future is looking pretty bleak. We've discussed the Donington thing in great detail before, but it's sad times.
- There was a special festive edition of F1 Minute yesterday with a couple of statistics, some facts and figures, and a special thank you to all who have listened this year. The Minute is on a break until the new year now, so there had better not be any massive breaking news.
That'll do it for now, hope everyone is enjoying the holidays, and we will see you in the comments.
Good evening all, hope you had a good christmas.
Evening Señor Bunny
evening
there is a huge spider in my room, this isn't the best start to the day..
Another one?
Is there a spider conference in Kent or what?
Get a photo. This is the end of the day not the start.
Camera at the ready?
there have been soooo many this year... :(
well... that's the thing... i decided i was brave enough to deal with it.. walked up to it with a tissue box to try and kill it and it fell from the wall and i ran away. now i think it's under my sofa, or under the tissue box i dropped... either way i'm keeping a look out..
Hello folks, hope you had a lovely day. I seem to have survived relatively unscathed.... Which tbh is a miracle!
yay! :)
Hi Alison
hi Alison
I feel the same
Close call was it?
Yes. With my mother it could go either way... Also it's hard to be excited about flight compression stockings. She's trying to make me scared of flying. Having given up making me frightened about crashing or terrorists, we've started at DVT :P
I can sympathise with that
Luckily, this year I escaped that trauma
but flying is awesome! :)
So long as you don't get hijacked or DVT or the pilots don't get food poisoning ;)
my mum finally watched your party, she says you all look like lovely people and we're going to have a lot of fun and please look after her amy :D
They have to choose different meals for this reason
These things don't really concern me, although the thought of getting DVT makes me feel faint. I find it really sickening :P
No problem, Mrs Amy
meh... it's worth that tiny chance ;)
aw yay! :)
That said, now I have received flight compression stockings for Christmas, I'm sure to be fine :P
she also said 'ooh they all look so british!' and she likes your accents :D
:D
well the british accent is rather awesome ;)
i hope the next 244 days go quickly :)
Well, I'm taking my Britishness to bed
Happy Boxing Day all
here is our flag pole today :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07396-jpg
there is no wind though so it's a bit of a flag fail.
It's also 20 degrees colder than yesterday so a nice day to stay inside :)
night Bassano
Night night :)
night Bassano
night!
night bassano
awww Lukeh would be proud :)
I thought your parents flew the Finnish flag to show you were in residence
Night Bassano
their neighbours asked them what it was and then my parents friends turned up and asked why we were flying the Swiss flag.
Swiss? They thought it was for Rog?
oooh I should get one to match my hat!
You need more flag poles
i'm watching the christmas episode of Qi... David Tennant is very yummy..
He was in the Catherine Tate Special tonight.
And the Buzzcocks round up show
i may have to watch that tomorrow :)
ahh yes i saw that, his episode of buzzcocks was brilliant :D
They just showed a wrap up program to mark the end of the series with him and Rhod Gilbert
Catherine Tate was drunk, right?
What a liberty! (Edited for language)
i assume so ;)
made for fun watching though ;)
i think i saw that the other day when em came round. :)
Or insane
Don't usually see you at this time in the morning Mrs C :)
There are capitals so it is not Mr C usinf Chistine's loh in
I'll be heading to bed now. I'm off to Leeds tomorrow morning.
Night All
Are you drunk? ;)
It's Chriiiiiistmas :)
Stone cold sober. My keyboard hates me
night startledbunny
:D
yay for Christmas! :D
:D
Ah, understood. :)
ehehh Alan Davies just said 'rrrrrrrubbish!' just like Christine does. he must listen to the podcasts :)
Also, me and Mr C are enjoying a night off and I don't want it to end.
Having not made a video for a year, he seems to have forgotten that it drains your ability to do anything for an entire day. Yay for impromptu nights off :)
You deserve a few days off
seconded
Hehe. We'll be bored by tomorrow.
I do like all the rather decent films appearing on the iPlayer. It's been happening more and more and now it's Christmas, there seems to be an abundance of them.
My Film Watch posts just got a lot cheaper :)
I had a peek on there a minute ago and thought about this! It's very odd.
there are films on iplayer?
oh no.... *Senses more late nights*
Odd but also quite awesome.
Yes, I meant this too!!
the incredibles = heart.
OMG! i seriously had not noticed. how awesome :)
It confuses me that you have Christmas in the Sun but also have iPlayer. I like it.
I didn't know either
Apparently you buy magic boxes that cheat the internet. Nick has one.
i want more david tennant QI episodes in my life :)
Ooh, we're about to watch it now.
its a cruel taunt that www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer loads nicely but if you click on anything you get 'currently BBC iPlayer TV shows are only availble in the UK'
Mmm, that is mean.
That is very cruel! Meanies....
:D watch out for Mr Davies doing his best spc 'rrrrrrrubbish!' :D
Hulu is the same though.
:(
Hulu?
Super USA only TV streaming service
Tis a US only site that collects together several networks programs. Like iPlayer but different.
oooooooh.
we only have http://www.abc.net.au/iview/ and I never use it.
It won't let me watch anything because I am not in Australia.
I just remembered that I'm not either :D I should try http://tvnz.co.nz/video instead :D
Always tricky keeping track of which country you're in :)
I need to write it down somewhere. Family = NZ, no family = Australia.
We'll try and remind you :)
Finnish flag on a pole = NZ
Finnish flag and no pole = Australia
oooh very helpful. Although, what about when I am in Belgium with the flag?
Surrounded by SPC people = not in Australia.
You can just ask us then! Panic over.
flag in backpack?
ahh i like this :)
You won't be watching TV so it won't matter
Unless you meet up with Jeremy etc. Then you might have a problem.
what if there is a meetup of upside down folk at the Australian GP? Too many ways for me to be confused!
True. And if you meet Joe there too, that will be unfathomable!
I won't have a clue what language to speak. Which is a problem since I only speak one.
Mm, I heart David Tennant.
Probably stick with that one then.
me too! see more David Tennant QI episodes are needed :D
So what's he going to do with himself when he stops being Doctor Who?
go on QI more... ;)
I have no idea, so I am soaking up everything he's on now!
I have a feeling that he is going to do a lot more programs as himself rather than just acting parts.
Scottish accent... English accent... doesn't really matter ;)
Anyway, I have stayed up far too long. I must go and dream of the Doctor.
Night all.
Night Christine :)
Good night
Sweet dreams :)
night christine
I'm off to sleep too. should have gone to sleep hours ago... oooops.
night all! xx
night lou
I'm also heading off. see you!
Night Lou
Night Guille
hey all. did usf1's website get discussed yet?
Haven't seen anything. They haven't lost their logo have they?
it is quite awful: http://www.usgpe.com/
favourite bit is the "high def video production" picture. we've had that for 3 years and our budget is essentially zero.
quite how we haven't got our own f1 team is beyond me.
our mixing desk is more professional and the guy is wearing the free earphones that come with an ipod. not what you might describe as high quality.
Interesting that the front page is all about F1 and the American history in it and sod all about USF1. If I had a team the front page would be about the team.
It makes me wonder how Chad Hurley managed to make any money :D
by complete fluke i'm sure.
It's 10 months since they launched the team but they have yet to produce a 1 minute video that looks like it came from a remotely serious organisation.
Also isn't AD the last race of the year? Has no-one told USF1?
Most folk are concerned about them making the first race. It dosn't matter to them whether the last race is in Abu Dhabi or Alpha Centauri
they're not planning on getting that far.
I wonder if the Windsor Report will continue on Australian coverage "so, Peter, why is your team so crap?"
Doesn't sound like anyone else much wants to either :P #sorrynick
How can they only have three people on their team page when we are only 80 off fays from the start of the season?
i love that one of the pics they've selected features the earth dreams car.
:P
if you hang around on the contact page for long enough, it still redirects to grandprix.com. really must ask joe about that.
The Partners page is unusual. All they are doing is listing companies that have supplied them anything rather than companies they have some kind of deal with. When the last video was released on youtube I noticed that their autoclave had American Autoclave on the door so I had a look at their site. They have a load of high profile customers mentioned but no USF1.
Hahaha what???
it seems unlikely they'd be partnering with mclaren electronics.
yes, full of unusually poor resolution logos ...
if that site is sign of things to come, they will be as successful as mastercard lola ...
http://contact.usgpe.com/contact
give it 300 seconds and see what happens.
Hehe I'm impatient. I'm not sure why it says coming soon when it's obviously already there....
ECU
i can only assume peter bought html for dummies and has only got as far as chapter 1.
agreed. but not a partnership. they just supply the box.
@ Mr C "it seems unlikely they'd be partnering with mclaren electronics"
This would be the standard ECU. Like steven said, they seem to have listed anyone they found in the yellow pages.
Why are we doubting theyll make Bahrain tho?
OK, the y have their ECU partner there, but then, what has happened to Cosworth ? why the engine supplier is missing ?
oooooh!
There is nothing being made in that machine shop. That is a set up pic to make it look like it is working. There is no place marked yet for work in/out etc. These are effectively fully auto machines but all three that have people at them happen to have the doors open with the men working on them.
#Fake
i think we could all do a better job.
they've overpromised and underdelivered.
anybody else feels that this site is 3 day job quickly put together after the latest Bernie comments on them and Campos ?
I think that will be the case for most of them. They may get a few % discount but that is all.
yup.
So far we have seen no sign of them doing anything that looks real. Everything they have posted looks fake.
Whats this aragon place gonna be like. the F1 racing feature was a bit ambiguous, and dont think f1rqacing opinion can be counted as it seems their opinion is frequently on sale
and Windsor's blog entry sounds like response to Joe's comments in the last Aside :-)
OOPS. Bit of a stupid mistake.
may be they switched to pedal power in the last minute :-)
It is not a working site. It may be they are mid-installation but there is no way that is a working factory.
Fair enough, but personaly i hope they do make it. F1 needs a US team. F1 needs the US market, unless it is coimpromised for US tastes. It wont wanna go down that cheap track
and will announce Lance Armstrong next week :-)
hehe. what the heck does this mean:
We’re all in the entertainment business we call F1 and there seemed little or no point in adding to the situation from the perspective of a new team.
that is exactly what i'm interested in hearing about!
I don't understand the pictures in their reception. It's nice to see someone with an interest in history and the Gurney/Eagle pic is from the last American team but why put up a Lotus when there is another team this year calling themselves Lotus?
I hope it works and they may be doing things right but their videos are unconvincing. According to their website it is 10 months since they announced the team and at that time they said they would be giving Speed access to the factory to show fans what they were doing and all we have had is a coupl of youtube clips that look very dodgy.
but why put up a Lotus when there is another team this year calling themselves Lotus?
Windsor being self indulgent and his typical F1 snobbish self. The guy thinks a little to much of himself if you ask me
unless i'm missing it, i don't see a media section either. how is anyone supposed to cover the team if they're not supplying official press releases or editorial images?
yes, and website that looks weird considering they have big name web guy on board ...
Fair nough. i havnt been following their progres that closely. Mainly coz with 2 year old twins, its hard to find the time to do all that you tube surfing.
did they have a good christmas?
Why do I think the Legacy pice has been lifted from someone else? Maybe because we have a US company talking about American drivers who CAME over to Europe. Seems odd to write it as if a European is speaking.
Did they ever. spoiled little buggers. LOL. was a good day, and great weather too.
I think it must be an Andretti Lotus so they are trying to associate themselves with him but it is an odd choice.
hehe. good to hear.
current odds on Sportsbet for WC next year. Michael 3rd fave. i already got my hard earned on lewis at 3.50-1
Lewis Hamilton 3.75
Fernando Alonso 4.50
Michael Schumacher 5.50
Sebastian Vettel 7.00
Felipe Massa 8.00
Jenson Button 9.00
Nico Rosberg 11.00
Mark Webber 13.00
Robert Kubica 31.00
Rubens Barrichello 34.00
Nick Heidfeld 34.00
Nico Hulkenberg 51.00
Timo Glock 101.00
Adrian Sutil 101.00
Bruno Senna 101.00
Jarno Trulli 101.00
Heikki Kovalainen 151.00
Paid on official result. No result overturned
heikki has less chance than bruno senna?
I think 7-1 for vettlel is great odds. I hope the way RBR developed till the end of 09 doesnt hurt the 2010 car
It's interesting how many of the American teams in the Legacy section only managed one or two seasons before going bust. Semms odd to highlight them and detail their failure..
best is Heidfeld, he has no seat yet but odds same as Rubens :-)
Interesting gap between Hamilton and Button
blimey!
:(
.. the reason Button moved to McLaren
Identical equipment but they give Button a third to half the chance.
i think the button V hamilton gap is justified. I am prepared to be stood corrected.
gosh it will be funny when "proving himself" turns out to backfire horribly. #sorrylou
So when is he going to get off his butt and do something?
I agree but I am surprised the bookies have such a big gap.
we plugged this yesterday, but it's worth saying again. ollie's 100th caption competition:
http://blogf1.co.uk/2009/12/25/caption-contest-100/
oh lordy, look at the header:
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/
Why doesn't he just call the site the Michael Schumacher fan club?
hehehehe. i would love to know how he'd comment on lewis vs. schumi race. the poor wouldn't know where to put himself.
Don't forget he is a Ferrari fan and called his kid Enzo. Schumacher against Alonso is going to be hard on him
good point. this could be fun to watch :)
am going to sleeps now. back tomorrow with more fun and games.
Good night. I won't be up much longer either but I am not going at the same time as you to save any rumours.
please stop breaking Photoshop, James. Cheers.
booo at going back to melbourne tomorrow, booooooo
It is a visual hell!
Oh dear, hopefully they will neuatralise each other sufficiently to make F1 watchable whilst his blog ties itself in knots!
Morning everyone :)
Good morning Mr Hard Case. Can we swap timezones :D I want it to be Saturday morning ;D
I can do saturday lunchtime?
On the downside, Its work tomorrow :(
ahh no thanks, I don't have work til Tuesday.
Im debating whether i should run down to KFC for lunch.
If I do, its a given Alison will wake up whilst i am gone...
Thats unfair! and since New years day is a friday we wont get a day off for that either ... booo
For those who can hear Radio 2 David Tennant and Catherine Tate are on Radio 2 this morning. One of their guests is the Crib-meister!
Woo! :D
I imagine he'll got roles in films and such, his stock as an actor has sky rocketed because of Doctor Who, and he'll be back in a heartbeat if he's asked.
At least this time the car has a rear wing.
Morning :P
thankfully, neither do I. Today was soooo busy at work with boxing day sale. I came in an hour early, stayed an extra 90 minutes and didn't have a proper lunch break. I almost lost my voice from talking so much.
Is work supposed to be this much fun? :-)
So who would like to take a punt on which day we will see our first post Christmas breakout thread? I'd like to hope for 3rd Jan.
I will take the 5th :D
Morning!
i just went downstairs and David Tennant is on the radio in the kitchen! he really is everywhere.
yay!
Afternoon all.
Hello :)
I'm back from a wake myself up jog and I am now tired again. I cannot win!
David Tennant is indeed taking over the world :P
wohoo! :P
isn't it freezing outside?certainly is here.
Its just very wet today, not so cold. Was lovely when I woke up and then it just kinds went crazy with rain
And now it's sunny again!
#welshweatherisconfusing
Helllo everyone.
Hey RG. Having a nice day?
I've only just woke up, so yes, nice day :)
:D
Ah, a lie in is the best way to start a day.
So what's everyone got planned for today? anything special? or a relaxing day at home?
More editing on the season montage, and probably watching more TV.
You?
Writing up a blog at the moment, and having christmas lunch v2 because there's so much turkey and stuff left :) but mostly relaxing.
Bit alarming waking up to see my mum had invited my boss over...
sorting out uni things, sulking that i can't go out and take pics cause it's too cold and mum wants to stay home, and probably consuming too much caffeine and watching too much iplayer :)
Boxing Day is what I like to call, Football Day. So its pretty much football from 1 till about 8.
ahh that explains why dad has taken residence of the lounge today then :)
Eurgh!
I'm about to brave the great outdoors. Wish me luck :)
good luck in the cold! :)
Yay, christmas lunch again! (which is blatently mint sauce with accompanying food :P)
Leftover turkey!
The day AFTER Christmas? :D
Hello everyone.
Afternoon, how's it going?
Hello Mr Journeyer
Bought 2 new pairs of sneakers (then realized I need to buy a new pair of leather shoes next year too).
Got IMAX tickets for Avatar (was supposed to watch today, but all the screenings for today were sold out by 3 PM!)
Bought some fireworks for New Year's (woohooooooooo!)
Tired but happy. :)
The perfect Boxing Day combination :)
:D Heehee. Boxing Day doesn't exist here per se, but I've always thought of it as the Post-Christmas-Sale Day. Up to 70% off on selected items!
Hence buying new shoes?
Well... that was more because it's my advanced birthday gift. But yeah, that too. :D
Exactly! Christmas Lunch V2!
It was lovely. We even have christmas pud and squirty cream left! I could use the iPlayer to recreate my Christmas day and everything
http://twitpic.com/vat8a
Kobayashi in the Sauber F1 car. I can't see his mouth, but it looks like he's gushing with delight. :D
hehehe, he does!
It looks....... alright
Awww... I'm sure you'll warm to him in time. :D
Just wait for the day we get "Kobayashi declares Glock his 'mentor and hero'"
;)
Then, I'll love him, then though ;)
Blimey.... The joys of Cumbrian countryside!
I'm not sure if I'm daft enough to head into town now. I'm sure it'll be manic. I need to get some stuff in the sales though. Plus I have a suitcase to collect and I won't have time after work tomorrow :(
It probably helped that due to the local film festival, it was the only cinema showing Avatar in the entire metropolis. :D
We only have one 3D enabled screen in the county! :P
Oh. Hehe. :D
Right. Time to brave the shops! Hopefully won't be gone too long!!
Good luck!
See ya. ;)
I think it must be an Andretti Lotus so they are trying to associate themselves with him but it is an odd choice. {Comment #178}
I think they're trying to say, "We appreciate F1 history" and "We are American".
Note to USF1: if F1 history appreciation alone made for a stellar F1 team, then RSPCRF1 would be 2010 title candidates in real life and not just on the wiki...
Second note to USF1: if nationalism alone made for a stellar F1 team, Ferrari and Force India would have been 2009 title contenders rather than Red Bull and Brawn...
Afternoon people
Are we still stuffed full of turkey?
Lukeh had another Christmas dinner today!!
We ate out at an Italian restaurant yesterday so I've yet to have any
Gorgeous lamb instead though
afternoon all, me and mon frere are having a gingerbread meeting. We're going eiffel tower we think
:)
Hi Jon
Hello Mr Jon and good luck with it ;)
gingerbread meeting? are you going to go eat gingerbread men? shame on you! :D
we are making something with gingerbread, we do it every year, last year was big ben, this year something better
Mmmm... Eiffel Tower sounds good. And yummy. :D
2 feet tall :)
Puny Eiffel Tower. :P Hahaha!
I have seen the Eiffel Tower and it's not much bigger.
*This conclusion may be from the outskirts of Paris
I wonder how tall Big Ben is from the outskirts of London... :D
Afternoon people
Are we still stuffed full of turkey? {Comment #265}
Having had turkey as part of my lunch (and probably every lunch for the next three weeks - it was a very large specimen this year), yes!
I would assume bigger than the Eiffel tower :P
morning all. i love holidays and getting up ant 3pm.
Hullo Sir
Hello mr c
Does he have a drive for next year?
:P
I imagine Ant gets up a bit earlier than that to be honest.
Good ol' lie ins eh ;) Hey mate.
:lol:
Unless he's racing at Singapore
:D :D
cheeky!
you should already have your own timezone if 3 PM constitutes part of your morning. :P
Hehe.
Afternoon Mr C :)
:D :D
i shall petition for one.
hehe, i have been at a boxing day bbq... I have eaten far too many ribs, i am sure not all of them can have been spare ones!
facebook? ;)
:)
"i want sidepodcast to have it's own timezone so i can get up when i want"
how do i set that up?
ask rage against the machine.. they did alright with theirs ;)
who'd have thought a gingerbread eiffel tower would be so hard to design?
Should've gone with Gaudi.
:P
i can't wait to see it all finished :D
lukeh, how far can you commute:
http://twitter.com/f1timingapp/status/7063394319
shhhhhhhh
i've resisted using cad and stress testing programs ;)
:D
I'm about two plus's away from a disaster
hehe.
:D I loved that.
:)
ehehehe am watching Catherine Tate's christmas show... David Tennant is so funny as the ghost of christmas present... literally there are no words.
:O
@clubforce (Force India's Twitter presence) has just tweeted me:
clubforce @lacanta you bet - we do enjoy Christmas. Merry Christmas as well.
I've left a screenshot in drop.io, I was that impressed that an actual F1 team responded to me personally, especially today of all days...
Yay!!! You must be chuffed :)
Its awesome when a big name responds to you :) Nice stuff by Force India. I loved it when Paul Casey replied to me.
OH
MY
GOSH
did Amy's dad really let her put a welsh flag up?!?
Thats awesome
you should already have your own timezone if 3 PM constitutes part of your morning. :P {Comment #289}
Mr and Mrs C already do. It's called Sidepodtime and, uniquely, it knows no geographical boundaries, hence why it never gets drawn on any dead tree map. Only the digital is cool enough to comprehend its mysteries.
Oh wow, I've just seen it on the drop. That is quite awesome.
Oooh, is there a story behind that i missed?
Amy's dad has a flag pole.
A FLAG POLE!!!
And a welsh flag? Is he welsh?
And the image is stunning as well. :O
I guess i should ask why too! :D
because he's awesome and all awesome people have flag poles.
he has a finnish flag too!
hehe :D
Sidepodflag?
Yay!!! You must be chuffed :) {Comment #309}
I am! I am! I am! :D
Lukeh... you should plug your blogs more.. :)
I am rrrrrrubbish at blog plugging
Although I am considering moving Thoughts.. etc over to Wordpress. Blogger and all it's spam and commenting problems is annoying me loads now.
by Thoughts ...etc do you mean this blog ? ;)
Link fail :(
Lukeh's blog
See! I am just rubish at this :)
Awww. Will leave a comment on your blog, but I must say, I feel the love. I really do. :)
Just looking though the drop...
This really looks like it should be one of those motivational posters :D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/bassano-with-pint-jpg
Why would you say that when I have photoshop open, Nick?
:P
hehe, ill let you come up with the caption :D
Bassano-weiser: This one's for you
:D
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/bassano-jpg
:)
:D awesome
Work of Genius! :D
Brilliant. Fantastic. :D :D
Do F1 Racing make magazines especially for me now?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/image2-jpg
:D
Considering that Lewis is on the cover everywhere else, I say yes. :D
Do they have 33 pages of Abu Dhabi GP Action too?
I haven't bought the December issue yet, so I wouldn't know.
something i forgot to mention from the other day. the magic mouse came into its own during video editing.
it's awful in logic but brilliant in final cut. apple make both pieces of software, so i've no idea how they managed to get one right and one wrong.
I guess they see it as a long term thing so they should improve where it doesnt work over time?
My guess is one is developed by Apple and one was bought by Apple.
true. fcp was an apple creation, logic was a purchase. although they've had about a decade to fix logic.
final cut is great. i know this because usf1 use it :)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/usf1-s-high-def-studio-jpg
I saw their video on their website this morning. Exciting times for USF1, they have 3 toaster machines now
:D
I love the simplicity of there website. I dont expect it to stay that way for long, but if the other teams could take note it would be lovely
Do they have 33 pages of Abu Dhabi GP Action too? {Comment #340}
No. More like 6 (2 of which are picture pages). The UK version doesn't feature the Jackie Stewart Middle East article either, as far as I can see.
I havent read it yet, I will let you guys know what he thinks when i get a chance to browse...
really? it looks rubbish to me.
Its simple. Simplicity is my new gold standard :D
It doesnt do a lot, and it doenst look great, but going though that site compared to say mclaren is far nicer for me
as pointed out last night... the calendar dates are wrong, the intro text is nonsense, the engine partner is missing, and the contact form redirects to grandprix.com.
it makes a mockery of the operation.
a new team: http://www.virginracing.com/
awesome.
Oh. I didnt realise it was quite that bad.
I do like that website. Very slick.
However, Nick Wirth.
...however, Timo Glock.
........however, Richard Branson's smile. It's a fine balancing act for Virgin.
(I know Nick has nothing to do with the site but still)
Thats nice, It stands out.
There is still a little to much going on, but i do like the concept
I love the simplicity of there website. I dont expect it to stay that way for long, but if the other teams could take note it would be lovely {Comment #349}
The site loads and works correctly on my computer, which makes a change... ...but there was nothing particularly compelling and it doesn't convince me that USF1 are ready. Let alone that they intend to deliver on the promises they made earlier this year with regard to access and openness.
Still, a functional site is better than a non-functional site.
It was the first f1 website to be built by developers living inside a computer rather than ones that use normal air. FACT
ooooooo i like it..
to me it says virgin employed professionals, while usf1 got the work experience chap to have a go.
a new team: http://www.virginracing.com/
awesome. {Comment #356}
It is good. These new teams seem to have a better idea with regard website design than many of the old ones.
hehe, they also use croftie :D
I like the videos rendering full screen, really nice in chrome.
They also use #'s in their adresses. I wonder if they think hashtags might break the internet too?
To be fair Brawn's website was rubbish when they first started then it tuerned into a fine little place. Maybe in time they'll sort it out. Although they have had AGES to sort something out whereas Brawn was a rush job.
nope. because they don't ;)
I still dont like brawns site, it looks ok but it irks me
but Brawn's site was basically designed in a matter of hours just to make things official... how long have USGP been talking about getting into f1? ;)
:(
Exactly, it's a bit of a shambles really. But hey, least they got plenty of toast.
toast is important :)
it'll change when mercedes change
I liked the team back in the day though ;)
:)
like this maybe:
http://www3.mercedes-benz.com/mbcom_v4/xx/motorsport/en.html
On the subject of F1 and the internet, I tweeted thanks to @clubforce for their earlier tweet... ...and within an hour they came back with:
clubforce @lacanta ...and that on a saturday...;)
Did I mention this lot are cool and make me feel chuffed?
ergh. flash websites
same as bmw
dosent make it right ;)
Oooh, that was an annoying website.
*sobs* i miss honda.... i liked their site...
There's some software in Beta that gives expanded Magic Mouse preferences. When I try it out I'll give you some feedback
ahh cool.
MagicPrefs
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2009/12/26/f1-advent-calendar-2009-roundup/
interesting. out of interest. do you find google maps completely unusable?
I did indeed decide to make the jump in the end.
http://toata.wordpress.com/
New home!
ooh, yay.
:D
Coool.
How do you have YouTube videos in there? I didn't think they allowed embeds.
I just did the normal embeds I think? or at least that's what I did on GWT. For this I just imported everything but I'll have a look how it worked on the other blog
You can embed YouTube videos in Windows Live Writer, so thats how it must be done.
Nah, it looks like there are ways and means. I know nothing.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/
news to me, might be quite new.
ehehehe i've been looking at some photos of f1 photographers (as you do..;) ) and i've come across some brilliant pics that mean i now want to be one even more!
- hehe the photographers 'wire room'
- where are the female photographers?
- Monaco!!
that's certainly how i did it in this post.
OMG!
hehehe am assuming they have boxes/towels over their laptops so others can't see? or due to light?... either way it looks awesome! :D
to reduce ambient light.
i see.. :D awesome!
seem's christine ought be more careful about the company she keeps:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/spc-vs-bnp-png
Evening all
Treat it like his appearance on Question Time. He ends up looking like a moron and everyone else ends up looking more intelligent and more appealing.
hehe
Oh my!
part of me feels like I'm looking at a future FIA presidency race in that. I know who I'd vote for.
she needs an inspirational video ;)
:D
Well, I think I have managed to embed a video in MFC. I stand corrected. http://mediafuturechange.com/2009/12/18/digitising-magazines/
we talking wordpress? you can embed it using the wordpress's tagging, but if you did;
code
*you tube embed codingg
/code
then it wouldnt work
I have learnt. Thanks.
The video is embedded. I saw Bonnier at the start of it abd got all excited. Then it turned out not to be about a Swedish F1 driver.
:D
Hi Steven, have you had a nice day?
Hey Mr Roy
Yes. Have you been out playing with your new camera?
This takes lens envy too far. http://www.fopa.net/Gallery.html#50
Lenses that size and they just leave them lying around
sadly not... it was a little cold and mum didn't want to go down to the beach. she said we can go out tomorrow though, i just need to think of somewhere to go... i kinda fancy going to the zoo... not sure what else we could do.
i wanna sit on the side of the track like that and take photos! it looks amazing :) i can imagine they would have to be very fit to jump up just in case of danger though.
heehe
The beach? In December? I agree with your mum.
There probably isn't time to react to any danger if you are that close. They just sit there and make sure they get the shot. Normally they are not in any real danger.
well my aunt was going a sponsored swim.. :)
ahh fair enough
Does insanity run in the family?
Anyone fancy a pizza?
*trying to find an excuse to buy one as I can't be bothered to cook*
I'm up for pizza.
I have some but I can't find the instructions to remove the plastic wrapping. Do you think it would be OK to leave the wrapping on?
ahhh, I'm sorry. After posting that Mum's just said they're doing another buffet of food with sausage rolls and chocolate strawberries.
#hasnotbeenbribed
Oh. I'm also up for sausage rolls.
oi!!
Woohoo!!
Do you accept sausage rolls via email?
I cooked a flat garlic bread thing a few days ago and it had some plastic on top that had "remove before baking" printed on it.
They must read Sidepodcast.
Absolutely! Who doesn't? :)
:D
yep :)
although she didn't arrange the sponsored boxing day swim. It's a tradtional thing in Folkestone.. loads of crazy people do it :)
:D
it's the quickest way to france.
Only in the UK.. :P
she wasn't swimming the channel... just swimming in the sea. i do wish i'd gone to see her though, she was swimming dressed up as an elf and everything :P
They do something similar near Edinburgh on New Years Day but I think they just run in, duck under the water and run back out again.
Dressing up to jump in the sea in December? That is crazy
:D
Am wondering whether the zoo is a good place to test my camera, does anyone have any other ideas for types of places we could go?
Wales?
*cough*
how far can you go?
http://www.buckmore.co.uk/
An aquarium then?
Something fishy about that joke
WALES?? that's hours away....
#stupidgeography
:D
*shakes fist at outside*
You should hear Alsion complain about Dubai's geography!
buckmore park isn't that far away... not sure they'll let me go and take pics though..
I accidentally wrote some MFC blog posts:
http://mediafuturechange.com/2009/12/26/celebrating-the-iplayer-and-more/
http://mediafuturechange.com/2009/12/26/the-christmas-number-one/
http://mediafuturechange.com/2009/12/26/from-twitter-to-usa-today/
Go Christine!
Thats quite a feast! I completely missed the bbc canvas thing.
My mum is half welsh. And there is the story :D
no, I have a Finnish flag ;)
Once again amy, awesome.
I am sure they will. Phone and ask. Tell them you want to be an F1 photographer and you will let them use any of the pics you take so long as you get a credit.
I do NOT complain!
I just asked which part my grandad comes from and mum says 'he was born in Cardiff'
how boring. I wanted it to be somewhere awesome and unpronounceable
sounds like a plan :D
#sensiblesteven ;)
Jonathon legard comes from cardiff as well. I;m so sorry. :(
Cymru is pretty unpronounceable!
So did!
Of course you don't. No Scottish woman EVER complained about anything.
ahh, i assumed that you meant your parents wouldn't let you.
the people who run buckmore are very lovely and the have an area for photographers. phoning ahead is a good plan. wednesday is the next event.
Speak to parents and flog them pics
:D :D :D :D :D
(She isnt really scottish)
You are playing with firs and you are not trained to handle it.
Don't you mock my national identity!!
can't do wednesday.. #blamelukeh.
will attend the one after that though :) Am thinking that while motorsport track action is non existent during the winter at Brands, karting may be a good substitute...
She so isnt scottish, she just pretends in front of her parents!
You heard the accent and everything!!
There are another couple of Kent kart tracks listed here. http://www.karting.co.uk/Tracks/
Ooops... *hides*
ehehe tis fine will get to use the camera on wednesday anyways :)
Woohoo!
Just don't go on another balcony with her and say that
really? then who was that lovely scottish girl that hosted a show on sidepodradio this year?
Jackie?
Amy pretending?
:D
.....Gavin?!
Oooh Mr C, i am now the happy owner of a H2, i looked at the H4 but it's a bit out my price range, H2 seems to be a decent piece of kit, especially for what i want, will probaby use it to replace my current mic and use that for when 2 people are on.
So ta for hte help
hehe,she really isnt scottish, you can ask giggles!
Don't drag Alex into this... He'd be too polite to comment.
I will just plug my friends photography before getting ready to head to Mum's for xmas catchup.
http://www.dpp-photographyonline.com/DPP_Photography/About_Me.html
giggles overrules alison when it comes to her own nationality?
He knows everything!
but surely he can fix it for alison to be scottish?
Ah, you're thinking of Google, not giggles.
:P
:D
Imagine if we combined the two!
*looks at Lukeh*
Thats all from me folks, work in the morning... night all!
Since she already is it shouldn't be much of a challnge for him
mmmmmmm sausage rolls!!!!
I've gone through a not insignificant amount of effort to fix my blog, just so I can never actually write anything!
oooo!!!
night!
Hehe don't think you've convinced him. He thinks that because I was born in London, I can't be Scottish!
If you were an imposter I would not be backing you. Scottish people are not known for our tolerance of foreigners pretending to be Scottish. If you were born in the sea it would not make you a fish.
Why on earth would someone pretend to be Scottish!? ;)
*Asleep*
A whale? +>Welsh?
Leave us alone!
wow. you know nothing about programming :)
I have had too many strongbows this evening to even wonder what he's trying to do
ehehehe i'm watching hamlet. Mr Tennant is everywhere :D <3's
I blogged again. Pictures this time. http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/12/26/me-and-jewellery/
Oh no!
Hehe. Am useless :)
and you wonder why we don't give presents.
Possibly buy her some selotape as a present?
Although a selotaped necklace is not the best look... perhaps blu tac then.
aww :( it's always sad when jewellery breaks..
Ooh. It's a bracelet, but I think the blu tac would work.
My wife could so totally fix that. Unfortunately we're in the states.
Thankfully, it wasn't very expensive, and I had not had it very long.
am thinking.. maybe just some pliers? am currently fixing the keyring that broke on my hand bag the other day.
I think I probably could if I put my mind to it. :)
what you need... is a doctor...
*cue intro music*
The sonic screwdriver would have it sorted in a second.
...damn. That would be a very short episode.
Perhaps mediatemple will go down because of the evil crapserveries from planet trumpet and the Doctor has to fight them off to get Sidepodcast back.
Nooo You must have a pair of pointy ended pliers somewhere?? Standard bitof techy yoolkit and all that (and happen to be perfect for fixing jewellery ;) )
Erm, not sure, we might do.
Or you could just solder the gap
Selotape!
Why do I always seem to look at the comments when Doctor Who is being mentioned? :D
Headping!
Blu tac!
Are we really that predictable? :P
You've got The Doctor version of him being able to smell the master??
so what your saying is, i'm really doctor who? :P
I have never seen you and the Doctor in a room at the same time.
Oh James. James james james. I'm disappointed
*the doctor
*tuts*
Duct tape, solves everything. Style? Meh, can easily be covered in something else, like paper.
Imagine if the Doctor landed in the middle of an F1 race.
As long as its Abu Dhabi.
or glitter
This is true. hmm. I shall get back to you on that ;)
:D
Hehehe. He is in good company. See: Ms Tate.
Still think Wilf needs a show! Perhaps replace EJ with Wilf?
he had a show. twas called "the wombles" ;)
:P
Ironic that the wombles live in a more believable reality than EJ
they talked less rubbish too.
Guess jordan just forgot to make them stupid when he invented them I suppose
Hmm. http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/9wperm6j-jpg
now why do i have a vision of 'the wombles of Williams F1' in my head :P
And Jackanory was his for a fair while...
he fits the confused pundit role perfectly
the doctor who/F1 crossover continues ;)
Only a matter of time before The Chain crosses over with the Dr Who theme :P
Ooo I can hear that - it would work....
Don't forget his films - Two Way Stretch for example, and records.
Or they could go for this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB3bp_yBvSk
:P
Well, strangely enough the choice of band was my second thought and a certain did happen to be the first to spring to mind....
:D
LMFAO at http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/bassano-jpg
Congrats to the creator
Guess who ;)
*waves*
There can be only one! ;)
*Raises glass*
Glad you like it :)
Kids toys these days are great, this gave us much amusement yesterdayhttp://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/christmas-puppet-fun-mov
Link fail?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/christmas-puppet-fun-mov
I've no idea what the hell that was but I have an undeniable need to buy one
Isn't it awesome?
Watched it again, still no clearer, still want one.
'twas a very surreal hand puppet with the best noises ever
I just listened to last year's 2008 in Audio show. I heart montages.
I'd really, really like to make one for this year, but it is so tough. We asked for suggestions before of your best bits from the year, and we didn't get an enormous response, but I'll give it another go. If you have any bits you can remember from the year, bits that stand out, any time we got it wrong or made you laugh, then please just note it down, give us a clue where we can find it.
Sidepodradio will have it's own best of but anything else is fair game.
Maybe a hashtag would work too.
#09inaudio
I've got one to start - Fourstar corner from the last parade lap.
#09inaudio
Mr C waving at LewHam.
scott discussing heidfeld's beard from behind the silverstone grandstand.
#09inaudio
you beat me to it! :D
Mr C killing ringo star?
#09inaudio
Ohhh I hate having a bad memory :( must.relisten.to.as.much.as.possible
The theory about Mr C being the Stig.
#09inaudio
I am just looking at the shownotes on the Debrief page, seeing what it stirs up.
http://sidepodcast.com/category/podcasts/
#09inaudio
a certain 2cv commentator exhaustingly saying "hope you guys are doing ok"
:D
This one....
grr. ta annoy christine, am listening back to old shows:
http://sidepodcast.com/category/podcasts/
#09inaudio
Scott's fairly sweary tremayne baack in May I think
ziiiiiiiiip.
#09inaudio
The 'Mrs C from the internet' stuff about franck :)
:D
oh yeah!! best bit!
#09inaudio
jackie's infamous tremayne
There is a wiki page
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Best+of+Sidepodcast+2009
eek!
Yup. But sending people offsite didn't work too well. Keeping the energy in the comments :)
And Jon's song on the subject
#09inaudio
RG's voicemail where he sounds like he's going to cry, i was *this* close to phoning in to donate to RG-in-Need
ahh yes
That makes sense
#09inaudio
can't believe this wasn't the first thing mentioned but Felipe baby!
#09inaudio
Lou, Lukeh and Chris at Goodwood
Only that close? :)
shaking ted's hand.
#09inaudio
couldnt find the number ;)
Shoving Gillett out of the way
#09inaudio
Evening everyone... I have made it to my father's house. He has given me a omnidirectional microphone, a stand and one of those shock absorbers for christmas!
#09inaudio
playing bob the builder during the fog at 4.30am.
love it
Here is 2007's best of as well. The debut of Mr C saying Domenicinali. :)
:)
#09inaudio
Lou being on top of the moon.
When do we hear the first podcast from it
oh... now you like the archives!
one day people will forget about that... lol
#09inaudio
Sidepod shoutouts
yay. more http://goforodd.com/ pls.
This is sidepodcast, we won't ;)
Hey Alex
Hoping for soon :)
Hi Alex
2010 will be interesting, that's for sure
Indeed. Perfect for that. I'm sure it will vastly improve the audio :)
oooh that reminds me, mr c, left a comment for ya here not sure if ya seedit
thanks again
Absolutley!
So Kat and I are about to watch yesterday's Doctor Who! Scary stuff!
#09inaudio
Anything from the Karting event
(which scrapes in by 11 days)
i hadn't, but the h2 is ace :)
more http://www.feederseries.co.uk/ pls :)
#09inaudio
Brawnsomeness!
oh dear. moderator!
ooooh yes.
Already gone.
Was about to say that too
bliiiiiiiiiiiimey
tis!
will doooo
The Schuey fans come out of the woodwork in the worst way don't they?
fixed
could be a looong 2010.
...what just happened? I feel like I've been to see the men in black
:)
Stricter moderation rules?
australia predictions.
#09inaudio
Ummm, no.
i vote we prentend he doesn't exist. it worked for two and a half years ;)
Shame he resorted to overstepping the mark as there were quite a few points there that I would happily have taken on and disproven.
hehe.
i like this, it's good fun. so lets bring something else into it,
#bestbit09
best sidepod or non-sidepod moment of the year?
page 22
#09inaudio
was that this year!?!?
Sidepodpark debrief
I posted a comment the other day saying we have only had the announcement and the provisional wing of his supporters club are already on the attack. Unfirtunately these people have no sense of perspective or any grip on reality.
Pre-season testing
#dailyhappyplace :)
yes!
http://meandpage22.co.uk/
ahhh
Ahh good times playing xbox with page 22
oh wow: http://drop.io/meandpage22/asset/santa-mrs-claus-and-page-22-jpg
Also alex falling over on the beach
#bestbit09
Alex, just being Alex
Ooo I see that the *&^ person use of capitals is alive and well....
Woooo!
This could be an interesting approach :D
Threatening Mr C with CAPITAL LETTERS could scare him into liking MSC I suppose.
"Congrats to Timo Glock who got his first win today, Rubens Barrichello who got second and. It was a good race to watch, especially with the overtaking from Hamilton and. Rosberg, who as well as had problems with his tyres today..."
we did they same for lewis in '07. what ever we said the lunatic fringe weren't happy so we said nothing. it's surprisingly easy :)
#RG'sgoodbooks
:D
:D
I am with you on that one.
This was already a favourite place... I think it may just have become my very favourtite place
hehe.
:D
And it works on my new toy....
does it begin it i?
Shhhhhh
hehe. it'll get even better on your new toy very soon.
is this the new super awesome top secret thing you didn't want to talk about last week? (or maybe a few weeks ago)
0^0
does #09inaudio include the podpanels?
DOES GOD HATE FINNISH PEOPLE?!
exactly! :D
Did anything memorable happen in them? ;)
#09inaudio kathi finding amy on skype... was that 09?
hmmm, Brawnmowers, Amy's lengthy questions, Alex's version of YMCA, no, I don't think so.
we're just off to watch the incredibles. please keep ideas coming. back in an hour.
we watched that earlier.
such an amazing film
The Incredibles is longer than that.
yay! awesome film. See ya soon.
Was thinking that, see yas in a bit.
Yes
i'm watching the first debrief recording of the 09 f1 season... to try get a good quote about Brawn (got to have a brawn quote!) have fun :)
I like your thinking :)
We need Amy for this. She has done so much transcribing she must remember stuff.
sidepodtime
#09inaudio
f1 loonies
Now I want to know what was moderated!
Well, on the other hand, maybe I don't :D
#09inaudio
Anything where Mr C. discusses cooking or baking.
It was quite something but as in most cases, probably best not to be brought back up
hehe my blog name :D
this has to be in there:
"What do we want?"
"I don't know!"
#09inaudio
Ooh definitely
#sorrymrc
#09inaudio
Sidepodradio - the Cooking show.
i know its on the wiki page, but i'll put it here as well because i loved it
mr c is the stig
#09inaudio
Whenever someone says your name in here it confuses me, because it's my name, too. And I sit there and think "why is that person saying that about/to me!?"
hehe sorry.
#09inaudio Mrs C leading fantasy racers after the first race. :)
from the ausi debrief podcast btw
hmmmmmm........ listening to the debrief for Ausi has reminded me about the promised red button feature of multiple video feeds on one screen.... i only ever watched one race with that, then it disappeared from sky +.. bad bbc.
I will definitely get round to listening to a load tomorrow and give my feedback on some ideas for #09inaudio. My mind is rrrrrubbish :(
at the risk of talking to myself... what's everyone up to.. it's very quiet for a Saturday evening.. or has pixar stolen everyone to watch the incredibles. :)
I think we've scared everyone off. *waves arms frantically*
Unless everyone is watching The Inedibles...
urm, Incredibles. They are not edible but still
I think everyone must be sleeping..i'm going to get some rest too.
I bet everyone will come back now
Night all who are still awake! xx
I just arrived back
Me too i think. Night lou, night everyone :)
#09inaudio
I may have missed it trawling through the old comments, but my pick is something more recent: Christine's FXX rant. :D
I see there was a rampaging Schumi fan last night? (I can only see the reaction, the comment's been taken down already...)
That has to be included
It was one paragraph containing about 500 words including some very un-sidepodcast-friendly language. As usual from the provisional wing of his fan club Michael was perfect and every other driver he mentioned was garbage in comparison. Usual mindless rant.
I'd have to agree with Mr C - at this rate, 2010 will be painfully long.
#09inaudio
Murray Walker impersonations from Sidepodpanel! :D
Unfortunately it will get a lot worse. As soon as something goes against Schumacher or he does something dodgy or his results are particularly bad/good they will all turn up and the F1 section of the internet will be full of bile until he retires.
nah, moderation rules :)
the lunatic fringe already have a nice cosy home on the autosport forums. twitter may have to be avoided though.
grrrr
:D
@Steven Roy, thanks for noticing American Autoclave Company's Logo on the autoclave. You have the eyes of an eagle! It wasn't an easy task for us to pause at the right second to make out our name. Regarding:
"The Partners page is unusual. All they are doing is listing companies that have supplied them anything rather than companies they have some kind of deal with. When the last video was released on youtube I noticed that their autoclave had American Autoclave on the door so I had a look at their site. They have a load of high profile customers mentioned but no USF1."
We've just updated our site to reference US F1; thanks for bringing this to our attention.