Hey, it’s Gavin from ‘Making Up The Numbers’ here, introducing you to a brand new Wednesday! It’s the Wednesday before the weekend of the Turkish Grand Prix, the Indy 500, Eurovision and my flatwarming too...
- In F1 news, Joe Saward has been blogging about a new US F1 bid. Let’s hope that they actually get things right this time.
- Apparently the lovely city of Austin, Texas will host the US Grand Prix from 2012 to 2021. It was announced on F1.com last night and Joe blogged his thoughts too. Dan has offered to host a Sidepodmeetup for the inaugural race :D
- James Allen has been blogging about Luca Di Montezemolo’s interviews to coincide with Ferrari’s celebration of 800 Grand Prix starts. Apparently, he has forgiven Alonso’s mistakes, proposed the scrapping of Friday practice in favour of in-season testing and would not be drawn on Massa’s future…
- The SidePodMeetup at PureTech Racing is gaining momentum, with PTR themselves joining twitter and asking for people to spread the word – which is cool, because they are retweeting the SPC Meetup too!
- Here’s one for the IndyCar guys: a technical summary of the proposed 2012 Chassis designs. I like the Lola myself…
- Yesterday was Argentina’s Bicentennial Day, so Feliz Cumpleaños Argentina!
- Also, it was Geek Pride Day, Towel Day and 'Glorious 25th May' for fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld yesterday too, so everybody should be celebrating
- Mr. C. has linked to an awesome site called Ninite – which looks like an easy way to setup a new PC by allowing you to choose the essential programs you want and download them in one easy package...
- Finally in a series of ‘Websites Gavin Likes’, I have a car culture site for you this week. It’s called SpeedHunters and it’s a blog created by the guys behind the Need For Speed series. I like it because it has a wide range of articles, from Drifting, to Custom Cars, Race Reports and everything in between. I personally like the site because it has a lot of great photos on it, and I must admit to downloading a few nice desktops from the site. Tasty!
That’s all from me, I hope you liked the links and that you have a great day. I’ll see you in the comments, eh?
oh dear, major mediatemple fail.
#MediaTempleFail
I can post on Ye Not So Olde but I can't on Doohickey.
all seems back for me?
Doohickey loads with no stylesheet and no threads or comments.
how odd, am on doohickey now.
doohickey just came back for me. no stylesheet problems
y doohickey just sprung into life
#sidepodspace
I have no idea where the last couple of weeks have gone but the shuttle is due to land tomorrow at 1:46pm UK time.
Hey folks,
Just stepping in for a second before I go to bed - here's a triple set of posts:
Going Back to America - http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/going-back-to-america/
Mark Webber Drives the Istanbul Park Circuit - http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/mark-webber-drives-the-istanbul_park_circuit/
Formula 1 on the Beach - http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/formula-1-on-the-beach/
good night
:)
night leigh
I'm dead serious. We need to do this. Flights into Houston or Dallas shouldn't be that bad since they are the hubs of American Airlines and Continental Airlines.
Then again I am getting wayyyyYYYyyyyy ahead of myself.
Night everyone.
night dan.
Sorry I was saying good night to everyone that is going to bed. It's 5:15 PM here so and have some blog posts coming up tonight.
How have I never heard of towel day?
I am having difficulty posting comments. Takes two or three attempts
:P
join me...
There we are. It works just as I go to bed. Catch you in the morning if I'm not too busy... work is having the auditors in.. :)
night pat
Package left milan. Arrived at bergamo. Processed at bergamo. Left bergamo. Hooray!
:D
A plug for not other reason that to let you know that I got rid of flash on my blog (at least for pictures). I hope it works well on iphone-ipod-ipad-ithings...
What package?
Monza ticket!
Too organised
Package has arrived in east midlands. What a fast moving Package! although its going the wrong direction.
Now it has left east midlands. I wish all courier firms were so efficient.
Morning guys and gals
Morning :)
Morning :)
morning,
back in work today - wish i weren't
:(
Can somebody please explain to me why, when yesterday I wasn't listening to my iPod, it was as quiet as a mouse, yet as soon as I turn the thing on today, everyone starts talking?
Sod's law :)
I wonder if Hispania will still called an updated chassis a Dallara now that they've parted company?
Dallaraspania? Hispaniallara?
How about "The Geoff Kolles National Spanish F1 Racing Squad from Brackley"?
The new iPlayer sounds very interesting... look at this guy's tweets regarding what the BBC have told him
http://twitter.com/tim
Package is now at Heathrow.
Can you watch on Google Earth?
oooh that would be awesome
Courier companies should SO have webcams
...as well as a Skype link up to the driver/driving seat
if you've seen the lost finale, i recommend watching this too:
http://kottke.org/10/05/unanswered-lost-questions
stupid, lazy, feckless writers. finish your job properly.
Shhh. Tonight, 8:30
:D
Where did you guys discuss lost? I want to hear what you thought...
Oh and BTW, I linked on twitter to the alternate endings. They're spoofs and they're very funny :D
woot! Although I'm going to watch some tennis first then start it about 9.10 so I can fastforward through the ads and catch up at the end.
Me too, except for the Tennis bit, as I don't have special TV
me neither :D streaming for the wiiiin.
hehe
we haven't until everyone's seen it.
Ah.
TENNIS TIME. :D
♥
i may have misplaced my sense of humour, but i just found them insulting. anyway, more tomorrow.
Oh dear. Well I look forward to hearing about that later ;)
coool!
Integrated instant messaging in new iPlayer lets you see what Windows Live contacts are watching, & sync your playback to theirs
facebook chat woulda made mores sense, but still a brilliant idea.
STOP! ROGER TIME!
Roger isn't in the 1st match on Philippe Chatrier :P
Morning all.
Morning Christine :D
btw, what IS venus wearing?
I got a little excited by this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P06xb9FuGnk
It has Catherine! And her sister! And Heikki's future mother in law! And they scarily all look exactly the same.
her line is sooo awful. Her doubles dress is slightly better though.
ooh THAT woman won her show. She....bounced when they announced it.
hehe. was HE there too?
It just looks weird. And not in a good way.
This sounded parrticularly interesting to me:
http://twitter.com/tim/status/14751279536
It's going to be quite an open system then
he was on the final dancing show (with a very "get your hands off my woman" look on his face) but he didn't appear to be there on the announcement show.
Apparently this is actual news: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1281297/Dancing-With-The-Stars-Nicole-Scherzinger-gets-kiss-boyfriend-Lewis-Hamilton-inches-closer-title.html
what is going on with that leg?
I think its the PCD signature dance move. One of them does it in every single music videos of theirs I have ever seen.
She really did have somewhat of an advantage coming into this show.
The way she holds it up in the 2nd pic looks AWFUL.
It's always unfair when a Dancer takes part in that show.
the guy who came second is an Olympic figure skater so I guess he was kind of in the same position, he'd definitely have some moves.
needs more helio :)
Why don't they make HIM participate instead?
He won't have a team to blame when he does something wrong
He has a partner to blame - but the guys usually come worse off in ballroom dances. :P
hm, him and that woman, I must have missed that moment of those two getting together again
Hello everyone :)
morning alex
what goes on?
Hello Alex.
I have been very busy but all seems to be returning to something approximating normality :)
As the saying goes anything you still can't cope with is your own problem.
I am pleased I am not watching Lost, my neighbour is listening to music so ridiculously loud it would totally kill the moment :D
That depends on what type of music your neighbour is playing.
Christine... No idea why people I know keep talking about Back to the Future but I'm not going to stop them... Here is a video of the parts of BTTF1 and BTTF2 in sync:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMiF8Ua1EMs
before it was something doof doofy and now it appears to be Kings of Leon. He goes to bed pretty early though, so I can wait.
:D
Are you going to watch Lost or Roger's match if they overlap?
Rogelio! Because Lost is recorded so I can watch anytime. Roger is streaming so must watch live :D
Okay. Starting soon now. I am just glad that red-black thing is going off. :P
I just fired up the stream in preparation. Match point was enough of that dress for me.
awww, itty bitty baby jandals! I love Mirka.
Hey guys, I don't think I'm going to be able to write the daily post for tommorow. I've spent most of the last few days in bed :-(
Aww, no probs James. Hope you feel better.
Aw. So soon after your birthday? Hope you get well soon!
Put me as a reserve, but obviously if someone else is keen let them because I wrote today's one...
Know that feeling - get well soon m'boy
:)
And get well soon buddy!
Boo :( what you need is a Doctor!
Perhaps I should fill in, as James covered for me on Friday. It'll be like a swap :)
apparently package is back at East Midlands. That doesn't make sense.
was ill yesterday was most annoying lol
That sounds like a good idea :)
*waits for Matt Smith to arrive* ;-)
Or would you prefer Mr. Tennant?
I'd rather be visited by Troughton's Doctor and Polly...
...actually scratch that, I'd rather be visited by Polly...
i will admit i have started to really like Matt Smith :)
Roger, stop annoying me.
Not really into gear yet. Wait for it. #cantbelieveIsaidthat
he always seems to take a while to get into the groove in early rounds. I don't like it :D
Tony Hirst has blogged about the new iPlayer and the changing in viewing habits: http://blog.ouseful.info/2010/05/26/bbc-iplayer-gets-a-new-beta-release-plus-some-thoughts-on-my-changing-tv-habits/
I am starting to like this Falia guy. Plays really well actually.
I hate the combination of Roger + deuce so very very much.
Broken. :P
the first comment is interesting:
I am using 50% CPU on start up to share using Kservice
just to share files? that's a pretty fail from the bbc.
Uh oh. Amy doesn't need this stress.
he broke right back. Why couldn't he have done that before? Silly boy.
uh oh, Roger + tiebreak normally = fail.
Twice the download feature has let me down, I refuse to even try it now.
given the fail lukeh experienced with HD dr. who. what does work, exactly?
How so? Did it not grab the file properly?
Morning all,
What happened? I use it every day and it dosent ever let me down.
does the sharing of files not kill your bandwidth?
Morning Jon
Nope
No worries. He gets through.
The first time, I had stacks of stuff downloaded and woke up to find it had all disappeared. Just vanished. "You have not downloaded anything yet, why not visit the iPlayer to find something to watch."
The second time, I downloaded some bits and pieces, and it said things had timed out when they were still available to stream and it was a complete mess.
how very odd, epic bbc fail
No good. Rain. :(
I knew that would happen :(
Yay for Jo-Wil though. Aravane up next. :D
Streaming is good enough for me.
the players on Suzanne Lenglen have been smart, bageling all over the place to get through the matches before the rain comes :D
Sharing... like torrenting?
Agreed.
Interesting stat: Winners-Errors
Feds: 21-22
Falla: 16-10
Often for me it's the reverse, streaming kills my bandwidth where as downloading dosent. Plus I hardly ever want to/have the time to watch something when i find it. Downloading i get 30 days so i can do it when i have time.
That's what I thought :)
it's odd that it dosent work for you, was it a beta/early version?
removing iplayer also solved a lot of our live streaming buffering issues.
No idea. Been burned twice, that's enough for me.
iplayer has a built in torrent sharing thing. anything you download, you share.
Just sunning myself on the Algarve.... lots of different nationalities in town...
I wonder why.....
Here's one of them: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2008/01/27/eating-my-words-once-again/
:D Just 1 more day.
Eeek. Play is suspended. :(
hmm, I might fill my rain delay with some Lost.
ah no :( thats quite annoying.
Good for you.
Shakedown tomorrow... which is usually fun....
Hello.
Kservice is a horrible horrible little program. iPlayer and 4OD both use it and it hogs resources like anything. I was glad when both moved away from the original downloaded apps into the web version, it stopped it from happening and I've not downloaded anything from either since, all streaming.
Hey wait! They might be resuming now.
Or not.
:D Can't wait. Especially since a certain Finn wasn't in NZ.
Oh and I found the only way to kill it was to open task manager and kill the process.
I am keeping an eye on slam tracker :D
Is this in the Uni dorm rooms?
ya
ART lodged their F1 entry for 2011
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83875
perhaps it's intentionally throttled then?
In other TV on PC-related news, I bought a foldout couch bed thingy from IKEA at the weekend, so I now have a rather nice sofa to watch TV on my PC on :D
I could see why streaming may be limited but you'd have though downloading would be down aswell. I download a few GB's worth of programs a week, and there hardly ever any issues
Hmm. It could have been missed or done that way so the internet is faster during primetime hours?
probs a quality of service thing. packet loss will kill your live stream. if there are other people skyping or whatever, you're done for.
oooh, pause/switch time.
you're watching lost and the tennis?
I was going to watch tennis, then Lost, but then it rained in Paris and I had time to fill in so I made a start.
oh Roger, your through the legs trick shot was more impressive the first time.
Was that a Lost reference?
pause Lost, switch to tennis :D
Boo. Only Philippe Chatrier has resumed. :(
won't you forget where you are?
Australia, silly.
it was quite handy, the tennis came back on just as Lost went to an adbreak I was about to fastforward so it was a natural break in the story. I'm only about 12 minutes in, nothing major to keep track of so far.
Hehe :)
hehe!
speaking of other courts, I am mad at Sam Querrey :(
Most people are.
They are resuming on the smaller courts now, but I really only want to watch Susanne Langlen. :P
:)
I love little Johnny Isner. Poor little Johnny :(
What's he done?
I'm becoming a fan of Jonathan Neale of McLaren, some really good thought processes on the US and on car development. Essentially saying "well this is what we're doing, let's see where we end up", rather than bragging before the event.. After a few months of Whitmarsh I was getting a bit fed up with the team, think I'll pay this guy more attention..
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83886
he pretty much deliberately tanked his match, then he decided that 'bah tennis sucks I'm going home' and pulled out of doubles, when I adore his doubles partner and feel bad for him. Then to cap it off, he deleted his twitter (gasp!)
It is more of what he is not going to do actually.
Withdrew from his match and left Isner hanging.
seeing Isner in person is one of the most terrifying things I have ever done.
:D I can imagine.
dude is gigantic. So I found this quite amusing :D
Radio RG being mean about Aravane's dress and making fun of Venus' underwear. :D
:D
Ah yes, I see. "I started thinking about leaving and pulling out of the doubles and how much I wanted to go home."
I've just realised that Venus' initials are VW. That's fun.
See you all later guys, I'm heading off to London for the Jonsi gig :)
Is it like that aussie rowing lady who gave up partway through the race while the others in the boat had to carry on...
Bye Lukeh
+1
:( they're such a giant doubles team!
And I am even shorter than that guy in the middle, I pretty much came up to Isners waist.
If I was watching I might be saying the same thing.......
Hey folks.
Hello RG.
Well at least Aravane's is sponsored (so it is not that much her fault), but Venus has no excuse.
Got a pic?
Aravane has been wearing that dress most of the year and every time I see it I cringe. It's made of tin foil!
http://newballs.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/aravane-rezai4.jpg
Oooh Marion is itching for a cat fight against Aravane.
Rain suspended again.
It's like a cross between a Star Trek jumpsuit and lingerie!
bah. back to Lost.
Woah, he is a giant.
and that picture doesn't capture just how SHINY it is.
Is it shinier than the €9 McLaren shirt I bought that doesn't say McLaren?
Well, she could have done worse.
much. It's 2010 Mercedes cap shiny.
the french have suspended the rain?
was always suspicious 'bout them french.
Looks like a fairly heavy shower this one, but hopefully that means it'll disappear more quickly. That's how the weather works, right?
Heheh.
I think that would be cool.
I meant rain suspended the french (open).
Sam's draw is being compared to Brazil's group of death in WC. #ilovesportscrossovers
oh wow. so out of my depth.
Badger wants to name Turn 8 too: http://www.f1badger.com/2010/05/istanbul-track-guide/
Theonlygoodplaceonthetrack corner?
Stosur? Poor thing. I don't think most of Australia realises she exists which is a shame.
Watchthis Corner. ;)
we were naming the corner? i thought we were thinking of superlatives?
Yup. She's well-liked out of it, which I guess is enough.
Simply: Brazil faces Christiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and a NKorea that is under a death threat to win (I think).
which we'll probably end up naming the corner by ;)
Well, considering Portugal's result on Monday, might be easier than it looks...
We used to joke about countries like NKorea by saying that "if they don't win, don't bother coming home" ;)
If they don't win, their fellow countrymen won't get to watch WC football at all. #fact
A match I mean. Not the whole thing. :P
I heard that too. And we complain about our sports coverage!
tennis is about to restart :D
Vettel's doing a chat thing tomorrow: http://bit.ly/crSuon
YAY. Feels like they are copying Ferrari, though.
its quite frustrating that the rain stopped ages ago but now they have to squee-gee the TOP of the rain cover.
Radio RG is shipping tennis players. They are trying to find someone for Jelena now. Most hilarious commentary EVER.
OMG Gigi just called Isner 'the tall thing'. :D
they are silly, everyone knows Jelena belongs with Jamie Murray.
the best description I heard this week was "a telephone pole with a face"
Okay now moving on to Dinara. "Dinara Safina, we are finding a match for you." :D
That's mean!
but strangely fitting :D
Okay top match now: Rafa and Ana.
Seconded.
whoever they find it'll never be this cute.
Oh Jamie, I wish you were the good Murray. Although, he is the only Murray with a slam :D
:D
oh you have got to be kidding. Get the court all ready just in time for it to rain again.
suddenly I am so thankful for my slam's roof.
Aravane's match might be carrying on anyway.
is it bad that I have downloaded the iPad apps I want to install immediately to save time on Friday?
ooh thats the sort of organisation that makes me weak at the knees.
heh :)
I just want the iPad now!!!
have been using one again today. the zinio app rules.
are they reintroducing the players? the only words I understood in that were "US Open" "Wimbledon" "Roland Garros" "Swiss" and "Roger Federer"
Downloaded...
This app sounds suspiciously like Joe's book:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/f1-circuits-on-ipad/id371928075?mt=8
looks like they combine google maps with wikipedia!
nothing like it, surely? that's a list of circuits.
the wikipedia articles probably ripped content from it though.
if anything, it's a rip-off of this site: http://aerialf1.com/
Ah... I kind of linked before I leapt... I didn't realise they were wikipedia links... I wondered where they had got the content from
Have we heard anything from Ollie for a while? Is he planning on getting blogf1.com back?
*.co.uk
someone said he's in love.
so erm, i guess not. damn women.
woot, Roger!
Now, to finish Lost, then to sleep :D
- Geeks Wanted -
Anyone know what car is this?
http://www.classicrallies.com/img/pictures/7047_mid.jpg
It's a Mercedes LMP but I don't know what it is.
uh oh :)
Woot! Now I can watch Gael. :P
in midair?
it's okay, i'm safe.
i'm sure she's lovely, even if she if the f1 bloggers yoko ono ;)
Prrobably a Sauber C9 or C11
Thank you Mr Roy :D
I googled it and it's a C9, thank ye
C11 http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/562/Sauber-Mercedes-C11-_1.jpg
:) hehehhehehe :)
very different front end, must be a C9
Aww, a Sauber built car with a #1 on it. Those days seem so nice.
I did a C9 picture search and the first hit is that picture
They used to win Le Mans
They built that before we were even born. Sad times.
Have a listen to this:
http://www.last.fm/music/Barenaked%20Ladies/_/Be%20My%20Yoko%20Ono?ac=be my yoko ono
or this even: http://bit.ly/9yU96p
has no audio, at work, soz.
I hate NASA
I checked last night to see when today's first landing slot was and they said there were going to be showers in the area which always means it doesn't happen. So I check in just after landing time to see if they are going for the second window and they had landed it already.
Typical NASA. Just as they are about to ground the shuttles they have learned to run them to schedule.
Two more to go so I am not trusting any of their forecasts any more.
we missed atlantis?
just heard it on the radio :(
replay: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10163351.stm
Boooooo.
It's Be my Yoko Ono by The Bare Naked Ladies... Great song...
Lyric:
i heard that this morning, on a student radio station in york...randomly
I mentioned that landing time in the comments very late last night and I assumed from the forecast there was no way it was going to land so I didn't bother checking or mentioning it this morning
I think NASA need another one of your letters
i forgot all about it (predictably).
Since we missed the landing here is a picture of the shuttle and the ISS with the sun in the background
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100523.html
Dear NASA,
Me again. You know that when you're on schedule, my faith in the universe gets all wobbly. Stop it.
Ta
Christine
P.S - Apologise to Steven.
:D
hehehe
my package appears to be going around in circles..
04:42 Departed from DHL facility in East Midlands - UK
08:09 Arrived at DHL facility in London-Heathrow - UK
10:12 Transferred through London-Heathrow - UK
10:13 Departed from DHL facility in London-Heathrow - UK
11:20 Processed at East Midlands - UK
13:16 Departed from DHL facility in East Midlands - UK
15:37 Arrived at DHL facility in London-Heathrow - UK"
wowsers.
I'm so confused.
I think an e-mail or phone call is in order
on the positive side, your package managed to get in and out of Heathrow in just over 2 hours, something that most humans struggle to do
blame bassano
I shall keep you posted. Live commenting package tracking is awesome.
Maybe the tracker fell off in the plane :)
or the van driver's off to monza.
Maybe Bassano's off to Monza
:)
Do they have Guinness at Monza?
oh you said that :)
Awesome. Been given a nice job tomorrow. Chasing a paper trail. Fun. Or not...
i think mine might be ending soon. am planning to go
worksit with amy watching tennis.Hooray now I can proceed around the entire internetz without being wary!
It's a great feeling!
excellent. now if paul could watch it too, we'll be all set.
this could kill james allen's site:
In cases where Twitter content is the basis (in whole or in part) of the advertising sale, we require you to compensate us. For example, you may sell sponsorships or branding around gadgets or iframes that include Tweets and other customized visualizations of Twitter.
http://www.businessinsider.com/selling-ads-against-the-twitter-api-twitter-wants-you-to-pay-up-2010-5
It does sound like a brilliant job. I'd set mine to MotorsTV.
Doesn't make sense to me. Do twitter own our tweets? If not how can they charge someone for using someone else's tweet? That is just a variation on GMM.
I think there's a condition saying they can do what they want with tweets
They don't own them, but you basically grant them a licence to do what they want with them.
conversely, you can't do what you want with your own tweets.
Could hurt a few sites. It is an interesting way of getting money out of it though. Guess it depends on the amounts charged.
Does that include charging people for using them? I guess the other issue is what dictates whether something is based on a tweet. If sidepodcast do another sidepodradio day and I tweet about it linking to your original post and someone writes something because they saw the tweet does that mean twitter is due a payment? This is guaranteed to fail for me
it's interesting for us, because we don't run ads.
I think what they are saying is, if you have a widget on your site showing your tweets and that widget has an ad with it, they want paying. I don't know whether your own logo would count as an ad.
Surely your example would be fine..
i think the issue is, they're not allowing people to make profit off of their business, without them making a profit too.
i'd argue james' site owes twitter users as much as it owes twitter, but that's another argument.
agreed. if you look at this site: http://twitter.jamesallenonf1.com/
what contribution is james making beyond paying for the hosting. i can see twitter getting annoyed at that.
It could be argued he is driving traffic to twitter
also true.
it could also be argued that he's taking traffic away from twitter. i could quite happily sit in that JA twitter page and never ever go on twitter
I'm a bit concerned that he still has me on there. I don't remember the last time I said something about F1. It's all Doctor Who and LOST.
you're not putting anything back in to twitter either.
hehe. that's his choice though?
Course. Although I wonder how much maintenance he actually does on it.
What difference does it make to twitter whether you use his site or theirs or tweetdeck? All he is doing is sorting out tweets that appeal to a particular group. Had twitter done a better job they would have streams appealing to all sorts of interest groups.
I am on there too but I don't think I've tagged something with #f1 since I used to hunt down the fuel weights.
tweetdeck encourages contributing back to twitter.
i think they just fancy some more income, and they own the market so can do as they please.
I disagree. People will more easily find people they are interested in via his site and are probably more likely to engage in tweeting with those people than if they just saw the hosepipe
his terms of use are classic:
Terms of Use
These will be posted shortly
I don't think they know how to monetise it so they are just jumping on anything that they see.
in the meantime he's pocketing money from tag heuer.
Donington may have been saved! http://www.britsonpole.com/donington-park-saved-as-new-leaseholders-pledge-calm-cautious-credible-and-sensible-approach-post25378
agreed. but who's going to stop them?
Good for him. Twitter has access to all sorts of brilliant business minds and must be able to come up with something better than asking for a percentage of whatever JA gets from TAG Heuer
I can't believe they are putting the bridge back after dismantling it
i'm sure they're working on it. they've banned 3rd party ads and will introduce their own.
That's alright by mee ;)
I think they will be bogged down in the courts for generations trying to work out who owns what
There's a promoted tweets thing too, although I've never seen it.
maybe it's a deterrent to get people to think twice?
me neither.
I have heard about that on TWIT. They were discussing Starbuck's feeding special tweets into the streams of people who are following them which seems odd. That is like you advertising sidepodcast to people who follow you
I guess they expect some people to pay without thinking
as i understand it, you buy on hastags, right? so we'd promote to people who hashtag #f1 not #sidepodcast.
They should put it in the grounds or at the entrance or something.
No idea.
If you search for Starbucks, there is one.
ahh, so it works on search? that makes sense too.
Where's the entrance? Can't see it fitting near the car Museum...
Gillett's plan was to erect it elsewhere on the site. It was only moved because Bridgestone didn't want a Dunlop ad on the track
THe museum is outside the boundary wall of the circuit
There's one at the chicane.
Tbh I used the bridge in '03 or whenever it was, it was a tatty old thing then and if they are making the place look nice it wouldn't be in keeping. Unless it can be sympathetically refurbished of course.
I forgot to mention, when I went to Silverstone I took a photo of the remains of the bridge at the front straight seeing as Christine and Mr C loved it so :)
will share when i get home
Keep it as an ornament only I reckon...
and i'm leaving for home now..
are they putting the silverstone bridge back? it'd have to be huge now.
for years it was falling to pieces and the same year they fixed it up... it was pulled down.
are you inside my mind?
I think that's exactly the point
It makes a difference when twitter gets paid by adverts on their site and you are using their infrastructure to not show their ads.
but it's odd that we could use it for free, being ad-free. and still skip the ads.
depends which side of the bridge are you on?
i'm so far away i can't see the cars.
so the public side ;)
I think they are very close to making some big changes over there. The reliability is way up (which was a block to making big money). I heard some really really insane thing that Jason C. apparently has been pressuring Ev into making a deal with the Farmville people to make some kind of weird network to undercut Facebook.
Jason C there is Jason Calacanis btw
I assumed that was the case. Sounds like his kind of idea. That would drive a lot of people off twitter and probably solve problem we started with
:D
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/PatrickWotton/2010FIAGTSilverstone#5466840193172602482
Absolutely. Total nutbar.
Interesting event for all in the Norfolk area
Classic team Lotus plus the current Notus and all the drivers including a Finn at Snetterton June 20th
http://twitter.com/MyLotusRacing/status/14772536696
Johnny Herbert enjoyed stewarding so much he's back for me:
http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/10972/
heheh! more!
HRT have ditched Dallara
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83874
i want autosport to do this:
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/mag_editors_letter/
(and gp+)
Who do we know who spills drinks on their technology?
http://twitter.com/karunchandhok/status/14759286271
i done started a trend :)
You have. I just spilled my dry white wine over my keyboard to be as cool as you two ;)
:)
am i going mad, or is it not 'left'?
Istanbul Park's challenging flat-out Turn 8 right-hander will be...
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns22282.html
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/05/26/turkey-2010-race-information/
According to your latest ping, it is left :)
hehe. i read gavin's fab post, and he said left.
and he used your f1 minute post...
so if i'm wrong...
It's left
in that case i worry for the future of grandprix.com. no wonder joe wants no association.
here's a plug for gavin anyhow: http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/who-was-best-at-turning-round-turn-8-at-turkey/
not sure if this is old news or not, but:
There's good news for iPad customers in Australia. Vodafone announced today that they will offer an unlimited data plan for the iPad 3G. Here's the deal: For AUS$49.95 (approximately US$41 as of this writing) per month, users can enjoy unlimited data.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/26/vodafone-australia-will-offer-unlimited-data-plan-for-ipads/
Hehe Cheers :)
I noticed that my posts for Turkey 2009 have been pinged a lot in my search stats this week... which is the best week to notice such things as I'm only writing my Monaco posts now.
Do you guys also see hits on the posts you wrote for previous years Grand Prix?
no idea. shall have a look.
ahh, interesting:
http://sidepodcast.com/2007/08/22/turkey-turn-8/
http://sidepodcast.com/2007/08/23/video-14-turkey-preview/
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/06/03/f1-digest-2009-turkey-preview/
those three all getting many more hits in the past two days. i really should try and get into this stuff more.
Maybe it's from people thought the Monaco was a "turkey" of a race and are getting redirected to you - yes, it's weak, but so what?
oh, hi by the way
:)
Hello all
For all our gamers here - anyone interested in taking part in the Test Drive Unlimited 2 beta?
http://www.testdriveunlimited2.com/beta
I've just registered and requested to take part in the XBOX 360 version :P
:)
Oh that's worse than the one I threw at you last night :P
Hello, i'm so so so tired! Who'd have thought you'd have to work for your money... I'm really hoping I get home to find internet access
I'm going! Clive's sending me 4 tickets :D
Hey hey. I'm here all week folks, but don't tell the owners - they fired me last month!!
(ba dum tisch)
How's the new job going?
Good decision?
Nice :)
Must be great to have contacts
Also - there's going to be an example of EVERY Lotus F1 design on display AND Lotus Racing are going to run the T127 on track too! :D
Actual work while at work is quite distracting...
I'll be getting a few more little tasks thrown my way. So they keep saying. Then they can justify a pay rise so it isn't all bad..
Indeed it is :D
Do they still have an example of every Lotus? I am amazed any team would have that
No no, they are taking all the examples they have and the rest are being brought over by their various owners. It's amazing Clive's managed to get them gathered all in one place.
Most teams never kept examples of all their cars. They canabilised them into the following year's model and binned anything they didn't need. There are loads of iconic Ferraris for example that no longer exist.
Reminder, VIVA F1 quiz in 8 mins
http://www.vivaf1.com/chat.php
Saved me from another session of google pacman
I'm really enjoying myself here. My only complaint is that there is in fact no internet :( the man came today but he's coming back in the morning to finish fitting it. Stupid late man
I thought you were just ignoring my question. I guess talking to you is going to be like having a conversation with Mars with the huge radio delay
I'm just busy. Skype is broken :( :( :(
How can skype be broken? Keep working
The honorary starter for this year's Indy 500: Jack Nicholson
awesome
Junior Apprentice copying SPC and doing cupcakes. Sue them like twitter
Super Extra Bonus :D
:)
Watching this I have the feeling Mr C would be doing a better job.
oi!
I've FINALLY booked my driving test :D
congrats
hope you don't need 5 more tests booked like i did (that was over 16 years ago though)
Also, it was Geek Pride Day, Towel Day and 'Glorious 25th May' for fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld yesterday too, so everybody should be celebrating {Original entry}
I had two towels with me when I went to college yesterday (sadly no lilac ones because I've never even seen any before), a copy of The Science of Discworld II (which I still haven't finished yet) - and started developing a spreadsheet to help my classmates in Medical Terminology revise for their exams (it was received really well this evening when they and my teacher got copies :) )
Spot the Difference:
http://i45.tinypic.com/w0p17r.jpg
nope - lost, can't see anything
Quiz and answers
http://www.vivaf1.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1953
Driving tests are stupidly expensive. It's a total con
Are you suggesting that people shouldn't bother with a test?
I think it's quite reasonable for being able to drive for the rest of your life
Everning all
but i would rather people had a test, instead of just driving a car because they were old enough to
Possible spam
Agreed, It's £62 + £31? In the grand scheme of driving lessons that penuts
Wow that's gone up
reverse the 3 and the 1, i think that was how much my test was.
You know for a weekend test, it goes up to £75.
possibly right :)
Since you have seen the comment you can ignore my e-mail
yeah but if you can try and do it Weekday midmorning, generally less traffic
i think Stevens comment is my favourite ever comment
just got that too. you're ace. ta.
:)
you can't beat amy's from the other day
#cannottalkaboutit
ooooh do :D go oooon
You checked e-mail? I expected to get a response on Friday asking why I was quoting a comment that you had already deleted
I wonder whether her Monza tickets are heading up or down the M1 right now
I like to think that they are currently going round and round the M25. Genius
cheeky.
Do I remember that one?
Probably not , if you're asking ;)
Memory of a sieve
I came last in the quiz :)
Second to last actually...
aww!
awwww!!
No you had 18 and I had 17
Alex (not Giggles, or the one who travels the world, the the other Alex) was on 9
what about alex with 9?
ahh yeah
Alex seems like my kinda guy. 9 is an epic score, well done to him, however i would probably do worse
The more I learn about space the scarier it seems. Who knew starts ate planets?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/20/star-om-nom-nom-planet-aieee/
Karun has been to VivaF1.. Jackie is happy :)
http://twitter.com/karunchandhok/statuses/14789547810
@saltire_ BTW .. guess who's leading our Poll of new drivers? http://www.vivaf1.com/ - NICE TO BE APPRECIATED , LONG WAY TO GO STILL !
yay!
Did anybody join the facebook group "We got ratm to number 1, we can get the lib dems into office" ? it has made me quite scared at the power of large groups and the internet binding them together. tis why secretly i am very scared of sidepodcast and its influence on people.
Package has departed heathrow. Again. If the next update says anything about east midlands i will cry.
"buy an ipad"
don't know what you mean?
hehe!
@mr c: this is why i am not allowed a credit card. ;-)
Another race that you have to watch, it's epicly awesome.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xabX5WI2Hnw
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8RDdkUq5OQ
And now you get why I love them!
...yet
I am soooo pumped. I just saw that F1 will be heading to Austin Texas in 2012-2021. Still having family in Texas I will be able to make a race....finally!!!! So in 2 years I will give you guys my feedback on the race. Too cool!
oh gawd, i just listened to the news on radio 2. it was all depressing, nothing upbeat in any story. i want hignfy!
Love the second commentator says they have 603 hp and the other guy doesn't react to it
It finished an hour ago
in the same sentence he said the 24 hour race is at Silverstone, i think the guy got bored of his wrongness
w00t! us too grouch, us too :)
Who is @jollyf1?
jackie's friend. why?
It's jolly from vivaf1
I got RT by them and wondered, never heard of them and it said "co-founder of the site currently know as viva f1" or words to that effect and i didnt know there was anyone else apart from Jackie and Mav
jackie and jolly and dom an ollie.
that's jolly.
@mr c: yet being the operative word. i am very deadly with money. i do more damage to the banks than gordon brown ever did in the recession. should probably stop putting knives and money in the walls of banks then.
me not know this, thank ye
jolly sometimes known as jollysilverking
There only seems to be one of them left round these parts.... The curse of that rehersal?
ahh, true story.
although you were watching too...
right folks, left ladies. will head off to bed knowing i get a paycheck and an inaccurate bank holiday forecast with it. laters!
it's bank holiday?
oooh what did i miss?
yeess :D
You should go to Crystal Palace on Monday!
payday friday for me... could use a 2nd one..
i had no idea. i can't face london at the moment though. twice yearly to giggles' house is enough.
oh dear mr c. what will we do without this reverable calendar?
this could kill james allen's site:
In cases where Twitter content is the basis (in whole or in part) of the advertising sale, we require you to compensate us. For example, you may sell sponsorships or branding around gadgets or iframes that include Tweets and other customized visualizations of Twitter. {Comment #307}
I would have appreciated this better if:
a) Twitter had bothered to tell me it had updated its terms and conditions - if Facebook can do it, so can Twitter, and
b) it had made it clear what constituted an "advertising sale". Under what circumstances could Twitter legitimately demand payment?
you aren't using its api though are you?
Doesn't make sense to me. Do twitter own our tweets? If not how can they charge someone for using someone else's tweet? That is just a variation on GMM. {Comment #310}
Twitter doesn't own our tweets but it does distribute them. Just as the post service is entitled to charge for providing postal services for letters they do not own and broadband suppliers are entitled to charge for delivering internet information they don't own, so Twitter can charge for distributing information it does not own. The difference is that Twitter's only charging for some of the information it's transmitting and has only started doing so three years into its operation, which could be pretty confusing.
a) Twitter had bothered to tell me it had updated its terms and conditions - if Facebook can do it, so can Twitter, and
you aren't using its api though are you? {Comment #496}
Anyone who is using Twitter is using its API, one way or the other. I'm simply using the default web client for it - other people access the API indirectly through Tweetdeck, CoTweet, Twitter for iPhone or the many (mostly) third-party API clients that have been designed for Twitter.
The significance of tweets with "API" in the "from" section is that they're using unsigned clients, so all the central Twitter server network knows is that its API is in use (otherwise the tweet would never have arrived at the network).
no. this applies to people using their api directly.
What difference does it make to twitter whether you use his site or theirs or tweetdeck? {Comment #327}
If I've understood correctly, the difference would be how the bill is generated, not whether there's a bill or who gets it...
heheh
@serafinowicz
"I want to cut off my Nosebook to spite my Facebook."
:)
no. this applies to people using their api directly. {Comment #499}
OK. Though I've had another, possibly related thought: it's going to be a real pain in the neck for any third-party clients that contain ads (I don't know any off the top of my head but I could imagine there being some that pay for their hosting and bandwidth costs that way, and in effect they'd have to pay for every single use of their own software)...
Had twitter done a better job they would have streams appealing to all sorts of interest groups. {Comment #327}
The "lists" function already does that. As a general rule, the people who use a system regularly usually know how to access what they want better than its creators.
I miss the internet :(
Hm. Computer speaker power adaptor is suddenly getting very hot.
We are looking after it for you
Evening peeps
What an amazing gig
Lukeh, Lou & Emily are speeding their way home on their respective trains
hey chappie. good to hear.
did christine not do the daily?
Hi Bassano. Fun evening?
Very much so
hi folks,
how is everyone - a little late indeed, but i am throwing my hat in for the next sidepodcast meet up at PTR
:)
I thought there were weekday 'regulars' now, or has that been a temporary thing?
Christine doesn't normally do Thursdays
yippee
james is sick. there was a convo about her covering. i was only half paying attention.
any plans for a date yet or is it still in the air?
wide open
Good to hear..
fair enough
:)
Excellent :)
Name on the wiki?
I don't know how to edit it, but if you want to put me in that'd be grand
:)
+1 but as a maybe depending on date
as long as i don't finish last, i'll be happy
;D
You seem to be on there already...
done
Shame I'm lurking Mr Leigh. Now, head here and you are greeted with it, all you have to do is sign up, then when you want to edit a page, just simply click 'EasyEdit' and its just like using Word or something.
#nothere
#butstillawesome
#exceptifyouareusingchrome
or Safari, or IE, or anything except Firefox.
haahaha
these sound like techy things!! unless it's a music program, i know nothing...
Or Safari
Let's face it, just use Firefox :)
I'm sure Bassano will go in the simulator..
I'm surprisingly crap at driving sims, no matter how sophisticated
I'm ace on my modded version of GP3, but I still struggle at rFactor
join me in the bar then :)
You'll fit right in
Editing the wiki is so untechy.
+1
ill do it, but i'll be utter rubbish
#notgoingtogoandpracticebeforepromise ;)
I'll have a ponder
keep your hands off the honda sim!
What circuit(s) do(es) the sim run?
The one it ran at Autosport was custom made
i'm already finishing last....
hehehehehe
I am planning to go to Puretech next week actually to cover it, need to get in contact with the man though so nothing certain
Cheat! :)
I've seen barcelona i think, but i cannae remember
#oops
i quite like barca, but i really don't like that new(ish) chicane at the end of the track - awful thing
Glad I am sitting down:
In keeping with its racing focus, the Fluid Dynamics bar does not serve alcohol...
!!
very much so
Man from the place commented in the thread, there's a pub next door
Phew! ;)
pre-requisite to a successful business in the UK
:D
Don't they know they are running a business?
Although those of us driving there won't be able to partake :(
A good thing I can't drive then
Giggles persuadable?
guest post!
We'll see :P
If they do midweek and if people can make it, maybe it would work as a pre-Spa thing on the Weds..
Purely selfishly trying to reduce travel costs of course :)
I actually know for a fact that it's a track called Aviano and it's from the racing sim netKar Pro, which is the software the sims run is based on, just modified so it can take whichever cars and tracks they so choose.
right folks,
sleep time - night night
Ahh. netKar has come a long way..
Night.
Me too
Till the morrow
Night peeps who are going
Bye.
Nearly time for me too. Thinking of a cup of tea to relax a bit, feeling a bit edgy and I don't know why.
another reason I'm hanging on for a few mins is Adam Cooper's tweets, he's been talking to the Austin people..
Right, emails all sent and I am very excited for the next few weeks! Woop.
http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/05/26/tilke-designing-austin-track-site-already-purchased/
They've already bought the land for the track. '3 sites' was smokescreen. Tilke has been visiting for the last two years and is looking for office space.
If I've learnt one thing, its that Bernie is incredibly good at his job and pushing people off the scent
It's gonna be the Sidepodcast Grand Prix! :D
Although I know for a fact Red Bull and also Force India use a pro version of rFactor.
Good night..
I promised I would comment when we got home safe.. So here is my comment. Now we sleep. Night spc I hope all is well xx
Night Pat, Night lou
Adam Cooper has been talking to the man in charge in Austin.
Highlights include him telling Tilke to build a fast track on hilly land they have already purchased and guess what the man himself has known Bernie since he was a teenager
http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/05/26/tilke-designing-austin-track-site-already-purchased/
It has been a long time since Bernie was a teenager.
That particular entry by Adam Cooper lead me to post this on my blog, which also refers to a SPC guest post by a certain Scottish regular.
sebastian, you and i have got to have a long old chat about linking in comments one day ;)
Terribly sorry. I did double-check. What did I do wrong?
no sure. it might be a browser thing, rather than you. which article were you linking to?
One on my blog.
This.
That was definitely closed properly.
hmmm. how odd.
It has to be a weird issue. That was definetly the right syntax.
we had it once before, no matter what he tried, jon used to do the same thing for a little while, then it went away.
what if you just paste the link in raw, without any 'a' tags?
http://effjuan.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/a-straight-request/
I highlighted it and clicked the link button.
that works a treat.
Most kind
Thinking about it, it did not happen the last time I linked a few days back but it did twice in a row before that.
same browser each time?
Think so. IE 8. Until a while back, I used Firefox specifically for Realtime Commenting but noticed recently it was working with IE and have used that since.
i can give that a proper test tomorrow, cheers sir.
intro overdub done, aside is wrapped. export upload and release should should only take an hour. i might be able to squeeze in a daily post.
I didn't know you had done an Aside. Comment trawling had its advantages.
Time I was in bed. See you lot tomorrow
Good night
you missed my comments about looking forward to turkey?
see ya
I seem to have missed a lot. I need to find a way to comment trawl without spending ages doing it.
Interesting. I plugged my previous post on Sunday afternoon with lots of people in the comments and got one referral several hours later. I plug a post when comments are quiet and I get six referrals.
from spc? could be lurkers. am just doing the daily, so i'll give ya a plug there too,
That would be very kind indeed, sir. Last time I had a plug in the Daily, from RG, it helped a lot. Thank you.
we (hearts) plugging
No daily scares me. I had no internet for 6 hours and was having major withdrawals but it turns out i'm not missing out! Well timed network crash, vodafone.