Thursday has arrived and although it is an unpopular day amongst Sidepodcast readers, I am determined we should all make the most of it. To help us along the way, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- Pitlane Fanatic have kicked off a great new series of posts, going deeper into some of the well-used phrases of an F1 weekend. This first entry looks at the racing line, particularly when cornering, and how getting it right can affect your performance when you come out of the corner. A very insightful post.
- James Allen has shared the latest in the Schumacher rumours, and although the speculation hasn't stopped, it still seems to be erring on the side of unlikely. I also enjoyed James' top 5 drivers post, where at the bottom he picks some winners of his book. He follows it by saying, if you didn't win, still buy the book anyway! Made me chuckle.
- Meanwhile, it seems like Simon Gillett just isn't ready to give up on the British GP dream, despite the fact that his company have gone into administration. He thinks the possibility is still there for a buyer to come in and save the day. Hmm.
That's all for now. Let us know what you're up to today and how your week is panning out, and I will see you in the comments.
Ping
PING
mwahaha
oh, i got beat
Hey, here's an idea
Hello Thursday
My plan for today is attending the Norwich Uni College of the Arts open day and then a few sessions on the treadmill and bike when I get back home.
*waves*
ah, home sweet home again...
(reads all the Alison/Nick/Facebook saga, congratulations to both ;-) )
Thankyou :)
go for a run instead! way more fun!
oh no... i didn't realise it was so late. time for me to sleep i think.
night everyone! xx
night lou
2 things before i go...
Mint cake + Cold remedy.
Sorry. had to do it.
Night all
you, crampy, are in no position to be dishing out health advice.
G'night Lou
oh! by lou!
g'night.
well he's going for a run anyway, just indoors. outside is better.
hey wait, this probably isnt hte best place to say that
Mmm, we'll see. Depends if I'm up for it. If yes then I will, if no then I'll just stick with the treadmill. ;)
night
[Just gets the Mint Cake references] :)
No. You've lost me again.
I don't get it, but night
yeeeeeeeeeey
Hahaha, what's this?
Aside from that bit which I do understand.
my jokes really are so awesome that no-one gets it.
i'm a loss the industry
It's a Kendal thing
Ignoreeeeeeeeee him
Just one nibble of Kendal Mint Cake - and you slip into a diabetic coma.
boy went for a swim, nearly drowned, can no longer move.
How did nearly drowning render his muscles almost virtually useless? :D
and went for a big run day before.
the detail is in not swimming more than you've ever swam before....whilst not having swam for over 5 years
Night Lou
cramp my friend. cramp.
oww
Oh I see. Are you suggesting I made him ill.... He doesn't have a cold.
I'm not sure how Alex miraculously getting ill after meeting me relates to this :P
pool cramp. both legs. my advice = figure out your own fitness regime.
nonononononono.
oh dear.
Rennies?
I did. just clearly was the wrong one ;)
Rennie are for heartburn
pah. whatever.
*runs before the true extent of the fool he's made of himself kicks in*
with your legs?
my advice: if your fitness regime is golf, and you get weeks of rain so don't play, you get lazy
I had that when I went to the pool for the first time in ages earlier this year. Managed to go about half a length and then my legs just went dead!
As for the fitness regime, I'm already on to that one. Personally, I know I've lost quite a bit of weight but there's still a little bit of fat I need to get rid of. The treadmill and bike work should help burn that off.
So confused!
Night Jon....
In all seriousness, Alison: are you going out to Dubai soon then?
What's this about possibly needing a sidepodhat?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/if-you-really-must-know-jpg
runs
*crawls
shhhhhhhhhhh.
true story
i would go to bed, but i cant get up from my chair
:D
Hey Jackie. Feeling better
I have work commitments here over Christmas but yeah probably in the new year.
Nope . tis why I'm still up .. stomach cramp, not good :(
There is no way you are going to sleep. You are going to wake up with cramp every two hours
I can see him like Michael McIntyre. Goes to the shop, parks, opens the door and falls out. He's there crawling along the ground yelling "I NEED A TROLLEY!" :D
damn, i had a fiver on nick coming back.
You found a use for your tickets then?
No fun
He can't leave the country without applying for a new visa to get back in.
:D
:-(
ahh, so that's what he's told ya.
Ooh err .. think I'll keep the hat till a bit later LOL
Shout if you're looking for a decent fare. Sometimes they're on offer to us and pretty decent
Hehehe
Oooh that's very generous of you. I shall bear that in mind :)
Oh no
He swam got cramp, kept swimming and got even more cramp. There is no way that is not going to come back in his sleep
My work have run off with my passport though. I think they've lost it. They're denying it but I'm not convinced.
Passports are easy to replace. I lost mine a couple of years ago
I'm not paying for it though! I had to give it to my employer to satisfy them that I have the right to work etc etc. If they've then lost it, I'm not paying to replace it!
Definitely
But i'm sure it's around... somewhere
It's thurday thought day
ooh shoot!
?
bit early to think of a question though?
nothing springs immediately to mind though
just suggestions at this point
#thursdaythought how about "If falvio were to win his case, would it be good or bad for the sport?"
or #thursdaythought "will there be less unilateral decisons now Max is no longer head of the FIA"
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/12/thursday-thoughts/
#thursdaythought "Should Alison go to Dubai or Nick come to England" *runs*
love 'em jackie, keep them coming. i'd forgotten completely.
note to self: watering the grass at 10pm, in the dark, with barely 6ºC, is not a very good idea... :-(
Ta
Yeah. The amount of stalling has me concerned though! I'm not sure if they think I'll just forget about it or something.... I might threaten to report it to the police. See how that goes down.
Hmmmm
just red tape, it'll turn up
That could work
Or tell them you need to apply for a holiday visa and want it back STAT!
SOunds like a plan
It better had do. I lose all my important documents. I've just had to get a new birth certificate. I'm on my 3rd driving licence and the missing passport is a replacement for a lost one.....
I can't say I lost it again! I'll look like I'm selling on my documents.
It surprises me that you have to give it to them. Here is illegal for any company/particular to retain your ID or passport
Isn't your new job with the same employer?
There's a new law which says you have to prove who you are when you join a company.
Yes. They never took adequate ID in the first place though. It seems I've been working illegally ;)
But you don't usually have to give them the passport, just give them a photocopy
#thursdaythought for next week when the young drivers are testing but posting now in case I forget:
"Which, if any, of the drivers testing will make it to F1 within the next 2 to 3 years?"
I likes
in those cases we present a photocopy, one certified by the police that says it is a true copy of the original. but we never ever leave the original document.
I don't think we can do it this week though 'cos I don't think there's a definitive list of who is testing, plus we should probably see their times :-)
They wanted to copy it at head office. It's pointless bureaucracy.
oh yes, you can't beat bureaucracy... :-(
anyone still here?
I am
howdy.
I think I am
Multi tasking, dipping in and out
yeeeha!
not much longer
#thursdaythought How bad do you think the mclaren will be without KERS in 2010
Think they'll be just fine
Not convinced KERS will be absent yet
:)
not sure if it's offical yet, but it looks dead for 2010 to me.
I thought it was only Williams advocating running it and now they are in FOTA they have dropped their opposition
#2009F1Fact
All McLaren's performance was due to KERS and all Brawn's due to the double difuser. The fact that other teams had these and did not perform is irrelevant
haha
I don't think the issue is dead yet. Too much invested already
true.
I decided to make life easier for people. If you have a topic for Thursday Thoughts now or in the future stick it on the wiki page.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Thursday+Thoughts
aha, thanks you.
You forgot Red Bull's being due to the pull rod suspension!
Thanks!
I have added all the topics the filter found
Twitter buzz has some kind of Danica Patrick announcement being made during Thursday...
#woman :)
I thought she had signed for Andretti for the IRL and for a part time NASCAR program. What else can she do apart from pose in her bikini again?
sorry, Monday 30th. something to do with GoDaddy.com
Probably to announce GoDaddy as her NASCAR sponsor?
is she that woman #2
no. she's woman wins race.
Not yet but she may end up that way
@CurtCavin of the Indianapolis Star:
Danica press conference Monday in New York. Sponsor listed in tomorrow's Star. #indycar
and chuffed I was for her when she did but heck, we dont see male drivers in their speedo's so she's lost some respect there
Could be worse could be Bernie in speedo's
There are enough people with insomnia here without putting that thought in their heads
the sight of Flavio in his was enough to put me off my dinner
noooooo..... I have to have dinner yet.... (*shakes the thought out of his head...*)
Think we could make a good slim fast video here :P
This is why I am starting to prefer Sarah Fisher. She even has her own team.
#thursdaythought which F1 drivers would make good swimwear models
#thursdaythought Why is F1 and Europe in general so far behind the US in terms of female racing drivers?
Even European drivers go to the US to race because they can't get a drive here.
only because no-one asks them.
not that I want to see them in their swimmies I hasten to add
Bed time for me. Now that I have no 'preview' posts to write I should be able to do some more on the thursday thoughts.
Night Pat
later pat.
night pat
woo we are having an electrical storm. The building got hit by lightning and all the computers shut down. No work for me!
what in the world... :O so you're commenting from the mobile? are you in the dark right now?
the lights only went off for a second and the computers are back now. The tvs went off for ages! I only work here for the tvs!
Awesome...
The power tripped in our office the other day and took down the wifi.
The company literally stopped!
oooh and morning folks!
Oh...
*hides*
You are? Awesome :D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2009/11/making_new_headlines.html
The size of headlines on the bbc news and sport website is dictated by ceefax...
madness!
Its a public holiday here today so i am working from home for most of the day.
But first a meeting in a 5-star hotel with my boss
#Itsahardlifeoverhere
Good afternoon everybody.
Good morning everyone :)
Why are you working on a public holiday?
I wish I could've just gotten up as well...
phew, I have sat down with a spreadsheet and four months worth of bills and finally I have worked out who owes what. Really need to kick that one who never pays anything on time.
Morning all.
Spent last night eating Trinidad Curry Duck and watching the football with friends - ended up staying over!
I'm missing something by not being on FB am I? :-/
don't worry, I'm on FB and I missed it too.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/if-you-really-must-know-jpg
Amy the accountant has a nice ring to it. Hehe.
I once won a trophy for my accounting skills :D
OHHHHHH. well done to the two of them! That's awesome!! Not to mention it redeems the fun we had in the comments when they went to the museum. Hehehe.
heehee. That's a cool tidbit right there.
Ah yes, almost time for the monthly argument with the wife, otherwise called 'The budget' :(
Morning. I feel like I've underslept again :(
Not sure quite why I'm awake.
Morning Alison!
morning
headping?
hey alison! Looks like I missed out on quite the discussion last night! Congratulations!
Awwww thankyou
Hmmmm.....
:) now all we need is a picture of you two together! Heehee.
Gotta loooove the subtlety...
Morning everyone :)
#mfc Google are apparently testing a new interface http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/25/google-now-testing-new-search-interface
What did I do now? :(
I'm getting a lot of twitter spam all of a sudden from real people I am following...
I just bought my Monza ticket :D :D Gosh I love payday.
Oh my gosh!! Exciting!! :)
Wow, tried it out and it looks cool!
I am quite jealous at the moment.
I learned a new word. When the popup says "password sbagliato" it means your password is wrong.
Ooooh yaay Italian <3
Sbagliato is a good word....
Scuderia Pilota Sbagliato?
those silly italians didn't have a 'forgot password' link. So I had to reregister, because it turns out I registered last time I was browsing ticket prices but apparently didn't use my normal password.
Indeed, is just them playing around they haven't said anything publicly so there is time for changes ;)
Hopefully this works: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/sidepodcast-png
Sit back and watch the magic! Hehehe. :D
I repeat, hmmmm.....
"No way.... rohypnol?"
best.status.comment.ever
Morning all
good afternoon
ahahahahaha!
Looks like we need to start breaking out the sidepodhats for Christmas. I also the other sidepodhats reference jackie made a few weeks back.
Yoooou got the love... :D
aha yeah. Lou only realised what she meant yesterday, tres fuunnny
haha! Hoping for the best there too. :D All in due course.
On that note, I'm off to work.....
aha. Byeeeeee
later Alison.
Bye.
I have lost my shoes :( Not getting very far here
Have you been awake since we I left last night?
NO!! I went to sleep about 1.30ish
I found out that the Bufori people were excited about their result in Macau - slow car, lasted only 4 laps (although that was apparently down to Yoong's driving too close to the wall) - Bufori BMS R1 shows amazing potential - that is amazing optimism :-)
ah ok. have fun at work!
how can you lose your shoes? :P
Potential in a hundred years, maybe. :P
if you want to see how that car looks under the hood, check the pics - (plug warning) - the guy in red is Mr Yoong
They had bikes around Macau?
yes, they have bikes there every year for about 40 years now. those are the mad guys who drive the Isle of Man kind of races. sane person can't ride bike around that track :-)
Exactly my thoughts!
there is a bar on of the Macau islands where all the bikers meet up for drinks on Saturday night after their race. that place is decorated with some amazing and unbelievable photos from the motorbike races ...
sadly I think it was 3 years ago there was a fatality in the Macau bike race
Well MotoGP won't do street races - I can easily see why!
I tell you this was the first time I actually watched the bike race in Macau live and I did not feel very comfortable. all the cars crashing out in all the car races, then come the bikes where everybody knows that crashing is not a good idea at all ... still, they ride those bikes like there are no walls :-)
My wife just went into the Mac shop and asked for an iPod Touch cover on my behalf. Not only was the guy in the store a bit rude, he basically told her to buy it off the website!
How very #MFC!!!
it's proper mental when you consider how modified a circuit has to be for bikes!
PING - http://sidepodcast.com/2009/11/26/thursday-thoughts-team-launches/
that describes it perfectly
Has the Pinger broke now?
Declan Brennan agrees!
We are having Thanksgiving Turkey for lunch at work today :D
I didn;t even know it was thanksgiving.
Neither did I!
Morning all.
Today is the day I hand in 2 big assignments, and I'm still doing them. It's gonna be a loooooong day.
C++ is evil etc the usual. ;)
any excuse for turkey is good in my books :P
Hi guys, I'm at Norwich Uni College of the Arts, had the introduction talk about 45 mins ago and now just waiting for the portfolio advice discussions. If I'm taking Film and Video, which I think I probably will, I've already got an idea for something I could put together. :P
As I today I have finished uni for the year. ;)
You should have tied them together...
Afternoon folks!
Good evening.
This sounds like a growing trend after my experience at the mac shop
You missed my tweet? :P
It is also Eid!
I missed everybody's tweet. Always. I have no twitter.
Iltwiterate!
Unfortunately yes, I am iltwitterate. ;)
Do you eat Turkey at Eid too?
I think they eat lots of things. I know I would having not eaten for month.
Its the other eid ;)
Pay-TV called me to sell me Pay-TV. Usually I don't like being called for things like this. I forgive them this time though, because I UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHE WAS SAYING!!! IN FINNISH!! I couldn't answer BUT I UNDERSTOOD HER!!
That's all. Bye
I had Hardees which may well be the best fast food in the world, i cant decide between it and taco bell ;)
She replaced Heikki?
You said other eid, so I typed it into wiki and found that there were in fact 10 eids. What is this eid?
For Nick: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8380105.stm
Heikki travels from electronic shop to electronic shop to hold up signs. He doesn't call. He is shy, you know.
I think it's actually just because he can't reach the phone on the wall.
Yeah, Nakheel (the property developer who built the palm islands) and its parent company which owns lots of ports are in a bit of trouble.
The company i work for doesnt really operate in this market though so we should be ok ;)
He doesnt pick up when you skype him? ;)
I would never just skype random strangers ... really.
cool :-)
ps - morning
Are AUTOSPORT offering the online magazine they did for the postal strike for subscription?
Afternoon!
think it was a one off.
we're out and about today doing interesting but classified sidepodstuff.
currently in pub, having just spotted a sign for an otter crossing...
#confidential
sounds more fun than my day. Swapsies? Pleeeeeeeease?
do you have guinness?
Have you drop.io'd a pic?
I have hot chocolate.
It is not quite as alcoholic.
Nice! were there any?
will do later.
Don't be so hard on apple. They are trying to improve your health.
i think we're okay as we are.
Guinness = Frapoccino
I dont have a problem with apple, just their regent street store
sounds fun and interesting... Ottery St Mary..? although i don't know if they actually have otters..
has this been covered yet?
http://www.circuitodejerez.com/es/docsentrenaf11209.cfm
(via le bol)
Ooooh. Yay, Mike Conway for Br... Mercedes.
aha, someone HAS done a list...
there is one on the wiki, but that one is more up-to-date.
Bartley only gets one day? With the junior team? So unfair!
Also interesting that mclaren havent confirmed
Are the teams restricted to using existing parts?
I am working from home today, i would asked to be shooed, but i think if I did that i would just end up in bed
I was studying from home yesterday but my concentration levels and attention span are way too short. I did get stuff done, just slowly and intermittently. Keep doing other things until you feel so guilty you actually sit down and do what you're supposed to...
This is exactly why I'm sitting in a uni suite finishing this assignment :P
This only works if you care. When I do that to make myself study I never end up feling guilty. I just end up caring even less. ;)
I dont think catching up on a week of insufficient sleep will make me feel all that guilty :D
Ah - the trick could be to fail the first attempt and have the retake only a week away. :-) I decided to treat it like a relaxed Saturday and actually do all the work on the real Saturday.
Can we have a clue?
A week away from the exam? I haven't even started caring then... ;)
perhaps they'll be visiting joe in paris and seeing flav on the way? ;)
or... they could be back at that mark webber pub.
I want to go to a Mark Webber pub... :(
I think joe is in the uk and flav is in italy ;)
I may have done this yesterday
Step 1: Go to pub
Step 2: Drink
Step 3: Shout "Im mark webber, and there aint nothing none of yous can do about it"
Step 4: you now have your own Mark Webber pub
I am SO doing this tomorrow night!
Riccardo gets a 3 day red bull test? lucky
Helloooooooooo
Helloooooooooooooooo
welcome to Macau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqra8uZdrlE&feature=player_embedded#
As he said, reminds me of Webber at Le mans.
Please report the results ;)
hi
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80340
Zanardi out of WTCC
Will do. :D
I declare Lunch.
But it's 12:10am? ;)
I just had sandwiches and a yoghurt in the canteen. It was avergae at best
#critic
I see your lunch and raise you with High tea
you make it sound so appetizing!
shame, but seeing him at the olympics would be cool
I had KFC and beer for lunch. It was above average.
wonder if he'll drive somewhere else?
did you have potato and gravy in a pot?
No I didn't.
The fact that Zanardi even lasted this long with the amount of success that he had is quite the achievement in itself.
good!
Blimey, is it Massa's karting event already??
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/80342
Doesn't seem long since the last one.
whatever series he may go too would have to be an open formula because he'd need to change so much hand control stuff
I ned to change the web...
I need a more casual version of a bookmark. perhaps the ability to tag web pages which i might need at a later date?
You have beer for lunch? Not the regular fare. :D
Mind you, if you watch Mad Men, the people there have midday cocktails...
We had our last exam in the morning. We were... celebrating!
I suspect he's done with motorsport. Most people his age would've retired from it already anyway - and they're at 100%! He may move on to wheelchair sports, as mentioned in the article.
HURRY UP POST!
ahem
i hope so. i read he wanted to do something to do with cycling, and as a fan of said sport, i hope so
For lack of a better term? ;)
Exactly.
pub meeting going well, we've settled on a song for the xmas party. wiki page coming soon.
confused?
last years: http://sidepodcast.com/2008/12/23/the-twelve-days-of-f1-christmas/
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/if-you-really-must-know-jpg
Umm is this a good time to ask what this is doing on the drop!
At least everyone knows im off to a house party :P
ah ok. got confused at mr c being outside. presume the meeting is with mrs c
#blamealison
I reckon Christine needs to update Felipe baby for Felipe's baby, isn't he due sometime soon?
yup. sidepodmeeting.
Does anyone know what is so specail about the leica lux range as opposed to other leica cameras?
they are soapy?
ALISON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope not!
She's at work. cooorrr dont you know that ;)
Well that was a fun day relationship
:P
oh yeah, congrats on that.. you may or may not want to read last night's stuff
should we mention to nick about reading the comments?
:D
:D
You mean I don't need a sidepodhat yet?
to summarise Nick
last 3 months, blind date, cilla black.
Pat beat ya to it. ;)
oh and dont forget bulley
You already do. And I'd have a couple spare, just in case... ;)
although best ignore that
If it's your first one, you're a Leica virgin.
#sorrymadonna
ah yes bulley
??????
as in 3.2.1 bully?
it has something to do with speed boats, and i shall leave it at that
Touched for the very first time? Leica viiiiiiirgin...
:D
i saw something this morning.... i didnt realise my fb was on the drop
Not to worry, its all good :D
Damn. Was hoping we'd be playin darts soon
:D
leaaaaaave ;)
tried searching for bulley to no avail :(
pmsl :D
http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/en_easyart/lg/3/3/Bullseye--Can-t-beat-a-bit-of-Bully--Maxi-Posters-330861.jpg
:D
I mean in the spc search facility
oh really?
its best forgotten about, really nothing special
ah but now I'm REALLY curious
Just go to yesterday's daily and search it using your browser if you must.
That's cheating....
I'm a fickle thing, gone off the idea now.
wow. it worked.
bit laggy but got there in the end
now there is a bad joke
your ideas and vocal chords are required:
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/2009+Sidepodchristmas+Carol
now, more guinness.
genius
firefox has an add-on for that.
i use my bookmark bar for that
might need to borrow kathi and her bandwidth too..
Loves it
Would love one thanks
Boo for being at work :(
Awesome.
He's cheating. It doesn't count.
did he use other forms of communication?
I'm at my parents' during Christmas holidays. If someone wants to babysit my bandwidth while I'm gone I can leave the key with my flatmate :)
that's for important bookmarks you use often.
Should we put our lyric suggestions on the same page?
please
I was going to say I don't sing just like I don't camp. But then I remember this one time, on a sidepodpanel.....
....
so now I have no defence.
People can communicate without Sidepodcast?? Heresy!
:)
Afternoon, all! School's off today, but I still have work to do... :(
um. i've lost my voice?
afternnon.
we have you down as 2nd harmony.
I choose to ignore it until it goes away, this is my idea of hell but i'm sure others will love it...
they will love your singing, yes.
talking of contributing. don't forget season reviews in audio.
no-one wants to hear me talk in a voicemail - I sound squeaky...
we do.
Have recored mine, will send it sometime this week :)
Driving through Monaco,
Ten laps have been run.
Round the corner we go,
Oh look, Piquet spun!
and I will bore you to tears...
:D
thanking you. christine says "brillo"... oddly.
That would be perfect with legard's voice
christine can edit.
:P:P
I am not a cleaning utensil
Has Lukeh scoured through the season? :D
how is it Friday already? I swear it was just Monday.
and plus, I don't have a skype phone...yet....(if only the iPod Touch had a microphone...)
:-) :-)
01212887225
if I only I could fast-forward time like that.,,
if I use the age-old method of the telephone, I will be broke...
Is it possible to set up a skype call on my computer here, remotely from my baby laptop at my parents?
yup. you can remote into it, right?
Aww congrats to your laptop for having a baby! Was it a dell or a HP?
*goes to find out how to do that*
THE LONG WEEKEND (over here)! it's almost here! :D
ACER...Maybe?
vnc or similar?
No swearing allowed
;)
very funny...
Sorry. Me and acer laptops get on like sutil and trulli.
I've to a decision that I may do a voicemail...if I can think of what to talk about...
make a couple o f notes beforehand,
..and thanks you :)
sparks flying, then...
that's okay....I'll try...how short can it be...?
1minute.
okay...hmmm....
Currently also thinking about a Jingle Bells thingy....
Hoorah. New pics of the new FRenault have been released!!
Oh? Just me? ;)
Blog post soon
Likewise. Except its not very good. Not at all.
that's sooooo cool :D
Whats not?
My blogpost.
ooooh!
am sure its better than you think!
http://pardonthefrench.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/thursday-thoughts-team-launches/
Thursday Thoughts. Too short and its too late to be doing that methinks.
And with that I bid you all adieu. I need to sleep.
Byeeee
Bye.
40mins after lunch and I'm bored already :-D
New Formula Renault 2.0 Car has now had it's first track test.
Have a butchers here.
http://www.feederseries.co.uk/
Not sure if i prefer it to the old one or not, but one things for sure, am very glad they've finally got a paddleshift.
every F1 team is now in FOTA again
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80343
It looks like the old one, but stretched out!
Pointier i think
Its 7pm on a public holiday on the day before the weekend starts... and i am working
I dont know if i should be :) or :(
Massa needs his visor,
Rob has gone to look,
How can I write a verse,
Without plugging my book!
Only joking ;)
Massa needs his visor,
Rob says to calm down,
Steven dipped it in Tizer,
To make it a shaded brown!
Only joking!
Massa needs his visor,
Wants to know if it's okay?
Rob is the best advisor,
the white one's on it's way!
Assignment complete!!!
Best. Feeling. ever.
awesome!
Yay for you! :D
Boo for me!
I think its the most disapointing feeling in the world when search engines fail to find what you are looking for
Well done!
You don't work for Dubai World do you Nick?
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091126-705050.html
This is interesting http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/11/analysis-of-f1-engine-performance-in-2009/?utm_campaign=UA-7628173-1&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
I hadnt realised the beemer engine was so powerful, i wonder if Mclaren will buy it http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/11/analysis-of-f1-engine-performance-in-2009/
hehe no...
my company doesnt really operate in this market
just met joe in the pub, christine has just pointed out that they were playing the chain over the speakers as we talked :)
sidepodcast (hearts) joe.
Ooooooh. awesome!!
We really do :)
Lots of sidepodlove for Joe :)
I suspected it!
Did you sign him up for another 20 years? :D
:)
I would like to get a round in for the three of you... So I've donated a tenner :)
Hopefully they decided what to drink quicker than some people....
:P
#balcony
Awww
Well I really wish I could be there but that was the best I could do :)
Not that I want to crash... You know what I mean - I hope.
Oh yes... did he say anything interesting about f1? Did you record it?
I don't think I am smart enough to host a remote-skype-coference-call :(
Absolutely.
boo...
I'm sure Mr C will be able to help when he has had slightly fewer Guinesses
Nope. You'll never believe it but sometimes we talk to people and don't make a podcast about it.
live stream? ;)
can do, will yell when we get home.
And then you'll write a comment? ;)
am drinking this pint for you.
Cheers!
ummm.
:D I didnt expect you to in a pub really, but i dont belive he is capable of not saying something interesting!
thank you but only if you're bored/have lots of time and patience. #doesn'tknowanythingaboutcomputer
I know how to do it on a pc or mac... hmmm...
*windows
I've managed it between my desktop and laptop that are both in our network but I have no idea how to access from outside.
You can set something up... But there is some handy software from logmein.com who I am trying to see if they have a linux version which takes the hassle out completely.
you met joe! must have been some convo
how?
nah - there's better feelings in life than that. :D
where do you fall under?
a. seeing family and friends,
b. having meetings for future work, or
c. so on.
:D
He blogged about how he was coming to the uk to meet people
then jouyrneyer suggested they were going to meet him in paris...
oh YEAH! so i was kinda right! :D
And Leo Sayer commented too.
Who now?
Oh...weird hair man
Your not knowing makes me feel like dancing.
You wanna dance the night away?
Youtubed... i am in a weird music mood tonight. Its stopping me from getting angry and wanting to destroy every camera ever
You've got me in a spin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BiXNHa5R9w Still rocks
#innocent
NICK SMASH! :D
I am supposed to be off to the autodrome about now too... nearly done
What´s the Dubai fountain like in real life? I found this video and it looks fairly awesome considering it is a daily show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsbgSRl_nZk
I can asure you it is uber...
Its one of the most awesome things i have ever seen
It really does look it? Is it salt water though?
I am home for the day! This is the best feeling of my life.... Normal working hours ftw.
Blimey both you and Lukeh having good days today!
How dare Thursday go well! :P
It's a bit of a blinking cheek if you ask me.
Sounds like it might have gone well for Christine and Mr C too.
And me as it goes (well so far!)
Hey everybody.
hey RG!
That's gonna be the end of things going well for everyone isn't it....
#blamealex
Not a good Thursday for me, so not the end of the world just yet.
Phew
#savedbyRG
yay :)
I feel awful so going off now. Might be on later, don't know. lotsa love
Hope you feel better soon Mr RG
Evening all.
As Thursdays go, this has not been too awful. Slightly fraught morning, owing to cat absence, but she has returned now.
Also: have registered my domain! Now: must. design. site.
A small glass of fortified wine is the key, RG.
Evening all. Not sure I approve of all this Thursday happiness. Most disconcerting
Interesting line in AUTOSPORT today. Apparently Herr Schumacher's removal from the Ferrari F1 team was at the insistence of Señor Alonso. Looks like he has learned something from his McLaren adventure
hoorah"
Evening all. I fell asleep on my bed, like an actual kid.
How are the legs?
Better ta, but still not good. I need to get my hands on some sort of deep heat pad thingy for a bit, i must have bought mine with me, just have to find it!
How are you? and everyone else?
In other news, i Hearts Bonjella. :)
ITV-F1 reporting that Mike Conway and Marcu Ericsson will test for Mercedes at Jerez
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=47469
..and I'm home.
Are you not a little old for that?
Hi Pat
Yup, Mr C posted a list of all the testers this morning
??? You're not even supposed to use it on kids.
I thought it was for kids
you're really not allowed to use it on anyone younger than 16
I thought it was for kids who were teething
there is a special bonjella for teething kids....there is also one for ulcers
Have now updated the wiki
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Jerez+2009+-+Young+Driver+Test
Clearly I am more ignorant than I thought
They actually withdrew the recommendation for that to be used on very young kids as well....
But they were so cute when they smelled of it
Ah some further research has told me that this was a temporary measure as a result of new guidelines. They've changed the formula and now it's safe from 2 months if you use the teething gel. The other one is rebranded as bonjela adult to avoid confusion.
Well this is annoying. Since the new windows I've lost lots of freeview channels.
It's because it has aspirin in it. You really shouldn't give kids aspirin in any form.
Booo? Do they benefit you in any way??
The windows have aspirin in them so Lukeh can't get freeview? Is it surprising some people get confused here?
Is this because it stops blood clotting?
Risk of Reye's syndrome.
The windows have made things a lot warmer in the house asides from heating which is excellent. Concerning the issue with the freeview though, I've put it down to this.
Cons
I've lost watch ITV, channel 5, and lots of others
Pros
I can't watch ITV and channel 5
What's that?
Just found out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reye's_syndrome Sounds like the risk is not worth the nice smell
did the aerial move?
Blimey... erm I'm not wholly sure. I know it can range from causing lethargy and vomiting to brain damage, coma and death.
They can't prove it's caused by aspirin use in children but there's a pretty solid link. It onlt really affects children.
Good evening. I hate Thursdays....
Had a bad thursday?
Nope. It's the same as where it was before on my window shelf.
There are good thursdays?
I'm having a great thursday!
Yeeyyy
Today?? :D
Although I did want to buy a bag of minstrels and I forgot
I'm now having a craving for them, they should float to my house from the shop
(hearts) alonso.
woot! tonight?
Just cause you got off work early. Have you spoken to Nick since his facebook update or is he still in hiding?
hehe. He's a bit smarter that the #sillyFinn
:)
todays comments are worth reading.
i think the last 24 hours of comments are worth reading :D
Haha yes I have spoken to Nick. Why? :P
Hmmmm. Break the habit of a lifetime.... I don't do trawling.
agreed :)
like JA's post today: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/11/analysis-of-f1-engine-performance-in-2009/
referencing this article: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/bilanz-der-motorenhersteller-mercedes-erster-toyota-letzter-1484834.html
were you not there?
Maybe? When what happened?
We were looking at some of the accidents from Macau last weekend but we missed the most spectacular one. I saw the pics in AUTOSPORT and just found the video. Watch out for him in the future. He is going to be big.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqra8uZdrlE
Wayne Boyd?really ?
Awww haha you think he's annoyed with me?
What in the heck has happened to the iplayer website? It's a complete mess.
He has not had a good year but the race he won in the wet was an incredible performance. He is only the second driver ever after McNish that I have seen drive having preciously bever heard of him and been convinced that he would be great.
He drove a FFord race at Knockhill last season. He had 3 team mates all more experienced than him including the reigning Aussie FFord champion. He disappeared into the lead at the start but the Knockhill weather struck. The two straights were dry but the twiddly bits were wet, really wet. Two cars near the back got together on the wet stuff and one of them had an oil pipe broken. Boyd arrived first and spun out on it but recovered the spin in third place. Inside a lap or two he was back in the lead. His Aussie team mate was right on his tail so Boyd would take it really easy into the apex then get on the throttle only when he could put it on the floor. That way he always had a car length on his team mate. After about three laps he had built a gap and then disappeared into the lead again.
A driver that young who is so much faster is worth watching. One who can go off, recover and stay calm enough to get back to the front is better. Add in the clever tactical driving and you have someone special. Of course he has to deliver in F3 next season or none of that matters.
i guess i've always thought of him good, but not great, but the next few years will be crusial
I am basing my opinion on seeing him drive one race at a track. He totally dominated FFord that season though. I expected him to do more this season but some drivers seem to struggle in their first F3 season. His wet drive at Donington(?) when he won this seaon got great write ups and at times he was lapping a couple of seconds faster than anyone. Normally when a driver does that in th wet it suggests the car is holding him back in the dry. Hopefully he will get a good team next season and I will find out if I am right about him.
Maybe he's just awesome in the wet?
Could be but that would be really unusual. He destroyed the field in FFord last season in all conditions. It will be interesting to see what happens next season.
what the... spammers are even on Skype now??
wasn't me
:-)
got a text message from one. wondering if it is wise to tell them to go away in words stronger than 'go away'..
Me too. I'll resist making my mind up on him for a couple of seasons, seeing as he's only been in cars properly for 2 years
block them?
Did he want to marry you and move to Germany?
that's no fun is it!
wanted to give me a 40% discount on Adobe and Microsoft stuff
Surprised spammers are not offering reductions on sidepodhats
I always get odd people trying to message me on skype.... It's creepy.
I was just catching up with Christine's blog and I realised that every time I go there I wonder whether to have a personal one myself - but I also realised I have very little to say...
Hello all, not sure if anyone has posted this already but for people in the UK if you go to itunes.com/radiotimes you can download the Dr Who episode "Partners in Crime" (the first of series 4) for free. The offer expires on Monday 30/11/09. Am downloading now :)
Oooh, awesome. Thanks janna :)
ditto :) thank you
Good evening :)
Hi Lou
Evening :)
everyone having an acceptable thursday?
Much better than I was having now I'm downloading David Tennant onto my iPod ;)
Most people seemed to have a good Thursday. Very odd
Hi. It has been acceptable, yes.
I have just fitted draught excluder to my front door frame, on Bassano's recommendation.
:D
i've had an odd thursday too. it's not been too bad :)
Yep!
another good thing about getting these assignments done means I can finally shave off this annoying beard. I refused to shave until they were done! :)
Although my mum called it a Jenson beard earlier. I felt offended for poor Jenson.
thats quite amusing
I am also cooking pizza, then I'm doing some studying until the new series of QI comes on at 9.30.
did you have before/after pics?
I needed to find a way of persuading myself to get things finished
I haven't shaved yet so... I could do...
you decided to not shave until you got the assignment done?
mmmm, i should think of something similar to persuade myself to do my presentation, but;
sleep
west wing
sleep
cider
got in the way
*tries to imagine you with a Jenson beard*.. we may need pics... :P
Here's a pic now before I go and shave it all off then to give you an idea of why she called me jenson beard...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/Lukehmuse/beady.jpg
Poor Jenson... plus it's thicker than it seems... #blameassignments
Also I apologise for my mum's blurry camera skills.
I don't quite see how it's Jenson like...but i do agree.
GO SHAVE ;)
It isn't that bad. A bit like my sister's boyfriend... although his beard/hair can occasionally seem Jenson-like come to think of it...
I don't either!!
I'm talking to him (Dave not Jenson) on Skype text and he's a teacher, saying how his school reports are done not by writing out a report for each one, but online by choosing comments from a choice of 600, and inputting a code..
Yup. Tis insane. I'd much rather write reports for kids in a class of mine than choose from a computer, even though it would take much longer
hmm it's more of a vettel beard i think... :P
i agree shaving is a good idea ;)
I think the question we all have to ask is...
dry or wet?
no. the question I have to ask is.... doesn't the hair around your ears get really annoying and itchy?
'cos mine does
me too! grr
barbers was shut yesterday, otherwise it would have gone..
Evening all. NUCA open day's done, workout is done and now just chilling in my pyjamas and dressing gown :P
How was it?
Very interesting. Only sat in the Film and Video seminar, but I learnt what the course will entail. Good thing is regarding music on videos, there's no restrictions on what you can use. On the actual course, any music you use has to be self-created.
Anyone else seen the news that Mediatemple got hacked?
http://j.mp/7zDYi3
Am confused, theres no restrictions on what music you can use, but you have to self create it all?
oh wow. thats...bad
Oops, I didn't make it clear there's no restrictions for your portfolio. All music used when on the course has to be created.
ah ok. so to get in you can use what you want. thats cool. starting to think about open days myself, tis wierd to be thinking about all that again
"Interesting line in AUTOSPORT today. Apparently Herr Schumacher's removal from the Ferrari F1 team was at the insistence of Señor Alonso. Looks like he has learned something from his McLaren adventure"
Then there maybe something in the Skewey to Merc story....
And that's tantamount to accepting that he torpedoed Kimi...
"hehe. He's a bit smarter that the #sillyFinn"
Hardly... just a different type of guy... more manipulative... and less secure in his own skin...
And you don't know if it was on Kimi's advice...
Two and two make 5 in this instance, you haven't given any evidence to back that assumption up and how come Kimi won the wdc if that was the case?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
My 360 has suffered the RROD :( :( :(
that the lights thingy?
boooooo
3 red segments = dead :(
Not good :(
Least they'll repair it for free and, in my 3 experiences with the RROd, it's not a hassle to get sent off at all
booo
via 5livef1
'Looking forward to some track action this weekend in London @JHKarting event! Half our team are brilliant and the other half isn't...'
'This year's Johnny Herbert Karting Challenge will be on Sunday 29th November at London Docklands Raceway. £5 for spectators. Were there!'
am wondering if i can afford to go up to london twice this weekend... atm it is kinda possible i may be able to get my work done for monday while still going.. hmmm
am thinking twice may be too much...
and possibly too cold..
The beard has gone...
Much better (IMHO)
wet or dry?
:)
agreed :)
I agree, I hate having a beardy thing. Desperate times called for desperate measures with this assignment though!
Well I had a shower beforehand so.... I didn't have a choice
my aunt has insisted i look at camera extras so that i can give her some options as to a christmas present she can buy me.. i'm not looking at rather expensive lenses, something tells me this wasn't what she meant..
might be able to ask her to get a nice cheap fish eye lens though.. :)
Welll.. when the opportunity presents itself to you... :P
ask her for a lens brush?
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-nikon-lens-brush/p1006104
Off to bed. I have a parcel waiting at the Post Office and am hoping it's a new phone I've ordered. Will try to get up early tomorrow so I can get to the delivery office before work. We shall see! 'Night all
exactly.. :D
UPS came to my hall today to deliver a parcel for me...they arrived at 1.51, and the gatehouse re-opens at 2. grrr
Night!
Night Janna. Cheers again for the Dr Whoness earlier on :)
yeah! i've just watched it :D
night! :)
i have two already :)
booo
looking 5 yrs younger
Hmmm. My internet is beign evil tonight... I'll have to send my season review voicemailymajig tomorrow sometime when it's not going the speed of a luca badoer tortoise
wow, I went to write a couple of paragraphs on Thursday Thoughts and suddenly it is lots of time later and I wrote a large amount..
Hi all. If anyone is on NASA tv today instead of the picture of a shuttle or the iss they appear to be tracking a turkey. Truly. Happy thanksgiving!
Scott, random question; where are you originally from?
a bit north of Sydney, australia. Why?
Just dawned on me that since i've 'known' you've lived in italy and now the states, and that i had no idea where you were born
fair enough. I am a man of the world, drifting from place to place like Reno raines in renegade...
had a very random thought... how strict are Mclaren? are they gonna let Jenson run his helmet design competition for the british gp?...
that is quite random. i cant see why not
oooh and he gets diamonds on his helmet at monaco!
what's your reason Lou? Because the team ran the competition for the design?
didnt she come 3rd or 2nd last year? i forgets
and Lewis gets a number 2
I am going to do some work and watch QI, back later..
(if I'm here before 11 you may shoo me)
SHOOO
and bye
evening all!
evening
How're we all?
How odd. I will be watching tomorrow when the shuttle is due to land. 9:44am Eastern / 14:44 UK time.
Lewis has never changed his helmet for them and neither did Hakkinen or DC. Should be able to do what he likes with it
it just seems that they are all about their image right? maybe it was a mistake on lewis' part but his silverstone 'special' helmet was awful...
oh... joy...can't wait :/
I'm wondering if Jenson is gonna go for his Monster helmet at McLaren instead of Brawn colours...
Can't see his design being grey black and red!
....as long as it has Vodafone stickers on it (and maybe Mobil)
no real reason tbh.. i just wondered, cause i Alonso changed his helmet.. and maybe heikki did? was just one of my random thoughts.
3rd :)
You should ask to be different to Lewis and to put something less silly on his helmet.
Like Skittles. or pasta shells.
hey
thank you :)
he should use his proper one :(
they love thanksgiving here so I'm not surprised...
I've had a lovely meal out! Time for some tidying up :(
what about chocolate buttons? hehe :)
Fingers crossed :)
At least he wont have to use stupid dayglo, and can go back to red-white-blue
Yes!! :P
I liked the Monster one, but I agree. If it's meant to be an all Britain team, he should wear British colours.
The idea of Lewis in the number 2 seat at McLaren really amuses me. I love Lewis but I think that's funny....
He was #2 in 2007
I expect Lewis to have 'One' on his car ;)
Or Hero of Us All *ahem*
...and Jenson probably "I'm world champion" :D
That would go down well
he was a newbie in 2007
Yes, but Alonso was in car 1, so he got car 2
As a rookie yeah? He's obviously the future of McLaren though.
Well, if Jenson wants to show he's the best he has to be Lewis. Plain and simple.
Ooh, QI's on. Which episode were you in lou?
hello everyone.
Evening!
What is QI?
I can't see how Jenson's even going to be able to dream of beating Lewis in equal machinery. Maybe I'm wrong but.....
Ditto that.
i watched the one which was on gender i think.. it's the episode after christmas i think..
Hehe home then? :)
good evening Mr & Mrs C :)
oddly ours wasn't affected. presumably because we're not using wordpress anymore?
You are not wrong
Hi Christine and Mr C
Hi!
Jenson will prove in 2010 just how good he is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QI
hmmm good at getting out of contracts hopefully :P
any f1 news happen, in our absence?
Don't think so... FOTA is now made up of everyone, Hedgehog is still looking for a 2010 drive...
...urm...
Um. Dubai (the emirate) can't pay it's debts?
The only news I found was stuff you had earlier about Mercedes young drivers.
The only other snippet is that AUTOSPORT said that Alonso insisted in Schumacher being moved out of the Ferrari F1 team
There's no F1 in Dubai
Evening all
some americans are planning to buy sauber, or not.
It didn't take Nick long to ruin the place. He hasn't been there a week yet
blimey.
...yet.
Must be all that extra balcony safety required
its me and my new pals.
Isn't that where all the money is (meant) to be coming from?
I think Abu Dhabi has enough oil to pay for now
:D
He has a balcony in his flat... I'd say that's risky business.
mclaren's does, right?
how expensive was that coloured building?
I'm confused, but I thought so.
Priceless when the racing was what it was.
i forgot to mention... i have 7 google wave invites if anyone wants one...
:D
Oooo. Apparently I have 16. If only I could work out what Wave is all about!
Mansour Ojjeh is from Saudi Arabia
I don't know where the TAG group are situated, I thought Europe
Which one of them are all about flying Emirates? Must be McLaren?
I half feel that I want one and half think that as no-one has any idea what to do with it then it is pointless having it.
Ojjeh owns 15% but Dubai Mumtalakat owns 40%
Emirates sponsor Ferrari
Thanks Steven
that's the one. how the heck did you remember that?
Bet you can't pronounce that ;-)
Did they used to sponsor McLaren? :S
Google brain. Don't you have that?
I know stuff
couldn't spell mumtalakat.
Bet I can. Doesn't matter though since Kathi is in charge of pronunciation
It sounds like there is a limit to Abu Dhabi's largesse.
"It is that Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich governing emirate of the United Arab Emirates, will not unconditionally bail out its more profligate neighbor. Instead, a genuine restructuring of Dubai’s debt, with pain being shared equally between Dubai and its bankers, needs to take place."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/business/global/26dubai.html?_r=1&dbk
Not 'Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company'?
:D
LOOK! LOOK!
http://www.suttonimages.com/fotoweb/formula2/preview.fwx?position=79&folderid=5089&search=f10382&sorting=ModifiedTimeAsc&basecode=&day=null
Even Formula Two think MCM is a good idea (bottom right)
when did all this kick off, i'm clearly completely removed from real news?
Only of things that include Umlaute.
:)
Got my emirate wrong. It is Bahrain
ahh. so no-one in f1 is tied to dubai?
and Finnish
Just Nick ;)
Nick is in dubai and likes F1? does that count?
Are Etihad and Emirates the same?
No
In that case, strike my comment. I felt sure some team must be depending on them.
Off the top of my head no-one
Abu Dhabi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etihad_Airways
and
Dubai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_(airline)
Just Emirate Airlines' sponsorship which, these days, seems disposable :)
FYI, I flew etihad once because it was cheap. It was worth being the most expensive. Highly recommended.
yes
The proposed restructuring was announced yesterday, but it clearly caught investors by surprise.
“It’s shocking because for the past few months, the news coming out has given investors comfort that Dubai would most probably be able to meet its debt obligations and most analysts were of the view that Nakheel’s commitments would be met,” Shakeel Sarwar, head of asset management at SICO Investment Bank, told Reuters. “Abu Dhabi has been supportive of Dubai, but it appears this support is not enough for Dubai to meet its obligations on time.”
Was/is it Dubai that designed those islands to be in the shape of the world? It cost billions and then the property market crashed.
The world's stock markets hit a bit of a downward blip today
Yes. More specifically, the company Dubai World and its developer subsidiary Nakheel.
No. I don't know that it's been widely reported? I've certainly not heard large amounts about any of it. If it's not on the today programme, it's not proper news :P
Sounds like it is a popular time for similar announcements since the British government announced that in addition to all the money we know it had given to the banks they had given them a load beforehand.
Did they try to sneak this news out during the Thanksgiving lull?
#cynical
there were theories last night in the USA that Dubai announced yesterday because the markets are closed here today.
All their offices were closed today as well. I'd say that probably had a lot to do with it. Let everyone breathe and calm down before they could sell anything in a mad panic.
I hope you didn't buy? :). Thanks for the info.
I'm watching thanksgiving football all afternoon...
i'm off to get an early night for once.. i'm shattered! night all!xx
Cheerio Lou
Night
byesey bye
exactly. The same reason why markets close for 24 or 48 hours during a crisis. It never helps though just delays things.
so worse is to come tomorrow?
See ya Lou.
see ya.
No way! Just an interested observer. It boggled my mind that there could be so much demand in Dubai, particularly after I learned that most of the oil in the UAE is concentrated in Abu Dhabi.
Cool. Are you doing the whole turkey dinner thing with someone?
Jason! Hello!
I don't think i've seen you about before, so hello!
I think Dubai is trying to be a financial centre and millionaire's playground
Night Lou
depends how many of the journos dug themselves in to turkey or journalism. Any company with large amounts of money in Dubai could be under watch. I got no idea how big or small this will go but I'm guessing tomorrows financial papers will be carrying which company stands to lose the most because of this. And then the market opens. I'm being negative though and I don
t understand the financial world too well. Disclaimer!
Thanks!
Just discovered SPC after the Abu Dhabi GP, when I was seeking something to keep me entertained in the offseason.
I have not been disappointed!
Now, I'm just mad I didn't come across you guys sooner.
:)
nope. I don't know anyone that well and did not back invites to stay home and "chill". The theory was to clean the house and think about what I need for my new apartment. Reality was eat food and fix my digital camera and set up the new laptop.
presumably with no obvious f1 ties and no race, it shouldn't affect f1 in the slightest?
I think everyone thinks that when they first find the site. I know I did!
Welcome by the way!
just wait until we play eye spy!...
It's a common feeling :D
♥
:D
It's certainly no worse than any other large organisation's announcements in the last 18 months
You sure you don't just think we're all mad?
i think f1 has enough trouble and yes I agree with you.
I thought that was taken as a given?
"ahh. so no-one in f1 is tied to dubai?"
I think Michael has invested in property there...
Oops... he's not in F1 at present...
Aye :)
ahh, where is his hotel?
*pssst* watch out for Alison, she likes to push people off balconys
Depends if any of the compaies in F1 have major investments in Dubai
That's part of the attraction!
You're going to fit right in :D
You're gonna fit in juuuust fine
Shh. He hasn't met Alex yet
hehe. welcome sir.
You know what Mr Waldock, you're dangerously close to being first over the top.....
The NYSE closes early tomorrow but will have trading in the morning.
Does he have his Michael Schumacher tower there?
*runs**crawls*
eek. And then the weekend so not a bad time to release the news. Maybe it's not so bad? Who knows.
Does listening to replays of Giggles Radio count?
;)
Where is Alex, playing Scalextric still?
Stay low to the ground
"...the first in a series of seven towers to be built worldwide"
half of one. more: http://www.e-architect.co.uk/dubai/michael_schumacher_tower.htm
I shall, although not by choice
Evening everyone :)
Good man!
That should give you a fair idea. Have you seen Bassano fitting Alex's blinds?
Errr hi Alex....
Gotta love the head ping!
Evening btw/
Missed that one.
I seem to have arrived at an interesting time :)
Does Jason know about the sidepodcast headping?
It's on the interwebz if you have a spare couple of hours in your life ;)
Hi Giggles
Head pinger working then? :D
Looks like it :)
Bonsoir!
He may have just experienced it :)
i don't either. Jason here more than
me it seems!
Pretty sure I figured it out.
;)
I'm off. I'm in California and meeting up with my family for the big turkey day meal shortly.
Bye!
awesome! have a good day!
later sir.
Bye Jason
Enjoy
see you later JB. Enjoy the tryptophan.
It's totally bizarre. I left my computer at 5pm ish. And have returned just now to find you talking about me. But the weird thing is... nothing in between. Headping is really just like magic!
You don't know about the headping? all you have to do is shout someone and they appear. Example
AMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have fun :)
:)
I wanna see a Turducken
I've seen it happen - Alison this week - but didn't know we had a name for it.
Hugh Fernley Wittingstall did a 9 bird thing one time...
We have names for everything
I don't know who came up with the name. But I believe Steven made me responsible for the technology
dictionary!
does anyone know how to stop other sites doing that scraper thing and copy pasting complete blog posts?
GRRRRR I was getting very concerned at one stage....
Everytime I turned on the computer people were talking about me! Bad times.
Typical, passing the blame. Clearly we all blame Steven.
ollie used to send them dcma letters. we mostly ignore them cause we're quite lazy.
Jason is my new favourite, as he not only appeared in the comments but also signed up to the wiki and dived straight in. Mr C won't be impressed though, he's added Sato as a "potential driver without a seat"
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Who+goes+where+-+2010
:)
:) Hurrah!
Go Sato and go Jason :)
DMCA?
Devon Child Minding Association (DCMA)
if sato's in with a shot, then so am i.
Amy has hers turned off it seems. She is in trouble for that
Confuses the hell out of them.....
While he was cooking?
I thought we had decided you were in a team together. Or was it Sato and Christine's Mother-in-law?
You were responsible. I did not make you responsible
Now you know it is not just you
Dan Brunell is in front of you and still doesn't have a drive.
they also steal F1 minute the ones I mean
I've added you to the list
Well done Jason. Can't believe we forgot Sato
name and shame! thats not good enough!!
Put your name on the list then. I think I have just seen the flaw in that ;)
http://f1.zix.im/
see that makes no sense, we give the player away for free anyhow :)
thanking ya.
Sorry of course I agree. You announced my responsibility that was all
:)
We are hoping GMM pick up Dan's name. Jon was going to set up a fake website and give Dan a history of success
Indeed.
yes but they get the advertising, all you get is a hidden link to the source
Lucky you eh :)
he can have his own section on TFS hehe
Cripes, I never realised this went on. How rude!
same with f1 minute player though, no?
thats the oddest thing i've ever seen
Right everyone... Hope you have a good evening and all!
I am offski!
Goodnight!
tata
see ya buddy.
byeeee
See you Alex.
Can we set up a sidepodmob and spam it?
me too
Goodnight
best ignored i think. there are hundreds like it.
At least it says F1 minute, they pass it off and only say all cerdit to the source at the end .. but no word of who the source is
Night Alex
seriously?
thats aweful
LOL
Truely? Well this is a dirty underside I didn't know about. Do they make money or something?
I could write a script;)
night Kathi
they make money off of google ads and such yup.
see ya!
since we started.
they must do through advertising .. look at all the tag words they use against a stolen article so many more people will go there than the original source
Night to the folks leaving
you can send their ISP a cease and desist, tweet ollie for more info. but you'll spend your life chasing down copycat sites.
thats really bad. has made me quite annoyed actually. if i find someone doing that to my stuff they shall feel my wrath.
Obviously the scale is much larger than I imagine. I can't see there is much anyone could do about it though.
Are they just leeching off your RSS feed?
yup.
I dunno, how would I know who has the rss feed?
What would happen if you were to introducer Google AdSense into your feeds? Wouldn't they appear on that website as well?
I had a handful of sites nicking my content from my website through my feeds also. Annoyed the hell out of me. The only way around that I found was to show just extracts in my feed, instead of the whole thing. But then, I think visitor numbers were affected as a result, bizarrely.
Catch you all later. Need to singletask on something. Might be back later but who knows?!
adios!
See you later Scott
See ya Scott
then regular readers see ads too.
we've already bitched about james allen doing that though. i'd rather ignore the leechers.
bye bye.
Don't want to have any ads on our site as long as we can afford to keep it running without any
I have been so far till someone said why you letting them away with it.
Cool cats use AdBlock for Firefox :-D
Strange one that. You'd think that an extract would be something to lure visitors in to read the full thing, but in practice it doesn't ever work like that.
twitter is an interesting one, because on there you get "no feed", just a link. yet i don't mind it.
but partial feeds annoy me. go figure.
The problem is having to click through. We have a short attention spa.....
Same
True dat.
SPA?? Woop woop. I really want to go.
probably cause you dont have characters to describe .. and the link goes directly to site
Ha! amazing. There I was thinking that site had no adds :-)
Totally forgot I had Adblock on.
:)
Me too... :D
I am home from dubai autodrome... which has the most awesomest housing development next to it!*
*I know because i almost got drunk there ;)
Ahhh, NOW you want to go ;)
cant imagine why
did you have to bankrupt the place?
:D:D
I though Dubai was booze free place
There are places
Hotels, private clubs
*is deep asleep*
They annoy me most of all because I use my feed reader as a sort of archive of my favourite blogs. So even if the site is down I can still read the older posts and quite often in James Allen's case the feedreader caught the post in that tiny moment between the post going online and the site crashing :)
Also my reader has a search function. What good is that if I only get two lines of an article.
#pethate
fair point.
I must admit I read the first few lines in reader and then go to site for the full article. If the first paragraph doesn't "hook" me I wouldn't read the whole thing anyway
nice try but my headping isnt loud enough to wake me from slumber.
That's alright. You showed up shortly after Spa was mentioned, that's basically the same.
You sleep these days?
:)
That reminds me Kathi. Is there anything I should be doing yet for the caravan (payment etc)?
Ha!
And why would i move there! :P
best title ever: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/11/25/di-resta-tester/
and oh no: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/11/26/contemplating-composites/
That's a question and a half....
:D
"don't practice your alliteration on me"
No we sort that out later, when we know how many are staying in our luxurious mobile home (we need a name for it).
I don't mind making the advance payment (since I'm in Euroland). I will hold you hostage in the Camping site's sanitary facilities until you pay me back of course ;)
I wanted to go all along!
Deal!
So but now, good night.
There is everywhere!
i hope anyone else in our luxurious mobile home understands that the place will be finnishly decorated.
byeeee
We'll see...
*checks the Red Bull store for the biggest Vettel flag they sell*
Very good
What's wrong with that, unless you mean Mandi?
i did.
Ok, you do have a point
Composite investment is very good. It'll be a booming industry in the next decade
in what way?
Boeing 787 fuselage is predominantly composite. F1 use is widespread. As the cost comes down, car manufacturers will use even more
Yeah yeah. Copycat.
stop copying me!
Are you drunk? That makes no sense...
I met s guy who prepares T2 cross country rally cars this evening, it was really interesting!
Is he doing the Dakar or the Not Dakar?
Lots of things that are currently made of metal will switch to composites as the behaviour of composites has been modeled in a lot more detail now and can be made to things that were impossible a few years ago