Tuesday has been and gone and we are moving on to the middle of the week. We are rapidly heading straight towards another launch tomorrow, but before then, there's some kind of technology announcement due today. Relax, all those who hate the word Apple, we will have our first ever non-F1 breakout thread to separate those that care from those that don't. Hopefully that might make things a bit easier. Meanwhile, here are some actual F1 things to discuss:
- Mr C is very impressed with the goings on in Enstone, and it's fair to say that Renault are his favourite team once more. For now, at least. Joe has written a great post about the team and what they've been up to, and there's some yellow and black livery in the post for those who prefer that sort of look.
- Dan has started up a new page on the wiki entitled Sidepodcast Radio Theatre. The idea is to take a theatre style look at some Formula 1 events, and at the moment, there's a take on Star Wars known as Car Wars. Have a look at the page, and get your creative thinking caps on!
- I wrote a post yesterday that although it was based on a pretty tenuous rumour, has the potential for some great stories. Have you ever had to miss a Grand Prix because someone scheduled an event at the same time? We're talking weddings, but you can share any important moments. Which race did you miss? Did you catch up later? Have your say.
That should do it for now. Let us know what you're up to today, particularly if you're not watching Steve Jobs do his thing, and I'll see you in the comments.
I might be seeing Avatar 3D in the evening, the deferred plan from the weekend... although I have to drive an hour each way to see it. Hm.
Entries are now open for Week 1 of the Too Much Racing Game*.
The post is a bit long because it is the season opener, but it does give a few pointers for who to pick this week. I've included this event because the line-up is quite interesting - Montoya vs Bourdais!
http://toomuchracing.com/2010/01/27/game-week-1/
* the name might need work..
Entries are open until Friday. This may or may not go down well, I have no idea..
Goodnight..
Night!
I'm writing an email to senior management having a moan!
Ah, fun :-)
I've just updated the post because I didn't like the way some of it read. Also I don't feel tired.
me neither! booo
I do like these Power Rankings
muse are at the tennis. Lukeh to now become tennis fan?
Love the line that Rosberg won't get equality when he didn't even get a hat
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/332944-the-all-motorsport-power-rankings-no-47#page/13
Baaaaaaaad moood. So sleep. Byeeeee
Hey everyone.
Off from work finally. Writing two blog posts tonight. One down, one to go.
I thought it was because it would of ruined Goldilocks' hair.
reckon he missed the hat coz he doesnt have that type of deal with a personal sponsor
For everyone waking up in Europe, here is some morning reading.
Morning.
Stupid iPod decided to wipe all my audio during the last sync without telling me!
oh noes!
s'alright - used train wi-fi to download today's podcasts. I'll have to investigate it later when I get home...
To be honest I'm more worried about the fact that I have to make two presentations in today's department meeting!
the Australian Open 2010 hates me.
awww. Really? I think it's safe for me to speak for everyone here when I say that Sidepodcast loves you :-)
tell us what's wrong and we will fix it!
We <3 you though ;)
things looked to be going horribly wrong for Roger. His wife was pulling her eyebrows out! Now I'm not so sure, it looks like he has turned up. But it's too early to say for sure. I might stop breathing.
Bassano will have to fly over and give you mouth to mouth ;-)
ohhhh Roger won 5 games in a row to take the second set and I can breathe for a little while. So angry that Channel 7 is showing today/tonight and then home and away instead of live tennis though. It's like they want me to break the law!
oo-er matron!
PING jpancoast.
"Pechito" means "small chest" - or rather, a person who is a bit too skinny and runty...
Is it sad that my favorite memory of Toyota F1 is when they tried to beat the track record at Laguna Seca.
Did they really accomplish that little?
Morning :)
I am breathing fully and deeply now. Epic turnaround.
Awesome :D
Keep it up!
Oh, and about the aPple tablet thingy...
I am interested to see what they announce. What has driven me mad is the silly rumours talking about nothing, as if the device was the second coming or something...
All I know is that it's guaranteed to be far too expensive for me to buy one :P
If its network locked like the iphone it might be cheaper, if it is though their wont be any point in me getting one!
If it doesn't have a simcard slot at all then its probably worth waiting for the inevitable sequel version which does
Hey, good morning all.
Got a quick 15 mins before I have to start work
Are you offering to buy one for me? :D
You couldnt even use the lighting remote!!! :P
RUDE!
Morning all.
Morning. I'm getting nervous because my meeting is in half an hour!
Morning.
I'm off now...so byeeeeee!
Work. Ho Hum.
Morning Mrs C, Happy Wednesday!
Ah. Important meeting?
:D
It's the department meeting. I have to make two presentations!
Wow. You're brave.
When you get asked by the boss, it's hard to say no ;)
I haven't asked if I could blog it instead...
You must also be very smart. I do not get asked to do presentations :)
just pretend the meeting is livestreamed on the Internet.
Will you have an orange drill?
I have a very stressful day today. I discovered yesterday that someone has managed to start a feud with one of our major suppliers.... I don't think I'll be allowed another holiday in a LONG time!!
I just talk too much during meetings unfortunately ;)
The department meeting is usually a collection of presentations so I am not the only one. It's just the first one in a long time!
ROGER. I LOVE YOU.
Oooh is it literally handbags at dawn? :D
He must have realised this by now!
Our drills are much bigger than that Alex!
He scared me today. Aged me by many years. But all was well, because it always is, because he is amazing.
And they tend to be blue and red and stand in 150ft of water ;)
Yeah. It looks that way. I'm annoyed the person concerned didn't have the bottle to tell me. I discovered some very RUDE emails as I was about to go home last night :P
From a set and 3-1 down, the top seed reeled off an incredible 13 games in a row before winning 2-6 6-3 6-0 7-5.
That is quite amazing.
But we do wear Orange PPE though :D
Boo them
Fire them immediately! And deduct their pay for the last 2 weeks!
Nick, you're a manager for the people :P
Hehehe is this why you're not in charge?
He must have heard me whining about how I don't want to see people I don't like on Sunday with my $290 ticket.
OK, I cannot read dissect another bill tonight. I can take only so many "dogs in bars" pieces of nonsense.
My eyes are getting droopy. I need to go to bed. Good (insert your current time of day here) everyone.
If i was all
I should be.... But i wouldnt in the EU, its not really an effective place to manage people.
2 philosophies from 'the nick school of business management'
Lazy people can be motivated
Incompetent people can be fired
An MFC post: http://mediafuturechange.com/2010/01/27/selective-reading/
Yeah damn those workers rights.....
Honestly, there's more to managing people than threatening them into working hard! Your life is a lot easier if you can get people to want to work hard for you.
Glad to see those tax dollars are being spent wisely!
Good morning!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81073
woah!
Mooooorning :D
wow, you're in a good mood!
Its all getting a bit Minardi :-)
I miss Minardi
Morning..
and there I was thinking Campos would be a team that survived.
whoever there second driver is, will need experience by the looks of it.
Morning!
The team also admitted that it may not announce a second driver until the eve of the Bahrain race.
Boo. Screws up all my preview plans.
^^ means "ARRGH!!!!!! WE NEED A SECOND DRIVER!! HELP!!!!"
oh my lord.
they are "fact".
Hmmmm.... not particularly. I'm enjoying my lazy morning :)
♥
:-D
If they make it, they'll be the new Minardi. I'd rather have the old Minardi.
Today is lecturer bingo day...
One of our lecturers has alo of catch phrases, so we're going to play bingo with them! I see this being a very good day
Its actually tougher than I thought it would be to pick a team for fantasy racers.
Guys, very quickly, big news - Heikki's coming into Classic Team Lotus today!!! :D
Oooh, cool.
like.
I was thinking that as well. With a Dallara built chassis I was expecting Campos to be the best of the new teams, so I'm not liking the sound of the news this morning.
Mind you, hearing anything is more than can be said for Lotus or Virgin
I clearly not just been rated as 'Hit Artist' on Singstar Take That. No, definitely not.
Hey everyone. :)
I am still waiting for my live stream.
Just for you, Christine, I shall attempt to record my hit performance of Shine! :)
Woohoo!
fantastic :-)
Dallara are a great company but they build to a budget, and the budget they were given was too low (the 40m budget cap which was then scrapped). I'm not expecting much. Plus I'm sure there are rumours going around they haven't been paid their latest instalment...
I can't believe we live in a world where there are envelopes you still have to lick.
We've heard quite a bit from Lotus..
I have one dodgy recording from my phone now. It sounds a lot worse that it did on the television...
Even with a small budget though I would expect them to turn out a good car, at least when compared to the other teams working with a low budget. Hope things don't go belly up at Campos as I would be sad not to see that Dallara chassis on the grid, bad enough knowing that the FIA selected Manor over Lola
Back from the meeting - I can breathe now, the presentations went well and I have been told by 3 managers that they were good :D
Again, for the millionth time, how are they better than Lola or Prodrive?
...and that still taste gross!
Commented. Great post ;)
It's hard to see how any of the new teams were better than Lola or Prodrive. But Campos and Dallara team up always seemed like a far, far better pick than Manor ever did
Ironically I would say that Virgin Manor (Oo-er, Missus!) are probably in the best position right now - good drivers, good designer, sponsor backing...
But have either of actually got a car? USF1 we know now have a car in some form or another, and the Dallara chassis passed its finally crash test.
RightChristine, your recording of me doing Take That should be uploading to the drop, with any luck...
In theory, no team has a car yet though... I am talking potential TBH...
Someone is talking about Gregg's sausage rolls! For a minute I thought maybe Lukeh had snuck into my office.
Afternoon all
Woah, major headping.
That is scary!
Definitely wasn't you then.
I have been out and about this morning but I haven't been talking Greggs, so I assume not. I didn't even get one on the way home!
Better position financially. I'd say Lotus will have the better car. Depends how the CFD design works out...
Lukeh! Muse were at the tennis today :D
:o
I hope Matt was wearing this absolute monstrosity of an outfit. I don't think so though...
Indeed. Also if they have the budget to run the team...
I was thinking that as well. With a Dallara built chassis I was expecting Campos to be the best of the new teams, so I'm not liking the sound of the news this morning. {Comment #89}
The Midland F1 car (Dallara's last F1 project) wasn't up to much... ...possibly because the team decided to change from it being an all-Dallara project to Dallara aero/Midland mechanicals to Midland-with-a-dash-of-Dallara as money ran short.
I'm not considering Campos defeated yet, but I'm expecting them to be one of the last two teams in the results standings. Those last two positions may even turn out to be decided on attrition. A 107% rule for 2011 beckons.
Eurgh I always get frightened I'll give myself a paper cut :(
I don't think I've seen a GMM source on the BBC Gossip column since Joe's blog post and Gavin's discussion with Benson.
Again, for the millionth time, how are they better than Lola or Prodrive? {Comment #101}
Er... ...they promised to use Cosworths? They're too small to pose any risk to Max Mosley's power-grabbing?
/cynic
true story.
I don't think the drop likes me much. I do have alternatives, though. That'll have to do if you want to hear me singing Shine...
Good to see he finally took some criticism on board and actually used it for good rather than give an obnoxious reply!
So I get quoted in the Guardian, Influence the BBC and get told by three bosses I made some really good presentations...
This week is a good week ;)
Next you'll be persuading Ted to stay with the F1 team :)
Ironically I would say that Virgin Manor (Oo-er, Missus!) are probably in the best position right now - good drivers, good designer, sponsor backing...
But have either of actually got a car?
I don't know about Malaysia1, but the fact that they've scheduled a launch date is a good clue that it should emerge from the factory in about 2 weeks' time.
I thought I saw a tweet from someone who's visited the Virgin GP factory and reckoned it was making good progress yesterday, but I can't find the tweet...
Gimme his number!
Ferrari launch to be streamed online http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81079
Aren't McLaren supposed to copy Ferrari? ;)
yippee.
You know, these streamed launches are a great way to connect with the fans, eh?
Yay!
Awwwww, damnit. I forgot to get a coaxial cable coupler thingy whilst I was out. *treks back off into cold land*
A what now? Are you building the bridge on the Starship Enterprise?
GRRRR coax GRRRR
I know I'm going to regret this later, but as Christine asked so nicely, how can I say no? Right, my top performance of Shine by Take That. I hate Take That, usually. I think being 17 has had a bad effect on me.
Definitely. :)
No, I needed an extension lead for my TV aerial and I forgot the actual coneccty thing to connect the aerial and the extension together.
I am going to voicemail an F1 related tremayne now you've made me remember
Oh, THAT kind of Coax cable!
The plug/socket combo on that drives me nuts! I almost never get the right one!
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/27/non-f1-apple-tablet-event/
it's a shockingly antiquated design. i am floored that it's still used today.
I'm pretty sure that needs to go in the dictionary.
Mr C, how bad is wordpress for doing more than just running a blog?
From the way things have been going at work, I may be about to get very well acquainted with it....
If I find that audio clip on the next podcast... well...
meh!
That doesn't sound good :(
I haven't been able to listen to it yet, but you just never know!
Oops?
Ah, you'll enjoy it.
I mean is it capable of doing more if you have lots of resources, or will it be a constant battle of FAIL?
[quote]Ironically I would say that Virgin Manor (Oo-er, Missus!) are probably in the best position right now - good drivers, good designer, sponsor backing... [/quote]
Well, that depends upon how much money Virgin are putting in. Personally I have my resovations.
Of all the new teams, Lotus is the only one with a designer who has contampary F1 experience.
It's proper snowing outside today!
Snowing Outside Today!
#BadExcelJoke
*tumbleweed*
As an Excel Geek, I have no idea what you are talking about!
I'm handy with Excel too.
Didn't geddit.
You must be one of those crazy folks using it for maths :P
=PROPER(Cell) Puts text into capital case ;)
That's a handy little function. :thumbsup:
Capitalizes the first letter in a text string and any other letters in text that follow any character other than a letter. Converts all other letters to lowercase letters.
Does this mean you'll stop typing silly?
I Will Try, But I Had To Adjust To Typing Like This :P
Grrrrrrr!!
BTW, Croftie was on Fi... The BBC Radio 5 Sports Panel Quiz this week... worth listening!
Will Do, cheers!
Dieter Rencken's (paywall) interview with Eric Boullier:
http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2605
Did we know he was Franck's race engineer?
i didn't!!
Aaaaand back home again. Finally.
ooh, muse had good seats http://twitpic.com/zzrvq
Awesome!
I still want to know if he wore his dress though
Neither did I. As always with Dieter, lots of good stuff in there. Also explains how Kobayashi won GP2 Asia and struggled in the main series..
Looks like the seats were a bit wonky to me ;)
Me either! That Mr Boullier keeps on getting brownie points. Assuming he was nice to Franck, that is.
I just got a picture taken with Heikki! :D
Random news mashup...
Are these related? :D
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/10/an-amusing-spat-between-sutil-and-trulli/
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS13206121220100127
Oh errr yeah I saw that. I think if you had a car crash though, I wouldn't be blaming the car :)
Oooooh: http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=122768
Following on from the trial during the postal strike of last year, and based on the overwhelmingly positive feedback it received, I can let you know that a digital version of AUTOSPORT will be launched next month.
OOOh... Awesomeness!
excellent, have replied.
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/27/mercedes-benz-f1-livery-launch-replay/
Good afternoon Sidepodland.
Aha! Good news.
Hello there Mr RG
I don't think I'm ever going to see this happen concerning Ross and his constant Michael comments:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/Lukehmuse/rossbrawncomp.jpg
Schumi was a waitress!
I may have been listening to the Human League when writing it.
haha, thats brilliant, i didnt even notice there were 2 of him untill i had read the article!
Home again, hello everyone.
Hi Tom, how's it going?
It goes good, turned wet out there, not so good.
Woah! Silverstone looks odd without a grandstand
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/work-at-silverstone/
Hullo peeps
Taking just three months?
I wonder if Gillett is taking note.
Afternoooon all
Hi Jon
We're Apple'ing it up
so i see. will be over in a minute ;)
Tra la la. Will entertain myself in the daily.
The good thing about the daily is that it isn't disappointing :P
i'll talk to you Christine :) how are you today?
whats happened with the apple stuff? im a bit out my depth.
They announced the Giant iPod
Not too bad, kinda tired, lots to do, the normal state of affairs. Yourself?
yeeyy BIG WHEEL
I get bored watching this stuff, I tend to catch up later. When the entire thing has been announced.
Blasphemers :)
No wheel butt hat would be awesome
Anyways, apple talk over in apple thread! Bananas and oranges acceptable in daily :)
i'm doing okay, pretty tired and got alot of things to do, but surviving ;)
Today I went driving. Driving is fun.
woop
I was going to do that, but then Mr C pointed out that when I asked where I was when it was announced I'd say I was "out". Its the first apple product i've got excited over.
Mum tells me that apparently an interview with Jenson was on Greg James' show today on radio one. I haven't hear it yet but it was recorded on his birthday so a few days ago..
I also went to the cash and carry and bought a simpsons VHS and a film for 25p each! (I got a VCR tv combo y'day) now thats MFC! ;)
They still make those?
MFC in the 90's sure :)
70's
It wasn't new ;) the tv was £5 off ebay for my playstation
Oh, so much calmer here...
That's good. I'm excited too, but I will be excited once they're done yakking about it :)
Apple, that is, not the lovely comments.
We understand :)
A what???
Good save, hello all ;)
Hiya, how's it going? :)
Jon's been to an Antique's Roadshow bring and buy sale
Bargain!!
Ok, 9 weeks today until I finish work. Have a bad cold but not bad enough to be off work so am being generous & spreading my germs around.
Would make AR quite different if it was entirely on eBay, don't you think? ;)
Ah, you're that person!
now that would be interesting...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gregjames/2010/01/i_didnt_want_to_write_a_dodgy.html
omg!thank you :) i would have listened to the whole show otherwise :)
did the bbc try to blur the sponsorship on JB's hat and shirt? hahaha!
I like how the sponsers are blured out ;)
I think so, and one of the ones on his shirt, but not Mobil.
Now I've seen it and some of the features I think I can go out ;)
how odd that they left out mobil. funny though :)
ooh, forgot to ask, Christine, did you get to hear me singing Shine by my least favourite boy band ever?
Oooh, I will listen now!
That got me #1 in the Charts, that did. I was branded a hit singer! ;)
Excellent work! More please.
Oh dear, you mean I have to do it again?
Hello from over here!
Hehehe. You have to if you're going to stay at Number 1.
At least my debut single was a success. The question now is 'Take That again, or Queen?'
Evening.
Hi Pat, how's it going?
Hi Pat, we're drooling at shiny Appley things
Stop recruiting people to your side! ;)
I support the daily!
:lol:
Didn't wanna ignore a friend
This the Daily and approves of this message. :D
Pretty good thanks, yourself?
I am now seeing Avatar on Saturday... maybe.... How do you postpone a real-life something because you've been asked to do a blogathon? :-)
Ooh, a blogathon?
So I can see.. to be honest I had to close Doohickey at work because I'm sure someone is spying on me, so I'm a bit clueless as to what's happened since about 2pm :-)
Really, really big screen?
Don't say it. I know you're thinking of it.
From these guys, who just started their first podcast. You've met Allen before, he was here for Franck's IndyCar race. 24 hour blogging to cover 24 hours of Daytona plus any other sport going on in that time, including tennis.
http://furiouswedge.blogspot.com/2010/01/breaking-onto-air-waves-and-making.html
Either the Vue or the Odeon in Exeter, so whatever screen they choose...
Allen was my IRL expert! Very cool! How much will you be doing?
I've no idea! I was planning to do a lot of Saturday night, go to bed late then carry on from whenever i woke up. They are doing a live chat at 9pm their time, 2am our time, so I was going to do some of that.
I think the film lasts about 23 hours so I'm not sure how much I'll do...
That's one long film ;)
Fantastic!
Right, should really do homework. In theory.
Homework before singing.
No, not singing tonight now, everyone's here. I hide the fact I stole Singstar in the first place...
Back to the daily! :)
ooh... looks smart with the case....
Has anyone got a spare few thousand pounds? Pleeeease?
if i had that amount of money i'd not be sitting here happily with a lovely Macbook, not a horrible laptop that keeps burning my hands :D
And, guess what? another Kimi video :)
#DoctorWho
Mind = officially blown. The Christmas Special last year, with David Morrisey... there was a scene with a load of kids working in a huge, dirty, grimy factory... turns out it was the Torchwood hub but well hidden up! That has blown my mind!
They said that on the Confidential thing, didn't they? I remember thinking it was clever, but I've never watched Torchwood so I couldn't recognise it if I wanted to!
I've only just seen it now but my jaw is just.... on the floor! I can't believe how obvious it is now I've seen it but how well disguised it is!!
Now I've seen it, I can't unsee it!
They did, I remember working out which bit of the hub it might have been.
At least it's not a bad thing that you can't unsee.
I've seen some things on this internet that I really wish I could unsee...
The hub isn't there anymore, they built the new Tardis set on the stage.
The Tardis is in Cardiff Bay?!
:P
Haha! sadly not.
Oooh, more #drwho that reminds me, some awesome local news that mixes reality and Dr Who
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/01/22/newport-tardis-to-be-restored-91466-25658276/
It is a landmark and has been ignored for years!
There's a tardis???
road trip to Newport! :)
Yeah! It's on a main road about 5 minutes from me and it's always been there but just been ignored and getting a bit tatty now. But it is a blue tardis and it's awesome :D
Better photo:
http://www.shedblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/newport-tardis.jpg
YES!
I have one in my cupboard, its a lot smaller though ;)
i'm liking this idea, they have a greggs there and everything ;)
We have four!
There's one in Almondbury, on the outskirts of Huddersfield. No windows though.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Police_telephone_box,_Northgate,_Almondbury_-_geograph.org.uk_-_731533.jpg
Hey everyone.
I have a quick question, is anyone here any good at Spanish grammar?
you have four?? how big is newport?
Since we are the home of Greggs, we have 15.
(I also refuse to stop pointing that out)
It's not that big! We have 2 in the city centre (work is literally in the middle of them both), there is 1 near my house and theres one in another suburb close to the city centre, I'm pretty sure there';s another one else somewhere but I can't picture where...
Bigger than Huddersfield, there's only three :(
WOW!
Ahem, I mean... very impressive RG :)
in the Town Centre that is
well that explains why we've only just got one then :P
:) Brilliant part of the country up here.
Might be quite a few in Gateshead as well, don't think the 15 includes that.
I personally think Newcastle should loan some out to the south east ;)
i don't think they should loan them.. they should give them to us. then again we have enough cafe nero :)
:D
One of our greggs is 2 shops away from cafe nero. Day out right there. :P
Never!
I'll not mention the one where there is two in a street.
maybe there should be some kind of foreign-exchange like swapping of food outlets.
I am corrected, there are Five in Huddersfield.
Someone on Filckr is a little obsessed....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueme/sets/72157594573610790/
hehe actually my town has the most beautiful shop called the chilli bite. where they sell amazing spicy and non spicy sandwiches, jacket potatoes baguettes etc.. at such a good price... yummy :) we don't need another greggs ;)
Lukeh?
Its not a proper Greggs unless there is a queue.
Now I like Greggs... but...
Truer words not spoken.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Guide+To+Getting+A+Good+Lunch
:P
:D
and queue jumpers (grrrrrr)
(insert diatribe about high streets all starting to look the same with the same chains in every town)
;-)
I come from a quite 'independent' town!
Is there going to be a fantasy racers sidepodcast league this year? I remember some talk of it a few weeks ago, but I can't remember what the outcome was.
Excel is frustrating me
Sidepodpub adjusted
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodpub
how so?
signup for free, sir:
http://www.fantasyracers.com/game/joinleague2.php?LeagueID=40011
I'm rewriting someone else's sheet for my own purposes and a key $ is missing where I'm adding lots of new rows...
Hmm I need to do mine. Most importantly, however, a team name!
Done one team, just waiting for pay day so I can add more.
i'm guessing you've tried find/replace?
Greggs LukehMuse Racing?
Or: The Lack of Resistance to Greggs
See what I did there? ;)
team amazini? :P
:D
So far I have Team Barresistancello. IT sounds quite Italian. Must think of better.
can't wait for christine to try and say that :)
Never. going. to. live. it. down.
Even my phone's predictive text brings up amazini before amazing now...
Factin Amazini!
Oh I'm definitely using it now!
#sorrychristine
Scuderia Sausage Roll?
what's italian for sausage roll? (same technique i used for my team)
:D
Hehe. Thankfully I don't think I'll be saying them this year :)
Yeah I did that, then I copied the row down for 20 rows and had to find/replace 20 times to change the tab the row referred to...
Scuderia Rullo Di Salsiccia
I spent ages on Google Translate trying to make my blog name into French, Italian, German, Spanish, whatever... couldn't get one I'd remember!
awww bad times :( *sniff*
We're still making fun of a friend of mine who squealed like a little girl in the turbolift during the "Star Trek Experience" in Las Vegas.
That was 10 years ago.
Anyone noticed that on the driver selection on FR, near the bottom it shows "Vitaly Petrov?" at Renault?
Yeah I can see this one coming back for a looong time to come too :)
mere speculation based on something I read somewhere.
And then I'll claim a scoop if it comes good :D
I'm not even sure how to say Amazini Barresistancello myself.
that was me favourite bit of the year :(
Well, we can think about it.
maybe you could do it?
alone? lord help you all.
what do we want?
New records on the length of a live show...
I don't know!
Damnit, my aerial still didn't work for freeview. The coaxial cable coupler thingy works but my room is seriously lacking any kind of bit of gravity or whatever from what I can tell. It all works in everyone elses rooms but mine!
have you got a booster in there? house is riddled with them here
tried a signal booster?
Not yet, tis my next step. If That doesn't work I'm demanding a mast gets put in my house. Like The Simpsons.
Evening :)
They're cheap in Wilkinsons, Asda and Argos do them too. B&Q ask for silly money for theirs.
I have two of my 5 allowed teams created - Woodwiss F1 and Castrol Failings.
evening!
hi
Can't wait until they switch off analogue. By all accounts, they can boost the transmitor signals by about 10 times once it's gone.
All I can say to that is "011110010110000101111001"
I've just made the cover to my new album: http://twitpic.com/101xqm
It's off here. I can't say it's made one jot of difference.....
I dunno whether it might be waiting till March before buying a booster -they're changing us over throughout March
But those are National treasures!
They're Omnitouch's treasures now
Really? argh, digital is so annoying. #non-mfc ;)
Hey all :)
Helllo Alison
Pinning my hopes with Back to Back Rock
I'm holding out for Freeview HD. Don't know when we'll get it here. The boxes aren't out yet.
hey
Hiya.
Woooo sidepodlove!
I am not so loved at work :P
Already done in the advanced South West :-)
The signal did get better. A bit.
I'd wait then
Evening
BOOOO to work.
mmmm.. Ritter Sport
we love you alison.
Sidepodhugs all round!
Is it about the supplier thing? :-)
Hehehe I'm alarmed to say I took lessons from the Nick school of management and sacked someone today! I was gonna get my boss to come down but they couldn't make it until next week.....
They still make those?
96p in Waitrose.
I just sneezed 4 times in a row! I've never managed more than 3!
Carry on.
Did you do it in the style of Alan Sugar?
"You haven't got a b****y clue!"
Yeah kinda. I left the woman in charge for 10 days. I think it went to her head a bit! She got in an epic fight with my biggest supplier which I haven't been able to sort, told a staff member they couldn't have time off to go to their brother's funeral because they hadn't given enough notice (!?!) and generally let the place become shockingly filthy. The most insulting part was that I returned to find she'd been sat at my desk to eat her lunch for some reason and had left bits of food on there to rot.......
Well she just sounds de-lightful.
Yeah doesn't she.... I'm very confused. She had immense references and a lot more experience than I have. I'm not sure what went wrong :(
Immense references means p**s poor people skills probably.
That's awful. I hope whoever was going to the funeral just went anyway.
blimey! :( that's awful!
what line of work are you in Alison?
so do I. That's disgusting
It's not until Friday but yeah I obviously told them they could go!! I can't get over how insensitive that is!
I work in retail management. I've never seen anything like this though. I'm scared to take a day off now!
I'll be leaving you now.
Nighty night commenters
Night sb!
Night :)
night
See ya mate.
Hmmmm tv really is rubbish! I just want something to watch idly while I do my laundry. I can't see anything very appealing on iplayer :(
night
4od is always a nice option for random comedy things
Todays blog post. A look at 1992 F1 livery http://lairoftheraven.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/the-good-and-the-bad-–-f1-livery-from-1992/
Thats the reason I'm watching Bones season 4 on dvd
Ah Bones :D
Because of the announcements made this week, I figured I needed to re-brand the blog a bit.
My favourite program on tv these days :) Wondering when on earth Sky 1 will hurry up and start showing the rest of season 5
Evening all. Happy iPad day :)
Send that to Midweek Motorsports!
Hehehehe!
Night guys!
Night Gavin
Byeee.
Lukeh - have you voted in any of the Jalopnik.com polls to decide the Forza 3 car pack coming out this summer?
night
Night
Not yet no. Have seen the idea though, excellent concept!
Please can you do one thing for me - vote for these cars:
Lancia 037 Stradale
Peugeot 205 T16
Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500
That is all :D
:-D
I'm officially here, and so far I think i have to say that VHS totally rules
the video cassette tape, vhs?
paging psychiatry....
Doctor, attend in psychiatry pleeeeeease!
:D Patients are reminded not to be sick in the corridors!
Evening all! How are you?
knackered :)
yourself?
Bloody brilliant thanks. Just been to see the Prodigy in Bournemouth who were great!
Also, sorted out accreditation to the McLaren launch on Friday. Going to Vodafone HQ on Friday morning! #sorrylou!!
So all is well!! :D
oh my
omg!
we expect pictures ;)
Wow, sounds like a good day then!
I know, I still can't believe it myself. Piccies will need to be played by ear, I'll take my camera with me and wing it. Official photo agencies are on site so I'll see what happens with that one.
Will be tweeting like crazy though and sending pics from the iPhone.
you're a legend.
Also need to get a blog post up as there's 2 Q&A sessions. One with Martin Whitmarsh and another with Jenson and Lewis.
If I can get a question in I'd like it to be a good one, so answers on a postcard please!
O.M.G!! never actually thought i'd be jealous of someone going to a mclaren launch, but i really am. I hope you have an awesome time and take lots of lovely pics. Say hi to Jens for me... even though he wont remember me like Franck remembers Christine ;)
I got an email from JB's newsletter people saying that all i needed to do was send my name to a them and i'd be entered for the competition to go on friday. sad thing is they sent the email at 1pm and you had to reply before 5pm, i checked my emails at 5:30pm. sad times :)
do it and we'll plug it.
"Hello. Adie from Sidepodcast.com. Just wnated to say to Jenson: Lou says hi.'
sounds like an amazing question :)
Cheers sir! Working on it now.
Feel like a small child looking forward to Christmas if I'm perfectly honest.
Has the team considered hiring a fan to document Jenson's first season with the team?
I saw a pic of jenson and lewis today, and jenson has convieniently put his new iphone in direct line of the shot. I like that vodafone (am assuming it's them) have supplied him with an iphone, it may mean more tweeting :)
Ooh, where was the photo?
Thank you boys and girls for having an apple thread. It saved me from having to fitler the daily as I catch up with overnight comments. Sidepodcast: keeps everyone happy. :D
http://twitpic.com/100dc1
the fact that he's holding it just brings attention to it even more. he's clever at this kinda thing :P
Hi Amy.
I like that picture. Looks very casual.
Hey Amy
(almost said evening instead of hey there, bother time zones!)
Amy!
Muse were at the tennis as you said with Lily Allen. I thought I ahd to tell you this
And if people stop texting me to say "lol you have a kindle" i would be super happy. I have no interest in reading off a backlit screen. None at all.
Even in the dark? ;)
odd question.. do blackberry sponsor Mclaren?
Don't think so, I think they got the phones as part of the Vodafone deal
Not as far as I know
yeah i suddenly figured that as i pressed post :) hehe
Mr C....done! http://bit.ly/bRg738
Thank you very much.
a backlit screen in the dark would strain me even more. I use my kindle like a book. Its dark, i turn on the light.
tweeted and facebooked, will plug tomorrow in the comments while you're away too.
Aww thank you so much. I owe you a beer or 3 at some point in the future mate - appreciate that, thank you.
least we can do. have a great time, am dead jealous.
I'm attempting to think of questions but am not getting far, sorry!