Hi, it’s Gavin here, author of the F1 stats blog ‘Making Up The Numbers’ - here with another daily post for your enjoyment. There isn’t much F1 news today as we are slap bang in the middle of a three-week gap between races.
- In fact the only noteworthy news I could find was that Fernando Alonso has had his thumbs insured by Santander as a publicity stunt – kinda like how Cindy Crawford got her mole on her lip insured in case she lost it. I enquired how much a similar mole on my face was worth insuring once – and I was told that it wasn’t worth much as it wouldn’t affect my blogging ;)
- Personally I have had not much time to think about F1 this week as I am in the process of moving house, which kicks off at the end of this week. I am moving from Odense to Copenhagen (both in Denmark), which is a distance of about 150km. Right now our flat is a mess of boxes and things all over the place. To let you know we have our priorities right, we cannot cook or eat anything in our house, but the TV and internet are still hooked up!
- If you haven’t heard already, Lukeh handed in his dissertation earlier in the week. Well done to him and I hope that it’s as good as it looks from the picture, as we all know how much time and effort he put into it...
- Jon passed his ARDS test, so well done to him too. Have a read about how he did it as it’s very interesting.
- Finally, Christine posted part three of the second series of 'Life In The Fast Lane' and is looking to replace her Android phone with a newer one. Which one should she pick? I have seen names like ‘Desire’ and ‘Incredible’, but for me, I think if they invent a phone and call it the ‘Super Freaking Five Pints of Awesome Phone’ then clearly that’s the only phone worth having for me ;)
So that’s all from me then. I hope you liked my non-F1 daily, which I wrote with my head full of a cold which I am still trying to shake off. I hope you all have a great day and I’ll see you in the comments...
ace daily gavin, get well soon sir.
I can't sleep. Why can everyone else..... :P
Who's sleeping?
am still awake
Yay Steeeeeeeven
Did you read my comment from earlier about taking a job for less money?
Yeah :)
It's the right thing. I'm not fretting anymore. I've written a resignation letter and spent the rest of my night looking at flats. There's nothing super. I think I'm going to rent someone's spare room for a bit while I look for something nice.
Sounds like you are all organised. The only good thing about having to make decisions is how good you feel once it is done. I am sure you have made the right decision for you.
I am sick of being busy at work. This job is supposed to be cushy! It's why I still work here!
Yeah well I already decided to keep my job. That didn't make me feel better and this does so I'm sure it's the right thing :D
Have you sorted out flights to Australia yet?
:)
is it because you took time off?
Hi Amy.
Got you and Alison mixed up there. I guess someone talking about flights would be a headping for you anyway
Ooooh Amy who did you book your flights with? Everyone I look at is being very unreasonable....
No, it's because about 17 people have quit and not been replaced but apparently they are interviewing new staff at the moment. I haven't sorted out flights to australia because i'm already here but if you mean for alison then air asia had an amazing kl to london and back sale last week, and you can get from kl to here pretty cheap with them too. I kind of love that tony chap.
me too.
(for different reasons)
I am flying singapore air for $1820 return but the same flights are now costing $2500 so i deduce that singapore is only affordable if you book 10 months early
I finally managed to get 4 rows in an Only Connect tournament wall but only knew 3 of the reasons. So close
I have different reasons for loving him too but most revolve around Heikki and his inability to spell it :D
Yeah Air Asia to KL is costing me £800 return. This is not a bargain....
Weirdly booking in advance doesn't seem to be my issue. I found a cool site that compares fares users were quoted on various dates and it would be cheaper for me to fly in a fortnight than in 6 months.....
Anyone who can get anything on tournament wall 12 is a witch.
may we burn her?
Ah, their sale must have ended. It was for $320 one way which is about £190
Definitely. Preferably just after the lunatic that devised it
I'm annoyed the Emirates sale isn't on anymore.... They'd have flown me Newcastle to Brisbane (and back...) for £650 :cry:
:)
i've never played, but christine seems mildly obsessed by it.
Google tells me £800 is about $1300 so that sounds pretty standard. You are very very lucky here if you can get a return flight for less than $1500
I think that may be my fault. Try some of the fun ones then when you feel brave try the tournament walls. I have tried 14 and failed on 14.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/onlyconnect/quiz/
That would be fine if it was all the way to Aus. I'm not paying $2200 for a flight though
ooh, it's online? i thought it was on tv?
If only you still had that flight to new zealand up your sleeve :D
It's a TV show but they have taken one round from it and put it up as an online game
oh lord. i'll have to look once if finished these updates :)
Just struck out on 15 too. Never mind another 5 walls next week
ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Grrrrr!! It's fine though. I already told Nick I couldn't afford it and he whined so much I had to say I'd go.....
Would it not make more sense for the two of you to go somewhere you can afford?
Gosh you are both under each others thumbs!
No wonder she doesn't want the bookcase with all those thumbs swinging around up there
Well see his dad lives there. Nick's not been out in about 3 years or something ridiculous. There appears to be coercion... I'm hoping there will be money provided to accompany that :P
Bookcase bed was not bought :D
What about the world's most comfortable chair?
Best not talk about that....
I resent that!!! Clearly I am in charge!!!
I think someone is in the running for an IgNobel award. Who would have thought chocolate improved your mood?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100426/thl-depressed-people-turn-to-chocolate-d831572.html
But you are going to Australia because he moaned.
No I'm going because he's going to pay for it.
research leader???
I refer the honourable lady to her earlier comment
By whining, I may mean plied with money?
All they need to do is read the comments and see the effect of a Milky Bar
So the Grrrrrr! is because of how much money he is giving you?
*wonders if we can get a grant on that basis*
This has not been discussed. You know how disorganised he is.
Or an IgNobel award. Maybe you should get sponsorship from Milky Bar
a milkybar panda?
Alison and Nick are coming to Australia?
See. You just designed a new product for them. You can't get better sponsorship value than that.
Going by the cost and organisation I have seen so far I wouldn't hold your breath.
:)
:D
His dad will hunt him down and kill him if he doesn't go.... He is most of the way there already though.
Okay, so no planned meet up yet
RUN AWAY!!!
;)
:D
I want to be around to see the action.
Alison, where are you planning on going to?
Nick's family are in Brisbane. The more I think about this, the worse an idea it seems. It's expensive. But also, I met many members of his family already and they seem to like me. This sounds like a huge excuse for me to mess something up....
Oh, Brisbane is a bit far away :-(
Are you fishing for compliments? If they like Nick they are going to like you. What's the worst that could happen?
If Nick is paying why does it matter what it costs?
He won't pay for all of it because he's mean :(
So he is mean, he lives on a different continent, he wants you to go on holiday as far away from home as possible and you are worried about meeting his family.
Why exactly are you two together?
Ah so you are going because he whined!
this might need a venn diagram
LOL
There will be lots of circles on it and not a lot of overlapping
Oh dear, that produced some looks from my co-workers ;-)
That's plain rude! You're getting as bad as him!
#sorrypaul
Stupid Nokia phone won't charge from the stupid USB cord.
I need the new iphone now!!
It's not rude. It's just ever time you say anything it is another negative.
Why are they not commenting?
Does "what are you laughing at" count?
Sorry
Only if they type it into the doohickey
Oh, but then they might find out I have access to some things they dont....
#paulistheinternetpolice
You know how men say they don't understand women? I think Alison is why :D
ah-ha!
:D
Sorry. I don't understand ;)
All women are impossible to understand. It's genetic or something
I resent that! I think.
Whatever I said that was rude about Nick I didn't mean it. I feel bad now.
We went from i'm not going because i can't afford it to i'm going because nick whined to i'm going because nick is paying to nick isn't paying. Even as a female I can see why that is confusing.
You didn't say anything rude about him. It just seems like there are a lot of complications in your relationship and at times they seem to be getting to you. No need to feel bad
i was wrong, it was a flow diagram.
I think all involved understand the situation. I just explained poorly.
I bet you wish everyone had stayed sleeping now ;D
:D
I misspelled a smiley. It's a new low
:D
I still don't hate my boyfriend.
That's good
I'm not sure you think so....
have made further tweaks to the infobox on the homepage: http://sidepodcast.com/
have also made a start to the site footer, exciting times.
I am not sure I undestand that comment.
It's looking really good
am still miffed the fbfb background image didn't work. it took hours. the green one does work better though.
I am sure you will get it
I'm not sure either. No offense intended
#sorrynick
i now have a few mins to kill. should i tackle this online game, or go to bed?
It is night isn't it?
Stop apologising. You have done nothing wrong. I think you are taking comments too seriously and reading too much into them. They are almost always light hearted and not meant to be taken seriously.
how is everybody ?
Take on the wall. You can sleep tomorrow night
Hi WOlf
are the rules simple? there's a woman trying to talk to me.
very bizzare day yesterday. silly mistake placed friend of mine into Chinese jail, still there and may be for a while ... not a place to be
ello chap. i be good thanks. yourself?
woah!
Sort 16 words into 4 groups.
even i can do that
Errrr maybe you should try one first?
yea, whoa ... the guy is shooter, sports shooter. by a mistake placed in his check-in luggage a jacket that contained 3 forgotten bullets. had no idea about it, no airport security spotted it in three different airports. until he tried to board the plane out of China ...
Bear in mind I understand the game and from 15 tournament walls I have only managed the sort part once
how long is he going to be there?
i don't have a clue what that means. but i just matched four.
no idea ... trying to work it out, pulling all the strings, nothing worked so far
Go Mr C!!
What country is he from? I presume the embassy have been called.
now need to get back to "Get out jail" card hunt
hehe!
yes, the embassy is involved
and another, but now i'm stuck. i guess we can't publish screenshots without giving the game away. hmm.
He is a genius
Yeah they're quite hard :(
2 out of ten? for matching two sets? how the heck do you get 10?
Boo them. Remind me never to go to China.
You get all 4 sets. Then you explain what links the groups. That's 8, then there's 2 bonus points for getting it all right. They're mean though, on the show you can guess the connections even if you didn't solve the whole wall.
*with live bullets
No, just never.
Sort out 4 rows then type the thing the boxes on each row have in common. 1 point per row, 1 per reason and a bonus 2 for getting everything right
oooh, the groups are connected? oh sheesh.
No no sorry! You get to explain what the groups are, that's what I meant.
And on the show there is no time limit to come up with the connections
oh good.
She rushes them loads for that bit! They get like 5 seconds :P
Yes but in the game you have to do that in the time. I even lost one when I had finished typing and just had to click submit
stuffin heck. this needs to be tackled after sleep. isn't there an easy level?
i shall bit you all goodnight and try again tomorrow.
The play walls are the easy level. The tournament walls are a lot harder. In the TV program the walls are tackled by a team of three people so the game is difficult.
Good night
It would definitely be easier with someone else. I'm sure if we joined forces Steven we'd do more than twice as well!
They need to make a wall that mutiple players can play at the same time or we need someone to write a piece of software that lets us do that.
Ahhh only connect! Great show :)
Morning :)
Impossible but fun ;)
hey guys and gals, how are we all?
Very Well. How are you?
Apart from not being able to reply-quote, fine thanks gavin. i hope some more lurkers surface!
No need, we can just talk amongst ourselves ;)
And also being in a signal blackspot in the flattest part of the country. bloody norfolk!
woohoo I now have a new handbag for my trip! I think that might almost be the last of the things I had to buy
Planning my raid on the apple store in a couple months. iPhone and ipod classic top of the list. i likes lotsa space for my movies!
Amy, did you really need an excuse for a new handbag?! :p
What kind of handbag is it?
I actually did because none of my handbags were less than $500 and I didn't want to take something that valuable around pickpockety countries. So now I have a pretty $30 one! I also don't have any bags that you can wear over your shoulder which is important when you will be needing both your hands free sometimes
When I get home in 10 minutes I shall link you to it on the website :D
this one :D
That was longer than 10 minutes!
only just! My doohickey looks weird.
I have moved to my new apartment :D
Already have internet and cable tv :)
No furniture other than a camping chair & an inflatable bed though!
I'm not obsessed with Only Connect. I'm obsessed with Victoria Coren. Slightly different.
Morning all.
Good priorities.
What's wrong with it?
I am obsessed with Victoria Coren too... I have read her column for years and both of her books.
Oooh good. My obsession is new. I have her books on my Amazon wish list. I followed her playing poker on Twitter yesterday and didn't understand a word of it, but it was compelling.
MR CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
is this a "Amy's computer sucks" fault or "Chrome no longer likes doohickey" fault?
http://twitpic.com/1j1t9d
Her first book is a bit... erm rude.. in subject matter but it is excellent.
I am insane enough to...
...okay I'll admit it...
...I found myself the other day thinking, "wouldn't Victoria and David Mitchell make a good couple".
I just tested in Chome... Seems to be fine for me.
And I don't think Mr C has changed anything. Although he's always tweaking so I could be wrong.
boo. Time for a reset.
Goodness. They would have very intelligent but rather stilted conversations, I think.
Yes... She was on The Bubble and it started my thinking about it.
But I think she likes slightly wilder men from her second book... Oh god I've gone mad.
Hehe. I like you trying to matchmake the less obvious Beeb presenters.
Who else can we put together?
:)
Hmmm... Kate Humble is married... Who else is minor?
Miranda Hart is single.
Oh yes, and she's lovely.
Absolutely. And she needs somebody really nice. I would go for David Mitchel but he's already taken ;)
Giles Coren's no use because he a) has a quick temper and that wouldn't be nice for Miranda and b) he's got a fiancée.
He got married already, I think.
#NotStalkingTheCorensOnTwitter
#wikipediafail ;)
I cant belive how fast it was.
36 hours after signing up there was a man in my building turning on the wall outlets!
most men are just too lazy to try to understand women.
It's hard work, I will admit, but quite often assuming they want money or attention makes man life easier
Mrs. Goat and I have chosen to accept that we will never understand each other - just enjoy all the quirks and differences ;)
your wife is lying to you :P
I am too lazy to try and understand women too.
oooh what about Dave Gorman?
I think when it's a woman saying that, the word is smart
I like it! You are good at this.
Dang it apparently he is engaged?
*sighs* Why are all the good men taken ;)
Morning guys :)
Hehehe.
Morning :)
Happy one year!
Thank you :)
Congrats!
Thanks :D
tis a bit of a shame I can't share it with lou today *shakes fist at mock exams* but bank holiday monday means we're both free and I'm sure we'll make up for it then :) a year seems to have flown by, it's rather mad...
does it http://blowlukehsmind.co.uk ?
very much so :P
Aww :(
She lets me watch F1 at least ... and wanted to meet you all on our holiday!
Yay!
I'm just stirring Gav. I apologise to anyone who may be offended by my generalizations. I stand by the fact that women (humans in general really) aren't that hard to understand
I agree, it's often just the little things that we all need to pay attention to that make our lives a little easier. The best thing people can do is speak up when they see something wrong - don't let it fester...
Yay for Loukeh
Here are some completely insane political manifestos for the upcoming election
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8631815.stm
Here are a few of my favourites:
All socks to be sold in packs of 3 as a precaution against losing one - Genius idea
Make it illegal for superheroes to use their powers for evil - I worry Hollywood would go out of business though
Dedicated pogo stick lanes on routes to centres of work - Again, how has this not been implemented?
Bono for Pope - ???????
Give the undead equal rights to the living - There is definitely prejudice against zombies these days, they have to make a living too you know
Morning all,
I just got a pingback from a daily post from another site....exactly the same as well.
grrr
Sorry?
Aye, me too. I tend to get it when mentioned in the daily but I just spam it, silly copying website things.
I just told F1Badger about the Monster Raving Loony Party's ambition to change the 'Three Lions' emblem to 'Three Badgers' :D
You know those sites that copy other sites, I got a pingback off one of those
Ah ok. Sorry about that guys :8
It's not your fault so no need to apologise
yeah definitely not, it happens every day, they're silly sites, not your fault
Muse related ping but it might be a nice 5 minutes reading if anyone fancy something to read :) http://toata.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/78-source-of-musical-greatness/
Love the new theme BTW :)
Cheers :) not that I have a problem with it now but reason it was down for a while yesterday was because I was trying to change the header for something else, it was causing too many problems than creating an effective result though so I left it as it was. I still like it as it is anyways so it wasn't a problem, it was just a case of being a tad overambitious :P
Plus I made it private because I'd rather people go on it and see something nice than go on it and see a stylesheet that has everything all over the place whilst I was working on it, obviously
apologies.
wow, what did you do?
oh lord
have you not seen the new site footer as debuted at 3am today? tsk.
*notvisibleindoohickeysodontgolooking
Boo, I went looking.
#mustreadhashtags
:)
#confidentialfromlukeh
Course. All fancy. But now it doesn't match the drop down More menu.
that is true, but i'll do the header next maybe.
the infobox is finished i think and that matches the footer (sorta).
I likes it.
brilliant. invoice is in the post.
(where do you work again?)
:)
Oh gawd. Don't start that again.
:D
I just opened it and Doohickey decided it didn't want to take up the whole window :( all my other websites look OK!
BT engineer fixing our fax line just said "rrrrubbish"
So thats where she works
:) :) :) :)
Just listening to Macbreak weekly... apparently while USB headsets do work on the iPad for sound in and out... Andy Ihnatko's USB Ukulele does not work :(
I'm going to attempt to clear out my cupboard today (amount of useless items in there, rather than clothes) but it's just so full up of... stuff... it's so offputting just looking at it
Pull it all out so it's not all crammed together.
*shakes fist*
you need to move house more often
Ooh yay, before and after pics!
That also helps.
*rocks in corner*
:)
I concur
haha :)
I'll have to take a pic of the corner of my living room
Or you can do what I'm doing at the moment. Pretend to move house. The challenge is to put everything you own into two boxes and get rid of all the extra stuff. #isfailling
Yeah that'sthe best way as you're forced to look through it all :)
I miss my books that I had to leave behind in NZ :(
No he doesn't - moving house sucks :(
That wasn't as hard as i expected :) http://twitpic.com/1j2f1a
now my uni books are in one box rather than 10 different placed of a meter wide cupboard. And a box full o'crap. Awesome.
Mystery boxes like that come back to bite you later.... That isn't proper tidying :P
To be fair I plan to take it down the tip when my stepdad gets home from work, am just keeping the uni books. That other box is just stuff I can't chuck away n the wheelie bins
Oh okay :D
Job done.
Oh I forgot to tell you, Ozzy Osbourne was in my cupboard.
Sort-id!
Makes me think of that Chris Evans desk you posted
Ooh, that's my cue
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/09/28/declutter/
My god, I forgot how cluttered Chris Evans' desk was...
My home desk is clutter free... I wish I could take a picture of my work desk for you but I can't...Lets put it this way... it's not clutter free
I clutter my desks with toys - all my filing is electronic ;)
Ah see I clutter every surface available to me with clutter. I wish I could be more tidy. It's impossible. I try so hard for weeks and weeks and slip for 1 day and it's worse than it was initially.
Filing isn't the problem. Sadly a lot of my job involves paper. Most of the stuff on my desk should go straight in the bin... But not all of it... And that's the problem.
:D
I cant work in a cluttered desk, I get very distracted easily and I;d end up getting OCD over tidying it all up
Same. Not too bad at the mo but in about 7-10 days it'll be covered.
our work desks are super clutter free
there was even a debate as to whether people should be allowed to put monitors on them as it makes the office looks cluttered! (we all use laptops)
I've seen your work desk in pics before I think...
hey everyone.
Hi Lou
Happy one year!
thank you :)
(*is wondering how you know...*)
Love is in the air!
http://twitter.com/lukehmuse/status/12995765850
ahhhh okay *has no twitter at school * lol
Oh. Boo.
they've blocked flickr too! it's like they actually want me to do work!
hehe
Awww happy anniversary :D
Cute cute
Very inconsiderate.
hehehe thank you :) walking around with a big smile on my face... even if i just have had an awful history lesson.
facebook i can understand... as with twitter (kinda).. but flickr! i can't get pics for my textiles. booo the ICT dept.
One year is cool :)
everywhere I look around
it sure is... :D
okay, gonna head into town to grab some lunch.. back later :) xx
There *may* exist an embarrasing video of myself and sister goat lip-syncing that song...
we need to see that.
Alex is awesome
http://twitpic.com/1j305s
Oh but it's in NZ and my parents have it (I was 12, I think!)
Ah you got it :)
I knew it was going to be that as soon as I saw the envelope which just said Lukeh and my address. Just had a hunch it wasn't going to be anything too formal once I saw that ;)
How did Alex get your address?
I asked Kathi ;)
The elders of the internet provided him it when he asked very kindly
Well I do know your surname but I didn't think I probably needed it ;)
Happy anniversary guys :)
Hello, folks.
Ooooh. Happy anniversary, Lou-keh. :D
groan
Hey Alison. Groaning at the nickname? ;)
I think it sets a dangerous precedent....
Alisonick!
Hehe. Its MUCH easier to make a nickname in their case, compared to yours. ;)
mrandmrsc ?
Hmmm... It doesn't flow from the tongue so well, but I guess it'll have to do. ;)
christime. ;)
Ali-sonic?
Spotify is changing itself... You'll be able to import your tracklist from iTunes, your friend list from Facebook, then your friend who's done the same can listen things you own and vice versa.
Still not sure how they are making money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_10080000/newsid_10087400/10087477.stm
Nope.
The Hulk makes men fall at his feet. http://twitpic.com/1j2zx3
I opened that article expecting to find Warner Music complaining about it and I got what I expected. They annoy me soooooo much :(
Someone had to fulfil Rosberg's ability to pose after he left and I fear rubens may be too old for all that, so Hulk it is :P
OK guys, I'm going home now and I will not have internet as I am packing up my stuff to start my moving house. I might pop in on Friday, but if not, see you next week and wish me luck for my move!
thats like I read in the news today that Fox or whoever were complaining that Avatar is the most torrented blu-ray in Australian history, maybe it has something to do with the fact that you can't buy it here yet but it's been out in the USA for weeks.
Have fun, hope it all works out :)
Anything for a bit of extra money, eh? I guess avatar didn't pull in enough hundreds of millions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8634216.stm
I didn't see it the first time!
Kill me now.
But 6 whole minutes!!!!! :o
it's like a whole new movie!
It's 3 hours long already... What could he possibly have cut out???
Probably add a scene where they go and stand on the edge of a boat together whilst Kate Winslet or whoever is moderately uncool in today's music scene plays over the top of them. That or chuck the Terminator in there somewhere.
I am way too amused by http://twitter.com/BrianMcnugget/status/12993015821
goof luck
Hehe!
Bye Gavin. Good look with the move and cheers for another good daily :)
Even Westlife don't know who each other are!
it's like you doing a 'which Sidepodcast host are you?' quiz and getting Mr C :D
I like the idea of this quiz!
If you were preparing for a radio show would you?
a) prepare with written notes on etherpad
b) not read any notes/forget there are any notes
Make your choice now.
I'm sure it can't be too hard to set up..
Hey folks
:)
Can you locate Shift on your keyboard?
a) yes
b) no
Hi RG
Eeek. I'm Shane.
Hehehe! Shh.
:D
What do we want?
a) Let's see if he knows what I'm on about.
b) I don't know!!
How many of the Beatles are still alive?
a) one
b) two
Ahh this could go on all day :)
Mr C might think we are picking on him.
Awwww
#sorrymrc
Although I do think we might need a wiki page
#confidential
:D
I have to go and work in a different branch of unnamed supermarket for a bit, will do my best to make sure they don't go getting any volcanic ideas. See you all later.
I never made this: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Are+you+Mr+C+or+Mrs+C?
Byee lukeh
Bye!
Oooh. :)
I just have a search result....
http://bit.ly/9B58TQ
meanies ;)
Oops.
is it wrong that i always thought he spelt it with a 'y'?
Woooo! :D
He did to start with but then he changed it.
love it!!
what?
Is your keyboard:
a) white
b) rose?
#sorrymrc
hehe, well done guys!
apparently it made autographs easier to sign.
Wikipedia says: Brian also changed the spelling of his name to Bryan to make it easier to sign autographs.
I dunno if that's true, but he definitely changed it. Then changed it back again.
:)
how confusing
Work is very funny today...
Jeremy started flagging as today for the first time he had to come in at 7am something myself and another college have been doing since fourstar went away 4 years ago (or whenever ;) ).
He said, "I'm tired, but then I have been in since seven".
"Seven?," my colleague exclaimed, "Seven, that's one day you've been in since seven, we have to do it every day."
"Yes," said Jeremy, "but I am a show pony, you people don't understand."
ooh, i can use that
alex, are you planning a volcanic go for odd special?
I should...
I have actually got 2 or 3 go for odds in the can... I just haven't had time to edit them.
blimey
That's the podcasts I mean. At first I was waiting for the site to be fixed after it was hacked. Then I fixed it and we recorded on two nights and got 8 hours of raw audio! So I don't know how much of any of it is usable, but I need to see.
I still feel bad about that :( You were happy before you noticed...
personally, i would rather know.
Eurgh I have arranged to view 3 houses on Friday. I can hardly wait...
Ah don't feel bad... I just hope it didn't infect anyone's computers.
Indeed always.
Definitely not mine. Super anti virus is on the case! (thanks Dad)
can you make the worlds biggest bicarb/vinegar volcano!?
aftenoon all
one spoonful for everyday fourstar was away
:D
*not here*
Tell me I am not the only person who saw the headline about Wiliams and a hybrid arm and thought Frank was going to be bionic.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83164
oooohhh. Frank in Iron Man 2? Or Transformers?
That sort of thing although I was thinking about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionic_Man
New homes, that's a good thing isn't it?
Hi everyone
Loved The Six Million Dollar Man, I had the action figure as a child
I'm looking at housesharing because I'm skint but also I need something super flexible because I don't know how long I want it for. Building up enthusiasm for someone's spare room is not easy. Plus I hate living with other people, they pester me!
Yeah, there's good and bad. It depends on the people your sharing with, just cos they accept you doesn't mean you have to take it
Yeah except that I've taken a job and if I don't find a house I'm going to have to spend £400 a week on hotel bills....
You're moving areas too?
My foot is wrapped in gaffa tape.
The doctor prescribed it.
#confused
It's on prescription now?
If you go private, do you get speed tape?
oooh that would be exciting. I decided to not get it on prescription. £7.20 seems to be a bit steep for a roll of gaffa, pound world does it for...a pound..
Yeah. I'm going back down to Liverpool. I plan to resume my life from where I dropped it last summer before I had a toddler tantrum and jacked everything in :D (I don't mean the university bit!!!)
yaaaaaaaay this is cool! i didnt realise that. You can be all scouse again
Would this be surgical tape by any chance?
Nope, it's actual gaffa.
Sure it's not Mr C taping you to the carpet? I hear he does that
Ok, good for you
Back to civilisation
Find a place to stay in, find a better one if that doesn't work out in the short term
What ya done to yourself like? Is the foot coming a bit loose?
They prescribed duct tape?
Yeah that's the plan. I found a nice site with sane sounding people looking for someone to stay in their spare room. I spoke to a nice couple this morning that sound particularly promising. I'm not that picky. It needs internet, and I want all bill included in the rate. Anything else I can deal with for a while at least....
haha i should explain (although this is much more fun)
i have a veruca and it wont go away (tried lots of stuff) and so i went to the Dr's yesterday to see if they could freeze it off but he told me (and gave me some leaflet about it) that if you wrap your foot in gaffa over the veruca then it irritates the skin and your body fights it like it would an infection, eventually it pushes it out. problem is, it needs to stay covered for 6 out of 7 days and for 2 months!
The Guardian used to have a really good flatshare pullout on Saturdays [?]
Must be regional
The better properties tended to be there rather than loot
And there isn't a better method?
I tried loads of stuff a few years back
Eventually, it just grew out
Takes about 18 months apparently
Not really
Yeah I will have a proper look once I have a roof over my head :P
And there isn't a better method for the doctor to get rid of you for two months
Eurgh I remember I had a veruca once when I was on a camping holiday as a kid. It was a nightmare. Those creams really really really hurt and I swear they don't help at all....
Blimey. Never thought I'd miss the days we talked about F1!
:D
That was a really awful holiday actually. We got flooded out of the tent and had to dig makeshift canals to divert flood water away from us. It was awful.
See what happens when we're left to run riot
You can imagine what it was like here when you had your boating trip
#confidential
Tip: Don't tell this Jonah story to prospective flatmates
I'm handy in a crisis!!!
Landlord thinks: unlucky
apparently not
I've had mine for a few years boo
also true
Are you kidding??? That's insane.... I now feel less unlucky for having to put up with it for a month.
It dosen't hurt, or very very rarely, it dosent bother me at all, just dosent look very nice
Mine was at least a year
At least it wasn't painful
we need a mini-series, quick!
How formula one drivers through the years have dealt with veruccas
Easy.
duck tape
no. cars and stuff, noise, anything. please god help us all, in these desperate times of no f1 news.
Quack!
Oh, duct tape ;)
Leave my duckies out of this!!
GT1 at Silverstones at the weekend if you fancy some noise ;)
On a side note, I'm enjoying Suzi Perry's rotation of Twitter avatars
shhh
its Duck tape :P
Maybe he is taping them up to make it easier to post them
In my world it's Tank Tape
I have no idea why
We have kinda gone off that. Max was right about the noise being annoying. Now we are not distracted by all that we can concentrate on ducks and minor ailments
Tank tape is meant to be more heavy duty than Duct is it not?
have found some gmm "news" to chew on: http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=365797
yeah, that'll occupy us for... hours
It's the same thing as far as I know but no idea why it is called tank tape. Duct tape makes sense at least
Same thing
In Germany the tape is commonly known as "Panzerband" (tank-tape), or "Panzertape", a name which emphasizes its general toughness
Makes sense
Villeneuve should stick to commentating
Next!
i got nothing else.
I tried Frank's bionic arm earlier and there was almost no interest.
Sauber are deluded - discuss
#SorryRG
What happened to 5 highly researched stories a day?
They don't know who Steve Austin is
another f1 driver has had a body part insured....
http://bit.ly/9leBgw
*is a bit rude*
We're not that desperate... yet
Not deluded. All BMW's fault.
williams bought a larger stake in a fly wheel thing (true but deathly dull)
moss says schumi is past it (kinda stating the obvious)
The Run-Off Area
"More accurate than Planet F1" :lol:
if we're discussing minor aliments we once had, we ARE that desperate.
Grr at the only person to bother commenting on that story
How typical of the Run-off Area. ;)
We're a caring kind of bunch
I'm not.
Wow, for Monaco, Joe's event with Johnny Herbert is a pretty reasonable £85
http://www.morienval.com/monaco.html
The problem is what comes after minor ailments.
Sorry
Well, the next iPhone should get officially announced on June 7th
As you were
A really snobby lady just sent me an email saying she clearly stated she only wanted people 22 or over. That's just plain weird. I'm 22 in under 5 weeks.
Yaaaay :D
Cheating is cheating
What does she do with them when they reach 22, is she Sweeny Todd's helper?
Yeah it's plain weird right.... It's like, do you want to let your room or what?
Not from someone who puts their tennants in pies
It reminds me of bank staff or something. Computer says no.
Sounds like a grump you'd be better off avoiding
Many more to choose from
Right, Gotta shoot. BBQ time! woop and then another emergency meeting in the pub.
adios
Enjoy your 'meeting' John
Have fun. see ya!
Yeah. I was just really shocked anyone could behave like that. A really weird attitude. What's specifically wrong with being 21?
hmpf
Wait until you are 22 and all will be clear
Sorry Jon
Very true, till then, it's a secret
It's ridiculous people don't take care to spell John's name right
Nick is over 22 and I think I'd rather let a house to me than him.....
Favourite tweet today:
A woman opposite me on the train just started eating a family size trifle with a big spoon. I almost stood up and applauded...
From Phil Jupitus
Boys age in "dog years"
Or inverse "dog years"
[whichever is funnier]
Tbh I'm not really sure how the whole thing works. I hate dogs.
7 years of life = boy life increases by one [real life terms of growing up]
Sometimes I think that could be optimistic....
http://gamboling.co.uk/2009/08/11/spillage/
TV catchphrases have a lot to answer for :)
oh lord!
haven't read this yet, but it seems vaguely f1 related: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2010/04/what_f1s_future_means_for_the.html
As long as you didn't march into the coffee shop and demand dry cleaning money? Because I can tell you a lengthy story about why that's a bad idea....
Party preferences aside, I don't know why the BBC News feels the need to issue a personal profile of the woman behind the Slur by Brown episode
No use of the 'G' word that rhymes with 'plate'
MacD's warnings soon
Caution: This coffee can stain if spilt
:D
The moral of the story is, while this lady was complaining about spilling her own drink down herself in a fit of stupidity, she was kind of in the way and someone else threw a milkshake on her. I nearly wet myself....
I'm finally home!!! at last!!
evening all! how is everyone today?
To be fair... I don't often march or demand things.
No, I didn't think it was you :P
Hi Lou
Err, strange comments this afternoon
oh Alex, i was talking to one of my friends who lives in Charing today, telling them about your theory about the unicorn... turns out she works at the place you stayed at! it's a very small world..
hehehe i read them... this is why mini off seasons are bad ;)
Oooh... Did I meet her? I wonder if I did. I met a lot of the people that work there.
The terrible courier company from last week sent me an apology letter via Royal Mail [I gave quite accurate feedback of thier shoddines]
I'm surprised they didn't make me sign for it and leave a note when I was out! :)
probably not... she was saying that her shift started just as your friend was going to have a coffee or something with 'some of his friends'... i assumed that was you.. and she was given the task of doing all the cutlery which she wasn't happy about :D
Ah.. Probably not then :) Sorry to your friend! That must have been on the Sunday.
We did use up a lot of cutlery I think ;)
you should. giggles demands could be a great feature.
yeah, hehe she's used to it lol plus she's been working there every weekend for just over a year to save up for this summer, now she's got enough money each shift is one step closer to the macbook pro she wants :)
how does your friend have time for that, but you don't?
*mumbles something about a highly addictive doohicky*
i can stop, i can stop anytime i like
my friend doesn't do highly coursework based subjects like textiles.. she wasn't a prefect... gets more frees than me.... and hasn't heard of spc ;)
Oh yeah?
got ya. but she will soon have a mbp.
What am I saying? You proved it the other week
I am heading off to the outdoors again. This is becoming a habit. Back later. Try and find something more interesting than veruccas to discuss.
yeah.
no, not really.
She's missing out
that is true. maybe i should do that again.
Shh, don't bring it up again
See ya Steven
see ya steven!
hehe
via kottke: http://www.logodesignlove.com/airline-logos
Yahoo wins Premier League online highlights rights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8648414.stm
Really?
only highlights though, is that a big deal?
Virgin had the rights? Why didn't I know of this?
http://goforodd.com/2010/04/28/where-have-you-been/
for mobiles, wasn't it?
A 5 minute package [for every game] goes for multi-millions
It'll be more than Bolton usually get on Match of the Day.
This is online
Virgin did have the rights
yay!
in that case, i didn't know that either
No worky
Access Denied
ooo f1 (kinda) news... JB spent today at tag heuer ... there are pictures too!
http://twitpic.com/photos/TheFifthDriver
VLC says "HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden"
really?
More free stuff for rich famous people
#Jealous
Yes really... Now fixedq
wordpress might be blocking vlc access
i could see it, how come?
Also... I may have forgotten to edit the ACL... ;)
No, it was broken
Now fixed
On the link I was guessing he meant... The player worked for me, link didn't.
ahh
I had to click the link
There was nothing there other than said link
s3 is reeeeally expensive way of delivering video btw. we done given up with it last month.
same for me..
Hmm, refresheshing FF brings the media player but not in Safari
Eh... Do you have a flash blocking thing?
Click to Flash
But there's no icon
Um yes... I know... I have a plan... I just need more time... But when somebody says, "can you do something about the volcano". I feel I really want to respond to that kind of thing ;)
refreshing does nothing different in chrome (on windows)... but that's probably chrome.
and it's appreciated :)
I LOVE Go For Odd
I'm spreading the word, always
scarbs talks mercedes updates: http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/mercedes-mgp-w01-spanish-update-predictions/
Weird... okay... I have just looked at the page here in FF, Chrome and Safari on the Mac and PC and it works in all of them... for me...
Except after I post a comment
Way too much html for my liking ;)
probably me then hehe no worries :)
Gradual self healing post
oooo that's odd, works okay on chrome for our xp pc.. how strange.. must be my laptop
:D
I like those
If I ever have a webpage, that's the kind I'm getting
how have you avoided getting a blog?
Sheer laziness
that sir is a very good point!
Most powerful form of inertia known to Sidepodcast
he needs a name
don't look at me, i was learning css3 until 4am.
I blog
Of the micro variety :)
mmmm :)
i mighta done some quizzing too.
(damn you're worse than christine)
i'm catching up on podcasts this evening.. i've finally got to the reviews of races this year! :)
i'm surrounded by out of date people ;)
hehe i'm up to date with spc... but am hideously behind on many others. Am making a real effort to catch up this week, just case my laptop is running dangerously low on space and i have a feeling it might be something to do with the 232 podcasts i'm yet to listen to.
i can't think where i've heard that line before...
although the number was likely nearer 932
hahaha :)
i've been up to about 600 before.. then i had a two week holiday... :) if i had something like 900 i'd probably end up deleting a few..
Hush up, you.
:D
#Busted
everytime :(
aww!
I'm back up over 1,000 :(
Milky Bar are kept in constant business though
You're propping up the economy
omg!
#blamefourstar
How do you view unlistened to only?
lukeh nearly got me into more trouble today by remembering an anniversary. who's side is he on, really?
hehehhehe Ant said Jenson's tyre call in Ausi was genius...!! :D love it
Smart playlist says 496
Some are video which I save for particular scenarios
:D hehehe
evening all
Head ping in effect
Hullo sir
heya
Everyone ok this evening?
all good here. yourself?
very good thanks. just editing together a rough draft of my textile pieces for me exam tomorrow and friday... couldn't do a brawn... apparently compared to red bull it's boring..
Good stuff, not too bad. My eyes were a bit opened in where I was working today compared to where I usually work, a lot calmer and a smidgen of the chaos we tend to get.
Not quite mind = blown though, the level below that I suppose :P
!!!!!!
Brawn Prejudice!!! Terrible times... ;)
Better managed store or just smaller
well... tbh i'd rather spend two days stitching a red bull with all it's pretty colour and the well awesome logo... rather than stitching white and yellow... besides i'm basically fuelled by that energy drink these days anyway ;)
#sorrybrawn
#sorrylukeh
About the same size but just general not... constant mayhem but rather doing the job at my own pace today. It's just outside the city centre compared to ours which is inside but it's slightly bigger and just not ridiculously managed I suppose.
But... they open sundays. and we don't. That is a key factor ;)
Coming to your senses about the car then ;)
Hey lukeh
I can deal with that, it's my poor brawn jacket that's crying in the corner over there :P
not my choice... it's just i well need a good grade for textiles and couldn't do a macca cause silver is a horrible colour to stitch with!
don't rub it in that you have a brawn jacket!
Oops, I meant to say jacket of a specifc team brand
ooo i just noticed it's Ollie's birthday today :)
Happy Birthday Ollie!
Wherever you are
Happy birthday ollie!
oh-no! we're not good at this :(
happy birthday ollie!
Happy birthday Ollie!
pretty colours in Laney Scott's latest pic - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladylaney/4560577717/
:)
Definitely
I love her work
me too!
Is it me or is MS Word just too complicated these days?
We use an older version at work and it's fine for the average user
Word for Mac 2008 seems way over the top
I shudder at the thought of the oncoming 2011 version
Think I'll stick with Pages and export as .doc
My work computers have an ancient version. Whenever I use my lappy (rarely) I always find it impossible to find simple things....
as someone pointed out re:spc recently, you may add but you may never take away.
users will complain if you drop a feature, so what can you do?
Refine
In MS Word's case, make purdy icons and a ribbon bar to hide what's gone
easier said that done.
i find the latest version of word on windows to be a vast improvement, but i know many disagree.
Maybe for a power user, or even a decent intermediate
I think I went from mk II Escort to Ford Focus in one jump :)
hey everyone
:)
Hey leigh, hows it going?
Hi Leigh
can I have the old lclt back?? ;)
if you're happy to go through the learning curve, it pays dividends, if you just want to do the thing you always did, it will probably appear troublesome.
i might cry :)
And Mika Hakkinen, if we're doing requests ;)
:D
I must stress, I'm not stupid, I can use it. But it's not intuitive for me. Things just don't live where I feel they should. As I don't use it regularly, I never learn where they actually are.
I've picked up the fundamentals of Pages [the Mac equivalent] so much easier
I can live with the odd incompatible glitch
you're in the worst position probably.
if you'd never seen previous versions before, it would likely make a lot more sense, i'm guessing.
sure. because it was new and because it has 1/10th of the features / power.
Is probably about right for me then :D
hehe. i wouldn't use it in an office, put it that way.
hey lukeh + bassano,
things are good and stuff - just sitting down doing nowt
I can understand that
I'm glad [in this one instance] that our IT department will only run a 'stable' OS, so sticks with XP :lol:
Plus I still regularly use old versions because my workplace is tight and live in the stoneage. Tbh what I want with it, I could probably use notepad....
TRying to fudge my 'end of year - tale of BS'
Review time :(
Sort of related:
Ubuntu changed the window buttons from the right side to the left in their new release. And then switched around the order of the buttons (close, min, max) at least 4 times. I hate them a bit.
I use text edit almost everyday
#samethingkinda
if you have apple pages on the mac and the most recent version of microsoft word on windows, open a new document in each and try zooming (without the mouse scroll wheel). just use your mouse left click to scroll in and out.
within 10 seconds i bet you'll agree microsoft are very much ahead of apple on this one. and the this goes on.
but you were beta testing? or is that in released products?
Forgot what they were ;)
I get why supermarkets do this but what's the point in that?
hehe. i am sadly cursed to use the stupid apple mighty mouse at work. it;s the most awful thing ever.
i think maybe steve jobs has smaller hands than normal people. it's the only explanation for why they keep making one terrible mouse after another.
beta.
Still no need to change it every second day *sulks*
and why change it at all?
Yeah, with you on that
Can't you bring in a bluetooth mouse?
It drove me mad in 5 minutes use in the apple store, no idea how you cope with that on a larger scale...
sounds like a barrel of laughs.....
:(
Don't they only have the Magic in store now, not Mighty?
omg THAT mouse
they've made something like 7 rubbish mice in a row. no wonder they're investing heavily in touch technology.
Not even any money this year
#NoOneCares
in fairness, how will they learn if there is a better way? that kinda is the point of beta.
:)
I will never laugh at you again for using that mouse after my visit the other day :)
stop being so reasonable :D
oops.
ooo now mr c is around i can ask him...
mr c... you know on windows you can post a comment by pressing tab and then enter? how do you do that on a mac?.. Lukeh laughed at me cause i was rubbish at actually clicking post...
To be fair that was funny
*runs*
Test
Err, Tab+Enter works for me
you have to enable tab+enter in the preferences. it's off by default.
i don't know why it's off by default, but i always enable it. #appleinterfacefail
not in the apple store
Really?
Fair enough
oooooohhh!!!! okay... cause every time i did it, it refreshed the page...
most.annoying.thing.ever!
hush you! i shall get my own back one day...
Ohhh. We tried it and worked out that it wasn't working
Then lou tried to do it about 3 or 4 more times only to fail :) it was very sweet
yeah it does that.
that too.
it's annoying because you lose the comment too
It's even more annoying when you have someone giggling behind you I'm sure
#sorrylouiloveyoureally
#itwasfunnythough
it's cause it's a habit now...
type comment - tab - enter = comment posted...
can't believe you don't do that... no clicking needed.
here's how i have mine set: http://snogf1.com/
and it took me ages to type the comment out too!... then there was the issue with the mouse....
nope, that's a link to ollie's site...
here's how i have my prefs set: http://twitpic.com/1j5p9v
tab and enter definitely didnt do that for us :)
heheh. tab+enter to find where the heck ollie went too
my phone appears to have suddenly lost all will to live... in a few weeks the battery life has gone from about 3 days without charges to about 10hours :( the screen is a bit scratched too.. i need a nice smart phone i think..
:D
You know what phone you need
i don't want an iphone if that's what you're suggesting?..
one that's not scratched
evening
A few weeks ago you said you wanted one!
:)
i have changed my mind. :D
htc desire?
hehe :D hello
HTC thingy?
Thats the one... I've seen so many different names for these HTC phones this week
Ah ok
DD Tab+Enter works anyway
I've got the other one enabled [or did]
I think it's legally bound to change at least on a monthly basis
maybe... :D they look pretty! (i maybe went into the orange shop today....). I love samsung phones but the google software is sooooo nice to use...
I have an ipod touch... and i love it. having an ipod touch and an iphone is silly imo. plus i really really love having separate gadgets
HTC, Handsets That Can't
Keep away from a windows mobile phone, like the touch hd. Got one for work. I would have any other os if it were possible.
Is your Orange coverage good then?
This is true, and the reason why I wouldn't get an iphone too. I heart my ( now new) iPod touch
i've always been on Orange, and i have a brilliant contract with them which i'm really happy with. I've not had many problems with bad coverage. I know if i go to two friends houses i wont have any signal, but they live in the middle of no where.
you never told me which gen it was?
Did everyone ask him that? :)
Oh yeah, I checked the serial and it was a 2nd gen still. How dare apple employers know my old one was a 2nd gen as well :P not a problem though, am just happy I now have a touch again without all the issues I showed you before.
ahh cool, it's good they still stock them, but yay for no problems :)
There's generally refurb models available
Today, it's 16gb
I was really surprised when he came out with a new one, I was expecting it to be sent off and fixed. Really did appreciate the service and made sure of that by sending off the feedback form for the email receipt :)
Half hour till the ol' Viva F1 quiz
http://www.vivaf1.com/chat.php
VirginMedia appear to be switching to gmail
is that what it is? they keep sending me messages about it.
Pretty much
There's some settings you need to check before/after the switch
At least it should start working on mobiles then
from reuters: FOTA meeting today mainly discussed possible changes to bodywork regs for 2011, but also looked at merits of Michelin v Avon.
they're letting me keep my ntlworld addresses though. so many old things set up on those accounts.
Avon will have a red ring of lipstick?
It'll stay active for now
I guess eventually, they'll switch them off
:)
:)
Though, they could have it to distinguish the tyres, red for avon, blue for michelin?
There'll be no tyre war
what about the green stripe? Won't someone please think about the environment!
"Oops there goes another rubber tree plant"
weren't michelin only interested in doing it if there was a tyre war though?
I think so
I just can't see it being anything but a single supplier [fingers crossed]
There's a tool for automatic changes [for i.e. users only]
Or can be done manually
https://www.virginmedia.com/account/email-settings-change.php
:D
i'm rooting for joe's idea of running on iron wheels.
oooh that reminds me... i just realised am not up to date with all my spc podcasts...
#sorrymrc
#sorrymrsc
#sorryjoe.
Never thought I'd say this but Lukeh:
Have you played Extreme Sheepdog Trials from the App Store?
http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/27/extreme-sheepdog-trials-review-who-knew-sheepdogs-could-be-extreme/
Includes Whistle Training
No really, it does!
Anything for a bit of extra money, eh? I guess avatar didn't pull in enough hundreds of millions. http://news.bb...rtainment/8634216.stm {Comment #318}
What that article goes to show is that cinemas and DVDs can happily co-exist for the right sorts of movie.
Avatar was pushed out of the cinemas [especially IMAX] because Alice In Wonderland was contracted to start
People still wanted to buy Avatar tickets
The extra footage may tempt them back
Evening
Hey Pat
Blimey. I certainly ahve not.... yet :)
Oddest interface ever
I always knew the green stripes would make a difference one day.
:)
hey all!
Claus Hofferschnoffel :lol:
Hi Chris
i have a veruca and it wont go away (tried lots of stuff) and so i went to the Dr's yesterday to see if they could freeze it off but he told me (and gave me some leaflet about it) that if you wrap your foot in gaffa over the veruca then it irritates the skin and your body fights it like it would an infection, eventually it pushes it out. problem is, it needs to stay covered for 6 out of 7 days and for 2 months! {Comment #401}
When I was little, I used to get verucas. One particular cluster had to be frozen off because by the time my parents gave up trying to treat it with veruca creams, the cluster was stopping me from walking properly. I distinctly remember being put out because the doctor said it would take as long to do as it took me to count to ten. The first time I was apparently way too fast counting and the second I was way too slow...
Hullo sir
Final call for the vivaf1 quiz - http://www.vivaf1.com/chat.php
hey
nononononononononon
alia stop that comment trawling!
Hello! I believe congrats to you and Lou are in order!
aquire
eh? i meant squire.
thanks :)
Are we playing a game of Monopoly I don't know about?
:D
i have to leave the comments. i'll be back tomorrow.
I'm putting 3 houses on this comment, so if you quote it, you owe me 15 replies.
I'll :lol: and give you a hotel
T'ra
aw thank you
aw bye mr c!
Mye br C
*Bye mr c...
Bye!
Is that Welsh?
I demand to know why you're not doing something???
have found some gmm "news" to chew on: http://www.mot...article.asp?ID=365797
yeah, that'll occupy us for... hours {Comment #435}
Especially since the page that link sent me to was blank...
have you been drinking?
Alevels?..
Bazooka that commenter!
it is now
good night young sir!!
nononononononononon
alia stop that comment trawling! {Comment #743}
Sorry :blush:
Meh, once a year and all....
It was a bit ailment heavy earlier
Would rather Lou prepare for her exam tomorrow than to pull her away from it right before she sits it. once a year sure but we're meeting in a few days so whats the difference?
hehehe i would take the day off but i have a textiles exam tomorrow. monday is a bank holiday though :)
Mye br C
Is that Welsh? {Comment #759}
It's a Spoonerism!
It was a facetious question
Speaking as someone who moved pancake day. Sadly I think it isn't the same :(
I'm so happy I know what that means now, someone said to me a few years ago and i thought it was an insult and I was a strop for hours at them :D
I'm not even sure upon retrospect how it could be insuilting, it's a funny word
right folks,
i'm going to head off for a short while to try and finish my latest post - should be back later
:)
Byee!
see ya
see ya leigh
More game news [sorry]
Gorillaz are collaborating on "Escape to Platsic Beach"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KOlq5U41aPY
For some reason I had Monkey Island in my head for a minute there....
Ooh. Linkin Park just released a game too
:D
I've had too much excitement with Monkey island this week as it is, too many funky announcements for a geek like me.
I demand to know why congrats are in order!!
(well, not really "demand"... but, you know)
I'm simple enough to be happy with Angry Birds updates :)
With my new ipod I've had to start from scratch obviously. It's been more enjoyable revisiting the frustration than I imagined :P
I've already bought Angry Birds HD in anticipation of my iPad
[which is now 10 days away]
It's Lou and Lukeh's anniversary :D
This may have been easier to believe if they hadn't kept it all such a big secret :P
Congratulations then!
ooh i forgot you guys didn't know for ages.. not sure how we kept it such a secret...
I spent a whole afternoon with them at goodwood and had no idea! (might just be my own stupidity however...)
thank you :)
congratulations.
which reminds me, is there a way i could do a guest post daily on a particular date? it's midweek, and is sort of related to anniversaries.
No one bothered to ask
[we did kinda know though]
True story.
:D hehehehe i was waaaay too busy snapping jenson i think...
#sorrylukeh ;)
i figured some people might have realised (specially when jon sent me an email lol!)
I think there are 2 other men in this relationship, and both were drivers at brawn! ;)
That required much reading and thinking to work out, phew :)
Sorry! Maybe it wasn't clear enough...
Hahaha :d no it's fine. It's not our fault we're both Brawn mad.
Although the dream team are not a dream team anymore :(
am so annoyed at every f1 photographer.... is it so hard to ask for a 3 shots of a red bull entering the same corner just a few moments after the other!! they obviously had no idea i'd need it for my textiles :P
Screenshots of video footage?
ooooo!!!! that's brilliant!!! you may have just saved my textiles final peice! i knew someone in the comments would be able to help! thank you!
Don't we always ;)
Someone on twitter named PCToolsTogether is following me
I don't know whether to scrub myself down or spam him with Apple fanboisms :D
I was going to suggest Lukeh photoshop in the right background. You're obviously a lot more honest than me :P
i'm using photoshop to figure out the composition of my final piece... i'd ask him to do it but i'm useless at letting people design things for me... i'm a bit too controlling...
I <3 Al Green
It makes me sad that no-one knows who he is.
Where's Amy?
I want to know what she thinks of Kovi's Big Slipper™
http://twitpic.com/1j3onn
[I don't care that it's 6am for her :D]
I know that you know who he is
Does that count? :)
Not everyone
I guess so. I was playing some of it in the office yesterday and people were like "knock off the rubbish"
ooooh I hate that :(
Let's Stay Together is a wonderful tune
I just love him. I couldn't choose a favourite. That was the one that came on just now though.... Love it.
He's like Marvin Gaye without the awful allegations.
Oh wait, I was confused with the Isley Brothers
#pleasedontsueme
I think his problem is that his song titles aren't distinctive enough
Congrats Lou & Lukeh!
I am loving camping in my own apartment! Its like regular camping with less tents, but with broadband & a kitchen!
What are you using the kitchen for?
Beer storage
thanks Nick!
so really what you mean is sleeping on the floor?
No alcohol licence
Bless him :)
He's not selling it [I hope]
Can't quite understand it, but my 7 yr old and 6 yr old LOVE to sleep on the floor.
*cough*
Spot the diff is quite hard this week.
Why have you got a new iPod?
oooo! can't wait to see it,
quite hard is a bit of an understatement.
I have borrowed an inflatable bed!
Very knackering! but it does the job!
I also have a camping chair!
Because my old ipod was borked
Leave it inflated!
Ah. Did it get swapped at the Genius Bar?
Why didn't you just restore the last backup? That would have kept your Angry Birds progress
so you're still in your old flat?..
Indeed
Because it still had old software on it when I tried to do so, I couldn't update to 3.1.3 until it was sync'd. I don't mind, I like starting games again for some reason :)
Bah. So long as you're not unhappy :)
In other news I am now a Certified Mac Technician :)
Duh! :D
Awesome, well done :)
I did send the online feedback from the email receipt though as I was incredibly pleased with the level of service :D
yay!!! congrats Andy (so you're a genius now?.. or is there a difference between technician and genius?)
Thanks :)
Nope, i have moves somewhere bigger!
I also have a view of palm island now :)
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6277/viewev.jpg
Genius is the job title, Certified Technician is the qualification I need to be able to do the job.
You can watch it sink?
Whoo! :)
Just dont throw alison and i out the mac store! :D
And lots of cranes?
I wouldn't do that.
Well, not Alison anyway ;)
awesome!! :D
Definitely not Alison. I'd be too scared to :)
:D
OI!!!!
Can't believe I come back to find people picking on Alison. Shocking
:) hey
I have been shown this band tonight called Chameleon Circuit, named after part of the TARDIS, and with this link they obviously make music relating to Dr Who. Except it is actually really quite good! I'm really surprised, definitely a little thing for the Dr Who fans here in the comments.
An Awful Lot of Running is so catchy, with the obvious use of the Dr Who theme but still catchy...
If you haven't voted yet: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/04/27/life-in-the-fast-lane-ii-part-3/
Will be closing the poll soon.
Spot the diff
http://i39.tinypic.com/5l8akx.jpg
Flag's swapped. ;)
I got all 5 in the quiz, ooh yeah!
I've never finished as high as 2nd. Rubenstastic stuff.
Ooh ooh, found another one!
3 more to find? yeesh....
It took me a good half hour to get all 5.
Would Youtube stop changing Youtube? Thank you Youtube.
Youtube.
ooooo yay!
3 down, 2 to go. I swore.
I only found three.
The full quiz is now up here, quizmaster was Pitmonster:
http://www.vivaf1.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1888
no sneaking a look at the answers
yay!! i found all five! :D
But... that was like 5 minutes?
Blimey Lou, you're good. /me keeps you for the puzzle games.
Found 4, last one. C'mere ya b.....
Photographyers have the best eyesight ever I swear
Dammit, I thought I found all 5, turned out to be dust on my monitor!!! :D
what?
oh... erm... sorry... i think either all this spot the difference is helping me identify people in the back ground of photos (mainly various photographers)... or looking at the background of pics has helped me with spot the difference..
i wouldn't say the best eyesight... me having glasses and all.
:-D
Best perception perhaps
Fair enough, The best.. finding... details... stuff. I can't think of the word, I don't believe that is the technical term :)
perception is a better word.
hahah tis kinda easy when you know how to look round a photo... that and i'm kinda buzzing on caffeine atm.
The one thing this spot-the-diff quiz has shown up is how dirty my monitor is. Everytime I think I found the last one it turns out to be dust/dirt.
:D
No idea how I managed to get an A at a level for english language.
i dunno, finding details stuff is kinda catchy
Glad I missed it. Would not have had a very impressive score
Neither does most of society.
*runs*
haha
Got it. The "I"'s swapped.
:D
I got an E. And a D at retake.
C at Eng Lit though
the last one i found was really difficult, i only noticed it by chance.
I say this about my A Levels very frequently....
ooh you said a-level, mine were GCSE, sorry
Got an A by one or two marks earlier this year.
Considering my Shakespeare coursework was a C, I didn't do to bad in the tests.
I got an A for both at GCSE... nearly took English for Alevel, i had a lucky escape :)
ah yes, similarily mis-read.
I think my comments earlier say a bit too much about my success strategy though....
back folks
:)
A little bit of reading for everyone
:)
PING:
The Fastest Circuit on the Planet:
http://wp.me/pSi0N-3O
Nope, can't find that last one. 4 outta 5.
Good article. :)
Oooohh-errr
Forgot to add this - the 1937 German GP from AVUS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3pXXIIzvI8
Awesome. I can't get over that corner.
an absolute monster if ever there was one
:o
Unfortunately many did. :(
Beat me to it.
Well, that took me a long time to write. Thinking about what track I'll cover next....
A version of AVUS is available on rFactor. Crazy place.
This may be a Gavin question, but does anyone know how to get an rFactor replay out of rFactor into something useable for posting online?
okay, bed time for me, night all! xx
Night!
night lou
Night :)
Night
there's a thing called FRAPS, but it's not integrated into rfactor, it's just what gamers use to film themselves.
Off to bed myself, night all
I have a feeling you can edit the replay within the game and save it, will see if I can..
See ya
Night Lou
Night
FRAPS is a little mental from experience, and isn't free. Well, it could be but that's another story.
G'night sir.
I am highly likely to be going to Silverstone on Sunday for the FIA GT.
Not that I'm a huge fan of the series - though I might be now they've relaunched it as something more fan-accessible - this is just an excuse to nose around the new part of Silverstone for £21 instead of silly F1 money
The Trulliometer is low again, according to an Autosport news item...
Would've gone myself, but I may need Sunday to recover from a party I'll be thrashed at
:o
Ah no, 'e's no 'appy again.
It's a Spoonerism!
It was a facetious question {Comment #773}
Ah, I see :D
Not the best way to broadcast it, but with no testing i get his frustrations
I am going to retire for the night and watch Men who Stare at Goats. As in the film, not the literal event.
Night everyone!
Night Lukeh.
I'm gonna head to bed as well guys n gals. Night peeps!
Could be worse though, could've been Gordon Brown today...
night lukeh + turkey machine
The Trulliometer is low again, according to an Autosport news item...
Could be worse though, could've been Gordon Brown today... {Comment #930}
Good point. The GordonBrownometer has probably broken through the measuring part coming off the bottom of the scale...
The GordonBrownometer is currently in China
right - i'm off to bed
goodnight all
:)
hello all
hello Joe
Just making a quick stop - thoughts on Kansas this weekend?
:)
sorry, I'm back
Yeah.
It's flat.
REALLY flat.
To be fair those are my thoughts on Kansas anytime anyone asks me about it.