Yesterday was definitely a day of rest in Sidepodcast Towers, but having said that Mr C just keeps on coding. I was busy trying not to fall asleep all day, whilst some new commenting updates were in the works. I'll leave him to tell you more when the updates go live, but keep your eyes peeled. Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- The reason I'm so tired is thanks to the most excellent evening out in London, listening to Joe talking. So far we've heard all good things from the people who went, and I'm hoping we'll have some blog posts and photos to share with you soon. Lou has been posting a couple on her Twitpic account, though, including ones of me looking ever so thoughtful as I kept the comments updated. Turkey Machine has also written a quick post about his evening.
- I caught up with a couple of days of testing news yesterday, and posted two F1 Minute episodes. The first talks of Glock at Virgin - he's enjoying being the number one - and the second is about Schumi's predictions - he's changed his mind. I love the idea that Michael might have suddenly realised he said something he shouldn't have.
- Whilst we're on the subject of testing, I hope you're keeping an eye on Gavin's summaries after each day, as well as the updates over on Viva F1. Maverick and Gavin both use lots of pretty graphs, and now we're at Barcelona and conclusions can be drawn from what we're seeing out on track, it's worth looking deeper at the statistics. We'll be asking for your predictions soon enough!
That's all for now. Let us know how your weekend is going and what you're up to, and I will see you in the comments.
Hello hello
Hey Pat.
Are we still next door? I'll move
IIRC, he said in 1996 (first year at Ferrari) that they wouldn't be challenging for much. So I don't think he hesitates to say it as it is if they do suck. On the other hand, I also remember him saying that they exceeded initial expectations (of actually being midfield) in 1997, so if he's become more positive, there is probably at least some proof behind it.
think I preferred Saturday, I'm going back
Helloooo :)
I'm home a very greatful 2 hours early tonight. Can't be up too late though I start again at 8am :(
That's great to hear! :D
We're still in Saturday, though, if that helps you not stay up late. :D
I think everyone should be in today.
Hi there.
Indedd.
Luddites
OMG. A woman has just sat opposite us wearing a crown and devil horns wit bright red hair. Must be the night train!
no, we better be good boys and girls
last day of february
Good riddance winter. Although it means I'm nearly old.
Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised why there's lots of songs about the night train. :D
Would be funny if you actually see her again in proper business attire.
Already?! Goodness me.
Ask her why
still with the crown and devil horns?
Nooo! I said proper! :P
No way. She's way too freaky!
that's unfair, she might have a perfectly good reason once you ask
It'll just be a hen night or something I'm sure....
Exactly. Is she behaving like she is crazy or just dressed like it?
Well she's acting all weird too!
interesting... in what way?
Is she acting like the Cat Lady from the Simpsons? :D
No, she's acting like she's drunk and can't sit still! :)
I still say hen night.....
right, time for me to sleep now. night all! xx
I'll go with that.
she's probably thinking "who's this weirdo typing away on a train on a saturday night"
Perhaps because she IS drunk? :D
Night Lou
Night lou. :)
merely acting drunk takes half the fun out of it but does avoid the hangover
Shut up! :P
Night :)
night lou
i'm calling it a night too, night all
Night Mav.
Better get going myself. Gotta eat, then gotta write. :)
Night Mav and Journeyer
no idea if this has been linked already, but quite amusing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqm7RjgtVY
Hehehe :)
Hadn't seen that before
That's classic!
Night guys, I'll post my testing round up later!
night sir.
So.. what's happening?
am coding, yourself?
No idea what to do now.
I went to play skittles with a group from work. I was dreading it but actually it wasn't bad at all. I came 9th out 12 and top rookie!
There were actually a few there of my age group (albeit the bosses son and daughter and her bloke) so it wasn't just me and people much older.
you went to skittles and alex went bowling. i'm feeling left out now.
That so has to be the next pubbing event. Beer and skittles.
I knew nothing of this. I can imagine Alex bowling would be entertaining
http://twitter.com/kat_hall/status/9736449302
http://twitter.com/alexandronov/status/9736450257
:)
At least they were closely matched!
What a gentleman!
So competitive. Who knew?
For anyone who hasn't seen it BBC2 are showin cross country skiing. The finish of the race is incredible. I saw it earlier
Yeah I saw.... You wouldn't believe they'd just gone 30km....
I thought the woman who won had lost but somehow she got it back
Yeah. I guess the fact that you're in the Olympics really helps you dig deep....
The two of them showed what wanting to win can do. Very few people ever look like they want to win as much as those two and the woman who finished second had a great attitude after she lost
NASCAR Nationwide race has just finished. I can't believe I made it to the end without switching off or dropping off....
:/
am now having the 'i told you so' mental conversation about the ridiculous place i find myself at. honestly.....
that good eh? i saw on twitter danica didn't do so well.
drunk?
Hi Leigh. Glad you made it to SPC comments, not sure I've seen you here but have at Pressdog and TLR.. :)
btw I felt like that for the first 2 NWide races this year, I've stopped watching them
@pat: i wish. revellers where i am set up for the next 5 hrs are!
ah!
She was running fine on the leap lap about half way through, but got involved in a silly accident. A 50/50 that should have been avoided...
Hey Pat,
Been more a listener and a viewer as opposed to a commenter before. Writing at the mo, so keeping my head up.
How's goes stuff?
ah-ha. reading twitter you'd have thought she ran over someone's dog.
i think i need to follow better nascar people.
Podcast editing on the beeb seems to have gone rapidly downhill. The last 3 I've listened to have all had "i'll try that again" moments....
Good, good.. ticking over :)
ooh. name some names, we might know who edited them.
Dex isn't a Danica fan :)
I think it has more to do with obscene expectations. Thanks to her super-massive-huge following, there is an unrealistic belief that she would instantly be up front, which simply doesn't happen.
Hornish Jr, Franchitti and Montoya and so many others all showed that jumped from a single-seater to a Stock Car does not create a winner overnight - did anyone happen to hear Darrell Waltrip's comments about Franchitti last week?
i think i just learnt that :)
That his 4 Cup drivers won him the IndyCar title? Madness..
*drives
A biting wind, a SPC Doohickey, a headache creeping up again, and some very drunk people close by. Gotta hate Norwich!!!
Yep - of course everyone knows that Montoya was a journeyman driver until he hit the NASCAR trail.
Boiling blood = need more ice!!
That is moronic even for Waltrip. He must know that Franchitti won the title before he went to Nascar
Taking a break from writing - must absorb this week's Masterchef...
Alison is obsessed with Masterchef too
Oh the drama... no one understands the drama!!
I feel mean, looking back, the mistakes were all in portions plucked straight from live radio. Maybe they just need better presenters :P
OOOOH
Did someone mention MASTERCHEF?? :D
What are you going to say if Leigh is a Michel fan too?
Thank you iPlayer
:D
I'm not sure but you'd probably hear me saying it from your house....
that too.
Is it me or are the contestants "sweating" more than ever before? Oh the tension....
:O
... and I'm back.
Tsumani warning for the Washington coast canceled. (*sigh of relief.*)
Back to my season preview articles and my USF1 death watch.
I gather Japan's warning are still active - t'is a horrible situation
It is probably canceled since they just canceled Hawaii's. The "tsunami wave" that hit the Washington coast at 5:45 PM (PST) was six inches.
Lucky all the same - an 8.8 scale earthquake is something unimaginable
Nevermind, Japan is due to get an estimated 10 foot tsunami wave in the hour.
just testing, pls ignore.
this time from ie8.
I am having a goal metal hockey game party tomorrow. There is a condition for entry to the party. You have to bring a case of Molson Canadian and a case of Budweiser. Each time the country that beer represents scores, you have to down the bottle.
If it is going to be the game I think it is going I might be a little blurry tomorrow.
a quick fyi: live commenting should now be enable on every post on sidepodcast.
if you go today's daily: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/28/daily-28th-february-2010/
comments should appear as they are posted, and if you write a comment, the page doesn't need to refresh.
Ambulances in the area will be on the ready
Either that or it is going to be the boring...est party ever.
have tested new updates on safari/firefox/chrome/ie. it's a big change though and i'm expecting bugs.
of note, new comments appear as "pending" in the top-right of the page. this stops the page jumping around when you're writing comments.
Damn Mr. C.
You know they say Mr.C is a bad mother... shut your mouth...
4:20am + Shaft = Perfect
:)
Hockey update: Slovakia is pouring it on Finland right now. 3 -1.
#SorryAmyandLadySnowcat
Although Dan,
Nothing quite matches this I'm afraid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg
Actually, this would of been perfect.
Ha... (*need to look for that on BBC America.*)
its amazing how far they can travel, they were estimating the wave from the quake to hit New Zealand 15 hours after the event.
One of my friends is in Chile at the moment so I was very happy to hear he is OK.
So easy to forget just how powerful this planet is at times
righto, must head off. hopefully nothing breaks while i'm asleep.
g'night Mr C
Night English Shaft!
Goodnight Mr C
I've never meet Mr. C but I do picture him as Issac Hayes.
Oh... Bronze Metal Hockey game update: Finland comes storming back. 4-3. Seven minutes left in the third period.
Final: 5-3 Finland. #CongratulationsAmy&LadySnowcat
Heikki will be happy :D
@clubforce: Not good news from track: team toaster is destroying the toast. And the marmite is too cold. Very disappointing start to the the day.
Clearly they need to have a word with USF1.
Clearly.
Hello, Amy. Hello, lurkers. :D
Afternoon Journeyer :D
Afternoon. How's your Sunday?
I don't think you listen to Giggles Radio live, do you? Have you checked out the last show?
No, I'm normally sleeping when they're on and I haven't managed to watch any of the replays because I always forget. Something on there I should see?
Just remembered last Sunday's show. So cheesy... Mr C was exposed for the true man he is. :D But I do think it had the best playlist to date.
I plan on having an epic catchup when I have time, so hopefully that shall be soon :D
I am currently playing Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone. My golly, is it addicting. :O
Am I the only one who finds it wrong that the Times names their own F1 blog as one of the five best F1 websites. Boooooo.
That IS awful. :O
GMM: GMM names GMM as the best formula one news organization.
Really, you are never your best judge.
its one of the only blogs I've ever unsubscribed from on my feed reader, I definitely wouldn't put it in the top five.
what is it with The Times and lists? always geared towards the controversial rather than the sensible
gets them clicks, gets them comments, gets them profit.
gets them ridicule
so? it gets them profit. some just accept it as part of the business.
Hey Mav.
That is why I just unfavored their blog and site.
All quiet on the twitter front. Nice to see other teams taking Claire's lead with twitter. Love Lotus' feed.
Hey J
seems painfully too close to when I said goodnight on here
When DID you go to bed?
Williams: "...and, as with all good F1 sites, the clock counting down to the next race."
that criteria alone rules out 4 of the 5! :-D
Yet RBR who has a countdown isn't in it! Perhaps they should've pointed out their live timings instead.
it was nearer 1:30 by the time I DID go
6 hours of sleep? That isn't so bad. :)
i've been up for over an hour, so nearer 5
I shall remember this for the next month because my secondment involves 7.30am starts every day, which means getting up at 6.30, and I so won't be in bed before midnight, ever.
What happened the last time you tried it? Wasn't it originally your New Year's Resolution?
I had about a million new years resolutions that lasted about a day, as they always do. When I got back from NZ I kept quite normal hours for about 6 weeks before I went back to being a night owl.
just looking at site number 5 - The Times
articles include: "Sport in brief: Wigan shock Warrington"... a great F1 site indeed
Ughhh...
8.40am, rain pelting heavily outside and not a single wink of sleep - this is not shaping up to be a classic Sunday
NIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!
is it still raining in Dubai?
Not at the moment!
Its still too warm for this time of year so i expect it will later ;)
good. If I miss my Nole two nights in a row there will be hell to pay.
Anyone tested out the live comments on individual posts? Rather groovy!
Mr C is a genius.
So he is. :D
That said, quoting in ye olde comments is still a bit copy-paste?
He is indeed.
All Hail Mr C!
He's finally getting some sleep so I don't know the future on that one. Will ask asap.
Apparently, BSB played here last night. Some of my friends yet... and apparently, they're younger than me. Which I find most odd... :D
I bet you're sad you missed out. Don't worry, I'll have fun for the both of us on Friday :D
Nah, I'm fine. Not a fan. I prefer Boyzone in the boy band stakes. :D
Ronan Keating was on a gameshow on TV here tonight. It was odd.
In Australia?? What's he doing there? Oh well. Did he win?
@motorsportprint has turned his USF1 toaster sketch into a t-shirt!
he toured here at the start of the month. I didn't see the end but Wiki says his team did not win :D
I assume you've seen the Brawn toaster - http://tinyurl.com/yb8f6lf
Hello all. Have been following the tweets from Gallifrey One this weekend (Dr Who convention in LA) There are some amazing costumes from the convention goers. I think this is my favourite http://twitpic.com/15t18v and this one is cute http://twitpic.com/15rsyb If you want to see more look at #gally on twitter.
@ Janna
Would've loved to have gone.
Me too but just a bit far & a bit too expensive. Maybe next year
You can quote Janna's comment, Leigh. If you're in realtime, click reply below her comment, then click her paragraph to quote it. :)
Sweet
:)
Morning everyone :)
morning
Good morning!
And how are we all this morning? I am just getting myself set up for the radio show this afternoon!
Very, very, very tired
...and you?
Cool. Did you send over the post or is that in progress?
oh dear... that's not good.
Not sure if anyone has linked to this already, and it is testing realted but I think everyone should watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqm7RjgtVY
Ferrari stop McLaren from getting a look at their diffuser. :)
umm... yeah... that's right... oh yeah... a guest post!
*starts work on guest post*
I think there is only 20 people in the stands at Dubai. For shame.
Its the middle of a workday none would have booked off!
there wasn't many more there yesterday!
Really? The week was completely sold out when i looked on Tuesday
Maybe people were avoiding the rain
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=AD&Date=20100228&Category=NATIONAL&ArtNo=100221835&Ref=AR&Profile=1001&MaxW=300
possibly. It's voted the best 500 level tournament but thats probably because it has the highest prize money ;)
ooh there are levels?
how do you get promoted?
the 4 slams are the highest, then there are the 1000 level 'masters' then the 500 level events and the lowest is the 250s. I'm not really sure how they decide what is at what level but Dubai almost lost their tournament all together after the visa drama last year.
Im quite surprised they didnt drop the prize money after all that.
The local sponsors all seem to have withdrawn
Christine... You have mail!
Wooo, thank you :)
Also, Mr C and I came up with a plan yesterday, so that it should be easier to find past episodes of Giggles Radio, and other categories that don't yet feature in the bottom thing.
It only takes having to try and explain it to someone else to encourage action :)
hurrah :)
Right - finally getting to bed. I've got to be up in one hour for a brand new day!!
Morning all ;)
Morning.
Hey gang
Morning.
Really interesting that Ferrari found the need to downplay Massa's decent showing this morning...
Are they suggesting that Felipe was on fumes and the others were not?....
They said this before Lewis did his low fuel run...
"InsideFerrari: Last half an hour looked like a Q3 session. Felipe has the best time but does not mean he's necessarily the quickest. "
Morni-uh, Afternoon..
Howdy.
Just had a look at Lou's awesome pics... Yay for twitpic!
:D
yeah that for me too :)
I give up - this sleeping lark just isn't working. Landlord is about to come over and I can't even feel my face
Helloo
This is it, the big one, the final vote, the all important Part 9 - http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/life-in-the-fast-lane-part-9/
How will the story end? You decide!
I may have went with the unpopular route
Afternoon all.
Me too
*hides*
I can't see a poll - I'm using Chrome?
IE8 as well...
I've voted (using Firefox 3.6).
Have you had the problem before? It's all good here. I don't have IE8 to check though.
I have learnt its impossible to tell what will be popular and what won't be!
I have Chrome & have voted
Just checked IE8 and can see poll there (was very good & didn't vote ;))
No, never. I've just tried it in FF 3.6 too. This is what I see in all three browsers: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/fastlane-png
Ok, now it's there...
Let's... roll the dice.
Duly voted and commented.
Very odd.
Is Alex around? Will there be Giggles Radio today?
I went for the obvious...
But then I always do...
Yup, 4-6.
Yay!
Has this been brought up?
Anderson, Windsor block US F1/Stefan GP merger
It was tweeted yesterday [by Adam Cooper?]
Hi world, nice to wake up in a lucid state for a change, this weekend ;)
That would make sense.
:D Afternoon, Bassano.
Hi. Big sleep? Seems to be the trend for many of us at least :)
Pretty much
Had two heavy nights and decided to stay in last night for my body's sake
morning all, just catching up with live commenting feedback. will blog about changes shortly, please yell if anything is completely broken for you.
Awaiting my comment to be approved on Joe's blog
It strikes me that as your work becomes popular, the moderation process becomes ever more daunting.
A larger mountain to climb that needs more time to plough through
Shall we whisper if it's slightly broken? ;)
*posts on doohickey to test the coolio commenting thing*
pls :)
Morning.
I haven't noticed anything, so I'll just wait for your post ;)
he needs an intern. amy?
He certainly does :D
I was catching up with comments earlier and noticed it popped up with 'Pending'. That was pretty cool :)
That's interesting, comment pending box comes up faster on normal daily than it does on doohickey. All seems to be working ok in Chrome
i can't remember if i said last night, but the "P" key will load pending comments (when you're not in the middle of typing a comment), and "Ctrl+Return" will post a comment (when you are typing a comment).
shortcuts rule!
Ha ha
Someone's done a parody of the Google Superbowl ad
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/27/found-footage-googles-ad-mac-style/
#Apple
Funky idea
You're gonna need a page with that on 'cos I never use them, 'cos I don't know what they all are
At some point in the future could [someone] do a wiki page of keyboard shortcuts that work for doohickey/lclt?
Spooky :D
will do. just playing around and seeing which ones work at the moment methinks. ctrl+return is my fav though (may have stolen from wave at the request of giggles).
Well, I'll be darned. :D
Wait, is this for Ye Olde or Doohickey?
Cmd Enter the Mac equivalent?
I just tried to write a comment saying I like the idea of ctrl-return, by using ctrl-return to post it... and it didn't post, so is that not applicable to doohickey or am I doing it wrong? :-)
ye olde is getting all the updates at the moment. doohickey updates to follow in about two weeks.
ye olde also has twitter "sharing" links on rollover.
#sameperson
Ooooh. All right. :)
Ye awesome.
nope, on all platforms and all browsers, it should be Ctrl + Return.
(Ctrl+I makes text italic btw)
Do a lot of people still use Ye Olde?
I guess for non-regular commenters, it's the folk reading the blog who want to pass the odd remark on what they have read
Correct?
That one I know, Ctrl+B=Bold
If ye olde has been updated is it still ye olde?
Hmmm. Does it override browser shortcuts?
Also, I'm guessing by the same logic that Ctrl+B makes text bold?
Ye not so olde? :D
:-)
call this encouragement ;)
i have no idea, we don't track stats to that level. the plan is to make the best commenting experience possible and "ye olde comments" was a clean slate to reinvent things.
I like to call it Comments Classic ;)
ooh, i dunno?
Of course it is
or "New fangled comments"! :P
yep, if it kills a shortcut you normally use, please yell. it's a tricky balance.
try also:
Ctrl+D and Ctrl+Q
It's fine, but you can't use Ctrl+Q on highlighted comments to quote them, though?
Actually, quoting here is still a bit copy-paste? *May have mentioned this to Christine earlier.
Testing keyboard shortcuts
Wow, this DOES work! And it does override browser shortcuts.
D =
[strike through?]
Q gives nothing
Q is for quoting. It works for me.
Not in Safari for Mac
yup
safari 4 has a bug that means you need to hit the shortcut twice. annoying but true. am hoping they'll sort in v5.
*May have already passed the message on.
Ooh. Thank you. :)
Gotcha
I'm gonna need some post-it notes today
Helped me remember where # was ;)
yup. the reason is that the comment box is often off screen and you can easily fill up by randomly clicking on text. it's a usability thing to figure out, rather than a technical issue, so click-to-quote has been disabled at the moment.
I love the expansion as the new comments load :D
am now going to blog it all. was just soliciting feedback to see if mostly the concept is okay.
Christine,
Have you decided how you want to cover Fantasy Racers yet?
Roger that
Er, was I deciding something?
Ahhhh. I see. I did love that old functionality, though. Perhaps you can have a quote button/link near the comment? Once clicked, it jumps you to the commenting box with the quote in place?
You see, this is how you get free wine [sometimes] ;)
Do you use Ye Olde often Journeyer?
2 hours to the end of winter testing... which we'll duly celebrate with Giggles Radio! :D
Are you still going to read out the top 5 Panda Racing teams on the debrief?
ooh, i like that idea.
Nope.
i would so be a joe intern. Should I introduce myself to him in melbourne as the one who types out everything he says?
Not often, but regularly. I usually use it for catching up. Even more so now with realtime loading, makes it a much more usable tool for reading overnight stuff.
I thought there was the possibilty of a roll call but then nothing else [which I'm in favour of personally]
YES! :D
I didn't think they were gonna cover it on the podcast?
Anyways I still think christine should read the names out :D
So you don't mind if I do it on my blog then?
yay! :D
We are doing a roll call, yes.
This was mentioned on a podcast recently, wasn't it?
YES!
remind us and we'll let him know in advance that you'll be there.
Definitely
We'll have to vouch for your [relative] sanity
We're going to have a reminder post for each race which is basically where all Fantasy Racers discussions will go. If you're doing your stats like last year, we can probably get a banner in the sidebar for you like the rankings one.
No harm in checking, right?
I ask because I am writing a post about Fantasy Racers and I want to include the top fives of different leagues (by request) this year...
Just checking, the updates on ye olde comments do not work on my mobile, am assuming this is correct and will still use doohickey
Sounds awesome!
Of course
Information makes us prepared
your mobile updates with doohickey, but not ye olde? that's not right no :(
Is it a smart phone?
[Or a relatively smart one]
im not sane. If i was sane i would have gone to sleep hours ago. I turned off my laptop but mobile doohickey is my downfall.
Goes to grab iPhone and test
I said [relative] Sanity :D
Oh ok, is HTC Hero running Android, doohickey updates but not as fast as the PC. Am on sidepodcast/realtime on phone
:D
:D
Does that run a mobile chrome browser or firefox?
Out of interest
shoot. i'll borrow christine's mobile and look into it. ta.
mobile webkit.
How do I know? I just go onto the browser (no technical knowledge)
Safari-ish
ahh janna. i may know what the problem is. the pending alert gets stuck top-right of the page on the itouch, is it doing the same for you? i have to scroll back to the top of the page to load new comments.
or post a comment.
OK, had I thought about it, I would have known the answer
But, I can verify that Ctrl Q or D definitely don't work on the iPhone
Probably as I have no physical keyboard - just a hunch
Test
yeah, the "p" shortcut is a tricky problem on the phone. in an app you could bind it to a shake gesture or something, but there's no shortcut functionality so far as i can see.
iPhone users are fine with Doodhickey to comment though
And multiple tabs
Is Doodhickey the skater's version ;)
I touched the 'pending' icon and it refreshed!
It still lurks at the top though
shall look into fixing that. it's too small on the phone too.
Can't see pending icon at all on the mobile. Have tried scrolling to top & far right/left but no box. Is no problem for me as will use doohickey but want to add points towards my testing badge ;)
You need to prioritise, I think
I was about to say that I could do with an intern, but eh..... something's don't come across well when written on the net...
:O
Are you happy to wait cos I think mine got lost in the post ;)
Leigh: Are you in London?
oops...
Yep
Actually, I should say: my developer's assistant badge :D
Cool, there are a few of us then
I'm in Dulwich and Alex isn't too far away
I organising a get together for St Patrick's Day. Probably meeting at The Strand
Being Irish, that's sounds like a plan - I'm out in Bow, so not too far
Are you Dub?
My folks are Irish, Dad from Clare, Mum from Roscommon
Not too far from Dublin - Kildare, which is close enough...
Ah ok
You on Twitter?
I still check the iPad site every other day to see if I'd missed the announcement of launch date or the notification email I signed up to
Yip - LPXmusic
iPad seems like an odd creation - still can't quite figure out what it's for or who it's aimed at. Ah well, I've got my MacBook... it does stuff, which makes me a happy bunny
Quite a few Mac fans here
I have an iMac which I love but have been wanting something Netbook sized for a while
iPad will be perfect for me
[Ooh, possible guest post on running SPC on the device, Mr C/Christine: too Apple centric?]
Nope. If anyone wants to write a Windows post, we are open to that too :)
Found, ta
Mainly using mine for either blog or audio editing work now - t'is rather spot on for it
Ok, I'll have a think when the time's right
In order of fairness, I'd say Linux too, right? :D
I've heard so many people say it'd be perfect for their parents/grandparents to email or surf a little
No computer skills required
Right, I'm gonna watch Lost before Giggles Radio begins
[4 o'clock that is, peeps]
One day I'll convince my mother of that
heh heh...
I have a question mr c... I don't know what the answer is though... I have been trying to say to people "come and watch my radio show on sidepodcast". Several of them have said they've arrived clicked on the article and then tried to comment and of course it's reloaded the video.
So I have been saying, ah what you want to do is go to the site click the comment in real time up in the top right, then on the left near the top of the page that loads there's a thing that says active thread and like a drop down thing, click on that change it giggles radio and it should work.
I can't think of a better way... but have I missed something?
Now the comments load automatically, that should be fixed, shouldn't it?
More fun and games from Stefan, a press release at http://www.stefangp.com/news009.html says:
28/02/2010
SGP would like to re-confirm its desire and, importantly, its ability to compete in the whole of the FIA 2010 Formula One World Championship.
It recognises that this can only happen with the consent of the FIA and the FOM, but has faith that the Formula One 'family' will make the correct decision in the end.
There will be no more press releases on this subject and we look forward to being allowed to show everyone our team in Bahrain.
More on Stefan GP:
Stefan GP ’says sorry’ to FIA and FOM, promises to keep quiet for now
Adam C mentions that the grammar is worlds better than in previous statements, adding it:
The story goes on. And on. And on.
They finally figured out the best way to work with the FIA is to not stir things up :)
They're just Phoenix all over again!
I read that - sounds like it was penned with gritted teeth
They only figured that out NOW?
Or might they be acting like this now that they've been... appeased?
We shall see.
Their website screams amateur so much.
Their whole PR operation screams amateur.
I still think the best thing they could have done was to not enter the F1 season and function as an unofficial test team.
Here's a thought - how come Stefan couldn't get any tyres from Bridgestone, considering they bought all the Toyota F1 stuff? Surely they would have bought all of the service contracts like fuel, tyre and other supplier deals too?
I'm guessing their contract their Bridgestone was voided when they lost their entry.
I wonder if that was the case?
This came out midweek - Bridgestone will only supply tyres to teams with an entry.
But didn't Toyota have an entry?
It would be fine except they can't see the video when the comments are at the bottom... It's a very small thing though.
In 1999 they had an entry for the 2000 season so they had tyres, but in any that was in the time of tyre competition, the contracts will almost certainly be different now.
Ahh, so that is what sidepodcast.com/livecommenting is for.
Absolutly except what I kind of want is a way to say... "here's the link" it will load livecommenting and then when you refresh it will be there... Actually I guess that is what it does right?
Should do.
Stefan bought Toyota's stuff but not their right to become an official team
Bridgestone are probablty obliged to only provide to the official entry list
I missed your meaning, thinking you meant their testing year :-)
I think they had an entry but I don't believe Stefan bought it, I think Toyota were removed from the list.
Really bad timing to post as you're all listening to Giggles Radio, but here is my introductory post for Fantasy Racers 2010: http://f1numbers.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/fantasy-racers-2010-introduction/
Will link in the daily today.
Plug it again later Gavin as well
Helllooo All. Me = Shattered
How are we all?
Will do, as I now start to write the testing post and I'll be here during the Hockey final tonight. And thanks for the plug Christine!
Hey Jon
Listening to Giggles Radio
I can't listen to Giggles Radio (because I'm not home), so I filtered it away to not spoil me for later; which works but only until new comments come in. Then all giggles radio comments show up again.
sorry kathi, the filter is broken, pending updates. however, you can follow daily comments live here: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/28/daily-28th-february-2010/
forgot the rest of my comment: Is it supposed to be like this or is it just my computer?
(and they update)
CAn you use LCLT for the Daily or testing threads
*plug :D
ah Ok. thanks
Do a lot of people still use Ye Olde?
I guess for non-regular commenters, it's the folk reading the blog who want to pass the odd remark on what they have read
Correct? {Comment #258}
I use Ye Olde for everything except live events - I don't like using the doohickey and LCLT, for all that it auto-updates (making it superior to Ye Olde for things like practise sessions), is a little less comfy for me to use.
alia, v.important question. after the changes, are ye olde comments still okay/usable/etc?
If ye olde has been updated is it still ye olde? {Comment #260}
Ye Newey?
Hi Alia, we're currently in the Giggles Radio thread listening to Alex do his thing
alia, v.important question. after the changes, are ye olde comments still okay/usable/etc? {Comment #388}
Yes :)
I can see the "X Pending" icon in the top-right hand corner of the screen, it updates correctly according to how many comments actually are pending, but it doesn't block anything.
It takes slightly longer to load the comments since they were nested into a separate page, but at the same time the occasional bug where threads with umpteen hundred comments wouldn't load first time has been fixed.
A pat on the back for Mr C (who I assume did the relevant coding) is in order.
Hi Alia, we're currently in the Giggles Radio thread listening to Alex do his thing {Comment #390}
I would be too, except that my connection is currently being shared and I don't want to annoy Dad by hogging too much bandwidth...
goodo, we made sure that nothing jumps around until you click something.
still working on that, pls yell if it gets worse again. if it's easier you can add "/comments/" onto any post and get just the comments, so for today's daily:
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/28/daily-28th-february-2010/comments/
would be a good fallback.
That's useful to know, thanks Mr C
still working on that, pls yell if it gets worse again. if it's easier you can add "/comments/" onto any post and get just the comments, {Comment #394}
Noted, and thank you for the tip.
However, I'm not worried with the current delay because it is, at most, a couple of extra seconds. If that makes sure that the heavily-commented entries (which are often the most interesting) load every time, that seems a good trade-off. I thought I ought to tell you the delay was there for the sake of keeping you informed - I didn't know whether it was an expected occurrence from your perspective or not.
Thank you again for the hard work you've put into the improvements.
http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=2764
Pitmonster asking when is a new team is not a new team..?
minus 1x 'is'
:)
During the break, I'd thought I'd share today's What The Duck
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/wtd-first-sale-jpg
Just looking at the BBC News, bad storms in France, hope Joe is OK
*jumps back into the daily*
Noooo, don't start raining. I'm about to go out
Silly clouds!
*joins* :)
How was the rehearsal?
long and cold. but strangely fun and encouraging. The actors are doing really really well :)
Ooh yay :) least it sounds like it's going well.
JACKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#sidepodspace
NASA really love to waste money. There are only four more shuttle missions to go so why are they still spending money testing the solid rocket boosters when they have already had 130 flights. It's only two weeks since we had a shuttle launch so they could have taken data from that. They just seem to like spending money for no gain.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/final_motor_test.html
Blug alert: I've drawn a cartoon about Stefan GP's efforts to gain an entry.
Incidentally, I've signed up to the March 2010 MiBloPoMo, so expect a post every day next month (as well as this one - I succeeded with four hours to spare!).
Panda news
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100228/tod-hungry-panda-swipes-bones-from-pig-p-870a197.html
If wild pandas are this tame I can't see why Christine is not allowed one
Keep plugging
Evening. Ice hockey time!
This is the biggest medal of the olympics.
The Canadians I know have told me this is the ONLY medal at the Olympics!
Yeah, pretty much.
If anyone wants a NASCAR feed: http://www.justin.tv/slapnut_v5
If you have Sky and aren't watching hockey, we've now got it on ch.190.
I have hockey on telly and will glance at the NASCAR feed every now and then..
I would say that the Americans are the favourites tonight.. .right?
Canada are favourites, but I do think USA could do something special.
I hope not!
Can you imagine if Canada lost twice to the USA in the same Olympics?
The guy coaching the Canada team played for the Whitley Bay Warriors?? Surely there must be a few thousand Canadians that played at a higher level than that who could coach the team
He probably either started out their or finished there. He must have played in the big leagues at some point.
Hello all. New tag line for Sidepodcast.
Sidepodcast: Better Olympics coverage than most American TV networks.
Hey Dan. What's wrong with the American Ice Hockey coverage?
They literally started the broadcast 20 seconds before the game starts. I guess they need to squeeze in that last advert... :(
Oh dear. I have heard the Molly Rants and I am shocked at how poor the general coverage has been. BBC has been awesome in comparison!
That's ridiculous.
So is NBC delaying coverage until 8 hours later!
What? That is insane
I love it. I'm 110 miles away and I have to wait for the people in the east coast. Grrrrr....
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-10459382-256.html?tag=mncol;title
I (heart) goalie masks.
So do teeth ;)
odd question... but i've no idea about this kinda thing.. what would a reasonable 'day rate' be for a photographer?
1-0!!!
Depends on who the photographer is, what they are going to cover and where it is. If you are looking at something for yourself work out a salary you would reasonably like to earn then work on the basis that there are 250 working days per year and you are going to get jobs for 60?% of those. Don't forget that for every hour/day you spend photographing you have a time on top of that, that you will spend on other things from sales to all the post photographing stuff that results in you producing the finished article. You also have to asses the costs involved whether that is equipment, materials, travel etc
Based on all of that you should be able to calculate a reasonable day rate. You really need a proper spreadsheet for this so that you can work out quickly what effect getting 10% fewer sales would have or what effect having to travel further to get jobs would have.
I can barely stand up on skates - so it is amazing how these guys in protective gear and holding a stick are so agile!!!
That looked like it hurt
I haven't been on skates in donkey's years but standing and walking I coud do but proper skating was very dodgy and stopping meant hitting a suitably solid object
F1 Minute for the last day of pre-season testing: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/02/28/28-feb-10-hamilton-leads-final-day-of-testing/
right... looks like it may be a bit of a long night then... lol never had to think about this kinda thing before.
Depends. I would charge $100-150 (USD) for a day shoot. For something like a wedding I would have a base rate $200-300 because of how much freaking work is involved with it.
What every you come up with make sure you add in expenses (i.e. travel, rentals, materials) and enter some cost for post production.
A good rule of thumb is for every hour you shoot, you will spend a half hour working the imagine in photoshop. That is a lot better than the old chemical lab days where it would be three hours of lab work for every hour shot.
I don't know how more guys get hurt because those skates are really really sharp.
Christine,
I posted panda news earlier but you may have missed it
Didn't one guy almost get decapitated once?
If you need any help keep asking questions. There are enough people here who know how to make spreadsheets and what needs to go into this.
They are protected everywhere really.
Ah Steven, thanks for the guest post. :D
Do you mind if we post it on Tuesday or Wednesday?
Yessir?
Whenever you like. I tried to send it late last night but the site was deader than USF1
well.. i've been asked what my day rate is... and i was just a bit stumped by it cause.. well i've no idea about that kinda thing, not having much experience in it lol so thought i should ask you lot about your thoughts... seeing as your more experienced than i am in real life stuff lol
I am not saying that there is any national pressure on the Canadian hockey team, but even the England football team must be glad they don't play hockey for Canada.
Pandas eat bones? Weird.
Who asked and why?
Weirder than Bamboo?
But the England football team aren't the best team in the world.
Emma, if she has any work for me in the future.
Exactly. That means you don't need a forest of bamboo just some scrap from the butcher. Do you see how tame that wild panda is?
Cheers. :D
Apparently the host said they were doing upgrades to the RAM .. hope they dont do that on a race weekend ... we may need to move
Well bamboo is a plant, so yea.
I would say that the Canadian Hockey team have a similar experience to the All Blacks...
Maybe they use the bones to make soup or stock?
:D
That's good. You really need to do a business plan. Don't be scared to say to her that you have never had to calculate a day rate before or to ask for her advice. Explain to her that right now getting experience is more important to you than making loads of money. Ask what she thinks is a reasonable rate for you to charge.
Hey Lou so speaking with Joe got you noticed?
Yes but neither of them have to deal with anything like a Rangers - Celtic game.
In terms of rivalry or mindless violence?
On the vdeo it is eating the bone. I know they are not known for being particularly bright but it took the meat off then ate the bone.
Both of those or in terms of pressure. Being a Celtic fan, player or manager today will not be a lot of fun and every place of work, every TV and radio station will be discussing this result for the rest of the week.
I guess it wanted the bone marrow.
Because the All Blacks versus South Africa rivalry is pretty fierce, but only on the field. Certainly there is a lot of discussion and pressure on them both...
Evening :)
Day of stupidly intense work is over :D
sounds perfect to me, have just had the exact same conversation with my parents, sounds like a plan :)
in a way :D ( <3's SPC)
Evening
Fantastic new, I'm so chuffed for you
Evening Alison
Hello :)
You need at some point to cost it all out for yourself but for Emma it is better to just talk to her about it and get advice. You only need the costings if you are doing lots of days working as a photographer to make sure you make money out of it
Evening :)
I've been home 2 hours now but I realised that of the 24 hours prior to that, I'd spent 19 of them working.....
That's not exactly legal!
hehe. i third that plan.
remember joe works with some of the best in the world ( http://www.f1-photo.com/ ) but has also given countless people a leg up into f1. so long as you cover your expenses, you're all set.
If its motorsport based, just ask them to cover your costs, getting the experience is what counts!
It's not illegal. Our working regulations have a lot of loopholes....
Night! ;)
They must do! Have you got some time off now then?
Go to bed!
Helllllllloooooooooo
Jonnnnnnn!
The hockey re-started and I hadn't noticed
what did i do now?
Hi Jon.
Night Nick
Great BBC Montage though!
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
You said an enthusiastic hello, I replied to it.
Looks like USA will be a man short
That was a bit unsubtle
Didn't half whack him
Have replied to Emma, but will have a chat to the photography teacher at my school (who is a rubbish teacher but a good photographer) who has done countless commissions for people. I'll see if he can run me through some things, so i can grasp a knowledge of the basics for the future.
thanks :)
from sutton images:
http://twitpic.com/15wcs4 - Red Bull Racing use adhesive stickers showing fake exhausts to give the impression that they exit the rear of the car.
and i thought the fake wheel bins were silly!
Oh god, not you and stickers again.
the watermark is in the way? sneaky though
FAKE stickers!
we'll need a twitter account.
yeah it is. stupid seeing as its the size of a postage stamp anyhow.
That is just weird
wait... what?... why???..
2-0
at least these ones are less visible :)
No idea. It's not like it is going to fool the opposition for more than a few seconds
also, i haven't seen this mention anywhere... but front spinners?
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97021901/Getty-Images-Sport
here's a better shot (2nd subs req.):
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13246202
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo-large.php/dir/2010febtest5/image/su_jm1028fe106-4
Is there no-one at the FIA capable of writing a simple regulation that does what it is supposed to? I am amazed the we don't have someone entering a Harrier jet citing a loophole in the regulations
Ping! I has been blogging about a game I've been playing, and even managed to get a link from it to Life in the Fast Lane ;)
http://toata.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/66-heavy-rain-forecast/
that's during a filming day before testing though? not sure i've seen them during testing?
Never mind the puck get on with the game
Woo, I approve!
Where does it really exit?
you raise a good point.
underneath the suspension.
That's surprising. I wonder how Newey is going to sort the variable aero problem that has always caused. Wonder if he has something clever in his diffsuer
So where do their exhausts come out
so, they've developed secret rims that they want in PR material, but haven't tested yet?
or, they've spent time developing front rims for no purpose whatsoever, and decided they ought use them?
Odd.. I thought it was preferable to have the exhaust gases flow over the rear wing to aid downforce
Are they doing one of those videos showing the change between this year's car and last year's again?
2-1
Canada is playing like they should of the first time they played. Plus Miller is no longer standing on his head.
... USA scores! Need another beer. (*see earlier comment*)
this is what craig said about the car after launch:
"...dipping along with the exhaust outlet under the rear suspension"
http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/redbull-rb6-first-impressions/
ooh possibly, but red bull never had front spinners like that, did they?
Is it not just a blur? They are running silver wheel rims...
just blanked rims: http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1320440
maybe, looks vented to me.
Montoya is out
They used to feed the exhaust just under the rear wing to speed up the airflow there and increase downforce. The trouble with that was that mid corner the downforce varied with the throttle pressure. There is a centre of aerodynamic pressure just like there is a centre of gravity and the centre of pressure has to be slightly in front of the centre of gravity so varying the rear downforce by jumping on and off the throttle mid corner made the cars ever so slightly unstable as the centre of pressure was varying forward and back by several feet.
Feeding the exhaust flow into the diffuser area should have the same effect as feeding it on to the bottom of the wing so I look forward to someone explaing how Newey has solved this.
although you could be right: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/96867314/AFP
Alright... this game is getting a bit chippy. Love it. We need a good ol' fashion hockey fight.
No but if they were doing a video they could use the fan like spinners with smoke or water to emphasise the effect the spinners had
his fault?
I don't know, I was watching hockey and when I checked hte screen at a break, they were talking to him. I couldn't hear what he said for the buffering.
Let's just say he may lose points in Christine's Rankings...
not necessarily - you end up with more downforce at full throttle, and not in the corners
evening
Evening
Evening Mav.
Second half time Canada 2 USA 1
I've decided to go up the pub and have a drink or two. Needed to get out of the house to be honest! :P
End of second period. Game slowed down a bit. Not as good as the 2002 final in Salt Lake City but still a pretty good game.
and you didn't invite us?
It's Squeaky Bum time...
I'm determined that USA are going to win it 3-2 in Overtime.
talking of rankings, anyone metioned Mark Webber has a new website?
Certainly a slow drinking game for Dan
ooh, nope.
I knew he had a twitter name but not a website
I should of went with the six packs instead of the twelves.
He is @AussieGirl or @AussieGit or something
i'll try to relocate the bit that might not do him any favours in Christine's Rankings
I guess the host is going to inherit a lot of beer at the end
http://www.markwebber.com/
that's quite nice too.
I like his doggy in the video :)
My friends and I are looking for famous Olympic hockey fights and games. We all agree that nothing was better than when Canada would play the USSR in the late 70's and early 80's. Just physically destructive games where the two team HATED each other. Just watching some of the highlights, hits, and fights from those games make me cringe.
looking at images from the filming day Red Bull had... it isn't clear but it doesn't look like they've got any attachments or fancy things on their wheels.. sorry mr c. i did find some awesome pics though
http://www.life.com/image/96870357
http://www.life.com/image/96870468
he has a youtube account too: http://www.youtube.com/user/aussiegrit
ace!
Well if you're prepared to make the trip down to Wymondham... :P
it is a lot better than the usual driver sites isn't it?
agreed.
That's like the accidental pic my mate took of me when I was running!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubbergoat/3893930686/sizes/o/in/set-72157622146866353/
but there's a bit with the usual "favourite..." "most memorable...", can't seem to find it anymore
i stand corrected. ta.
There seems to ba an Australian site as well
http://www.markwebber.com.au/
ah, here... right in the middle of this page: http://www.markwebber.com/my-story/
Preferred Swear Word:
Has it been translated?
Hockey is back on. They keep doing that to me
It's back on Steven ;)
That is really helpful. Thanks
should be 3-1 too
You're welcome ;)
Read and voted
http://tenstepstories.wordpress.com/
That was a very nice way to achieve the result Christine.
#nospoilers
i thought that too. :)
Aw come on Canada!
Geezze. Miller keeping the USA in the game.
Like every other game they've played.
The final oh-so-important vote!
Just proves if you have a hot goalie you can go far in any tournament.
Mr C's post about live commenting updates: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/28/enhancing-f1-conversation-in-2010/
We definitely need F1 to decide someone's future in this manner ;)
In any sport.
So when my team can't get passed the second round, its just some bad luck?
Oooh, imagine the power!
I will be interested to see the outcome to see how people think about racing
Sid the Kid just choked it away there.
Crosby just blew the hero moment. I bet he is glad his team were not a goal down when he did that
fluffed it.
I will say that the US back line has done a good job this tournament.
They've pulled Miller.
noooo!
2-2
It's going to get interesting
Ohhhh.... This ain't over yet.
Yesssss
So we have a third half time break
That saved the game for the Americans, well played.
3rd half?
They're breaking the laws of everything, damnit!
What every hockey fan is going through right now.
Also, time to chug a Budweiser...
3 periods, but those are over and they are about to have overtime
Nah, its more like extra time.
Extra time rules in International Hockey.
20 minute extra period.
Only five guys on the ice at a time.
boo usa! Leave canada alone!
Yeah I reckon!
Nooo, come on USA. If they win now I've got a prediction spot on.
We are going into the 4th half
oh yeah... it's sudden death meaning first team scores wins.
If we are scoreless after the extra period... penalty shootout.
usa can win next time they host. Did they win at salt lake? I have no idea but i always go for the hosts because the excitement of the home crowds bring a tear to my eye
Yaaay I like the host country to do well at sports....
don't get your hopes up for the Malaysian GP
No they didn't.
Finland got the bronze in the hockey
:D
Last time the USA beat Canada in a Olympic metal game? 1960. Actually, the USA win last week was the first time we beat Canada in the Olympics since 1960.
I have a feeling the USA have already won...
PING: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/02/28/f1-digest-2010-season-preview-the-teams/
That Journey song has become really big again hasn't it?
Don't Stop Belivin is everywhere isn't it?
*Shakes fist*
I am getting ready for the stomach punch. I don't like the USA's four man lines versus Canada's.
I'm off to bed, tomorrow is St Davids Day so there shall be lots of yummy Welsh cakes in uni hopefully :)
Night all!
Enjoy those cakes :) Night.
night Lukeh,
good night
Canada should have won this already, that's got to play on their minds
US side is younger isn't it?
This is tense. All of us are just silent, just staring at the TV with clinched grips on our beers.
I bet these Canada chances aren't helping the tension
I cannot imagine what it's like for you - I am on the edge of my seat and I am a neutral!
Night Lukeh
There younger and smaller. They we're supposed to be in the metals this year. Miller has just carried them through.
If USA win he should get two medals
So, all this slating of Sidney Crosby?
was just about to say that canada look far more postive...
Nice!
I was sure McGinla was going to get the winner
Must be tough for USA when they beat Canada in the group game
Miller carried us through. In the end we just didn't have enough.
Yeah. Comiserations Americans - very good game. Well done Canada!
it took canada's best performance of the competition
Thank you Canada for a brilliant Olympics - with one exception it was AWESOME all the way through!
So will Canada break out the beer, cigars, and champagne again?
it's over already?
Isn't there just the closing ceremony now?
i sincerely hope so
Yeah :(
It only lasts two weeks
Yes
no idea. what the hell is gonna be on iplayer this week then?
We need to invent some more craaaazy sports so it can go on for three weeks.
The Olympics were great for blogging eh?
i take your 3rd week and trade you the build up to the f1 season?
I still want that 3rd week.
I just think they should stop putting so many cool things on at once.... Then it'd take much longer.
tobagganing, down the moguls
Extreme Curling?
There has been too often when there were 3 o4 things I wanted to watch all on at the same time
why isn't snowball fighting an olympic event?
I still maintain bobsleigh mkII, where they use a chap named Bob to go down.
A lounge version of 'Jump' by Van Halen??? AWESOME!!!
deal ;)
this has to be the first winter olympics were I have managed to not see any figure skating / ice dance
well pleased with my achievement too
I would love to know what its like to be in a country that gets at least two gold medals.
I don't recognize sports that are judged.
I nearly did it, but then my cold cynical heart was melted by the story of the Canadian Woman who competed two days after her mum died...
me tooo
aren't they all? :-) ok, I know what you mean
not ski jumping?
(*Goose bumps*)
Fireworks indoors!
:-( Work tomorrow
Night all
Same here - good night!
night anyone who's going
see ya
Ooh I've just got some very odd news. Straaaange.
What isn't strange is the fact that I'm still awake even though I'm shattered....
Night.
Good hockey tournament. The USA team is young. Canada should be better. We'll see you in four years when Russia fixes the tournament.
i still feel kinda cheated that Mercedes GP haven't bothered to change their website header yet... JB is not at the team anymore... and they aren't using the Brawn anymore... change the stupid header internet man! ;)
Good night guys who are leaving
Duck related?
e-mail them.
you would have thought Mercedes would have used more flattering pics of their drivers...
the reason i went to their site in the first place was to try find an email address to contact them.. i've found an address for mercedes... but not for the f1 team. grrrr lol
Unfortunately no.... Loving the ducks right now. That wouldn't be in the slightest bit odd.
My ex-boyfriend has just got engaged.... Odd odd odd.
Schu has a bigger chin and Rosberg has a beard. AND it uses autoplay music. i hate that.
Mercedes = on the list
i think they are slowly changing it.. for some pages it has the old header pic.. for others nico... hmmmmmm.
Guess they have a web designer who thinks he is an artist
oops
Is this the same one that proposed?
Yes.
i didnt think he proposed, i just thought he mensioned it and thats when she meant mental ;)
#confidential
Haha I guess we'll never know.... I am reliably informed by facebook that someone else was a little more receptive.
and by receptive you mean didnt go "AAAAAAAAAAAAH NOOOOOOOOOOOO"
?
#sorryalison-kinda
i'm not impressed... it's almost like they don't want people to contact them. BrawnGP had a contact email i believe... silly mercedes... i want to show them my pic of Ross Brawn!
I have found out they have a few job vacancies though... lol not that i want to be an 'airbrush artist/ custom painter'
He didn't waste much time. Maybe once he started proposing he couldn''t stop
Like pringles
You are stalking him on facebook
Errrr no. It came up on my homepage. No stalking involved thank you.
Yeah I think he just wants to get married.
ooooooo *is angry* mercedes changed the name of their facebook group and deleted all of the brawn stuff that was on it. it's like they are trying to delete my team! *humph*
Try http://www.mercedes-gp.com/
that's where i was trying... i can't find anything to contact them.. no address, no email... just facebook and twitter!
That's not the link you posted
[email protected]
:)
Ask Stuart for an e-mail address or one of your other contacts in the sport
Lou,
Do you have media accreditation yet?
hehehe i know, that was the mercedes website, rather than the F1 teams website, but that's the only site i can find contact details to mercedes on, nothing for brackley, or the team.
*waves*
[email protected]
(hearts) thank you. i was getting rather annoyed :)
always worth checking the disclaimer at the bottom, or the t&c's or whatevers there.
no... i don't know how to do that/ what i need to do... i haven't had time to figure it out yet.
grrr to mercedes gp, for not being as fan friendly as mclaren or brawn. ;)
Hands up anyone who has accreditation who can help Lou
#notf1
*hands up*
Thanks Jon. You two can sort yourself out and I don't need to be involved
Woohoo
haha :D
Once you have accreditation you have contact with the teams
okay. *puts on list* before i do anything like that i really need to sleep, school tomorrow and i have a portfolio to put together *eeek* night all! xx
night lou!
Good night
Night Lou :D
Shift Change
Hey peoples
I could've predicted that
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Emma!
Hi Bassano
Ooh, are you drunk :D
Stuart's nickname?
Do you know something I don't?
No? Just caffeinated.
You called him Emma not me
No, I said 'Emma', I wasn't calling for Stuart :)
#F1Contacts
Fair enough, good coffee! ;)
Hmmm, coffeey
Toronto right now
http://twitpic.com/15xr6m
http://twitpic.com/15xqu8
Bugger, there goes the spelling again
http://twitpic.com/15xry5
Who is Emma then?
Party town
Joe's Motorsport PR Girl
Emma Stonier
Driven Communications
@emmastonier
I thought Lou called her Emily
Joe? Joe Saward Joe?
No, that's Em [belugabeluga]
Of course! :D
he has a press lady? aha, awesme
Yup, was tslking to her on Friday and she;s not just a pretty facde who can do PR
She knows F1
[Given up on spelling, obviously]
I know who that Emily is and Emily Davenport that's why I was surprised when there was another one. I mean. How many Emilys can there be in the world?
although asking on twitter if anyone knows of any sources of sponsorship for a motorsport team may not have been her brightest day :P
She feels bad for Suaber, she's not their PR person
Catching up on Tweets
I'm guessing it was USA vs Canada in the Hockey:
I'm glad it's not Russia playing Canada
I'd feel so terrible supporting the Dominion over the Federation
Seriously?
ah is that what its refering too.
http://twitter.com/ashread14/statuses/9633095919
My ultra amazing money saving spending regime has not got off to an amazing start this month....
mmm
what did you buy?!
Canada lead for the whole game. USA equalised with 22 seconds to go and Canada scored the golden goal in extra time
It was a humourous reference to Sauber's lack of
Oh erm nothing major.... But somehow I've spent £7.15 today and have absolutely nothing to show for it.
Nice!
Yes
oooh, i hate it when that happens.
Never carry cash, no need to break into a tenner
ah.
the humour is lost on me
:-D
Yeah I tried that already. I'm currently trying always use cash. Never use the ATM.....
im the opposite, if i just use cards i can spend way over what i budget for. if i get £30 out at the beginning of the week, im much more likely to stick to it
Swipe what you need to purchase and monitor your usage
If you're ona limited budget then make you cash last, no matter what
I never carry cash unless on a night out [let's not go there]
During the day, I can exist without spending cash by justifying every purchase
Yeah my problem is that I have basically no essential purchases. Petrol I guess.... I'm stocked up for food.
Productive morning at Confex. Interesting seminars and a bag full of contacts and potential sponsors for my race team
http://twitter.com/emmastonier/status/9628134403
her race team?
Then you don't need to spend
Don't have cash, £3 is better swiped than £10 at the cash machine
Pass
Ask her
Yes that's very easy to say.
"my problem is that I have basically no essential purchases"
?
Presumably she is representing a team and is helping them raise sponsorship
Nooooo I can't explain. Never mind.
I'm totally the opposite, if i see theres only £20 left in my wallet and ive still got 5 days left in the week then i cant justify to myself that i want to buy it (unless its necessary like food)
if its something i want rather than need then im more likely to justify it by saying "theres still x00 left in my account, i'll be fine etc"
dosen't mean she dosent want to spend it on things she'd like
I don't disagree with that, that's why I'm trying to help by explaining what works for me
My main weakness is drinks at work. I had one of those today but I used money I found on the floor for the machine so I presume that's okay. I also forgot my lunch even though I'd made pasta to take. I'm just really irritated.
I bring my own cordial, coffe and lunch
I can survive at work with no money, this doesn't always work but I can do it
Am finding old links to Emma at Total
My biggest problem is that i've always had a low blood sugar level and so even now ive got my brekkie sorted a bit better, i still have to buy more food when im out, i can never get enough food :P
You seem to exercise/train quite a bit. That's understandable. It just needs more prep
yeah that too
:(
wassat for?
Why is no-one chastising you for buying yummy things? :(
He didn't say yummy, he said food
Because;
1) I'm a student
2) I burn it off
3) If i don't eat then I can't concentrate and get dizzy very easily
ah yes, didnt read that, it is nice food, but i meant more meals than sweets, although that does happen to be my weakness too
Boooo I don't want to talk about this anymore.
And we weren't chastising you Alison, I/we were trying to offer solutions
I wasn't refering to food :/
Just tried to delve a little deeper into Ferrari's 'press release' from earlier in the week
Some of their forms are so full of fan boys, Apple would feel unloved in comparison
Yeah I know it's fine. I'm just tired and grumpy.
We all have those moments, it's not a problem
Her company is very young but am surprised she doesn't have a website yet
Seems odd. Since you were researching her history I found this http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/emma-stonier/19/872/67
Yup, got that
Stalker
:D
I'm researching someone who deals with a person I respect
:D Is that your phrase of the day?
She has a domain but hasn't done anything with it other than have an e-mail address http://www.driven-communications.com/
Who else has been tagged with that today by Steven?
Me :)
Just seems appropriate. He is searching the net for everything he can find on a woman he met 48 hours ago and you are stalking your ex on facebook
Everything no, credentials - yes
That never happened.....
Dammit. Dammit! Dammitt!!!
1am and just woke up - not enjoying my screwed up sleep at the moment.
:(
She's unfortunately chosen a name similar to a company in Michigan "Driven Communication LLC"
Rookie mistake
So how did you get the wedding invite then?
Go back to sleep Leigh
Otherwise, you fit right into Sidepodcast ;)
Once you get settled in here that becomes a regular thing
Company names are always a problem.
Having things just appear on the screen is not the same as stalking!! Plus I doubt I'm invited ;)
not possible
I foolishly dropped off this evening and have just woke up
even missed a gig i had bought tickets for
(grrrr with myself...)
I do like your ascending use of punctuation though
Have you met Alison?
You might be.
Done that
Bugger!
She could borrow Amy's White Tennis Dress
Alison and Leigh had a Masterchef conversation last night.
#notstalking
Who was it?
Ah ok
This is turning into an immense plan.... Is upstaging the bride the aim of the game?
Was his grammar acceptable?
Is it at Grove?
Where is that?
I'd guess they don't know. He got engaged today ;)
James Chance and the Contortions - he comes from New York to play one UK gig for the first time in years before going away again in a venue 200 yards from my flat and I've missed it!!
Oddly enough, I am quite anal when it comes to grammar. Bad grammar drives me mad.....
Williams F1
Grove
Wantage
Oxfordshire
OX12 0DQ
United Kingdom
You'll fit in fine then, though you may have to turn a blind eye more than once
Williams. The place that lets you play with their simulator if you are at a wedding
Oops
I am starting to worry about you and Alison
I'll do you a deal. If I'm invited to a Williams wedding, I'll send Mr C the invite.
Did Williams used to be in Didcot or am I thinking or Benetton/Renault
Right bed time for me. A week of sleep is needed....gogogogo
It's okay. I'm sure my love for Michel is far deeper.
Night Jonny
Which reminds me - I need to catch up on the next episode of Masterchef. Is Greg Wallace amazing?? Yes, he is!!
-ny
*stares*
Point taken ;)
There was no 'H' though
There there.... Night Jonny
:lol:
Night Ally
Their last plant was in Didcot.
Night jon
Thought so
Yeah that's not even slightly offensive to me.
#sorryjonny
:D
grrr
Someone has a new nickname
Ahhhh...
The shops, post-midnight snacks galore amidst the drunken ramblings of the locals. I now get to hear the glory of them screaming at eachother for the next couple of hours as they revel in nonsensical, intoxicated verbal bouts outside my window - oh, the joy of living on a main street.
!!
!!!!
!!!!!! ?
Just had a quick scan through the comments and this is definitely my favourite. I even understood it when I saw it. I would suggest it for comment of the year bu the explanation would take way too long.