Qualifying day is upon us and with all the Free Practice action we saw yesterday, we are none the wiser about who will do well. It looks as though McLaren are back on form, but perhaps the final practice session this morning will help us get a clearer picture. Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- Abu Dhabi has conceded to FOM's demands to host a twilight race - starting at 5pm. The circuit organisers say they are embracing the idea and are prepared to sort out floodlighting to transition from day to night much easier. I can't believe they are bending to Bernie's will so easily.
- Christian Horner has confirmed that Red Bull will have to cut down some of the mileage that Vettel does on Friday's to try and preserve his engines. They're confident they can avoid penalty by reusing old engines and monitoring the situation carefully. Good luck!
- Force India appear to have turned up to Spa with a ridiculous looking motorhome, so their disputes are clearly not over. However, the drivers are hoping to do well. Fisichella showed some promise in FP yesterday, and Sutil was great in Valencia. What can they achieve this weekend?
That'll do it for now. There will be threads open for Free Practice and Qualifying throughout the day, and look out for the Digest later. I'll see you in the comments.
Hammer Time!
what's luca broke this time?
Our strength to go on?
:D
What kind of name is Urban Cookie Collective anyway?
I really dont think they are bending to bernies will, if anything i think they may have paid him off so they could hae it later.
Sunday is part of the working week in the UAE so a race at 2pm will attract less people than one at 5,
They were already floodlighting the track so it makes sense to use them, not to mention it will be spectacular, and a poetic 'sunset' to the season
In fact very few sporting events take place in the day in the UAE.
All the tennis matches are played at night, Horse racing at Nad al Sheba only ever takes place at night, and the top level football leuge plays 90% of its games at night.
The only exceptions to this are Golf and Powerboat racing, but i am sure they are working on both! :P
#sidepodspace
NASA still say they are going to launch in 4 and a half hours. There are some red weather conditions but they expect them all to clear.
I am going to grab a little sleep before I get up to find out why they are not going to launch it this time. If anyone has any questions it's now or never.
Latest info @ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Live NASA TV @ http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
Greetings.
I think Ferrari should dump both Massa and Kimi and not hire Alonso but pair Luca with Jean-Denis Deletraz, confidently, the worst driver that F1 has ever seen on the basis of three races!
At least Ferrari will be entertaining to watch.....
seen worse
Any have any idea which freeview channel is showing FP3? Want to set tv timer but menu is only showing "rowing from Poland" :(
Has anyone seen my worm can opener?
Ah look kimi's got it
302 9:55-11:05
Ta
hehe. good for him. presumably because he's talking he's already confident of other interest?
also it looks like whitmarsh's plan to get the market moving working a treat.
Who would cheer if Luca got Pole, in equal dry weather conditions?
Now, why would Ferrari feel "Honour-bound" to welcome Massa with open arms next year. In the old days, Ferrari would have found the best possible driver to replace you and tell you you have been fired while you have just come to from a coma or had the last rites read to you....?
About time.
It would be ridiculous. Everyone else would have had to crash.
It's Saturday...how did that happen?
he didn't say which paddock, right? ;) there's still a chance of kimi racing at ferrari next year (alongside alonso) if massa is unfit to return to racing.
morning, everyone.
the earth revolved round it's axis, and turned day into night.
Hello Jon :)
Not going to happen. Badoer can tell the difference between the race track and the pit lane... The Race Track is longer...
i was waiting for a more simpler "God did it" or "it comes after Friday" but that works too!!
Hello Mr bunny sir! how are you?
Morning journeyer.
Massa has a very serious injury, no matter how he seems to be right now.
I would cheer, and buy a chocolate hat just so i could eat it
Be ause of the backlash and negative PR
A modern phenomenon
Very, very drunk. :)
A little bit of wine and I turn into Mr C. It is taking me hours to write a blog post.
aah, taking Bassano's place for today!
good point. even ferrari are not immune.
Hey Journeyer
I'm so glad I don't run an F1 team.... I'm just so sure I'd end up being the one still stood up when the music stopped. How can you be sure you've got the best 2 drivers for your seats? If you were Martin, would you let Heikki to keep the seat for Kimi go while risking Massa not being fit to return or would you hang onto a safer bet like Rosberg?
well atleast you're not actually turning in to him...otherwise you wouldnt be letting yourself write one
*let Heikki go
Blah it's too late for proper sentences. I know what I mean.
I drink, I'm quite good at it in fact
I don't get very, very drunk
The results for Massa' US medicals will be out next week (a few days after Spa). It should tell Ferrari when, or if, they can expect Massa back.
Cannot see Kimi @ McLaren, and after much deliberation, i guess he will stay where he is. I was one of the naysayers pushing Kimi to WRC, but the Massa effect is an unknown.
At least you haven't forsaken capital letters yet. :D
It depends really....because you may get to the same level as Mr Bunny over there but just class it diffferent....
Oh, you should try it. The day after is soooo lovely. Not embarrassing at all!
Rosberg on Friday - "Today was a real disaster for us, so I'm hoping that tomorrow will be better," said Rosberg. "We're going to have to work very hard tonight to try and improve things. "We had really low grip, especially at the rear. It was really very poor, but at least i beat Badoer"
(disclaimer...this is not true)
It's quite subjective. I stop before very very arrives
It becomes no fun for me at that point
But Massa could get in the car and it could cause any injury he's had to flare up. Cleared by a doctor or otherwise, head injuries are unpredictable and F1's hardly a stress free experience for the body.
If there's even any risk of Massa's injuries flaring up, the doctors will not clear him - it's as simple as that. The doctors will only clear him to race if and when they're sure he's healed enough to.
But you can just never be sure. That's the point. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.
This is true. There is hope for me yet.
You can never be sure. But you can never be sure of anything really. So should that stop them?
Indeed. They'll make a decision based on what they know.
I'm not saying he shouldn't race. I was just saying I'd hate to have to make decisions about who to sign. It'd be so easy to end up with egg on your face.
I know this a different injury, but my Wife got hit by a car, and had a dislocated hip. This involves a fracture of the hip socket. It took 3 months before she was cleared to work, and walk for that matter. And then she had to take extra care. I'm thinking about the healing of Massa's skull fracture,
It's all a calculated risk, even getting up in the morning is a calculated risk, but theres also risk for staying in bed.
The Doctors aren't going to let him race unless they are as sure as sure that nothing going to happen, then they'll let him test and see what happens. If it's still not right then they wont let him race again, or not for a long time anyway
Ferrari will have a plan B. If anything, this convinces me further that they'll keep Kimi under contract by letting him race Fiats in WRC. Easier to pull him back that way. That way, they lose nothing.
They won't let him race unless they believe he is ready. Equally, he wants to race asap, and has millions of pounds to spend on recovery.
Webber had a six month injury, potentially, and it was solved in three months.
Has anyone ever found an RSS feed on Facebook because Mr C says there are some and I don't believe him.
As in an RSS of your events?
That kind of thing, yup.
Never. Orange, in Facebook, you're having a laugh aren't ya?
:)
He ain't lying. What i've got is not a RSS feed of my events, but an RSS feed of my notifications. any use?
Where do you find it?
BTW will there ever be a page on the Wiki for people to point to their Facebook pages? I didn't become vain for a night and create my own facebook URL for nuffin.
Go to your notifications, down the right hand side theres a subscribe button
It's a wiki, you can set one up!
aaaaagggghh, can't find it. Where are notifications?
Bottom right corner, click, click on "see all"
I can't find it either!
It's fair to say, though, that Facebook does not encourage the syndicating of one's feeds.
Thank you Jon
Uh oh. I did say there'd be no orange. Blue, for an RSS feed icon? Pfff
It's that "Chat" function area. Where my Parents Log On, I see it, and surreptitiously Log off before being noticed.
People say its possible, i just havent found out how yet
I used to program my own RSS feed for my podcast, but realised my host did that, so a simple copy/paste stopped all that mullarkey.
this is going to bug me forever now!!
there is a "subscription help" link there, haven't read it, but it's there. the index looks promising.
hola!
oioi! how art thou?
hola lou
i'm great thanks a little bit burnt but i'm not complaining as the weather here is so much cooler :) , home sweet home as they say :) it's great to have internet back too :)
are ya back now?
yep :) as of about 3 hours ago :) just got home and settled though :)
awesome! any normal person would have gone to bed! but no sell respecting sidepod-er would sleep before saying hello! kudos to you!
*stifled yawn
I'm baaack, and I see itunes is downloading some podcast!
tbh i was checking what time i need to be up for for fp3 and stuff and realised i just HAD to say hi. plus i need to let the aftersun on my shoulder soak in :)
so how is everyone?
time for another 12+ hour of live commenting
okay maybe not 12 hours, I may go out for a bit tonight but fp3 is not to be missed now that I know where to find a live feed
hehe. we're literally both about to call it a night.
:D morning, gravit8ed. welcome to the morning shift - well, morning in UK time, anyway. ;)
jess I was only gone for a couple of hours.
Nightime here in florida
Theres a circuit designer near where im going to be at uni this year....i hope his name isn't Herman
hehe. i'm up, and so are a couple of folks. i know steven roy will be doing the launch tonight - if they manage to, of course...
#sidepodspace
yeah did you all get everything irnoed out then?
how long till launch?
And where's that?
*fingers still sleeping, sorry
Near High Wycombe
ooh. are you near the shuttle launch? what's the weather like?
need to turn up the tiesto
ohh crap is that tonight?
I've been dying to get to one, I'm a geek from the midwest and moved here 1yr ago, havent caught one yet
it is - assuming the weather cooperates.
ooooh - i'd be very jealous if you get to go to one for real.
midnight local time....about 3 hrs. was supposed to go see a screening of donnie darko but might have to hop in late to catch the launch.
I'm a couple hundred miles up the coast but I hear you can still see it.
on NASA TV they're strapping people in. this has to be one hell of a rollercoaster ride.
there is a shuttle launch??
woooow...
there could be. :D depending on the weather.
Right, bedtime for me. I will be cranky in the morning, no doubt about it.
:D
if the weather holds.
how are ya lou?
night Christine :)
g'night christine.
i'm a little sunburnt, but i'm really goo thanks Mr C. have had such an amazing holiday, Valencia is AMAZING! :D how are you?
night christine. thanks from prodding me via twitter to jump in. mwah!
night Christine. :)
what time (english time) is this launch?
rrr looking overcast in the forcast.dang. Might have to go bug neighbor downstairs to hit the highway. I've really wanted to see a launch since I was a kid
5 AM.
am brilliant, but so tired after getting up for 9am. will talk tomorrow though, we want pics and stories and blogs and stuff.
about 3hrs from now
oh wow. please take pictures and/or video. :D
do you have a camera, we'd love some pics?
suggestion for NASA: make passenger restraints like there are on most rides, makes for a quicker load time.
^^what he said.
did you watch the race live? :P
:) i've gained an extra hour so i'll be up catching up with a few posts. however photos, blogs and stuff this weekend. am very excited about the gp and just generally being back :)
will see what I can do. might have to be next time though. brb
i watched it in our villa, with bbc coverage, but that was in Alicante, not Valencia. we went to Valencia on the monday. many stories to tell tomorrow when i've sorted through photos though ;)
Did you watch Lukeh's Qik stream of the race end?
i have much to catch up on... including all the live streaming and stuff... so sadly i'm yet to see it, i was jumping up and down so i can only imagine what he was like. lol
Re:NASA TV
Thanks to my knowledge of flags, I see there is Swedish astronaut on this mission.
Oh god they've broken the glow sticks out. it's like gatecrasher on a saturday night,
okay, has been such along day, must now sleep. will see you all later on for fp3 and quali :D night! x
goodnight lou :)
hahaha!
night lou.
night lou
Alton Towers + Gatecrasher = NASA
mmm for someone whos been a die-hard raver since the early 90's in a country that has hated techno at every opportunity, that sure sounds like a freedom-inspiring image. seriously
although I hate glowstickers with a passion
in another thread was asked what my other interests are...
forgot dubstep,jungle, techno, etc.
For die-hard raver, read "closet die-hard raver". I'm the one tapping the foot at the edge of the dancefloor :)
My head usually attracts them in strange amounts... usually just after I've finally wormed my way right up to the bassbinz.
I<3 dirty dirty bass
btw i may be joking about this NASA launch, but i'm seriously engaged here.
where are you strldbny?
actually right now i've got oxygene part4 on while they strap these guys in.
UK. around the Leeds area. Miles and miles and miles away from the action.
http://jalopnik.com/
for true gearheads only plz. comments are almost as good as on SPC
heh try northeast florida. I managed to help build a pretty thriving 'scene' in Iowa, of all placfes (think corn and froms as far as you can see) and I came to a major metro area (jacksonville, 1mil+) and they havent got crap for a techno/rave scene.
effin depressing
tiesto's club life in the background - was just easy and a new ep so, meh.
I imagine a huge club with speakers bigger than my apartment, and I dream. Someday I'll be able to travel.
But tonight, I'm going out for some beers. I'll be back for FP3 if not sooner. Probably overcast and too far to the launch tonight so prob no pics. Next time though.
don't know if you'd like this, but i got permission to play this in a podcast a while back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF2-PbWxUF0
You know its funny how in the last week I've suddenly found all these goals for my life coming into focus. SPC seems to have shaken some stuff loose from the hindbrain. I somehow always knew F1 was going to be the catalyst for my happiness. Weird huh?
okay gotta go throw some stitches on.
nice. I've got volumes and volumes of local Iowa mixes and home-grown tracks with fair-use rights up the wazoo. Will prob. have to upload some eh?
couldnt be much worse than that iphone stuff a certain someone insisted on putting in the last spc show, could it? (j/k, thought it was pretty good)
okay that video is going on my facebook share. funny.
think i've got my lotto numbers for tomorrow. 2, 5, and 4. got to find 3 more!
whoops, slept through FP2. And most of Saturday.
DVR or Tivo, perhaps?
night all.
well inebriated, and i'll be there for FP3 too. in your face Bassano Clapper ;D
Famous last words.
Watching FP2 now, thanks to DVR. And hi everyone! And bye startledbunny ... we need a powwow about our show. Skype?
its not on tv here in the first place :D
I hope F1 don't pay attention to what tennis is doing, they are trying to regulate what the players tweet, under some lame excuse about it encouraging gambling.
Andy Roddick says "i think its lame the US Open is trying to regulate our tweeting.. i understand the on-court issue but not sure they can tell us if we cant do it on our own time.... we'll see"
Interesting article, Amy. Thanks for the link.
I agree somewhat with what the US open is trying to do -- sometimes you have to remind people that social media has a wide reach. I think it's more about awareness and warning, rather than banning. Which is reasonable, I think.
:D That happens to a LOT of people who come here. ;)
Andy has continued "i definitely respect the rule about inside info and on court, but u would seriously have to be a moron to send "inside info" through a tweet. not very subtle/smart ..... come on"
Just as well then that F1 drivers can't tweet while driving. ;) That said, tweeting isn't limited to the F1 drivers in the paddock, so I don't think it'll be an issue in F1.
Exactly!
someone tweeted him and said "insider info for you. Watch out. Andy Murray has an English accent"
so he replied "actually..... scottish"
ahaha.
hahahahaha! brilliant tweet, even more brilliant response!
Hey, I work with social media all day, and from what I read/see, common sense is not so common, and not everyone has figured out the finer points of use. Perhaps you've seen this? Or this?
oh yes, people definitely do stupid things online all the time. But I can't see any professional athlete giving away 'inside info' in a tweet not just because it might help gamblers, but because all their rivals would be able to see it and surely an athlete knows better than to help their rivals get one over them.
Goodness gracious. Had heard about the first one, but not about the second one.
But Amy's right, athletes are different. They're usually pretty smart about what they can reveal and to who.
I agree that athletes would not willingly give out "inside info", but I think the point is to warn against inadvertent divulging of what could be interpreted as "inside info". And, yeah, sometimes those warnings can be really annoying to the social media-savvy, especially when they come from the social media-"unsavvy."
the second one was a fake
That's what she'd like us to believe ... :)
j/k -- thanks for the link.
Right, Alex's photos on the drop are talking to me, I am off to buy some nacho ingredients.
Morning to anyone who is awake at this insane hour
Bye, Amy! Thanks for the links and stuff. Enjoy your nachos.
I'm off to bed. Lame. Laundry and bed early on a Friday.
#sidepodspace
Weather is now 80% good. Looks like we may have a launch in 45 minutes
They have just polled the flight controlers and there are no issues at this time. If I have to get out of bed at this time there better be no issues
Gravit8ed is in Fla, apparently. When we told him about the launch, he checked if he could go (not sure if he meant go to the Cape). I dunno if he pushed through.
Apparently, it's a dream of his to see the launch for real. He's also been told he could see the shuttle in the sky from where he lives...
:D
I have been scanning through the comments and just found that. I have barely had a response to any on the comments I posted about the launch and as soon as I go to bed a discussion breaks out. Typical
I actually decided against the nachos when I remembered I have left over lamb chops that need eating tonight. But nachos are staying in the cupboard until next time they may be required.
35 minutes to launch and all is going well
Soon will come the day that someone will cover the launch for us - from the Cape. :D Soon.
Mmmm... lamb. Perhaps you need the nachos tomorrow? ;)
Only a matter of time before Bassano insists on a sidepodmeetup for a launch
Heheh. ;)
entirely possible. How very sidepoddy. When will I prepare them? I like the gridwalk!
:D Hmmm. National anthem after the gridwalk?
I don't believe I know what the Belgian anthem sounds like. I wonder if they'll get that guy from Germany to sing it ;)
:D
#sidepodspace
30 minutes till lift off. They are working no technical issues and weather is good. I think they will be flying tonight
Looks like it is going to be a very boring textbook countdown with nothing to discuss. The weather is behaving an there are no technical issues. I think NASA should hire Rob to talk to the astronauts the way he talks to Felipe
:D Well, you did say there better be no issues. So there aren't any! :P
I was confident because Christine was going to write them another letter if they screwed up again
:D
I think I am noticing how little is happening because I missed the crew loading etc to get 3 hours sleep
You would think they would at least be talking to the crew to tell them what is happening. There are only two ofthem with anything to do. The other 5 are just the spam in the can. They must be bored
#sidepodspace
15 minutes to the launch and its all systems go.
I'm watching on ustream, and one of the chatters is named jamesallen512. Hmmm... :D
That is the first time I have ever heard a flight controller poll where one of them clearly wasn't listening. There are two possible responses - go or no go. Copy is not an option
Sleepy much? ;)
I know I said it was a boring textbook countdown but they should at least be concentrating more than a McLaren pit crew
:D
Now the NASA TV commentator gets the shuttle's name wrong. Is anyone other than us concentrating?
#sidepodspace
5 minutes to launch and all going well. The orbiter access arm has been retracted. They are going to fly unless there is a last minute technical failure.
at what point will they flood the underneath of the launch pad?
Please put your tray tables away and put your seat back in the upright position. It's gonna be bumpy
30 seconds ish before launch
All3 auxiliary power units are good
Rudder being wiggled - Yes that is the technical term. I am sure it is
Here we go!
Time to get the beanie cap out of the way
All good- We are going to fly
Hitching a ride - I wish I could hitch a ride on that. :P
Jose Hernandez to tweet in Spanish and English?
Didn't know he was going to tweet
Solid rocket boosters jettisoned. Perfect separation
2 engine Moron - They can reach Moron in Spain even if one of the main engines fails
Negative return - You have to go at least to Spain
Half a million gallons of fuel lasts 8 and a half minutes. Maybe they should try V Power
They can now make orbit even with and engine failure
Eric Boe the capsule communicator - CAPCOM was the pilot on the last shuttle flight but one
F1 news, now:
From Joe: Williams-Renault? That has a ring to it…
So the new teams can buy their way out? If that's true, I expect USF1-Toyota. Campos and Manor will be in trouble, though.
Discovery travelling at 4 miles a second. Just like Badoer in parc fermé
I do not like this hat
External fuel tank sparation looks good.
It's a New York Yankees hat which is good but the design is awful
And from JA: F1 2010 calendar v0.2
China moves back down towards the end of the season, and Bahrain is Round 1. Still no France or Korea, though.
Main engine cut off was perfect
Donington??
The shuttle will dock with the ISS on Suday evening US time
precisely. There are plenty of nice Yankees hats. I was mostly shocked to see him not in uniform.
It's not final yet. If they don't pull through by the end of September, that will become Silverstone.
He is becoming rebellious
boo Bahrain, boooooo.
They have been saying that since April. It keeps moving out a month every month.
Landing will now be Sept 10th.
En route to leaving McLaren, then?
Then again, Lewis was wearing some awful baggy shorts in Valencia...
Somehow, I suspect September is the last deadline.
I thought that about June
I've seen the odd shot of Lewis decked out in Reebok in the paddock, but I've only ever seen Heikki in the regulation trousers + shirt.
It's amazing how much better NASA performs when Christine threaten to write a letter. If I was in charge of their budget I would employ her to threaten them with letters on a dialy basis.
We would be on the moon in 2 years
Never mind the moon, we'd be in Mars!
Maybe those in charge of the space program should ask the aliens who landed at Area 51 to give up the secret of warp drive, then we can really explore the final frontier.
If the aliens could tell them how to forecast weather that would be a start. We must be about 5 shuttle missions behind by now due to launches being scrubbed because of weather
There must be a logical reason for launching from a hurricane zone during hurricane season
They need to be as close to the equator as possible and they need to have a lot of ocean to the east of the launch site. They also need to be somewhere where there are not lots of people around. Options are limited unless they go to another country.
wow.
//me feels a lot like Luca right now driving a 4-wheeled motorbike
Just got thrown of my cycle in what would otherwise be described as a 'tank slapper'
doh I missed it too-too much cloud cover
ahh...how could you be bored strapped to what would in most cases be described as a bazillion pounds of high explosive?
they go through a lot of training but that is one thought that would be very hard to bury.
Low front tire pressure, high entry speed- laughs for the station workers having a smoke.
rolled ot of it though, jumped up...'taah dah!'
even signed an autograph. sure, it said 'visa' but still
'wonky front wing'
=D
Morning everyone...
Caught up with the comments. Glad JA is coming round to my suggestion of Williams-Renault :)
wow.chrisitne. breathless to say the least.
do much in such a short space.
you could slow down just a bit- I dont like feeling I've missed something.
still, a fantastic run0through.
Thanks again SPC for bringing it together
F1 Minute?
damn you and your nachos!
They were out of date nachos if that's any help.
So lamb chops though instead today... how will you have them?
I eat out of date food all the time :D
But now I have nachos in my cupboard and am trying to find a way to justify having nachos and lamb chops for dinner.
I told you we dont even eat 'old elpaso' stuff here, where its supposedly made
easy lamb chops on a bed of nachos
I had them on Thursday so it is just the leftovers. To be eaten with mashed potato, peas, corn, pumpkin, a lot of gravy, no mint sauce :D
But I was stuck... I couldn't have gone outside!
maybe if I have first dinner now, at 3.48pm, come 10pm qualifying I'll be ready for second dinner?
remote + couch garnish = solid nutrition.
old el paso, not so much
Phew... I was worried about the mint sauce for a second.
Will the peas and corn be a suckatach or separate?
mmmmmmmmmmmm second dinner!
word of advice; should you be forced to order delivery, get enough for the enitire weekend, thus limiting couch-offage to a minimum
Yeah... it's the best version we have here I think sadly.
taco bell?
The probablem with this would be that this is really only a good idea at the end of a race weekend. Otherwise not so much of the television available.
nope.
I need some coffee. It's not even 7 but I've been up for an hour without caffine - what was I thinking?
peas and corn are one of these. Lazy, lazy cooking.
ohh boy.
they tell us the UK is backwards but they never specify
who needs taco bell when you have taco bill
We are a little further from Mexico here. So we only get one choice.
heheh ohh stop i t, cold pizza and caffine-malt liquor beverage dont mix well with chuckles
Renault does not know why Sebastian Vettel has been the victim of multiple engine problems this year
OF COURSE NOT
"The engines run in Red Bull with the same temperatures as they do in the Renault. And Vettel's style of driving doesn't have anything to do with it," he added.
very odd...
Cregan is quoted as saying by the local newspaper The National, referring to 40-meter floodlighting structures that have been built at the venue. "It has always been our intention to showcase to the world this spectacular venue and this decision allows just that opportunity," he added.
re: abu dhabi
Speed tv, basically. probably stuff the rest of you have already readhttp://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-grand-prix-news-briefs10/
not wanting to discourage you gravit8ed but it's probably best not to act just like an rss reader... let us know what you think about what you've found.
Now it is time for coffee and gravad lax
mmmmmmm
well yeah was awfully quiet for a while here
ABD tryi9ng upstage singapore...
and renault jumping as far away from grenading engines as possible
Not a problem... but I've often found that it's the opinion stuff that makes the conversation...
So in quali today who do you think is going to do well?
wonders how they allocate customer engines through the pipeline
And quite easily too right? Because none of their engines have gone wrong at all... Only 1 of Webbers and just about all of Vettel's
would have to tip mclaren, as always. LH has been my guy since he stepped up, and even hekki has made big moves to the front
fp3 telling though, so final guess not solid just yet
Heh Amy will like part of that!
rbr has some room to maneuve though
really going to be a tight quali session. maybe tightest all year, even through end of
I think the dark horse this weekend is Kimi. He seems to be going very well...
Weirdly while they won't have liked Brawn and Red Bull winning it was kind of okay as long as McLaren weren't doing well... Now Lewis has won they'll be on a charge!
The problem is of course that we don't really know how it's gone until much later!
no support from...err. that guy.
kimi is on his own, so he'll want to make a showing but nothing to back it with. He wont have any to say 'could have done better' but 'look what I did' instead
not that he's that type
8okay, sobers up a bit for the big day...damn your dark beers and cream ales, UK!
had the mood to visit the 'english pub' not too far off. meh.
Oh, sure. While gone having some beers Joe Sewards posts not one but 4 updates!?!
had I went to the shuttle launch, I'd still be on my way back. No wonder you..wonder?
That's the thing - I don't think it matters to Kimi anyway.
Sorry about that ;)
Force India don't have any money right... So maybe they'll have to drop their Mercedes Engines....
Joe wonders if Williams might then get that set of engines...
I know we were thinking nobody would be able to buy their way out of the Cosworth deal... but what if US F1 and Force India swapped engine suppliers? US F1 gets proper Engines, Force India stopped from going bust?
Win Win
alex, all your fault.
now take some blame for the 'troll' as he's affectionately known over this way, and we're alright
troll?
B E
yeah j/k...bernie is his own monster
canadafan on speed comments calls him the troll
Ah... well... I think... we'll just take the blame for F1 in general and you can fold Mr Ecclestone in on those grounds :)
okay have to troubleshoot neighbors network setup.
takes big belt of energy drink, pretends not to nice neighbors growing concern for F1 obsession
morning all. someone may have confused herself and set the alarm a little early!
Oh noes!!!!
She said she was going to be cranky!
Perhaps we will now have Uber Crank?
Oh and morning by the way :)
yes. yes it is.
So had you heard of 7 am before?
it's real!
Turns out I have 206 Gb on my AWS disk!
The cloud is my friend... My quite expensive friend.
infinite storage. infinite cost.
I have my backup thing (jungledisk) set to keep a copy of all changes too...
I have just realised that this is dangerous when playing a song modifies it to mark a change in the number of times it has been played.
Ahem.
wow. how do you have that much bandwidth?
Ummm.... It would appear that I have quite a fair use policy... It's throttled on the upload and I turn it off when we're live.
are the cloud costs not bandwidth related too? bandwith more pricey than storage.
Although if you remember I did have quite a problem previously when jungledisks virtual disk started getting scanned by the virus scanner... It was trying to scan the remote 200 Gb disk every day... Which turned out to be beyond my fair use policy :)
am going to take a nap. lord have mercy on the hopeless sleepers. pray we'll be awake for fp3.
No... Here's the breakdown...
Amazon Simple Storage Service
$0.150 per GB - first 50 TB / month of storage used 206.581 GB-Mo 30.99
$0.100 per GB - all data transfer in 10.676 GB 1.07
$0.170 per GB - first 10 TB / month data transfer out 2.097 GB 0.36
$0.01 per 1,000 PUT, COPY, POST, or LIST requests 7,307 Requests 0.07
$0.01 per 10,000 GET and all other requests 158,551 Requests 0.16
Taxes 4.89
Charges due on September 1, 2009† 37.54
We'll start shouting really loudly if you aren't here!
ahh. our costs are all bandwidth from live streaming. storage = 20gb.
Well I guess that makes sense... It will all change now I'm hosing the http://goforodd.com video and audio from AWS
Everyone saying it's very cold over at Spa - it's around 11 degrees. Lee saying she's thinking of getting into her race suit just to stay warm!
Sounds like good news for Red Bull over Brawn... But what it means for McLaren and Ferrari I haven't a clue.
the no hinges saga gets worse. My screen has stopped working :(
Nooooo!!!!
How are you commenting now?
I think we should call this hinge gate!
I am using the ol 'tv as external monitor' trick but its really not ideal seeing as how I cannot use the TV and the net at the same time.
Boo! Because of bandwidth restrictions?
because I'd need to change the channel from 'PC input' to 'TV' :D
Just to spite me, the laptop that the guy who was staying here left behind accidentally doesn't work either. I'd been using it all week and it stopped working last night.
On my own computer I can make out shapes in the blackness so I think it is just the backlighting that has died. I am surprised it lasted as long as it did :D
Ah I meant... Couldn't you just have like tv on the internet or whatever and watch that on the big screen.
Shame about his computer.
ooh. I do have a USB TV thingy for this computer that I completely forgot I owned. You may have saved my bacon until the time I can buy a new computer. :D
Woo hoo!
when is that pesky windows 7 coming out anyway. That's the only reason I am waiting.
I love that the BBC are getting worried about the technical guy they have been sent. Apparently he not only keeps breaking the internet... but shock horror... he's wearing shorts!
22 October :(
....is it you?
Well they also mention that he's wearing sandles so it can't be me!
I can wait. I think. I probably will cave before then, most places at the moment have a 'buy now and upgrade for free to windows 7' anyway.
The thing is that it's not worth it for most people... For you I'd say... Do it now.
perhaps a trip to town tomorrow then :D
Just make sure you select the correct corresponding version of Windows Vista so you can do an in place upgrade. Rather than having to wipe everything and start again a few weeks apart.
I think otherwise it's almost 2 months without a screen - that seems a bit much!
and considering I am on my computer 19 hours a day or so, I think I need one that works :D
Stupid Sony discontinued the range of the model I have and I looove it so I must find out if they have a new product that is the same.
I have never heard of somebody using their laptop so much their screen has fallen off - so I think maybe you should get a new one.
Maybe a tuftie one?
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49301446,00.htm
It's quite expensive!
I have found the exact replacement for my model, and then one that is almost exactly the same but $1000 cheaper, so I'm gonna go for that one. And treat it with more care than this one got in its first few years of life :)
Morning all, now you have fixed it for Amy, I hav2 a dilema of my own...
I left the window open last night, now the room is too arctic to get out from under the duvet...
What do I do? Fp3 is less than an hour away...
You can watch Fp3 in bed no? Live streaming on the iPlayer!
oh no! the one I plan to buy is 300g heavier! Gasp!
Looking out the window I can see a small child running around... This has just reminded me that this afternoon we have a small child arriving to visit...
*Looks around house*
Gosh there are a lot of dangerous things in our house.
Oh noes! Is that what the $1,000 gives you?
the $1000 also goes on 2gb more RAM and "NVIDIA® GeForce® 9300M GS notebook graphics processing unit (GPU) (SPEED MODE) / Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (STAMINA MODE)" instead of "ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570 Graphics"
although to be fair I have the speed/stamina mode at the moment and I never, ever change it.
Iplayer doesn't do it! It's not on a tv channel. Android isn't sure about the player on the website either...
Ah you don't have a computer with you in bed. Weirdo!
ahem ;)
computers work when they're not in bed? odd.
The RAM is good but shouldn't cost that much more... The graphics card doesn't seem to matter much to you... But it may mean better battery life. The weight is a big factor. Or rather it would be for me.
The battery life is an extra 2 hours. I do love love love the one I have now, and would love to buy the direct replacement, but I swore I'd never spend that much on a computer again.
I am more single than I realised...
I don't use a laptop though and moving the tower around might be a bit of a drag!
I have an idea... if everyone things warm thoughts at exactly quarter past I may be able to make arima for it
A run!
hmm what I buy might come down solely to what is in stock at the shop tomorrow because the cheap one is out of stock online and apparently is mighty popular.
Quite literally!
Okay then here's what you do... You're single... you must have a ginormous pile of clothes on the floor... right? get them all and put all of them on while under the covers... Wait for about 10 minutes until you are almost too hot to live... Throw off the covers and ninja style run quickly to close the window. Now as the room heats up you will find yourself reaching equilibrium. You may be tempted to immediately start peeling off one of the pairs of jeans you are wearing.. Don't you are still relying on bed heat. You must wait until you first reach equilibrium and then once you pass this phase and begin to heat up again you can start to peel of the extra layers maintaining equilibrium.
could you not just take the duvet off the bed and wear it at the computer?
Well I presumed he discounted that... Although why I don't know.
This makes sense... Unfortunatly i have no clothes on the floor. There are2 bedrooms here, 1 is for sleeping, the other is my walk in wardrobe! :P
I have made it too the lounge.
I considered this... But the duvet is too big, all the heat would escape and it would slow me down shutting the window and running. i have a huge blanket on the sofa for this very eventuality
I think you need to buy a nice warm down sleeping bag for next time this happens
Maybe it would work if you popped open the bottom and actually got in the duvet?
Well it isn't as warm as i hoped.
How is everyone this morning?
Sleeping bag? Arent they for the people who like to sleep 'outside'?
I have one, but its very thin so i can fit it in my bag...
I went to the shop before to buy a caramel kit kat chunky because I am easily influenced by SPC but they were sold out. How rude.
I had to get a cookies and cream one instead.
This could very easily turn into a bad hollywood comedy!
I would have fallen over, i am not coordinated to hop effectively! especially inside a duvet!
I believe so but they also are excellent for staying warm whilst inside
Cookies and cream kit kat chunky?
This is revoloutionary!
Did you get your Nando's yesterday?
A somebody who's whole life is influenced by what they are told to do on the internet... and suddenly due to a calamatous accident they can't access the internet and they have to fend for themselves.
Sounds like a horror movie to me!
sounds like what my life would be like if I couldn't get my laptop hooked up to my TV :D
You would be qik streaming and we'd be writing advice but you wouldn't be able to see it.
terrifying!
Morning all again
here is the wrapper
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc06938-jpg
and here is the inside
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc06937-jpg
there wasn't an Alonso in sight, I felt lied to.
That looks interesting... we have nothing like that! was it good?
Morning!
is it in spaaaaace?
ahh damn
just spend waaay too much time setting up my own pc gear in my neighbors apt
I have had a few in my time, they came out August last year. I'd rank them right up there with the caramel for goodness. In 2007 I had a flatmate who did an internship at Nestle and after she left she kept getting sent boxes of caramel ones. I put on 5kg that year :D
Yep. It was a very straightforward launch. There were no problems or issues of any kind
I think Christine traded in her launch this morning with Nasa...
Apparently there was an alarm clock miscalculation this morning at SPC Control.
except it wa very cloudy north of launh area ad thus I was unable to witness the glory of a giant explosive sending humans airborne
http://web.me.com/davidcroft1970/Site/Belgium_Roadtrip.html
More 5live photos... There is one of Ant looking hardcore with shades whcih may benefit from Lukeh's touch.. :P
and I sent my netter keyboard across the hall as well. *sigh
Thank you for spreading this story :)
I saw that in the comments. Not like Christine to be staying up so late so the early alarm call must have been an unpleasant surprise but I love those because it goes off and you think you have to get up then realise you can just go back to sleep
Sorry... Morning Take 2!
After falling asleep before FP3 last night, I woke up this morning and for some reason thought it was Monday. I already had my feet on the floor before I realised I did not have to go to work and it is nowhere near Monday.
FP2 I mean, if I fell asleep before FP3 I'd be asleep now :D
I dont suppose she'd be willing to give out her number so as to avoid any unfortunate mishaps with the alarm clock?
I mean, so many ppl depend on Mrs C for timely F1 news and all
If anyone needs cheering up this morning they can have this joke... for free:
http://goforodd.com/2009/08/go-for-odd-jokecast-episode-1/
Sounds like a dilemma... too much Yum!
At uni myself and some frieds worked behind our halls bar... we had a less legitimate problem...
0121 28 87225.
after we graduated she got a job at Cadbury so she has sources all over the chocolate world!
:)
Shhh! We don't have to go to work on Monday it's a national holiday here! Woohoo!
YAY! except...ahh, I dont think I can make intl calls right now
:)
I feel like you lot are forever having bank holidays. Lazy sods, I haven't had one since Easter.
broadcasts across the internets
Awesome surprise... i woke up thinking... Abu Dhabi will be amazing...
Wow!
On the Cadbury tour they tell you that everone who works there is allowed to eat as much chocolate as they like while working on the production line. Apparenlty this works very well because everyone gorges for the first few weeks and then doesn't touch it again.
'for a good F1 brief, dial : "
You can also use skype and call sidepodcast
#sorryamy
There is a local soft drinks company tha has the same policy. I have no idea why they care how much chocloate people eat
what,exactly, is a bank holiday?
even national holidays here are generally taken as a suggestion
for the price of laptop, I could buy a flight to London.....
In other news, I laugh that Jakes tweet was all 'tune in for SOMETHING AMAZING' and then what it actually is has since been tweeted by about 1000 other people.
They have one in queensland in august on a wednesday.
More bank holiday wednesdays needed!
This weekend is the last until Christmas though...
we have one coming up for Melbourne Cup but it's on a Tuesday! What good is a holiday on a Tuesday! Someone should tell those horses to go out a day earlier.
One thing I saw on TV in the middle of the night is that as of Sept 1st shops can no longer get supplies of proper light bulbs. They can only get those awful low energy bulbs.
lazy horses!
Oasis seem to have broken up... thats a shame... but quite mancunian...
If I remember what I briefly read, its only for 100W bulbs at this stage, the rest will be phased out later.
They would probably say 'neigh' (sorry amy)
/me needs to get the heck out of the US, so I can have a regular day off as scheduled much farther in advance, by the govt.
I hear you're given like 6 weeks regular vacation? usually thats my unemployed times but still, it sounds fun
This is true... Weirdly it is the one rule from Europe that's actually turned out to be true and there's hardly been any press about it.
However low energy bulbs have come on massively since the early days. And are now actually very good.
/me needs to get the heck out of the US, so I can have a regular day off as scheduled much farther in advance, by the govt.
I hear you're given like 6 weeks regular vacation? usually thats my unemployed times but still, it sounds fun
Yes. Anything more than 100 W has already been banned. It's utterly stupid because there are all sorts of problems disposing of the new bulbs which is unbelievable for something that is meant to be environmentally friendly
Strange commenting problems... :(
sorry for the double, some internet lag
I hate how long they take to warm up when you first turn them on. I turn on my light when I get home and the room is still dark for a few minutes.
The new ones are recyclable.
must be the immense popularity of SPC!
The really annoying thing is in a couple of years they will ban the new ones and insist on LEDs which make a lot more sense
Ah those aren't the newer ones then...
I think its just weeks, but there are lots of rules like a maximum 48 working hours in a week which dont seem to really get listened too...
They just need to work out how to solve the spectrum problem on the LEDs. The light given off is very blue.
I am on the opt-out. Isn't everyone?
Australia must be behind, I only bought it two weeks ago :(
so, in my internetting...did I miss something about cosworth? where have they gone with the engine issues?
Not a word mentioned where I read, biut I'm sobering up now
Schumacher and Spa - what could have been.
hisss! BOOO!
he made his mark, time for everyone to move on and make new heros
Your commenting solution of choice should now have the practice thread as the default, if you refresh.
Respect......
very much.
I still remember his first race at spa - I believe it was with Jordan?
That is correct. Seventh in qualifying, didn't last 100 metres in the race...
The UK is one of the few countries in the EU that has the opt-out option (it may be the only one). The EU are trying to force the UK to drop the opt-out choice.
A bank holiday is a day the government requires all companies to shut down for the day. Originally demanded by bankers, hence the name.
Some professions such as the emergency services are exempt, but everyone else has to have the day off.
Because the more chocolate eaten by workers, the less can be sold to customers.
in Australia, only the banks get bank holidays off!
Not so much any more, there are quite a few shops in my area which will be open on monday
at least, i've never had the day off for it!
Me neither. Still, for the last two years we have got Melbourne Cup day off for some reason!
it has been a public holiday in ACT since 2007 :D
For what reason - we are still trying to work that out.
Shhhhhhh.
it replaced the union picnic day that was scrapped under the Federal Government's WorkChoices legislation.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1891417.htm
:D
You are full of good info. Funny thing is - most of us never got that holiday in the first place.
Sony have released a video explaining what there crazy glow stick controllers do and how the tech evolved
My new past-time: Watching Australia loose at various sports. We seem so good at it!
BBC News had some VT of a cash machine in East London with two language choices. English or Cockney
WTF?
aah, you get the London news like i do?
They always seem to be looking for actual news...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/08/090825_cockney_cash_et_sl.shtml
hehehehe
It was on the Oddbox segment
All I could think of was GoForOdd (.com)
Rugby update: Australia losing less badly now
Hm what's the best/cheapest way to get from Finland to Spa?
Hitch with the travelling Finns
Flag them down with Vodka
GP2 race in half an hour on British Eurosport 2 & online
Must find blank disc. Need to get moving to go out soon
so you want me to hitch with drunk travelling Finns?
what could possibly go wrong?
Hopefully, there'll be a designated driver
Hopefully
could you kidnap me one? Preferably one that looks like Kimi.
What would Amy do? ;)
sounds like fun
are you sure you want one of those? They seemed to be more work than they are worth
Have you seen how Finns drive, especialy on dirt?
Either the neighbours downstairs have got some funky BBQ marinade going on or they opened up an extremely large can of dog food. It's honking!
Ah, I need to learn from my own mistakes :D. There doesn't seem to be any Finns in Melbourne, even though they have a Finnish society.
Go out next time Kimi or Heikki wins waving a Finnish flag in the streets near the society
:P I'll try. Kidnapping seems to be the only way to get them to actually talk to you so maybe I'll kidnap one for me too
just like to pop in and basically say:
waaaaaaaahhhhhhoooooooooooooooooooo
:D
They offer Finnish lessons which made me go 'ooh' but they only offer them to children with Finnish heritage
:D :D
you could pretend...
not goin on holida ever again. anyway, spurs on tv, bye
Mostly I want to gatecrash their monthly Finnish Karaoke night :D What a shame the Finnish Hall is millllllllles away.
Must drop.io that!
ahh turns out funding for the Finnish School actually comes from the Education Dept of Finland. No wonder they want to be all 'ooh no you can only come if you are actually Finnish'
I really do hate hazard perception, my reactions are better than the computers!!
Can't you find any Vikings in your family tree? Somewhere?
Jyväskylä - Tampere (bus) €20 x2
Tampere - Frankfurt Hahn (evil airline) €? x2
Frankfurt Hahn - Köln (bus) €15 x2
Köln - Liege (even eviler Deutsche Bahn) €19 x2
Liege - Spa (friendly people with car) Vodka x?
sound good :)
I did find this ad on Gumtree "Courses and individual lessons of Finnish language at all levels available in Melbourne by a qualified teacher.
Please, call Tarja "
It's tempting, but I really should focus more on my Spanish I think.
Do it!
Besides, Tarja sounds like a girl
You can tell that?
To me, it sounds like an Otter
No. ;-)
to me it sounds like Tara with a J :D
Currently investigating the price of flying to Belgium. Ahem.
Come next year with us!
We'll smuggle you in the hotel, you can bunk down in Lou's room
are you all staying in hotels?
sounds good to me :)
$2200. Would be a lot cheaper to fly to London then hitch a ride with you lot :D
Not sure yet, could be camping. But it is ON!
You're more than welcome to bagsy your seat now
Is there a bus?
I am honestly seriously considering it because I've always wanted to go to Spa and I couldn't think of a better way to do it than with SPC. I just have to justify to myself going all the way to Europe and not seeing more of it.
Just go and stay. Thinki of all the sleep you will get!
Good idea! Can we just buy a car while over there then ship it back to Aust after leaving it in UK for a year to avoid taxes? I'm sure someone will look after it for us and I've always wanted a Lotus :P
I SO need to see this film: Zombieland
Then stay around for longer?
We'll need a car or 3, I'm driving one of them
Wouldn't neccessarily be a bad idea
Cannot stay, life is here for now. One of my friends went to Norway for a fortnight and then came home. I could quite happily go to Europe for 2 weeks, if Spa is a back to back again, even better.
If I start saving now, I reckon I'll talk myself into it by January.
Anytime ;)
we are not camping. fact.
I don't have the money or the time off work available to me that I'd need to do a proper trip
are you coming by London Stansted?
pah ;)
Do it, I'll give you a heads up when tickets are on sale
I went to Italy for 2 weeks. Not long enough
yay! :P lou + camping always tends to = grumpy lou.
I'd die happy if I never had to camp again. I got a bit concerned when I heard camping was "normal" at European circuits. You'd look a right plonker if you tried to camp in Melbourne. You'd probably get arrested actually.
did you see what happened last time?
there is nothing better than walking around a race track in the early morning when everyones still asleep, fact
Honda hotel?
Probably nearby, yes. Ferry from Harridge I expect.
Or maybe channel tunnel
If only I didn't have to buy a new laptop, that'd be my trip paid for already :D
you went to silverstone and slept in a cardboard tent...what did you think would happen? just get a proper tent and a decent sleeping bag, sorted
No?
If my bf's in the country then I'll come to Spa with you. I'm not coming by myself though....
Hotels it is then
What with all the equipment I guess...
exactly.
wuss! we're all really nice... honest!
if you go via the channel tunnel you can pick me up on the way :P
i'll stick with an air-conditioned hotel room with spa thanks.
Hmm. New plan:
Jyväskylä - Tampere
Tampere - London Stanstead
Bassano's car directly to Spa's camping site
I like this plan better
even with christine and lou, and amy and kathi?
How much is a grandstand ticket at Eau Rouge? My guess is not cheap.
Is cool
Spa Spa!
:P
Doesn't have to be Eau Rouge. If it's a big group of us, we can be anywhere and have loads of fun
It's not that so much as that I've promised I'll go with him. He'd kill me.
Booo. Stupid mortgage to pay off
I am 99% sure I should do this, which is about how I felt the day before I booked my flights to Singapore last year :D
Raid the fed fund?
As long as he's not listening to cricket ;)
I raided that to buy groceries after I decided my Rubens winnings were paying for the Australian Open :D
Woo, and indeed, hoo!
Press conference on now in Sydney on OneHD
eating paaaaasta?
ooooh. undestood.
I think i said i was coming the other night, it sounds good,
We could go general admission and roam...
Camping?
Hmmmm...
I'll look forward to it in an hour. In Melbourne Luca has just crashed :D
Never!
This is quite a different press conference
not in that forest. not with a couple of laptops and recording equipment.
phew... Glad Mr C was here...
I'm not here...
Back. Just watched quali at a bar/resto over dinner. Me and my girl seemed to be the only folks watching F1. A shame - it was a trully stunning qualifying.
matching t-shirts or just paint a letter each on our backs?
*pretending I cant see everyone chatting about going to Spa*
The 5' of me does not like roaming because I can't see anything, but I base this solely on one day of roaming in Melbourne.
so tempted to make it a 3 week holiday and do Spa and Monza.... That would only leave Monaco on my to-do list for the future.
I am very glad about this... I didn't want to be the only one who was on the side of not-camping...
However I did make a solemn vow never to camp again.
And I also use a LOT of electrictity and if we don't have wifi my roaming charge is going to be enormous!
we could take a box :P
Hotel it is then. Sidepodcast, party of 16 :D
W E H E A R T F R A N C K
w00t!
I am with you there. If it doesn't have walls or a ceiling, and involves sleeping on the ground, I don't want to know.
Awesomeness!
Have you got clearance from the boss Mr C?
you need tall shoulders to sit on.
Save that for your honeymoon :D
Blimey you're all so wimpy!! I'm a camping gal....
I am investigating if I need to get a Visa to go to Belgium. This can only end one way.
If I spend 2 weeks exploring Europe...then....
Who wants to come to Monza a fortnight later too :D
no. ummm, she mighta gone to sleep.
We could stand at Les Combes and have a big sign saying
BADOER CRASHED HERE
me too...without the gal bit...
thats the plan :D
Do you want to break it to her or shall we? ;)
Thats a yes then!
if you could...
I would be up for it, its a fair while off though and i am not good at this long range planning!
Well I've lived in a city most of my life... And... Yeah... I need too many wires.
Once you're in Europe you should be fine (officer)
:lol:
I updated it as my status on Facebook so it must be official
Shall I email or send an mp3 for the digest tomorrow? :)
me too.
You can drive into belgium from france with no border i think you should be ok from there
w00t
could you maybe do it sometime next august?
Not including Britain, there's free travel between most EU countries, they signed this big agreement saying they'd remove passport controls except round the edges of the EU area. Britain were not co-operative.....
I love this tweet from Sarah Holt: I am refering to my notes from Friday and guess who was tipping the Force Indias to do well this weekend. Me! Well, no it was Martin Brundle
hehehe
but I do not have an EU passport :(
You're going to Spa next year?!
*jealous*
No visa needed for Belgium it seems
No no no. I mean you can travel freely between EU countries without any kind of passport.
Those europeans do view the New Zealand threat with trepidation...
Isn't this the normal getting in trouble strategy?
While Christine's asleep Mr C commits to something
Christine wakes up - doesn't read back comment
Fast forward to event actually happening (normally a week - this time a year)
Naughty Step!
you're invited.
QFT
join the international party!
no funds. and i'll be going to the US next year. :(
If all fails we could watch the race in Bath :P
:D
In a bath?
Cool. I'm going.....down the road to Melbourne
me neither, I figure I have a year to save. I just told my brother and told him I need cash for Christmas :D
just got it - doh!
The town... its like a poor mans Spa ;)
hehehe
Did anyone mention that FIF1's 1st pole came the same week India's government said F1 isn't a sport?
Oops. :D
When I was a kid, I went on holiday without a doll to push around in my pram and my parents bought me a big bottle of Spa water to strap in there. That is what Spa means to me..... less of this racetrack malarkey!
Can anyone speak flemmish or will it just be ENGLISH VERY LOUDLY
I kind of can't sleep from excitement. Why is the race a year away?
slow.er.
Don't they speak French in belguim?
Aussi tourist style. I like it
the calendar hasnt even been confirmed. GO SLEEP
Im glad i am not the guy who tells the sports section of the paper to hand it over to the business editor! :P
I hope its on the calendar next year, it could be difficult otherwise :P
Depends which bit it is...
I have spent quite a lot of time in Belgium for reasons too boring to go into.
I have spent about 6 weeks or so there on and over over the last 20 years.
:D
it's easy to get by in Belgium :) lots of people speak French i think... and if i remember Christine knows some french?..
but its only midnight. And Q2 is still on my TV!
You're going, Amy?
Everybody pretty much speaks English fluently. Or if they don't speak it fluently they speak it better than my Flemish.
I speak French and Italian (something tells me the Italian's less than useful here though....)
She seems easily convinced. Perhaps I should ask her to buy my ticket for Melbourne
yep :D I was 20% when it was bought up, as a pipe dream. Then I looked at flights when I was 50%, then I was 99%, and now I have told the world on facebook and my family, and am at 100%
Awesome!
No offence, but you coming to Melbourne hasn't been on my 'to do before I die' list :D
Yay!
Oh Boo, It's on my list :D
now the rest of you aren't allowed to change your minds because I can't handle Europe alone. I'd cry. They drive on the wrong side of the road doncha know!
although if you do come it will be brilliant and I can play SPC tour guide :D
:D great... i'll start saving now then...
Only we drive on the wrong side of the road.Wait a moment.
I have also told facebook with a plea for tickets for AD.
I might do another few weeks of blogging then beg etihad for a ticket :D
it's gonna be hard keeping this one quiet...
But I wanna go to Spa toooooo.
I need approximately $1500 to get to London and back. The rest I can work out later :D
Bassano and I have shaken on it. It is happening - FACT.
We couldnt do that!
Ummm. Yes I think it might be.
Bassano and I mentioned it over beers... I dont know what that means...
I'm just about to go out but before I go, I'll put my name down as interested. I'll find out prices etc to get me there later.
Everyone on sidepodcast ends up in London FACT
i'll start doing nice things for dad, like typing letters and stuff then... so i can convince him that me going to Spa is a great idea... then again providing i save up.... i'll be able to go anyways cause i'll be 18 by then :D
Interestingly there was beer being consumed when we talked about it too.
thats like one of those unbreakable promises, never mension it over beers with bassano ;)
i'm noticing a pattern
I have mentioned it whilst sober too
It's happening!
Beer, Belgium. I see a pattern here
My dad will be like ARE YOU INSANE THATS A LOT OF MONEY but my Mum will be happy and proud because she really wants me to travel, shes sad she has never been able to since she married someone who doesn't understand why anyone would ever want to go anywhere.
Are you driving over or flying?
I wonder if we can pursuede Steven to come too?
Should I not it Tweet it then?
Maybe later
I've always thought the crew on Mark Webber Forum who meet up at the Aus Gp look like they're having fun.
This beats that 10000000x over.
Swimming Baby... Yeah!
I think Amy is going to have to fly
tweet it now. it might fall off the reader before she wakes.
would you really? coz i really want to come down for the next race as well.
:lol: Cos he remembers
I need to talk someone else from Australia into coming because that 24 hour flight there and the 24 hour flight back will be mighty boring alone.
No kidding.... :P
road trip would be more interesting. but not fussy.
I definitely want to meet up with SPC people because it sounds like a lot more will be there next year :D
You havent seen how boring Bassano and i were when we slowly nursed a single pint for a couple of hours the other night...
Then we had to pretend we were drunk and everything
jeremy know pilots and stuff.
I haven't got a car but I could rent one for this I think...
I need to roadtrip because it'd be a much better way to see THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.
Plus I could go to another country IN A TUNNEL. HOW COOL IS THAT.
i said to dad this year that he has until i'm 18 to come with me to a gp... after that i refuse to make a huge effort to get him to come with me... i'll just go on my own :P he's been promising i can go to a gp for years and always lets me down. grr. mum is home and has already says it's a great idea, and will act as a massive encouragement to get through this coming year which will be tough.
Road trip would be good, we should wait for 5LiveF1 and ambush them at Dover
we might need a bus. anyone have a licence?
I need a co-driver!
Well you can take the train the whole way there I think... But it's probably not appropriate for an F1 blog.
Tweeted:
Sidepodcast trip to Spa 2010, be there or be Badoer
my parents are coming over here in April next year which is a huge accomplishment for my dad. He got his passport the other week, and he is 61 years old and its the first time he has had one. I think secretly he is getting excited.
Surprisingly disappointing when you see what Calais is like! :P
Belgium is super flat, but its the journey not the scenery which counts!
haahhahahaahhahaa
Mini buses can be driven by people with old driving licences i think
There's no way I'm going through the tunnel. It's ruddy expensive. Plus the thought of all that sea flowing over you makes me feel ill....
What!? He hasnt left New Zealand?
I'm great at that, no one can tell
I'll sort it. I do talk a lot though. You may regret sitting next to me.
ahahaha :D
I was talking about Belgium with my flatmate this morning actually, she said all her friends who have been there had really low expectations for the country but they all came out saying it was one of their favourites.
Oh but!
Can someone else pay off my house for a while?
they have wifi.
Up to 16 seats I think, maybe it's 12
Amy, get the chloroform
:D
It's under the sea
Like the Little Mermaid song
BBC News had some VT of a cash machine in East London with two language choices. English or Cockney
WTF? {Comment #462
My local radio station came up with things a Derbyshire cash machine might have, the funniest of which was:
"Tha's na dough. Gizza job!"
meaning
"You haven't got any money. Get yourself a job!"
nope, and neither has mum. She has always wanted to which is more sad. I take after her in that I want to see places, my brother takes after my dad in that when he left here he said "now I have been to Australia I never have to go overseas ever again"
Indeed they do...
I went there in 06 with moderate expectations and i was disapointed. I like the fries and Mayo, but it is all a bit strange.
In Bruges is good research
i'm not a fan of the channel tunnel either, or lifts or being underground... however... it's only about 30mins, plus dad always gets good deals as he knows and plays golf with a few people who work there... well used to anyways.
i'm so busted.
they have wifi!!! wha? i never knew this... is this the wifi like you can get at stations though? where you have to log in?
This genuinly teriffies me, I havent left Europe in 4 months and i have seriously itch feet about it at the moment
plus its ANOTHER COUNTRY. THROUGH A TUNNEL.
Only caps can express how much that amazes me. You can't even drive between the two islands in NZ and you can SEE one when you're standing on the other one.
I've been on ones with 16 inc driver
Well, you retweeted, can't even blame Steven Roy this time
When I went to Singapore my mum cried and told me she was so proud I was seeing the world. I felt so sad for her, I'd love to take her on a trip one day :)
5 RT's in 5 mins :D
that has to be one of the coolest things ever.
we're gonna need a bigger bus.
Airbus 380?
all this talk of Spa 2010 has made me forget about editing photos....
I would say bring her along, but if you go to see the world and end up in Belgium, i cant help but think you might regret it
Sorry
You know... You can take a train from London to Spa... That's pretty convenient... No parking no nuthin'... No responsibility for other Sidepodcasters travel safety etc...
I wonder how long it takes?
I hear there's a motorhome going cheap, only one owner, half a season
and how much it costs :D
From London 5-6 hours?
Its quicker now though, so maybe 3-4
It's free... The Eurostar ticket includes ongoing travel to any Belgian station
has this been mentioned? AUTOSPORT's copy of the 2010 draft calendar has this:
from london to spa... hmm wonder if it passes my local station.... the eurostar stops there so.. surely it's possible lol :)
My mum freaked when I went to Malaysia. I said "Show me where it is on a map and I won't go"
That was a great holiday ;)
"Depart London St Pancras 09:57 Arrive Brussels 13:03"
This trip, by bus or train, is going to be just like an excursion in high school! I'm bringing marshmallows and orange m&ms
Btw, anyone can drive a minibus (up to 16 seats) as long as they're over 21, have had a licence for at least 2 years and aren't taking payment from the passengers.
Not sure how this applies abroad though. Sounds terrifying.
I'd be up for a train. Anything that lets me see the country is good, ie, not a plane :D
then another hour down to Francochampes
Roadtrip! :)
It's the next bit that's the trouble... 4 more hours on the train... Well I guess it's a day.
The cool thing about the train is everyone would be together the whole time and live commenting for most of it :)
And we can
Drinkhave some light refreshemntsWell...
are you going too now? Are ther no responsible adults here?!
I just opened a new savings account and called it Europe 2010.
It's so on.
Only an hour... I'd read 4.
I dont think there'll be anyone left to read the comments at this stage! :)
the man has a point.
SIDEPODCARRAGE!!!
I think so, it's just a glorified van with windows. over 25 is probably more likely though.
being the only one left behind sucks. I'm looking at you, sidepodpark.
Qiki from chunnel?
Also saves fuel cost worries, parking at the other end....
*carriage...
can i decide on the morning? i'm not good at committing to things.
I looked it up, it's 21. It says so in the notes I've got with my licence.
we need to remember to tell Lukeh about this when he gets back from work.... lol
:D
Christine is asleep
I meet all those conditions, but I sure don't want to drive on the wrong side of the road, in a van :D
wiki page?
Woo hoo
:D
hey, i'll stay behind. ;)
Park at the hotel
Ah i can now go to manchester, my mate has finished arguing with his girlfriend. A 4 hour delay isnt too bad...
I was more thinking vehicle hire companies and insurance companies though.
RG!
the actual problem i have, isn't convincing christine to visit spa. it's breaking to her the fact i just committed us to at least one more year's f1 coverage without so much as a discussion.
I had a proper look though and the rules get a lot stricter if you want to take it out the country. You need to use a tachograph and record proper resting times and everything....
very good point. uh-oh...
We could switch to Go for Odd F1 ;)
Ah... Yes... Hmm....
*cough* Todt *cough*
or, stop now and have a 1 year reunion?
I did think about that, but i didnt want to mention the T word...
Rob will be there though!
if it helps i drove a party of 9 in a mini bus to western ireland and back a couple of years ago.
however, i don't think a mini-bus will be big enough.
:P
I need to head out, an evening of Guinness in Windsor is calling, it's sooo beautiful. I can't help it
Catch you guys tomorrow
I am SO stoked!
gah! i'd forgotten him too.
and now, a Very Special Episode of Sidepodcast?
bye sir.
Can you do subliminal sleep messages... record a loop and play it so she wakes up saying 'we really must go to spa next year' ..then you can go ta daaa!
:P
I was wondering what would happen if JT were to win.... Thought I wouldn't ruin the excitement by mentioning it though!
oh... well... erm... either Ari will win.. or erm... we shoot todt?... or erm.... you switch to covering GP2 and then go to see the race next year at Spa... which obviously you can only do by buying f1 tickets (i think - as it's a support race?) ;)either that or you'll be buying lots of milky bars and possibly a panda...
That's where my brethren hail from, County Clare
see ya! :)
To be perfectly honest, i don't think you have, the main sidepodregulars are still going to be around whatever happens in October.
Then can we go to Bath?
Outa here!
i can't see him loosing. my biggest issue is i quite like his manifesto. that annoys me more than anything.
indeed
think it was galway, via dublin.
the question i have is that with the conchord now signed...what damage can he do?
that's true. i like your thinking.
true, but you can take comfort in the fact that the written word can be very different from the action taken.
Am confused, do you live in Bath or am i getting the wrong end of the stick?
very good point.
absolutely.
they have roman spa's in bath, right?
quick plug for poppy's shop.
Grojeon should be there!
I hope not, my fingers would get all pruned, and i would constantly be drinking cider...
oh wait...
and Bath stone, for your renovations
hehehehe.
They do, although they frown upon people doing bombs into the roman pool....
wow, so qualifying has finally finished. Did you guys know Fisi got pole? ;) ;)
*can't wait for stupid AFL season to finish*
This conversation has made me so hungry I could eat a dinosaur or a moose...
Luckily some have just come out of the oven:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-209
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-210
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-3-60
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-4-66
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-5-68
Who put these on the drop?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-210
and can we take said person with us....we're going to need alot of food ;)
I REALLY want Mark Webber to win tomorrow just so Channel 10 remember that F1 should have priority
aaah its you!!
Alex can cook for us all :D
when does the season end, it's the end of September isn't it? Just in time to get the last few rounds live? *fingers crossed*
Ah for the actual creation of the cookies we might need Katherine... Not sure she was planning on attending
wow its like a press conference of senior citizens.
Blimey it's like having Steven Roy here the speed I got volunteered
:D hehehehe
What is this A-F-L that you speak of? I'm sure I heard the word finals recently. I think the NRL finals are the long weekend in October because they grabbed that weekend when Bathurst let it go a few years ago.
Is he coming?
Go Titans!
I just remember that the final last year was when I was in Singapore and I was sooo happy to not be in town for it.
all three of them were born in the 70s. That's 2 decades before Tim!
Hello all, the feel-good stories keep piling up, though the Luca one, has soured a bit.
Hahaha I thought it was just me he 'volunteered' to do things...
But dont the only people who watch the sport live in Melbourne anyway? :P
Joe!
You coming to Spa Next year?
idiots. Their sporting idols don't even have sleeves!
Montreal and Spa? Sure, what the hell.
Yay! We're meeting in London :D
Okay, meet in London, then onto Spa. Camping or staying in a hotel.....what do I car, as long as they have beer
Goodnight Sidepodcrazy friends.
Next to the big tree? ;)
Let's not forget live commenting (I'll be here) for the IRL race from Chicago
Night Jeremy!
I am looking at contiki itineraries to see how much of Europe you can see in 14 days.
before I go, i'll just check if its already been mentioned that DJ Am died. Sad. Shine on you Crazy (town) Butterfly!
is it today or tomorrow?
2100 US East coast time tonight
9 AM my time tomorrow morning, then. Coolness! :D
I feel ripped off that there hasn't been any fines or anything. Not even for Luca.
I was about to mention that. I went to gpupdate, looking to see who got penalized....nothing
Logically speaking, you Brits are on the wrong side of the road. Not just for foreigners who drive on the right hand side of the road, but also for begining drivers in Britian, as shown by this crazy statment from a person teaching a driver who is drifting towards the middle....
"Say on the right side of the road!" Now, did they mean the logically right (Left side for Brits) or the directionally right side of the road. (Could get yourself into an accident in less time to understand that statment...)
she must!
heheh a girl I work with has just arrived in London and hates it (crazy) but she posted her first lot of photos and I saw this so of course I had to comment about the car :D
huh? i had no idea.
speaking of cookies, has there been any news on lpg and andy and their little baby while i was away?
Yeah, a night race. 3 chicks racing also
right i am about to head off... might qik depending on what everyone says, i am staying with my mad architect friend who is on a crazy deadline, so it could be amusing...
Mr C could you qik when you break the news to MrsC? :D
It's a boy :)
:D
ahaha, have fun!
with an epic name! That I can't recall at this time!
see ya :)
the coolest name in the world EVER
oh okay. i need to catch up on comments anyways... but i'll save that for later... first i must edit photos.
I want to say Mortimer? Was that it?
oooh yes, Mortimer something.
Can anyone speak flemmish or will it just be ENGLISH VERY LOUDLY {Comment #617}
Spa is in the French-speaking part of Belgium, so French is the language. If I can afford to do three races next year, I should be able to do some rough-and-ready translation (last time I went to France, I ended up buying lunch for my class).
Mortecai?
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/08/21/live-europe-free-practice-2/#comment-446166
Mortimer Nikolas :) what an awesome name! :D
aah, there ya go.
What an inspired name; Mortimer Nikolas.
We can also call him USPG (Uber Small Purple Goth) ;)
Not here. Can you tell me in relation to GMT? I know I am GMT +10
where are you?
Oz
I'm in Australia. But that's the point of using the GMT system - you don't need to know exactly where anyone is. Just say the race is on at 2100 hours GMT -10 (or whatever it is) and I can do the conversion to my time zone with very little mental effort :-)
GMT - 4
the actual problem i have, isn’t convincing christine to visit spa. it’s breaking to her the fact i just committed us to at least one more year’s f1 coverage without so much as a discussion. {Comment #759}
If you don't feel up to organising it, I'm willing to stand in (even though I have no idea how I'd get there myself with my funding situation). Then you could tell Christine that it's a social event that happens to include some motorsport...
2100 (GMT -4)
legend! Thanks :-)
I have cat named Oz, amazing, huh?
what a coincidence
Webber has been given a reprimand for impeding someone
http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/bel09_document_23.pdf
I want a real penalty.
:)
do we know who he held up?
If he impeded someone, dont they usually get a proper penalty?
not a clue, and I don't recall either set of commentators mentioning anything either
Back to the future is on!
i may have discovered the man behind the mask...
bibendum revealed
:) :D :D :D
hahaha :D
weights are out!
http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/9892/
And the official doc:
http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/Documents/bel09_document_24.pdf
rubens is lighter than fissi??
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/forceindiasecretweapon-wmv
From Alex.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/forceindiasecretweapon-wmv
hard to believe, no? :O
good flippin lord.
oh things just get better and better for Brawn don't they.. gah!
good on Fisi though. what have Force India done to the car though... that's one big upgrade?
and old should retire useless Heidfeld heavier than star of the future Kubica.
it's all about the tyre temps... and having the perfect setup. fisi got lightning in a bottle.
what happened to you, Amy? I thought you'd find it first? ;)
you know what's odd? the rear of the fif1 is a mclaren. the engine is a mclaren. how different car the cars be?
*mercedes
I've given up refreshing it because they don't use the link they used to anymore so everyone sees them go up on the media centre at the sametime.
very, is the answer. the gearbox and engine are mclaren/mercedes, suspension, packaging, etc etc, all different
rear suspension is mcalren too isn't it?
KERS plays a part too.
Top KERS car is... Kimi in 6th? Let's see if they'll be any better tomorrow.
really?
Right, I should go to bed since I have laptop shopping and Brawn shirt price hunting to do tomorrow :D
now am gonna have to check facts :)
night Amy :)
night amy.
night amy
night amy.
off to bed for me too.
night everyone.
night Journeyer
night Journeyer
Woohoo it's a long weekend, have finished work, caught up with quali, now looking forward to the best race of the year (hopefully) and many, many pints of cider...
If he impeded someone, dont they usually get a proper penalty? {Comment #864}
A grid penalty is normal. A reprimand is not. But who did Webber block?
Badoer? ;)
rubens is lighter than fissi?? {Comment #872}
Given that and the fact that the only driver in the top 5 with significantly more fuel is Trulli, I have suddenly a lot more confidence that Fisi will lead into the first corner. Given what happened the last two times he was allowed to do that, I suddenly have a lot more confidence...
Badoer? ;) {Comment #898}
Given the way this session's gone, that's entirely possible!
what have Force India done to the car though… that’s one big upgrade? {Comment #877}
Aero-wise, just about everything bar a complete concept redesign...
*waves at sidepodland*
evening :)
you know what’s odd? the rear of the fif1 is a mclaren. the engine is a mclaren. how different car the cars be? {Comment #881}
Extremely so.
Good thing FIF1 isn't a McLaren B-team as was originally feared when the deal was announced...
Evening Lukeh :)
rear suspension is mcalren too isn’t it? {Comment #885}
No, but the hydraulics are, along with the engine and gearbox.
It's been a while since Mr C commented... do you think Mrs C has woken up and now knows about the plans for the sidepodtrip to spa?
that's not keeping it on the down-low is it?
What?
LOU!
oh are we meant to keep it quiet? oops... sorry..
*runs away to continue editing photos* sorry....
;)
in my defence i figured that she'd have read through the comments anyways....
Spa next year sounds a great idea (I have never been to a grand prix!!), have not read back through the comments from today yet, are you planning on camping?
Oh, nothing....there's a cover plan for a sidepodtrip to Spa, but really it is just a way to get enough funding for a sidepodtrip to Montreal for the F1 race there.
no. although i guess there's no reason why some couldn't camp and others live like normal human beings?
I am not coming all that way to sleep on the ground so put me in group B. (I am zzzzzzz)
I thought I was a normal human being... I have a very tight budget! :P
hehe. i would say that people should be free to do as they choose, but also know that others are around if you prefer.
hehehe i wont be camping either... i like the luxuries of erm... well... a nice bed, being warm.. a shower :D
My Dad really wants to see a modern GP live (he last went in the 60's!!!) so I think next year we may go to Spa together, if you do go I am sure we can meet you for a pint (litre?) though!
and waffles :)
someone should have told me about the waffles earlier, I would have made a decision sooner :D
o0o0o0o0ohhh my head...
thought I'd go out for a bit last night.
got just drunk enoungh to pass out right berfoe quali.
now half the frggin internet is off-limits to me until I can find a torrent.
mmmm waffles
I just had a yummy pizza.
PIZZA AMY PIZZA.
Ahem. :P)
crap I cant even visit the f1 clock to figure out how long till the race cause it'll spoil who got poll.
*kicks self.
Oowww.
sidepodcast is probably not a safe site to be on if you don't want to know who is on pole, it could come up at any time!
no more pizza for me ever! I had nachos today :D
gravit8ed, I would suggest coming to an f1 site is not the best way of avoiding the result! I know how you feel though, I often work saturdays and have to get to the BBC iplayer without seeing the result... it is a real skill!
like smack in the middle of the home page?
theres a home page? I can leave doohickey?
no! don't do that!
apparently...
apparently there is an 'internet' too whatever THAT is
clearly I can't even leave it to sleep :(
it sleeps for you, just don't touch it for 15 mins.
now I just need some sort of way to transfer panda sleep into my brain.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78138
Awwww, he's saying give me one more and i'll be even better.
If i hear one more sad radio conversation from Rob, i may cry. I was SO angry earlier!!!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7677201.stm
Moto GP quali on now for any who want it
Going on Qik
I've just been playing The Sims in the bath!
WOOOOOOOOOOW, i'm totally jealous
I can only handle listening to music in the bath. I think playing a game in the bath would make me too paranoid of dropping my phone!
I assume it was your phone at least.... !!!!
Don't tell Mr C but I borrowed his iPod :)
Ahh, iPod, phew!
Evening all :)
How did you combat the dropping problem?
Evening :)
Erm... I just held on to it. :)
No i meant the sims....pooter or phone?
I don't understand the question.
You've been playing the sims in the bath? Did you play it on your phone or on your Mac?
I borrowed Mr C's iPod.
How on earth would you balance a laptop while you're in the bath? :P
ask amy.
Hehehe. I wouldn't be allowed to do that! Sadly, my Mac is not a laptop and Mr C's has been through the wars enough as it is :)
Oh.
I didn't realise iPods did that kinda thing.
Nothing to see here...carrry on
surely she hasnt!
This was my issue, it confused me
I've been infinitely more successful at this than whilst in the shower.
:D :D :D
@NobleF1: Popped into GP2 hospitality - must be F1's secret hideout. Fisi, Trulli and Kubica all chatting, watching Italian football
I WANT HIS JOB!!!!
Ah, so if I'd have said iTouch, would that have been more helpful? I didn't because I know it upsets Andy.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/07/03/daily-3rd-july-2009/#comment-379464
Just seen mrc's tweet earlier about james allen's website header.
Goodbye, dear awful photoshop.... you shall be missed to make me giggle...
I didn't realise they did it either :D every day is a school day
Heheh, fair enough. It's not proper Sims anyway.
Mind = not blown
Mind = terrified!
I have taken my laptop into the loo before, but not in the bath. But i balance it on the bath when im in the loo,....
is there any water in the bath?
I love the whole conversation that follows where you're trying to talk Christine out of giving it a go!
worked a treat!
Nope, but i always put a towl down on the side of the bath that it's balanced on, just incase its still wet
Absolutely. I would never take any electrical devices that don't belong to me into the bath. Nu-uh, not today, not ever.
i love after the conversation Christine says:
Today I have had a sandwich that included some lettuce I grew myself. This is very exciting.
:)
Certainly not just so you could play a computer game.... Although the Sims is awesome!
It was very exciting!
I'd do it on a desktop, and have the screen so i could see it, but not near the bath, but then have a mini table over the bath and use a mouse. :)
They was my favourite of your blog posts :)
I am pondering what my next adventure should be.
ooooh, i look forward to whatever they may be
Nicky Hayden (Moto GP rider) got off his bike, came into the garage after qualifying and all his mechanics slapped his bum.
Each for their own
*to
Its upset me so much I have decided I may send him a new header based on how well done his old one was
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/jamesheader-jpg
Lots of hard work there and I hope he appreciates it
Just another example of why F1 is behind the times....Moto GP quali...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/why-f1-sucks-jpg
This stuff isn't hard, even IRL is better!!
YOU! you did that!!
tell me you'll tweet that to him?
I didn't know U2 were writing a musical about Spiderman!!
fact.
aha yeah, s'gonna be good ;
http://twitter.com/lukehmuse/statuses/3630181936
:)
It had better start with #spiderman, spiderman, does whatever a spider can#
Followed by extended guitar riff and The Edge looking serious in the background
they... are..... ?? wow. didn't expect that.
heheheheheheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Are the hash tags silent?
I had no idea!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7909772.stm
Indicates lyrics.
My favourite bit is the "this is my website" :D
oooh
I KNEW IT!!! (finally caved and checked quali positions)
I knew fisi was up to something yesterday in practice, but Pole? WOW!
wow. today is just full of surprises! :)
Poor Ted, he has gone out for dinner with legard. I wonder if he'll mix up the red sauce with the brown sauce and talk about the menu with supposed knowledge but come across as a buffoon?
Heheheh!
It looks like Lee went aswell....but Jake got away!
Crap looking through the top ten is like...
wait a minute, they're putting one over on us, F1 is
he must be good at something?
if you're bored we're live streaming not much at all right now. trying to fix the server crashes before the parade lap.
Demon Headmaster lookalike conventions
dang I wish I'd stayed up last night, I probably would have woken my whole complex
sing it christine
i feel like i'm lost.... i can't have been away this long.. but where are you live streaming? :( i feel sad that i can't find it..
yay for fuzzy Christine!
http://www.sidepodcast.com/live/
awwww...
http://www.sidepodcast.com/live/
thank you. i got way too confused with all the qik stuff... :S
wait a minute.
yes, they're messing with us.
according to the times, LB is less than a second off pace?
We're not listening to Spotify, honest.
Ooooh I love this song!!
I sawed his hand!
Isn't that messing with all sorts of copyright laws?
Haven't heard this song in years
#OoOh, the sweetest thing!#
that would explain the advert... things are way to confusing atm.. this is what a day of photo editing does to me..
Gah, Mr C messing about! Typical.
And it stops...
Dunno what you're talking about. We're just rehearsing and listening to Spotify. Can't possibly be coming through any live feeds or nothin'.
*shakes fist at mr c*
obviously you've all had a chance to marvel at this mornings apparently crazy rounds, but I'm just catching up.
What are you confused about? We can explain anything.
:)
Woohoo!
I liked the video for this song too. Was funky!
i was just about to go make some sort of tofu stir fry and grab a jumper... no i fear i will never leave the study...
It's like Sidepodradio a few weeks early!
Yeah someone knows whats good for them, dont they...
messing with the music like that
ah ok, your funeral ;)
I love this song even more!! This is the BEST RADIO STATIO...urm... live streaming thingy ever.
Dunno what you're talking about.
Just double checked my fantasy racers after qualifying. I'm going to lose some places methinks...
I wonder if the title and chorus is what Mr C thinks when F1 really gets on his nerves...
panda attack!!
Saul Willims does a fantastic version of this song
It occurred to me earlier that the top three were Fisi, Trulli and Heidfeld.
My FR team... Sutil... Glock... Kubica.
D'oh!!
that's just bad luck!
today has been a confusing day, i was firstly confused as to why i was in my room when i woke up as i was convinced i should still have been in spain (it was a strange moment).. then i was confused about why photoshop was being mean to me and not letting me edit a photo... but i worked that out, then i was confused as to why it's so damn cold here... then as to why Jenson didn't make it into Q3... the list goes on... i think i could still be a little tired from the day of travelling yesterday...
Would you believe I would have picked two of them for my team, had I actually gone ahead and joined?
One loooooooove...
it's not too late. join now for monza.
Aww. Well...
1) It's natural to be confused where you are, but isn't being in your own bed soooo nice? Best thing about coming home, I reckon.
2) You sorted photoshop.
3) It's cold because you're in the UK now, sorry about that ;)
4) Jenson didn't make it into Q3 because it was a completely nutty session that saw Fisi on top! Nothing can be counted upon in a qualifying like that.
ITS BONO!!!
*list of supplies for tonight/sundays race:
Two big cans of RockStar energy drink
1 gallon of fresh beer from the brewery down the street
1 1/2 remaining pizzas (oreded after FP2 yesterday morning)
hello? Hello?
hello mr c!
Earth Calling, Mr. C....
yeah but I just knew something was up yesterday in practice. I even called fisi making a play for the soon-to-be open Ferrari seat and then those toyotas were pretty quick.
U2 f/ Mr C
Awesome.
Greetings. Jordan F1 here.
Ground control to Mr C
ello? ello?
Is this thing on? ello?
Ooooh, longterm live streaming. Awesome. :P
aww!
no parade lap? but I've just joined!
It's sunday alr...ohhhhhhhhh.
This is F1 Debrief Episode 116.... wait, I only have two notes.
Oh, Sidepodcast TV is off the air....
okay I've just finished d/l FP3, I'm gonna watch now that the room isnt spinning so fast like it was last night.
I think there are def. some good clues about how the race will pan out tomorrow in there somewhere.
My mum just told me she met Timmy Mallett at the football today. Yes THE timmy mallett.
He had no hammer apparently.
:(
Evening everyone.
The temps have definitely dropped a notch in the last couple of days
someone from my town stole his hat.
If this were facebook...
Someone from your town.
Become a fan!
*clicks become a fan*
Its been like that over here the last few weeks too. way to seasonably cool weather
compared to the 35-40 degrees i've been in for the last 2 weeks England is just a little bit chilly...
Live stream has gone for me? :(
they broke it
We'll be back in a bit. I have x1 digest and x1 minute to record. I have to get a jumper. Then we'll be back on, for a while I'd imagine!
Dad came in and asked what happened in quali today and who was on pole... i told him the results and he didn't believe me! i had to show him the time sheets to prove i wasn't making it up! lol
Hehehe.
"Fisichella? Don't mess me about!"
Ah, oki doki. I kinda accidentally refreshed the page and it never came back, so probably didn't hear if you were going or anything :)
okay i will take this opertunity to make a stir fry and grab my hoody :)
When you texted me I had to re-read the picture 3 or 4 times!
I can imagine!
Mine came in and asked me why it had been a farce, i asked him what he meant and he said that the BBC said so....he lied
I'm completely out of touch this weekend. I still need to write my blog thing. Wondering if there's any point..
When did you guys start doing these shows live (The ones after Qualifying....) Or did I sleep in on Saturday and miss the race completely?
When i was trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid see the order I thought I saw fisi in the headline but I thought, 'Naww, couldn't have pole, must have wrecked or something'
There's no show.
evening all. already recovered from the shocking qualy results? it's going to be an incredible race tomorrow...
still waiting for a seed of quily to pop up somewhere on bit torrent.
Bernie needs to stop being such a luddite and release control of it after they've done airing the actual sessions.
Can't wait, want it to start now!
Who's got KERS this week?
He does, just not to your country :P you can't be trusted :P
mclaren and ferrari only, AFAIK
I see some of you are still smarting after that little war a couple eons ago :P
Watching that skateboard thing at Eau Rouge. EJ scares me. :(
eheheh although it was more like..
Dad - 'Evening Lou, what happened in qualifying today? anything exciting? Who is on Pole for the Grand Prix?'
Me- ' Hey Dad, qualifying was amazing today!'
Dad - 'So Button is on Pole then?'
Me- 'Nope, he's 14th. Fisi is starting on Pole tomorrow'
Dad - *laughs hysterically* 'in a force india??! you're joking right? Who is it really?'
Me - 'Fisi really is on pole Dad.'
Dad - ' i don't believe you, the whole grid would have to get penalties before a force india would be on pole at Spa'
*shows Dad the time sheets'
Dad- 'What on earth??!!'
:D
Haha! :D
it took you watching a 14 year old go down Eau Rouge on a skateboard to make EJ scare you....
riiiiight...
Hey I never said he hasn't scared me before! he scares me everytime he unleashes questions upon opponents!
They're not even interviewees, they're just opponents to his wild verbal attacks.
Whenever I see EJ, I think there is something really wrong behind those eyes. That man has a secret
oh it gets better, have you done the mclaren feature? that was hilarious
Nope not yet. Have heard that he was rather prominent in today's qualifying though...
you wait till he basically says
LIES LIES LIES!!!!
EJs secret is that he is really a Muppet, in fact he IS Rizzo the rat.
Uh oh.
I thought he looked familiar
wow they did an awesome flyover at the beginning of fp3 in the heli down eu rouge. looks fantastically beautiful
wow they are mercilessly bashing LB. poor guy.
The more I'm looking into the race tomrrow...the less I can figure out.
He truly is a muppet!!!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/ej-jpg
:D :D :D
I'm full of 'wow' today, BTW. Just really astonished at the turn of things
LOLZ!
whenever Lukeh goes quiet...
Brilliant!! You are truly a genius!
true story!
thats brilliant
They need to have that pic in the intro to the race tomorrow...
"and now, our own resident muppet, EJ! Would you like some cheeze EJ?"
Oh ball axe, have just realised I've set the timer for F1 on ITV, must get home on time. Uite unlikely
I will now never ever watch a Muppets Christmas Carol the same way.
Oooooh! I think I'm about to have a year of holidaying fun. I've just managed to find myself talked into a trip to NZ at the start of the New Year! I've never been out of Europe. It's so exciting!
Eddie could get his gummy bears through the gate too if he wanted!
I've had some friends go for nearly a month, they say it is literally beyond words.
And not much more than that, heh
I'm suddenly finding myself needing to sort out helmet colors for drivers I've never paid too much attention to in the past
Yeah, it won't be a whistlestop tour. I'm gonna go out for about 8 weeks probably. I've got friends in NZ so I'll use that as a base but I want to go over to Aus as well.
sutil = 'medion'
fisi = blue teardrp
OMG Badoer couldnt even hit eu rogue flat out. what a tool
stay a bit longer, catch the gp.
ohh wouldnt that cap off a fantastic vacation?
I have started to think in fact everyone in F1 could be a muppet, Ross Brawn is Fozzy Bear, Seb Vettel is Beaker... there must be more!
that should keep lukeh busy for a couple minutes eh?
I'm really liking pit monster's rundown/data heavy take on things. You can talk all you want but those numbers will never lie about the car's performance
Leave my Sebastian alone.... He's been bullied enough!
Max and Bernie are the two old gents in the box seats - Statler & Waldorf !
'Meh! MEMEEMEEMEMEH!
I think you guys just made Lukeh explode with ideas
naw they've got a sense of humor
Haaaaaaaah!
Who's the scientist guy in the muppets? Should he be Adrian Newey?
:D excellent
Evening all. Someone has hacked the AUTOSPORT site and put up a story saying that Fisichella got poll.
Oooh oooh oooh! If I book now, I can get flights for £900. Bargain!! That's way less than I thought.
Professor Honeysew something ot other
:D
Honeydew not Honeysew
Sutil would swear that Kimi is "Crazy Harry" (The guy who was trying to blow things up all the time)
probably some BMW insider that doesn't want to lose his job. he also put nick on third so BMW looks better for the buyers...
The Swedish Chef is perfect for Ron Dennis - we can not figure out what either one of them is saying....!
Where's that to?
a quick giggles-esque plug for you...
my, isn't that a lovely picture.
Aukland, NZ
*Auckland
Blatantly photoshopped.
Nick doesn't smile.
:P
I'm gonna head off, feeling a bit rough and so very tired, it's been a long week!!
Night all
Cool! Visiting New Zealand is on my to do list
night jon
see ya jon,
:)
Why Aukland?
night Jon
night!
I bet there were astronomical odds on those three
Night Jon
Fisi on pole was 999/1
It is easier to get to than Hirsthurh ? :P
I cannot believe there arent any torrents up yet for qualifying. Last week I found one inside an hour of the end of the session.
ahh, we tend not to talk about those. all our f1 torrents oare of the legal kind.
live stream is running again.
Yay!!
I'm wanting to get to NZ. The flights there are the cheapest.....
yay! and i found it quickly too! :D
Blatent digest teaser!
:P
understood, I just wonder how Bernie expects us to watch it only within that tiny window when it's live.
boggles the mind, it really does.
I mean, I just want to see what happened so I can get more excited for the race. frustrating. If he was really concerned about growing the sport he'd change something here.
in the uk, we can replay it for a week.
ehehe i've missed you guys so much! :D live streaming is awesome.. and hard to live without. :D
IRL do a better job and i think jon said motogp were good too.
Where are you?
You should totally live stream. You open biscuit tins and everything.
motogp is pretty good
Florida, US
You can hear encoding!??!
Are you part of the matrix?
But what if she wants to work on her Tan?
Is there nothing on speedtv.com?
You guys should paint the wall befor nipping out! Almost like Valencia ;)
Oh i did didnt i. woops. I blame you guys
what would i live stream?... me photo shopping? would be dull dull dull. plus.. we don't have any biscuits...
I ate an orange on Alex's requets!
They are leaving the house for ages and we find that exciting....we'd find annnnytihng you do exciting too!
Turn the spotlight on, now can Christine see her notes?
I missed the sidpodcar race? grr!
No, they've been pushing this 'live commenting' thing...no idea where they got THAT idea from eh guys?
Speed is really pretty void of decent content online, despite their advertising it
i can't live stream from my phone so... erm.... it would be pointless... and yes i know i've missed looaadsss.... :( i have any comments to catch up on too...
You can watch it again on lukeh's qik
Just get a webcam and register for UStream
Mr C's getting a bus
focus?
I was winning till the last lap :(
Scotts car is super fast mind you. Excuses are always the correct route.
Donate the bus to Luca
me
oic
No, wait i didnt mean that. Mr C said something like "i'm going to need a bus..." whilst he was rambling
no no no no no i'm not going to live stream anything. for 3 major reasons... i am working on blog posts, and they don't come along often.. plus i'm photo shopping... and i have way to much to do as it is.... you will not convince me...
....ted CD to put my mind off Luca Badoer's driving
Mr C you under estimate me... i shall and will catch up will all the comments...
they do these races over here called the 24 hrs of Lemons. $500 limit on purchase/parts, with lap penalties if they have 'hopped up' their car.
Which can be anything. It looks like such good fun, they spread the racing out over a few days
woah, double Mr C
Thats freaky and awesome.
i have a webcam... and no i'm not walking around everywhere with my laptop...
All bow before the might of Mr C!
You're making me feel bad for not reading yesterday's
ONE TWO! *boom
I back lou! I reckon she'll do it :P
We want funky stuff!
Oh my.
i went away on the 16th i think...
heh, doing my part on the comments!
Lou has to read 57 billion comments!!!
if i don't catch up.... then i'll feel left out. :(
OK 20,000. My maths sucks.
Mr C just become above us mere mortals...
well if christine would stop puching comments in every show...jeez, I'd be listening to this at work and ...
BWAHAHA! ECHO!!
anyways, I felt bad b/c I never got on
NO audio, Mr. C....
Warped Mr C is very freaky...
They to make your voice sound demonic, Mr. C....
Woah!
Welcome to the 1950s.
it sounds horrible!
I think Mr C needs sleep, or food
ah, my ears!
Has mr C been drinking? that hurts my ears....
stop phoning it in!
Mr C is speaking to an empty Wembley stadium now through a fan
Now THAT is cool.
PInk Floyd f/ Mr C
:D
hahaha that's what i thought too! haha
he's enjoying this, isn't he?
ohh man my neighbors must think I'm crazy
ahaha, the laugh is the best one
It is like a deep echo space type movie voice.
Mr C say "Hello? Is there anybody in there?" pleeeeeeeease
AHAHAHAHAHAHA.
What.
hehe i second that :D
Alien Mr C now...
ohh I like that.
mr c is the borg.
resistance is futile
BWHAHAAHA! LOL!
Show Amy how to do that when she wakes up, please!
LOL at Christine
LOL at Christine's voice!!
Ahahaha... sorry mrs c...
Space void
is Mr C trying out effects for a new doctor who monster?
Am I listening to the hitchikers guide to the galaxy?
Ping Pong?
Having fun there Mr C?
Mr C is speaking music. What?!
It's the clangers
ohh space organ
At some point, he's going to reveal that he isn't trying out a piece of software and that is his actual vocal range if he tryed...
i love the clangers! haha :D lol
:D
Cyberman!! Run!!!
do dee do de doop de do doo, doop dee do di doop do doo doo...
This is like stuff from the old Dr. Who shows...
ahaha, his 'normal' voice is computer generated
Wow!!!!
Electrospeak!
turntablist
Gotta say, this sounds very odd from this side of the desk as well. I hear no sound effects, just weird noises.
WOW, techno!! Add this to your house music and you have yourself a tune!!!
tron
I think all the Greggs has finally gone to my head with all this
hhahaha please please please record what you can hear haha :D
Some poor Dalek just got shot!
Mini mr c!
Honey I shrunk the Mr C
'ha hi! i appear to have fallen down a well' AHAHAHA :D
What the heck is going on in here??
:D:D
ARGH!
"i've fallen in the water"
:D
mr c i don't like feedback directly in my ears.. it hurts :(
Go check out the live streaming :)
Sidepodcast. What a professional production...;)
I'm just going to set my speakers in the window and broadcast this to the neighborhood
normal mr C!
Ah thanks :)
yeah
What did you do to the poor damaged Daleks, Mr C?
i forgot what normal Mr C sounds like :P
but i think you do yes :P
normal?! NORMAL?!? NORMAL?!?
I have no idea... There's a live thing going somewhere on but I'm so busy catching up on other stuff I'm not tuned in.
What is normal after the 15 minutes we've just experienced....
Yes, you sound reasonably normal, I guess British accent and all that...
yes but can you hear what I can hear?
You aren't quite back to normal by the way
sudden urge to listen to a load of psychadelic pink floyd stuff
Pretty close though
Looks like Christine is about to get a headache...
ohh ohh finally found a seed.
bouncing in chair...damn, two hours for a d/l.
Mr c is correct. I once tested the washing machine.
I learnt never to trust washing machines.
yeah the sound doesn't appear to be as clear as normal... close though.
You sound a bit crunchy, like you're talking too closeto the mic, that kinda sound
I'm not sure theres anything we can do to make you normal.
I'm sorry
hit the reset button? isnt there a 'return to default' tab somewhere?
Thats better!
Muuuuuuuuuuuuuch better
Oh its gone again
We will accept "normal" Mr. C, "abnormal" Mr. C but not "Paranormal" Mr. C.... :P
You had it then then it went back to loudness
Did the Qik video work? My mate filmed, he is pretty useless!
You is back
Yup, yes you are :)
Go Christine!
every time mr c says hello i feel myself wanting to say hello back...
"Hello!"
"Hel..oh wait
Good God, a case of RTFM?
Mr C reads a Manual
Sidepodradio here we come
you guys have, like, jobs (mr n mrs c) right?
would really like to monetize this stuff somehow. start my own show or something.
would be fighting over the same audience though
yeah me too.
like I said, can you hear what i can hear?
voices in my head
all three US F1 fans
dreams are crushed :(
haha, of course you've got the studio and all so where else could you go?
Sure there's that many?
Right...i am actually going to sleep now...that was my pre-sleep-prep, i.e packing all the lovely mess up.
Properly niiiiight
well, I know theres another FL fan somewhere...and apparently he's found another one as well, so through the chain yes at least 3.
but they kep losing their blogs
night!
Night, mk. II
:P
who's mark? ;)
I'm eating lemon bonbons, i have orange juice, im reading a muse interview and sidepodcast are live streaming
life is good.
:P
dangit, I need to fire up my other PC just to get everything I want off the net.
simply not enough horsepower on this one
I'm drinking a selection of Belgian beers (updates on Twitter) and frantically trying to get a blog post written and catch up on all the news.
why are we listening to yesterdays?
yay!
I have another day of work ahe... hey.. hey wait!
*shakes fist*
i guess I was just too excited to hear christine at work, didnt notice it was the wrong one.
I DONT BELIEVE YOU!!!
On the end of a telephone is blatently not a Dr Who enemy
I swear you'll all wake up tomorrow and Bernie will say 'SURPRISE! FOOLED YOU!'
and then they'll release what actually happened in quali this morning
Mr C karaoke!
you want stuff for tomorrow's daily post?!?! I'VE NOT EVEN CAUGHT UP FROM TWO WEEKS AGO! heheheheh :P
i thought the ladies liked wine
James Allen did not replace his header with mine. His opinion is invalid. :(
all i know about tomorrow is that Jake has been ill this weekend... i hope he'll be well enough tomorrow... that's the only news i really know of... lol
"Spa is a race track. It is Belgium. Belgion begins with a B"
Belgion? Belgium...
shh!! am editing first! catching up comes later! :P
who would want to sit and watch the GP in THAT HEAT! :( it was hot... plus who can go on the podium if Rubens is already using it :P
news...news...ummm.
badoer is set to make his way straight to the front tomrrow, as he's been sandbagging these past 2 weeks
if you went on holiday and we found you out there screwing off and not podcasting, we'd probably lynch you?
good enough reason?
I hope they got my voicemail ok from today despite my croaky voice, it reveals some startling information about Luca
Parade Lap it would have to be.
And the empire is secure, wine has been discovered at Sidepodcast Towers....
plz share. I'm dying to know.
I like Mr C's mr bean logic
*buy wine*
*put in cupboard*
*close cupboard*
*open cupboard*
Yay! Found free wine!
hahaha :D
free wine...excpet you bought it at some point.
like finding money in your pocket and saying 'free money'
Wine Freezepops?
Interesting... you sound like my customers at work, who tend to put bread in freezers and cheese with bread.
I'm not here (not sleeping)
DONT PUT WINE IN FREEZER!! IT EXPLODES!!
i suppose you'll find out.... :D
I find it so sweet that Mr C is just rambling to himself.... It's adorable.
Ah there's Christine....
P.S. Now you've claimed you're super organised, you are of course DOOMED!!!
as will many liquids in sealed glass bottles if frozen.... on the plus side it would make wine ice cubes...
IRL race in 3.5 hours today...I think
You need a tweeting freezer to tell you when timer is up and the status of the wine explosion.
You completely did say you were too organised!! Don't deny it now.....
it takes HOURS for wine to freeze
of course you've got two dozen people to remind you the wine is in the freezer
We had that with Coke once. Problem was, it only exploded when my friend turned the cap and released the pressure. The cap shot up, smacking him on the chin, then loads of icy coke froth poured all over the floor.
unlike last time I tried to quick-chill my 40 oz beer.
that is such a mess BTW
Oh gosh, not another game idea, my mind is still recovering...
it'll take like 15-20mins for the wine to get cold, 2 mins might chill the bottle but not the wine
I didn't have a cold this week it seems. My mind simply imploded soon after thinking about how that game actually worked.
am i going to have to watch the parade lap to?...
i feel like i've missed out on loads :(
I was just looking it up. 9pm ET VERSUS / 2am GB but NOT live on Sky so other streams will be needed
okay.. not all the parade laps were totally about f1... *cough* Brazil *cough*....
It's not worth trying to udnerstand it! It's as confusing as Ferrari's choice to keep Badoer.
current or former F1 drivers?
I can't remember the brazil one, what did we do?
You can not freeze wine! It has anti-freeze in it...
whats a waste of 1 hr of precious airtime?
how much time have we blown today?
the other person was Ollie... aw i'm sad you forgot mr c :(
Oh, yeah, the cupcake incident. Ah, memories...
We're not doing a show right now, though.
you sure? I've had to clean the mess up once or twice myself. man that stuff is funky - frozen red stuff
0.0 seconds? Simply untolerable!
i dont like the IRL website. too cluttered for hardly no content on that front page.
The Magnificent Seven!
It won't freeze solid like water would. It can still expand and crack the bottle though.
chicagoland is boooring. I went to race there a few years ago and I hated it
ohh we'd better back off the live feed - straining the internets
Don't tell bernie that!
what??
hold on, let me command my bot army to do thy bidding.
you say you want 70,000 hits on the live feed?
well it was NASCAR. that should explain it.
IRL at IowaSpeedway was nice though. Glad they built that track
not nearly enough road tracks in the midwest though, one of the reasons I was enticed by Florida was it has a bunch of road courses in this region
woah! funky loops!
This is an improvement on your original material mr c
:P
ahh right. I like IRL at Chicagoland.
Year one was crazy with crashes all over, year two was excellent, and I haven't seen this year's... yet
I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell
good evening, what's everyone up to?
http://www.sidepodcast.com/live/
watching live stream!
marshalling my facebook ppl to hit up the live feed
*holds onto mind just in case cowbell is found*
twitter too, but I've only got like 5 followers who arent spambots
Mind = blown.
Cricket I believe...
Wasn't that the start for that cog advert for a honda car?
Thats better than Muse. Simply put.
It's the cricket song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67xXbTaQlKI
oh my... there is something better than muse? awesome :)
He has done the impossible :D
*doof doof doof doof
like the currier on spaced
okay, I'm late but I'm in :-)
this song will be in my head all night now...
Aww I'm sorry, I'll delete it if you want :P
what is this, a disney movie?
under de sea
omg someone needs to head over to lukehs witha roll of towels and a mop, I bet his heads splattered all over the place
Strong Belgian beer in honour of Spa research results:
Chimay is an interesting dark ale, I wouldn't have it that often but it is an interesting occasional choice.
Leffe brown is similar with a less strong aftertaste, not at all unpleasant.
Duvel is a very nice 'golden ale' but it is very very strong...
It happens a lot. My doctor says it's good for me really.
i feel bad now :P there was me sitting my the pool in the sun when i should have been listening to the parade lap...the race did feel strange without spc coverage, live timings and the red button..and it wasn't a good strange
good. Also golden draak is excellent
st. bernandinis is tasty as well
Deus are from Belgium I believe....
Zornik might be too.
the one you just stopped, i liked that intro
Better before the man started singing....
not the long one
Is this podsafe music?
music doesnt come from belgium.
too busy making beer
in an elevator
nope, no good
no
maybe this one
ta for the recommendations of beer. I got my Belgian beer from Morrisons, where it had dust on because the chavs prefer boxes of Fosters
w/o vocals maybe.
'specialy' beers have really picked up here in the US. lots of smaller brewes making belgiun style stuff
Cuban fun cowbell. even the name is awesome.
It's getting better and better.
Kinda.
meh
That was like a Cuban countdown
better than some
Cool. I like it. If I lived nearer the channel, say where Lou did, I'd pop over and get a big variety...
sounds like a track on 'burnout 3 : takedown '
ohh steel drums too
I've only seen cowbells on Swiss cows on telly
get some regge style stuff
i prefer the original one.
my friend went to a cow bell festival in Switzerland once... apparently it was dull.
That is one hell of a cowbell. It doesn't even have cows.
Someone's dead?
giddyup
A cow bell festival? Honestly? Wow.
I mean, the cowbell thing is only from a brilliant Saturday Night Live skit, but I can't believe there is a cow bell festival!!
that sounds... terrible
Disney fairy godmother?
I decided to hit resume on Winamp with livestream at same time....
I've got Bjork with cowbells.
cowbells belong in the 80's with arena rock and big hear
i'll ask Nay about it when she gets back from work. but she was telling me about it on holiday, apparently it was just full of bells... and stuff...
some old metallica there
Here's the cowbell skit
http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/snl-more-cowbell.html
didnt your studio software come with a sequencer or something?
So hope you've been having a good day sidepodcast! And that everyone is looking forward to the parade lap tomorrow!
they are live right now
http://www.sidepodcast.com/live/
yep :) Mr and Mrs C are live streaming their preparation btw :)
Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden, but the blue oyster cult producer Bruce Dickinson wasn't, hence that line ;)
i like this song... i was listening to it yesterday.. oh.. they put a cowbell on top of it... :(
Is that Christopher Walken?
Yep!
I'm hearing this on the live stream not hte YT vid btw
Yep!
The cowbell guy is Will Ferrell too.
man is a legend!
plug in some of those sound effects and make your own cowbell tracks
Oh my goodness! I can't listen to that!
That would mean I was prepared ;)
i dont even know who Christopher Waken is...
Here comes the line...
heheheh i love this skit
well they are kinda making music, and finding the odd song too.. we have an obsession with cow bells atm i think....
Mr C and Christine... hope you're having a good evening... Must go to bed... A small child will wake me at 5 am tomorrow and I so I better get ready.
He did a dance for a Fatboy Slim video and many, many, many funny cameos in films as well his own stuff.
night Alex
He was leonado di caprio's dad in catch me if you can
like one of the best actors of all time.
:D
Classic!
haven't seen that film... i'll just continue editing for the moment...
and Pulp Fiction.. the watch...!!!
i'l never be able to listen to that song again now :s lol ;)
If bruce dickenson wants more cowbell we should probably give him more cowbell!
Hey that guys went up to 4 twice, you're not allowed to do that. Only Mr C does that
He was also in a view to a kill and Hairspray
this one is pretty boring
I approve, dunno about anyone else!
and tons of other stuff I cant even rememeber...
OHHH NOOOO! COWBELL! TECHNO COWBELL!
i'm not to keen on this one...
Yeah disappoining chorus
it's making me sleepy..
You should be on essential mix
Techno cowbell for. the. win.
ohh man what am I going to do for...
13 hours?!? I though the race stared at like 2-3am for some reason
You're discussing Christopher Walken without even mentioning The Deer Hunter?
Oh, hi, by the way :-)
techno washboarding cowbell!
not sure i've mentioned this yet, but the spiders found me in spain... i was laying by the pool reading last week and i felt this thing crawl over my back and onto my arm... it was a spider! i got up and ran away, it wasn't that big but the point still stands... spiders are out to get me...
ohh man this is good stuff
Not too bad!
YES!!!
my casio used to do that
this one is alright. pretty mellow
That is just made of more win than a winner in Michael Winner's house on a winters day.
Wow! Mario style then!
good! liked it! syth-technocowbell-washboard
i think i like this one...
This is good!
I knew you'd like that sequencer function
i prefer the beginning to it i think....
I'm sure 100 bands have recorded songs sounding like that
So you'd consider Mr C a band then?
Oooh. Soothing.
firehouse?
god I'm feeling old today
Reminds me of an old game I used to play caled Music 2000...
*doof doof doof doof
'In the future..."
umm, wine?
*dances about*
sounds like you're on a train.
good intro
Needs Mr C beatboxing.
#blamecowbell
seconded... :P
Nighty night! See you for the parade lap :P
http://jalopnik.com/5344809/the-2009-buttonwillow-histrionics-24-hours-of-lemons-ber-gallery
night mr and mrs c :)
hehe, fun, night...
crap now I'll have to go find something to do.
13 hours still
c you all tomorrow
See ya!
Hang around here if you like, sure there are interesting discussions to be had
ah, night then
well I just figured everyone else was bailing
only on the live stream. there's usually people around at this time..
So how on earth did fisi do it today? I still haven't had the chance to watch qualifying and I haven't read back on the comments, so how on earth did he manage to get that FI up there?
Quite remarkable stuff... :)
We watched quali and we don't know...
I've not read comments either, or yesterday's..
I saw it in FP2 and 3 this morning, I swear it
I was telling christine he was gunning for the Ferrari seat
/me still waiting on the quali download, creeping right along. Will be another couple days before it finsihes at this rate...much like Luca Badoer
There is something in that, the difference between Fisi and Sutil... yet there's got to be more to it.
Can you allude to the site without naming it?
you can private message in the wiki.
search for darmeth f1. might need a different vid player than the one you got though, it's an mkv file. I use VLC media player, a very light-weight but capable proggie
sorry mr c
I'm not looking for the file, I watched it live, was just wondering 'cos usually F1 is a highly sought after d/l
Where's Amy when I need her?? :P
I want someone to plan my NZ trip for me....
yeah I've been looking all day. managed to crash out just before quali this morning. 'swhat i get for having guiness pints at the bar
oh that's annoying, my iGoogle page isn't loading gmail previews properly..
drive me nuts that I can't get F1 content online here, and speed doesnt help me watch anything live, either
We probably need to have a convo via PM.
Tyres. Too many others were messing around on the soft compounds even though showed the way with medium compounds. I'm wondering how the teams are going to manage the softs tomorrow because they were losing performance relative to the mediums incredibly quickly - and it's supposed to be hotter tomorrow.
tis okay. it's not awful. but i like the technology behind bittorrent and wish it would find more take up (hence why we use it), but it's alway associated with illegal content, which gives it a bad name.
or DM on Twitter if you have that
twitted
no biggie though, just dont wannt get spc in trouble with the 'troll'
can't see it yet.
think force will finally pay off some bills now?
bet they're pretty smug about the whole motorhome heckling they got thurs and fri
hmm, cant seem to find you on twitter. *shrugs
I'm not sure what it could be used for legitimately though.
and there's a big grey area still.
@toomuchracing or @patwotton
The first is my racing stuff, I try to keep it family-friendly, the second is more a reflection of me and thus no restrictions..
we're using it legitimately, right now. it's a great way to distribute content, at zero cost to the producer.
bbc iplayer uses a variation of it to share downloaded program amongst viewers.
I have a fever for some reason...crap.
IMO, BT is a fantastic idea, and I'm not shy about using it for music and movies and everything else.
course the music I listen to is mostly techno stuff, which is usually considered free use anyways by the producers
Which is great! I tend to d/l straight from the site (or the feed actually - I ought to set it up to catch it in Winamp with the new showselector!).
I'm not sure they do any more, now they've moved from Kontiki?
The problem with F1 having such a tight grip on content is soo backwards though. I mean, its not as if they release a big dvd of all the races in high def or anything at the end of the season
ahh, possibly. shall have to look into it again.
I am. I only use it for racing stuff on channels I don't have. I don't use it for music and I don't use it for films. After all, racing isn't sold per event...
slapping down live feeds is one thing but afterwards it only serves to deter new viewers of the sport
keeps the value of the broadcast high. like i said. in the uk, we have access to all things you're after because the bbc is happy to pay for it.
you need to hassle speed to up their payments, rather than bernie.
The thing with movies is the idea of 'owning' a disk is very outdated. I usually only watch a movie once and having stacks of cases in your living room only serves to advertise either your 'status' or the movies themselves, which in turn is free advertising for greedy hollywood people with no connection to the actual content
I like owning a collection of DVDs or CDs. It shows who you are, your tastes, your interests. It will take me some time to adjust completely to the 'on-demand' culture.
I'm appreciative of the costs involved in broadcasting, and gladly support efforts to maintain a high quality of the live sources and transmission, but if you are busy, have some sort of, say life, or simply dont own a tv or subscribe to the idea of scheduling your time around events halfways around the world, well, you're SOL
understood. but with bbc iplayer, we have that.
wanna watch qually again. now. you can.
not enough of an audience over here for it I guess. Speed is incredibly behind the curve as far as online content - most of their 'news' is simply regurgitated posts from FOM
I better not mention my collection of movie posters then :-)
plus the beeb is all-knowing over there isnt it? I mean, they've got such a huge built-in base vs Speed, a subsidiary of FOX, which I hate with a passion because they're always busy trying to set the american people back into the stone ages
Dont get me wrong, I'm a huge movie fan and would gladly pay more for quality content that shows the vision of the director, writers, etc...but so much out now is just a formulaic BS take on what some suits and bean counters think will make the most money
I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!! there is a spider in my room!!! GAAAHH! why can't they leave me alone!
Oh no :(
Like District 9 was one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time, it shows great vision and a solid resolution to bring a concept forth with as little need to give way to some a-hole thats never set foot on a movie set.
Most of the budget came after it was already filmed due to f/x that peter jackson happily financed because he saw the potential.
i've been back just over 24hours! :(
True(ish)... not sure if that hasn't always been true though. Nobody repeats the formulaic BS from the forties and fifties though.
ohh man I need to go check my temp. this isnt good. I never get sick, and when I do, its baaaad
simply because that doesnt make money anymore.
its like music on the radio (I HATE the radio BTW). they've spent so much money on getting user stats simply to leverage their crap content into sales.
huh. after breaking out my never-used thermo, it reads 98.6.
must just be a fluke.
In the UK radio sucks too. Commercial radio sucks doubly so, although apparently XFM is quite good. Not being in a major city I don't get get to hear it unless I go hunting on their website and I can't be bothered.
so... strong beer... I'm not a fan of being this drunk after not drinking very much.
eh? I cant stand american domestics, they take waay too much work to have any fun
okay, now the spider is gone i am going to sleep. stupid massive things :( i think i need to find some chestnuts... although i suppose it's the wrong time of year for chestnuts isn't it :(
anyways night all! x
least its gone :) night lou!
and none of them taste very good at all, either. Ive been a big german beer person since taking german in HS. seemed like they knew what the heck was up
oh, I was on strong Belgian stuff earlier. I only had three little bottles and now I'm drunk. I don't like American domestic mass-produced lager (or British for that matter) because they don't taste very nice.
night!
night lou. be ready for a bizarre race tomrrow when you get up
why chestnuts btw? if you offer a spider a chestnut it will go away?
good things in small packages, as they say. plus you're offered more reason to savor the taste, and tkae your time. like with wine...
I found myself drinking it more slowly, not conciously. Nice stuff.
If you bounce the chestnut off its head at 100mph it will
This is what I've been doing all day....
apparently spiders don't like chestnuts... so if you have one in each corner of your room rumour is they wont go near them... yes i really am desperate to keep them away... anyways night x
have to be one heck of a good shot tho. might try it for the roaches...
Night Lou
Night lou!
What's it gonna be?
thus driving them to the middle of the room where you are?
A scarf for an impoverished child!!
I decided not to say that. Maybe if the whole floor is covered in chestnuts and the walls
am gonna need to cover my floor with chestnuts...
i really am going.
Are you sure you are really going now? Anyone would think you hadn't missed us
Is there some charity drive for scarves ?
:D I'm making them to put in those Christmas shoebox things. I need to get a lot of a headstart to get a few of them done in time though. Hence the starting now.....
shh :P i'm way to tired to even be here! i'm turning into amy... NOW I MUST SLEEP :D
You could strategically lay them to make a killing zone
Don't tie your fingers in knots
Now if Amy pops up just as you leave it would make that comment very spooky
My knitting is amazing.... No knots involved!
If your knitting is so good you should live stream it
http://kruiradio.org/listen
Iowa DJs rocking the UI college radio scene
Hahahaha that'd be the dullest thing ever.....
Plus then I'd have to get dressed properly!
omg glitchtacular
I just realised we are all on yesterday's thread. Switch to the 30th.
good point
oh yeah.
Hey guys
If anyone has watched the 2009 spa formula one qualifying session on bbc, any idea what is the background music played while eddir jordan does the report on McLaren's qualifying strategy story?
Hey guys
If anyone has watched the 2009 spa formula one qualifying session on bbc, any idea what is the background music played while eddir jordan does the report on McLaren's qualifying strategy story?