Sorry, can someone tell me where Monday went? I must have missed. I can't really say I want it back, you know, it is Monday, after all. It went rather quickly for me, what about anyone else? Meanwhile, here are some things we are discussing:
- The F1 Rocks event have caused quite a stir in the comments when we realised we couldn't decide whether it was a success or not. Mr C has written a post on the subject, and we very much welcome your comments over there. Do you think brakes and beats should mix?
- I think I have remembered where my Monday went - in editing podcasts. There is the finished version of F1 Debrief, if you haven't already enjoyed the live stream. Plus, make sure you have a listen to this outtake. The F1 Digest GP podcast is also available, so that should keep you entertained for at least five minutes.
- Finally, we missed out on Fantasy Racers discussion last night, so feel free to check out where you are in the league and let us know how your team is doing. Kathi is still leading by miles, but it's still fun to hear how you're all getting on.
That'll do it for now. Let us know how you're spending your Tuesday, and as ever, I will see you in the comments.
Monday did kinda disappear didn't it?
Bob Geldof was onto something. I don't like Mondays.
#MFC http://kotaku.com/5369391/the-changing-face-of-games-journalism
I have just watched this video on how games journalism has changed, i think the nature of it as a young journalistic profession has forced it to change quicker, but its just the leading the way for the wider media in general, there are some very interesting points in there.
The one which i think has most relevence to f1 is the guy speaking at the end. He has said the rise in blogs and user generated media has forced journalists to become better. You have to prove you are good enough to do it as a profession, and be better than those who can just do the same thing for free.
Mmm, must remember to watch F1 Rocks tonight.
Morning, everyone.
I was enjoying that interview... then Cliffy B started talking. Urrrrrrrrrrgh.
Good interview though, very interesting points made.
Hey Journeyer
I should have put a health warning on it, much of the games industry seem to be massive beard fans... and I mean massive in the truest sense!
Morning! hows tuesday?
Groggy. I'm about to go to work - I'm not used going to work this early anymore. Grrr.
I'm heading off now. G'night!
in what has to be the earliest podcast spc has ever record, we should hopefully be talking to joe tomorrow morning (uk time). christine, will likely be at work mind you, but if you have any questions for joe, please do post them here:
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Questions+for+Joe
it's the 50th ed. of gp+ so anything related to that is good, also question for suzuka and thoughts on singapore, please let's hear them.
the morning! this is uncharted territory for you...
Night Lukeh.
the things i do :)
will have to get an early night too!
Ooh nice one. Will leave a q before sleepies.
Awesome, in a bizare coincidence i was just about to comment about joe!
I have just opened GP+ and i bet he hopes flav most certainly isnt coming back!
He also seems to be quite close to EJ so mind what you say! :D I must think up a question about that!
...for... never mind. :D
night mr c.
I've heard of those, they're supposed to be good for you
not quite going. about half an hour methinks.
You should watch the kotaku video though, i think you will find it quite interesting even though it is about games!
mmm. alrightie. i'm off to work. l'm off to work - later, all.
have to write questions, will have a look in a bit.
They are risky, amy tried one and started posting at verry odd times! :D
no worries, will think of one!
This is going to sound really silly, but since i cant extend the table, could you make a box for me when you do :D
:D
I am not here.
done.
;)
night sir.
I don't know what I'm going to do without SPC when I'm in NZ!
Where am I going to pretend to go to bed now.....
When are you going?
You can either meet up with Amy, or better yet, mobile doohickey1
You can get SPC in New Zealand
Cheers :D
I'm flying out on bonfire night. I'm not sure how to get internet tbh. I think using my phone sounds very expensive!
I am not here.
Hey, Lewis is his homie. :D
I think i managed to squeese 3 questions into 1 and even mentioned ted :D
is that iced tea?
Awesome, but why are they watching speed?
hehe. ace.
Hehe, yes... but i dont think he used the 'd' ;)
bloody americans.
The phone will be expensive. Are you taking a laptop?
NZ is fabulous, you'll be enjoying it
Where exactly are you going?
isn't it ICE T?
Oooh, silly season gossip. And look, Timo's really not at Toyota. Joe put him at Sauber - should make RG happy.
Must really get going now.
The MacBook Pro killer! ;)
number #1 question for joe... how is it possible to write more than i can physically read!
:D
Yes! you have to ask that!
How did he live without a blog!
I'm not really sure. I'm more concerned about what I'd do with it when I'm in India. I'm mainly swaying towards leaving it. I love my computer too much to kill it.
Tell me about it! That goes for everyone else too. I just spent I don't know how long reading blog posts. well over an hour, nearer two. Started at 499 unread, got to 430 now.. Realised I'd been picking and choosing so I've just been working through the All Items feed in date order..
Oh and I played with the last.fm twitter plugin Lukeh uses..
good question.
We discussed it before I think but I don't know that he ever answered it... does he read other blogs? Which ones?
Its verry telling which drivers have (punctuation symbol mr c cant do) and which ones dont. Looks like Rubens is at Williams!
Someone should start hiring laptops to backpackers and other people visiting foreign countries.
any good?
Something to bookmark for later perhaps for #mfc
Kindle not liked by Princeton students as an academic tool
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/kindle-dx-called-poor-excuse-of-an-academic-tool-in-princeton/
I think it's called an internet cafe :P
yes. He dropped the D, E and A because he knows what those letters stand for (drug enforcement agency)
Or you can go to an apple store if you get lucky ;)
They'd most likely want your passport as a deposit
I notice there are no Americans listed for USF1 and Nakajima is on their list. How is that even a remote possibility?
The other thing that stands out is that there are all these extra seats and only three drivers quoted with no F1 experience. That is disappointing
Hehehe their complaints are hillarious! They don't like it because you can't draw on it.....
I am thinking of people being able to pick up a laptop and return it before they leave the country rather than visiting somewhere for an hour a day or whatever.
Highlighting text is quite important, as is quoting a page number to paper readers of the same material
Soft/firmware update could maybe fix these though
Toyota engines are probably the most expensive in F1...
Will find out at the weekend. It is supposed to tweet your 3 most-listened-to artists that week on a Saturday night or Sunday morning. So I'll find out then. But it seems like a very strange time to do it... especially since in the old days before they went to live stats, LFM updated at midday Sunday.
Just reading GP+ on their 50 issiues... looks like joe has 'a list' too... :D
prepaid phone credit with data allowance is prolific in Aust. I'm not sure if NZ is the same
They are when you have to have Big Mac A Jima too :)
he needs a playground and then he's all set.
They could get a credit card deposit like car hire companies do. The business model already exists. I am sure they could write some software that only allowed files to be downloaded to usb drives. There is a lot of money to be made from something like this.
Imagine if Alison could pick up a laptop in New Zealand for £50 for a couple of months with mobile broadband as an optional extra. Given the average cost of a simple laptop it would only need to be hired out ten times to pay for itself.
In what edition? Paper books never have the same stuff on the same page as each other. Quite obviously it depends on what size the pages are, how big the font is, the margins, the way you space it out..... No two books are alike.
hehe... thats what i meant ;)
Did you guys do the gridwalk bingo on sunday?
That sounds like a really good idea....
You could even use those One laptop per child things to keep costs down... they are pretty hardy, and if you got them made in a different colour they would be pretty worthless to steal
Fair enough
But page 54 of Edition III is still sourceable
Quoting a Kindle page number is of little use to most at this stage
I think not being able to make notes on a page is quite important too
Early days...
You can buy a laptop in PC World for about £300. Imagine if you were buying in bulk form the manufacturer. You would pay half of that.
insurance is the killer. And the cost to hire out is usally too high. Just buy a laptop for £350 when you arrive and sell it for £200 when you're leaving.
That's a lot of money to drop and assumes you can find a buyer at the right time.
In a lot of SE Asia, they take your passport to even hire a moped
You break it, you'll definitely pay for it
How many laptops would be broken or damaged
Still, people would go for it but I'd say it's be more expensive
I'll probably see if I can borrow a battered computer from my friends that live out there.... I can still see the same security issues with hostelling in NZ though.
Especialy considering they come in dofferent versions and so so the kinde texts i belive!
Doesn't matter if you have a credit card deposit apart from the inconvenience of repair or replacement
the problem is the rental company has to charge more than £50 a month to make money
let's see what Apple comes up with eh? ;-)
I need to save money for a bit of car hire to get round the coast properly. I'll live without a computer. I had no computer for nearly a year last year because I was too poor to buy a new one.
I can't think of a time that I've written in a book.....
I'm sure AMY Research Partners Ltd will let you know about prepaid for your network independent mobile phone
I really want a Notebook type machine and so hope they put something out before Easter
Otherwise, I think I might pick up a second hand BlackBook
24" iMac to upgrade to as well if they go Quad Core
My list is too costly :)
Every town will have an internet cafe
If they can buy for £200 and keep the computer for two years they should be able to make a nice profit at less than £50 a month.
Yeah exactly. I'm not so sure they're so keen on you sleeping in there.... :P
Looks like the Hitler didn't die in Berlin but disappeared off to South America conspiracy theorists will all be breaking cover again.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090928/twl-hitler-s-skull-is-a-woman-s-say-dna-3fd0ae9.html
Joe seems to have started putting links in GP+, i guess thats new?
This mclaren video is still awesome.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i9paoWjEi0
How can whitmarsh act so well in that and not be able to keep a straight face when EJ is around!
righto, must sleep. nights all.
first time i saw one i think, yup.
Night! good luck with Joe! Cant wait (again ;) )
edit won't be out until the evening though. it'll be a chat and then off to work methinks.
see ya.
G'night Mr C
No worries, thats what i was expecting ;)
I hadnt seen this intel one either using screen savers... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TazICxFFkHE
oooh and GP+ also says who witness x is quite likely to be... if you dont subscribe it will remain a mystery! :D
I disagree ethically with the outing of anonymous witnesses.
Doesn't sound like much of a seret in the paddock but I know what you mean
*secret
one could also argue about the ethics of anonymous witnesss...
I really dont see what the point was in that hearing in any case
In order to make a judgement and to be seen to be going through the motions
I meant about the need for the witness to be anonymous... if his evidence was true both of the accused would have known who he was...
Of course. But I think that argument should be separate to whether or not to reveal the identity of a specific witness.
Obviously the whole point of a court is about weighing up probabilities and if you don't know who said what, you can't give a proper estimate. But once the decision to allow an annonymous testimony has been taken, I think that shoud be respected.
And for all we know it could have been them who outed them.
Still the list of potential people must be very short to be in a position to hear what he did
But not known by you and me, not known by his family, his friends, his future employer. It's a big step to go from presumption of an identity to being properly outed.
True, but it hasnt been officialy confirmed.
He must have known he would be informaly identified as he formed such a significant part of the prosecution
Why? You shouldn't have to expect that. If people had any sense, they'd just leave the whole affair where it lay. Speculation about their identity is immoral in my opinion. Gossip by all means if that's what amuses you, but publishing that in the press is another matter entirely.
Hello all
Its F1 though... people cant keep non technical secrets.
If it was a murder case i would agree, but to be honest as i see it the anonimity was just to say he didnt want to high profile in his actions, and that was achived.
evening!
enjoying a beer or two...or three. What's going on?
I think it's no different. This could destroy a career. It already ruined 3... There's one more person that knew before it happened. That can't be good for you if you're that person to be outed....
Does anyone know why Montoya has changed from target sponsorship to polaroid?
Perhaps, but he tried to stop it. I dont think anyone blames him for not going to the FIA, in fact the other teams probably admire him more and his stocks have risen...
they change sponorships because
Target carries polaroid and you'll see numerous other possibilites as Target has lots of products they carry
Not much, just reading GP+ and watching nascar highlights
Mr C is recording an Aside in the morning
You think? I disagree. Why is there such a backlash against Piquet then?
Aha, cheers, i did not know that...
A bit like virgin rotating their different brands on the brawn...
Awesome, love the Asides. I'll make a trip to the casino soon, I love listening to SPC on my way and on the way home
Exactly. If you are not familiar with Target, they are like an upscale Walmart
There is one set of people who think he should have stoppped it and not done it, he had the power witness X didnt.
The other group think regardless of that he shouldnt have betrayed the team, and is thus an undesirable driver to have as he could turn on you. Mr X did the opposite of this and kept quiet untill he had to speak out to help the team...
Also there are ways to stop it happening that don't involve the FIA. All he needed to do was call someone senior at Renault. They'd soon have dealt with it. It'd be too dangerous not to.
I am all to familiar ;)
I think i still have a pair of Corona swim shorts from there!
Thanks for sharing
Its possible, but they could have fired him, they could have fired others, he may not have even been in a position to do that.
Hehe, i am not going to drop a pic, dont worry!
Sigh of relief. So is PK the topic?
Why would they fire him? That'd be a bad play. Say senior Renault staff are involved in the conspiracy, there's no surer way for it to come out than sack a whistleblower..... They'd have had to deal with it, whether it's a quiet word in Flav's ear or a discrete resignation. Whatever they wanted, they'd have had all the cards.
More the fact Mr X has been outed... and weather it was fair to name him in GP+ (he had infact been outed in quite a few other places too)
They could have sacked him, branded him a trouble maker and called it all off... destroying his career in the process....
Im not saying it would have happened, but undermining your 2 bosses is quite a huge thing to do, even if you tell them it was wrong
I didn't really pay attention to the SpeedTV broadcast, I think they named Mr. X (Sounds very similar to Mr.C) but who was it again?
You will have to get GP+ to find out his name... but i can tell you he worked at renault :P
I just think that naming anonymous witnesses is wrong. If you think they shouldn't be allowed then that's fine, you have to disallow them at the time. You can't go around naming people afterwards. Officially, unofficially, any way. If people in the paddock know, there's no need to publish that. I hope the guy sues.
I have GP+, but haven't read it yet, so I'll be able to report to you later. Though PK turned himself into a Diva that the perception is that everything must go his way or he'll squeel
Maybe, although i see it as more flav did him over so he just returned the favour.
I still cant believe flav sacked the guy knowing this could happen, i guess that says a lot about his ego.
Good point, but I think the perception still is, if you do the guy "wrong" (real or not) he'll leave normal channels and attack us
All he said was that the paddock rumour is mr x is Y.Z. renault were asked and a denial was not forthcoming.
I dont know if there are any grounds he can sue on.
I would agree in some cases anonymous witnesses are necessary and should be protected. In this case it was completely unnecessary, protections shouldnt have been expected or provided after the case...
maybe, but i think he was pretty had done by, all flavs theatrics on the pit wall didnt help...
He may have that image, but if a team does no wrong like they should, they shouldnt have anything to worry about...
You can't invite people to give evidence anonymously then allow them to be outed. You just can't. I think it's plain wrong. If you're not willing to protect someone's anonymity, you need to tell them from the outset.
I think it's defamation of character? I'd presume there's no proof?
Maybe, but its the FIA providing the guarentee not the legal system... They provided the anonymity, but noone else is bound to do so, unlike in a civil or criminal case.
If he took it to court the FIA could face a subpoena to reveal who it was... in any case it would pour loads more publicity onto the case
I do understand where you are coming from saying he should have been protected though.
I don't really care about the legality. I think "outing" the witness is plain pathetic. I just wish that people wouldn't engage in it particularly not people I thought had some integrity.
From medical car driver Alan Van Der Merwe (@alanvdm)
In Japan now. Airport groundstaff lined up and took a bow as our plane came to a halt. Been raining and looks like we'll have wet Friday.
Fair enough, we shall have to agree to disagree!
I belive you are correct in principle, but not in this situation...
I just don't think it matters what situation it's in. I'm not really for anonymous witnesses generally. But I think speculation about their identity whatever they've done is unnecessary and pointless.
But the unnececary and pointless stuff is what makes F1 :P
*please dont throw stuff at me!
What can he sue for? The WMSC have no legal authority.
This isn't just politicking though. Things like this ruin peoples lives.
You can't make unfounded accusations about people.
hehehe Tremayne called Rosberg, Britney in the middle of his race report... i have no idea if that was intentional or a slip of the keys!
If everyone inside the paddock knows who he is his chances of employment in F1 or any other motor sport won't change by being outed publically.
If I thought it would i would completely agree with you, in this situation i honestly believe it wouldnt.
Anyone it mattered to would know already, the rest of us are just intrigued
You are assuming that they are unfounded.
It's probably the truth. Doesn't make it any less wrong. I don't see how anyone can have any evidence.
Everyone in the paddock knows everyone else and they all talk to each other.
So why publish it in the press? That's the leap I don't get. Also if you ever move industry, something like this will be tied to you for life. I'm not sure the same warped F1 rules apply in real life.
I can kind of understand why you think the way you do but secrets in F1 are few and far between. We are all always looking for more information so things like this will come out.
He knew what was happening, tried to stop it and couldnt. He was in no position to do anything further about it.
I havent heard anyone put blame onto the anonymous mr x at all
What does this have to do with it though?
If no one thinks he has done anything wrong how does it damage his reputation to be named?
Someone obviously thought it would at some point or they wouldn't have requested he remain anonymous. If I were Mr X I wouldn't enjoy being outed. I don't really want to talk about this anymore. I just think it's wrong, there's not a lot to be gained by me telling you this repeatedly :P
hehe, no there isnt! :D
good debate though!
GRRR phone me stupid boy I'm sleepy GRRRR
from your discussion yesterday you were wrong. I would not have to choose between finns and backstreet because they were not part of f1 rocks, their show was right after the race at the stage just behind the padang grandstand. Best of both worlds! Also i see in the news today that muse are headlining our biggest summer music festival. I feel like lukeh will harm me if i dont go.
Do you think shouting in the comments can cross continents?
the BB were behind the Turn one grandstands on Sat afternoon. no prior warning before entering the track resulted in shock that I may never recover from. that was the blackest moment of my F1 live. I saw backstreet boys live on stage and there are witnesses ... the moment we realized that it is not a bad dream but sad reality we rushed away but that is no excuse. that should never have happened. I still hope there is no photo evidence that may come to haunt me
shouting will only cross continents if the person you are shouting at has a head pinger installed.
poor wolf the set you saw was only 6 songs. They did 2 hours on sunday and you missed out! ;)
OK, this piece of information, knowing it could have been much worse, made me feel a bit better :-)
Hmmm I need to reinstall my software I think. STUPID BOY
Morning all, Tis a really nice morning in Copenhagen :)
We did. I seem to be doing OK.
Speaking of which, I posted my Fantasy Racers Analysis for the Singapore Grand Prix last night - why not take a look and leave a comment?
I like the first comment, especially after seeing from where that comment has come :-)
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/paddock-gossip-about-drivers-in-singapore/
can't say that about this place, rain rain rain since I landed almost 24 hours ago
Joe's response is also very good.
from now on i would like you all to call me Amy META. Please, get it right.
Looking at the PDF on the Campos META site, Dallara are mentioned in there. Are they making the car/chassis for them? I can't understand Spanish so I could have got the wrong idea.
bunny, yup, dallara is making their chassis. amy, wat does your meta stand for?
yes, Dallara is building the chassis for them, Campos will not not build themselves
this is the Meta from Campos Meta
Eh? That's a bit weird... they must be a sponsor, hence the reason why they wanted the name said properly...
no, I think they are part of the operation
Image consultants?
found that in the post I made while ago using FIA official data
Looks like it. They'll be bigging the team up, whilst the cars will be at the back of the field.
Wahey! Plug!
it is relevant information :-)
Indeed - and thanks for the link ;)
how much you charging them for that META in your name ? :-)
Too much - they ain't plugging my blog enough!
step one - keep writing Campos a lot, without META :-) that may attract some attention :-)
my META stands for Made of Extreme Total Awesome.
*jumps on bandwagon*
My META stands for "Maybe Ending The Argument" :D
After careful negotiations, META and sb have decided to part ways. META are concentrating their attention on Amy, Gavin and Campos, and sb has decided four is more than a crowd, and is concentrating on other projects for the foreseeable future, but wishes META luck. META were unavailable to comment at this time.
my META wishes startledbunny good luck for all future endeavours. "We will miss
alonsostartledbunny, but he will miss us"My META says your META is not as Spanish as the Campos META and should be referred to as the "KovaMETA". We would appreciate if you could stop calling it META. Thanx.
Morning everyone.
Loving the Campos Madly Excited Terminology Adviser
A good Morning Extended To Alex ;)
my META says lo siento no entiendo
if we keep going on like this this it May Eventually Trouble Amy
Yeah sorry it was a bit too much of Le Wombat de BOL wasn't it?
Did I Make Everyone Think Again?
i want to go home. Too hungry to work. My Empty Tummy Aches.
Maybe Everyone Thinks About it?
Monster Eating Tonight Amy?
Must Eat Tomatoes All the time?
i can feel myself becoming a fan of campos (sorry, campos META) already
Amy Might Even Think About it?
Bought F1 Racing this morning and Alianora's got a question to DC and EJ in there! Pic going on drop.io in a sec. :D
Pic of Ali's question now on the drop. :P
cheeky beggars!
i think the AUTOSPORT disease must be catching.
ah-ha, missed that.
I've told Alison the wrong company name for advice on prepaid mobile credit with data options so she can SPC while in NZ.
Amy Makes Emigrating Tremendously Attractive
emigrating TO Australia that is :P
fourstar was just singing in our office, "doncha wish your index was source controlled, doncha". To the tune of THAT woman's song.
I almost fell off my chair!
Her Britney is still in Hong Kong today
Herr Britney :-)
question for Joe (can't wiki, sorry): Is Mike Doodson still writing for Grandprix.com?
can do, what makes you think he isn't?
Morning, uh, nice to META everyone?
I've only been awake 10 minutes and I'm already confused!
fyi comment
Hehehehe. Silly Campos...
....META.
It's my polite way of asking: Why were there no "the hack looks back" since the British GP?
gotya :)
my F1 Racing has arrived and they seem to have a new segment where they interview Australians working in F1 and ask how they got there. This months one makes it seem so easy :(
Morning everyone who just arrived :)
I was just wondering Mr. C, shouldn't your handle be meTA?
SB press release:
We have been asked to comment on the influx of new partners to META.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them and their new associates, once the toys have been put back into the pram, and the chip has been removed from our left shoulder.
I appear to have lost my META in the switch from mobile to proper doohickey.
Nooooo!!
Mojo Erroneously Taken Away?
Making Enormously Tacky Acronyms? :)
But Mildly Entertaining Tacky Acronyms? no?
Tis a lovely day in south wales and im on my way to Cardiff on the train. I want to buy some F1 stuff but I know not of any f1 related shops, boo :(
Merchandise Effectively Taken Away?
I know of one. Does your train continue on to Melbourne?
:D
Yes, very entertaining.
yes! It goes to cardiff, then swansea, then terminates at melbourne. Handy that!
awesome!
thats got me wondering, is melbourne in new south wales? This is Old school South Wales! We were south before it was cool to be
heh no, Sydney is New South Wales. Melbourne is in Victoria :D
aww :( damn this 'victoria' individual
#queenvictoriafacts she was greedy and has two states named after her, Victoria AND Queensland.
the "earliest podcast in the world" is wrapped. questions asked on behalf of nick, lukeh, kathi, jon and steven. i may have to forgotten to credit steven.
now to work, and the edit should be up this evening. i think you'll like this one.
Whoop!
stop making new joe shoes before I transcribe the old ones :P
*gets to it*
it takes FIA a bit too long this week to put online all the Singapore documents ...
I dont know why they just call that bit Queensland... In reality Its ALL the Queen's land :P
hehe. have mentioned those to joe, will be sending them on to him later this week actually :)
I take the pending arrival of the new one as a challenge to finish the last one before it arrives. If only I wasn't enthralled in a documentary on brain surgery. I love surgery shows, apparently that makes me weird.
Come to my house and watch TV with my wife. You are weird, but not alone!
I like it too... I saw open heart surgery live last year. It was amazing.
I'm not queasy but I don't like that stuff - ER used to stress me out too much!
oooh cool. I always wished I had video of any of the surgeries I've had done, I think it'd be super to see what happens when you're out of it. My dad had a quintuple heart bypass, since then he hasn't been able to stand watching surgery things because it makes him feel close to death. Even though he lived.
one other favour to ask of commentors. it would be cool if we could put together some audio feedback from people who subscribe to gp+ to drop into the shows.
something like: "hi, my name is... and the reason i subscribe to gp+ is...".
it may not work, but it's just an idea to further promote the mag and also to give joe and david some more feedback. if you fancy giving it shot, the number is 0121 28 87225.
we may have to get giggles to help plug this...
I freaked out after watching the first episode of house and almost stopped eating pork. I cant be trusted around those shows!
I don't like things like ER. The drama of it seems stressful to me. However I have studied biology and watching actual open heart surgery is rarely stressful. You were able to ask the surgeon questions (only at appropriate moments).
"I see you are now stitching him up.... werent you wearing a wedding ring when you started?"
FunFact... Surgeons are called Mr,not Dr
I'm here :)
However I haven't, yet, worked out why I subscribe to GP+. I subscribed because you told me to to the other week. It was post race... I have downloaded the Singapore PDF and have it ready to read today. Once I've read it I'll plug it :)
ooh yes, my specialist is called Mr Robinson and he looks like Ari.
he is about 10 years older now than in this photo and a lot more Ari like :D
I actually asked about the material they were using to sew with. And was told that it was gortex (the stuff that they make the jackets out of). Apparently being waterproof and hard wearing is pretty handy inside the heart :)
ace. we'll play around with it and see if it works or not. the sidepodradio jingles we received were fab. so anything along those lines would be excellent.
Morning all.
It would be especially amusing if said feedback was done in the style of DT. Grr!
i would heart that sooo much!
Grrr! Why aren't more people subscribing to Grand Prix Plus? Grrr!
There should be a law that anyone with the surname robinson should be called Will..... The joke could get old, but I think i would still laugh...
Is the "Recent Comments" section permanently removed or has it simply been misplaced?
I've just left a voicemail.
Spinning back through today's comments...
I briefly worked on a games mag in the mid-1990s so I see where you're coming from. It was quite an underpaid profession even then, because so many people wanted to do it (play games? write about them? get in!). Even though I was just starting out, I could see that it wouldn't last in its (then) present form. Most of my day was spent culling tips/cheats from web sites in response to reader letters – just about okay when not that many people were on-line, and even then on 14kbps (tops) connections. Wouldn't cut it now, of course. In any case, I found the debates over ratings tedious.
A very, very positive outcome of the internet's predominance is that distributors can no longer try to strangle bad reviews at source when they have a stinker on their hands by not issuing review copies until the day of release. Toxic word-of-mouth can now kill off a bad game in hours (obviously, though, there will always be a segment of the population who will buy a particular game even though they've been told it's awful; and there's that other segment, the much maligned 'casual gamer', who often buys games on the strength of the licence/tie-in).
What can he sue for? The WMSC have no legal authority. {Comment #151}
Defamation, libel, deliberate contract frustration... ...it's a pretty long list. I'd go so far as to say the list would be shorter if it had been a real court that laid down the judgement, because it would be a straightforward case of suing for compensation then.
The WMSC has no legal authority in itself, but the FIA takes it at its word and the FIA can only be overruled by a court. The point remains that a court can overrule it if so inclined, though the onus is now on Flavio to prove the WMSC, the FIA and/or the witnesses in Renault's defence were wrong.
Gavin I didn't realise you like GP2 that much: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79031
iphone really is breaking out, Its a good first step, now they just have to sell them unlocked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8278073.stm
I've just realised that in my previous comment I'd taken the wrong end of the stick with the result that it makes no sense whatsoever.
Please ignore it and accept my apologies.
:D Hes a big GT2 fan though... he even went to Lemans! (perhaps to secretly compete!)
Hehehe their complaints are hillarious! They don’t like it because you can’t draw on it….. {Comment #61}
That would reduce the Kindle's usefulness to me as an academic tool - my lecture and book notes are partly composed sentences but also resemble a combination of mind maps and flowcharts, so if the Kindle was going to be useful for the sort of annotation I do, it would need to allow drawing as well as writing.
My PDA permits both, though annoyingly I have to use a third-party application to do it.
thanks you. will take a listen this evening :)
removed until the new homepage launches. it was causing a pretty large performance hit, but will return in an optimised form soonish.
I am going to the F1 Talk on Friday in London.... Who else be attending?
Isn't it Thursday?
I find out later if they'll let me have the night off
more importantly, the pre is coming to the uk.
Thats the one!
massive shops are scary :(
heck i say shop its more like a city of goods! A tall big city that scares me :(
wassup sir?
Yawn
;)
The new John Lewis?
it's important. choice is good. choice drives competition.
remember we still can't get the zune here and i want to see one.
can any boffin please explain to me, how something can be charged wirelessly?
http://gizmodo.com/5369472
You're right, competition is very important but the yawn was for the product, not it's availability
As for the Zune and it's 9 apps? :lol:
Afternoon
Is that the vobration/resonance technology?
Hi Alison
you haven't picked one up and tried one yet?
it does HD video.
i think so. i don't understand it though.
Hellooooo
hey ya.
On such a tiny screen, so what
Exporting to a large screen, if poss, may be appealing but I have a media player & a portable external drive for that [and 1080p]
Briefly reading it's seems to be a magnetic induction thingy
Magnets and electrickery go hand in hand
It looks like putting it in that magnetic stand is important for the charging? If so, that reduces its utility somewhat?
same argument as before. i want hd to be the standard format for video. i want our videos to be hd, but we have to downscale them for the ipod.
the ipod is hd capable, but apple haven't enabled it. the cynic in me says that's because they are fast running out of new features, so are now drip feeding us stuff in order to upsell. fm radio, anyone?
there is no technical reason for the ipod not to support hd.
we need zune to prevent apple from faffing us around.
John Waldock definitely, aside from that I'm not sure
Alex has the Stirling Moss thing
Anyway, I'm heading off for work now, see ya folks
good point. so wireless, but no wifi?
It's magic. Paul Daniels designed it.
He he, as least it has it's uses ;)
i thought he'd been quiet lately.
The tech has been lurking around for a while, my architect housemate at uni designed a building which was 90% wireless power. no idea how it works, but ive seen how it can be implemented....
I was wrong. Clive Mantle out of Casualty does it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NuclearMan1.jpg
Wireless things creep me out a bit. I'm not entirely convinced all these different signals flying around aren't frying us from the inside out....
I think thats exactly what it is...
I think ultimatly HD is a stop gap technology, likely to be maily of use to mobile devices and short clips in the future. 3D is where we are going, i just need a pair of 3d contacts and we are all set!
Tesla managed to do it many years ago.
It's like splitting an electric transformer apart. The voltage in has no connection to the voltage out.
Oh wait a minute, just spotted you said boffin...
*steps back into lurk mode*
what has he done to his hair?!
i've tried. but i can't get excited by 3d.
can you imagine 3d f1? it would make you ill watching it.
I kinda dont want benie to do to HD because it will stop us going to 3D for years.
I would rather he waits on the HD upgrade and leapfrogged to 3D.
Its happening soon, the first 3DHD games are supposed to becoming out next year
I have an odd semi-blindness thing. I can't see it properly. I really hope it doesn't catch on. My optician reckons I don't see anything properly 3D in real life or anything. I can't see how that's true though, I'd be lethal behind the wheel surely?
I wish I could work out what other people see, it'd be a revelation.
if it was in 3d but your chair didn't move with the motion. you'd be unwell in 10 minutes flat.
Do you know, that man has been shadowing me for years - he's a favourite of mine ;)
But funnily enough, I do agree with that article!
Definitely.
FPS games give me a headache already, so if they were to come out in 3D and HD I would have to declare myself out, Dragons' Den style. That's why I haven't got a 360/PS3; can't even play Zelda on the Wii since upgrading to a bigger TV...
Ahem, Back to the Future 2?
I can't see how it works, I mean are you really going to keep moving your head to one side to see what's round the back of something on screen?
the red/green glasses didn't work for me, I have a lazy eye.
the size of our living rooms will likely halt the adoption of even greater quality hd too. we just won't be able to sit far enough aware from the screens.
the technology will be there, but only of use in piccadilly circus.
they don't work from me either. i look like a dork.
christine?
Loeb's testing a GP2 car? Hmmm... I think he just be at Abu Dhabi, you know...
The new ones don't work with red/green lenses, have you tried them? I still can't see it properly, it gives me headaches.
I use one eye for distance and the other for seeing things close up. My right eye is incapable of seeing anything in focus beyond the length of my arm. Even when I wear contacts, my brain's so used to processing like that, that it just gives me headaches. It's all a bit odd. But apparently without two eyes, you can't really get the proper 3D vision thing going on.....
Hang on, are you saying that anyone looks good in 3d glasses?
Beware Mr C, the right answer here is that Christine is beautiful all the time! :)
course!
Aren't they the flickery type? Sega made some years ago, but were nowhere near flicker rate of latest ones.
that man has more fever than bruce dickinson.
I dont think it will be that bad.
Im not imagining 3d cars whizzing out of the tv, just a true sense of depth in the pictures.
I went about 2 weeks ago to see a new 3D film. Whatever they did, my head didn't like it. You can't watch the film without them though, you just get a permanent blurred image.
I don't know if you've had an adequate answer to the wireless charging on that laptop but this one isn't using the really cool of the future resonance technology but the simple induction technology... Same thing that charges electric toothbrushes. Which cant have actual contact points in the bathroom.
They are fimed simulatinously digitaly so you dont have the alignement problems of earlier ones i belive.
They polarize the picture instead of a double projection in two colours so the glasses appear transparent instead of the coloured ones they had before
Heres an article on the 3d PS3 with special tv http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/0,39029441,49303559-1,00.htm
So that's not an explanation is it... Have you seen iron filings arrange themselves around a magnet showing a magnetic field?
This works the same way... Electric current passing through a coil creates a similar field. This will excite electrons in another coil and make them move. The same way that it makes the iron filings move.
This is used in every transformer you have. The coils have a different number of coils and a different gaps between coils which causes the step transformer to actually step down. It is slightly more complicated to make them work when they are not really really close to each other but not impossible.
However they still need to be pretty close hence the pad.
The more modern wireless transmitters of energy are supposed to work by making vibrations in the air using sound waves which excite certain materials, but they aren't available outside labs.
*waves*
I survived the big shop of shoppingness
Wooo! Go team cool!
BBC saying Alonso will make a switch to Ferrari next year!
WOW!
Did you buy?
Jacques Villeneuve has a racing academy...
Which lesson do they teach you how to drive promising at first, then mysteriously fade away and disappoint?
Does that say anything new? I don't see anything I didn't know a minute ago.
No, I was too busy browsing then forgetting where the exit was :(
It looks like this but that kinda givs no justice to how flippin' huge it was inside it. Have been to cribbs causeway before which is a pretty huge retail park shopping centre but I've never been in one single shop to be so massive and confusing before!!
I had no idea he was going to to Ferrari...
Who? ;)
How?
This news shocks me. Who is this.... Alonso guy?
I thought Anando was going to Ferrari?
I am not sure its true, they didn't give any sources!!!
Murray video... Be warned he has done it as a poem and it is very odd http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/murraywalker/2009/09/my_singapore_grand_prix_moment.html
That should have been he begins it with a poem... oddnes is quite short
sounds like magic to me.
There's an equation and everything... But you know what I'm like with equations :)
Did you ever put a magnet in a coil and move it and measure it on dial thing?
how wide is the track?
In this case... not very :)
Hello all, off work today as cold got worse :(. Slept most of the morning so beginning to feel human again
This sounds like witchcraft!
Nothing to do with Clive Mantle after all, then? Chalk up another of life's small disappointments.
Still, I notice a development of that wig is in use on the BBC F1 show...
:D
dancer?
Are you suggesting someone on the BBC F1 coverage is wearing a syrup?
Haha!
i'm gonna bet it's not lee or jake...
Just went on Vodafone website & you can register your interest in the iPhone. Looks like it's not just going out to Orange. Will be interesting to see what happens to the price
Hello everyone.
Watching the F1 Rocks Music Show - it's pretty good! If rather distant from actual F1. ;)
What's on the Entertainment Show? I missed that.
Scratch that - the Entertainment Show is on another channel. :D
Hmmm... Beyonce singing Naughty Girl or Crazy for Love?
Crazy for Love, the Chi-Lites were great
That's what I chose, indeed.
Is that DC on the stage with ZZ Top?! It is!
Isn't it Crazy in Love?
Hmmm... You're right. ;)
Hey... How do YOU know! :P
Nah, kidding.
I love Beyonce singing that song. Not a particular fan of her in general, but she sure can sing.
Whoops, not a fan of that one. I'm a fan of "Dangerously in love"
hat is true. Rumour has it (well The Guardian says) that all three companies (O2, Vodafone and Orange) have negotiated that they do not have to revenue share with Apple as O2 has done for the last 2 years. This should mean competitive packages for the 3Gs. Voda will have theirs available in the new year
I want this pen http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/learning/the_month_of_january_iap/livescribes_pulse_pen.shtml
I've heard nothing but good things about it!
It looks AWESOME. I don't think I'd get any work done though. I might just play with it all day.....
I'm not sure what happens when you get a new notebook though.
You need to make notes on paper that comes with it I think (and buy replacement notebooks)
It looks awesome. I'm not entirely sure I like the way it appears on the screen though, just an exact copy of your notes. You might as well have scanned them.
And you guys reckoned inductance was magic???
This is far more magic. I'm sure someone fancies buying me a fancy magic pen for Christmas? :)
Peter Windsor talks USF1
Did ol' Pete really discover the tachio'd one???
did we see this tweet?
"After yesterday's brief runout, Felipe Massa is spending today driving a kart at Granja Viana in Brazil as he continues his recuperation"
nope. but i think this was reported yesterday or this morning? it's already on joe's blog.
it cannot be? grr ;)
:D
http://wikimapia.org/3782247/Granja-Viana-International-Kart-Circuit
Picture of the karting track!
Just visited someone who was using IE6 and she refused to change anything when i complained/ offered to help!
I think i see where the problem is now!
Oh my word. I never realised my laptop had a microphone built into it. That's really worrying. Inspired by my magic pen discoveries, I actually tried to use a proper programme to organise my notes and have discovered amazingly useful things that you can use a computer for.
Hmmm...
“F1 will totally fear me."
Good idea, bad soundbite.
Just think... it could have been secretly recording you talking to yourself all this time! :P
PEBKAC - Tech support shorthand for "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair"
:( :(
My webcam freaks me out enough without having that to contend with. Sometimes I have to put a sticker over it because I don't like it.... I've seen too many tv programmes.
Please the name of the shorthand is PEBKAC META we would appreciate if you could stop calling it PEBKAC. Thanx
Lukeh
;)
Haha! i will have to watch out for that!
Fortunatly there is now a soulotion for these people
Probably not a good thing to say BEFORE the election :).
Darn thing is, though, I'm willing to bet that if F1 was more fan friendly, they could probably make more money in the long run!
But I'm a computer guy, not a business guy, so what do I know?
Capitalism sucks. Ask the evil tweed man.
In a virtually impossible twist... CVC ahead of you... http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/new-ideas-for-cvc/
I don't see CVC as the type who cares about the long run, they care about the here and now. Joe did mention that:
They might not care too much about what happens after that...
hehe, i have a cap on mine, and i have a mic with a switch....
You can never be too paranoid!
Naah I prefer this:
http://xkcd.com/627/
I am not here.
Seems like the right thing to say to me. He is trying to highlight that Bernie has Todt in his back pocket but if Ari get in he will take Bernie on.
Oh my goodness, even BBC have announced Alonso-Ferrari already.
At this rate, Ferrari will be the last ones to know about it...
I can't even work out where the microphone is!! I was expecting error messages when I pressed record, instead I heard my own voice coming out the computer. Most disconcerting. On the plus side, I could have skype conversations without my stupid phone thing.
But F1 isn't just Bernie - it's the teams, the drivers, the fans, everyone involved.
The idea is good but the soundbite is awful.
Hello invisible Steven. What are you supposed to be doing?
Has Bruno's latest video been posted? If it hasnt have a click, its quite odd
Unfortunately most businesses don't look past the next few years, so I agree with you.
He is providing an alternative. He's right in that F1 != FIA but that is how it seems to everyone else by the way they act.
That was very odd
Why was anando on dodgems?
You're talking about the wrong Renault driver. ;)
This is a first, though - video BEFORE picture? Anyone seen the picture?
Is there even any point in Ferrai releasing a press statement everyone knows already. Just interview Domenicali so we can get a "For sure...". :)
Yeah, talk about anticlimactic. :D Most people are already three drivers ahead (Kimi, Nico, Robert)!
whoa whoa whoa.... Alonso's going to Ferrari!? This is the first I've heard of it!!
;)
There's gonna be a mega swerve at the announcement
"For sure you were all expecting us to unveil our new Spanish addition to the team so here he is... come on out, Jaime Alguersauri!!"
:D
:D
TK: So will Alonso be driving for you next year?
SD: I dont know how you say in english.... Duh! ?
:D
Just so long as it isn't Eddie Jordan asking the question we should be fine, although Alonso has never raced for any of his teams.
We all know EJ by now. He will say he met a spanish waiter called Alonso when on holiday once and that let to Fernando's success.
test
Just glanced over the championship standings, Hekki now has the same number of points as Massa #sorryamy. and his individual score, is one more than the two BMW drivers.
You have to wonder what Massa would have done in the last few races with that car.
Loooooooook!! Felipe driving again!
http://twitpic.com/jm2za
http://twitpic.com/jm31c
yay!
META?
w00t!
Whats the blue thing on his right which look like binoculars? air intake?
Check here
:P
Evening. I was just reading back, tis a reference to this morning :-)
I've come to read the META
mm. long story was covered earlier in the comments. i just got back and my name is still set to that :)
I think they should be called BETA
Brilliant news about Felipe. Would love to see him beat Alonso next year.
Anyhoo, bedtime for me. Good night!
campos beta :D
something i said?
Hehehe some people....
And as Journeyer leaves, RG enters.
eh? wha? nope. what are you talking about? :P
Please the name of the google mail is googlemail BETA we would appreciate if you could stop calling it google mail. Thanx
;)
Gmail's out of beta, my friend!
Mine isnt! :D
Exactly!!!
It's a disaster. Thank god for that thing were you can add beta back to the logo
Just realised i am top of 2010 fantasy racers! Whoop!
So we have:
Notus
Campos Beta
ThemF1
and...
Don't get too comfy - I'm closing in on ya! :P
:D
I'm third from bottom!! WOOT!
...and 2nd from bottom of the 2009 Sidepodcast league!
you're behind me? ace!
I have also picked some drivers!!!
I'm on the 2nd to last page! I'm catching up to Mr. C!
His mum lives near here.
Meanie!
There was an explanation on the BBC website a while ago. I'm not brave enough to try searching the site for it though.
hehe. oops :)
that is frowned upon. just so you know.
what, catching up to you or, err... "trash talking" as it were?
This is how it works
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question292.htm
The principle is the same!
Off home now! Bye All
understood. ta.
cheers mojoker.
:)
I only moved up three place after Singapore. I think catching you maybe just a dream.
According to Lou, she heard on the radio via newsbeat that Anando had been confirmed. Silly radio people!
radio 2 said the same thing. i was stunned.
as it should. as it should be.
England are letting New Zealand beat them at cricket...
I expect a big thank you from amy later ;)
Evening.
I've been having a usual humdrum day - until I saw an ad for some cooking product called 'Steg & Bag'.
Wanna know what that translates to?
That's right baby, it rhymes, they're both verbs...
It's awesome!
Hehe, i think i will stick with the original ;)
(Thank you)
#nothere
@alexyoong: Lotus is a great brand with history. Success & a good commercial platform should attract sponsors from around d world. Lot of sleeping fans.
aka
@alexyoong lotus! lotus!! hey! LOTUS!! can I have a drive? LOTUS!! Did they hear me?
Exactly what I thought...
I saw that in yesterday's F1 Big Picture Christine said that Felipe would be back in action (kart action) early next week.
Actually it is way better than that. Massa was kart racing yesterday afternoon in Granja Viana's kart track for some time until it started to rain (heavily) - Granja Viana is where is held the 500 Miles at the end of the year. This race track is owned by Barrichello's brother in law (Felipe Giaffone, former indy race driver).
And as a curious note, yesterday night I went there to race! At the same track, at the same day of Massa's return! :) It was my first time in a real kart track, and as it rained a lot before our race, the track was completely wet. Everyone was on slick tyres, so we were all impersonating Massa in Silverstone 2008. It was lots of fun! :)
Cool!
very cool! did you get pics felipe?
Fantastic!
do you have your own kart or were you using someone elses?
:D :D :D
Pick me pick me pick me pick me pick me pick me PIIIIIICK MEEEEEE!
Nick Damon off MWM and RLM has compared BBC to SPEED.
If he wants to get their attention, he needs Mr C
I was going to write a comment, then i realised the whole review was so ridiculous it must have been sarcastic.
Poor Ted :(
he's mean about ted, so i do not care for his opinions.
Plus legard won something. I've never heard the Speed commentator but the idea of Legard being better than another commentator makes my head hurt
He's mean and cynical about most things F1, unfortunately...
nick was the guy in the pits doing RLM on saturday right?
methinks professional jealously may have gotten the better of him there.
For a while yeah. He also was the questioner in the F1 press conference for a while.
TV heads up: The Goodwood Revival on ITV4 at 8pm this evening http://bit.ly/6s1Es
have been put into moderation:
I like the Speed crew... but then again they're the only ones I can listen too so I can't compare them.
Thank you for the heads up :)
*tries programming freeview recorder. It has no name though*
As was my comment which was more neutral and recommended 5Live..
i could see yours.
I have commented too.
Ahh, yours may appear in ten mins then
unless he's moderating right now...
What a way to avoid an answer :D
http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/9/10009.html
Looks like they've been given media training for politicians.
Evening :) gosh stupid radio one telling me that Alonso's move to ferrari had been confirmed! how am i meant to get info when i'm away from the internet when no one seems capable of reporting it on radio..
anyways, been one of those days for me really. how is everyone?
Believe nothing until you've seen the breakout thread here on sidepodcast ;)
Did they mention how it would effect his seating arangement for F1 Rocks? :P
it seems to be the only way to be sure...
Evening :)
I mentioned what you said earlier and mr c said that radio 2 reported it as confirmed too so I think radio land in general is being silly. They need radio training... perhaps they should listen to the hourly Sidepodradio updates from Christine to learn how to do it right!
:)
Was a good interview, if you ignore the bits where he is very pro-McLaren/Mercedes.
i think they need a formula 1 correspondent ;) just so they get things right, but that's kinda shocking from the BBC...
Christine is clearly on fire, the F1Minute Twitter ping is going mad this evening :-)
Does MrC have a fire extinguisher?
He may be too busy editing Aside.
Do I need to get away from this place more often?
Yes, I will get some by tomorrow - I was not with my own camera (doh!) But some guys that were there filmed some of the race and I will receive a video tomorrow.
Nope, those were for rent karts, 13hp, top speed of 80 km/h. :) It was a friendly race, with some guys from my work. We had 18 people on track, 4 women. I finished in 11th (boo me), but the track was really, really tricky. My fastest time was the 7th fastest of the race, so my problem was the "Felipe Massa effect" - I've spun in 9 of the 15 laps - it was a 30 minutes race.
hehe, that i am. we're both very busy.
have just heard stuart's excellent gp+ shoutout. don't forget, we're still looking for more.
Nick was the FOM pitlane guy too...
well he's unmoderated pat and nick, but not me.
Video of Massa in action karting http://bit.ly/ypb7x
Sound is a bit 'meh' to be honest...
cheers!
Interesting thought but as someone who grew up as a Lotus fan I will not be supporting this team just because they have the same name.
the video is a bit chariots of fire too!
Video ahs been removed by the user? :(
What do you expect? He won't like what you said at all...
i expected an answer to be honest, why lay in to ted personally without good reason.
never mind, he's gone waaay down in my opinion, but it's not like i listened to him anyway. bruce is so much better in the le mans pits.
I don';t see why it shouldn't be published, then Nick respond with his reasoning. Seems a bit stupid to moderate it when you have nothing to back up your argument judging on his lack of willingness to respond to Mr C's question
He's replied to your comment Mr C. Thats what I can see anyways.
Evening all. Nice to see Massa back behind the wheel!
Oooh he has.
he has. ooh. i take that back then. one sec.
He seems very bitter about his time in F1. TBH I normally get quite annoyed at MWM's coverage of F1 and what a certain person said about my blog (off air), but it is good banter...
any idea why? i know hindy isn't a fan but i thought he was the only one?
Video removed by user
I don't know. Hindy is an awesome sportscar commentator and I think he pretends he doesn't like F1 when I really think he does - I have heard parts of the commentary he did for Brazil '08 and he was his usual self...
I suspect Nick was released after Bernie's FOM TV failure - it was mentioned he doesn't have a press pass anymore which is why he is quite outspoken.
However, for example when Hindy has another of his baseless rants about Hamilton it is Nick who sticks up for Hamilton...
The show i mentioned the other day.. How i met your mother is on E4.
Its a bit like friends, but not, and a bit funnier :P
Was riddled with problems with the sound. So maybe the user will upload it again?
Problem is, I can't remember the person's username to check again later!
Ah okay. Thanks though!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Donimarte
(Chrome rules ;) )
must investigate. i'm curious now.
that's what i thought. have replied and now gone through unmoderated, so i may have been a bit harsh on the earlier mod problem.
i still say bruce rocks though.
Bit of a cop out. Question, though: Is Ted not well liked within the F1 media community?
Massa footage :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8nr3G01NCY
Unknown - I wonder about Brundle and the others too. I think judging by what Joe said about EJ, we shouldn't judge a pundit just by how they appear on TV...
Yay Felipe!
still glitching.
Video works fine, I have no idea what the guy is saying so i'm happy :)
Ta!
He's saying "Felipe, baby, calm down!"
it's interesting, isn't it. EJ shouldn't be on television, and it's up to the bcc to tell him. i'm sure he's a lovely chap. just out of his depth.
I liked him as a team owner but I find him tiring on TV.
I can honestly imagine EJ to be a laugh to have a drink with, but as you say, as a TV pundit it doesn't work for him. It's that role that makes us annoying him so much, I think it was you yourself mr c that mentioned the other day that as a team owner you enjoyed him but as a tv pundit you loathe him
It's the same with legard, I've nothing against the man himself whatsoever and even in that interview with F1 Badger he seemed a nice bloke, it's just his commentary style drives me up. the. wall. I've no idea what angst the paddock could have against Ted though...
I broke English again :(
I meant to say, it's that role that makes himself so annoying to us...
I agree - Ledgy came across really well on F1Badger.
He is. I don't think his contract will be renewed. I do like the double-pundit format though - maybe Sir Jackie could come in instead!
You went Scandinavian for a moment there!
that's why i asked if he stole someone's job? maybe it's a sought after position? walking up and down the pitlane.
I did something similar last week and Kathi said the same thing nearly! Someone in my blood is a scandanavian urge just trying to break out... :P
I really liked him in the F1Badger interview, and again yesterday in Jake's Singapore blog where JL describes himself as "never knowingly underfed"! Just... that time on a Sunday... no.
Please God no! He's a nice enough guy but he rambles on in a very EJ-like manner. You need to find people who don't love their own voice so much....
I'll get a grasp of this english stuff one day
i bet it will be, i don't see the beeb changing anyone sadly.
Im gonna be a rebel and say I like him. I understand why people dont, but i think he is doing a good job.
Im cringing and getting annoyed with him with the rest of you at points. But i cant think of many other people who could do the job, and i think his points are generaly good.
mike gascoyne
But he will be at Lotus?
He might be busy next year...
He's too busy avoiding alex yoong's twitter
i know. but he was 100x better than eddie.
He is at lotus, i dont think he wants to be in the media if he can avoid it. Maybe in a few years time, he would definatly be better than EJ but i dont think he could do it right now.
Here is a conversation about picking Pizza Toppings that Mrs. Goat and I had before dinner tonight - I hope you like it!
there must be someone. it's crazy to say we have a choice of one person in the whole of f1 who can stand there and talk about f1.
I can see why they'd keep him. He brings experience and character and has long been the go-to-guy on any F1 story on the TV/radio news. I think he may even have been right a couple of times.
Fla...nah.
Might be a few options if a few teams fail to turn up next season.
:)
Flav can't, unless he starts working for Danish TV (who go nowhere near an F1 circuit...)
I think some of it is connections. I know we make fun of EJ saying he's invented everything in F1 but he had a lot of current personnel go through his team & I wonder whether they sometimes get access/stories because of who he is
Its a pretty specific job... you need somone who knows loads about F1, has a history in the sport which the viewers will recognise, and be willing to do every race (except china ;) )
Other options:
Flav (Just NO!)
Ron (Probably not interested)
Stoddart (Would be good, but not sure if he would either)
Jackie Stewart (Not sure how willing he would be to commit to the workload)
Pat Symonds (not allowed in!)
Cant really think of any other recent team owners, maybe Tom Wilkinshaw, but i dont think he would be that recognised
I don't think they need to be recognisable necessarily. No-one would have associated Jake with F1 before this season started and he's done a really good job.
I could listen to Jackie Stewart all day
Just posted a quick blog entry quickly talking about my final year project for uni if anyone's interested. Plus I harnessed a bit of Soul II Soul for the title. ;)
Dank mentioned the Goodwood Revival on ITV4, it is on now, with Crofty commentating!
You're welcome to... He drives me up the wall.
Ooh!
Walkinshaw wouldn't be good at that job. How about Johnny Herbert or Damon Hill or Derek Warwick
Gavin leads
Nig...hmm, possibly not.
Hmm I was going to sleep but must...finish....transcription...
What did I do?
They are just drivers though, we already have DC and i think the differeing viewpoints are what makes it interesting.
I would be happy for either of the first 2 took DC's place. And If i never heard the latter again.
Ollie Gavin leading hte Mini race!
Ah it's definitely not me then - I can't fit into a mini!
It's that time of night again.... I get crispy cravings. BOOOO!
I wasn';t hungry till you said that!
Now I want some pringles...
Eat bigger meals.
Must.not.say.a.word
Eat later!
It makes no difference at all. I'm not hungry. I just want crisps..... I like food too much. I'm lucky I'm not obese.
I ate about half an hour ago :P
I really don't understand it at all!
Man has a point. I've just finished eating.
I just ate Pizza ;)
i tell you what. earlier today i had a full packet of walkers crisps, instead of the usual 1/3 full packet they've been selling for the past few years.
did something change? like people getting sick of buying bags of air.
Hehehehe. What do we want?
...
...
nope. it's gone.
I always get crips & chips cravings when I'm low on salt. Chips are the only food I add salt to
*crisps
Make jelly... it has next to no calories or nutritional vallue and fills you up!
Mmmmm salty. It's definitely savoury foods I go for.
Just realised i cooked corn on the cob for dinner and forgot to take it out the oven!
I wonder how Mr. C would cook corn on the cob...
NASA must be reading the comments too.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/ray_surge.html
Still in its plastic wrapping unless the instructions told him to take it off
Its certainly easier than cupcakes!
....what is this cob you speak of?
I think you'll find you mean #yellow #round #nobbly #yummy #vegetable
My corn doesnt come in plastic wrapping, it has a husk!
I forgot #dontsniff
How unusual..
oops.
How do they know? Did they have an ACE in orbit 40 years ago?
Its ok... more of a bonus, i turned the oven off so its safe... if a little hot!
If it doesn't come with instructions it won't get cooked.
Gotta have burnt bits!
Mmmm cancerous burnt bits....
Where else would they go to restock when they drop ther tool kits?
ACE is the place!
Huh?
Love burnt bits off the grill...
I googled it ...(litteraly)
It's really bad for you to eat burnt food. Obviously not in Denmark ;)
They have been monitoring cosmic rays, sunspot activity and the sun's magnetic field for years. They don't need to measure it at Mars because they know what is hitting the Earth
Really? Didn't know that. Does that include things like rolls that have been a little bit burned?
shuck the corn, soak it in a brine (dissolve salt in water, toss the corn in) then grill it, turning frequently.
AWESOME.
It's the carbonation of the food. So yeah eating anything burnt or standing near the BBQ or grill.
Remove husk. Place in oven.
I'm not talking about burnt food, but burnt bits - like the corners of lasagne and BBQ corn/peppers etc.
According to experts these days, everything from Facebook to Coffee to Marriage causes Cancer so I don't believe that burnt food is any better or worse!
I think this is another old wives tale like 5-a-day
BAH!
oi!
My Hungarian colleague just introduced me to Apocalyptica - but where have I heard this cover of 'Nothing Else Matters' before?
Really cool vid BTW...
Hehehe you crazy Kiwis.... I did mean it to be a bit tongue and cheek but it is pretty well backed by fact. I wasn't suggesting you stop BBQing.
Um, with instructions like that, Mr C would end up with raw corn on the cob, but in the oven. Eventually it would rot.
true story.
He needs a proper oven, not one of these silly eco friendly turn on/ turn off things!
Awesome band!!
They've done lots of metallica songs and their own stuff is good too.
Mr C. needs a caveman fire - easiest to use!
We have seen the evidence
I think you mean caramelization :). Beer and soda is carbonated, never tried to carbonate beef, though, to be honest :)
:S
So I hear. but where has that clip been used before? A film or TV programme?
When you burn toast that isn't caramelised. I'm pretty sure it's carbon deposits?
I THINK It may have been used in a commercial somewhere, but I'm not sure.
Love them (and Metallica)
I think the word is carbonised...
Well the current 2008 Sidepodcastland Fantasy Racers Champions ==> Jordan F1 are currently in 329th spot in the Sidepodcast League, and have fallen 25 spots to 2601st overall. Resources have been now devoted to the 2010 challenger but the trophy will not be surrenderred until the end of the current season....
Jordan F1 takes pleasure that it is beating arch-rival and cousin-led Fred Hada's Freddie Fender team. More enjoyment would be obtained from this, however, if it where not for the fact that this is one of the few teams that Mr. C's Longitudinal Inertia has beaten thoughout the season. Currently a 4 point point gap exists between these two teams.
It is carbon just like soot
And diamonds... dont go eating them!
My apologies, I think you're a lot more correct than I am :) (although this article only mentions burnt meat)
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/5890/title/Carcinogens_in_the_Diet
You rarely get diamonds from burning stuff
Whatever you call it, it kills you!!!! Fact.
Yes but so does Facebook, Coffee and Marriage, apparently...
So why am I not dead?
Life is fairly deadly, too.
Crisps? :(
I'm sure we can find an expert who would agree...
Me too...
I like my steak raw in the middle & cremated on the outside... YUM!
You know how much salt and fat there is in crisps.
I personally class crisps as a health food.
Mr. C, have you seen Helena Handbasket's response?
My friend once said: "I like my steak still mooing"
Hmmm, I that it is the combination of all three items that does it then, er Gavin. I know that you are on Facebook and from it you are married.... I guess you are toast if you have a slip of coffee.... :P .
Yeah I'm a gonner for sure!
Quick Gavin, only the crisps can save you!
Don't forget the Guinness!
*munches furiously*...
You might be prepared to meet your maker, Mr. Roy, but whether your maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting you is another matter....
I'm at the stage where I'm gonna have to go to the supermarket and buy some. I'll leave you to plotting the apocalypse i think....
My way of having is effectivly me being indecisive and having it cooked to every possible degree.
On that fateful day, Steven will find a way to post to Sidepodcast about the afterlife being run by a complete load of amateurs who have no idea about the souls residing there and how he would fix it...
Mr C and an open flame? That can only go well....
Well SOMETHING will get cooked at least ;)
I'm a vegan (sort-of...) :D
One of the restaurants I frequent has descriptions for various levels of doneness for steak. For well done it says "order chicken" :)
Respect to the guys behind the apoclypse, all I asked is I get to hear Muse's new album before they went crazy with ending the world and all that razzamatazz, and they waited patiently and I got to hear it and it was all awesome.
Kudos to you, mr 4 horsemen.
I have no intention of dying until I am at least 120
There is no afterlife. This is all you get
You are from Vegas?
I learnt Mother Nature is a bit late, I asked for rain on Saturday night, it came today. So, Mr 4 horsemen, if you wouldn't mind taking over that role since you seem responsible folks.
I take it that the Bible was wrong and the four horsemen are actually called "Facebook, Coffee, Marriage and FOM ?"
Surely you must have other food in the house.
How did you eat in Denmark???
We had this conversation yesterday. I managed to find and consume a solitary caramel wafer. I have proper food for meals, vegetables and the like....
I get used to it. Austria's the worst place I've ever been for food. They seem to live off these mystery meat dumpling things.... I tend to live off pasta when I'm abroad. That or salads that I pick the meat off of.....
I'm properly veggie. I just dislike cream, butter, egg, milk. Yoghurt or cheese can be tolerated but not enjoyed particularly.
Cook a vegetable then! Sweet potatoes are nice and easy!
Nooooo. I want crisps. This started with crisp craving not hunger.....
*crosses off 'buy a crunch corner' from list* :(
I have a vegan step sister... you guys scare me....
You should like india though, they dont really do meat!
How do you make sure you get all your nutrients if you don't eat any of these?
Have you tried a rustlers though ;)
Always have snacks on standby.
There's no meat in them, honest!
My sister is vegan due to allergies. That's why I don't like dairy. Just never had it as a child. It's the texture of it, I can't stand it.
If you were properly veggie you wouldn't pick meat off it, you'd refuse to touch anything that has been in contact with it.. like my sister does..
Will you peole stop taking about food? Some of us in the real world have to wait for two hours before we eat dinner!
hehehe, this question really amuses me!
Indeed - my colleague really suffers when eating at work!
Honestly, if you don't like pork or fish, don't bother coming here!
Why? It's not a moral problem. I just don't want to eat it. No need to be petty.
Glad to be of service but I often wonder this, especially about vegans, making sure you get enough proteins/calcium etc must be complicated
Hers is a moral problem.
I have no idea what i eat... ts a comple lottery id i get the right nutrients or not!
Protein is no issue at all. You just need pulses or chickpeas or something like that. I use fortified soya instead of milk that has a lot of calcium in it as well as the vit B12s that you can't get from plants.
LPG (vegan for 8 years and veggie before that) says that's not really a problem. Remember the Red Bull cakes? They're vegan :)
I has dropped aside 11 transcript. I beat Mr C's editing! Now I sleep for 3.75 hours.
thank you amy!
you can beat my editing at this time of night. too much going on.
Beyond that, I think you've got as much of a chance of getting the right vitamins as anyone else that doesn't plan meals out. That's the only way to be properly sure you're getting things in....
OH MY GOODNESS
they are?
My vegan friends give me "the look" when I cook their veggie burgers on the same grill I cook everything else on :)
They sound delicious but not necessarily nutricious!
What do you mean night? The sun is rising!
Hehehe have you gone off them now? Just add some bacon.
ha. i get more done between the hours of 1am and 5am apparently.
I bet i could argue they arent! :P
you think i could make them again?
No eggs remember? No dairy either. Red Bull is vegan (and kosher/halal too), the taurine is manufactured rather than extracted from bulls.
As do I, it is called sleep :P
evidently, so do I. Although its just gone 6 so now I sleep. Thank god I don't start work til 11.
Did you stay up all night?
There's a chain of burger restaurants in the USA that serves a burger called the hypocrite - veggie burger with bacon on the top.
Anyways I'm not a proper vegan, I did eat that caramel wafer after all....
How so?
:D
We believe in you, Mr. C.
We also don't have to deal with it if you burn them or destroy them or light the house on fire, so it's like a win-win for us!
Hey Mr. C!
I found a real Fantasy Racers team in the Sidepodcast League that was formed before Austrailia this year that is doing worse than your team. You currently lead them by 6 points....
What kind of weird schedule are you on?
I still think it's complicated to be vegan and admire people who have the commitment to follow their principles. You would think you could add Worcestershire sauce to your meals but I I learnt the other day that Lea & Perrins has anchovies in. There must be loads of things like that out there.
who?!?!
Because they're made of Red Bulls? Bulls are animals - ergo it isn't vegetarian ;)
Chocolate is health food. #fact
It seems an awful lot of hassle just to not have to murder things. I like a good bit of grilled murder.
The 0.75 of an hour is decimal time for 45 minutes. Decimal time is great for filling out logs. Basically every 6 minutes is 0.1 hour.
Anyway. Time for a cup of tea then I should do some blog stuff.
I developed this theory when arguing with my step sister....
If Vegans are morally opposed to not only using the end product of meat, but also by-products such as leather, then any crop which is raised being fertilised with natural manure is therefore unsuitable for Vegans.
With all the ingredients in red bulkl and the recipe there is a decent chance one of them was raised organicly and therefore not suitable for Vegans...
Her response to me was to call me an idiot, which i took as a victory!
Red Bull themselves confirm that their drink is vegan, kosher and halal.
http://bit.ly/L5h7I
My cousin's team. 385th placed "Freddie Fender".
That part I got but she is supposed to be on some presribed sleeping pattern that menat she was supposed to sleep for about 12 hours a couple of days now she is having less than 4.
Yeah well I was only kidding anyways :D
Amy, at some point you will collapse! This isn't good for you!!!
I think that theory falls down as you need to kill the animal for meat or leather but it needs to be alive to produce manure so manure production preserves the animal which is surely the purpose of vegetarianism
I think the response to that is that just because you can't cut it all out, doesn't mean you can justify not trying at all.
Anyways, I just like not eating dairy so I don't. You murder away.
But she's your (step) sister, so she probably thinks you're an idiot anyway :)
There's a great Dilbert cartoon along these lines:
"Did you know that the oil used to power the machines that made your clothes comes from dinosaurs?"
Surely that depends on whether or not farmed animals produce the manure.
Ah but the animals are required to be farmed, they are farmed for meat or dairy, both are against vegan principles. The farmer profits from the sale of manure the same as he profits from the sale of milk...
Its not efficnet to gather manure from non farmed animals... In most cased from non intensively farmed animals.
Everyone loves the Haber process....
What is her stand on wool? Or whatever feathers are stuffed into her comforter that keeps her warm in the winter?
I really think that on a biological level, there's really not that much difference between plants and animals except that one group useds that exhaled gas of the other group as its breathing gas. Now before you say that animals move, please take a good look at coral.
Does any of this remind you of the EPIC Simpsons episode when Lisa becomes a Vegetarian? I just have the quote from Ralph in my head where he says "When I grow up, I want to go to Bovine University!"
gooo freddie :)
Favourite chant ever "You don't make friends with salad"
:D
Even though I'm listening to music, I can hear them singing that in a conga.
Evening all
There is one species...
Evening Jon, how's it going?
That would be the University of Guelph. Known thoughout Ontario, Canada as "Cow College". The reason being that they specialize in argiculture, veterian schoo, horticulture and other farming related courses.
Does anyone know if there's a website out there that lets you stream audio in the same way ustream lets you stream video? I can't find one.
Evening Jon
Goooood ta, spent my day off (i've had one day on so far...i could get used to this) going to my girlfriend in Reading, was a lovely day and well worth the hour bus ride
Cant you just use ustream and just not plug in a camera?
me neither.
Apart from being in Reading (my home town). Ugh.
No, it's this :D
howdy young sir.
audioboo?
How do Radio Le Mans do it?
hmmm, you really dont like it do you? i love it, especially the university
We can collect a never-ending supply of manure from one well-known building at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.... :P ....
badly.
Actually, the University is quite nice, but nothing can make up for the rest of it.
I sent mrc a link to an android app which does it, but i cant remember its name
Does their server crash every hour too?
it did on saturday.
true, it's not the nicest town in the world, but it has its good-ish parts
Only twice - and they had Biblical rain? It's normally pretty stable...
Not thought of that.
Isn't that just audio clips? I'll give it another look though.
Ta. As always, SPC is the place to go :)
fair enough. i actually meant i can't listen on a mac.
i do the opposite using ustream, plug in a camera but not a mic. im sure it would work
There are ways, apparently...
i can get it to work. but way to faffy.
The 'listen live' link didn't work in FF on a PC, either. Had to use IE.
i should rephrase my original comment. what i meant was... whatever RLM are doing, for goodness sakes don't try and replicate it.
It works in FF?
Not on Saturday. Haven't tried since.
I could never get it to work at all, I needed you to give me some magic link to make it open in a special player.
Steven, there is a post on the Midweek Motorsport Listener's collective dissing Sir Alan McNish!
same here. had to boot windows and use ie.
mm vlc. crazy talk.
VLC is awesome!
it has its uses i agree.
my god it's geeky though.
you shouldn't expect people to have to use it.
Off to bed, sleep well all who intend to go to bed at some point ;) Hope to be back at work tomorrow so will comment with you tomorrow evening.
especially for watching DVDs - allows you to skip all the auto-run adverts and go straight to the main menu :)
night janna.
Night !!
Trying ustream now, I've disabled video, but I still see webcam on
*ducks out of view*
And it works with the iTouch as a remote!
YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR
unplug it?
YOU WOULDN"T STEAL A KIDNEY
Night
Grr, iPod Touch. Grr
Yeah that thing.
YOU WOULDN'T TAKE CANDY FROM A BABY
EJ would.
Well, babies shouldn't be eating candy anyway! ;)
He did invent it though tbh
Running a team is as easy as taking candy from a baby; I should know, I invented both!
granted. credit where credit is due.
YOU WOULDN'T ASSUME A DOWNLOAD IS EQUIVALENT TO A LOST SALE
Beaten to the punch :(
Who's stealing kidneys now? :P
Evening all, or what's left of it anyway!
would? already done it I imagine. ;)
#EJFacts The facts fad on the internet wasn't invented by Chuck Norris, it was invented by Eddie Jordan
Unless your name is Lily Allen
By the way Gav, got your comment on my blog post. Much appreciated, buddy :)
(unless you're Mr C and want Christine's....)
;)
NP :)
Never did see those quotes..
but the people who download illegally never had any intention of buying
I really need a way of promoting my blog more. I feel I've exhausted the Facebook and Twitter options.
looking at factbox, does it ever record the weather as being anything other than storms in Singapore?
Lily Allen had to take her blog down after just 4 days.
That is odd. Normally they love him. I am sure there will be enough people defending him without me getting involved. I don't deal with high profile sites that only get 60 comments an hour during a live race.
google ads?
hehehehehehe.
Well it is a static page... so not many comments.
It seems like someone is trolling about McNish and everyone else is slaughtering him!
Text 5 live during practise
Comment on lots of other blogs. Don't be forceful about it, just show your face with your name as a link.
ding!
ooh! good plan.
That works well too...
RLM announced in the last hour of the race at the weekend that they had about 600 comments. I couldn't believe it. I always assumed they would have thousands but they had less than sidepodradio
I'm listening to the debrief....
Umm....Gavin?
LOL, I can imagine it:
"Read my blog, Zero Downforce. Kthanxbai"
What?
song? was that not you?
worked for me
I assume Bob the Builder
I think he means your "voicemail" ;) :D
Why yes it was ;)
i would like to state for the record that christine is annoyingly productive.
to the detriment of my own self-esteem.
that is all.
Breaking FIA news via Newsbiscuit: http://bit.ly/M6EWt
Aww, Mr C.
ahh, she's not one of those is she. boo
If you like computer games Charlie Brokers games wipe is on BBC4, its like his screenwipe but with games...
Just as I start a game of left 4 dead. Typical.
iPlayer ftw!!
ooh jon. can i prod ya gently for a "how i started podcasting" post, at some point pls. have to got hassle giggles too next time he surfaces. completely understand if you're still manically busy. but i think many people would find it interesting/useful.
just found that too!
heheh :-)
but you are iCouple2.0
do you know how intimidating that is for the rest of us? :P
Why don't you start a blog with a post about how you got into blogging?
heeeh!
i am rubbish at it and it's counter-productive to our goals.
oh man! i am so sorry, i totally forgot about that, im not busy really. i shall put it on my wall of post-its!
ahaha the second part of that makes it sound like you are running a cult!
avoid the witch
Get Christine to do it?
our goal is to convince everyone else to have a blog...
fankingyoumuchlykindchappie
Say Hai to the Hoard! lolz
damn that is working.
she has enough blogs. some might say too many. but not me oh no.
damn, it worked on me :)
Its the tank I'm more worried about :(
What better way than to explain how you started!
I find myself on wordpress.com trying to stop me creating another one.
I might actually have a subject for a blog now. Not F1 related though.
is one of the secrets to success not watching tv? Because SPC takes more of my time than tv ever did
#wasntme
other blogging tools are available
it must have a bearing on things.
yippeee. soonish?
Hehe.
To be fair, I am stopping me. Due to the fact I can't think of a name.
*but not as good...generally
I was going to offset that with some shaggy lyrics... unfortunately not a very family friendly tune!
:)
I could start so many blogs, I'd just forget about some of them as time went on.
we can help with that!
But it will ruin the surprise.
Just left a comment on Joe's blog with my blog address at the bottom :P
I kept wondering why on my wordpress dashboard there were incoming hits from Joe's blog, then I realised one of my posts was on a similar topic. :)
think i have about 5. tumblr blogs are easiest though. just embed stuff & post links.
I have two :)
random blog ever, no actual idea behind it.
I get quite a lot off traffic form people just clicking on my name from bog comments. the best way is to write a controversial or intelligent comment which makes people want to know more. Dont troll though, you have to defend your arguments intellectuality to make people want to find out more
That came out wrong.
I have one and that is the most random ever, there was no idea behind it. It was of keeping those on here who wanted me to start one. Despite me telling them, "I have nothing to say!"
Not sure yet, it depends on getting some photos from my mother.
something that just came to mind. here's a post written many moons ago:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/05/30/bloggers-and-podcasting/
the gist of which is... why don't bloggers use f1 podcasts to generate posts, and for that matter, why don't f1 journalists either?
i think that rings just as true today, as it ever did. for some reason podcasts are ignored, yet if you put the same info into a press release it would get copied around the web in seconds.
listening back to this episode of "aside" there are three of four stories that can be garnered from joe's thoughts, that i doubt any other blogger will pick up on.
so why not try and create a couple of blog posts from the aside podcasts and then link back to joe's site. he'll see those links and likely pay more attention given you're listen to his words (probably).
the same could be said of the renault podcast, the force india podcast and so on, and on.
anyhow, i've said it all before, just thought it might be a good way to generate yourself some original posts and traffic. thoughts?
Ooh that is a good idea! ...shotgun stories 1 and 3, you guys can fight over 2 and 4 ;)
Agreed, I'm actually liking this idea. So you mean something like.
"Listening to the latest Aside with Joe, he spoke about..." etc etc etc?
Baggsy 2 and 4!
bingo. williams have a podcast and the chequered flag contains loads of unique thoughts too.
Should steer clear of Renault's though... ;)
So how would they see that I've linked to it?
simply the homepage, or a post on his blog that touches on similar concepts. they should all get reported in wordpress' dashboard.
i would imagine that's on hold right now :)
So they can track who's linking to their stuff?
should do. what stats do you get with your blog?
Or suspended.
Good one. Lemme see if I can check. Not sure how to do it with Blogger.
ouch!
I can't spot it anywhere. Just had a look
this any use: http://www.statcounter.com/blogger/
never tried it, just googled.
Ok so I unplugged the webcam, and have got ustream working
#RG i've just discovered a Rob Bell poster from when he used to race for Virgo in 2007, must have picked it up at Autosport show.
Do you want it?
I have too many posters :D
Just installed it, looks good. :P
Just found something interesting on F1-Live.http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090929184135.shtml
...Dont worry its not GMM!
The end of the article says they spoke to him "as part of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes pre-race phone-in."
Does anyone else know about this?
They've stolen the Parade Lap!
half a week early! :P
hehe. i'm impressed that f1-live are expanding their journalism wings
I have too little space :(
I'll be good without it, cheers anyway.
Hopefully its part of ESPN's takeover, although going by their homepage i wouldnt hold your breath. But scrum and Cricinfo are wholey journalistic, so maybe?
That looks good, ta.
I've been using Feedjit.
they are taking their sweet time.
it actually sounds like something that renault attempted and then failed to deliver on a while back. they were trying to reach out to the second tier of web sites that don't have paddock passes and don't get out much. i guess mcalren are doing a similar thing?
essentially speak on the phone and avoid the requirement for fia approval.
it's only a3, its not that big?
if you pm me your address ill send it asap, you can do what you want with it?
or in other words... stop using gmm's content and talk to us direct.
Blasted Spurs eh. Do it sometime tomorrow if you remind me, gonna hit the hay now. So see yas all later. Lotsa love.
ok! see ya!
Night guys!
Night
a quick heads up for you. "productive christine" is about the spam the hell out of the site with more content that you can deal with.
duck!
*hides*
Night guys
*sticks up head naively like a mear-cat*
*hides in a cupboard*
Not me... them ;)
Night!
oh! whooops
Q - why all at once? All at once will get lost. Phase it in.
we can't. they'll swamp "aside". they'll be in your feed reader, don't worry.
High Five to me, i've managed to get it in the wrong thread already!
Appologies!
daily may delayed tonight until all shows are up.
:)
But these are just repeats! ;)
:-)
exactly. hence why they're going up as one (almost).
some of us didnt get to listen to them :P
however, itunes is going to hate you
oh yes!
my itunes is broken as it is, i think an upgrade may be necessary
Does that mean 'no aside tonight?
about 3am
I'm collecting my replacement computer tomorrow. When it is up and running I'm thinking of testing out iTunes, shh, don't tell anyone.
#confidential
:) yeyy
I also looked at another potential flat. Well, maisonette.
Cheers :D
on "tent hooks" :P
Nice? good enough?
the red/green glasses didn’t work for me, I have a lazy eye. {Comment #322}
They don't work for me either because my brain parses everything viewed through such glasses into the red stuff, the green stuff and the brown stuff (according to which lens(es) the light reflected from that point comes through). Apart from the change in colours, it's exactly like wearing my normal glasses, which is not the effect the designers intended.
Are you suggesting someone on the BBC F1 coverage is wearing a syrup?
i’m gonna bet it’s not lee or jake… {Comment #365}
I have no confirmation of this, but I believe it's Eddie Jordan who wears a wig on BBC F1 coverage.
Not as nice as the flat I really wanted, the one I missed out on. But it is good and cheaper and maybe a bit bigger. Downside is no gas central heating.
I dont have that either... It takes a bit of getting used to, but its not too bad
I'm so used to it and I cannot stand the cold.. but it isn't an insurmountable problem. It has plugin electric heaters.. could be expensive.. but that's fine. Will buy a big duvet!
Loooooooook!! Felipe driving again! {Comment #425}
This is great news :D
You've turned the pinger off. Don't think I didn't notice.
honest guv, i haven't. i think it broke with all the work!
heheh :-)
I was just cruising past google homepage and noticed it was more up-to-date than doohickey..
And as a curious note, yesterday night I went there to race! At the same track, at the same day of Massa’s return! :) It was my first time in a real kart track, and as it rained a lot before our race, the track was completely wet. Everyone was on slick tyres, so we were all impersonating Massa in Silverstone 2008. It was lots of fun! {Comment #478}
Pleased to hear you enjoyed yourself. It was an amazing coincidence :)
we killed the pinger.
If you need them it might be a problem!
I have storage heaters... you just need to tweak them and open windows
have had problems with them before. do they cause damp?
hahaha, the amazing. i'm pretty sure Joe is on Campos's naughty step already!!!
:D
OWNED Mr Meta
What a way to avoid an answer :D {Comment #503}
I think the correct translation is "We don't know and we wouldn't tell you if we did". If you remember that the interviewee is on secondment from McLaren, the answer makes perfect sense.
I havent had any problems with that... you do need to pay attention if you miscaluculate and it gets too hot...
...opening the windows in the middle of a storm might be a problem ;)
Well I'm hoping it won't be too bad. It is above another similar size maisonette, and is a terrace so I have one each side as well. Should be a reasonable temperature most of the time.. should be.. he says hopefully..
I've had those before. Lovely and warm - bit of a pain when they run out.
ahh, interesting. have found that with the windows shut the walls get damp.
Anyone know why Campos (Meta) has an onboard shot of a BAR/old honda as their home page?
you sure it is?
That might be a symptom of an underfloor problem?
I am on the 2nd floor and have had no problems
99% sure.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/camposhonda-jpg
unless they stole the honda colours, pre-earth dreams?
looks like an italian flag to me?
Huh?
Ive done some zooming and i think your right...
You can see the weird notluckystrike circle thing as well as the 3 colour thing which does look a bit like the italian flag...
this isnt the exact one im looking for, but this is vaguely the year im talking about
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__UsfgXSeXws/SZx3UtfdH1I/AAAAAAAAC8k/LekK5DNbjTo/s200/jenson_button.gif
i know the livery you mean, but i don't think it is. there are italian flags on the building in the background and the overalls are covered in italian flags.
This circle thing and the brown red white thing http://www.gizmag.com/pictures/lrg_img/5090_25010685407.jpg
This is a close up of the thing like the italian flag on jensons sholder
http://www.ph-digitalphotography-motorsports.com/images/button/Jenson-Button_06.jpg
the year you are looking for is 2006... i think...
*is not here*
still disagree. sorry.
http://www.camposmeta.com/FICHAS_prensa.pdf
first page theres a better version of the photo, is bigger
more convinced than ever. not bar.
I cant see any of this...
http://www.grandprix.com/jpeg/misc/bar2005launch2-lg.jpg
see that, its a couple years early (according to Miss Honda) but it didnt change much, if you look at the mechanics on the left you can see the circle-y bit like nick said, vaugely
look at their arms
I am not sure either, looking at the bigger pic there appears to be an italian flag on the nose which isnt on the 06 honda
having said that. they do use pics from williams later on...
they do have a strange understanding of basic copyright law :)
on the bigger pic, look to the left, on the sidepod, the bit you can see. then look at that
http://www.grandprix.com/jpeg/misc/bar2005launch2-lg.jpg
you can see the lines
Those are definitely Honda mechanics.
In fact the car is no.11 which Barrichello used in 2006.
Also there is a potuguesse flag flying on the building, i dont think F1 went there even for testing in 06?
where are you seeing that?
i'm gonna go with whatever lou says...
nope. this off season was the first time.
it's not necessarily testing, it could be just a photo shoot, teams like doing that
could be estoril i guess?
Estoril
should imagine so
I have no idea. To be fair I've spent 20 minutes working this out
First page of the PDF, and the website. The nose carries 11.
The arms of the mechanics are definitely Honda-style, and not just the tricolour..
what tyres though? a single groove?
wets look like that at speed
Ah that would make sense, not a flag... however i havent seen a hoto of that car with nose ridges... find that and its sold!
In fact, looking very closely at the PDF picture... look at the chest of the jackman... look how badly someone has airbrushed the red Lucky Strike disc
..But it doesnt look wet...
it's bone dry and sunny?
That does look like an MSPAINT-job
Pitstop practice? Remember the cars are always wheeled around the paddock on wets or inters..
dosent have to be, you wont necessarily be able to see it in the pitlane, they usually use wets first thing on a cold session.
true enough. i'm being swung.
I'm not sold on Estoril, either. Pitlane is too modern. I think this is one of those places where they have different national flags down the straight.
Front wheel drive and a small fuel tank somewhere in the front?
i think it's a BAR... the stripes on the side of the sidepod have convinced me, plus you can see where the logo on the chest of the guy in front was (which was originally why i was hesitant about it... but it looks very very similar to the whole BAR Honda scene that i one remember...
Also not convinced that its 2007
wait, i read it wrong, no-one thinks its 2007
move along
I had my first Medical/Legal Word/Audio Processing class today. It was a bit of an eye-opener. Firstly we all got given Text Processing Level 2 practise papers as a test to see how good we were.
18 minutes later, I handed my paper in to be marked (the test limit is 1 hour and 15 minutes, but there was no point spending longer on the exercise because there were no errors remaining). Afterwards, I got told that unlike the other students I could skip the Text Processing module and get straight to the medical stuff. This was a relief for me as I'd done Text Processing Level 2 two years ago, didn't really see much point doing it twice and was a bit surprised that it was even on the course syllabus. I spent the rest of the class working from the medical word processing book, at which point the teacher took a look at my work and decided that I needed something more challenging (odd considering I hadn't seen the book before).
The upshot is that I will be the only member of class doing Legal Word Processing (in the summer), which is a bit strange given that I thought we were all supposed to be doing both disciplines. My teacher seemed to think it was a bit strange having to rewrite the course syllabus halfway into the first class. Oh well...
SidepodMystery solved... i have been trawling the gp.com archives for a photo of a Honda pitstop so we can see the logos on the helmets, but i dont think its necessary
:)
What bugs me is why I can't ID the pitlane. I'm usually good at it :-)
i think we've learned a lot about campos these past 24 hours.
they're touchy about their name, but are happy to rip of other teams. they is gonna go far!
if only honda had kept their site gallery up.. it would have been so easy to find out
Ripping off other teams, eh?
Perfick for f1.
;)
And they'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for us meddling kids (and grown-ups)
do they have a twitter? we should get the sidepodmob on them
ello ello ello did i just see a ping on doohickey ;)
or we should all leave a comment on joes blog... although that might irk them more than us!
:)
Sounds good. It always amuses me when you know you can do something, so you try telling them, and they insist on giving you the levels below anyway... and you complete them in what seems to them to be record time. I've been a couple of recruitment agencies who gave me a typing test...
They are a bit paranoid aren't they...
Well done Alianora
well i've not been around much at all, but i'm going to wonder off once again and get some sleep. night all! x
Night Lou.
It always amuses me when you know you can do something, so you try telling them, and they insist on giving you the levels below anyway… and you complete them in what seems to them to be record time.
The trouble is that it's a course requirement that everyone holds a Text Processing Level 2 by the end of the course, but it isn't necessary to have one to enrol. Most of the people on the course had been sent by local hospitals which have rather tight training budgets. As a result, there were only two people on the course who had a Level 2 - and the other one appeared to have forgotten half of what was taught on that course and is therefore having to re-take the exam as a sort of revision/confidence-booster.
I had told the tutor during the ice-breaker exercise that I had Level 3 Text Processing as well as Level 2, but she made everyone do the Level 2 to figure out what everyone needed help on. I don't think she'd quite planned what to do after someone did the test to the sort of standard I was working at (and holding the certificate to prove it).
I didn't mean to be the awkward student, but somehow I usually manage it...
Night Lou
Night!
Well done Alianora {Comment #1024}
Thank you, Steven. Studying feels good to me, so being allowed to study more stuff is fantastic :)
Next test: find a suitable medical dictionary before Monday (I need it a term earlier than my classmates, which of course gives me a term less to acquire the thing!)
She probably didnt want to exlude you from the group...
It was probably helpfull to get a genuine idea of your abilities in practise aswell, tedious for you, but it will probably help in the long run...
I don't understand their thinking... if you are qualified to a superior level and have the documents to prove it, why take it again?
She probably didnt want to exlude you from the group…
It was probably helpfull to get a genuine idea of your abilities in practise aswell, tedious for you, but it will probably help in the long run… {Comment #1031}
I can see why she did the test (especially since it turned out the other one with the documents to "prove" qualification wasn't performing to the standard assumed by those documents). Before effective differentiation is possible, some sort of filter is necessary.
I can't see why she hadn't planned for the possibility of success...
Glad you guys enjoyed the Legard interview on f1badger - I can confirm he is a thoroughly nice bloke and well he does have one of the trickiest jobs in the world (ok, pretty glamorous too) so he's bound to and expecting criticism. Here at the Sett, we're all used to him and enjoying his style - it's evidently getting better all the time too...