Ahh, I have never been so happy for a Friday to appear. Firstly, I think we all survived April Fool's Day unscathed. I spotted a couple of amusing things but mostly it was all quite annoying. Secondly, it's Free Practice Factbyte Factbox day! Yay! And thirdly, it's been such a stressful week, I'm glad it's a long weekend. I was too tired to think of things for the daily so I asked for help in the comments. This is what we came up with.
- Pat's working on a blog post but is a bit too tired to finish it off. Keep an eye on I Watch Too Much Racing for when it does appear though.
- Similarly, RG was right in the middle of something, but managed to get it finished in time for a direct plug: The Malaysian Monsoons.
- Mr C wants a plug for his awesome Joe show, which by the way, Neil listened to while he was in the bath. A good show for relaxing to, clearly.
- Jon is in the midst of editing a preview show, and although I won't finish it for him, I will plug the site where it will appear: The Feeder Series.
- Steven wants a plug for Scarbs who has three new posts: A Malaysia preview, a piece on Red Bull's ride height control and a great pic of a Sauber wing just as it parts company with the car
- A couple of people wanted a shoutout for Doctor Who as well, which returns to our screens on Saturday. It's fair to say we're quite excited about it, in which case I will forgive the April Fool from Lukeh: Things You May Not Know About the New Doctor if only because there's a pink TARDIS in there.
- Mr C also wanted me to share this Twitpic from Laia Ferrer who had some fun and games with the boys from Hispania. I notice that this might be the first time Senna doesn't have his blue hat on.
- Finally, Lou wanted a quick shout out for something Button related (shock, horror!). The defending champ has a Johnnie Walker related podcast, which you can listen to here, but you have to go through an age barrier before you get there.
That should do it for now. Something a little bit different for a Friday. We'll be along later today with threads, live comments and results galore, and as ever, I will see you in the comments.
New daily is here
Is that the most bullet points in a daily post ever?
ust be close
oops, misquote.
Ta for the plug :)
I've got two brewing and a possible third, I'll finish them during Friday's day off!
Sleep I think. See ya.
adios!
night Pat
Lil over an hr till FP1, bored...
I'm trying to work out why good media coverage is different and why it is, and what that means in a motorsport context.
Watch a BBC broadcast of F1, then watch a Speed. Seriously, those folks at Speed make Legard sound like Marv Albert.
This is assuming you know who Marv Albert is and what he's meant in terms of broadcasting in sports.
Not sure if he's well known outside the USA
Absolutely no idea ;)
Gotcha. Well he's a legendary broadcaster in the states. His calls during a basketball game is amazing. This is how bad Speed TV is, that Legard sounds amazing compared to them.
Honestly, when the lights go out, you cant even tell the race has started with Speed TV, thats how bad they call the event. They dont get into it very well. You can get more emotion by reading the telemetry from the F1 phone app.
ah bad times.
As you are the only person around, you can answer this question;
What part does the internet play in your Motorsport enjoyment and experience? and what part do you want the internet to play in your motorsport enjoymen and experience?
The internet plays a massive part in my motorsport enjoyment. I'm an avid amateur racer, attending track-days almost every weekend. The internet has revolutionized the way I learn about events, meet folks who go to them and trade information on driving style and vehicle configurations/tuning. It's because of the internet that I can compete in three different race series and have a race schedule of 35+ events this year.
What more could I ask of the internet? Hmm... Non-regional BBC broadcasts of F1.
i like that, i think the internet has revolutionalised how fans and club racers go about their thing, makes it all alot more accessable.
ah yes. geolocking. boo
Very much so. Earlier I posted a pic of some racing tires I picked up today. The way I was able to acquire them was because I saw them for sale on craigslist.com. Found the posting, called up the person and went and picked them up immediately.
Eurgh my good sleeping habits new leaf has lasted a whole 3 days. Bad times.
And you posted a picture of them on here? I mean, how cool is that!!
I used to race 10th scale radio controlled cars at a regional and national level (oh yeah im cool) and i used to test on a Saturday before the meeting on a sunday, but not being the amazing technologically minded guy that i wish i was, i could go on the manufacturers website, download a set up of the winning guy from the last meeting, find out what springs, dampers, camber, caster, toe, weight distribution, aero, wings etc etc the guy who won had and id be a step in the right direction.
i like how everything is so accessable for the club guy, i know alot about the vast majority of national circuit championships because of the internet and that took me 2 years of casual browsing?
booo
http://twitpic.com/1cium7
just had to share this with you. That's ne big lobster :D
#rally
ss8 first stage of day 2:
1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 5.13,7
2. Petter Solberg Citroen +1,4
3. Sebastien Ogier Citroen +2,3
4. Dani Sordo Citroen +2,5
5. J-M. Latvala Ford +3,3
6. Kimi Räikkönen Citroen +14,6
7. F.Villagra Ford +14,8
8. Henning Solberg Ford +15,2
9. Matthew Wilson Ford +15,8
Hirvonen lost a wheel
Doh! What's the overall standings now, then?
#rally
ss9:
1. Petter Solberg Citroen 11.54,0
2. Sebastien Ogier Citroen +5,4
3. Sebastien Loeb Citroen +5,7
4. Dani Sordo Citroen +7,2
5. J-M. Latvala Ford +8,8
6. Henning Solberg Ford +20,4
7. Matthew Wilson Ford +25,8
8. Kimi Räikkönen Citroen +35,9
9. F.Villagra Ford +41,4
Hirvonen couldn't finish ss8 and is out of the rally for today
Fantasy WRC stuffed for me, then. :(
Latvala makes a mistake on SS10. Loeb now breathing down his neck - just 4.7s behind. And with Mikko out, he may just be able to expand his championship lead bigtime this weekend...
so I live in the timezone most sympathetic to free practice out of most of us, and I slept through it. Go me!
can someone remind me to dig out that shoutout when i wakes up? ta.
Shame. Have some cake
http://twitpic.com/1ck7rp
#rally
ss10
Henning Solberg with problems. He lost 6 Mins.
overall standings before the cars go into service:
1 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 1:56:50.4 0.0
2 1 Sebastien LOEB 1:56:55.1 +4.7
3 7 Sebastien OGIER 1:57:04.5 +14.1
4 11 Petter SOLBERG 1:57:18.4 +28.0
5 2 Dani SORDO 1:57:24.7 +34.3
6 5 Matthew WILSON 2:00:08.3 +3:17.9
7 9 Federico VILLAGRA 2:01:16.7 +4:26.3
8 8 Kimi RAIKKÖNEN 2:02:37.1 +5:46.7
9 26 Bernardo SOUSA 2:04:10.7 +7:20.3
10 6 Henning SOLBERG 2:05:24.7 +8:34.3
Kimi is doing well. Latvala's lead is being wiped out to. I guess road sweeping is costing him more than I expected
oooh. that makes me want to bake. I wonder if any cake-ingredients shops are open on Good Friday.
Time for some sleep I think. Night all
hahah!
@redbullf1spy: Someone tripping over the tyre-washing hose and spraying the cameramen has just interrupted Seb's media session...
and with that. sleep.
bah, i wake up and you all leave. lightweights ;)
hehe
Looks like I missed Catherine discussion while I was asleep.
I'm never sleeping again.
I'm going to bed - not because I'm particularly tired but because I'm cold...
*peeks outside*
We still have about 20cm of snow and the lakes are still completely covered. The roads are mostly clear now though.
we appear to be having some sort of telethon and Mr McFadden is on the hosting panel.
I think I am living Mr C's heaven.
Amy, do you time for a short skype chat?
yep, i shall log on
from this I learn that BBC will be at Lotus for the forum.
Must. Watch Forum...
Am about to embark on a 10k run. when i get back, practice catchup! laters.
:D
now all Kimi needs to do is to keep it on the road... ;)
As for Latvala, he lost most of his lead on SS10, so I suspect it's a driving error. This is one of his few chances to win with Mikko not a factor, so he can't afford to waste it.
SS10 was over 40km and he was first on the road. No driving error just a lot of dust he cleaned away for the others
I've updated the Spa luxurious mobile home page: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Accomodation
Morning everyone :)
I have fixed the pole poll so you can see the now true standing (it wasn't bringing entries forward if you forgot to vote before) and the pole is now ready for action for Malaysia... get voting!
http://www.sofaf1.com/2010/04/malaysian-pole-poll.html
I am confused as to why my pizza order is showing as delivered when I am not eating it. Where is my dinner? :(
Should it say 'Sorry the event is now closed'?
Hey folks.
really?
Can you do a ctrl+F5?
Or are you looking at China?
so of everyone who did the first two rounds, I am in last. #sucksatthis
Top of screen says Malaysian GP.
Have you noticed that there are two of you?
Is this when you submit?
Morning, just watching the practice replay.
Awesome shoutout for SPC for the 2nd week running!
Yeah, press submit and says that message. Done it twice now.
pizza is here, hooray!
I did notice that the first week, how odd.
What was the BBC shoutout in FP2?
Fixed now...
Sorry typo I said the deadline for Qualifying was 9am on the 4th March rather than 3rd April. Days and months transposed somehow.
oops I entered twice again. I don't like your system!
Cheers :) All done. Went for a very risky strategy.
I just noticed neither of them are right. Arrrgh I fail.
Don't worry you haven't really entered twice this time... You can enter as many times as you like and it will only take the latest one (as long as you don't change your e-mail address which I think you did before).
It does look like you've entered twice if you've done it on the same page. But if you refresh it will fix itself.
Keep going until you get it right... Only the last one counts.
ahhhh thank you :D
Nico for the win
last time I just didn't put in an email address at all :D
of the GP?
Indeed and I added an e-mail address for you which is different from the actual one you've entered... I have no idea which one should live and which one should die? Any thoughts?
Yeah, sure, why not?
That's what RG says
the mclarens are too fast on the straight
The one with 7 points should die because that's not what I selected :D
Right I know what to do to fix yours Amy...
until Mark Webber crashes into them. Ahem.
I'm relying on this monsoon thing that might make a mess of things.
Basically 1 e-mail address entered the championship but didn't enter any of the races
The other e-mail address is the same for all the races... So what I'll do is change the e-mail address on the championship one for you and delete the rest
oh, well, that could be
sounds like a plan
Plan executed... You are now back to last...
#sorryamy
I guess the Aussie Sidepodfriends introducing themselves to Crofty did us a world of good. :D
I'd like to blame it on me picking Heikki each week, but I'm not!
my favorite winery is 92km away. I think I'm going to have to visit
I slept through my alarms and misses fp!! :(
Don't worry - you didn't miss much. Although Button was competitive all day. :)
don't worry, I slept through FP2 as well and it was on at 4pm here!
Don't worry, it isn't quali or the race.
that is awesome news, I shall watch it on iplayer later I think.
hehehe oh dear.
that is very true. I'm slightly nervous I will miss them now though, i don't often sleep through my alarms. Lol
Hehehe I've just read the daily, christine makes me giggle :)
points for Timo, pleeeeease
http://twitpic.com/1cl8or
Back from my 10k run. Did it in 45m50s. Now time for FP1! :D
I'm back too.
#rally overall standings before the last stage for today:
1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 2.13.56,7
2. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford + 5,4
3. Sebastien Ogier Citroen + 11,6
4. Petter Solberg Citroen + 19,8
5. Daniel Sordo Citroen + 38,6
6. Matthew Wilson Ford + 3.55,0
7. Federico Villagra Ford + 5.17,5
8. Kimi Räikkönen Citroen + 6.34,8
Out of the rally scene somewhat, where are they this weekend?
That was a lovely sleep :) Haven't slept that long in ages. I've just been reading about free practice.
Yaaay, go Oggi!
Hello from KL
Oggi is one of the only Italian words I know so everytime I see him called that I mentally translate it and then get confused.
Hi Nathan!
You hear shout out today
someone in KL cool !
it was awesome, thanks!
wow, not a bad time at all TM
Got no net access at the circuit and just got back to hotel.
They are in Jordan
is this your first trip to the GP there?
I hope you don't get wet out there
Ah, err, sorry.
heh, thats ok, it's a pretty standard nickname for him I gather :D
No 4th now. Really cheap for me to come here from Thailand
The heavens opened just after Free practice 2 today. I think we will see wet race and quali
ooh, awesome. I am planning to go next year so any tips are greatly appreciated :)
www.tunehotels.com www.airasia.com book early!!
cheers. I assume Lotus fly air asia too ;)
Don't know about that but Heikkis pictures show they ain't staying with the Tune group!!
haha I bet. If only I could afford to stay where the drivers do.
Well these hotels are really awesome for the money clean comfortable good security and well maintained. Rooms for as cheap as $5 a night
sounds good, thanks very much :)
great tip. At that price I might be going as well
Well Im heading out to Chinatown tonight so enjoy Qualifying tomorrow. Goodnight
nathan! damn just missed you.
thank you for the shoutout.
did he meet up with Crofty too? :-)
He messed up a bit. He was supposed to slow down during the last stage today to finish behind Latvala but he was 3,1s too slow.
after deciding I cannot live without the man I am thinking Kangaroo TV for Spa and Singapore, plus I've added my name to the list of people wanting them in Monza. :D
the shoutout said nathan was just in front of the commentary box waving :)
i'll dig it out in a bit.
Nooooo.
lol. Those guys will start to wonder about SPC
what do they cost yo buy? Might be cheaper if you getting them at 3 races
we need to find someone going to china...
50 euro per race.
JOURNEYERRRRRRR!!!!!
Journeyer
oh wow. this season is awesomeness!
if you find any races with no attendees I am willing to volunteer my services, as long as a sidepodwhiparound pays the expenses :D
even Hungary?
oh yes. That is the best track ever.
it really is. And Amy is going to every other race :D
one the spot reporters are the best
hehe :D
ahem.
oh yeah, how could I forget. *hangsheadinshame*
don't worry, I couldn't tell you who won any other race in 2008.
ehehe i know.. i'm inclined to agree based on.... this.
Of course it is, brilliant track.
i could tell you it wasn't Jenson... if that helps ;)
oh lord!
ahh yes, that happened.
I always forget he was in the middle of the Finn sandwich :D
something always happens during the Hungarian GP weekend..
'06 - JB's win!
'07 - Ham V Alonso pitstop
'08 - Heikki winning as Massa has reliability issues
'09 - Massa's accident, live timing Q3 fail.
I know Damon Hill ran out of fuel there once
Morning all
And thats why I like it!
oh, Lewis won in Australia, and Fernando won in Singapore! I wouldn't have remembered that if I wasn't at them though.
Best.weekend.ever.
Kimi won in Spain. We got told that a lot last year :(
Second best, Canada 2008. BMW 1-2. Timo 4th
:(
oh and Vettel won in Italy (you know the won where it was raining that heavily on Friday(?)) I'm transcribing that at the moment. And with at the moment I mean I stopped somewhere in the middle 2 weeks ago
hehe.
stopping transcribing high five!
hehe i can remember a total of 8 grand prix (maybe 9) really clearly... then i tend to remember the others by what i remember discussing on spc..
that was good because of Kimis reaction to being run into
I will get back to it soon
-ish
I have started the latest Joe show, even though I haven't finished the previous 3. I need a better attention span.
hehe. I would suggest we each do half but I don't understand/hear which words Joe is using :D
#rally
Overall standings after the last stage today:
1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 2.41.06,7
2. Sebastien Ogier Citroen +24,6
3. J-M.Latvala Ford +27,7
4. Petter Solberg Citroen +43,2
5. Dani Sordo Citroen +48,8
6. Matthew Wilson Ford +5.05,7
7. F.Villagra Ford +6.51,0
8. Kimi Räikkönen Citroen +8.09,0
9. Henning Solberg Ford +10.04,0
10. Xavier Pons Ford +10.17,7
Thanks. That seems early..
Latvala lost a minute?
Yes there was a lot of dust on the stages.
*raises hand*
no Kangaroo in Shanghai, though.
I know Damon Hill ran out of fuel there once {Comment #155}
He had a 50p seal deny him victory in Hungary in 1997 :(
it's ok. You just need to find out where Ant and Croft eat breakfast and bug them
hm, someone entered my game an hour late
true story.
Oh, and I'd like to remind everyone that Fantasy Racers' closing time is in three hours and 19 minutes.
HAHA! :P
Still, what number do I text? I'll give it a try and see if it gets announced, even if I don't hear the outcome. :D
Oh, or not.... does the Wordpress dashboard account for daylight savings?
no you have to change it, that used to mess with my head
I have made a mental note of where Crofty eats pizza for next year. #thankstwitter
By the way, we're going to have the silly outboard mirrors for another race yet, because their ban has been delayed until Spain.
Ah got it. I changed it to London time so it should now do it itself...
red bull and Ferrari don't have time to change mirrors? HA! I bet they change lots of other things
red bull and Ferrari don't have time to change mirrors? HA! I bet they change lots of other things
They might, but it said "several teams". Note that Hispania and Sauber are among the teams that must move their mirrors - though I am sure Ferrari and Red Bull will maximise the advantage conferred by the delay.
I'm now watching FP1 :) yay.
Timo is tweeting about his pool again. He's trying to kill me, I swear.
that must count as gaming the rankings?
I think it's just a constant reminder that he deserves points. It's like the opposite of that damn horse :D
omg... what is wrong with the balance of the microphones :s in order to hear Holly/Crofty/ Ant/Ted i need to turn the volume up, but then i get defended.. but ted has a pilot's licence.. that's awesome.
ooh Mr C, Brian is on the F1.com race video
ooh yay! i check it out in a sec. what about holly?
#confidentialfromchristine
Oh yea, was gonna say. I have had zero response to the call for any kind of Fantasy Racers reminder shoutouts, and it doesn't seem like the reminder threads are particularly useful, so I think I'll scrap them, and we can concentrate all FR talk on the post-race threads.
What kind of an accent is THAT?
who john t? kinda hollywood mixed with... erm...
I didn't see her #christinecan'tseethis
brian swore!
as my dad always says when that happens on tv 'ooooh I know what he just said!'
for alex: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/dns-editing-deployed/
Ooooh the temperature just went into the two figure region. The first time since October. *is wearing shorts*
Just bought my ticket for Spa! :D
yaaaayy!!!!!!
wooooo!
So excited! Wonder how long it will take to arrive....
I hope it arrives before you leave! Have you sorted the rest of your travel out?
They told me mine will arrive April. Do they send out all at once?
Awesome :)
Kinda, am still juggling. Will try to sort out by the end of this long weekend.
good luck, travel planning is stressful but super fun! (or maybe I'm just a weirdo)
my alarm for Fp1 just went off!.. i think i have found out why i didn't wake up this morning...
oops :D
My mind is freaking out at the choices of things to do today. Will go for a walk since it is sunny (and get some milk), but will leave haircut until tomorrow..
Then the Joe show, then some blogging. I think that'll work.
:)
:D Poor lou
nice one pamela!
Yay. Am so very excited.
i'm gonna be paranoid that going to happen tomorrow too now.. lol
she is totally the super lurker. From lurking to international meet up in just a couple of days!
This may have broken your record. Pamela was even briefly on the podcast.
Just really shy!
you keep saying this but I reckon you've got to be pretty not-shy to approach me in a crowd of people :D
That was luck, that I heard you say your name.
amy says her own name out loud?
heheh, well I'm glad you did :D
I AM AMY QUEEN OF ALL WHO DO NOT SLEEP
?
the receptionist at work had rung me to say she had an email she needed to forward me and since I wasn't going to be at work until Monday she needed my home address so I had to read it out to her
She was on a phone call saying her email address, and I happened to be standing behind her. I tapped her on the shoulder and said I was planning on going to her breakfast.
ITS ONLY 1AM SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK (or for those who sleep through FP2 at 4pm)
that's very sliding doors!
Just one of the wonderful coincidences of last week!
perhaps if the phone call had never happened we never would have met Ant and Crofty :)
I never slept for FP1, went to sleep at FP2, I woke up at 12 :D
and when i say FP2, i clearly mean 4.30 :s
That scares me
I went to bed at 1-ish and woke up at 11.30. I like sleep.
you'll need to get used to it if you ever hope to be Pat W on the Internet.
I am but a humble, tardy blogger
I'm not even a blogger, my name is known from just spending far too much time here :)
*cough*
http://daydreamingoutloud.com/
Pamela should get a blog.
Ahh, no...!
It is addictive though
true story.
Is it wrong to buy yourself an Easter egg? I'm about to go the shop and I'm not sure I can resist.
no course not :)
it's wrong not to share it with us
I want one too.
They were £1 in Sainsburys a few weeks ago, now they're back to £3 booo
I'll get one each then?
fanx you
I'll get one for everyone who's on the wiki. So sign up now.
white chocolate for me please :D
It's been there 6 months and has like 3 posts, that doesn't count as I'm certain no one knows my name from it :D
Heikki just said he won :)
Just got results from the golf event earlier this week, beat @rubarrichello by 7p on stableford score, finished 16th out of 49 players, 27p!
:D
Yay for the wiki.
you know theres over 40 people on hte wiki?
woooo! I go back to my earlier idea then of deciding the world champion with a round of golf. In not-related-at-all Heikki news, Catherine heard him on the radio when she didn't expect to.
I'm confused as to why the Post Office is closed :(
I thought there was more
40 has pages, dont know how many members there are
Over 100
its good friday?
151 to be precise.
I want chocolate so am going to go get some. Milkybar egg :D
http://www.feederseries.net is all (kinda) new, check it out :D
Back in a bit
Good Friday is treated like a bank holiday
uh I should actually go too or I'll have no more milk for my tea, so same
151 people on sidepodcast wiki?
The post office isn't a bank. The most annoying aspect is that the stupid shop that's in the post office is open but the counter is closed....
Is one of those people Franck? Don't forget his egg.
I'll need a pallet
Yep. Quite impressive.
oooh! he's driving today too. he deserves the biggest one.
not according to dank, practice got red flagged due to rain.
He lived in the same house as Heikki #thingsilearnfromhiscooking
boo!
what?
when he cooked with Louise she says 'this flat has a racing history' and he says 'yes, Frank Montagny used to live here' or something to that effect.
and Alonso
is it the only house reanult have?
I would rewatch it to be sure but the new youtube doesn't load at all for me anymore. Have I mentioned how much I hate new youtube?
ahh I remembered wrong. You can see Alonso's apartment from Heikki's/Franck's.
now thats a neighbourhood I'd like to live in. 5 years ago.
nope wassup with it?
it won't load any videos, I just stare at that little swirley thing forever :( it might be my internet though, it seems a little wonky the last few days :(
hmm, seems good to me. do they play ok the the realtime lightbox?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWS0dAUsj7Q
that one seems ok, it loads very very very slowly for a 1 minute video though. I'm assuming my internet has been capped, yet I was downloading the Joe show via torrent and it went super quick. So confused.
that was a big file too. unless they've just capped youtube? what about the mark webber video?
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/03/30/a-lap-of-malaysia-with-mark-webber/
its not loading at all. I also can't open my gmail. Perhaps they have just capped browsing. odd odd odd. Either way, I don't think I'll be watching live qualy tomorrow :(
I'm back with chocolate and sweets etc.
I saw Co-driver praises Raikkonen progress at SHOUTY NEWS PLACE and was fully expecting to see the quote
"yayyyyy, He didn't crash! i dont have to buy more helmets!"
Job done.
My egg is en route? :P
Did they do bulk discount as you bought 150?
Oh wait, the post office is closed.....
:D
I have every confidence.
I bought a Simpsons one for me because it had some marshmallows with it. Then there was a cheap Monopoly one with a mug, so I got that too. :)
:D :D
I finally am watching FP1. Lovin' DC and AD.
Tony Fernandes has Colin Chapman's hat on standby :)
http://twitpic.com/1ckhcw
Good afternoon peeps
I is very tired. Must. Stay. Off. Couch
'ello
Hai!
After a week of weaning myself onto a normal sleeping pattern, I've managed to get myself jetlagged again in one night :(
I think it's only earlies that re-aligns my pattern
First few days are tough though
Haaiii!!
FRANCK
http://yfrog.com/4o72918919j
Etherpad is being shut down :(
http://etherpad.com/ep/blog/posts/transition-update
Am currently planning on hitting the ground running with iPad apps
Making good use of the U.S. iTunes account
[iBooks is not yet available outside of the States]
#Apple
Any wing failures during the FP's today?
Am watching it now, will let ya know. 25 minutes in, nothing yet. ;)
Ubuntu 10.10 is named ‘Maverick Meerkat’
Hmm
He he
Hi Kathi
Hello. I found more pics
That looks nice, is that a deluxe option?
That's our option. At least the prices are the same.
Are there enough potentials to make a second booking, another 4 - 6 I guess?
Nice. Looks very similar to one I stayed in near Montpellier, slightly bigger in fact. That was comfortable.
I called the day before yesterday and there were still 2 available. I reserved another one a couple of hours ago but haven't heard back yet.
There isn't much information on the English page. I will try to work my way through the Dutch. If the deluxe version isn't what we have then the mobile home looks like this
Well, I'm gonna say yes
Can you email me some deposit/payment details and I'll see if I can rustle up some interest with Giggles and/or others
I want one too.
They were £1 in Sainsburys a few weeks ago, now they're back to £3 booo {Comment #248}
My branch had 2 small eggs for £1.50 which was nice...
Sure. I checked all 6 person caravans are the deluxe version.
Want :(
Get Nick to find a 2 bed place, find a rich flatmate who's never there to stump up all the rent and put the money towards the 2 of you coming to Spa :)
Can't you make Nick pay for it?
yay that looks nice.
:D
Probably :P
oh no, our nice sunny day has been interrupted by rain
I must add that I'm officially banned from making plans of any kind. I can't even manage getting to London without major incident :)
You should outsource the planning :)
That's alright we can plan for you.
Bassano, have you seen the awesome Wiki page Kathi did the other day?.
link - http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Accomodation
you could always get nick to plan it?... or we'll do it?
I have. Very efficient
I'll update my details later, am heading out soon
How d'ya manage that?!
Evening all, that was a scary few minutes.
Hey Lukeh
What happened?
hello
Evening. :)
I updated this. Anything firmer than what I've put?
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodpub+Meetup:+April+2010
Windows decided to not start up several times. Safe mode and system restore helped out, luckily i had a restore point to the last time I saved all my uni work.
There's quite a lot of probablies and maybes for something that has it's own wiki page :D
Phew!
I don't miss those days
I don't think Nick is ever planning anything ever again :D
I don't actually know what's happened to him.... He went out to brunch this morning and is now MIA
WHAT?!
he went for brunch and has now turned into the Motorsport Industry Association?!
It's sad to hear that.
Heya mate.
Well... when somebody chooses a pub and a meeting point (rail or tube station, Liverpool Street?), I'll chuck a better update on it. Til then, that might kick things off...
I hear they take Brunch very seriously out there. Sometimes for the rest of the day!
e-mail sent.
Yeah I'm sure he'll turn up later.... As long as it's not on some sort of ex-pats gone wild website it'll all be fine :P
Evening all.
Just finished a podcast of enormous proportions...
Attn Christine and Mr C! These are the sites you're looking for:
http://www.everydayhero.co.uk/btc_extreme_chicken
and http://www.mucoff8.com
best.show.ever :)
christine is delaying her evening meal to ensure a timely delivery.
*Makes note to Google for Nick later* :D
I have a very important meeting that just so happens to be in the pub
Till later...
y'eeeeouch: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82630
"I'm thinking just of the built quality, the design quality, the refinement of the design. I think it's missing a lot of tricks that would be taken for granted by anybody in the pitlane now."
i think maybe geoff had higher expectation of the HRT.
Enjoy!
have fun :)
I had expected something more basic.This looks better than by flat.
Me and Geoff are quite different. I expected them to be miles behind (well, even more miles behind than now) and retiring every race.
Have fun Bassano
That's harsh. Bye bye Geoff.
maybe what they need is a dose of honesty in order that they might purchase the toyota chassis designs ;)
But there's no guarantee the Toyota's any good. ;)
Stefan GP may have just been bigging it up to get sponsorship. Shame they never actually ran it.
it's a proper f1 car. it's not an f3 car, which is likely what HRT have now.
First f1 race was at Bahrain, if they had used their car in GP2 Asia qualifying they would have got pole by a couple of tenth, but lest us not forget, that they used the old GP2 car in the Asia series so the HRT is slower than a current GP2 car!
oh and for the record, F3 cars are alot nicer looking :P
LOL, you're so optimistic about that Dallara, aren'tcha! :D
In all honesty, they need money and quick development. Lotus will be the first new team to get the first point(s), and they have a development programme in force. HRT have sweet FA in terms of development except the following instruction to their 2 drivers:
"get mileage on the car!"
I read that just now as well. While I sympathise, I kind of wonder why he expected anything else. It was a car designed to a budget and it was delayed multiple times.
It's HRT's fault, i honestly think if Dallara had got all the money that they should have they would have atleast been up with the other new teams
I'm a little surprised they didn't do a 'grown up' GP2 car. GP2 cars are only a couple of seconds behind HRT's current pace.
true. but what's the benefit of being so outspoken? it's an odd strategy for promotion.
Happy friday nights everyone.
Oh totally, I agree with that. Had they got the money to develop the car first time, they wouldn't nearly be in so much excrement with a bad car.
Time to go to work. Sadly not in the pub :(
:(
it'll be fine
byeeeeeee
:( byee! i hope work is as painless as possible.
f1 meets sidepodspace:
This is because the air flow in the wheel wake is unsteady and the only CFD programme capable of modelling unsteady flow is owned by NASA and costs $1 million a month to run!
JA gets geeky: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/04/sepang-special-technical-update/
Sounds like negotiations with Dallara are dragging and he's threatening to do it himself.
It was HRT's fault when they were Campos. I'm not sure whether to blame Adrian or not, but I agree, if Dallara hadn't been delayed they'd have a better sorted chassis. I remember hearing talk they'd stopped work in Jan.
they've effectively made a gp2 car with a smaller engine. it annoys me that they bring Dallara down in all of this
for lou. autosport have their next "zoom in" post up:
http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2722
you'll be wanting that weekend subscription :)
Oh Lou, a friend of mine is going to visit London in two weeks. She is quite interested in photography. Can you tell me again the name of those exhibitions you are planning to visit?
I'm hoping to go here, i'm not sure what it will be like though, i'll let you know next wednesday.
The V&Ais also awesome for arty people, and they have a small photography section. :)
oh and she may like the tate modern... not much photography there though.
Thank you :)
ooo thank you.
yep, now to find that link Jon posted....
link of SHOUTING front page
*on
oo found it.
:D
I have to admit, these games being announced and revealed for the iPad are really impressing me.
#stopmakingmewantthingsapple
you can't have one in this country anyhow.
ooo you should totally get an iPad when they come out! then i can take a look at one and see if i want one or not :P
I know, bit for when it's out I mean. I know I'll end up looking at it online or in a catalogue eventually and want one knowing I can't afford one :(
I could! But then again I could sue the same money for Spa. I know which one I'm choosing :)
*use... no suing of anything shall be involved... yet.
ah, you make a very good point. Spa it is then. lol
I should go get one, and then taunt you all with it.
But Mr C has his iPad!
Sure, it's made of card... but still...
bah!
it's very zune-esque.
i have three :)
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/13248100
Fota meeting anyone?
Ok I admit I have a problem. I'm currently looking through the menu of the Spa camping site restaurant to decide what I want to eat when we are there. #planninggonetoofar
my first thought... the meeting is tweeting?
Wow!! We're just about working out what we're going to eat tonight :)
I'd got as far as working out what support races I might want to see...
oh... erm... wow..
I may have forgotten that it's Easter and that the shops are closed. I am not going to eat anything until Tuesday. I'm a selective planer :)
i'm trying not to plan... i'll work out how i'm getting there, etc closer to the time. All i know about the race action is i want to practice panning etc and try get a bunch of shots that make the whole trip worth it, oh and i wanna get loads of pics of drivers...
:)
takeaway?
I have to save my money for the steak I'm going to eat in Spa :D
I keep telling myself not to think about it. Not bothered at all about transport, loads of ways to get there. Friday will be a good day to practice shots because you can explore the track and get lots of angles.
you know we're not going to plan what we're going to eat at spa, even when we're at spa, and we're hungry.
i think this is a good plan :)
hopefully don't devolve into cannibalism.
That would be bad.
Evening folks,
What goes on? Nice to see SPC got a good little FP2 mention on the Beeb this morning
:D
Again? Wow!
Yep - from Nathan, who was apparently 10 yards from the commentary box
and waving at croftie :)
That too
:D
You'd better be careful - SidePodCast could soon explode in a thunderstorm of fandom if this keeps going on...
I plan to follow the golden rule of track food: Track goes silent? Find nearest burger van.
As for the evenings, not a clue.
we're trying to be subtle. what kind of cult gets this much exposure?
drinking!
Well, yes, that. :) Belgian beer, and wine is cheaper there... May have some headaches on the way to the track on Sat & Sun.
I'm sure you're not quite as sinister as most cults in the world.......................... (just don't drink the "red wine" everyone)
give us time :)
I'm just hoping that talk of the IRL, NASCAR, Superleague, et al... will curb your fiendish Formula 1 exploits and thus dilute your power!!
Quite the reverse. Resistance is futile.
Jaysus - I kind of wish Brian Blessed was here to narrate all of this
There's a thing about Sir Stirling Moss on The One Show right now
One day I will make it to Belgium. The drinking will commence immediately and not end until I step on the plane.
If I can work it, I'll try and get someone to hand me a beer as soon as I step off the plane.
Speaking of which:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP11L9jRW94
FRESH HORSES!!!!
Don't worry, when we all get little chips implanted into us there will be an option to have Brian Blessed narrate life in our mind as it comes
YES !!!
http://goremasternews.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/brian-blessed1.jpg
Sure you're not coming with us? :)
I wish I was. But I'm pretty much in school this whole year so I can be finished with my undergrad degree next spring.
Evening all, I read something in Autosport which may interest.
We speculated at Autosport International when we saw him hanging around the Superleague stand, but now it's happened. The series' latest team Bordeaux will have their car driven by noneother than - FRANCK!
It's the first round today ;) this were pointed out a couple of weeks ago, very cool you guys spotted though
we did done give you credit for that a while back, chap. yourself and pat called it spot on.
Ah cool. Wasn't sure if you'd picked up on it beforehand. :P
Ah well, next time maybe
Might try and get the family to the UK next summer, but other things might get in the way of that, too (good things, at least :) )
It was a complete guess.. He was looking at the car very intently. Chris was there too btw.
I'm so slow at blogging sometimes. I just can't get this finished. Distracted by touring cars on my DVR. Will get food and coffee then get to it I htink.
Do you remember we thought about shouting "NO FRANCK, DON'T DO IT!" :D
Although on second thoughts, some single seater action should do him good. Essentially it's the same kind of car as the last Champ Car, with a ruddy great V12 stuck in it. Franck came 2nd in the last ever CC race at Long Beach too.
Aye - I'm only finishing my Malaysia day 1 now. Would've done it this morning if I was awake
;)
Shame he picked the wrong team...
Aye - t'was a shame he couldn't continue with Andretti last year
I doubt he 'picked' it at all
There are days that I hate blogger.com - this is one of them
>:(
Yeah, we thought he should get a full time IRL or sportscar drive..
It makes sense seeing as he's only apparently doing Le Mans and a couple of other things. Keeps him race fit.
Oh no.
There were only 3 of these ever made!!!
I thought the launch was bad, I can only hope it's the one Rubens trashed in Singapore
I'm about to watch FP2, shall keep an ear out for it!
Belgian beers..... /me dreams
They have destroyed another one??!!!!!!
WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO DO TO ME??!!
*cries* it looks horrible.
tell me they have repainted the camera bar thing and it's not the car that won JB won the championship in....
There's no reason to suggest they did anything to it. It could be the same one they used pre-season.
I'm sure I could arrange that
If anyone can... ;)
as in the '09 pre season, or the 2010 pre season?...
Hello again
Sorry, got sidetracked by 'belgian beer'
hi bassano.
Excellent.
Evening all
I thought the launch one was a repainted BGP-001
hi
Evening sir.
I really over-chillied my pasta
I anticipated weak chillis, so chucked in 3 instead of the usual, open pack - try with two to assess
Whoo Eeeeh!
Hey Steven
buttermilk is good for that :)
It's good
But I have yoghurt in the fridge on standby
yep it was...but.. i'm not sure the camera bar at the top was that colour?... makes me wonder whether it's a different one.. either way, it look horrible
Have they maimed another Brawn?
i'm hoping not... but it looks like it *cries*... no one show lukeh, if he's around this evening
I-finished-it ping: http://toomuchracing.com/2010/04/02/thoughts-on-f1-2010-australian-gp/
not sure it makes any sense but it'll do
Mmmmmh, Kirsty
You realise they started queueing last night for them
Apple stores aren't opening until 9am tomorrow
#iPad
The Welsh word for carrot is moron - awesome
Steven Fry got one the other day.. i think...
The special peope have had them for a week but have been under a press embargo until yesterday
Fully experienced, ready to boast to the world about the fruity goodness
hehehe i'm pleased someone else is watching QI.. i shall tell lukeh that i now know the welsh for carrot, he will be impressed.
Oh and we had a whole lecture in a psychology conference the other day on the strange shape thing they are talking about.
Oh yes, I'm quite familiar with the crazies that get in line for apple products, being married to someone who got inline for the iPhone 3G. I relieved her in said line, and I'm the one that got to buy them!
*Needs to watch QI tomorrow on the player of the i*
Just don't shout moron at him then try to explain you meant carrot
which QI was that mentioned on? I just watched the "Green" one, but don't remember that.
So no pre-orders in your household this time?
The one that is live now on BBC1
nope. We're going to wait and see.
:D hehehe
titled - geometry.
Even Woz still queues on day one
They always let him push in though!
so I'll be able to get it in a few days ;)
Geometry apparently
Hours, probably ;)
Lukeh found out about the brawn... - https://twitter.com/lukehmuse/status/11497498254
Oh dear
Oh FFS. Mercedes are determined to airbrush Brawn from history aren't they?
I can only apologise
mercedes are stupid. If it is another Brawn... then i hope they've just painted over Rubens' 2 cars and not Jenson's car...
They have lots of sets of bodywork so painting one doesn't make much difference
[resists the obvious and tasteless quip]
it does... they are painting over a legend of a car and pretending it is something it is not... :( the brawn was awesome.. and pretty and the mercedes isn't.
If they're only painting over spare bodywork it's not so much of an issue.
However, the blatent disregard for the teams' history is very sad.
it's really sad :(
Lou: Have you met Lady Laney yet?
And if not, why not?
Franck alert
He is racing this weekend. Stupid SF not fitting their races in between the GPs. Don't they want an audience?
http://www.superleagueformula.com/
Agreed. Hopefully the Karma train will be making a visit to Brackley soon.
Good questions
I believe it's left the station and is accelerating towards it
no i haven't :( and i don't know... we haven't been in the same place at the same time?... i don't know :( she's awesome though, she's given me plenty of advice via flickr...
Let me rephrase that
You haven't orchestrated the two of you being in the same vicinity at the same point in time ;)
She really is, I love her stuff
Didn;t realise you guys were talking about it too, my outburst was a bit random, sorry.
See, I don't. The guys at Brackley are awesome and it sucks knowing supporting them isn't an option. It's the soulless overlords that bought them out that deserve the rubbish karma
yes...
This is true, the dark side has cast it's shadow :(
I think Lou is waiting for the return of the Jedi
schumi is having to drive ruben's cast-offs... surely that is karma enough?
And is being whooped by Rosberg, a fake German :)
:D
Race 1 11.10 UK time
Race 2 14.05
Final 15.05 (only 15mins after the end of race 2? that's crazy!)
Shh, I know!
so... have JB and Hamilton been doing something for kangaroo tv or something? i've never seen the drivers using them before.
- http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/98207264/AFP
- http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/98207395/AFP
- http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/98207259/AFP
- http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/98207253/AFP
An excellent point. LPG points out that the Karma train needs directing at just one German...
that's not fair.. i don't know what a Jedi does! lol
Jenson Skywalker
How do I put this in a Cool Runnings analogy?
He is an authentic German but a fake Finn.
hasn't he been run down by it already? he's a broken man, no? this is HIS track. nico was faster :)
That makes Schumacher Jenson's father
;)
Jamaica will get gold at the next Olympics?
It's such a shame. My MSC loving colleague is having to eat quite a bit of humble pie :D
too late :D
:)
They will do.
Jamaican bobsleigh team was formed with sprinters?
Usain Bolt.
S'all I'm saying ;)
Didn't Nico used to race under a Finnish licence?
Something about convenience, one way or the other?
it's only FP though. Quali is where it counts right?
If they are sitting watching kangaroo TV then who is driving their cars?
he'll still suck
How sad
Yes... but Schumacher always made a point of beating his teammate, in every session.
Don't spoil it :)
and technically it's the race that counts :)
So Usain Bolt is Obi Wan?
Remember Rubens was contractually obliged to let him.
of sorts yes
I'm glad Nico is performing well, not just in a schadenfreude way
I think he's been genuinely underrated thus far
Well good news, I predicted Nico for the win in Alex's pole poll thingy.
Oh, that'll probably mean he'll crash at the first corner then. Sorry folks.
Not that I know of. People assumed because of his surname that he was Finnish but he doesn't even speak the language
problem is, he's never had a decent teammate for comparison.
still hasn't.
rriiight...
I don't know. I know that Ralf used to race under an Austrian license.
Schumacher-esq
I don't speak Gaelic but I'm still Irish
I agree. I think he let himself down a bit a Williams, they said he didn't apply himself fully which is probably a fair assessment, and possibly because he didn't have an experienced teammate to bounce off of.
:D
He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career. He holds dual nationality from both countries.
Wiki
oh, i didn't know that. I didn't follow f1 as closely when he was around/ didn't pay much notice..
If Usain Bolt is Obi Wan there can't be much doubt. Not only will they have Usain Bolt but he will have a light sabre. How can they lose
Half of New York City is Irish one day of the year...
That's it, thanks Jon
touché
YES!!!!
Yes... but there were times when Rubens made him work for it :)
Lots of drivers race under strange licenses. Allan McNish for some reason switched to a Monaco license last year and of course Germany missed out on having a world champion in 1970 because Jochen Rindt raced with an Austrian licence
But Gaelic is not the main language of the country
hehehe i didn't get to say it though... lol
The World probably
Apart from a bit of Viking and some Spanish Moors [probably], my blood's pretty green
Point is, Nico's half Finnish whether his licence says so or not
Now it isn't
Can you imagine the contract though -
17a) The Driver will be obliged to attempt to drive faster than all other drivers(*)
(*) Except Michael Schumacher
Boo, i thought it'd count :)
well... kinda...
He has only lost to a team mate in all sessions twice in his career and one of those was Nico in Bahrain
Andi Zuber is Austrian but races under a UAE license now.
We don't like to talk about the other times
wow!
?
I thought it was something like "the driver will obey the instruction of the team"... and the team then instructed him to lose
what a stat!
But Finnish still is
I believe Piquet Jr had a similar clause in his contract ;)
I see your point but he doesn't need to speak the language to be a product of his genes
The other one was Rubens *does happy dance*
That is true
how to explain this without seeming odd...
The other day i had a conversation the other day with Lukeh, and he ended it by saying 'touché'. I then got all upset because people always aim the 'touché' at me, and i never get to say it/ end a convo with it. So using it just then was a minor victory.
Ah, must enter the pole poll! Will do it now.
I just got a flashback of Joey mis-using 'air quotes' :)
but... but... you don't want to be saying touché to someone? doesn't it mean they just beat you?
that's like looking forward to loosing.
Particularly: "I'm sorry!" :lol:
rosberg is a Swedish name, so his ancestors are Swedish. Does that mean he is Swedish?
That's a great fact
Also known as the spirit of Ralf Schumacher
Maybe, I don't know
I'll settle for Scandinavian
He must be very confused
Finland isn't Scandinavian. They get upset if you suggest it is
I think they deal with that at Monte Carlo schooling
Day 2
i know, i know... but it's just such a cool word to say!
#yesiknowi'modd.
well.. i'm certainly not competitive... ;)
there should be a cool word to say when you win.....
Brawnsome
Finland doesn't belong to Scandinavia. :P
are you saying i'm like Ralf?!
I'm just an ignorant Irishman ;)
Finland is often considered a Scandinavian country in common English usage
:D
:D
Settle for European then
Better get back to digging that hole of mine
Northern European, the cold bit
yes.. i know... thank goodness you guys know me, otherwise you'd think i was 10000x more strange than i actually am...
y'know ralf should make an f1 comeback. he stands a good chance of beating his brother.
I know people who sell things in that area and they get a great reception when they say they are visiting Scandinavia and Finland.
Forget the shovel, you need a JCB! :D
;)
that would make my year!
The term relates to the Scandinavian Peninsula which is a geographic region consisting of Norway, Sweden and part of northern Finland
This is where I find out that the Rosbergs hail from the South
Or the Swedish bit :)
Hehe I'm sure he's happy just to watch big brother get beaten.
:D
The only people in Europe the Finns and their language are related to is the Hungarians. Figure that one out
So the Danes don't get a lookin then? ;)
:D
That would cause problems with the bolts in Michael's neck
They are Earthian or whatever.
Or do they have some link to Mars?
The Celts have been traced back to a tribe in Germany
We all travel
well and Estonian
Almost all Finns live in the southern bit because it gets a bit chilly in the north
Nordic?
:D
We are all star dust
What about 'Nordic'?
Nordic is fine. Nico is still German though
Thank you, I'll settle for that
ooh you got there first, great minds and all that
LPG says "we are golden"
:)
Monegasque
wrong mika
Well, thanks. That'll go with the new job title :)
:D
Old song lyrics
I can live with that.
Mika?
boo
(yay for being young-ish)
We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.
Here’s Tom with the weather.
BOOO
Celebrate it while you still have that Heidfeld beard!
:D
Remember LPG is the same age as you (more or less). The song is Joni Mitchell's Woodstock. and is older than both of us.
It's all relative
My nephew thinks Mr C is ancient ;)
:P
/runs away as he is 21
OI!
:D
Well, he might be to him.
:lol:
Don't worry, I'm sure I'm pre-historic
:D
i am not ancient, even to very young people!
hehe reminds me of when i was tiny and had just found out about the dinosaurs... i promptly asked my dad what it was like back then. Let's just say he wasn't best pleased.
It's very hard to pin an age on non-corporeal beings
I must admit, its quite hard to put an age on a person who I've only heard the voice on.
Did we know Franck was practising today?
hehe aw well you don't look ancient mr c.
Guess. He won't mind if you are slightly wrong
Those of us who have been in the same room as him, have only really just felt his presence
yup. heavy rain
I've only seen a floating Renault cap
am anticipating an i(heart)franck update as soon as the stuart show is wrapped.
He did well
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82627
I just found out I came 70th in that run I did, out of 228 entrants.
RESULT!!! :D
There is a Stuart show?
ze stuart show?
well done
22
#hopethatmakesyoufeelbetter
there is.
Good job you didn't get a phone call then
Wel done!
He sounds 27-ish.
Oh, where's Liverpool now?
that's awesome!
That should be good. What are you calling it/.
Nice one mate!
Our younger daughter said Mr C doesn't sound young but he must be because he's too silly to be old. I expect Christine will agree with this.
I'll say. I had to double-check the phone logs to make sure I had genuinely not got any.
S.A.W.
[shh's self]
You are just trying to be nice. Make a proper guess
can't say. will be up soon :)
general chat or on a specific subject?
Quite some laptime differentials in there, must have been very wet
:D
good lord!
:lol:
That'd be when he was chasing your kids round the park then
both
I meant as a general thing like Aside rather than a specific show title. Presumably there will be more than one
Oh it's a sidepodshow? I was confused earlier, his comment made it seem like it was one he'd done elsewhere
It's what she said though.
That was a proper guess?!
I kinda figured those kids were very perceptive
Higher. Much
*sulks*
This is a fast paced conversation tonight.
I view another tab and 20 comments appear!
***********!!
This is more normal :)
really? i would say 30ish
Being young at heart is an unbelievably brilliant trait, you're lucky
Have to say Mr C too....I was chuffed to hear another plug for SPC on the 5Live coverage today. Twice in a week!
You are invisible and anonymous. How am I supposed to know different
But not as old as me. I'm 41 on Monday :(
not as chuffed as we were. the last one came from us. this one was a complete surprise.
Aww, poor Mr C.
oh no don't put that song my head please
When was the other one?
Did anyone grab the quote?
Australia FP2
Being young anyway is even better. *gloats*
Melbourne practice
will be on sunday's show. it'll probably start it :)
Disagree
You will too, one day ;)
I missed that one. Should really make more of an effort to catch up to FP sessions I miss. I'm skipping FP3 in the morning.
It started the last Debrief too :)
Yeah, but I won't hit it nearly as quick as some people....... :P
:D
did you not hear this week's debrief?
So it did
I'm only a day older than yesterday
Fantasy WRC Day 2: http://www.fantasywrc.com/
I think RG and I are doing quite well.
Bring forth the naughty step of olde!!
Wooo, go us!
ooo am i still ahead of mr c
#nottryingtobemeantomrc
#notcompetitve
I've not heard this week's debrief yet. *goes to skulk in corner*
I has beer, leave me alone.
listen to the first 30s.
Yet I know I'm a day younger than I will be tomorrow.
Interesting that two of the top five scored 389 and the other three scored 333. We seem to have scored nearly double the points of the other private league
yay! :)
None of us have Loeb or Raikkonen.
#givingawaysecrets
Loeb too expensive and Raikkonen too risky
i only have loeb and raikkonen.
ah
Exactly. I nearly took Loeb but the cost/reward ratio is all wrong. And Kimi won't be top 5 until midseason at the earliest.
I have wine. Its very nice.
Ouch. I think if he stopped crahing he could pick up some sensible points.
oh... Heston Blumenthal is on jonathon ross tonight.. i now have to watch it, i was gonna get an early night.
I onder if they will have liquid nitrogen on again after last week
LPG says 'iplayer'
i didn't watch last weeks... :(
No not ouch. He is trying to compete with people that drove rallies their whole life. He can't be as quick as the. Not for a while at least.
i know... but it's given me an excuse to stay awake. and knowing me, i'll forget.
I spent the afternoon with Arthur Guinness and some chums, Messrs Kronenbourg and Smirnoff
[Not all for me, obviously]
I'm very good friends with Jack Daniels, or as his best friends call him, John. ;)
Finished Angry Birds yet?
Haha, I came 35th in my category. Yay me! I'll drink to that! :D
Hmm...can I pick brains on a website related thing please?
How big does a background image have to be to be classed as 'too big?'
Going for 3 stars all round now
Yes, now my lady has it. She's been playing since 14:00
He had the bloke on who does the Wonders of the Solar System series and he was explaining the temperature of some Saturn moon and using liquid nitrogen to freeze roses and bananas. Jonathan Ross kept asking if he could put his fingers in to pick things up.
File size?
That is true.
I have that for theme 1. There are a couple left to do for theme 2, but they seem to require a lot of luck.
Yeah...2mb?
I hate my internet connection. I want my own phone line dammit. :(
oooh! professor Brian Cox! he's awesome!
He should have let him.
Yeah, it frustrates me so I open Call of Duty: Zombies and let rip :)
He used to be a pop star apparently
He looks like one to be fair.
#wouldhavemadegreatTV
D:Ream
They had some liquid nitrogen in styrofoam cups and he picked one of those up. Going by his reaction to that he realised how stupid he was being
In Blur, or Pulp, or something like that. one of those 90s indie bands.
D:Ream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)
depends on your target audience. location etc. do your stats say must readers have broadband?
Or not what I thought. :)
Really??
Yep. Wishful thinking
*most
Blasphemer!
Really
[sharp intake of breath]
"things can only get better"
Or as it's known coloquially in F1 circles, the Bahrain Grand Prix Anthem.
:)
I dunno, I didn't/don't take noticefor 90's music.
They played things can only get better as his intro then Ross nearly stuck his fingers in liquid notrogen so the song was almost right
But it was MADE for your era.
Useless....
I need to watch this show
Not following TV schedules has it's downsides
Photoshop has "Save for Web" for a reason. :) Make your image as big as it needs to be to fit the layout and save as 72ppi. That should drop the filesize right down.
*backs out of comments*
Wash your mouth out, rapscallion! ;)
The last two in particular have been fabulous. You need to catch them before they disappear off the iplayer
Ditto. Its probably on iplayer, need to find time for it.
heheheheh!! really?
There are ways
An education may be required.
I don't think so?
Been rejigging the theme, and added and email subscription feature. Don't really like having to spam on Twitter to let people know when the latest issue's done...
It loads fine on my PC, but it is a *bit* slow. How is it at your end?
Fixed that for you. :)
And thank you :)
I concur
Speaking of which, I watched 'An Education' with Carey Mulligan
Such a lovely film
I can assure you that it is important to at least have one ping on Twitter.
They have all four episodes still on the iplayer
If you want to hear something amazing, try searching for Moon8 on YouTube. It's Dark Side of the Moon as performed by a Nintendo 8bit console.
Not heard of it.
i don't use email. i'd rather you spammed twitter :)
i find neither really works hugely
Great Brit fim
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1174732/
She was Oscar nominated, future star
I will be using Twitter. I think I actually love it.
More options this way though...:)
Please be more prolific on the writing. Then you can be plugged more often.
#sidepodspace update
We have a shuttle launch on Monday morning at 6:21am Eastern which should be 11:21am UK time but with clock changes could be anything.
Busy weekend with F1, WRC, Franck and NASA
i probably read your plugs in the comments to be fair. but i never click on email links.
And they gave Claudia Winkleman the Film 2010 job
I still can't believe that [mahoosive facepalm]
She was rather good on Buzzcocks. :)
Excellent!
she does the film show on radio 2. she's good with people, bad with films :)
Dan Brunel's friend is flying on this shuttle. Wonder if he can get sidepodcast a shout out.
She was drunk
.
.
.
probably
We're back on 5 hours so 11.21 is correct
bit slow, but the image is progressive, so not so bad.
have you considered a content delivery network?
Thanks Pat
That would be amazing.
In a film review show, I think it's somewhat lacking
For OK magazine on tv, not so much
You have exposed a gap in my limited knowledge!
Good to know :)
Ask R5L to put a word in
For a background image? I hope that's a joke.
Instead of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, Ignition, 2, 1...
They could do
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, Sidepodcast.com, 2, 1...
if it helps, i'd be more likely to watch a film show with claudia than kermode, because she likes films i like, and mark talks waaaaaay above me.
no. content delivery networks are great for all media. images included. all of our images are hosted on a CDN. so are our style sheets, javascript files, videos and audios.
why would that be a joke?
Mark's also an annoying t***, which helps when reviewing films. [/sarcasm]
Voted Best Guest Actress by Doctor Who Magazine readers for Blink
Didn't know that
Only because the image was 2MB.
How would one go about setting something like that up?
now, now. you wouldn't say that to his face would you?
In some respects I like Kermode but he does seem to have 'interesting' tastes, and ways with words.
I didn't watch Film with Jonathan Ross because I don't like Jonathan Ross.
I suggest you listen to more Christine & Bassano's Film Stuff Type Show
Actually I did watch a couple. He's into all the Japanese martial arts stuff and it bored me.
:D
still helps though, doesn't it?
i wish i could.
I would, I'd probably slam his face into the desk upon which he was writing his next criticism of a film I really liked....
We need a new one
Kermode's rants are legendary, especially Michael Bay ones
Linkeh?
I can see how it would all tie in to make it beneficial, especially if you're running something particuarly file size intensive
I always liked you Steven :)
I always meant to listen to him with Mayo but never did. I've seen him the most on the Culture Show, which I usually only watch because Lauren Laverne is on.
Sidepodradio
start here: http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/files
yell if you need more info.
Oh great, MORE stuff I need to make time to listen to.
Good podcast
Only 12 hours worth
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/09/29/sidepodradio-part-17-film-watch/
Rest of 12 hours of sidepodradio
http://sidepodcast.com/category/sidepodradio/
Thanks mate. I've actually lost count of the amount of beers I need to buy you guys now for your help / support and plugs!
Qw gee thanks
I got halfway through the cooking show and had to put the headphones down to pee, I was laughing so hard....
we likes to share the knowledge :)
Aw not Qw
Well, there's a snack on one segment that will miraculously make some more awake time for you....
+1
That was a magical moment
Oh wait... you've already found that one :-(
And it's appreciate.
The bloke method of bodging it does have it's limitations at times :D
All those cooking shows on network TV with famous chefs and celebs and not one of them are as entertaining as Mr C
*appreciated
Never read the synopsis before:
Bassano Clapper and Christine share their vastly different film interests, discussing along the way such things as subtitles and, of course, muppets.
i have to take a picture of stuart's book, because we don't have a high enough res one for plugging. back in 5.
QFT
:D :D :D
I'm guessing Film Watch pt2 would have to wait until the off-season
Or maybe the summer break...
I have never read thesynopsis on any of the sidepodradio shows. Must read them
I don't usually drink white wine, this is good stuff.
We all search for the cooking show :)
I fear to listening to my show again. Just to see how wrong I was.
Highlights include:
A trip through the supermarket with Mr C
How do you describe a heaped teaspoon?
Putting some elbow into it
The edible results
Quick announcement while I remember, before I go into a drunken stupor.
I am planning to steward a local air festival. Normally I get paid for this, however since I can take the time off work to do it and get paid for that instead, I'll be donating my fee to charity.
Was thinking Sidepodcast and Wings For Life.
Thoughts?
Hang on
@Sidepodcast has 2,003 followers!
Wow
My show got listened to by the BTCC Circuit commentator Alan Hyde, he liked it! I thought it was rubbish :P
I've got one
What the heck is an air festival?
http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2008/january/free_air_guitar_ad.jpg
?
Is that the air day they have at various RAF and RNAS bases?
Planes go "neeeeeooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww" over the sea-front.
Repeat til the weather goes nasty or people go home.
Like the Sunderland Air Show I'd imagine?
heheh
Yeah, but ours is better. :P
Din't they used to call them Air Shows
What is it with festival-ness these days?
Well, ours is bigger.... I think.
The Bournemouth Air Festival was ace.
I was on my parents' boat watching, and the planes basically did all their flying above us.
I don't think I'll ever forget the noise of the Vulcan Bomber climbing on full afterburner directly above me. I'm surprised my ears and eyes didn't bleed it was so loud.
470,000 people over 2 days?
I'll take that trophy thanks...
The Olympus is a noisy brute
Oooh, ooooh, oooh: Plug!
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/09/06/upside-down/
Sounds good. I stood at the end of the runway for the Yeovilton Air Day a couple of years ago along with a few others who'd found their way there (and thus not paid the silly price to get into the main bit). That was rather good.... mad F18 pilot buzzing over you, helicopters making you duck...
Nice move!
Giggles would be proud of one that smmoth
Give me two more minutes and I'll get back to you on that.
Nicely done.
Was an excellent weekend. I love the Red Arrows.
:)
http://www.lowestoftairfestival.co.uk/
So in case you wanna visit, I'll probably be on the promenade somewhere with a next-to-invisible hi-vis jacket and a Joe-90 headset.
Dragon Dictation comes to the iPad
The app is free for a limited time
Or, there's Amy, I s'pose
Well, the only comeback I can think of is its Sunderland, and you know what Sunderland is like...
Surely Bournemouth wins hands down??! :D
Cheeky ping?
http://bit.ly/dkZljs
Sunderland is to Newcastle what Great Yarmouth is to Lowestoft.
Oh lots of Film Watches while I was away, will catch up..
Hold on, hold on. http://www.aircraftinaction.com/2007/Sunderland.htm
"with figures of one million people being quoted."
In a Dr Evil voice?
From Becken's blog. Lewis and Jenson designing their MP4/12C
http://f1around.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/lewis-e-jenson-motam-seu-12c/
i linked to that yesterday in the comments... :D i love that JB doesn't want people to know where he is, and doesn't need parking sensors :D eheh
*hands the trophy back*
You lot are still invited down/up to Lowestoft though. It's quite nice in the summer. :)
US store only :(
on twitter? that's cool, but 5livef1 put out a request on the radio today and gained 60 followers in 5 minutes. now that is power.
At 9,999 it's hard not to, really.
they do..you know...run f1 in hte uk?
You don't have a US account?
[You don't need to answer that]
I would say the same about Sunderland, but, well, its Sunderland.
Hello all, weather appalling here on Isle of Wight so Mum has decided we can't go on church walk tomorrow. Managed to hide my joy that will now be able to watch quali ;). Hope you are enjoying the long weekend.
I like Lewis saying he doesn't need parking sensors but he bette have them. You just know he has them for when his dad is driving
No.
I've lost 15 this week!
However, we do have the distinction of having a Harrier spectacularly fall into the ocean! :D
You should
Even just for the free stuff
Link?
:-O
Do you hate it that much?!
You need Leo to tell people tp follow you. 20,000 + in two weeks
You track them?
:D
Hi Janna. Shame about the church thing. ;)
hey ya janna!
I'm from Newcastle, its the way I've been brought up.
I only have 350 odd. It's easy to notice a few dropping off the radar...
hey Janna,
Same way I dislike Portsmouth, never been there, im sure they are lovely, i just don't like them.
I was born in Southampton.
Its law.
Hi Janna
It's not great here either
Hi. Such a shame. :)
only?!? 250 and 50 on mine
Heya Janna. We've had lovely weather all day *gloats*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNeoU5JrI2c
It was rather hilarious actually, it does a bow in front of the crowd and then flies off, but the plane stalled so the pilot had to eject otherwise it woulda hurt if he hit the water.
yeah. but we follow you via our f1 list and lots of people follow that list, and thus you. am assuming you're not taking that into account?
Just checked mine for the first time in ages. 477. I'm quietly impressed that people want to read my rubbish.
Funny that. I was born in Poole. We're hardwired to hate Southampton.
Funny that! :D
Oh, just looked outside, its pouring down...
Ah, you and I have affinity then. We consider Gt Yarmouth to be like another country.
Like a big hate triangle :D
Yeah, I do!
Poole, Southampton and Portsmouth?
Can you lot like fight it out over a spit of land at some point?
As does the rest of the UK ;)
Having lived in Soton for 3 years I can relate to that. :)
oh.
carry on then :)
Lowestoft is in Suffolk. If you can make it that far, it's not far to Zandvoort. ;)
:D
But you have West Quay, I need to go there to do shopping.
Don't get me started on the airport though. That place hates me I'm sure.
7 flights in a row cancelled for various reasons! And I had to sit opposite Matt Le Tissier.
I have a course friend who lives in Sotton, she likes Portsmouth.
Its just wrong
Was it a Sea Harrier?
How can a Harrier stall? It's generating lift from thrusters not wings
I don't live there anymore, i moved when i was 8, thank goodness!!
:) I've stopped paying massive attention to it to be fair!
I get the shakes at the end of the Picadilly Line unless I've flown to my destination
I actually want to pat you on the back for putting up with that.
No idea.
The flight cancellations or Fat Le 'Tiss?
He was a right scruffy so and so too.
it is now
i don't get this hate thing... however being from the SE/ Kent it makes me pleased we don't have this :)
It makes no sense, its just law.
We don't have it down 'yer oither
Le Tiss.
It's all good natured. You just need to understand that all outsiders have 6 fingers on each hand and webbed feet that's all.
rriiiiiggght..
i was mildly disturbed by the usually normal fourstar getting irate at nothing much the other evening. football is odd.
badumtish.
Football is the most fustrating and annoying sport that has ever existed.
oooh it's a football thing?? i agree football is odd.
Oh purleeeeze, you got Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover. If that's not a hate triangle, I dunno what is.
i hate football :D
Football's great.
Home to Bradford tomorrow. Woo.
I think it started as a football thing and was then subsumed into the main conciousness of the respective cities, at least WRT Portsmouth/Southampton.
The Portsmouth Southampton thing is about a dockers strike decades ago apparently
You play it on a weekly basis. Your point being.....?
I second that
Oh I love it, but it still is frustrating and annoying.
Though someone on my team comes from and supports Bradford, so, best of luck.
they hate each other??? i go to all 3 very regularly, i even have family that live in two of them... they seem fine.. lol ;)
Ah the Skates and Scummers. Long story that!
you're just trying to confuse me now.
No webbed feet, or extra fingers.
You sure?
That's because you're too polite to broadcast your hatred for each other. :D
I worked in Chichester with a load of Portsmouth people. Never heard Skates before
how many rule changes has football had over the years?
That's Yarmouth in a nutshell....
Harriers are very susceptible to side winds when hovering, so I'd imagine it's quite easy to lose control of one.
Easy 'It was never a damn penalty' followed by a lot of things said to the ref and ending up in a red card where the ref looks like an idiot.
And has it improved the overtaking? NO!
Football has referees who change the rules every 5 minutes
it is. what was all the fuss about harry redknapp then?
I can understand that but it's not a wing stal
And that's before you've even started on the Hastings/StLeonards or Brighton/Hove thing!
Has it improved the spectacle?
*cough*Drogbadiving*cough*
has it improved passing though?
LEGEND!!!
ahem, sorry, he sorta managed Portsmouth, went to Southampton and went back to Portsmouth
Damn!
*Don't encourage the footie people!*
Ooh, good spot that man.
I pass on most games to be honest ;)
Wolves v Portsmouth or Bahrain Grand Prix.
Tough call.
And it has no relevance to normal people. Never in my life has someone stuck up a flag and said I was offside so how am I supposed to relate to football
Lalalallalalla can't hear anything about balls, where are the wheels and engines????
You'll enjoy June
Pass most games on the way to the pub? ;)
Ah ha
Sanity speaks
He went from one to the other and never the twain shall meet
MOTD. 'nuff said.
Sometimes
One or two matches, not many more
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/04/02/sidepodchat-everyone-wants-to-cuddle/
Must. Resist. Urge. To. Make. Lewd. Joke.
The two cities hate each other.
Harry managed Portsmouth, left to manage Southampton.
Portsmouth then hated him. Ironically Southampton got relegated, and he got his old job back at Portsmouth. Where, having relegated Southampton he was welcomed back as a saviour.
It's kind of like Alonso leaving McLaren for Ferrari mid season.
Yes, you must
BBC article on the crash in question says it was engine failure during the hover.
Or that
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2005/jan/23/newsstory.sport8
Heston cooking on Ross now
How odd
hehehehe what on earth???
Please tell me that's a euphamism....
hehe, there's a new brilliant podcast to be listened to. i shall be personally offended if everyone doesn't dive in right now ;)
Heston and Ross flicking liquid nitrogen at each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You tell 'em boss
that needed a... #guilttrip
Exactly. Why should I waste hours of my time watching 22 overpaid blokes run around a football field when I can spend the same time watching 26 overpaid blokes drive round in circles instead?
But there is liquid nitrogen on BBC
true story
busy trying to put one together here, so will listen to it later
I have the sanity to head to bed. I shall be up for qualifying.
See ya later guys, thanks for the laughs this evening. Been a good one. :D
Did no one at the BBC do the Risk Assessment?
I've just seen some football highlights and I'm now mad. So after I write a complaint, I'll get on it.
I played your previous newest when I was at my sister's, she and her bloke were impressed and have bookmarked for the future.
ace. you star :)
The BBC - the one place left without Balls??
That was for SB, 'cos they don't like F1. Sorry :)
BBC health and safety are going nuts right now!
Doesn't look like it. Ross is going to hurt himself behaving like a complete prat
doh!!
:)
haha
#sorrymrc
Can you tell he's leaving soon?
thats exactly what he said whilst doing it
Sulphur hexafluoride?????
go startledbunny!
in fairness the last two shows have been awesome. helps sidepodcoding.
still don't know why people who don't like f1 have an aversion to sidepodcast though? we've been talking football for half anhour.
I've lost the plot, so heading to bed. Night guys. :)
Yay - I'll be able to listen to Radio 2 on a saturday morning again!!
Night
night TM!
indeed, thank you for spreading the word. :)
Night mate :)
I'm not sure they do have an aversion.
Jonathon Ross is mental! what the hell...
night
Night
night
night TM
I was worried that I'd not got around to writing a blog post, then I realised the thing I'm writing about is actually next week.
*is listening*
(hearts) lou
Me too
http://www.last.fm/user/PWotton
thanks. really glad people like them
Will Young sounds like he's joined the Eurethmics. (Spelling?!)
#askyourparentskids
The Eurethmics vs Groove Amarda? hmm
I really should head to bed
Night folks
Enjoy Quali
Good night
night Bassano
night!
Night
and fp3 :)
Nighty night.
Ah thank you for the retweet mr c
anytime adie.
and with that we must sleep. we failed to deliver on the f1minute/f1bigpic front, but they'll keep until morning. see ya for fp3.
Goodnight
see ya
Night sir.
I'd best be off too.
Laters gang. See you for qualli
night Mr C
adios!
Night Mr C and Adie.
night mr and mrs c
just so you know you two are mean, you've created a podcast i can't stop listening to... so it will be a miracle if i get up for fp3... :P
You will make it
hehehe i don't know... i think emily has made me ill. but i have set my alarm :P so hopefully that will wake me up :)
I see from twitter she has passed her driving test so she can drive when you go out and you can drink
problem is... she doesn't have a car. lol
You have a car though don't you, or am I imagining stuff?
Bye
yes i do, but she isn't driving my car, i don't even let my parents drive my car.