At last we have reached Friday. Yesterday was another rubbish Thursday for me, so I am glad we have finally made it to the end of the week. It's also Free Practice Friday, and we get to see the brand new track in action. Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- The new homepage was launched in the early hours of yesterday, and whilst there are still a few pages that are still sporting the old green style, quite a lot of the site is looking fresh, new and blue. It should be a lot faster as well. Mr C is planning to write a post about the changes and the ideas behind the new look, but until then, keep sending us your feedback as we're building this site for you.
- I've not been hanging around doing nothing, of course, and yesterday we saw two breakout threads. The first confirmed Rosberg's aim to leave Williams after this race, and the second saw Ecclestone dash everyone's Donington hopes for the last time. Presumably. Neither of these were much of a surprise, but still fun to discuss.
- Also, F1 Minute featured the Rosberg news, plus some snippets from other stories of the day. Big Picture also featured the other fun gossip from the paddock, with Trulli having a bit of a tantrum in the FIA press conference. The guy holds a grudge! I like it.
That'll do it for now. Keep your eyes peeled for two threads throughout the day for the practice sessions, plus the usual podcasting goodness. I'll see you in the comments.
There is a practice session under way at Okayama for the Asian Le Mans series one-off event:
Timing: http://www.asian-lemans-series.com/chronos_gb.html
Only 22 cars though. Okayama is what they call TI Aida now.
I think this is a trial run for a new Asian Series to accompany the LMS and ALMS.
There were supposed to be two races in this Asian LM series.
But the second race was scrapped.
Shanghai next week wasn't it?
Correct.
Most important prize is an entry to the 24 Hours. Thats why a lot of teams are there.
A good way to attract an entry.. could have been embarrassingly low otherwise
I'm actually fast asleep but would just like to point out....
Desktop Doohickey = Awesome
It looks v.v.v.v.nice
Preview of this week's stuff. This feature is gradually getting smaller by the week..
Gotta go, but before I do...
Matsui HR!!! w000000t! :D
I thought no-one else was watching it.
Bye Journeyer
Much as I would like to sit up and watch the rest of the baseball I need to get some sleep. Yet another iffy umpire decision against the Yankees. It's a conspiracy I tell you. Still I am sure Rivera will seal the win.
Night all. See you in a few hours for practise.
Night Steven
It's always the umpire's fault
I´m just feeling lost with all this white around...
I'm away from my computer for almost 8 hours and when I get back there is a new Doohickey, with all the changes being made it's like Christmas here except without the fat guy in the red suit:D. It's looking great guys I can't wait to see the finished product
Whoops, wrong day... Morning :)
So Brazil wasn't too great for Mr or Mrs C in the pole poll over at Sofaf1: http://www.sofaf1.com/2009/10/sofaf1-championship-2009-round-16.html
And I only did well because I missed the cut!
Big jump needed by Mr C...
oooh different doohickey. Things happen when I sleep!
Morning... I had the crazyist dream last night...
was beyonce there? was nico on an aircraft carrier?
Beyonce was there... she had a show in a spectacular arena in front of ferrari world.
then i ended up with paddock club tickets.... the best bit was when the guy who i am going with woke me up to say he would be here in 45 mins :D
Hey Amy. :D
So... Just as I was about to go to work, we were suddenly advised to work from home. Worries about the storm coming in this weekend.
There is an upside to this - I get to watch Free Practice today! :D
I just saw that tweet! Now I shall read back through the comments to see just how that happened because those things don't come cheap!
hooray!
its just for today...
even so, one day paddock club tickets still cost more than a 4 day grandstand pass in Melbourne.
;) Yeah, because you'll get tomorrow's tickets later. You know people! :D
Or anywhere on the calendar, for that matter.
hehe Its once in a lifetime stuff...
And presumably no IE6! :)
Good news on the tickets Nick!
not bad considering its your first grand prix! I doubt I'll ever get into the paddock club in my life :D
No IE6, indeed. :D
We can always bribe our way in, Amy. Wehehehe. :D Something to do if we ever meet up at a race.
I don't think that works somehow :D
Everything has a price - especially Paddock Club tickets. Might be a bit high, though. ;)
this time yesterday i genuinly didnt think i would get to see anything!
in Melbourne its $4000 for 4 days :D
And now you're about to see a lot more than most of us would ever see. ;)
Apparently we are now parking in the team carparks... at this rate i might be interviewed by ted by this evening!
:D Well, you'd probably see him, I'd think. ;)
I still dont belive it!
I hope you've got your drop.ioing hat on.
i dont have data service here unfortunatly...
most of the pics i took last night are on my camera, but i took a couple with my phone...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0119
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0120
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0121
Perfect for when you do that much-anticipated guest post. Oh, try mentioning Scott Woodwiss' name. They might remember him. ;)
So Nick how did you get the ticket?
Im of see yas!
See Yas. ;)
I'm impatient. I wanna see Abu Dhabi now!
Then I see this: http://www.justin.tv/p2pstation_net219
ooh, GP2 asia?
yup. Qualifying.
I wish Australia got a round of that. I know we are lucky to have so many support categories that they have to have a 4-day weekend, but
someall but one of them are so boringHehe. Quali is later, I see. Probably in between the 2 FPs.
What's the one un-boring support race?
Formula 5000 Tasman Revival. I liked it because it had an old McLaren :D
That's pretty cool. :D Weren't eh V8s formerly a support race?
Morning all
Morning LB22.
they still are. But they're boring.
V8 Supercars?
yep, over the F1 weekend they run a "manufacturers challenge" so rather than team v team, driver v driver, it simply becomes Ford v Holden. Yawn.
new doohickey I see
Cor! New Doohickey looks ace!
The only race like seeing is Bathurst...legendary track...but I'm not a massive fan of touring cars...only the British Touring Car Championship.
What did they have?
the new doohickey changed last night in the UK.
Yeah I know - but I wasn't really here...
the full line up was V8s, Australian GT, Aussie Racing Cars, Mini Challenge, Formula Ford and Formula 5000, then they also had the historic demonstration (I like that too, but it ain't a race) and the speed comparison of F1 vs V8 vs road car.
Ahhh. That makes sense. Nick's gone off to Yas.
Diet V8? V8 Lite? :D
sounds like an energy drink...
I think they try to make it more appealing to the punters who don't follow V8s. Didn't work for me :D
Because my seat was on the grid I watched the grid take off each time because it was loud and I like loud, but after one lap I'd go do something else :D
V8 is a vege juice :D
hehe :)
this photo series looks like it's supposed to be paparazzi shots, but I bet Jenson doesn't just happen to be wearing the cap of his sponsor and drinking their product when he is out and about on a boat.
my thoughts exactly. or it could be that jenson knew they were coming, so they prepared for it?
I'm also surprised to see Felipe in the paddock. It made sense for him to be in Brazil but I didn't expect him to be at any other races, especially with a little Felipe not far away.
Hmm. Well they sound interesting in a curiosity kind of way, but I doubt they were good racing?
they were OK I guess, but I'm bored by things that ain't open wheeled.
Getting back into the groove of things, maybe?
Is it just me, or is Felipe's posture in that pic a wee bit awkward?
he appears to have lost his neck in the accident.
:D I was actually referring to his feet. ;)
ahh. I'd assume everyone looks a little wonky when they are photographed mid-walk, but it's not something I've ever considered before :D
So in which session of the weekend will the be the first crash in the tunnel?
compare his stance to Sutil's in the background, and you'd see what I mean. ;)
FP1. :D
FP1! I was impressed to hear that Davidson crashed 3 times in the simulator and McLaren crashed even more :D
Too bad the title wasn't on the line anymore. Imagine losing the title because you crashed out at the pit exit tunnel. ;)
or was it Nico? Someone crashed three times. Davidson crashed once. I am confused. I have read too many interviews.
see you tried to introduce facts... tut tut tut ;)
Now the doohicky has been rebranded we really need the auto changing subtitle change... Maybe it could change each time the system goes and checks for new comments?
Because otherwise I keep wanting to F5 the doohicky!
#blamenico
And the pitlane exit tunnel?
NR: I hit the wall three times! And I heard the McLaren drivers did a couple more than that. It was the outside wall.
Frank has let slip they are using Cosworth next year...
http://twitter.com/NobleF1/status/5282100948
Is it a mark of the internet age that no F1 news surprises us anymore?
Well almost no news. I was surprised to find Bernie in sandals yesterday.
Yep. We hear of such things 2-3 weeks in advance now...
gout is such an old person thing to have.
He looks tired.
:D
I am taking Roger Federer's new sponsor as a cake-sign.
If there's one thing that turns me off Jenson Button a bit, it's contract negotiations.
It's the Telegraph, so they're probably just stirring trouble. But what's taking Button and Brawn so long?
Wasn't it said that they would wait until the end of the season. I think this is the flipside of problem of the internet news thing. Getting some people to sign multimillion pound contracts quickly is surely impossible. These things take time. Especially with those pesky lawyers #sorryamy #sorryjourneyer
The Alonso contract was done years ago. Kubica was out of contract so his is different too.
The longer it takes, the better it gets for Brawn, I suppose. Jenson's running out of seats to go to.
In fact I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Robert saw the way things were going with BMW at the beginning of the season and jumped then.
I think Frank Williams hired Rubens after the blah blah blah incident.
Frank was at the race unusually.
he also said the team will confirm 2010 line up on Monday
Heh... I just saw your tweet and was about to include it.
I am so bored and fed up reading resumes that I decided to end the week now and focus on F1 from now on till the season ends :-)
WooooHooooooooo!
well, I will be taking beer break later on today :-)
Good thinking :)
Oooh the bluehickey fits perfectly on iPod touch...
He should be careful - this is very much like Mansell in '92...
Who's the Prost and Senna in this case? Nico's neither. ;)
But let's remember - most contracts are sewn up by the summer. Even taking FOTA into consideration, it's almost November already...
*FOTA breakaway
#MFC Google's music player OneBox is going to be a huge thing for Apple
And shows the strategy of not surfacing the iTunes store as a website was madness. If they had done this years ago the top result on Google would have been iTunes for any song. I've never understood why they haven't done it. And of course Google can now just put the box at the top...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8331290.stm
The breakaway was a massive distraction. And Alonso.
Giggles, can you fix it so my flatmate learns to put her rent in the account before the banks close on a Friday afternoon? By the time they reopen it will be overdue. Again.
Can she not make it a regular payment at the bank?
Even so, it's already late in the day. Most drivers have already found seats.
True.
that would be far too easy. She also doesn't believe in internet banking. Our other flatmate works at the bank and even offers to make the deposit for her if she gives her the cash. But still month after month, she doesn't pay on time. I'm a little sick of the threatening letters from the property managers.
Okay here's the plan... Say to her that every time she is late paying to the bank she has to do all of the washing up for a week.
When she says that that isn't fair, you can say, "well neither would it be fair to getting me evicted for something you can so easily fix by setting up a regular payment. When you go to pay it in on Monday, set up the regular payment or it's washing up time."
It's time for hardball Amy #sorryamy
:)
we don't do washing up, we throw everything in the dishwasher :D I like the idea of her doing the vacuuming every week though, I hate doing that.
Your flatmate is an idiot. Internet banking is easy, and even if it were against her morals, the other flatmate gives her a way out.
Call a flat meeting and make the one who works at the bank the person responsible for the rent payment.
There you go :)
I don't think it's fair to make her responsible. Especially as she doesn't even need internet banking to set up a regular payment you can do that at the bank too.
she mostly is, she does most of the chasing up of the one who doesn't pay, but that doesn't stop me from stressing when it gets to the end of the month and I can see that it hasn't been paid :) We used to pay separately and that was fine because the landlord could chase after the right person but then they changed their policy to only accepting one payment per month from each property they own rather than one payment per tenant.
But is it fair to make the other flatmate who keeps forgetting responsible when the other 3(?) in the flat have to deal with the stress of it?
The new Lotus boss is...
Why do I get this feeling that Tony Fernandes will still be running the show anyway?
And BBC, they're not coming back - this is a different Lotus...
Mind blown dropiod
hehe having fun Nick? :)
hooray I just got a present. A giant mug! I love mugs that hold lots.
renault have given me a hat a letting, a diary and a model car. Heading to garage in a min...
How did keychain become letting? Also meeting bff later
you are having the best day ever.
I will give you money if you tell him to get a haircut and get a real job
I also saw holly talking to Andy
Yaaay fun day! For a second there I thought they'd given you a house and a car....
Mr C, your new style doohickey demands to be wider than the old one. I'd prefer it to be able to be thinner if I want so I can fit things on the screen properly.
yeah, mentioned it yesterday, it's a known issue.
I would like to say... That I really really really like the whiteness on the doohicky.
In fact I love it :)
can I please borrow the sidepodfan? I'm melting.
Morning all
I wasnt sure yesterday when i saw it, but i love it today!!
I worry it might not be built for you Amy. What if it knocks you over?
And I am in love with it :)
good point. In that case can you please tell the weather that its 10.30 at night so it doesn't need to be 26 degrees. Or if it insists on being 26 degrees can there at least be a breeze so that opening the windows at least cools my room down a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t2-wS92ClM
?
I don't seem to have any problems...is there anything specific?
Exactly.
It's not errors. When you change the window width, you just get a scroll bar rather than the text condensing.
if you make the width really narrow, scroll bars appear at the bottom.
Okay weather... Get some breeze going. kthxbye.
Just having a bit of a walk down memory lane...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65QrvxX-2Cg&NR=1
yeyy :D
Giggles can fix anything
i have this scroll bar problem...
nooooo!
Doctor Who stuff: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctorwho/tubetalk/a184321/fresh-doctor-who-waters-of-mars-pics.html
quick observation - the new sidepodcast seem so behave better in Opera for Mac than in Opera for Windows
oooh, looks like its going to be a spooky one!!
same version?
I was telling my parents that this mysterious man whose name I don't know that I am going to Spa with killed Ringo Starr.
I just tweeted about Doctor Who as well! :D
I can't be 100% sure, I am far from my Windows PC at the moment. But I think so, I always upgrade Opera when new version is up
i didn't!!
odd that they're inconsistent.
my dad believes you, he said "but I saw him on that Rock Band thing on the news"
for those not on twitter ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetIuy1vayI
Peace and love peace and love
There's also Moffat news here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8333466.stm
He thinks the new doctor is the best one! That's quite a claim.
but don't die yet?
I saw that, kinda bold thing to say before anyone has seen him in action.
Waters of Mars airs on a Sunday as well!
ryanair flights are available for August next year. They don't look very cheap :(
No-one knows the new Doctor...Mark...Smith...or something...
Did you miss drugged up Ringo ranting about not wanting anymore fan mail?
that made me sad, I like to think of Ringo as being exactly like he was on The Simpsons.
Matt ;)
Would it be cheaper for you to fly to Billund or Copenhagen and then drive down? Because I might be driving...
Told ya
That came out weird...
Aaaaaargh!!!
not one to make a quiet entrance are ya?
Wassup?
Shush. I've been here all morning :P
I just got paid but for some reason there's been a HUGE emergency tax payment taken.
Was that 'Arrrgggh' (I'm charging at you) or 'Argggh' (I'm frustrated!)?
maybe you were really ill and they fixed up and put you back to bed and you didnt know anything about it..
oooh not that type of Emergency.
More like aaaaargh I'm going abroad in a week and I need money. The tax man has stolen 60% of my pay packet.
half right :P
gosh, a week? that came around fast!
woooooah thats looooads
what is wrong with these posts....it goes weird everytime i quote something...
you're writing inside a quote tag. anything you write has to be outside a /blockquote tag
Oh.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79843
this will make lou and lukeh very unhappy
there ya go
Hence the yelling.... I do pay tax honest..... I have no idea why they've taken it all. Surely even if I owed it (which I don't) they're supposed to take it in installments.
Uh oh.
i forsee miss alison spending a day on the phone
dog won't stop barking...aaaahhh shut up, dog!
Except I'm leaving for work in 15 minutes. I'm on hold at the moment.....
Williams was one of the best teams... five years ago. Not now.
woah. Giggles really did fix the weather. It is now raining biblically and the temperature has dropped about 15 degrees instantly.
from here -> Cph €216
from here -> Stansted €158
(from here -> Brussels €332)
It depends how much it will cost me to get to Spa
This will make Lou happy:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/the-second-driver-at-mclaren/
will they ever return to form...:S
Not with Cosworths, they won't.
wheres heikki going to go? i always forget about him
#sorryamy
Remember 2006, Frank?
i suspect toyota. barring that, maybe lotus.
Then it might make sense to fly to the UK and meet up with someone there... although you have to add the ferry costs...
He remembered it last year. But he seems so anti-manufacturer now since FOTA kicked him out (even if they took him back).
theres quite a crowd coming from the UK, should be quite a fun journey :D
He's Anti-FOTA and Pro-FIA. I just don't know why...
Well, he's back in FOTA with everybody else...
*nods*
Has anyone experience with price developments at ryanair. Should I book now or wait?
But he's like the 'Agent Provocateur' or something!
You should also consider Easyjet - cheap but better service...
It seems like a huge amount to me. I'd be tempted to wait but I don't really know. I think it's cheapest to be last minute if you can afford to take the risk. "Proper" airlines it's usually the reverse.
Water is poison. You have been warned
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091030/twl-wee-for-wii-water-drinking-contest-d-3fd0ae9.html
Hm they are not on sale yet, and I would have to go down to Helsinki.
I know if you look short term Ryanair prices go up so if you book 6 weeks in advance it is cheaper than three weeks in advance but I have never planned so far ahead. I certainly wouldn't book now though.
What you should do is look at prices on their site in monthly steps to see the progression and that will tell you the best time to book.
ok thanks
Basically he's telling you to adapt you Fantasy Racers Powers to airline prices ;)
I can do that :D
All I am saying is look at the same flight in November, December, January etc and find out how far ahead it costs less. If it is cheapest three months before the flight date allowing for seasonal price variations then you book three months before you fly.
Lukeh... Don't look: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79843
(Rubens says Williams is a team on the way up)
Job done!
Holly holding out on the Finn gossip. Boo Holly.
Gosh, it will be such an achievement for Heikki to take Toyotas first win ever.
What are you doing in the daily?
Gamers could be joining in a real televised sporting event from their homes early in 2010. (BBC)
"We can put you in your own car, within real TV coverage of a real race, and in real time against the professionals," said Chris Leigh, the company's head.
"When Jenson Button nails his car from the front you can go and chase after him and try and beat him to the first corner," he said.
Blimey! How are they going to do that?
Instead of watching the race next year, are we going to actually be in it?
@Mr. C.
Saw this video in my Google Reader.
Android 2.0 on a G1.
Thought maybe you would be interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ijAgr7v8Mo
jump into the daily for wave discussion.
I have trouble following these "thread" thingies :D
#MFC I have been experimenting with some Kindley things, I shall write my guest post this weekend :D
Yay!
tis okay. it's not really related to free practice, so am just dragging the conversation over here.
*waves*
When will that get old d'ya reckon?
I prefer Sines myself :D
:)
NEVER! :)
right, I shall leave you to your wave discussion and get some zzzz. I have pjs to buy tomorrow! What a big day!
With a monkey and a tractor?
if I can find some but I am thinking same brand different print sadly. The holey monkey tractor ones went to the big trash bag in the sky. Aka the big trash bin in my basement.
Adios Amy
I wonder if you will enjoy transcribing something when you know all the words.
:)
so, the question was asked in the free practice thread, what the point of google wave is an why are we excited about it?
in short, and without getting geeky, you can think of it as a mash up between MSN messenger and email. is has the ability to replace both, if it takes off.
we're excited about it, because it can integrate with live commenting. meaning you could potentially follow a discussion thread in your inbox, and reply from there. or from a mobile phone, or wherever.
it's an open(ish) standard for real-time communication and it's proper instant stuff. not the 20 second delayed doohickey we currently have. you can also do crazy stuff like only follow the commenters you're interested in (uber filter), or only follow daily threads but not live threads etc (uber lclt).
still loads of work, but the off-season starts on monday so there's plenty of time to look into it.
any questions?
:)
How much cooler can SPC really get when it is already so superawesomecool?
Yes. Where's my invite? :D
i think the real question is... will any of us get anything productive done again?
When fourstar invited Mr and Mrs C it took 4 days to wend its way across. Seemed to be about the same when I got my invite from somebody else.
Productivity scmuductivity
Ha. You got gmail spam filtered! Good thing I checked it...
invites take several days to get out anyway.
At the moment you can only join in with an invite.
So in the future will it be more difficult for new commenters to join in?
nope. doohickey remains as is.
if you have a wave account, you can choose to use the additional functionality, but you don't have to.
I think we're talking a long way in the future. It took a year to get the new homepage sorted.
At some point you'll be able to just join, I imagine. You'll also be able to run your own wave server, and you can make it completely separated from all other wave servers if you want.
Any excuse to put the boot in :)
meanie.
he he...
#sorrymrc
Thanks. This means I won't have to go and beg for an invite. lol.
easy. fom already track the cars via gps. that can't be sent to the xbox just like the iphone app.
i bet there will be a slight delay, and you can't affect the other cars performance, but it sounds like fun.
i'll say that all again...
FOM already track the cars via gps. that CAN be sent to the xbox just like the iphone app.
I guess Ghost cars?
that would make sense.
afternoon all,
i had to watch fp2 at my nan's house, but i sadly didn't get to watch fp1, did i miss much?
And it would be pretty cool to try and stay within a drivers car...
So you could say choose to follow Glock. And then whenever you press a certain button you are auto caught up with them. Then you have to try and stay within their position on the track etc, speed etc. And if you get too far behind press the button again.
Nope
has this been discussed:
“MotorLand Aragon is the ideal motorsports complex for US F1’s European operation,” said Peter Windsor, executive vice president and sporting director for US F1 Team.
all these new teams are working next to tracks. i wonder how long before red bull have to move out of a factory in an industrial estate in order to keep up?
more: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/usf1-announces-european-base/
yay :) everyone had a good day?
now would be amazing.
i'm not sure it's important to be in realtime though? i'd rather watch the race, then have a go.
Yup
I would just press and hold that button :)
yay :)
did anyone get Ant to say sidepodcast?
So would RG ;)
Me too. But it would be cool to be able, during the race to replay the race from whatever camera angle position of your choice. Even impossible camera angles.
You wouldn't be able to simulate say what caused Massas crash because the debris wouldn't have been there.
But you would be able to work out what happened between Trulli and Sutil.
You could press the Alonso's eye view but you'd be looking at Mylander ;)
hmm, gps wouldn't tell you that though. maybe the cars will have an accelerometer too?
i tweeted, but they didn't read many tweets out.
comment fail. was in reply to this:
:( i did text them.. we should try again for fp3. did they say anything about Ant next year?
I figured. would be necessary
That's just hotmail snobbery!
Oooh that reminded me - Fox use GPS in their NASCAR coverage to have a 3D view of an accident. Works very well!
Christine I may need to be
bulliedencouraged I want to start a new blog but thats all I've got so far :)Does Anyone know where I can get Ubuntu Netbook remix as a persistent USB drive install? I have only found versions that are 'read only'...
croftie said "we'll still be here, won't we holly?"
read into that what you will.
Oooh, that sounds like a job for me!
A personal blog or a blog on a topic?
Ant has been saying for ages he has a good chance of an F1 drive... I wonder who it is with?
oh.
I'm thinking personal.
see... i don't want him to leave Brawn now.. seeing as he's their test driver and Rubens may be leaving Brawn (don't tell Lukeh that i admitted he may leave) It will just be Jenson.. unless Wurz takes the job as test driver from Ant, then i'll be happy :)
Wonderful! Any thoughts on names? Song lyrics you like? Any cool phrases or catchphrases stick in your mind?
Afternoon. Been 'out'.
That Kobayashi fella is annoying
Nope no thoughts yet just got the idea that I want one ;)
What's your first post going to be about?
hehe. i think he's ace.
So you like him, but would rather not see him race in F1?
I don't understand what you mean. But you can download the remix from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook
It's the new release, I had some troubles with it.
Well considering my F1 Loonie blog is pretty random in its nature I assume this one will be as well.
I can't wait. Get on with it, please. :)
i like him.... but i like his commentary more... from the race track we wont here him much :(
willbuxton: #F1 Just seen Trulli walking to drivers' briefing clutching a laptop and a bunch of photos. Seconds out... Round 3. Ding Ding!
haha
Better to F1 as a whole if he was in the commentary box.
The version I have is 'read only' - so when I shut down the netbook, it resets all changes. A persistent version (like this example) will allow you to operate fully and save all changes - so you can operate like normal ;)
omg is he still going on about that??! what does he want to happen about it?
Hehe I am, just looking for name ideas ;)
which led me to this, I think amy will like this http://weheartit.com/entry/897544
He's Italian. They are good at holding grudges ;)
I know what a persistent usb drive is. I just thought it had to do with the way you make the usb rather than what sort of installation file you have. Sorry, can't help with that :(
The instructions to make a persistent USB are a wee bit complicated. Here is a tutorial that should work for any Ubuntu or Debian based Linux.
http://cafelinux.org/OzOs/content/persistent-ozos-usb-stick
PS OZOS is very beautiful but a little buggy as Linux distro.
Well I tried from an iso using UNetbootin, but it's read-only :(
That is correct it will be read only.
*whispers* have you tried using usb-creater(-gtk) while you were running unr/mint?
Shame. I could just use Mint, but I wanted to try out one designed for a Netbook...
Thanks, I'll try that out...
*whispers* No I haven't, because I don't know how ;)
Do you want me to explain?
Yes please!
I do not use Ubuntu myself but I wondered about that.
are you available on skype at the moment? I don't want to spam even more ;)
Sadly no. I am logged in but thats at home and I am on a train :(
i think he needs a hug.
please carry on. tag comments #forgavin is you're worried and people can filter.
i think you may need a linux blog tho!
I think he needs a dartboard, a set of darts and a picture of Sutil
OK. Do you have two usbs available? one from which you can run unr and the other one to install it on?
Do you think i should just turn up in Bahrain next year by the paddock and try and get myself a pass as official F1 Hugger? it may work.. i could spend some time with Mr Bellanca during the times where i'm not needed.... :D
sorry read that too late
I think Nick would disagree :) Poor boy.
More Doctor Who news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8334298.stm
This is my new favourite phrase: "I was a bit of a puddle."
Does anyone have a link to the David Coulthard column from the other day where he reviews the Abu Dhabi Circuit?
Yes I do :)
I love this :)
Gavin, did you ever figure out the openvpn thing? I was unfortunately detained by "work". I figured later that Mint probably uses a different packaging system.
current ideas for blog names, i may choose something different altogether but considering this is all i've got right now...
notlookingback.wordpress.com
sinflydelicios.wordpress.comtaken sadlysomedayimayunderstand.wordpress.com
It's gotta be in the genes. I'm 3 generations removed from Italy, and I used to be VERY good at holding grudges :)
trullipuncheslikeagirl.wordpress.com
No I never did :(
First of all mount the partition the iso file is on. You can see all you partitions in the right hand panel. Click the one you want. It will ask for authorisation and you should be able to just click ok.
Then check under system -> administration if you have something called usb startup disk creator.
if not open a terminal (under assessories) and type sudo apt-get install usb-creator. You should have it now.
If your usb drive is empty just open that app and choose your iso from the drop down and your other usb drive from the other dropdown and click make startup disk.
If it isn't use gparted (system -> administration -> gparted to format the usb drive to fat32. You can choose the drive in a little dropdown menu in the top right corner)
You should unplug the usb and plug it back in before creating the startup disk as explained above.
#forgavin
If yes
:lol:
too F1 related, this is going to be a personal blog ;)
Oh no
Ahh, ok.
Hm I think everthing is there if a bit condensed, the if yes is too much. #forgavin
Cheers Kathi, will try it later :D
Kathi, are you using mint, or ubuntu? Gavin was trying to install openvpn earlier, but I don't use either currently so not sure what their package/install system is like (I'm assuming apt)
Hi again - missed both sessions unfortunately. Did anything exciting happen?
**** now I missed the FR deadline.
this can only ever be a good thing
I hope this doesn't cost you the championship
ubuntu.
yeah although it would probably be more useful for him if he uses synaptic or mint's equivalent?
I don't think that is mathematically possible. I just wanted to change two drivers. But it's ok. I think ...
Probably, I guess, I wasn't quite sure what to tell him to look for :) I use gentoo and that's completely a whole other ball o' wax.
I realised we use a lot of hash tags, and someone new might not understand them all of them. So i've created a wiki page for them :) http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Hash+Tags
back to blog names ;)
Just remember Mint is repackaged Ubuntu. As I do not use Ubuntu I am not that familiar but I think Gavin was wanting a persistent Ubuntu Remix (the netbook flavour which looks very different to normal Ubuntu). If memory serves me correctly there is an ICON for creating a USB in the remix and I think you might be able to create a persistent USB with it but do not hold me to this.
I think if you had no drivers you would probably still win
I like this guy.
(Well.... ;))
Great idea
Number 1...
#sorryamy
The apt get is actually a Debian innovation from which Ubuntu inherited it and passed it on to Mint and CrunchBang (which incidentally is very good for netbooks).
yep by 156 points if brainstorm has the top 9 + pole + fastest lap
I have an affinity with Jenson. *hides from Lou*
We use apt at work... to automatically distribute and install packages in the RPM format... generally on Solaris boxes, although we might start using Linux more (which I hope will happen)
Reet, training time,. See yas in two hours.
see ya mr g
:P tis alright. i'm too busy thinking up ways i can get mr c back for his comment in the FP2 thread about sending both Jenson and Rubens to Williams.. (yes i do read back through the comments :P)
;)
have fun!
I knew there were other flavours using - I should look up. I have never used Solaris.
I am constrained by a policy to use the KDE desktop. This is because of a product/project called Marble see http://edu.kde.org/marble/ basically an open source Google Earth but has miles to get there.
hehe added. please add more :) http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Hash+Tags
It's not the standard solaris way, I don't think. they didn't like the standard solaris packaging system and had to build our own.
Hello everyone. I love being paid every 4 weeks because you get used to living on 1/13th of your salary each month and then, once a year, you get paid twice in one month. It's like they've been saving up for you & you get a bonus :lol:
So who does Mr C want to drive for Brawn?
:D
Woop.
Am going Karting tonight! Should be alot of fun, it's an endurance race with 4 people in each team! Exciteeeed!!!
ahem
caalm
sounds great! take photos for us! :P
:)
We've got people taking photos and we've got a video camera too!! Should be good!!
cool!! :)
ehehehe Shov looks so unhappy in this photo.. hehe
even more so in this photo :) aww Shov is funny :)
ah.
lewis.
And who drives for Macca then?
I wrote an Abu Dhabi preview the other day and never got around to finishing it. It might be too late to have a preview but I didn't want to waste the effort of writing it.
Anyway, here it is: Abu Dhabi Preview - Making Up The Number
kimi and kovi.
You're just trying to make Amy asplode ;)
Interesting and then who drives for Toyota and the other Renault seat?
glock is in the other renault seat. so kobayashi and davidson.
Commented ;)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
c'mon, you'd love to see what he can outside of his comfort zone, right?
(response from blog) Ah, good comment. I have no idea what the fuel consumption figures will be - so if anyone knows any, that would be much appreciated ;)
You obviously do not think much of Jarno, Nick, or Adrian
usually they're in the williams preview quotes. one sec.
hehe :)
no, yes, no.
nick, i'd put in place of sutil.
Can someone please explain to me why I cannot buy an iTunes gift certificate for someone in NZ? GRRR!!!
so you'll keep amy happy and upset me :(
Which driver from 2009 is least likely to get a seat in 2010?
nakajima
Nakajima.
Grosjean.
*hides*
at this moment in time mr c... you aren't my favourite person :(
;)
for gavin:
To complete a normalised distance of 5km around the Yas Marina circuit requires 2.43kg of fuel against an average of 2.42kg per 5km across all circuits this season, ranking the circuit as being averagely demanding in terms of fuel consumption.
will comment on your blog in a second.
well Fisichella, but he doesn't count
You sir are a legend!
Poor Kaz - I fear you are right though.
What about seconds per km? do you have that too?
it's not like i researched it, i just copied and pasted.
I think he has essentially retired other than test duties, although Ferrari did not rule out him driving for another team.
sorry, all it says in seconds is:
The pitlane length and profile contribute to the determination of the optimum fuel strategy. The pitlane loss at Abu Dhabi is approximately 18.5 seconds, which is the 10th most penalising pitlane in the Championship.
Still a big help though!
i thought i made you happy by keeping team button/barichello together?
piquet? or do you mean still with a seat?
if so, then i'd ditch buemi.
but the button/barichello team needs to be at brawn.. Jenson can't leave Mr Brawn and his awesome team of people.. if Rubens has to go then i wont be happy... but id rather that then brawn loose them both (don't tell Lukeh..)
#confidential
patrick head is quite awesome too. he just didn't get to buy a team for £1 and then blag £100k in support to boot. williams also started with the triple diffuser remember.
Brawn want Jenson it is just that they cannot afford to pay him unless Mercedes comes in with a big pot of money. Rubens is fed up with waiting knowing Nico is coming so he is off to Williams.
One think that is surprising for next year is how many teams could have both drivers new or virtually new. e.g. Williams, Toyota and Renault.
yeah... but Williams were never honda.. remember i loved them as honda too :P Ross Brawn and whoever else helped out with the buyout are my saviours when it comes to f1.. it would have been very tough times for me (and loads and loads of honda/jenson/rubens fans) this year if the team hadn't got through.. i know patrick head is awesome too.. but he didn't save the team :P plus i can accept Jenson may move one day, but going back to Williams?.. i'm not sure he would..
The grid needs it, the drivers have gotten comfy in their seats. Time for change!
no me neither. but clearly lewis isn't going anywhere either (although i reckon he'll follow mercedes to brawn in two years).
i'm not good with change... has anyone noticed? hehe :P
agreed.
I do not think Jenson is off to Williams but I think he is wishing Macca will come up with a good package and I am absolutely sure he is in discussion with Toyota.
see... even if Jenson moves from Brawn, i wouldn't be happy with Lewis going to Brawn... and i can't put my finger on why..
would you have been happy though if Jenson had got a seat somewhere else?
yes.. and no. i'd be sad about honda, but really pleased he was still in f1, otherwise it would be very odd for me to watch f1 with no one to support! :P
I feel the same and I really am unhappy about Nico joining Brawn.
Jenson in discussion with toyota? really??
what will you do when he retires? :P
i refuse to think about it :)
No one except me has said it, but knowing how corporates work it is a fairly obvious conclusion.
but why would he... i mean... of all the teams? toyota aren't exactly known for their success... and he has a title to defend... you could be right, but it doesn't make any sense to me :)
The Toyota is probably not a bad car it could actually be better than say Williams or Renault. Toyota want a win and also having the number1 on their car would put a smile on the face of the big cheese. Jenson does like money and Brawn cannot repeat this year's success unless Mercedes really starts investing through its partners - its under resourced. When (rather than if) Brawn becomes Mercedes they will almost for sure draft in Vettel.
Jenson seems to actually want a 10 million pound deal which Brawn cannot afford. If they lost Jenson and Rubens goes to Williams there are still other drivers they could get that would be much cheaper and dare say near as fast (e.g. Nick or Kovy as I believe Timo is going to Renault).
okay... i'm going to agree to disagree, because ultimately i don't think Jenson wants to leave Brawn, from interviews and from how he talks about the team back in the winter i think he's really attached to the team.. i'm probably wrong but i can't see him wanting to go to Toyota rather than staying put at Brawn. I also think Vettel is destined for Ferrari not a Mercedes team, but i suppose time will tell :)
I have decided Diggnation is not to be trusted. They said it was irrational to worry about space rocks. Are they insane? Tell the dinosaurs they were irrational to worry about them.
Good evening everyone
What has been reported is Brawn will go to 8 Million pounds for Jenson's services. If Jenson was that keen to stay he would have signed by now. It is Jenson's decision more than Brawn's decision.
*nothing to see here*
Hmm? Wassup?
nothing. how are you?
I'm alright, albeit now confused ;)
don't look at batracer either....
question for rich, have removed woopra from homepage/doohickey has it made any difference?
They're usually drunk when they do that show :D
This evening it seems to be quite fast, but my downloads are really slow - I am still trying to get Gentoo downloaded.
no worries. pls keep us posted if things get better or worse.
Ah poo.
Sorry... I should've added more context to the post butt I'm sure you know what it relates to. :(
hey :)
:)
you forgot fantasy racers?
Totally!
ah no! me too! and i was actually at home..
interesting line from james allen, on he subject of team launches:
"What do you think? Should they leave it as it is with teams launching cars alone or should they do a single launch event? Let me have your comments and I will forward them to FOTA."
he'll be running questionnaires and polls for them next.
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/10/usf1-confirms-european-base-in-spain/
we know what you're up to with that Linux stuff :P
you'll need a credit card issued in NZ
Evening everyone. Hope you've had a good day!
:)
alex! i was driving home and remembered i meant to reply to your google music comment this morning and tell you that you're wrong.
Hey Giggles! :) my day has been alright, how has yours been?
I was just thinking about thank goodness it is the weekend, and I was wondering about what I would do with all of the free time I have.
But at least one part is certain from 10 am I will be taking part in the 2 hour parade lap extraviganza!
oooh good. Please tell me!
:)
I was a mess when Senna died. I tried to like Kimi, I really tried...
i gotta find it, one sec.
Day has been okay but I arrived at workat 7am and i've just left. So not much "day" has been experienced!
Evnin all. Has a boxing ring been set up yet in Yas?
do you know, and I genuinely mean this, my favourite thing is smart people telling me that I am wrong.
Gets ready for rethinking.
I am so there! I wonder if I can resist eating all my Skittles before then
I'm ten-pinning all my hopes on you being able to resist ;)
why? amazon has a similar, maybe better service and i haven't used that since itunes dropped DRM.
two points here:
1) when itunes was released, it killed all other online music retailers very, very quickly. there are a couple of reasons for this but mainly because back then browser experience was flaky, inconsistent and generally sucky while itunes wasn't. there were many competitors and they all failed despite them having millions poured into the concepts.
2) amazon already does what you're suggesting apple should be doing, and what good does it do them?
SPC tagline? Where smart people tell you that you're wrong?
It makes this place rather unique in that we can call what happens a discussion rather than having to find another name for it.
#gamboling
Good evening!
ten pin (gam)bowling?
didn't iTunes just change to HTML in the background with version 9?
I didnt see one... Jaykay was "singing" but i left after 30 mins ... feet dead
sort of, and they're working towards it. but it just wouldn't have worked when it was released back in 2001. the web wasn't ready and i'm not convinced it is now.
is what I've just said even relevent? I thought I might know a fact so I just kinda threw it out there...
how is romain?
hi, btw.
hey Nick :) having a nice time?
yes. and apple must be considering the kind of thing alex is suggesting they should already be doing. but it's barely possible with safari 4 and impossible for anyone still using ie6.
#sidepodspace the Ares I-X breaking the sound barrier:
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/30/ares-boomboom-huge.jpg
e ize pos-e-teve.
Paddock club is amazing, but you dont get unlimited access to the paddock (trades description?) anyway the roof was unreal, sat up there for all of P2 drinking glass after glass of mumms champagne as the sun went down...
Brilliant day! :D
yay. and tomorrow?
:D
You can see nearly all the track up there... 75-80%
brilliant sound down the start straight too... it sounded amazing
I have tried BigPond Music in Australia when they offered mp3 and sold me $100 credit at half price. The songs had to be downloaded one at a time and they had to be manually dragged to iTunes. To be fair, I think it worked better on Windows. It just wasn't worth the hassle.
Isn't DoubleTwist going to help Amazon?
i am so jealous.
hehe, nothing. small chance of getting somthing n sunday, but Im not all that bothered after today...
Renault give you loads of free stuff in a goddy bag too! :D
♥ renault.
tell us (me) about romain.
went for a walk down the pitlane too... That was great!
he needs a haircut? Oh, you were talking to Nick :)
wow! you are so lucky! seeing as your so lucky can you get me a season pass for next year?... no? okay :P
yup. but will it sync with your media player properly? another thing google can't do right now, unless presumably your media player runs android.
I guessyou know he has had a haircut...
i was going to get him to sign something for sidepodcast, but he was leaving the room by the time i had found a pen whcih would sign my renault vip pass... I got a photo too. He was a really genuinly nice guy. no ego, willing to answer silly questions from the compare guy... it was great
He also wears the standard issiue f1 drivers shorts...
actually, i found out from your drop.io pics!
hehe... breaking news...
(james allen where are you now)
I'm starting to like the kid!
I didn't notice that live
but what about all the Palm Pre they have sold. Imagine if Palm does a deal with DVD Jon? *Starts quaking in boots :P
most of my pics are on my camra, but i took a few on my phone when the cam ran out of battery.
i will try and upload a few...
And the big picture is all about the I-X: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/launch_of_the_ares_ix.html
I don't like getting up early but I'm loving it today because I'm 11 hours ahead of SPC and i've had time to make more than one or two random comments. Yay for GMT+11!!!
I think one of the greatest mysteries in life is why does Jenson sound SO different on the radio when he's in the car?
but must get ready for work now. Buzz Killington...
I am upping a vid now of the practice starts...
might disappear for a bit as my hosts have returned
because he isn't crying or singing? :D
sorry, I meant to imply that he does those things when he is on the radio in the car
I. Hate. Viruses.
That is all.
Actually, I should probably elaborate. For the past couple of weeks, some searches that I do with "popular" search engines get re-directed with Firefox or Internet Explorer, and seemingly no matter what anti-virus or spyware software I run, it seems never to stop. It's getting to the point where I'm close to a re-format, re-install, but I have no HDD space to perform the obligatory backup.
The other option is to go Linux!
It's amazing how it looks so small in some pics but huge in others
I need both. I don't trust Grand Prix Legends, a game which I play on a very regular basis, not to break on Tux's specialness!
oh no... please tell me Jenson isn't trying to be 'cool' here
also i <3 this pic.
aw yay there are lots of pics of ant today :)
I did not just think the word #hackintosh
It is possible to hack an OSX onto non Mac stuff but it is illegal!
Bruno Senna says he has signed a contract for 2010.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79879
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Go put yourself in the corner. Bad boy. *hits on nose with a newspaper*
I'm lucky that my boss, Steve Jobs! doesn't comment here!
I found a new photo of Mr Smedley today... :)
I think that as market leader it would have been different. Also I think that Amazon hasn't really made it as easy as I'd hoped to share links. I want my site to have my iTunes playlist on it. Not on last.fm. On my site every one of those links would have fed back to iTunes if they had done it right.
I think google has an uphill battle. But the top link for most songs on google is currently YouTube. That is actually iTunes big competitor. And I think google are worried they are going to get that taken away from them.
Nothing illegal to say it is possible. Even if you purchase the OSX it is illegal to put onto a non-apple product. I am sure it could be contested though.
Right. 9pm on Friday after a terrible day.
Bring on the wine.
and the five live f1 show?
also.. i left a comment with a link to a new pic of Rob...
Can I have some/lots?
aw! sidepodhugs all round.. since when are fridays the new thursdays!
You can. Sidepodwine for all.
willbuxton: #F1 Just seen Trulli walking to drivers’ briefing clutching a laptop and a bunch of photos. Seconds out… Round 3. Ding Ding!
haha
omg is he still going on about that??! what does he want to happen about it? {Comment #307}
I think what he wants to happen is for potential 2010 employers to think the accident wasn't his fault and therefore not hold it against him. It could possibly backfire.
Right. 9pm on Friday after a terrible day.
Bring on the wine. {Comment #522}
*Sidepodhugs*
Which driver from 2009 is least likely to get a seat in 2010?
nakajima
well Fisichella, but he doesn’t count {Comment #398}
He does in my book... ...and I wouldn't rule him out of a 2010 seat completely because his contract does allow for racing at other teams if Ferrari doesn't require him to do substitution duty at a given event.
And to answer the original question, I think Grosjean is the least likely driver to retain his seat. He's the only F1 driver who I can remember off the top of my head who has become worse with each passing race since his debut.
ehehe Ant says that being in Yas feels like you are inside an ipod lol
oh no. i forgot!
tuning in now.
i did try remind christine...
What time is it in Yas atm? it must be kinda late for them.. might explain why they sound a little tired..
Apologies. I don't normally listen.
am betting it's recorded, isn't it?
sounds edited.
i would agree with that.
i think the danger man is spotify. you?
i assumed that because Croftie and Ant were talking to Chappers it was live.. but that was probably recorded too.. i'll get my brain in gear soon..
ahhh :) okay. :)
ah... and my phone is ringing... i'll have to catch the rest as a podcast :(
holly is recorded. croftie could be live.
Howdy Sidepodcasters. Good evening!
hey adie. just listening to jenson on 5live. he's sounded very relaxed now.
Argh...I'm missing it.
Thanks for the heads up, I can catch the end of it.
Are you good?
all is good, ta.
the brawn teams nailed james corden's shoes to the wall...
he thinks qually is better than the race. i like this guy.
*is still on the phone* what??
and superglued his jeans to the ceiling...
seee you've got to love this team!!!
hehe.
That's brilliant - I love banter like that.
Not always great to be on the end of, but you need to take it with a smile...
ahh, it was recorded earlier.
cheers for the heads up, lou.
ooooook....
and that is awesome, I loved listening to that :)
:P (seee :P they are awesome!! Patrick Head and his team don't do that :P ) ;)
;)
Can I just say how bloody please I am for Bruno Senna that he's got a deal for next year in his pocket.!
*pleased. Stoopid fat fingers.
:(
aww #sorrylukeh
who is he?
aww lukeh. don't tell lou, but i prefer williams. for the following reasons:
- frank w
- claire w
- best contemporary f1 livery
- their factory is much better than honda/brawns
gotta fix that...
- frank w
- claire w
- best contemporary f1 livery
- their factory is much better than honda/brawns
I of course have lots and lots of respect for Williams and Frank Williams and everything, but as a modern F1 team... well, judging on how they've been over the past few years and the fact they will have flippin' Cosworths, it all adds to the pessimism of Rubens in 2010 :(
Least he'll have a drive though which pleases me lots. Just feels like a nothing move though. Sure he's coming the end of his career life but Rubens still has plenty to offer...
...plus I dislike their livery #sorrymrc
I have a brawn livery anecdote... remind me to tell it...
Although it would be awesome if they went for their 2009 testing livery in 2010. That is one good looking car.
On CNN World Sport there was a long interview with Bernie. He was in a good mood and talked about Abu Dabhi, the British GP and all the scandals.
Best quote from the interview:
Now that there is a new president of the FIA, people will start to miss Max!!
I do not like the livery either - its boring. Lukeh which team do you think has the best livery?
it did strike me as odd they are sponsored by green flag and don't have a green flag....
The colours are pretty un distingtive too...
Well we have Albert.
(Had in three days time)
Brawn, ignoring the obvious bias. I think it's a utterly fantastic livery because it stands out and I just love the colours anyways.
don't you have a post you can plug?
probably. I'm not a good blugger.
I noticed that particularly on wet tracks the Brawn really stands out - it makes beautiful photos and video images. No question it is the most distinctive colour choice for many years. Not my favourite livery but very striking.
Do the hard work for ya
http://toata.blogspot.com/2009/08/30-looking-part-top-5-f1-liveries.html
rich... all the info you could possibly need:
http://toata.blogspot.com/2009/08/30-looking-part-top-5-f1-liveries.html
:)
Well thats just impressive ;)
Williams this year were a lot better than Honda last year so you should be more optimistic then you were then
oh man, we need some positivity this weekend...
You ain't going to love my voicemail on Sunday then
It's the off-season soon! w00t!
Oh wait. That's just us.
I'm quite looking forward to the off season actually, Mr C has half converted me!
OT: But is anyone watching Rude Tube on channel 4?
Some cracking clips - one of my favourites of 2009 so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo
Cracking!!
we always love your voicemails rg.
as in, possibly very depressing
I may leave you one again, just without the spent excitement and after much less celebratory wine....
tis okay. think it as therapy.
we'll share your pain.
wine is good too, although how did you remember the number?
RG you should writing a blog post on BMW's good times to cheer yourself up, and include an amusing comparison of ned flanders and mario theissen. It always makes me giggle at least
Aww I'll miss Ned...
Up to a point. I do have editorial say and I ain't encouraging anyone to slit their wrists or nothin'.
Do it after the weekend. Good idea, cheers.
I think I did it via Skype - in which case I clicked on sidepodcast and the magic of the internets did the rest.
I am a bit sad that after 12 years of following Button the only way I could cope with watching him win the WDC was by getting trollied and causing havoc in the kitchen as my Mum (who I'd invited over for dinner) had to finish cooking tea off as I was a bumbling mess!
you can prefer williams... but i prefer brawn :P
That's what mums are for.
As I posted aaaaaaaages ago, they really are the same person though
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/flaniesse-jpg-2
good bless dr ned, I mean theissen
Hello hello
:) She understood, my Dad however, only helped by refilling my glass.
Thankfully I Sky+'sd the race so have watched it again, many times.
completely missed this earlier:
The latest whispers about sponsorship in Formula 1 suggest that Exxon Mobil is going to switch its Mobil sponsorship from McLaren to Brawn in 2010, as part of the Mercedes-Benz-ifaction of the World Championship winning team.
if true, it just gets worse for mclaren.
more: http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21968.html
evening pat.
Now we understand why they are unwilling to pay Kimi many, many millions for next year.
ahhh, interesting.
its not the off season yet :(
That's why I said soon.
I have white chocolate mice. Well... not many now...
Exactly. Lots of time for off-season talk. Right now we have a race weekend.
I challenge you to find something interesting to talk about after today's sessions.
well... a weekend at least.
I am watching them now.
the building changes colour from the front to the back...
woah
I think Kimi's being a bit unrealistic in his pay demands, there is still a credit crunch going on after all.
Plus, he's still going into 2010 with a fat wedge of Ferrari cash in his back pocket. He needs to be realistic in his demands methinks.
oh... i'll be getting new glasses then... :(
mmm, purple at the front and scarlet at the rear.
also, there's a bridge that appears fit to walk on. i just can't fathom it out.
except in abu dhabi.
What, no gaffa tape??
Beat that Green Valencia Building
no woodworm, no dry rot. it's hardly what f1 is about, is it?
The hotel bridge? Looks fine to me.
somewhat yes. although tomorrow it might BE a green building.
although Green Valencia Building does make a good point, it is green, an building, and in valencia... whereas Big Hotel Over the Track seems undecided about what colour it wants to wear...
Cor. It's almost like they had some money to spend or something.
I think that Kimi has an offer to go to the WRC with the Petter Solberg team.
He only wants to stay in F1 when he can get a very big contract. Small contract with bonuses: not of interest for him.
Oh yeah. This is an issue that needs to be tackled on Question Time
hotel, hotel, hotel, hotel chameleon.
red, purple, and greeeeeen (maybe).
Surely he'd only go to WRC with a manufacturer team.
the Valencian Green Building is awesome! its more awesome in real life
How did Nick get on?
It is rather awesome. I think I prefer Valencian Green Building over this large multicoloured imposter.
Don't think so.
Too much pressure for him to deliver and too much of a risk for the manufacturer.
5th in fp1 ;)
:P
:-)
Evening all.
howdy there.
Alison *nods*
hi :)
Hi
I've had a very bad day? Is it still Thursday?
you and christine. wassup?
Christine and myself have suffered a similar fate today. Tis odd.
Thursday V2.
That makes three of us! I really think it is.
I've been to Tynemouth and hated every second I was in there.
Thank god we were only passing through.
The tax man has run off with the majority of my pay for no reason that I can think of....
I've also had a very bad fight with my bf. And spent most of the day at work. Bad times.
evening all
Had a similar feeling about coventry once
Ironically work themselves has run off with the majority of my pay. What is going on today?
Hi.
awww no :( sidepodhugs and wine all round
ooh not good..
We're in the same club.
You must use a fuel card for your business and personal mileage they said.
You'll just c*** it up at the end of the month I said.
1 month later, and £200 down it turns out I was right. Not amused.
wishing I'd bought the bottle of red now..
In good news, there are literally a million pictures worthy of Big Pic today. We are struggling to pick one!
this photo of Ant may make some people smile... i wonder what he was saying...
with a fuel card they get a statement every month.. there's not much to mess up with that..
Opera singing!
pick one by Lorenzo if there is one :P
of course i'm slightly biased...
Hehehe I do have wine. I'm not allowed to have too much though. Early morning. Plus I can't afford it :P
Yup, I know.
I dilligently log personal and business miles, often daily but my company (who will remain nameless) are brilliant at ballsing things like this up.
I'll sort it, I could just do without the aggro of getting it done. Plus it'll be a month before any correction is reflected in my pay. Just a pain really!
I bought beer because I was in a beer mood. Now I want wine.
I've only had one of them.
Morning people, I missed FP how was the new track?
Always annoying... luckily my company is pretty good at the few miles I do..
Amy, AKA "Pineapple" came home with 15 bottles of beer she picked up in Tescos for a fiver. Result!
I am watching FP1 now. The track is very impressive, but the session is really boring.
I guess you are watching on iplayer?
I like the attention to detail. The design of the bridges and overhead ads with the bigger surrounds, the runoff not just being acres of tarmac but a defined area, the fact it seems to be somewhere as opposed to Bahrain which is nowhere.
I don't like that the second half (or more) is so Mickey Mouse, or that the run to the first hairpin has that silly little bit in front of it to prevent cars going in too deep..
Could be another Valencia.
No I recorded it.
Good stuff, or Fosters?
Good job I just watched the highlights then :)
the dust says yes. but there's only so much that can be done.
I can't believe this is the first round of GP2 Asia. I haven't finished the previous season from March yet.
Phew. JTV has some replays.yay
Wow, there is some much run off area.
I can't find the link, but I referred to a DC column earlier in the week where he said there was only one passing place and the dust would mean that it would be difficult.
But hey, they wanted Monaco, so...
This is true..
He has a column in Autosport.
To be fair they have done a good job of clearing the dust
How long is that straight - about 6 miles?
WEEEEEEEEEEE ARE THE CHAMMPIONS - MY FRIEEENDS!!!
AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING TILL THE END
WEEEE ARE THE CHAAAMPIONS, WEEE ARE THE CHAMMMPIONS
NOOOO TIME FOR LOOOOSERS BECAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!
(dun dun dun)
OF THE WWWWOOOOOORLD!!
*ahem*
the trouble is lack of rubber and you can't force drivers to pick new lines in the braking zone.
good karting?
Jenson singing just made me think of Alonso.....
Jon!
One of our teams won :D :D :D
I am SUCH a proud chairman right now. My guys did good
1200 metres, according to wednesday's quiz night
woah
hehehe :D did you have fun? are you champion? hehe :)
:D yay!
Well done Mr Brawn
Quick question - which McLaren driver has the red camera bar thing?
Lewis IIRC
Lewis - Heiiki has yellow
Thank yous :)
No idea. I usually go with the helmet, if it's not yellow, it's not lewis.
I really should learn which ones though. next year, maybe.
Lewis :)
That was honestly the most fun I've had in a long time. I had a tear in my eye as we crossed the line. We only started the society a month ago and so to go from that to rushing around trying to organise teams into this event, and then to win...
I feel like Ross Brawn! So proud of everyone that made it happen. I want to thank my mum and da...oh wait ;)
My thoughts exactly :)
The driver with the lowest number has the... err... which one..
:D
awww you're like Brawn in Australia!!! aww!! yay!! are you called Jon GP?
:D hehe
As long as you don't feel like EJ and claim you invented karting :)
I have more ben and jerries. I'm gonna get so fat. I can't be single and fat. That's bad times.
yes. yes you can
congrats!
Did you have the most experienced driver, and one who always wanted to be world champ?
Can I ask a favour please?
Can someone log onto the homepage of my blog and let me know what colours the post titles are please?
I'm having a play, and they shouldn't be black...
Fankoo.
We had some pretty awesome guys, including a guy who works at a kart track, and someone who cant tell hte diference between a belgian and german flag!! silly boy. but he got a lap on the field over 20 minutes, and it was a tough field!
Wow, that's some driving.
I'm off for a track day on Monday :-)
They are black
wooo! thats coool
Black
Should be - we have a new (for us) sport sedan with 170kw. Yikes!
Ah balls. I thought I'd cracked that one, must have been the wrong colour code. Wonder what one I changed then :S
Thanks Pat.
Sorted now. Thanks for sanity checking.
Redder :)
Much!
Perfect :) Thanks
I toyed with red and blue....think the blue clashed too much and didn't stand out so well....
Red goes with your logo.
nice choice for the f1 big picture christine :D
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/jubilant-jenson-back-in-action/
am confused by the date on the post though?..
That's a great picture
wow, they pick sponsers that don't go with the car.
she's trying to mess with your mind ;)
Despite having FP on for the last 2hrs, this pic is the first time I've been able to read the sponsor's name on the rear wing.
I like it, along with the Brazil front wing...
i'm easily confused...
Maybe its a picture, from the future [scary music]
Oh. Wow. Not sure what's going on there.
They do. That plain white car will remain a classic
Ah, apparently, Mr C left F1 Minute on BST.
i got excited that live commenting worked, i forgot we had x2 sites.
can someone remind me new years eve too pls?
Fixed now, although apologies, that breaks the link:
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/30/jubilant-jenson-back-in-action/
:D silly time zones are so confusing.
hehe if i'm around i'll try :P
Does it not do years by itself?
I'm getting broken links when I open a thread link in Doohickey. 500 Internal Server Error.
Back now.
Right... laying in bed... heads still spining...
What did the comentators make of the track... did you see me on tv, and did you notice renaults new sponsor?
were you the twelve year old, with a red shirt?
which link sir?
ahh, dodgy mediatemple?
Hello :)
How did you get your ticket? I'm so happy for you :D
Evening!
Track looks good, very professional, but the sessions weren't great. I didn't see you or the new sponsor.
Yes, my last comment took 2 attempts to send.
Here's another one: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/30/rosberg-raring-to-go/
Told you we couldn't just pick one Big Picture today. We're doing a thing. Stay tuned.
noooo
Ooo, a thing!
Sounds exciting....
in that case, i'm not sure i saw you. can't believe you didn't qik anything.
;)
Nice photo but that pitlane exit looks horrendous.
:lol: thanks!
I think I shall save the story of the tickets for a blog post ;) a little anoying, but or will add to the account :D
I think you're a bit too excited for sentences perhaps? I shalln't ask again :P
you will have to teach me how you did it...
it was tricky... WiFi indoors only and I almost missed bff as I was watching gp2 guys from on the balcony
Jon, I'm using v3 ;)
I got an or instead of an it!
I am using my phone on cusp of WiFi range, have to keep it elevated!
And... :P
Number 3 - http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/30/something-borrowed-something-blue/
WOW!
Coool! oh wait thats the one that makes me sound like im crying lol
Hehe it was 90% despiration if that helps? ;)
Excuses excuses.... You're lying down waving your arm in the air? Must be a right picture....
I like it.
Which bridge was that taken from I wonder.
i loves the title!
that's cool... through the hotel access bridge?
that's just showing off!
no curtains either!
Oi! No peaking!
:D
hello hello
hey!
God isn't it sweltering with the sun baking in all day??
Forgive me for daily post being late. We're having way too much fun with photos.
Eyes are getting heavy... gonna have a quick go at a sleep...
See you in 10 mins/hours
are you at the GP?!!?
heheh tis fine :) photos are awesome :)
Hi Guille, bye Nick.
It can't possibly be midnight already.
Rember the days when it was posted at 8am in the morning, or later?
not that the daily post isn't normally awesome...
...ah i've done it again :( should i find a photo of Rob or a panda?
Night Nick :)
lou we love you.
no, it isn't until the new daily gets posted...
I remember the days when I trusted Mr C to do it as well :)
bye sir. thank you for bringing positive vibes.
Hehehe. Pandas outweigh Rob for future reference, but neither are needed right now. I haz wine, I haz photos. Life is good.
Oh blimey...is it 00:10 ALREADY??!
Blimey, where does the time go?
aw see now i forgive you for earlier...
night Nick! :)
yay for you having a better evening than day :)
Mr Kimi: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/kimis-final-ferrari-fling/
we fixed friday. go spc comments.
new spc heading? - 'we fixed friday' :D
And a Beamer as well: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/bmw-bowing-out/
are you doing one from each team?
Shhh.
Just found this picture..
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rosbergkubica-jpg
Cuuuuuuuute
My god that an ugly front wing
no new daily post?
(i'm guessing i'll get the shush too)
err....dum de dum dum dum... nothing to see here...
Have apologised already. Will get on it asap.
Except the Archers?
Haha, Kubica still looks about 20 there!
there is no need to apologise, what with the pics and the new homepage.
...and the wine :)
which should be the new national anthem. more people know the words
there are words? who was it who suggested it as well...Billy Connolly I think, or maybe it was Bill Bailey..
Yay, I can go to bed happy now.
I have found the rogue code that stopped the thumbnails working on my homepage. About time too!
I'm loving the pics you guys have posted tonight too.
I thyink it was Billy Connolly as a ploy to make us good at sports....
yeah Billy Connolly. :)
It was Billy Connollly. He has been on about it for more than 20 years
Apparantly I have to be up early. Gah. Has nobody told the outside there is a race this weekend?
Actually, will slightly be out of focus even for quali, ie multitasking, more important thing up for stake tomorrow. But night all. lotsa love.
night RG :)
Night
Yeah, I'm off to bed too. FP3 is at 10am? See you then SPC crew.
Sleep well.
night RG
Really? I thought it was only 5 or so.. I like him but he does have a habit of recycling material..
Night. I'm not sure if I'll bother.
Night whoevers going
1st time I heard it was on An Audience with Billy Connolly, which was broadcast in the mid '80s.
night Adie
But, but it's the last one till March. You'll miss it in 4 weeks time...
I've only seen one FP3 all year. I've only been watching Friday sessions since Spa or so. I'll miss quali and race a lot..
I think all comedians do to some extent. He doesn't do any of his early stuff though. His act and audience has change so much that many of his current audience wouldn't like it and if they heard his early recordings (vinyl albums) they wouldn't understand a word of them
Peter Kay has survived the last 5 or 6 years by recycling old material.
This = me
SB, sounds good. Tis wierd hearing myself sound like i'm going to burst into tears, but if you're happy with it then go ahead!
okay time for some sleep. i'll be up for fp3 tomorrow :) night all! x
Night lou
night lou
I likes this one: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/webber-expecting-win/
night lou (and everybody else that has left...)
night
You're on fire tonight!!
We're doing a thing :)
that picture is stunning!
you don't sound like that to me :)
that nose is bigger than i thought
And the Renault: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/romain-remains-on-track/
(i have no room to talk though)
Hehehe, bless Mr Webber. I hearts silhouette pics.
thats nice
Mr C and I are having a massive argument over which one should go up last :)
both?
In the words of Highlander: there can be only one.
Get me and my film references!
you can pick one quote and you choose highlander?
baaaasano.
It was topical.....
:D
Used to be my favourite film (mainly because of the queen music)
it is a good film i guess. hardly quotable though.
Potentially, it is one more quote than I could have come up with this time last year :)
I used to remember the talky bit at the beginning, but time has taken that away (reaches for the highlander dvd)
That line is.
morning all. I seem to have forgotten how to sleep in.
Even though I went to bed at 2am after FP2, I woke up at 6.58am. On a Saturday. That's just criminal.
I've been to the castle. The market scene at the beginning is filmed in the car park!
morning amy from the night side of the world
I've just put it on. I always seem to spot people who are in other things now. McLeods brother is in Emmerdale
*too much information*
ooh you are in the past!
I am glad its not night here, its 29.5 degrees outside so I am about to get dressed, drown in sunscreen and go for a walk to buy some summer tops because I don't have enough.
sounds like a good plan for a saturday morning. :-)
maybe those of us who meet up at different places should have swordfights upon introduction
#sidepodlander
Hi. Technically it is also morning here now.
It took a while for my brain to register what you said. 7am on a Saturday should be illegal unless there is qualifying to watch.
I'm still up trying to get persistent Ubuntu working. I'm just testing whether Kathi's method works...
I was so confused my first thought was "oh my god I slept through all of Saturday" because I thought it was 7pm. That's a far more likely time for me to be waking up.
I do that. I was watching something the other day set in WW2, where the lady from Casualty was trying to do something medical and all I could think was "you should know how to do that, you were in the emergency department for ten years"
hey, I'm installing ubuntu in my netbook as we speak :-)
you know you're too drunk when you start discussing the relative merits of a driver's physical appearance based upon comparison to kubica.
apparently, rubens is lower on the scale than kubica, but fisi ranks higher. although we can't figure out why?
cause he's a looker?
*should not have said that*
And Heidfeld is causing proper confusion as well. It's the beard, I reckon.
noted ;)
i has a beard.
I'm not sure Heidfeld is any taller than I am. That's got to be a negative.
noted
(has blown mental image out of water)
Sometimes.
oh man! it has mine too!!
booo
I'm thinking 'no' on Nico, Mr C is not so sure.
test
testtest
lclt has altered formatting i think.
line breaks? hoping to fix tomorrow.
You said tonight, but we got distracted by a) big picture and b) comparisons to kubica.
Is it Heidfeldesque? I can't imagine..
yeah. I pressed enter first time, second time i put in "br" tag.
...
...
you've seen it?
that's the one, i broken it.
not a looker.
(my wife likes the look of Webber btw)
The ones I have missed:
LewHam: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/lewis-under-lights/
Sutil: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/sutils-starring-role/
Toro Rosso: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/10/31/scuderia-amongst-the-shadows/
Oooh, Webber. That's a tough one.
I don't think I have.
He does have kinda thin legs.
(hearts) that one!
I love this one!!
c) wine ;)
Fine you win. That one should have been last.
hehe!
Oh yes! You know us too well.
d) film quotes
when i was in europe i never got to see what happens in here in the early hours of the morning. now the truth is revealed :)
welcome to the night shift... ;-)
I also see this very rarely, and I fear I am part of the trouble!
drinky drinky *hic*
Off-season starts on Thursday when Autosport comes out. 'Tis tradition, for me at least. Until then we are in 'post-race'.
Am just pondering Trulli. He has a vineyard which means wine but... also holds quite the grudge. On the Kubica-ometer scale... I can't decide.
Either i've severly bruised my back (nice big lump forming) or i've cracked a rib...
Jooooooy.
Bed for me!
ah, but you didn't suggest doing sidepodradio every week did you?
I always suspected there was hijinx because I think these were the hours that I would miss and when i turned up the next day there would be some new game/joke/farce/sidepodradio planned.
karting? almost certainly bruising.
what happened?
Karting :D
bye jon
night Jon, hope that's not too serious.
I was in that country and never once tried his wine. Bad Scott.
i think i'd agree. i've never seen a lump like this before, usually i just have back pain. i got hit in the rear many a time
seconded
Terrible business! We will have to send you back.
Ferrari were right all along..
This was noted by Rencken in July, I'm amazed it has taken until now for the official confirmation.
take some paracetamol and plenty of water (although that advice was given to me by the doctor for my knee (which had a lump too from a rollercoaster))
a bag of frozen peas was required too, but that's not exactly easy to put on a back wound
2 years ago you were going to pay for italian lessons so i could translate RAI tv, but then james allen came along and i realised you'd never want that :)
Hope it gets better.
Your last sentence has me struggling to resist a joke, but I can't..
I have finally published the new daily: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/31/daily-31st-october-2009/
Shoo everyone... in the nicest possible way :)
My guess is Manor
str?
I hope that he does not get a drive, because he is a fantastic commentator!
it not working for me :(
Ant won't be i the Red Bull system... unless STR are moving away from that..
You have to refresh Doohickey
i used lclt, and it's working ok now.
i prefer it to doohickey, although this aft i was using mobile doohickey.
given that no-one else has mentioned it, i'm sticking with STR. if i'm right i'll look like a genius.
I always found it a stretch to last a whole month... that's why I love being paid fortnightly (usually most of one is taken out by rent, then the other is for other expenses), and Oct was a 3x month! :-)
aren't tato & tim signed for next year? or are they?
If you have been karting you will have a bruised back.