It is Thursday once more and after missing last week’s daily post due to illness I have returned to hopefully bring you an interesting post once more. Whilst we have no Formula One action this weekend the aftermath of the race in Turkey has left us with a number of news stories, the majority focusing on the Red Bull team.
- Another day another person in the Red Bull team is blamed for the incident that caused both drivers to collide. The blame has been shifted (at least by Helmut Marko) to Mark Webber's race engineer who apparently didn't tell him that Vettel was faster. According to Christian Horner, Webber asked for Vettel to back off a lap before their collision. However Mark Webber has urged the team to pull itself together and act as a united force, hopefully they can draw a line and move on from this.
- Whilst the situation at Red Bull is being exposed for all to see there could possibly be trouble brewing over at McLaren, Stuart Codling has written a post on the situation.
- Force India is taking legal action against Lotus Racing, Mike Gascoyne and Aerolab over a breach of intellectual property. They have begun court proceedings because they believe Lotus have used and benefited from the use of its intellectual property without permission from the Force India F1 Team. In what could be an interesting twist Lotus have announced the appointment of former Force India Technical Director Mark Smith.
- Mr C has been busy blogging again with a post looking at webcams in the McLaren garage.
- The Doctor Who mention in this daily is actually a warning in that because there will be an episode airing on the 12th June, qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix will be moved over to BBC 2. Now all I need to do is pick which I'm going to watch...
That is it for this daily post, which I hope you have enjoyed. I hope you all have a good day and I shall see you in the comments.
Are we avoiding Thursday?
Usually a good idea :)
Oh no!! Dr Who or Qualifying... what to choose...!!
If it helps, The Dr Who episode that week is the one with a certain Mr Corden in it.
Quali. Next question
F1 it is.
you never get to watch quali live...
This is why I brought it up early. Ok, really early
okay, sleep time for me everyone. night all! xx
Bugger, I crossed the streams. Sorry
Night lou :)
Night Lou
Night
Night Lou
Jumping over to this thread..
I may have another car soon. My Stepdad bought a Vauxhall Astra (second hand) but he seems keen on getting another VW Polo, he's already got a battered old one he drives everywhere. Hardly touches the Astra.
So I might end up with that and I can ditch my Focus. I really love the Focus but mine has a high mileage and it keeps costing me money.
I really loves my Focus, such an awesome car. I loves it
ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/03/sidepodchat-i-hear-hes-quite-handy-with-a-pencil-and-some-cfd/
Yay!!!!! :D
I was doing some reading about those new skype charges you mentioned earlier. It has me very confused. Is it just for iphone users? How would it apply to someone using a dongle for example?
It could be iPhone app only. That's where I first got wind of it
Yeah I found some stuff about it in their forum. It's not very clear. It just keeps talking about skype-skype over 3G which presumably would include a dongle.
Has your 3 app been updated lately. Might wanna check
Oh it is just for iPhone and it's imposed by Skype which seems particularly unfair
Probably at the networks' requests
I really have no idea, it's a contractual obligation for them to provide me with free skype calls though, I'm not concerned, just interested.
Things change.
Could be for new contracts only though, when it happens
Their representative on their forum says otherwise. I know that I can only use skype credit to call phones abroad not domestically and that's imposed by my carrier, it's not a huge issue though as rates to call the UK are really high.
It seems like a weird choice to me.
I spy Spa planning! This makes me very happy. And I am sure it will make Pamela happy too as she is keen to finalise how she is getting there, but surely not 13 people need a ride though, lots of people on the wiki say they are going by train. Lots of people have not updated their info on there though, *looks at Nick and Alison* ;)
They obviously need a better revenue stream
If it's as or cheaper than international calling card, then I'm fine with it
Ahh Amy... did you see the McLaren tribute to Bruce?
I think they are needing a wiki update :(
I kinda thought some people who say they are taking the train can be beaten into taking the road trip... :)
I presume it would be. I can't see how they could even try and make you keep a contract when they're imposing extra charges that contradict your original contract. I don't think they'd have a leg to stand on. My plan is shockingly cheap at any rate.
Amy: where are you staying Wednesday night before we leave for Spa?
I have a spare room free but a queue is forming ;)
No need to beat them if they won't fit though. At dinner the other night I said we need walkie talkies for inter car communication. I just want a chance to say "Roger". Haven't seen McLarens thing as they did it while I was asleep and haven't attempted to look at it on phone browser.
Ahh nice. I'm in "wind-down mode" before bed (i.e. listen to chilled out music). Will listen to this when I have a clearer less tired head tomorrow. Er. Today. After work.
A minute of noise instead of a minute of silence. I thought that was really classy for a racing team. I haven't seen it publicised much.
I fixed the wiki :(
Alex said it was fine with him and Kat to stay with then but that was way back in September last year when the plans were first floated so that may no longer suit him. I should find out when he wakes up :D
I probably have a few hours of voice time spare. Not sure if I can get the audio through the speakers but there's always speakerphone
I thought they had both. Silence followed by engine
All I heard about it was a 1m20s video someone tweeted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZHMjdzw0w0
What is the best cheese to use to coax a bear out of a tree?
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Camembert.
And with that I say goodnight.
Leigh also has a McLaren vid with some of the team's founders with the same Can Am car
http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/bruce-mclaren/
I really want to come :(
Nick said we could go when he was here but I think the fact that it hasn't been mentioned again means probably not ;)
:D
Night Jon
You need to bring it up then
There really needs to be a bottle of wine between the standard [whatever that's called] and a magnum
Maybe a Litre would be good
Hah we can't go. Life is stressful enough without trying to drag him back into the country again.....
Boo off to a meeting for an hour. That's no fun when you are talking about Spa!
WhT about coaxing him to Belgium? They have waffles and mayonnaise.... Maybe not at the same time
Night :)
He won't go anywhere. Some nonsense about rocking the boat at work.
and chocolate and beer
Two bottles of wine.
He works online!
shh but I'm already pencilling in a visit to the booze shops in Calais on the return leg, I vaguely remember one near the Cite d'Europe
Yeah apparently I didn't let him get enough work done
I only need a lift back as far as brussels :D
Slippery slope but yeah, I guess
There are heaps, good idea
That can be arranged
A little ping http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/03/a-thank-you/
now sleep
bye..
night pat
Hi guys (whoever is still around),
Re Spa - If there is a spare car seat, I'd love that!
Also, am in the process of booking a hotel in London for early in the week of 23rd Aug - any suggestions on location? I will be travelling around UK the week before but planning to head to London for a few days prior to Wed 25th Aug. Want to be central to London-ish as I will be doing touristy stuff, but if anyone has suggestions of areas, that would be great. Thanks!
hey pamela.
*hides from spa talk*
Seems everyone else is asleep? I should have logged into the comments as soon as I got to work a few hours ago. Where are my priorities? haha
Hi Pamela. I know absolutely nothing about London as it is hundreds of miles away. You may be better trying to discuss it with Alex or Bassano but they are both asleep right now
night shift is still around. am watching old episodes of bagpuss, so intelligent conversation is beyond me :)
I'm here, kinda
Was looking into a hostel a friend stayed at a while back
Picadilly Backpackers has female dorms for £25 per night
I am surprised Amy has not got you booked up yet. She probably has a file on London hotels.
Bagpuss?
You Old Skool devil you.
I was a Willo' the Wisp guy myself
they were on itunes.
who can resist the lure of shop that doesn't sell anything?
ahh yes. not available yet.
Hostels aren't really my thing, prefer hotels :D
Just after some advice on location. If I look for a hotel out of the city a bit, which direction should I be heading in? Don't want to end up somewhere too dodgy!
Speaking of childhood entertainment, I've spent too much time with the Marvel comics app
South is better if you do get a lift, depending onwho that may be. We'll be heading South East from London towards the coast. If you get the Eurostar, that goes from Paddington now which is pretty central
Pretty soon we're gonna have to nail down who's going with whom
I need to speak to Pat and/or update the wiki
Spa talk over
this looks amazing: http://pressdog.typepad.com/dogblog/2010/06/swift-lights-would-have-totally-rocked-your-world-at-indy.html
The lights are five times brighter than any fluorescent light you have ever seen and will give fans instant information on which cars are on the lead lap, position of the top five cars, fuel load, breaking and accelerating.
on the actual bodywork!
Whoa!
i know!
I remain to be convinced that it can possibly work. It is certainly for TV only as it will be of no use to people at the track other than on jumbo screens
the colours would work on endurance cars at night i guess. but it is exactly what we all called for when kers was announced.
It seems a bit fake to me. At the track the car will be past spectators too quickly for them to tell much. The fuel lights are only ever going to give a guide rather than be accurate. You will be able to tell who has pitted and who hasn't but not a lot more.
It may be worth trying but I am not sure
It's definitely for the tv audience and commentators
I don't have a file on london hotels, too many offers of sidepodhospitality!
Shocked
forgot to say cheers to james for the daily. yay for mentioning dr. who.
and now i must sleep.
Amy, can you tell Pamela I sent her an email.
Good night matey
ooh, before i go, do you still have a ipad review post on your todo list? tis okay if you'd rather not, just didn't want to cover something you were planning.
I do yes, was going to make it timing app centric, if that helps. After Canada though
no probs. cheers.
The street lights just went off, I think that's my cue to head off now
Looks like it is the end of this shift. Time I was in bed too. Night all
*sweeps up, puts chairs on top of the tables, whistles*
Alex! Just the man I was talking about.
might be easier to that in revised order :-)
Hola Mr Wolf. Chosen a grandstand to get giant tickets to yet?
yes, should be the one I was talking about last time, near the chicane. but I am not in charge of getting the tickets this time. so I have to hope the person arranging it will not mess it up :-)
Hooray I will see you there!
Really?
Indeed. See comment #39 :D
hopefully nothing will happen between now and September to mess with the trip, haven't been to Italy for ages :-)
received mail like this today, the guys who drive the drivers during driver parades are indeed real people :-)
will need to scan my computer tonite to see if anything there. second time this happened to me. last year one Melbourne fireman asked me for picture of his firetruck for their firestation :-)
Ah yes... Right... There has been an extra complication in the form of my brother having very kindly placed his wedding on the 26th... But I'm sure we can work everything out... What are the dates that you are here so I can put things in the diary?
Yay for the daily! Hope you're feeling better James.
I arrive Monday 23rd, leave for Spa Thursday 26th. It's OK if I don't fit, there is plenty of sidepodhospitality elsewhere :D
Australian TV is being fickle and showing Samantha Stosur's match live when normally all they show is a 1 hour highlights package at 2am a day late and only from the quarter finals on. Now that I know they actually can get live match rights they should do it all the time :(
That is quite fickle. You need more Australian players.
They only get it because the ratings mean they won't lose money over it...
Morning, folks.
Ooh, Amy, are we happy or sad about Djokovic?
Morning,
I'm planning to go to an amusement park called 'Tivoli' later because Tom Kristensen, Jan Magnussen and their Le Mans cars are going to be there :D
Reminds me of Tivoli Gardens... :D
Ooh, fun!
Morning,
Clearly it is Audi day today as I am going to London to interview Allan McNish!
That's where I am going ;) http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-3351.htm
All this Le Mans stuff and no sign of Franck.
umm, sad I think because I like him. But it is not unexpected, I expect him to lose more often than he wins, he has odd breathing problems. He didn't even win the Djokovic Open this year :D
#blamepeugeot
Are you going to have a go on the Demon?
Ohhhh! Nice. :D
Oh yes, I go at least twice every time (I have a year pass) :D
Wow! That's really cool. :D
They have 'free' concerts and shows there, and it's a great place to hang out. If you get a Year Pass you get discounts on rides, food and you can take your friends in for fre...
I've just started reading 'Open' - thanks for the tip Amy, it's awesome so far!
I see. Poor fella.
I am yet to meet someone who didn't really enjoy that book :D
Gotta share a quick funny story with you. I went for a run last night around the park near where I live, and I took a paper map in my pocket in case I got lost.
Well, short story is that I did anyway, so I started running with the map in hand and I ran past this guy walking his dog. He looked at me excitedly and asked "Are you running an Orienteering Race?"
Rather than try and explain to him what had just happened, it was just easier to say yes ;)
What's an Orienteering Race?
I think he was referring to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienteering
Some people run these things - last time I did one was for a school fun day, but someone had nicked all of the flags :(
You basically get given a map and co-ordinates and have to find checkpoints but often the checkpoint is in a forest or the like. I did a night race a few years ago, took 5 hours, was exhausting but good fun
Morning all, another lovely day it seems. even the 3 quarters have been brought out.
oooh Ozzy Osbourne is doing a show in Paris while I am there. I've been saying I want to go to a show while I am in Europe, this may work...
Are you blinding people with your white legs that haven't seen the sun for 6 months?
Definitely :)
James Allen explains the fuel strategy calls made during the Turkish GP: http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/06/f1-strategy-cutting-it-fine-on-fuel/
This is an excellent article - JA opines that Vettel may have planned a 'golden lap' move all along and the team may not have told Webber about it...
Has anyone ever had this before? I saw it in cardiff yesterday in a shop selling lots of foreign and exotic foods and my friend and I had no idea what it would be like...
http://twitpic.com/1thvt2
Yes, well not yes but I've seen someone else eat it before. Looks, nice... helpful if you have a spoon though.
Is it like chocolate spread but marshmallow? Sounds interesting.
That's what I came too but it felt very, very light. I thought it may be like candy floss but.. less fluffy, but more fluff.
Goodness, that makes no sense.
And, hey folks
christine is closest so far I think
http://twitter.com/lookingspiffy/statuses/15313581613
Morning mr RG
Perhaps it is just like when you melt marshmallows and they go all gooey. That would be weird cold though.
Hello hello, How's it going?
I didn;t buy it in the end obviously but it was tempting. £2.50 though!
We did buy some polish chocolate breadsticks. They were quite nice.
we are having a review at work where we have little meetings and we talk about what would make us enjoy our jobs more. My input was "more candy floss, that one time we had candy floss was awesome"
It goes well thanks, for everyone else?
Hehe!
I am not allowed candy floss. It makes me go loopy.
:D
Can I come work for you?
sure. The commute might be a bit much though.
I will take that train from South Wales to New south Wales, it can't be far surely, it's just newer
Perhaps you need a portal like the one I linked to in yesterday's daily? :D
Still not quite the right part of Australia though. Although we do have an office in Sydney :D
Yes!!
*jumps in* weeeeeee!!
Right lovely people, I'm off! Speak to y'all later!
Bye Jon
Enjoy!
There are an group of games students sitting behind me saying 'lol' and 'lmao' (how?) out loud.
Palm to my face.
Morning..
oooh, today is Rafa's birthday. Happy birthday Rafa!
happy Birthday mr nadal!
I hope you mean that Rafa. The other rafa I know is Liverpool Manager Rafa benitez and, well, he got sacked today. soooo... I really hope you mean nadal :)
Wow they still make that! I last had it in about 1995. Used to have it in sandwiches often. I even tried to make a pizza topping of it. :)
That woulda been a... nice birthday present....
Hey Pat
Yah, Mr Nadal. I always forget I am older than him but I guess a month and a half isn't much in the scheme of things :D
Marshmallow pizza?
Pat is clearly insane.
Yet somehow, I am impressed :)
I made a banoffee pizza once. It was awesome.
Have fun with Allan
Yeah! It was during Home Economics (as it was still called) at school. We were told to make a small pizza with an original topping. So I made one with jam on 2 quarters (opposite, of course) and marshmallow fluff on the other two.
Unfortunately it melted in the oven so that half was just pastry. I was disappointed.
desert pizza. i was thinking radically
dessert
Ooh, now jam pizza I might be able to get on board with.
Good morning!
Morning!
I woke up to the sound of my dad trying to shrink wrap some tape around two wires with my hairdryer very... Odd. So how is everyone?
Mornin. I woke up to the sound of trees being shredded, and they still are, three hours later...
woah.. You win :)
I have just learned my ISP has changed my shaping speed from 256k to 1Mb. Hooray! #downloadedtoomuch
yay!! :)
'ello
It's such a nice day, I wish I was able to revise outside..
You're not allowed outside?
morning lou :)
I am on a bus i have never been o before, how exciting!
its a self inflicted.. If I sit outside and revise I won't learn anything... Plus I'm currently typing something up.. No laptop outside :(
oooo how exciting! Where are you going?
I just booked my last train :D
Eurotrip 2010 is 100% booked, wooooohooo!
yaaayy!! :)
Nice one. :)
so excited I may even blog about it.
I was about to say this is terrible news. You started your blog to write about planning, and we haven't even reached double figures yet.
I plan on blogging lots while I'm on the journey though :D
One of our suppliers is British Gas (not for long, haha). They have historically been terrible at everything related to contacting them but they've got a lot better lately, on the business side anyway. An invoice was missing, not a problem, I call them and they sent it by email within 30 minutes. Much improved service. Except.... they sent it as a Tiff. It is a scan of a printout, why does it need to be a Tiff??
perfect time to practice blogging then :)
Now you've booked it all, we need a round-up.
Morning!
Karun Chandhok is keeping busy - maintaining his garden! Although, his choice of gloves is interesting.
http://twitpic.com/1tid67
He gardens, too?
he totally wants to be Catherine.
Apparently so! This is what he has to contend with.
http://twitpic.com/1ti0h0
He named his engine too: http://twitpic.com/1qni0u
What's an Orienteering Race?
You basically get given a map and co-ordinates and have to find checkpoints but often the checkpoint is in a forest or the like. I did a night race a few years ago, took 5 hours, was exhausting but good fun {Comment #134}
Ooh, I had to do one of those at school (in a forest) - it was a lot of fun, because even the bullies realised after half an hour that only one of us had a sense of direction in there...
Wait... they put you with the bullies? How very clever of your school!
I like the change to the Doohickey Mr C. Makes the quotes more distinctive. :)
It's changed?
Yeah! It was during Home Economics (as it was still called) at school. We were told to make a small pizza with an original topping. So I made one with jam on 2 quarters (opposite, of course) and marshmallow fluff on the other two.
Unfortunately it melted in the oven so that half was just pastry. I was disappointed. {Comment #173}
Would it work with a deep pan crust? Then the melted marshmallow would be trapped on the pizza surface. Or even use the marshmallow to fill a deep pan crust, in the style of those cheesy crusts that it's possible to get with fancy takeaway pizzas...
The quotes used to be a little bit lighter. I notice it more since I use Chrome (I lika da shiny), but something definitely changed.
looks the same to me.
Sure it's not your monitor, TM?
Or my eyes. Whichever it is, I like.
It's not fair that Mr C gets credit for doing absolutely nothing. Humph.
Ooh, I had to do one of those at school (in a forest) - it was a lot of fun, because even the bullies realised after half an hour that only one of us had a sense of direction in there...
Wait... they put you with the bullies? How very clever of your school! {Comment #205}
It would have been pretty difficult for them not to have put me in a group with bullies, to be fair. There were only four groups and at least three-quarters of the year group were known to bully me at that point of my secondary school career (silly school for not doing something about them apart from the occasional symbolic lecture).
Later that trip, the trip organiser worked out that continually placing me in that sort of situation was pointless (other group activities with the same people were considerably less successful), cumulating in me and my ECO going off for one of the area's excellent local ice-creams on the final morning instead of trying to participate in yet another pointless group games/bullying session (delete as appropriate).
It's not fair that Mr C gets credit for doing absolutely nothing. Humph. {Comment #213}
I can't see the difference either, if it helps...
How about: hey Christine, Nice work on making your rankings... rank more?
So how is everyone? {Comment #179}
Fine, thank you. Signing on at the Jobcentre went smoothly and now I've got the Autosport's Le Mans guide with me, trying to figure out all these American entries before next week...
I'm getting a real craving for some KFC chicken. When I venture into the city to see the Classic Team Lotus promo soon, I definately need some. Then a gym session afterwards. :P
Is McDreamy racing again?
that would be quite an achievement after being shot in the chest the other week #mixingtvwithreallife
Ah that came this week? Looking forward to reading that later then!
Is McDreamy racing again? {Comment #219}
Who's/What's McDreamy?
I tried to reply on my phone but it is just so damn useless :(
I was going to a retail park to get a birthday present for probably my closest friend. He is lucky I have known him for 17 years as football shirts are quite extortionate prices!!
Ah sorry. Patrick Dempsey, who plays a Doctor on Grey's Anatomy, which is a TV show about relationships between a group of people who hang around a hospital and pretend to be doctors ;)
Greggs lunch for me, as ever. Om nom.
Ah that came this week? Looking forward to reading that later then! {Comment #221}
It's in today's issue but only in the UK. So another reason I'm swotting up on it is in case some people want to know what was said about driver X or Y (there are at least two drivers, in two different cars, which two different sites may end up asking me about, and I'd rather be prepared than ignorant).
It should be noted he competed last year for 'Charidee' and did rather well. On the parade day he had a rather large troupe of bodyguards (think Red Bull on the grid) and teh crowd swooned when he went by...
hehe your browser really hates spc.. it's actually kinda funny :D
Hawaiian Chicken on rice. Basically chicken with added bits of pineapple. Apparently doing this makes it Hawaiian...
I was like... typing reply them whoomph gone. Tries again, the same. tried again, the same. :(
You have seen for yourself how unfair it is!
Like pizza!
Ah sorry. Patrick Dempsey, who plays a Doctor on Grey's Anatomy, which is a TV show about relationships between a group of people who hang around a hospital and pretend to be doctors ;) {Comment #224}
That's why I've never heard of him! I can't see him on the list, but it looks like the Autosport list is at least one car out of date (it lists 75 cars and the entry recently got extended to 76 after some pit garage work was completed ahead of schedule).
Exactly like Pizza!
I sponsored him.
you say unfair.. i say funny.
For a smart phone your phone doesn't really live up to it's name ;)
Awesome :)
I even got a letter allll the way from Chicago to thank me. Probably more expensive than the amount I sponsored, but never mind.
Is it the same for fruit? I had fit at lunch and there was pineapple included, it may have been Hawaiian lunch!
It should be 56 cars.
If he's there, Dempsey will be in a GT2 Ferrari but I don't know if he or his team got an entry.
And by fit, I mean fruit
See that is really cool. He does come across very well anyway, so it's all good :)
I just had a tub of diced peach + pineapple. Hawaiian peaches!
Hawaiian salad?
Obviously! :-)
Ah that's nice :)
i just found out our town library has been demolished! oh perfect! :s
It should be 56 cars.
If he's there, Dempsey will be in a GT2 Ferrari but I don't know if he or his team got an entry.
Sorry, you're right, it is 56 cars. See, I'm getting confused already! {Comment #239}
The only Ferraris in 24h Le Mans GT2 this year are 2 Risi Competiziones, 2 AF Corses and 1 Hankook... ...for now. I can't see any actors whatsoever among their driver line-ups (though given my lack of knowledge of the acting world maybe that's not a surprise).
ooh I also got my Bledisloe tickets today, they came in a Wallabies ticket envelope. Boooo.
I should point out that my wife often orders a Hawaiian Pizza with no Pineapple. Sounds odd, but the reason is that she only wants Ham and Cheese and it's often the easiest way to order it...
i just found out our town library has been demolished! oh perfect! :s {Comment #246}
Shocking! Will there be a replacement?
You do rugby too?
apparently..mum says it will be huge.. but.. what do i do in the mean time!
Rugby? Awesome!
surely thats not something that can sneak up on you? They are demolishing the hospital at the end of my street and it's been taking months :D
Wikipedia?
I do, I have not seen the All Blacks live since 1999! But the Bledisloe is in Melbourne this year for the first time in ages so I couldn't miss out. If anyone asks, I'm a Qantas frequent flyer ;) #thankspresale
Kindle? iPad?
I have recently learned that almost all of the free books fall into a category called "Christian mystery" and "Christian thriller"
I didn't know there were such genres, but they're really not my thing :(
NASCAR book to the rescue! (I am 10% in, it is terribly awesome)
I don't go to enough events, although the wallabies are only playing Fiji here.
I think it's been that long since I last saw them too actually... I went to see the Hurricanes a few times and the Lions though - as my old boss had a season ticket. He gave the tickets to me as he only wanted them to be first in line for the sevens tickets!
well.. you'd have thought not.. but i just saw a photo of it being knocked down.. i only went there a few weeks ago! now i have to wait till 2011 for a silly new building that will include...
'a registry office, house advice offices, social services, adult education classes, a new library, free internet and a cafe.'
it was quiet a shock.
Christian Thriller sounds like a bad Michael Jackson cover ;)
I can see you looking at the photo and thinking "I just want me books!"
apparently..mum says it will be huge.. but.. what do i do in the mean time! {Comment #252}
Huge library replacement *groan* I've learnt from my studies that huge libraries frequently mean lots of financial waste and neglect of the smaller branches. Please forgive my scepticism, though, because some huge libraries can buck the trend and I hope this is one.
In theory, there should be interim arrangements - you'll need to find out where your next-nearest library is because until the new library is open it should accept books borrowed from the demolished library (generally the stock is distributed between the authority branches, but the next-nearest library often gets more than the others if it has space on its shelves).
you can get married, learn Spanish, eat a cake and read a book. All in the same place! Wow!
:D
heheh the sevens is quite the event! The Super 14 is expanding to the Super 15 next year (I think) and Melbourne is getting a team so if they're playing any of the NZ teams here I might go along. Highlanderrrrrrs!
i do! they had an awesome section with lots of photography essays, books and articles i've been slowly reading through in preparation for uni :( bad times.
I cannot believe the Backstreet Boys cruise is sold out. I totally missed my chance.
Oh you so should... and it's about time Melbourne got a team too!
:( I was just browsing their tour dates to see if they are in Europe at all while I am there. Sadly not :(
well.. you'd have thought not.. but i just saw a photo of it being knocked down.. i only went there a few weeks ago! now i have to wait till 2011 for a silly new building that will include...
'a registry office, house advice offices, social services, adult education classes, a new library, free internet and a cafe.'
it was quiet a shock. {Comment #261}
Oh, it's a joint service centre (or whatever your council calls them)! They were building one in my final weeks at the library about three miles away from where I was. Their version didn't have a registry office or adult education offices but did have a leisure centre and pool. They're quite trendy in suburban areas now and I'm not sure why.
Only fitting :)
*shakes fist at dyslexia* you know what i meant :P
Ah right. That's a good team line up actually, hopefully the drivers match it
my town have got everything wrong.. they're building a new private hospital (so we'll end up with 2 hospitals by the end of the year :s) we have at least 7 supermarkets, and no library! bad times.
Ah right. That's a good team line up actually, hopefully the drivers match it {Comment #275}
The 2 Risi Competiziones and one of the AF Corses are candidates for victory (though there are three other cars - the #77 Felbermayr Porsche and the 2 Corvettes - which are also candidates) due to their driver line-ups. The second AF Corse has been a bit off the pace and the Hankook has been consistently midfield in the LMS of GT2.
The complication is that AF and Risi share drivers in the 'normal season' on their respective continents (Melo and.. thingy), so the car's pace in the LMS/ALMS may not relate to the pace at Le Mans.
GT2 might be the 'slow' class but it should be a lot of fun this year, might be the best class to watch for a race
But you'll have a really really good library eventually..
I'm going to head off into the city to see the Classic Team Lotus promo display for the festival, I'll be sure to take a few pics. Laters! :)
have fun! take lots of pics for us.
Red Bull 'Draws a Line' under Turkey Crash - through Mark Webber perhaps? Love the canned photo!
Also, Red Bull want Vettel there FOR EVARRR (at least until 2015) as they want to extend his current contract from 2012 to 2015. Read into that what you will...
Hmmm. That will have very interesting repercussions on the long-term plans of Ferrari and Mercedes (who have both targeted Vettel previously). This may affect Mercedes more, since they will need a viable post-Schumacher replacement. Ferrari can fall back by retaining Massa or getting Kubica.
Whatever happened to those rumors that Vettel already had a signed Merc contract for 2011 or 2012 in his pocket...?
I wonder if that was taken before or after the crash... :D
is that a toro rosso shirt?
Looks like it to me...
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I have some pics from the Classic Team Lotus stand. Will upload to Twitter when I get home.
That said... Hmmm. Assuming those spectacular rumors of a Schumacher-Brawn return to Ferrari are utterly false, Schumacher might decide that he wants Massa to replace him at Mercedes as well. Kubica is possible (especially if Ferrari decide to renew Massa), but I really think he will end up at Ferrari alongside Alonso sooner or later.
:)
They got some nice cars out to take pics of. :D
+1
hehe. nothing has changed on the doohickey in the months.
go me :)
Request an eye transplant SAH!
Oh, CHRISTINE! Would you like credit for doing absolutely nothing? You have a wonderful podcast. ;)
Afternoon everyone :)
The complication is that AF and Risi share drivers in the 'normal season' on their respective continents (Melo and.. thingy), so the car's pace in the LMS/ALMS may not relate to the pace at Le Mans. {Comment #278}
I'm hoping the fact that Melo and Bruno have performed about as well on both sides of the Atlantic this year means that on this occasion the two are comparable. I could be very wrong though.
Just because I'm going to be on holiday when the Apple WWDC keynote is on next week... I would like to refer people back to this comment I made in January: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/08/daily-8th-january-2010/comments/#comment-648497
And the subsequent comments from me up until #205 on the page.
I think on Monday that will come true...
I realise that may have come out wrong.
I listened to the Debrief for Malaysia again, and I love it. That plus Australia with the voicemail from our fave Aussies is a good'un.
:D
you're on holiday again?
I will refer everyone to my comment inbetween: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/08/daily-8th-january-2010/comments/#comment-648503
Which does come true every Friday ;)
:D
a tv, because boxes don't sell? am hoping that it's still a box, just a box running iphone software that you can make apps for.
imagine mario kart on your tv, with iphone for controllers.
Imagine Mario Kart on your TV end of.
Oh wait, that already happens.
I have a techy reply coming up about how it should be possible already with the iPhone.
I know it's not trouble...
The Wii controllers are Bluetooth. The iPhone is Bluetooth. All somebody needs to do is make an app that interfaces with the Wii and makes it like a controller. :D
I think it will just be a box with no hard disk
*I know... It's trouble
nintendo controllers don't have 640x360 screens built into their controllers though.
Wait, what's the point of that? Surely there'll be some flash memory in there somewhere.
ahh right. i agree. sorry, i thought you were suggesting that apple were going to sell a tv.
See my other reply. A coding challenge for you. And if you made it for the iPad.......
i'd rather apple did it. if i did it, i'd have to make the apps. that would be silly.
if apple did it, everyone could make the apps.
Depends who is in the other team's car in their place.
Or if somebody else did it they could flog it to Nintendo for megabucks. ;)
Why would you want one? Surely you're looking at the big screen with the game on it
Right, i have to get back to work. Later guys n gals.
Depends who is in the other team's car in their place. {Comment #314}
Some bloke called Pierre Kaffer who I've never heard of before.
Ah ok, he's not bad
They had some idea when the PS3 came out that you could connect a PSP to it and use it for a rear view mirror while playing the F1 2006 game. Never heard anything about it after that though...
Have heard of him before somewhere... trying to remember where. Was also in endurance racing, I think.
i can display stuff to you that no-one else can see. so in mario karts case, what ever your special weapon is. if it were an f1 game, your remaining kers boost.
anything that would be better kept to yourself basically. rather than shown on the big screen.
hehe. i like that idea.
Your scrabble tiles.
I like the idea of a controller with a screen in it - those are excellent examples too...
quite :)
the ipad is fun gameboard, but the tv is more social.
Good one. Basically any info which appears on screen, which in split screen mode could give your opponent an advantage. Playing cards, penalty kick directions, etc...
all of the above. now we're gonna be disappointed by steve's keynote :)
alex, it's a developer conference, why would they announce a consumer device there?
They announced the Apple TV there the first time I think...
And you know these games you're talking about? They will need building by... er... developers...
surely not?
Ah I see, good stuff.
agreed. but i think the conf will be about 0S4 and the cool things that you can write for the next gen iphone.
I think the Sega Saturn had a tiny LCD display on it, old style black-on-green of course...
dreamcast had a black and white one?
Possibly... Apple have hired the Moscone West site for another event later in June...
But they announced the 3GS there last year and OS4 has already been demoed... So...
On one of Leo's many shows he was saying that Apple seem to announce things at the developer conference whilst Google did not. The next day Google announced Google TV.
It might have been the Google show.
I am hoping it is going to be like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_TV
ha! i'd hate that :)
In previous years they've even announced things like rebranding .Mac as mobileme so it can be quite consumery
hehehe...
if i were apple, i'd make it my september announcement, to coincide with christmas. google are still a long way away from release, apple have plenty of time.
he's right, but developers want os4 for the iphone/ipad asap. i think sending out messages about televisions is the wrong thing to do.
we haven't seen all that os4 can do either.
They have already announced OS4 for the iPad in November... You think it's going to be earlier?
I think they will announce that you can start downloading the SDK now for sure though.
I have now checked the iTV announced at a "special press event" not WWDC
no, but i think adding another device to list would on serve to confuse. you'd have:
os4 iphone - now
os4 ipad - later
os4 tv - next year(?)
tv would be a whole other set of challenges re: user interface design and screen size, that i'm not convinced developers need right now. announcing a new platform later in the year, that developers could target next wwdc makes more sense to me.
Okay... In that case... It's on! ;)
well that was quite the anti-climax to the first semi final.
Booo.
it means I don't have to stay up quite so late though :D
That was it!
my prediction:
appletv will land a week after googletv is announced. it'll be a free firmware upgrade for existing users and and new boxes will still have a harddisk. cloud services will be supported, but it will make google's search idea seem tame. it'll sync with the ipad, so you can stream shows around your house, and an skd will be available summer 2011.
rg-esque
More Karin chandok spotting. I'm not around much these days so apologies if already mentioned.
http://www.tagheuer.com/
If it was rg-esque, surely you would also have the times in which the announcements were made...?
*Karun Chandok
Gooooooooood Afternoon Everybody :)
Hey buddy. When are you interviewing Allan McNish?
Mr Jon.
About 2 hours ago :)
where have you been hiding? What if I need to take you to Silverstone?
How did it go?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_Qr5jcsuFj9rPiNuDwHVFQLDf9wD9G3OMH83
A 520-day simulation in a windowless module? I'd go bonkers... :O
How was he??
I think it was great, but I haven't listened back yet. Not sure if the sound came out very well
Actually the nicest man i've ever met
To steal someone elses line:
It was my idea!
As part of a group, we made a presentation of hypothetical future apple devices quite some time ago and we were on the money for a lot of them
I read about that last night, 18 months with no escape. Thats what hell is like.
But longer, clearly
Me or karun? :-)
:)
18:31 uk time
you, I am going to win this
9:42 steve jobs time? :P
you think a tv is a good idea? we've just thrown ours out, i don't want apple making one!
:D
Excellent. :) Tell Dex when he's about on twitter..
That sounds ominous? Hindy was booked for later on thisavo so I'm sure next weeks MWM will have an interview with him.
Why ominous? Just that I think their lot are quite pally with Nishy and I thought he'd like to know you found him to be nice.
You have my number!
I will buy you many many dinners and drinks and ice creams and casino tour adventures :)
I am open to bribes, but I'd need to flip a coin to make it fair :D
Pamela can't come because she's already in Europe then :D
ah ok :) yeah he was lovely, and totally genuine. I was speaking with the Audi press man and he said Allan is the best driver he's ever worked for, he knows that PR is part of the job and does it gladly.
I have already had my turn, but I would do whatever it takes :)
*where's my double headed coin
my theory is I must be the only eligible winner in the country anyway because I don't know anyone else who has a prepay phone, everyone is on contracts. Most people on prepay are kids and kids can't win because you have to be 18 to go. Hooray! #positivethought
my theory is I must be the only eligible winner in the country anyway because I don't know anyone else who has a prepay phone, everyone is on contracts. {Comment #382}
Bad news: I'm on prepay.
Good news: I think I'm on the wrong network to take part - McLaren might object to giving the prize to someone on the Virgin network ;)
you're also not a resident of Australia which works in my favour :D
I'm off to bed now but I will be sorting out passport very soon because I know you will win!
Right, off to see Tom then ;)
good thinking, there is only 7 days between the winners announcement and the flight. I already asked my boss if he would let me have leave at short notice if I won a $30,000 trip :D
Le Mans day on SPC!
adios!
Will you be recording an interview too? ;)
you're also not a resident of Australia which works in my favour :D {Comment #384}
Good point :D
Bah.
I am still mad at how it ended last year.
Le Mans day on SPC!
Bah. {Comment #392}
Well, it does say in the guide I got that Franck is one of the leading candidates to win overall...
I'm not sure that the ACO would let Franck win by himself, although I'm sure he could.
I'm not sure that the ACO would let Franck win by himself, although I'm sure he could. {Comment #395}
He can't win by himself because he's only allowed to drive a maximum of 14 hours out of the 24. But the presence of the other two (Sarrazin and Minassian) is likely of peripheral interest to Christine.
The man can drive with broken bones. What can't he do?
gosh this 'watching the French Open live on TV' thing is quite a novelty
The man can drive with broken bones. What can't he do? {Comment #297}
It's a paperwork issue. Unless he can distract the computers and stewards for 10 hours from inside the car without losing any speed, he might be better off catching 40 winks at some point, or maybe a good meal given his response to doing 70% of the driving at Spa...
At this rate you'll get to see the final live too.
hooray! She needs to do this well at the US Open because thats not on FTA at all, not even highlights.
I am currently commenting from an iPad in the Apple store. Hsve to admit -I'm impressed.
buy it!
Tried a racing game on this iPad. The steering is so smooth, it's like I'm using a real steering wheel. Have to say this is much better than I thought it would be!
Sadly I don't have 450 quid to spare!
I found where Christine works.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10205810.stm
Oops. :)
What the heck is that clown about? Evil picture.
piece of advice for all tennis fans.. never play with Jaime
'Starting to play tenis with @djmar_t I am going to kill him!!'
hehe!
match poooooooint
It is a bit sinister.. It was for a comedy show called Psychoville, being from the people who made League of Gentlemen it was a bit twisted.
Crikey! He's almost as competitive as you.
yaaaay Sammy!
Awesome!
I will miss JJ's yellow dress though. I quite liked it.
hehe scary isn't it.. :P
.. not that i'm competitive.
Stuart is going to Le Mans.
http://twitter.com/teamSCboard/status/15329845154
I wonder if he will be open to kidnap bribes. I have not had much luck so far.
with two semi finals I never thought I'd be in bed by 1am. Well done ladies.
And there it is....a forehand and Jankovic is left flat-footed. Jelena - you've officially had a shocking day at the office.
hooray, final will be live on Saturday night :D
Who's your money on?
afternoon folks
'Noon
what goes on?
This is the greatest story with that picture;
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84111
I'm writing at the moment, yourself?
in work - may take it easy this evening
have a little writing to do myself
Stosurrrrrr
I wonder if at 24hr race is harder work for a journalist, or a massive jolly...
worth asking
Hi
hi mr Pat
have you seen the temperatures for Texas this Saturday?
The race isn't the hard bit, the whole week is the killer, the amount of press and media events that happen on the week before they've even got to the race, is quite astounding
100F? They can't race 550km on an oval in that can they?
That's true..
Aye - between 100-103F; survival of the fittest.....
:o
I just googled 103F (the figure Pressdog gives), and it comes out at 39.4C. That is insane. I know they race into the night so it'll get cooler but that's ridiculous...
Would hate to be in the stands for that too...
fanta cake?
http://www.mobypicture.com/user/realTimoGlock/view/6702414
like, the drink?
red bull muffins?
touche
yummm
!!
:)
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Fantakuchen-Fanta-Cake-a-Popular-German-Cake-Made-With-Fanta-269481
heeheh!
maybe he missed out the 'and'
and the fanta from the picture...
mahoosive twitpic from ferrari:
http://twitpic.com/1tjdx2/full
note to self: try this when in Germany.
*humph* ;)
i think i might try making it :D
thats huge! massive in fact. I would make it my background, but as I'm starting with Mercedes on monday I don't think this would go down well ;)
ooh Lou I finally have your package all sealed up and addressed (longest. address. ever!) and will be sending it tomorrow. Only 2.5 months late! I am also sending my mum her mothers day present. I don't care that it was in May :D
brawn would love it ;)
hehehe not gonna risk it :P
oooohh!! hehe! yaaayy! hehe and yeah, i know it's a nightmare when it comes to filling in forms and things :D
surely:
f1_lou,
kent
should do it?
make a brawn gp your pic and see what happens.. failing that...
i wonder if he'd be more happy if you had a background like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loujohnson/4086935097/in/set-72157622763322220/
;)
kinda like,
giggles' studio,
uk
awesome.plug.
And
Sidepodcast
Rockall
hahahahahahahahahaha
thats actually hilarious
and
Amy
c/o Australia.
brings fear to the face of every postie ;0
it might get here eventually... there is alot of filler in between though.. i mean who has a 6 line address... :P
Leigh
The Internet
;) i've been observing Giggles and learning ;)
Helloooo
Somehow my very early start has also been matched with a late finish. But meh, I'm loving the sunshine (from my airconditioned workplace)
heya!
i'll take your aircon and raise you a massive fan.
absolutely
I just had a moment when i though the European GP was this weekend.. that was off...
*waves to everyone lurking*
.. and that was a bad start to my evening lol
*waves back*
although I have only just appeared. Silly reformatting laptop and weather being so nice outside. Although I loooooove how much faster my laptop is now.
Hello. I'm listening to the chat while my pasta is cooking
i have no idea how you would reformat a laptop... but can you do that to mine please? :)
Everything would disappear though, make sure you back everything you need up. But yes, very easily. (Mine took so long because it was originally vista, and it had the wrong drivers due to vista's uselessness, then I had tow ait for that to work then upgrade to my windows 7 setup)
But yes, easy really :P
oooh. more photoshop 5 demo?
But I have no uni distracting me now, and nothing else to do, what an awful idea that would be having to start the 30 day trial again... :D
I'm one step ahead of you with that, hehe.
:)
Ninite is an absolute godsend, may I add. So unbelievably useful in retrieving everything you need program wise.
i'm so bored this evening i've decided i will do some baking.. i might just bake brownies.. or i might bake something different..
#miniMrC
#sillychristine
hehehehe
Evening all
oooh i don't like the sound of that while i'm doing exams.. bad times.
helllo!!
I suggest waiting till you dont need stuff anymore, hence why I've waiting until the end of uni to reformat and start fresh. It's my usual summer clearout, like an electronic DFS.
:)
:)
fanta cake?
:D
Marshmellow pizza
ew no.
what the hell is with these strange suggestions?.. no.. that sounds horrible.
http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/03/daily-3rd-june-2010/comments/#comment-795717
Read the comments following too :)
There's nothing wrong with Timo's taste in food.
or, in relation to my suggestion, pat's post: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/03/daily-3rd-june-2010/comments/#comment-795743
Hah :)
So today I learnt that Apple gave Jake the iPad to use on the tv. What do we think about that?
Puretech appearing on the pre-race BBC show soon?
http://twitter.com/PuretechRacing/statuses/15347395771
@5LiveF1 Guys we are hoping to have a bbc #f1 event at our centre soon,we hope you can make it too http://bit.ly/6FYwex
oooh! jake will lose.
Where is my ipad, Apple? I need one too.
i think he should have been honest about it. but it doesn't surprise me.
I've just watched his video blog where he properly shows it off too. I think it annoys me, not sure though :D
presumably 5live were given theirs too. seeing as they never stopped plugging it or the app all of sunday.
oh really? thats pretty bad actually
I love how they used the non official one
i'm going for Eddie last... Jake a close second to last :P
I want to see Crofty and Ant have a go though..seeing as they are both so competitive.
i'd say ant repeated:
"i've just looked at the f1 timing app on the ipad, which we've just got hold of today, and you are correct"
about 30 times?
Based on Ant's F1 experience... Crofty easily.
he never said where he got it from though?..
Cuts down the BBC budget so no problem.. As it is the Beeb and not proper sponsorship he probably shouldn't be seen to 'promote' it but if he's just using it and showing things, that's fine.
Eddie was a decent racing driver
true.
it only cuts down the beebs budget if they needed one which they dont, if there was a dramatic change in the quality of hte program following its usage id say maybe it would be good but i havent noticed any change. If he's been given it for this purpose and theres an apple logo on your screen with an apple product for half the broadcast i think thats not acceptable really, Top Gear many years ago had to tape over the makers of their overalls during the challenge to build a caterham, so how come apple get free bbc advertising?
was being the key word.. he'd have to be able to see the screen over his stupidly large and bright frames.. and see past his hideously distracting shirt colours to stand a chance. am still thinking he'll be last :)
Same reason Alpinestars do I suppose. Whatever that reason is.
v.good question.
No way he will ever be beaten by a non-racer.
i think there's a post in there somewhere jon, either for your blog or a guest post. might start an interesting debate.
I was lazy.. I should say, the BBC pitlane team has Alpinestars branding IIRC? So that's no different. Whether it is right or wrong for a publically-funded body is the question...
i shall try and remember this conversation (if im right) when it's shown ;)
i have a 5live hat with alpinestars on the front :)
mmm maybe, will have a think, not sure what my argument is based upon yet but i think its worth some thought.
It all gets fuzzy with 5live and not just because they are on medium wave. Does it actually say 5live on it or is it USP Content?
hopefully takling to joe shortly, questions as ever: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Questions+for+Joe
(promise to credit pat this time, not just steal his question and claim it as my own)
ehehehe i have this picture of Jake brandishing an ipad with tape over the apple logo on the back in my head :D ehehe!
:D
that's kinda how it should be. at least with the bbc. either you're commercial or you're not.
Y'know it flowed so seamlessy I didn't even realise..
woooah, neither did i
Silver masking tape would be fine though no? Wouldnt stand out
How is he going to cope with only getting 10 minutes
They do it with practically everything else..
:)
hehe!
:D
but... everyone would know it was an ipad right?..
:)
i guess the point is, it wasn't taped, because apple would've explicitly refused to allow it in return for the loan.
so, if no tape = no ipad, is it a fair move?
yeah but its a start atleast. This was all raised on Radio Le Mans yesterday and they pointed out that as a privately funded organisation they could quite legitimately sponsor their pitlane coverage calling it the Nissan 370z Pitlane or whatever its called, but as the BBC are funded by us they should be acommercial, not biased towards any company
I prefered him with a clip board to be honest!
Yes. But in Ready Steady Cook everyone knows the tin of beans are Heinz even though it has a big black bit of tape over it.
Not that they have beans but you get my meaning..
I far prefer the ipad. Makes it easier for him reading scripts as well as getting tweets and questions and I don;t care if they advertise it for apple or whatever,
like it was obvious he used to use a blackberry for emails and things prior to the ipad.
i get why you'd not want to promote a certain brand of race overalls.. but everyone knows it's an ipad.. it's really obvious seeing as there isn't a rival product out there.
i understand what you guys mean about 5live but if you're going to use it on tv i don't see the point..
It makes no difference to the coverage, it just means that now he dosen't hold a phone in his hand. The BBC shouldn't be biased towards one product, especially when its been given to them for that purpose.
i guess the company has a set of standards, and for whatever reason, jake isn't abiding by them.
presumably he has permission, but then why have rules in the first place?
you have to ask, couldn't the producer read out tweets in his ear? if so, what does it do for him?
I reckon it makes a difference, definitely made a difference in the forum but not so much in the show I suppose
but they are always going to be biased towards one product.. he had a blackberry before the ipad.. surely that's bias too?.. and what about radio one? they are always chatting about their iphones. Top gear showed off their iphones at one point too. This is by no means a new thing from the bbc..
I think the difference is just using it, compared to being given it to use to publicise
They he can have it in the forum but not in the show avec duct tape :D
the bbc gave twitter something like £1m worth of advertising for free. and they're still doing it.
madness.
but even if they had bought it and not been given it i'm assuming they wouldn't have put tape on it. just like they don't put tape on mac books if they are shown in other programmes.
It isn't new, they do it for all sorts of stuff. I've seen quite a bit of fuss over it from time to time.
For a while their 'tech blog' was practically devoted to it!
Wait, wait, wait, I did this one!!
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/02/08/other-microblogs-are-available/
#seamlessplugging
there ya go. the beeb of old would've insisted on calling it microblogging.
:)
so i'm standing in the kitchen thinking about whether i should make brownies or melt some chocolate and put it over some strawberrys and fruit for tomorrow...
I vote brownies.
Strawberries and chocolate. A lot less work and way better
Mmm, strawberries. So very Wimbledon.
Made with real Brownies?
it's not Wimbledon yet.. but Mum says if i make both then we can give some brownies for my cousin tomorrow... she bought too much chocolate anyways.... apparently
My boyfriend is an idiot!!
what has he done now?
Best of both worlds!
must.resist.commenting
This is not news ;)
and leave me looking bad for biting
hoorah
i feel like i need to extend my cooking recipes.. i sense i will be spending alot of my summer in the kitchen.
He drove out to a bar after work and obviously having had a drink he's left his car there and will get it in the morning. Sadly having taken a taxi home, he's realised the house keys are in the car....
I'm not just going to say anything, just point out that I'm in an empty library laughing my head off
:D :D hehehehe
oh dear..
Idiot
although, on 2 occations this week ive got in my car, gone "oh no where are my car keys" and then realised that they are still in the car door
That is hilarious ;) :)
Who leaves house keys in a car when they are not in it?
I'm back BTW. Didn't get to see Tom, Jan, or anything interesting for that matter. There was just a couple of mockup cars there :(
Nick?
Yeah I thought that.... I now realise I was right to insist I took care of the keys :D
Where were you?
ah boo
I'm uploading a few pictures I took of the Classic Team Lotus exhibit to my Twitter account. Go fish!
boo, that's disappointing. any cheap merch?
Ooooh I'm not sure if this is going to mean anything to you but I met John Parrot several times last week. I said that to Nick and he didn't even know who it was :(
Tivoli, where they promised to meet the drivers and see the cars. I saw a Road Corvette mocked up like Jan's car, a Porsche GT3 Race Car, and old Lotus Sports car, a Shelby Cobra and a D-Type... but it was just cars, no drivers or anything...
Nothing.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW. I love that guy
I have pictures too! :)
He did the Question of Sport I think.
No idea what sport he did though.
Snoooker
in that case, can we sign you both up for guest posts?
Yours taken with a proper camera are no doubt better than mine. ;)
Still impressed with how mine came out considering the phone!
Snooker. Not that I've ever watched it.
Well, if you call the iPhone a proper camera... :D
If ya like. :)
Ah, Samsung G600 I had at my disposal. Only took 8 photos though, and didn't do the track car.
yay. made ya a page, 'specially: http://sidepodcast.com/about/writing-a-guest-post/
Ahhhh.
Thanks to Fighting Talk I can never read that properly anymore.
My previous celebrity hauls were stalled at Darius or Steven Gerrard's wife
Cel-eb-rit-y? Darius? Really?
He's creepily tall!!!
*bookmarked*
Define creepily tall?
How can you meet someone famous several times in a week?
also added it to the drop down navigation so you don't have to :)
Scottish Singer and West End Actor. He says in an MTV interview: "I'm 6 foot 2 and 3/4 but I reckon people think I'm taller 'cos my hair is quite high."
Alison things I'm freaky tall :( I'm taller!!!!!!
About 6'6?
As tall as Darius
Beer's on me. Scotch is on you when I send the guest post! :D
i have/ had that phone.. i loved it sooo much.. then it broke :(
He lives about 3 miles away from me and has come into my work 3 times. He now knows my name.
;)
I did ask the ladies on the desk whether they had a Twitter account. They don't, but they have a Facebook fan page. I said I'd put a guest post on Sidepodcast somehow and link it to that from there, so you guys will probably get some traffic when that goes on. :D
if people don't stop texting me while i'm cooking i might scream!..
Cheese on toast doesn't count as cooking.
Now I just made myself hungry!
try doing it while live commenting (just sayin;)
Everyone who has lou's number must text her now ;)
Meanie!
i am live commenting and cooking now.. (currently stirring the melting chocolate..) i just can't text, live comment and cook..
:D
i will hurt you.. :P
I smell a podcast.
No pun intended. ;)
woot. appreciated.
you want me to podcast cooking??
show off :)
Famous people know you.
:P it does help when you use a kitchen though.. not a desk ;)
Depends what you cook TBH. I wanna see Timo's cooking challenge Grand Prix Diary set him and Isa!
What else would you use mixing desk for
Technicaly I valet parked my car and took my keys, my hose keys are on the same ring and I had to go back to get them.
The lesson here is... Don't valet!
Out.
You need Emily there to photograph this
hm?
The incredibly bad pun.
i do :( but she is at her nan's house cut off from internet until saturday. honestly the lengths she will go to to revise. :P
ah that was nothing.
*carries on blogging*
Wow, dediciation.
I... think.
Is she insane? No internet
i know! i've had waaaay more telephone conversations with her though :D
Here are some pics: http://twitpic.com/photos/RubberGoat
I took my frustration out by trying to be arty. I only had my phone though!
I've Twitpic'd my photos, but I decided in the event of publicity I should probably upload them to Flickr.
ooh Jag
Supposedly a real one...
:)
so there are buttons that work when making a new daily post!
I need some advice.
What's a suitable place for uploading pictures to be linked to in a Sidepodcast post?
yes!! this is what i was saying in the pub on monday.. they've been there for a while..
So much unecessary hard coding
I blame uni
what did you think the buttons were there for?..
I may not have seen them
Ahem
but... what do you do when you write your own blog?
I have different buttons to that!
i'm not even going o ask :)
I am stupid :cry:
You have such civilised conversations. I'm very jealous.
awww at least you didn't leave you keys in the car and then drive away from the car ;)
You guys so need this for Wii F1 and Mario Kart Tourneys! http://www.virtualr.net/inflatable-racing-car-video/
I don't have the ability to keep going. I end up making a fool of myself before it's too late and by then I give in. We had a discussion on Monday where I made a total fool of myself only to have Lou and leigh staring at me in utter confusement at what I was saying. Silly times.
awww that was very cute.. and funny :)
Anybody know Japanese?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbI0r0CIT18
Boooooo, I have forgotten how to make sure my Library gets from my ipod to my computer after reformatting without erasing everything. I've done it fine plenty of times but now I have forgotten :(
erm.. don't you need to change your ipod settings before you reformat the computer?.. or.. you look on the apple site.. they're good at helping people :D
I was playing Real Racing HD on an iPad in the Apple store and the accelerometer meant the steering was so smooth it was like using a real steering wheel!
I think thats what I was playing on Alex's ipad. Very impressive.
Anyone want any F1 related blugs in tomorrow's daily?
Gimme 5 minutes and I can give you one
Excellent *mr burns pose*
I have a World Cup rant?
I've got some non-F1 race start times for the weekend. http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/03/start-times-5-6-june/
I was going to review the Indy 500 but I got distracted.
Can anybody view these photos or not? I need a definitive answer before I go link-hunting in my guest post.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157624073650951/
Yeah, all good sir!
Wonderful, guest post will soon be on the way. Medium photos though, and a link to the set for the "higher" res piccies too. :)
ah..all the cooking is done now :) that feels much better :)
Dear Sidepodworld,
I present to you some of the most enjoyable 30 minutes I've had this year.
http://www.feederseries.net/?p=876
Enjoy :)
The power to all the tvs is out! Noooo!
30 Minutes!!!! WOW!!!
morning amy!! what were you hoping to watch?
wow! that's awesome! will listen soon.i'm pleased you had a nice day.
Tennis replays!
It was only meant to be 20, but they were running late anyway and I was enjoying it so much I kept going ;)
Guest post submitted! :D
phew! i nearly burnt my brownies..
Awe.Some. Listening now. :)
Poor little things
Night guys :)
Night gavin
Night
Phew, so many plugs.
night!
:)
You don't have to do all of them, drop mine if it is in there if you like
Right, I'm offskis. Don't wait up for me, I need sleep! Night folks. :)
night
Night TM
Daily done :)
I'm stepping up the plugs too after neglecting them for a bit. Sort of Pressdog-style.
http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/03/allan-mcnish-chats-with-the-feeder-series/
Not that I'm trying to leech off the back of Jon's work. Always paranoid of that. Just reckon if we keep plugging stuff it'll raise all of us up..
Just listened to it and it is really good.
way-hey! anothe aside show wrapped. me happy :)
nah thats epic :) ta
Something else for you to listen to ;)
http://www.feederseries.net/?p=876
Two shows in two days. You have become a podcasting machine
ooh, shall do. how does it sound?
nooo! downshi...
oh
I thought it was very good indeed. Nice work, Jon. I was thinking how it would've been easy to step in and finish his sentences to move things on due to impatience or something, but you let the subject do the talking in his own words.
Very quiet but awesome
im 90% happy with it. the 10% being that the mic picks him up more than me and i have a tendancy of saying "ya and uh-huh" too much
I'm back at this tired and can't sleep mess again :(
I didn't even nap today, it's bad times
cool. you can edit out the fluffed bits though?
There's probably a happy middle ground somewhere between what I said and what you said.
i was going to pump it through levelator but it sounded alright on my computer. boo
its generally over what he said, so not so much
Did he work his magic again?
ahh, shall listen in a bit, unless you're going to adjust the volume?
oh yes. f1 is more awesome with joe.
I didn't notice you doing that. THey actually teach you to do that in sales training to get people to speak more. So it is a good thing to do in an interview. It's a technique called active listening. Worth doing a quick read up on things like that if you are going to do potentially awkward interviews.
Have you got your house keys?
best listen tomorrow, ill see what i can do
Natacha Gachnang is cleared fit to race at Le Mans
Yes :D
I didn't leave them and my car and its keys with a total stranger and forget all about it ;)
I couldn't hear what was being said on my laptop. I had to put it on a desktop where I could ramp up the speakers
how odd. i had this problem before, will redo it
Good news
no probs. compare the volume to something known and then you'll be sure it's loud enough.
for me its fine, but if others have issues ill try it
Ifyou are looking for something to compare it to try this. I am listening to it on the same laptop now and it is fine
http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/2010/05/21/mays-audio-podcast-with-patrick-head/
ooooh ok now i see it.
:D
now i must sleep.. night all! xx
oh actually.. i may as well stay up to read lukeh's daily..
awwww!
well it is midnight.. so it's not long to wait really. then i will sleep :)
To be fair it has the best link ever to close the daily off
what have muse done now?
:)
This is outrageous, discrimination I say!
Although they did do a gig the other night with a stupid UFO in the crowd, but it's not that. it's nothing Muse related I promise
You will all love it
Night Lou