Back to the grindstone, today, then, as the year of work begins again. It's Franck's birthday tomorrow and I'm mentioning it today because firstly, I will probably forget when it matters, and secondly, it's nice to start the week with a mention of Franck, and hopefully he'll get a mention tomorrow as well. Meanwhile, here are some of the things on our radar today:
- Ollie has a post with some updates on when we can expect testing action this week. You can also see the new version of his site, with more featured posts, and a little bit more colour. Keep an eye on it, and let Ollie know what you think.
- Gavin has another post from his 2009 in review series, and this time he's looking at qualifying and how the drivers compare to each other. It's a good read so make sure you head on over to look at the graphs. Apparently the next one will be about fastest laps, which should also be good.
- I posted the review of the Best Comments of the Year wiki page yesterday. It was supposed to be a poll where we selected the best one, but there were so many good ones, I figured that we could just pick out a couple and point you towards the rest.
That should do it for now, let us know how your Monday is going and I will see you in the comments.
No comments half an hour after a daily has been posted? How odd?
howdy. am working on new stuff. i think maybe everyone went to bed early :)
Didn't think that was allowed round here. I am sure it won't become a habit. We can't have one year where everyone is awake half the night followed by one where everyone is in bed by 10pm
I was playing F1 Wii. 3rd again.
heheh. i'm so not ready to go back to work, tomorrow morning will be a killer.
with damage?
I'm just trying to avoid being so grumpy I make you all cry!!
I have a feeling a lot of people are not going to like Monday!
Mixed feelings here. I feel like doing some work, oddly. The morning will hurt though, and I'm on phone duty because someone is on holiday all week, and I hate phones and talking out loud.
you can't start the year grumpy :(
plus getting up even earlier because there'll be a frost/ice and the roads will be bad, car needs scraping...
does @lotusf1team do anything OTHER than RT others?
Apparently I can I'm afraid. It's nothing serious. Just had a really nasty fight with my parents.... Boooooo!!
not a thing.
I'm doing a 25%-distance championship as Mark Webber. 14 laps or so each, no damage and auto gears but all other assists turned off and I'm insisting on cockpit view. So far I've been 3rd at Melbourne and Sepang.
have you tried drink?
#nothere
can i suggest not that ;)
I won't cry.
#blamenick
yes.
if you suggest a better alternative.
I agree. I was really grumpy over NYE and NY itself but people here helped and so did talking it over with Mum. Surely there's someone you can talk to.
I'm quite tempted to phone him and wake him up. Then we can all be grumpy :P
Sveeedish people...
http://thefeederseries.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/episode-4-interview-with-sebastian-hohenthal/
what time is it there?
Parents will always be a problem. It doesn't matter how old you get they think they know better. Even after you pass the magic day where you can tell one of them that you remember what they were like at your age. Never seen a look of shock like that in my life.
Errr 20 to 5 :D
are you messing with my head, or redesigning your site on a daily basis?
DO IT. DO IT
ah-ha. no. i am messing with your head. it'll change proper soon, and then stay like that.....wordpress.com themes totally suck, i cant decide on one i like, hense making my own website
Phone him.
This isn't convincing me to switch... although the end result sort of does :-)
#endresultnotwordpresscough
Hahaha perhaps not! :P
you're writing your own website?
no wordpress at all?
ah
#sucidal
yes....because i cant deal with wordpress.org
ummm... well, yay.
but how? are you doing all your own database programming and everything?
nah, just updating the relevant pages as and when
what about comments?
havent got a comments capability at the mo, but will get there
or i'll just get my friend who can use wordpress.org bit to sort it out for me, which is probably the more sensible option
Jon's too cool to care what people think!
hmm
:)
heheh :-)
i can't think of an easier CMS to work with. what's the issue?
i
am
incompetent
but the site looks fine.
noooo, you'll see, when i'm done, why i dont like it
Maybe Mr C could solve your problem in advance?
Wordpress CMS, I'm assuming?
I like it, but I wish it had a table editor.
it's just the installing of hte theme bit, the rest i can cope with. but am getting there with it...slowly..i think
i'd agree with that. it's basic, bit very easy to use.
The other thing about wordpress (and why I moved to wordpress.com): You _HAVE_ to keep it up to date! It certainly wasn't written with security in mind.
How much work is involved in keeping it up to date?
quite a bit. it's better now there's the one-press upgrade. but every plugin needs the same treatment and the seem to update them once a week. it's madness.
sounds crazy
Turns out I'm an idiot (Alison resist the tempation) Will explain more in a minute :D
P.S I is v.happy
if we started spc again, we'd be using wordpress.com, not org.
Let me guess... you figured out the comments thing?
Basically....i signed up to a host before (the wordpress 1-click ones) but as i was using feederseries.co.uk it wouldnt work, so now i've tried a new domain and it's perfect, will add .co.uk when site is up and running properly!
Cue no-more "are you insane/a little bit thick" looks from Mr C ;)
phew :)
hello all. Work sucks!
true story :(
Nice to see you are grumpy as well
Hello Amy. I'm not too excited to start working myself. Good thing we don't start until tomorrow.
you're working now?!
hehe, no. am pre-empting the tiredness tomorrow :)
although working on spc stuff counts, right?
i am not too grumpy, i only have 6.5 hours to go, the day is going pretty fast. I have an exciting date with specsavers on my lunch break. Crossing my fingers that pesky eee might finally be here when i get home too :D
That sounds exciting
hehehe. :D i'm trying to avoid that. ;)
nah. :P you like doing that!
i really want some new glasses so i thought id kill time and try some on. My stupid small head makes it very difficult to find ones that fit.
w00t! :D
i likes my job too.
i just know that pulling back to normal hours will be a killer.
normal for us, the total opposite for you. hehehehe. :D
woot indeed. I bet it wont be though, stupid australia post. It was sent on 20/12!
they use the post rather than a courier?
the couriers work for australia post. The problem is they dont bother trying to deliver the packages or leave the you werent home cards in our mail box so packages sometimes sit at the post office for 2 weeks before the couriers bother to drop off the "you werent home" card. We once got 9 cards all on the same day, all with different dates of supposed attempted delivery. We laid a complaint but auspost say there is nothing they can do even though they know its a huge issue.
GET IN THERE!
I have just purchased 2 tickets to the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix. I am all set to fulfill my childhood dream of seeing Michael Schumacher in action. YEAH!
cool.
why china?
Off to sunny Shanghai. That should be fun
woohoo! Better get started on that visa application now ;) ps come to singapore all the cool kids will be there ;)
we want to go to a different circuit each year. i've been to singapore in 2008, and malaysia in 2009. china is for this year, and we're targeting australia for 2011. :)
Are you doing Singapore as well as Europe?
It'll be sunny-ish by then - with luck...
i really wish i could, although i probably doubt it'll come off. it's really too bad i didn't know you yet in 2008. :(
She's doing it on the way back. A stopover, if you will. :D
for the second day in a row....
http://www.feederseries.net/ (this is the beta-feeder series, all the content is the same)
There's no pics yet #outmydepth but will get there eventually.
Thoughts? Comments?
You can see what i was trying to achieve with my sucidal html/css one
yep stopping by singapore for 4 days on the way home. Its making my time a bit short after monza though so i think i have to drop nice/monaco to fit in spain and paris :(
umm. well, now it has a homepage, and before it didn't?
im basically trying to make it more magazine style, less-bloggy
ooh, spam fail.
EPIC fail. :O
I thought you had this planned with military precision
got ya. is that not possible in wp.com?
Surprised the spam filter let that through
quite. akismet seems to be letting a few through at the moment. might need to look at that.
not with the themes they gives ya
quite ironic given the post it was on was talking about spam
fair enough. seems like an oversight on their part, plenty of blogs are doing that layout, you can't be the only one after that look.
i had it planned but had not made enough allowance for travel time and also not enough allowance to have enough time in the places i really want to go. I am going to have to drop munich from the first leg for the same reason.
any posts with the word forum in the title are a spam magnet.
would have been so much easier if they had, but i dont mind, i can now host all my postcasts on the one server if i so choose, not sure if i will yet, would be alot easier, just need to work out a way to see how many hits/subscribers i get for each podcasts
I had no idea you kinda went over to a forum for a bit? What made ya come back?
Far better to do fewer places and see them properly. Shame to miss Munich though.
:D
:D
it was a third party forum:
http://www.forumula1.net/
still going strong, but forums annoy the heck out of us.
thought as much!
gives me a great reason to go back though :D
actually, reading that post it says we had a forum of our own too.
i've no idea what it was, but i have no recollection of it now!
haha! steven loves that kind of talk. ;) only thing he'd love more is if you stayed! :P
Haha! Mr. C, you're outrageously funny sometimes. :D
#lovesthearchives
it's true! i've no idea what it looked like of what was in it :)
I think the only reason she booked Singapore is to guarantee she goes home
and none of us were there yet, so we'd have no idea either! :D
ive always said i want to live in spain for a year but steven wont convince me its that easy!
it is easy. they have running water and electricity now.
considering how much i hated singapore as a city and said i wouldnt go back you might be on to something there.
have had it for decades at least. ;)
why'd you hate it? i loved the place. i wouldn't live there, but i'd definitely visit as a tourist.
and two races and trains to several others and winter testing
but as someone without an EU passport its a bit harder :D
move to the EU, gain british citizenship, get a British Passport, move to spain
EASY
You are half Welsh
i found the weather too much and i felt like after 2 days i had seen everything i wanted to see. And i thought sentosa was the tackiest tourist trap ive ever seen. And i didnt like the food. People rave about the hawker stalls but i have a very western palate :(
i am 1/4 welsh. I can use my grandfathers birth cert to get an ancestry visa to the uk which makes getting a uk passport easy. But i want to skip that and go straight to spain!
Surprisingly, outside of the circuit (including the historic Padang), we saw nothing (except Raffles Hotel and that parking lot of Ferraris...)
Would love to go back - Merlion, Sentosa, Night Safari, Singapore Flyer - lots yet to see. :)
then if the issue is being an oz'y get a uk passport and then go live in spain
What's the difficuly in getting direct access to Spain?
As a Euro citizen, wouldn't that already be automatic?
Once you have an EU passport you can go anywhere in the EU but I wouldn't have thought Kiwis were banned from Spain
gasp! Did you just call me oz'y? Naughty step!
Oh yeah, wrong way round, i was refering to you being Australiatian (sp)
It's Australasian. ;)
Off to Amy's naughty step for Jon... Hehe. :D
As long as i still has my laptop, i'm happy on the naughty step
kiwis arent banned from spain but getting visas sucks. There is a reason i moved to the only country where i foot need one :D
i foot need one. teehee. :D
one day i will learn to proof read predictive text
That would be no fun
Is it Monday morning?
Has been for hours now.
There is no such thing as Monday morning.
#fact
I've only just realised. It is 3.40.
Right, gotta sleep, shall finish the rest tomorrow.
http://www.feederseries.net/ ;) goooo on have a look, tis good. Have fixed (an) image problem.
Adios
productive! I booked an eyetest for tomorrow morning and close 2 frames i like. And only one of them are kids frames! I heart specsavers pricing. Nz have nothing like it and glasses are so dear there!
You are so organised
its more something i have been putting off for 2 years and my old ones are scratched and twisted and half the paint has come off. My mum reminded me at christmas that i need new ones.
Very productive indeed. :) What's your eye grade, if you don't mind me asking?
i am about as least blind as its possible to be and still fail the eye test to get a new zealand drivers license. -1.5 in my right eye and -1.75 in my left. I dont even wear my glasses most of the time :D
150 and 175... Yeah, that's not too bad. :) At least it's not the type that gets worse over time. ;)
that is my 2005 prescription at least, i am intrigued as to how much it might have changed in 5 years.
you'll find out tomorrow. :D
my theory is that as old people get more long sighted as they age (all of my family have anyway) that it will happen to me and the longsightedness will cancel out the shortsightedness and i will have perfect vision. I dont care that thats not how it works, it will work for me!
Wouldn't you just end up with astigmatism?
shh i like my theory more than astigmatism!
:D :D Very well, then. Hehehehe.
Looking for a reasonable hotel for our family in Shanghai is hard work...
china is scary! Good luck! Just once i would like to stay at the same hotel as drivers but ouch, so unaffordable
We'll have to live and die by the metro plus whatever the circuit provides for shuttles. Going around by taxi looks deadly - you even have to print the address for them to have a chance at understanding... :O
definitely sounds like spc is going to have to claim a table at one of the bars at albert park! If only everyone had advantage membership, their bars are the best because they are trackside.
Good morning,
it's snowing and a far too warm -9. Other than that I'm waiting for someone of the student housing organisation to come and inspect the room of my flatmate who moved out yesterday.
morning kathi. What part of finland is it you are in again?
Jyväskylä, home of the Finnish rally.
Count me in!! and I am sure we could find a way of getting people in there, (legally of course).
I was there in 2004 for the first race and the shuttles were brilliant, except on Sunday night, when for some reason the Police stopped the shuttles from going anywhere near the city on the return leg, and everyone was evacuated unexpectedly about 20km's from town and had to fight for our own way back.
Let me tell you that getting a cab somewhere between Shanghai and "where the heck am I??" was not easy, especially when you were fighting against every other person who got booted out there also. Be prepared, have spare cash with you and carry a business card from your hotel, with the address written in Chinese, so the Cab driver can have at least a fair shot at getting you near your hotel. No guarantees though.
Other than that enjoy!!
petes bar is where team mclaren members meet and its always good, so spc could meet there too. As long as people are not in GA of course :D
And old article (14 December) sourced from Le Parisien claims the three drivers Renault were interested in were Heidfeld, Kobayashi and Kovalainen. We know where two drivers are going and it is not Renault. Various Swiss newspapers have claimed that Peter Sauber has admitted that Sauber will not be employing Nick but another experienced driver (Pedalo being linked). Is this sufficient to announce Nick at Renault via Twitter?
http://www.f1network.net/main/s491/st152471.htm
Morning all :D
Hello Gavin. How goes things?
Very well sir. Congrats on getting the Chinese GP tickets - it must be a dream come true for you to see your idol.
I myself have already seen him at a Grand Prix, but that was a while ago ;)
I hope he proves me wrong and is fighting fit - I want to see my idol, not a shadow of him. ;)
And thanks to the advent of required autograph sessions, I actually have a proper chance of getting his siggie! :D
I don't think he would return if he didn't think he could do it. I must admit the idea of his comeback is growing on me - the challenge of it and all. Could be lots of fun!
Good luck with that - Would be awesome for you to get it :D
When is the Chinese GP?
i think your idol should just race in china for you and melbourne would be alright because i wouldnt mind seeing him once. kimi can do the rest ;)
It's very marginal for me - how would he know he can do it, if he hasn't even driven a 2009 car yet? That's what worries me.
This IS China, though - the land who adopted Michael Schumacher when they did the RoC in Beijing. I'll have to get there nice and early if I want to fit into that 15 minute window...
It's the 4th round of the championship, on the 18th of April. 104 days to go!
HAHA! Even if Schumi dropped out early, that would be because he didn't do well - I wouldn't want that! And Kimi is already contracted to Citroen - if Schumi dropped out, they'd probably ask di Resta, Davidson, or even Nico Hulkenberg to replace him.
What's the bet that Kimi has an opt-out clause in his contract?
I'm sure there is one after Year 1, but I'm not sure if there is one available midseason...
And would Red Bull (who's paying for his drive) let him return to F1 in a Merc rather than a Red Bull?
For the Sidepodders going to Spa, it should be bucketloads of fun if and when Schumi races there again...
shh with all these logical facts, i am living in amy dream land where the finns are plentiful.
Who knows ... contracts can be broken at the right price, is all I am saying.
i think monza will be way more fun with the tifosi turning on the traitor of a hero :D :D so that is why i think everyone should come to monza too ;)
You must be imagining a dream grid of Hakkinen, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Salo, and Lehto...
Hmmm... That'll be most interesting. But if Ferrari somehow aren't in the title fight, expect them to root for Schumi over McLaren or RBR.
sounds like the artic rally
and karjalainen too "its like kovalainen but not quite"
should we also include emma kimilainen now?
psssh, girls. Epic surname though.
Be careful Amy!
Really?
I'm mad keen to see another rally - I love the things!
I think it's sounding better and better. I must save up for my ticket soon!
Might as well add Hirvonen and Latvala, then. Is Gronholm joining in too?
Stop it or I'll have a happy accident!
except Heikki all those took part in last year's rally. Heikki wants to take part this year but I haven't heard anything concrete yet.
The WRC drivers have better things to do than to take part in a Finnish national championship rally ;)
Hehe. I thought the Ford boys were joining this year as a warmup? Could be wrong though.
The Arctic Rally is on the Richard Burns Rally Game.
If you install the RSRBR Add-on you can play as Kimi in his Punto I think...
why be careful? Come to monzaaaaaa!
I'm just saying it might get a bit Football Hooligan-ish, is all.
McLaren fan in Monza - that's why! ;)
ah yes. This is why you should all come. Protection!
Hirvonen will take part in the IRC Monte rally before the season but I hadn't heard anything about the arctic rally.
P.S. Grönholm said that if Kimi drives better than him in the [Sweden] rally he will never drive a rally car again.
Kimi to beat Marcus? That's a HUGE ask.
Morning all. Figure I'll break with tradition and not be grumpy going back to work this morning.
Heheh. Good luck with that. :)
Going pretty well so far.
No reasons to be grumpy yet? :)
Plenty, but I am feeling optimistic. Doesn't happen very often so I am embracing it!
Morning,
Same here - even after no heat and an hour's delay on my morning train ;)
hooray, 'you weren't home' card has finally arrived in the mail box. Attempted delivery date 29/12/09. This means if they'd done it when they said they would, I could have gone to pick it up last Wednesday. Grrr couriers. Grrrr.
Hurrah! (Should I be getting out my calendar again? ;) )
Morning to everyone by the way!
Hey there Alex. How are ya?
I think so. It is doubly special on a day when everyone else is doom and gloom.
I'm okay. Still have a cough. But I am not back to work until tomorrow. Now I just need to deal with the insurance company!
Blimey! Good stuff!
(ps. Christine did you see I set up that wave you were talking about the other day?)
I saw that you did but I have not yet visited it :)
#confidential
Good-oh!
Oh yes and #confidential
I had a wonderful day so I hope you have the same :D
When I got the James Allen book delivered by UPS they just left a note as a loose piece of paper outside our building. Could have blown away! Useless!
I don't know about you, but seeing Kimi disinterested in 2009 (and much of his Ferrari stint for that matter), was hard to watch, as much as I love him he only very rarely delivered the kind of performances that used to scare the life outta me, when he was in a McLaren.
I just found the January issue of F1 Racing on my bed, gosh it's horribly out of date already :D
You're looking at the driver lineup, aren't you? Very out of date, indeed. :D
I made it as far as Kovalainen likely at Renault before I gave up.
Dank tweeted something similar about AUTOSPORT the other day.
plus its the season review issue and I'm about season reviewed out. I just don't care about 2009 anymore and didn't the last two issues either. #blamejenson
Seems like a lot of people still want some kind of season review though ;)
i like the bits on the BGP 001 and the season in pictures. :)
normally I quite like the season review but this year I read a lot more blogs than I did in the past and everyone has done one! :D
I groaned at the BGP 001 story but only because I am Brawned out after last months Brawny issue. I will read the story though when I pick it up and have a proper read later :D
They admitted the DDD was a distraction for the real secret to their speed - the front wing. :)
It was obvious to me that the front wing was a lot more developed than other teams - for example BMW's looked like it was taken from a piece of guttering!
I agree actually! I was worried nobody would read mine but the reception thus far has been very good!
Morning everyone
Morning.
Feeling Better?
Yeah a bit better, cheers :)
Joe's back from his holiday with a whole load of posts already.
Apparently there's a chance the points system may change.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/another-change-coming-for-the-f1-points-system/
oooh. I've always wanted that, so it gets my support.
Me... not so much. Well, if they were gonna do it for pole, at least they did it now, with the cars all running low fuel. But still, I don't think this is a needed change at all.
The pole one doesn't make as much sense now as a fastest lap point, I agree. If we still has strategies in qualifying and the like, sure it'd be useful but it makes sense why it wouldn't work with the current regulations.
Fastest lap though all the way for me though.
Really...? I thought it was better now - as it's now an indicator of who really was the fastest on Saturday, rather than in previous years, when strategy always played a part and made it unclear who was really fastest.
Pole does make sense now as it's a fair fight without Fuel corrections.
Fastest Lap can be abused, for example Webber in Japan this year. His race was ruined so he came in and did a run on fumes with new tyres just because.
If they're really insisting on this, they have to do it like they do it in GP2 - it only counts if you're in the Top 10, otherwise, no point is awarded.
Rather than fastest lap why not point(s) for a driver leading the most number of laps.
If it is only one point awarded it will not make a huge difference.
That's better than a point for FLap for me, but not by much...
Remember Qadbak?
I say good riddance to them.
Like in NASCAR? I wouldn't say no to that, because it would award somebody who was consistently fast.
Nine times out of ten that would be the winner though, wouldn't it? At least the fastest lap is sometimes a surprise.
Thank God both Sauber and Notts County look like they will be OK :)
If they are giving a point for fastest lap to the driver, then why not one to the team with the fastest pitstop?
Although i think the whole thing is very mickey mouse.
What next?
Point for the most dramatic gesture on the pit wall?
Point for the biggest tyre lock up?
Point for the most sideways moment?
Point for the biggest crash?
Point for the cleanest car at the end of the race?
That is a valid point and it is often different to the winner - if applied to the past both Kovy and Nick would have two extra points!
Point for the best post-race hair would be fun - or a point for the best podium celebration ;)
morning all.
It actually creates tactical interest in NASCAR and A1GP where I have seen it used though...
Morning :)
It actually is morning as well.
*looks at the time*
*looks at the username*
...
*looks at the time*
Morning! :P
blimey!
I think a point for the best F1 driver excuse!
Another point for most convincing photos to show why you were right (Jarno are you following?)
Finally a point for the best dressed WAG of an F1 driver in attendance of a race - that will give Lewis and Jenson some extra points!
:)
do we know if wolf is joking about this?
Arrived in Vienna on Air Niki. Funny enough Niki Lauda himself piloted the plane :-)
http://twitter.com/F1Wolf/status/7362710002
WHOA! you're here! in the morning! :O :D
I've just found a post on the internet about the possibility of Vitaly Petrov going to Campos... Morning anyway.
i know. it's not healthy.
On the phone to the insurance company. They had me enter the account number and then a recording said, "let me just check that for you" and then they played the sound of tapping keys as though they were typing it in!!!
At a guess... no. :)
i'm beginning to think i have a reputation.
:D
sounds like a Friday Fun topic to me :)
Oooh, noted!
even though i got up early, joe's already posted 5 blog entries...
He also timed it pretty well to coincide with my 10 min lunch break. Kudos to him!
I am actually convinced now there is no stopping Joe. He is a blogging machine.
does it cite unnamed twitter sources?
Even I can't compete with that.
No, it doesn't, but it does mention the seven million Euros... apparently from a phone operator, Megafon.
What is it with F1 and 7 million Euros?
Morning. Not more changes?
did rg pick that figure out of thin air?
Perhaps thats they holding capacity of your average suitcase full of unmarked bills?
Ah, this is a rumour that RG started yesterday, to see how GMM would pick it up and also study the gullibility of everyone.
I think so.
In a rumoured 7 Million Euro deal I am planning to go to Sidepodracing
It would be funny if it actually happened. :D
i think he picked that out of Ross Brawn...
Yes, the power of influence.
presumably you're brining the 7m, rather than expecting it?
CART did that, I liked it.
Point for shiniest jacket in the conference
Is this of use to anybody?
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/twitter-api/
that's going to make for some short blog posts.
In fairness, in CART had different leaders throughout the races, which is something F1 struggles with sometimes
There was rumours that it could be between $10-15 million!
http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19119&Itemid=219
:(
:P
A good thing my flatmate didn't take the train to Helsinki this night. http://www.hs.fi/videot/1135251890389
oh my! what happened?
In English: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=465962
I'm trying to find out. My Finnish isn't good enough to understand everything, but no one was hurt although that building the train crashed into is a hotel
what I want to know is who builds train tracks that lead into the side of a building :D
thanks
Has any one noticed how GMM puts one story out, and in only a few hours denies the validity of that story with a new story - Pedalo to Sauber is now being denied.
It also seems that use of their mis-information is being more widely used by other sites.
thats what happens when you need 20 original stories per day
And that is why we ignore them.
about two and a half years ago, stuart pointed it out, yup :)
in what way. f1-live is/was one of the most popular sites on the web, and for the most part they've stopped using it. i'd say there's less than ever gmm stuff out there right now.
hehe. But now you know how Finnish double-decker trains look like. I promise they're not always attached to buildings
That's only a good thing.
You would have to actually read GMM to notice that ;)
I noticed F1 Times, F1SA, F1complete are all using their services.
Oh why is there lots of ice outside again? This'll only end in tears again when I have to go walking in it tomorrow.
I knew I should've got a bobsled for Christmas. Especially now that I'm feeling the rhythm and feeling the rhyme.
I got one for my birthday many years ago. Problem is with the hill I live on is that there's a barrier at the bottom.
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Train+crashes+into+hotel+at+Helsinki’s+Central+Railway+Station/1135251895844
Righteo, I'm heading off to uni to grind my mind. See you all later.
Don't do it, Injury-Man!!!
there are many others. we thought about making a list of sites to avoid, but it was quicker to create a list of sites that we could trust:
http://sidepodcast.com/2009/02/03/f1-websites-you-can-trust/
We should probably strike the Beeb off there!
Before I go, I think I may cry.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/jan/04/itv-crystal-maze
They can't!!
It sounds both good and bad!
Still useful to make a list of those that use their mis-information service.
Good idea, bad choice of host...
More info: http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/2010/01/04/holden-to-the-crystal-dome/
Celebrity contestants? Come on...
Every gameshow on ITV is with celebritities these days.
Afternoon.
Amy, are you still around?
BBC Sport are saying Kubica will stay at Renault. Its just on one of those ticker things at the minute though.
aye
I may have forgotten to ask: On which day do you want to arrive at the camping site?
I see that to add to Schumacher... Nigel Mansell is coming back...
...but to Le Mans.
All I know is I am arriving in London on Monday. I do not know what happens from there!
Agenda:
Monday - Arrive in London meet Bassano....
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Some time passes...
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Wake up in Spa clutching can of Guinness
;)
And you think you're joking!
I remember reading that Mansell has always wanted to do Le Mans but it was Colin Chapman that stopped him doing it (too risky) or something...
We can get the key to our luxurious motorhome after 3pm. I guess it depends how much exploring you want to do before the race.
I may have done something stupid: Mr or Mrs C, could you delete the picture of where you can find our valuables during the GP weekend from the very public drop.io, please.
oh no, decisions! I figure it's all up to when the driver wants to arrive, so ask Mr Clapper :D
Nothing guaranteed for the actual 24 hour event though.
Selection takes place end of this month, with priority given to those that competed in 2009 ALMS, LMS or Asian Le Mans.
ok.
phew, buck successfully passed ;)
That "Big Top" or whatever it's called is quite possibly one of the worst TV programs I've ever had the misfortune to watch. 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
I didn't realise it was a comedy for a while.
I watched the first two truly awful jokes and gave up instantly.
AUTOSPORT have the Kubica story now
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80729
What other choice did he have?
Sauber...? Well, he knows the team.
It's the Kubinator!
They'll have limited potential due to limited funds - and they won't be a works team either, like Renault would be.
Basically, once Schumi was announced at Mercedes, Kubica had nowhere else to go.
Is Kubica gonna end up as one of those drivers who always were in the wrong team at the wrong time?
Apart from '08, probably.
08 is included because he was better than what the team were prepared to give him :(
I suspect that if Vettel ends up at Mercedes in 2011, Kubica will be Ferrari's second choice (and Alonso's preferred choice) to replace Massa if he doesn't meet expectations.
I thought BMW said that, contrary to popular belief, they did work on the 2008 car, but it just wasn't good enough?
But they also started work on their 2009 car early, right?
WHAT?
I... think so. But I'm not sure how much earlier than McLaren or Ferrari.
You were also a Crystal Maze fan, then?
I would guess a lot earlier considering McLaren spent £5million on a front wing for Brazil and Ferrari must have done similar?
But BMW were officially out of contention by then, anyway. It's one of those things where we probably won't know the full story for a while.
It was earlier than that, because I remember KubicaKomplaining (hang on... he always does that ;) )
He said that last year. Last week's Autosport said he's going to Superstars which is a touring car series in Italy, the boss of it said so, although they hadn't actually asked him yet.
Here's the LMP story http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80728
This says to me "nobody will hire my boys so I had to buy a team for them"
I hope he does it - I might be doing Le Mans again this year...
I grew up with it. ITV ruin everything. Channel 4 should bring it back.
a bit like Heidfeld - I still think if Nick joins Robert at Renault they could be a dark horse for 2010 season. The engines strong and they have produced winners in the past and each driver will push the other.
Mmm... I SO agree with that statement.
I heard that an A-Team Movie has been made. Dear God, is nothing sacred anymore?
Why did you think Massa will be replaced?
I saw a rerun on "Challenge TV" a year or so ago. It's really not as good as I remembered it to be. Should be consigned to the archives, in my opinion.
...What?! I watched a few EPs on YouTube, and it's every bit as good as I remembered it.
In fact, ALL the old Crystal Maze EPs are on YouTube. ;)
They have given mixed messages here - Nick during an interview at his Xmas fan party claimed they kept the development of 2008 car - the results do not seem to confirm this. It is not widely known but BMW virtually redesigned their car during 2009.
I'm not sure yet one way or the other - it just depends on his 2010 performance. One thing to note is that his mentor Schumacher is no longer at Maranello, although this is more than offset by Massa having built his own relationships with those at the team, including Rob Smedley.
...or was it the "adventure game"....
if Massa left - I think it is clear Robert would be the preferred choice - I happen to think that Robert could be better than Vettel.
done.
Oh, and for those who didn't see it, I also wrote a blog article for anF1blog yesterday on Green Tech, inspired by Jean Todt hiring Gilles Simon...
since they are all old or dead now, i'm guessing a new cast..
I think so. I don't bother to find out who is in it...
Thank you
yes. sidepodcast.
i hereby promise never to replace chistine... on the internet. no matter how much cowell promises me.
I see. An accidental typo gives you a get out clause should the need ever arise. Watch your back christine.
ooooooops!
Blimey you were right, Joe is on fire, especially here:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/holidays-over/
Noted. Thanks Danny :)
She needs to give Mr. See a good talking to! :D
Trust Bruno to make a silk purse from a sow's ear! Here is his interpretation of the Mercedes-Petronas livery: http://mantovani.zip.net/arch2010-01-01_2010-01-31.html#2010_01-04_11_24_03-100063171-0
WOW. Amazing. He had to get rid of the red lines which he adorned his original livery with, but he's turned the livery into something pretty darn good.
I actually like it better this way!
Really? Compared to the non-Petronas livery?
How does this guy not get a job as a livery designer?? :D
Yes. Don't know why - I think it's the colour combos...
anyone else keep writing "200..." and then having to delete it when wanting to write 2010?
I also say it like that :)
I'm currently working on December stuff, so I have to remember to change the default '10 back to '09.
Oh that's even more confusing!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80731
How are BMW gonna feel about that?
They won't mind - it's free advertising... Although I would guess that it'll be removed at the next F1 Commission meeting - whenever that is...
Ditto.. much of which involves VAT which changed this month..
it was what we were expecting. so i doubt it's come as a surprise to them.
it's their fault for considering qadbak anyhow.
Kimi's big hat is still big http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/redbullkimi3-jpg
Obviously they [BMW] know about this - Sauber are simply buying time to get another sponsor to attach to their name.
he doesn't look too bad in that shot at all...
looks like he's happy where he is... for now, at least.
He does fit Red Bull in his image doesn't he?
isn't it that they just left it too late to request a change for 2010?
is that brendon hartley?
Moooooorning all, I went to bed at 4 wondering if my body would compensate by waking me up later...and it did....
at 2.30 :D
Ahh Student days!
OI!
Are you Mr C in disguise?
By the looks of it even Mr C got up earlier! Wow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8439373.stm
nothing surprising there
Surprisingly, outside of the circuit (including the historic Padang), we saw nothing (except Raffles Hotel and that parking lot of Ferraris...)
Would love to go back - Merlion, Sentosa, Night Safari, Singapore Flyer - lots yet to see. :) {Comment #127}
I'd love to go to Singapore - especially since I'd get to see my best friend and stay at her house (solving the "what to do", "how to pay for accommodation" and even "who to go with" (some of her friends are interested in motorsport) - but flights and tickets are not cheap at all...
The problem is that there are lots of races I'd like to see: Spa, Monza, Istanbul, Suzuka, Australia, Brazil, Britain... ...so many things to do, so little resources to do them with...
What's the difficuly in getting direct access to Spain? {Comment #129}
UK citizenship entitles you to live and work in Spain. It doesn't make you a citizen...
Breakout then?
Last year Honda changed to Brawn at a later date than now.
what for? it would only be news if he changed..
my theory is that as old people get more long sighted as they age (all of my family have anyway) that it will happen to me and the longsightedness will cancel out the shortsightedness and i will have perfect vision. I dont care that thats not how it works, it will work for me!
Wouldn't you just end up with astigmatism? {Comment #154}
No. Astigmatism and long/short-sightedness are independent of one another - astigmatism affects how much curvature you see in straight lines (people with non-astigmatic eyesight see straight lines as straight without correction from either brain or glasses) . Long/shortsightedness affects your focal points and the clarity seen at short/long distances respectively (normosighted people had an average focal point and see near and distant objects at a tolerable level of clarity without correction from glasses).
A lot of people have both astigmatism and long/short-sightedness, but if you have short-sightedness and genetic tendency to longsightedness kicks in later on, all that would happen is that the short-sightedness would be reduced. Of course, other genetic combinations affect astigmatism, but they are not necessarily combined.
So basically, Amy is right?
We'll have to live and die by the metro plus whatever the circuit provides for shuttles. Going around by taxi looks deadly - you even have to print the address for them to have a chance at understanding... :O {Comment #158}
That sounds unpleasant. And that's before you consider the driving standards over there. On the whole, I think relying on the metro and shuttles makes more sense.
So basically, Amy is right? {Comment #411}
Correct. An optician would know more about the subject than me though...
(In case anyone's wondering, I found out because I've seen the independence of the two optical traits in action - I'm short-sighted, but developed astigmatism several years after the short-sightedness began). That was basically the explanation I got from my optician when I asked about this (I remember being quite annoyed at the time).
Hey guys
I've just had a chat with Norwich University College of the Arts about the Foundation Degree Film and Video course. As Lou pointed out the deadline for applications is January 15th, but all applications are accepted and get an interview, which is good.
I did ask about putting together a portfolio and what I could do. It doesn't just have to be video material. I can bring along ideas which I have and also I suggested even a few pieces of music which I like and explain what ideas that would fit with it whilst it's playing. I've got a couple of video ideas already which I could put together. Interviews take place in late January and early February so I've got a bit of time to get something together.
One more thing - I did ask if personally the woman I was speaking to thought I had a good chance of getting on the course, and she said that although it's hard to judge without seeing any work, by the way I put forward my ideas and explained them, she though I had a very good chance. Yay! :D
I just found the January issue of F1 Racing on my bed, gosh it's horribly out of date already :D {Comment #220}
It was like computers in the mid-90s - the new ones were always cool to have, but obsolete before the box was open...
One more thing - I did ask if personally the woman I was speaking to thought I had a good chance of getting on the course, and she said that although it's hard to judge without seeing any work, by the way I put forward my ideas and explained them, she though I had a very good chance. Yay! :D {Comment #414}
Excellent, Scott! Best of luck with the portfolio and interview :)
hoooooorah
I still need to do my application yet. I registered with UCAS last week but stopped at doing my personal statement because I wasn't sure how to write it. But now that I know that all applications get an interview, I can get to planning out what I want to write. I've got a good idea, just need to get it all down :P
If you want someone to check it over after you've done, don't hesitate to give me a shout.
Ah awesome, cheers Jono :P
I has done many in the past years, they can be quite boring to write ;)
Hullo again
Afternoon Mr Lukeh. how art thou?
I'm stuck on the Student Support section. It's sking me to choose a fee code but I don't know what to pick.
asking*
umm, oooh. you're a foundation so you're self funded.
Remember Qadbak?
I say good riddance to them. {Comment #245}
I say the same - and that this is one of the few occasions where F1 could learn something major from football. A "fit and proper persons" test of sufficient intensity could have resolved this mess several months ago and spared the Hinwil staff and BMW board much worry and stress.
How am I going to self fund it? What about the Student Finance England option?
No, im 99% sure foundations are self funded, but give the college a call.
I'm ok. Back to doing coding and whatnot, which I hate, but I'm back doing Java rather than C++ so it's not too bad.
We're all fed up of our uni as well, at the end of the year I think we're all lodging complaints against how pathetic the past 2 1/2 years have been run. For example this assignment I'm doing now is stuff we've never been taught to do (implementing 3rd party PROLOG program into java) and it's just the same thing over and over again, no help from lecturers, no organisation, allsorts of problems and the way they've addressed us over the past few years saying 'oh we should've taught you something better but nevermind' or 'it's outdated now but we'll do it anyways' has finally got to everyone in our computing course. It probably sounds really moany or whatever but it's not really fair when we're paying for stuff they don't want to do
But the 'fit and proper persons' test allowed QADBAK to be owners of Notts County
But how am I going to do that? Would I not be able to get a student loan or bursary or something? Or is that what it means by self funded?
do we know if wolf is joking about this?
Arrived in Vienna on Air Niki. Funny enough Niki Lauda himself piloted the plane :-) {Comment #257}
Given that Niki used to do a fair bit of that on his old airline, I'd say Wolf is telling the truth. Paul Stoddart did the same with his airlines.
Nope, dosent sound moany at all, we've had similar problems this year already and it just gets so irritating. I'd say go and see the dean or vice chancellor
Wouldn't surprised if they brushed complaints asides. It's such a lousy university, or at least the campus I'm which has always been rejected more than Dave Richards' Prodrive bids
Nooo idea how you'd do it, you may get a bursary, not sure. Phone them now, find out what's happening.
It's not uncommon which is incredibly irritating, but you should still raise as much noise as possible, even if it cant help you, it may change it for future years.
Not planning to any time soon, mind you, I think walking is going to be just as dangerous tomorrow.
Afternoon all, this is me avoiding work. Again...
SHOOOOOO
Well done Scott, sounds promising.
http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z48/marshalsw007/?action=view¤t=2007-09-03MeridianTonight.flv
This is quite interesting, it's about a disabled marshall.
thus putting himself out of work because those taking the course after him are better qualified? ;-)
That is interesting indeed, great to see that it doesn't stop anyone from being a marshal. Was thinking of becoming one, possibly as it's an easy way to get close to races.
telling truth :-) although I was a bit surprised he is still flying, he is almost 61 ... he was quick though, made the 60 mins flight to last only 45 :-) (or the air traffic control did ? )
I'm going to be doing some marshalling this year as part of my course, very excited
Ooh, sounds like fun, that's a good course!
But how am I going to do that? Would I not be able to get a student loan or bursary or something? Or is that what it means by self funded? {Comment #432}
Foundation degrees are eligible for student loans. If you want to go down that path, tick whichever box relates to that this year. If there's more than one, get advice.
(Foundation Art courses are a completely different matter. Very confusing...)
oh! sorry scott, my friend is on a foundation art course and she's self funded! sorry to worry you!
I am having real trouble connecting my shock mount to my stand and microphone. I think I may well be technically inept. Normally I don't bother with the instructions... But there aren't any :(
Hehehe, no worries :P
But the 'fit and proper persons' test allowed QADBAK to be owners of Notts County {Comment #431}
It wasn't rigourous enough the first time, that is true. However it did find them out the second time, even if things had started unravelling before it concluded.
At the moment F1 has no protection whatsoever unless it's a completely new team or one that scored no points in the previous season. Even then, the FIA has the option of asking for evidence that it has the financial wherewithal to compete, or not, as it chooses. Apart from the new 2008 and 2010 teams, I don't know if any team owner has ever actually been subjected to it. I do know that no team owner has ever failed, which is a bit worrying given that the Phoenix project happened after the rule was instituted (the failures of the early- and mid-90s, I believe, preceded this clause).
which mic?
Samson. I can get the mic in the shock mount but not the shock mount on the stand.
which model!
It's a C03U with a SP01 shock mount and a MD5 stand
I think my father selected it because it has an omnifocus option on it which would be handy for gofoodd
much better. am betting the thread size is incorrect for the stand/mount? is one too big for the other?
goforodd rather
Gofood is an interesting idea for a podcast. I am hungry.
it's marketed as "for podcasts" so i guess it ticked all the boxes. tis a nice one.
Mmmmmmmm. goforodd.
Nope, dosent sound moany at all, we've had similar problems this year already and it just gets so irritating. I'd say go and see the dean or vice chancellor {Comment #434}
Also, see the student advice centre that your university should have (NOT the university-run one, unless you need them to contact the dean or something), any tutors on your side and anyone else in the uni who you think may be able to support your assertions.
The first one should be able to advise you on how to go through the academic appeals process (which will almost certainly involve an appeal to a third party such as an ombudsman) and the latter two can help you win that appeal (along with your fellow students).
If you know that any of your fellow complainants are disabled, get them to ask the disability department for advice on complaining as well; some of them can be surprisingly helpful when it comes to advising on how to get through red tape due to the amount of practise they get.
yeah seems like it. But there are no pictures in the instructions that aren't here ;)
We'll take over the world one genre at a time.
hehe.
which one is too big? the mount should have an inner ring that can be removed
Excellent. It's USB rather than firewire but that makes things handier for me too I guess.
(with a big screwdriver or coin)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-383
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-2-316
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-3-384
yup. remove the inner ring of the shock mount (different coloured bit, with x2 grooves). it'll need a big screwdriver and it'll twist out.
save it for later use, but effectively you don't need it.
it has 2 Ds so must be Welsh food
your podcast mascot needs to be a gopher
the only downside is you can't plug it into a standard mixer, only a laptop or usb recorder. apart from that it's a perfect.
Nope, dosent sound moany at all, we've had similar problems this year already and it just gets so irritating. I'd say go and see the dean or vice chancellor
Wouldn't surprised if they brushed complaints asides {Comment #435}
Me neither - they can't afford to take it seriously because if they did, it would imply substantiation of those complaints. If they're substantiated, they are severe enough that they could lose their jobs. Presumably the dean and/or vice-chancellor like their jobs and would prefer not to leave them in the scandalous manner that a refund-worthy course would trigger.
A similar case at the university I studied at avoided this fate for the vice-chancellor partly because he was elected a couple of months before the judgement requiring the students be refunded was made and everyone agreed he couldn't possibly have been responsible. However I do not believe the head of department was so fortunate...
Genius. I used a 2p coin!
you are correct, except Qadbak passed this test.
Hehehe. Didn't have time to wait for Bassano? ;)
:)
I can't see the video right now. Who are they referring to?
Ssshhh, it's not ready yet! :)
It's missing about 25% of the new stuff I am going to include, and IEx is giving me grief at the moment. I do appreciate the link and mention though. Cheers guys. :)
Indeed and yes please, feedback is always useful. Although please bear in mind non-Firefox users may be seeing a few broken bits at the moment. Aaand, it ain't finished yet. I was encouraged to put my 'workings so far' up after I saw the bravery of Sidepodcast putting up their new super-dandy-fast homepage before it has been fully completed.
Anyway, back to work ('work' work, that is)...
A guy who had to have one of his legs amputated after a crash at the FoS hit him
So now we have the technical questions...
Do I want my PAD set to -10db? do I want my Hi-Pass Filter in "roll off" or "flat". And finally do I want "Super cardioid", "Omni" or "Figure 8"?
It's like a different language!
Steve Tarrant. He found me on Facebook because I took a pic of him at Arnage and posted it on the MWM group. I didn't know who he was when he tagged himself, so I asked him if he was the crazy dude who ran across the track with a wheel in hand.
His response was classic - 'No, because I've only got one leg!'
I'm convinced this twitpic of mine must be on a Muse site or a muse forum somewhere - usually my twitpics get 40 views or so, the norm, but this is 2,000 and rising... my replies feed has been going mad the last day or two! Determined to find out where it is, it's just amusing me :)
make sure you enable the twin banana clips and set the whoopie factor onto full. Or something ;)
depends if the input volume is too loud. it's gain cut, try it and see.
depends on the person speaking. it cuts the treble. try it and see.
depends what you're recording. try it and see :)
Have you tried using tineye.com to locate the other uses of the image?
I have never heard of it but I shall find out now!
might be on here: http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=69811
It's overly reliable, but it has worked for me on occasion.
Who needs a referral service when you have an Alex?
Mystery solved :)
at least whoever it is has linked to your pic this time rather than rip it off ;)
Excellent. I'm going to guess that I want -10db because it's me speaking and I'm loud. And Super cardioid. Lets see :)
Sorry.
at this point it becomes clear why we tell people to get a blog. not a podcast :)
am heading out into the deep freeze. it's dark and scary, i expect a podcast by the time i return :)
Hehe :) It doesn't bother me at all, I was just wondering where on earth it was to be getting so much attention!
and we were encouraged by your flickr mockups ;)
Well it won't be up by the time you return... It will be released on the 28th of January. I might record something just for sidepodcast as a test though.
it should bother you. It's your idea and IP and someone else was taking the credit.
oh no, I mean this twitpic thing, that is just me being nosey! The facebook stuff really pee'd me off and am being very careful from now on regarding new stuff like that
Apparently by using certain settings I can create slap-back echo. Sounds like fun :)
I would like to make podcasts of my blog posts someday...
Whilst we're in a audio question's mood...
What's gain? I have a Low/Med/High gain switch on my mic, and has no idea what its for
Byeee Mr C
all right then. Did you figure out who it was BTW? I have my suspicions...
No idea who it turned out to be in the end, so he grumbles.
I'll send you a FB message later then.
boosts the gain if your recording signal is too week.
hello hello sidepodcast fans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIfYbqw3QCM
This is awesome!!
hello chap, good times?
too hot and humid to say that ;-)
but I'm back from the Dakar and enjoying my last days of vacations...
I just made my first fruit smoothie with my new blender. It consists of blueberries, a banana, honey, yogurt and milk. And the result - not bad actually! A success me thinks :P
Although I hardly eat any fruit so I'm drinking this slowly so my body can get used to it.
was it good?
Good evening, just been to the opening of the Burj Dubai, In the process the renamed it after the ruler of Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi GP really sucked didnt it? :P (well for today at least)
Fireworks were epic, some of the best i have ever seen
probably a blender is the best way to include fruits in your diet. I should get one...
The recipe is supposed to include flaxseeds and oats as well but I thought I'd try it without them first to see what it's like.
Despite what some people say, it doesn't take away any of the good stuff. Fruit is just as effective in liquid form!
sort of. we went to a ford and there was too much water and too much people. so the cars were going not so fast, and we had somebody in front from time to time. but all in all, it was a good and worthwhile trip
wha?
cool. did you/anyone film it?
Gulf News: http://gulfnews.com/business/property/shaikh-mohammad-renames-burj-dubai-as-burj-khalifa-1.562349
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8439618.stm the video really doesnt do it justice!
actually, if you've seen the images from the first stage, of cars crossing a big ford with people around in the water, I was there :-)
are you going to go up it?
ooooh, i haven't but i shall look
is it really that high? :-)
The music makes it sound like a Dr Who enemy is about to do something
Might take somone up there if i happen to be passing in 10 days or so time :P
:)
Huge, you can see it from pretty much the whole city... it looks like a very thin castle in the day and a spaceship at night!
we were on the left side of the exit. there is a point when a car hit the border of the ford and the people help them to get out. they stop just in front of us (1 meter away?) to fix the car.
great
Rally drivers are crazy. This is just more evidence of that.
I also like how they interviewed his mother at the end. And that he did it in a Subaru, of course :)
Oh my... I am in awe. Where's my jaw gone? Oh, it's on the floor!
So... Should I do this? No idea... Why not.
So on http://gamboling.co.uk as you know I am planning to do a post every week day. On Thursdays I am going to do a section called archive. The archive will generally involve looking back at an old article or series of articles that people haven't seen and bringing them to life. But once a month they will be an audio version of one of the stories from The Book With The Missing First Page.
And to give you a taste, and get your feedback before actual go live here is the first one: A game of cat and mouse: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/gamboling-a-game-of-cat-and-mouse-mp3
yay!
doesn't seem to want to play for me on the drop, but there you go :)
Evening! Writing the show notes for my first ever podcast! Really looking forward to releasing it, I have been planning for ages...
i can hear it.
blimey, good man/
ah okay - must just be me.
It's all go on the audio front tonight!
bring on 2010 :)
not that i have a hope in hell of even listening to everything i have mind you.
So if anyone has any feedback then either #gamboling it on here or e-mail me or dm or whatever if you don't want to say publicly what you think.
Indeed.
#gamboling
is there a bit too much hiss in the background there and how do I get rid of it?
Oh well, its a big year (like every other). It is the Untitled Review of the Decade...struggling for 2000...
Is there going to be a feed and stuff?
I plan for it to be a monthly podcast with it's own feed... However getting that to work is going to be... um... difficult in blogger I think.
Understood.
But I want it to be part of gamboling rather than as well.
we were here (first half of the video)
Podcasts killed the video star...
ohhh nice. I liked that story :-)
Cheers :)
Good to hear you are OK guille :)
yeap. we ended up exhausted tough, it was 350km away and we had to drive all night to get there. but afterward we visited a lovely and small mountain town in the way back and it was a nice closing.
#gamboling
is the story being retold a little too slowly and ponderously?
yay. I just realized it's my first sidepodversary! :D
they're in the water!
oh no. we missed it?
happy sidepodversary :)
not us, sadly we were not prepared... (and it was hot...)
only a little. you probably have your gain turned up to much which is inducing hiss. back off the gain and project more.
aha good point!
Oooh mine was on the 2nd, completely forgot!
Happy sidepodversairy guille :)
#gamboling
I don't think so. The tone and speed remembers me a series of audio kid's stories I heard when I was a kid, and I find it very appropriated for this story in particular
do e have a list? we need alerts.
in the wiki
There is a list, but I am concentrating on remembering birthdays. One step at a time, please.
and happy sidepodversary to you!
a quick plug for the new sidepodsearch bar (needs a better name). if you use either safari or chrome on either windows or a mac, refresh your page.
in the top right the search bar will offer you a text hint. a drop down of the ten most recent searches and an "x" to delete an existing search.
the find button is probably obsolete as well, because hitting 'return' searches to save clicking.
yell if you has issues.
:-)
just checking.
I have trouble keeping my kids birthdays straight. Daughter was born march 10, son was born may 9th (different years, of course ;) ), but I always mix up the 10th and the 9th.
Curse those 'M' months!
I vote for the "whottsit?"
well I have to leave. see you at night probably. bye!
night sir.
:)
Evening. Bit cold out. I slid on ice, only a few feet but it felt more :-)
i think lou's been hassling james:
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/01/the-latest-on-schumachers-new-engineer-at-mercedes/
Awww, shov needs to be with jenson :(
Jock Clear is staying with Mercedes too it seems.
*hides happy smirk*
wow that worked as a headping..
*reads*..
...
...
..
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo *sobs*
*prays Jenson will survive at Mclaren withont Mr Shovlin*
I hope Peter Bonnington is sticking with Shov ...he'll keep him sane till Jenson comes back..
*runs away sobbing*
humph.
you asked!
:)
i would never ask James, i asked Stuart ;) James must have been reading my tweets... anyway *runs back to work*
I like. although I had to open Chrome just so I could use it ;)
I can't believe Button is not taking Shov and Bono to McLaren with him. Stupid boy!
I think James Allen and Toxicfusion James on here need to change their names so I don't get that false positive headping.
ahh, sorry. i read your tweet, but not who it was directed at.
i refuse to believe anyone else could have asked james, so i'm in agreement there.
ahh. oops.
You can't run away yet.
I haven't had time to shoo you yet ;)
:D
I'll change, any suggestions?
it's okay. am happy to call him chairman allen for the rest of time.
Deed poll name change to Allen James?
nah, that's cool, I'm just messing around :)
Although people can call me james if they like, it's just that my normal nickname, jamesp, is usually already taken everywhere I go :)
cooool
GRRR Why won't US hosts take .co.uk domain transfers GRRR
why are you wanting a .co.uk anyhow?
yeah, why?
Who the heck is James Rossiter? http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=354326&FS=F1
it's not that i want one, i've already got one, and want to move it over to my new host
ex-honda-f1 tester? i think, or atleast young driver. may be wrong
ex honda test driver. but that's a gmm story, so ignore it.
done.
Ahh, there's the 'GMM'.
Get a .com and redirect .co.uk to it
okay...
can you not get a .com? as far as i know they're only useful for uk companies targeting a local audience. it doesn't really say international motorsport, and nominet are a pain in the bum to work with.
A couple of personal posts from me:
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/01/04/its-cold-but-its-okay/
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/01/04/leave-the-maze-alone/
:)
woot.
you speak sense. what was i thinking. it's what i put on my cards for some reason, will give out most at autosport, want to get the listener numbers up, so hte next lot will change. ta
:D
ah cool :)
pat's idea is best then.
That's the guy
For those who are going to be at the Teamworks karting event, you wouldn't mind if I brought my video camera and did some filming, would you? I'd like to put something together for my portfolio for the Film and Video course interview. I might also need some help from a couple of you to hold the camera and do some filming when I'm on track. :)
.com isnt avaliable at the moment, but will be soon, i was an idiot, it's not a long story, but one that shows me for the silly billy that i is. i can redirect it easily enough, but i cant have the /bits that are usually on hte end of the url.
I'm reading in between the lines there and that sounds like Live Streaming.
Hey all, again.
ok. what has the US host said?
No probs here.
evening
just says that
The domain may only end with the extentions com, net, org, info, biz, us
you know, all you really need to have is someone to host the DNS, the IP can point anywhere, and they don't need to be hosted by the same place.
sounds like a limitation in their web server management console.
i've tried 2 us based hosts and they both say the same. boo
. o O ( our foreigner filter is working! )
Actually, it's probably a registrar thing. The government controls who can be a registrar for it's top level domain (.uk in this case).
i think i'll just make it point towards the .net one that i have, and when .com becomes avaliable, buy that too
Can I ask who you've registered the co.uk with? 'Cos some UK companies offer .coms. When I had another site I used 123-reg.co.uk and they were pretty good. You can set up a .com with anyone, doesn't have to be US-based, as I understand it?
daft question. how are you planning to buy the domain before some domain name squatting ad-pusher gets there first?
An ideal start to Must Comment Monday
oooooh bugger.
shere dum luck ;)
Quick question about 123-reg, they say I can have toata.co.uk for 2 years for 5.98, any idea if it means 5.98 per month of a sum £5.98 for 2 years?
for 2 years
:P
:-)
I don't see why you are trying to get US hosting when you don't need it though.
Awesome. Think I';ll go for that then
5.98 for two years
because it was the cheapest, and had a wordpress-1-click thingy
Now you got me missing having my own domain.
chistine... look away from the screen.
..and alex.
Between me and my wife we have like 10
Alex bought another 7 in the time we were discussing this
i've forgotten as well. *goes to comment*
Something interesting I just found:
http://uk.askmen.com/money/successful_200/221_how-to-achieve-your-goals-the-jenson-button-way.html
:-)
Blimey. Although around here I think that's considered normal ;-)
I used to have a racing statistics website calling racing-stats.com. Does what it says on the tin, or it did.. I never got far with the actual stats before I got bored but I did have a nifty race schedule in php, I miss that and now I've forgotten php and lost the files
If you're plugging redesigns in the Daily, could the new PF replacement get mentioned?
Yup.
Hi guys, long time no see. :)
*waves*
where's ya bin?
USF1 disappointed that they are not allowed to make more toasters in August.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80730
What is Peter Windsor on? Surely he has bigger problems than a summer shutdown and surely there is something more important he could be putting out to the press.
Ta :-)
Having a life and forgetting (runs) about Sidepodcast. Bad of me, I know. ;)
hey
Alright mate
I assume Turkey Machines are busy at Xmas
Question. Is there a list of pending 2010 Sidepodmeetups? Now I have a full time job that pays decent I wanna see my legend in the flesh! :D
Touché Steven, touché.
Although we had goose this year. Very nice meat. Lotsa fat!
i kinda agree with him though.
if f1 wants to be international, it has to stop thinking locally. and if he's going to influence change, now is when he has to do it.
nope, but there probably should be. were all going to spa if that helps?
First chance might be the Autosport show pending if Mr C and Christine will be going this year. Franck making another appearance could be a deciding factor. Up to them of course.
too busy, sadly.
Ah ok
Spa and South East Asia apparantly : http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Help+Us+to+Plan
Big Picture is back: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/01/04/chasing-tails/
too busy even for franck :(
I have Greenbelt (http://www.greenbelt.org.uk) that same weekend, so unfortunately won't make it. Autosport's a bit soon, as I don't receive my first pay packet until the end of the month!
Hellooooo you'll all be glad to hear I've cheered up!! :D
It's only a week until my holiday now. Happy happy girl :)
It is not really thinking locally it is just trying to find a way to make people take a break. The fact that it is in August is irrelevant. It is at the point of the season where people are getting tired and if Italy etc happened to close for November instead of August the break would still be around August.
I just find it odd that Windsor is complaining about something that doesn't happen for 8 months. Surely he has more immediate concerns and more important stuff to put out to the press.
That makes the BMW look ugly.
It is ugly.
#thatsbecauseitis
#sorryrg
There is a new years resolution to speak to Franck as well
No it isn't. It is a perfectly good looking little car.
Which may have been a bit slow.
You are way too happy now. What happened to little miss grumpy?
i disagree.
it's august because that's when uk factories traditionally shut. f1 suppliers included. the calendar is then fitted around the shutdown.
http://www.toata.co.uk/
Woohoo :)
if it was ugly and fast i could have accepted it, but it's ugly and slow.
and as we know, good looking cars are fast
"Hi everyone. Our car's not seen a wind tunnel, but that's OK, we still have a winner. Just like the Honda of old!"
;)
OMG I was happy until i remembered how distressing peter and the wolf was!! His poor goose :( :( :(
might have to be goodwood. there's no way on earth we'll be free for autosport.
It's ugly. Slow and ugly is not what you rally want from an F1 car.
awesome :D
I thought you approved of holidays. You certainly disapprove of work!
I refuse to listen.
At least in 2010 the (BMW) Sauber car will be fast and lovely.
She realised she was going to see Nick ;)
Yeah, that's the real reason Kubica's still with the team.
Nice one :-)
Oh what, sarcasm tags don't even work?!?!
No, even the fast cars were ugly.
I'm sulking back to my Media work.
Haha, sorry RG. Beer? :)
ok ok, so it's all comparitive. 09 cars were ugly compared to 08
Apparently they are not using a wind tunnel at all. They are using only CFD
I'll remember that in 2012. :)
Brawn built a beautiful car yet Renault produced a s**tebox (both aesthetically and not quick). Explain the maths. It'd better be as good as USF1's maths for a start.
Aye indeed I am. Tbh right now I'm most looking forward to it not being so ruddy cold!!
We don't know if he'll be there either.
Aye? Pirate Alison, i did do a pirate name generator, but decided against it ;)
I think the blog post Windsor wrote the other day said they would be using the tunnel for full-scale work only, they haven't bothered using it with scale-models. They are going to build the car and then put it in the tunnel. Seems odd to me but there you go.
at least USF1 are making more stuff. this is a... thing...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3932955&id=223461686185
Pah. It's Scottish. I'm definitely not a pirate!
Looks like you'll be able to fit 6 or 8 slices in that one
w00t!
That way they don't need to build models just full size cars. I would have thought they would be better learning using the models and then make the car rather than the first thing they ever make being a racing car.
Is that the top of the fuel tank area? I find it very odd that they are not wearing clean room gear.
:D
I've seen plenty of people work with carbon fiber for rockets and they didn't wear clean room gear so I didn't think it was out of the ordinary, sounds like it might be. The processes may be different though (hobby rockets, not ones humans ride).
OK, the real reason I'm here is because my home page is now sidepodcast.com. You lot should make it so also!
Remind me to update my blog later. Last post was September!
Has been for months and months! Would be wrong to have it as anything else :)
(heart)
if you do it today, we'll leave you a comment ;)
Oh yes, it's Must Comment Monday, I forgot.
Although that's another good thing about the new Sidepodcast layout. The old homepage plus firefox loading up for the first time made for a slow combination. Now it's just a click of a finger and whala! :)
Saves time I suppose. Perhaps they were a bit behind which is why they were quiet for so long. Skip the model making part to catch up.
homepages are SO 90's! ;)
:)
I can't remember if I enabled comments or not. I know I need to link the darn thing to my Twitter feed though. :)
you may need to tell us the url too...
http://turkeymachine.co.uk
Well, did you expect anything else? Really? :P
what's your twitter?
My sidepodcast username, but with an underscore replacing the space. ;)
Weren't you gonna try and not give your name away?
you are correct, except Qadbak passed this test. {Comment #476}
The first time the test wasn't rigourous enough. However, the Football Association does at least have some rudimentary defences up (however much improvement they may benefit from). F1 doesn't have any, unless you count the financial tests on completely new teams (which nobody has failed in 11 years of operation).
This name is completely out of the ordinary for you :)
Tried that, unfortunately the admin (not me) decided to change the title when we moved servers. I've been so half-arsed about updating it that I've not changed it back yet.
You likes?
Coming from a crazy Welshman, I guess that's a compliment! :D
at this point it becomes clear why we tell people to get a blog. not a podcast :) {Comment #495}
I'm glad my set-up is relatively simple (OK, my results are rather rough, but there you go...)
Speaking of which, I'm considering taking my voice recorder down to the karting and recording some stuff on it. Do you have any advice for me (it will be the first time I haven't used a script to do a podcast)?
Get back to updating it when you are racing, should be good.
That's the thing. I'm in 2 leagues, yet I haven't updated it for one particular league's racing this season. I was a lil bit suspect at times. Ended up with 18 penalty points, but did win my last race out.
talk very loudly. the venue echoed quite a bit, so try to huddle together when recording to dampen the reverb.
i think startledbunny is podcasting the event too, isn't he?
Also be wary of the background music. Depending on where you are standing and how much you're moving it fades in and out and makes editing tricky.
what do you race?
! Crashing into other people and that?
I would like to make podcasts of my blog posts someday... {Comment #502}
Have you considered Free NaturalReader? If I've understood the specifications correctly, the software should be able to produce something resembling a podcast without you even needing to say anything...
Yeah, rear ending people. The worst was being kicked out of a team despite outside circumstances dictating missing my braking point. I couldn't avoid hitting the guy. Had 2 bad rejoins, 2 first lap incidents. I won the first race this year but got penalised for a supposedly bad overtake on somebody who didn't know I was overtaking them. I'll blog about it!
Grand Prix Legends, old F1 cars from the 1960s. 1965, 1966 and 1967 with the odd dabble in 1969 machinery. Fun times!
Is then being overwatched by F1 stewards?
Awesome!
Wow.
No, but each race gets moderated reactively. I did win the last race outright when my team mate thought flipping his car over the kerbs at Brewery Bend onto the Jack Brabham Straight (Adelaide, 65 cars) was a good idea. :D
Please ignore my last comment. Looks like I read it wrong - turns out that the free version can't record what it's reading...
oh, wait, real cars, or the computer game GPL?
Had a very productive day - yay!
Evening all :)
Lucky you.
Hi Lara, what have you been up to?
Hi
Yep, I was very good today!
Heey.
I did do some work, more than I have since mid-December, but it's not enough!
evening
Nothing exciting, revision mostly but I got lots done, for once.
OOoooh let me help you
ahhh
We've been banned!
blog ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/04/where-art-thou/
Excellent! Well done you :) No shooing required.
Well, something is better than nothing, right?
lifesnotfair.co.uk is available (but the .com is gone :( )
I got shooed. Once, but only because I learnt not to speak. :)
True, but try telling that to people who demand this work.
Haha, nope no shooing for me!
So who is the farrier of Sidepodcast? Steven Roy or Christine?
Mirror Mirror on the wall,
who's the farrier of them all?
Oh dear, sounds like you need to come up with a good excuse!
Or utilise the fact I don't have many lessons for the next few days... I love frees.
I was thinking of changing the name of the blog. Is there a better name out there?
Nice to see your punning muscle is still working
I like the name. But it sounds a bit negative.
That's why I want to change it!
Plenty of Racing?
Absolutely. They can take my telly but they can't take my Free... um.. view ;)
Oh lord.
:)
More racing? More to life than F1?
Do you like motorbikes?
4wheelsgood?
:-)
doesn't grab me..
likes that.
I'm quite picky...
it's not just 4 wheels
xwheelsgoodwherexequals2or4?
well it is by default, it just isn't meant to be ;-)
to be honest I'm sat here trying to think of more movie quotes that would work as puns
What's wrong with sidecar racing?
Wheel the rhythm, Wheel the Rhyme
Right, I think I have actually achieved Must Comment Monday this week.
Nobody blog till tomorrow please.
I'll just hide that Live Writer I have open then.
Oh my word, this is awful http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8439495.stm
"Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded."
that's the perfect site to use if you're looking for a self-obsessed jerk!
Not really the most diplomatic way too phrase that thought. I assume the whole thing is designed to generate publicity for them
I'd presume so. I still can't quite believe someone said that in public!
I guess there will be an apology for any offence caused in the next couple of days and to generate more publicity
Brrrrrr it's too cold. I keep leaving juice in my car! When I go back to get it, it's frozen solid :(
talk very loudly. the venue echoed quite a bit, so try to huddle together when recording to dampen the reverb.
i think startledbunny is podcasting the event too, isn't he? {Comment #730}
Thank you very much - and the more the merrier :)
Would you like a copy of the output when I've finished or is that a silly question?
of course, absolutely and yes ;)
Also be wary of the background music. Depending on where you are standing and how much you're moving it fades in and out and makes editing tricky. {Comment #731}
I have to admit I hadn't thought of that. Since I'm not a particularly great editor, I should be extra careful.
Finally, I know who my Top Gear book is referring to when it mentions Nigel Havers.
Back again guys. Writing a blog update as I speak.
I was catching up with Pressdog and found something interesting. A company called 'Gravity' with roots in Luxembourg set up a sponsorship deal with an IRL team, which then fell through. I hope this isn't connected to the 'Gravity' involved with Renault now?
forgot the link
unlikely to be another one.
Blimey the general BBC news site seems to be going the same way as their F1 news. It's full of complete tosh!
"Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded." {Comment #785}
The person who said this implies that the business model of BeautifulPeople.com relies on the people there being beautiful.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
As long as the people are visible, they will be beautiful in some people's eyes.
If the person who said this can behold the "fatties", they must be visible and therefore they will be beautiful to some people.
Therefore, the "fatties" are compatible with the business model and the person who said this has committed a logical fallacy as well as being offensive. There may be an apology ahead for the offence, but please may I also have an apology for the stupidity and unbusinesslike attitude as well?
Not really the most diplomatic way too phrase that thought. I assume the whole thing is designed to generate publicity for them
I'd presume so. I still can't quite believe someone said that in public {Comment #787}
I can. There are a lot of stupid people in the world, they have a lot of money in their pockets and power in their hands...
You in a fighting mood Alianora?
I was catching up with Pressdog and found something interesting. A company called 'Gravity' with roots in Luxembourg set up a sponsorship deal with an IRL team, which then fell through. I hope this isn't connected to the 'Gravity' involved with Renault now? {Comment #796}
Oh no - is this QADBAK II?
You in a fighting mood Alianora? {Comment #802}
Considering the number of them I seem to have to fight to get much of anything done off-line, I don't get a choice in the matter. I have to be...
Where?
It's like the story of the woman who joined a computer dating agency.
"I asked for tall dark and handsome. He arrived, short, fat and bald."
"So I asked to meet the software developer for the site - he arrived short, fat and bald."
(These are the jokes, I'm here all week...)
Anywhere and everywhere. Old Zandvoort, Monza without the chicanes, Monza with the oval, Oulton Park pre-chicanes, Silverstone without the chicanes, Watkins Glen before it was remodelled, and the crowning glory: Nurburgring Nordschleife aka The Green Hell.
Oh, we have the Targa Florio too. All 45 miles of it. :D
what website I mean :P
Plus many others. That's just a small selection. Solitude's rather fun, as is Bremgarten. Bremgarten I took a BRM P115 to 2nd place behind a runaway Honda RA300. I so nearly had pole in that race.
Doh!
UKGPL (use the search engine of your choice, I'm not above the one beginning with G and 6 letters long).
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/01/04/were-not-going-on-a-summer-holiday/
Hooray prescription has not changed and I still have very steep eyeballs. Now to go get my eee!
You eyes have not aged in 5 years?
Yikes! It's time to go home!
The first F1 Minute of 2010: http://www.f1minute.com/2010/01/04/04-jan-10-kubica-set-to-stay-at-renault/
Blog post up: http://turkeymachine.co.uk/f1-testing-in-the-2009-10-2009-part-offseason/
oh my package is so beautiful. Now to get to work to actually open it!
One more plug from me and I am done. Way too productive today. http://mediafuturechange.com/2010/01/04/beware-where-you-film/
How can you produce so many posts in such a short time. I started a guest post last night and it is about 60% done. In that time you have produced about 6 different posts
welcome to my world.
I did my Must Comment Monday moment on Christine's last blog post. http://mediafuturechange.com/2010/01/04/beware-where-you-film/
good man. i shall return the favour in a sec.
:D
Right, school in the morning *cries*, so an early night. Have sent a submission thingy so see you lot later and lotsa love.
boo and yay.
night rg ;)
Night RG
Night squire. ;)
Right bed time for me! Night all!
night chap.
Good night
Can I just say that Gordon Brown and his wretched VAT has ruined my life!!
you were happy an hour ago?
It's ruined most businesses' lives. Quite why Thunderbird 1 decided to reduce it in the first place I dunno.....
I just realised the scale of the task I have to accomplish over the next week :(
You have to get to the end of the week having organised everything you need for your holiday
AAAARGH. Are you trying to make my head explode? Nick can sort that out. I'm incapable of making decisions.
in your future, i see you scaling great heights.
Now you're talking sense!
I've gone fluffy now. I look odd.
You need to be healthy and have a passport/tickets and get yourself and your stuff to the airport. That is not Nick's job. You wo't be allowed to fly if your head can explode. Assuming of course airport security would regonise explosives.
Women can hide explosives the US wouldn't DREAM of going to seek out. Like handbags for instance....
Not trying to start a world war you understand. That's the US's job.
/runs
I have many of those things!! I even threatened legal action to obtain my passport :P I'm sure I'll be okay. My dad was going to take me to the airport but we've had a tiff so I suppose I'll have to get the train. I'm not leaving Alphonso at the airport, he won't like it!
What now?!?
Apart from Alphonso not liking it you won't like the bill to get him back
I just tried blow drying my long and wild hair. It's created the effect of the Dulux dog on me.
He's worth it though!! Poor baby out in the cold.
Ok.... you won't be doing that again then
I might do, depends on what people think. It's sort of alright, just a bit too thick, nothing a bit of sleeping won't fix!
package opened. Eee is so beautiful! And fits in my handbag!
pics!
Wooooo!
I actually now look even more like James May.
Someone give this man lego!
Yes please.
Thick hair is good :) I have such fine hair, is crap!
Mine isn't usually thick, it's only when I force it that it becomes thick!
How much would it cost to buy 3.3 million Lego bricks?
Well you're lucky!
pics are on their way to drop. I miss the proper camera on my phone :(
You've made me realise I'm ill-prepared for my holiday! I want to take Lego but I own none :(
Get Nick to organise Lego for when you arrive. Then you don't have to carry it.
He's already been charged with finding me suncream. I'm not sure he could handle two tasks.... I can't leave the house without suncream :(
With #mustcommentmonday fast ending, I'm off to bed. I shall endeavour to visit more often. I may even chance it at work if I'm not too busy! Night all, go visit my blog. http://turkeymachine.co.uk
I know comments are broken on most posts. Darn server migration.
Keep nagging him about the sun cream. Ask him every day if he has it. When he says he does then you can start on Lego
Quick moan: o2 PAYG internet on a phone is expensive. £4 per MB!
per gig, surely?
it's so tiny!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/05012010-005
Evening folks
hullo
Is that a 7" Eee?
Right, I'd better go to sleep otherwise I shall not wake up in time tomorrow. Goodnight all!
Hellooooo :)
No, per MB. I didn't mistype that, it really is £4 per megabyte. I'll dig out the link in a minute.
Howdy. :)
7" indeed
Hello
Good night
Ooooh Steven, I bought train tickets to the airport! I hope you're proud!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/05012010-005
That is so cute. Can you doohickey from work with that?
That is way to organised
I got that a bit wrong, it's £3 per megabyte. http://www.o2.co.uk/explore/tariffs/paygo
:(
Ah Amy, whilst you're here...
I replied to Kathi [and DM'd you too] about the Spa arrival date, is that enough info?
#Spa
on the same network, iphone unlimited data is only £10 per month.
Have you got someone to look after Alphonso
Good job I get an iPhone as part of my work soon then! :D
Oh no!!!
Does the car need taking out for walkies?
i can pick up many wireless networks but all of them are passworded. I need to work out how to make my 3g dongle work with it :D
Going by Alison's reply yes.
yep, got the dm thanks mr bassano. Emailing kathi now. #spa #dontlookitsstill7monthsaway
Accommodation is now the top priority, no time to waste ;)
#spa
Right, that's me lot. I'm off. Got work in the morning, 7am start. Headache to stave off. Night all, safe journeys in the freezing temperatures. :)
did ya get my comment from moderation?
Goodnight TM
just commented on:
http://turkeymachine.co.uk/f1-testing-in-the-2009-10-2009-part-offseason/
http://www.f1wolf.com/2010/01/your-captain-today-is-niki-lauda.html
http://jpancoast.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/a-little-gift-from-jocelyn/
did i miss anyone?
#mcm
I did, it's up there. :D
cheers and goodnight.
Hmm, Google Chrome won't close. Guess I'll have to stay here for now then. :D
silly spa being in the middle of nowhere! Singapore and monza were so easy to find a place to sleep.
Forests are like that, unfortunately
Hooray prescription has not changed and I still have very steep eyeballs. Now to go get my eee! {Comment #812}
Excellent news. Eyes that stick to one setting are very useful :)
Quick moan: o2 PAYG internet on a phone is expensive. £4 per MB!
per gig, surely? {Comment #867}
Probably not. Virgin PAYG was £5.12/MB until they switched to the more sensible 30p/day tariff...
Can I just point out now that I do not nag....
O2 PAYG Internet is capped at £1 per day on the iPhone once you're out of the first 12 months. You can pay £10 per month instead.
Data Roaming (i.e. accessing cellular data in a different country) is £3 per MB in Europe or £6 per MB outside Europe.
:D
I have plenty of Lego, but you can't have it, so NER!
;)
3.3million 2x4 bricks, with no discount and no shipping, would cost: $858000.00 US
If you realised what happened to the last guy who made fun of me like that, you'd be a lot more careful!
Jpan, stay away from any high roofs in the near future ;)
I'm not making fun of you.
I'm just not sharing my prreeccciioooussss.... Legos.
jpancoast: Can I ask what the 4 slices are of?
Any potential USF1 toaster designs MUST be able to do 4 slices at a time. If they don't, I'm switching allegiances to whatever team CAN make a 4 slice toaster.
:-)
I agree with Jon Tickle, I just want a 3 slicer, or one with staggered popping-up
You people obviously know nothing about toasters.
I've never owned a toaster....
I don't want 3 or 4 slices all appearing at the same time, stagger that readiness!
Do you use a grill or not eat toast?
oh dear..
Proper toast planning will alleviate that.
don't tell Lukeh
I don't eat huge volumes of toast but yes, i'd just use the grill.
Somewhere in Wales, Lukeh is having a bad dream right now!
I didn't notice Lukeh had a toast obsession.
isn't it an awful waste to fire up the grill, charcoal, all that, just for some toast? ;)
I like the conveyor belt set-up that canteens have, they do take up rather a lot of room though
it was replaced by Greggs i think
Really?
It's internationally known, I think
Toast is for indoors, Greggs is for out
Ooooh I stayed in a hostel with one of these once. I must have had about 10 slices I liked it so much.
I also don't have a microwave....
Are you, perhaps,a time traveler from the 1800's?
No toaster, no microwave. Are you living in the 50's?
My parents have never owned these either. I just never bothered to buy one. I don't see the point. I did have a microwave at uni. I hardly used it though.
Great for defrosting or cooking Heinz Spaghetti :)
Which, as it happens, is great on toast
I had a freezer for the first time in my life about a year ago :P
#FACT
#nothere
The lights in your abode, do they use electricity or paraffin?
They are electric! I do however still own a VCR but no DVD player....
you're like, 2 generations behind! How can you possible live in this modern world! :)
You realise we're using PVR's and downloading media now? ;)
I see no reason to accumulate more tangible stuff that's sitting on a shelf for 99.9% of it's life
Errr no? I remember my parents getting a CD player. It can't have been more than about 10 years ago....
I didn't say I used it! I downloaded Peter and the Wolf today :D
80's invention, I bought a great one about 10 years ago
Probably used twice in the last 2 years
Ah yes, 12 Days of iTunes freebie
Today, it's the 'Let's Golf!' app
http://www.itunes12daysofchristmas.co.uk/
Skip the DVD player then, your 'puter probably has one anyway
What you need, is something like this
They're great, I have 2 now
How about we hang out in the new Daily now