Each week that goes by, I am getting more and more proof that Thursdays are evil. However, it is now Friday so it is bound to be a good day. Here's what we've been talking about recently:
- Honda are (almost certainly) saved! What I'm really interested in, apart from the fact that it looks like Nick Fry is sticking around, is the blue and red livery that is purported to be their chosen colours. We don't know the name of the team, but we know what colour they will be. Do blue and red even go together?
- FOTA had some serious suggestions yesterday, with plenty of focus on the difference the sporting regulations can make to the spectacle, and how they need to be more accessible to the fans. If you haven't already, share your thoughts on the suggestions, whether they are enough, whether they'll work, and more importantly, whether they'll be accepted or not.
- Don't forget that today is the last day you can sign up for the Batracer 1986 game. If you were signed up to the game already, you may need to re-sign to the new one, otherwise, you might want to join in the fun. The password is 'bourdais' and the game will be kicking off at some point today.
That should keep us going for the last day before the weekend. As ever, let us know if you're up to anything exciting once Friday is over, and while you do, I'll see you in the comments.
oh yes. problem is, it'll look like a red bull, or failing that, an str.
sidepodspace update
NASA have stopped putting the space shuttle launch date back. They are now suggesting Wednesday as the likely date of the launch which is as close as we have been to a date in more than a month.
nice one. what time will that be, and will it clash with the quiz?
it will look nice whatever it is :)could it not be a lighter blue the the red bull though? and also if it's possibly going to be red and blue and an english team, could it be possible the livery will feature the union jack or something? although i suppose the would need some white in there somewhere.
Just now they are planning round 9:20pm Eastern or stupid o'clock in the morning here. So you and I should see it anyway.
http://www.f1minute.com/2009/02/27/williams-2009-livery-unveiled/
:)
force india, usf1(e) and team gb? interesting.
ace :)
Top Priority Item
One for the absolutely must remember this or Christine will kill me file. The week before Melbourne in the ALMS race at Sebring.
ah-ha yes. how long does that race last, and what time is the start?
It lasts 12 hours and starts at 10:35am Eastern.
Full season details at
http://www.americanlemans.com/Schedule/SeasonSchedule.aspx
what's wrong with this kinda blue? http://tinyurl.com/ajj7rg or lighter?
fanx you.
ahh, ok. that could work.
:D
Murray Walker's greatest F1 races:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7925978.stm
I wonder where they got the idea from?
it's official, baby!
Speaking about the new deal, Brawn said: "The past few months have been extremely challenging for the team but today's announcement is the very pleasing conclusion to the strenuous efforts that have been made to secure its future."
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73577
w00t!
and a new website:
http://www.brawngp.com/
i see no blue or red though?
So Brawn GP colours to be Black, Yellow and White.
Yellow, black and white are traditional Renault colours. Couldn't he dream up something a bit more original.
Press release thanks all the usual suspects plus BERR - what used to be the DTI
I hope it's not yellow and black, I may be sick if that's the case. The colours on the site, eugh. Although I also hoped Brawn wouldn't be in the team name v_v
website design by one gary foote. a quick google:
"Trackside IT Engineer at Honda Racing F1"
no expense spared then!
more: http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/117245919490752197279
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
RUBENS!!!!
I know business who have put websites up in a hurry but I have never seen any as bad as Brawn or usf1.
businesses.
I wonder if I can get a refund on that proof reading course.
:)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there are no words.....
tears...real tears.
aww, yay :)
is it me or is this a very odd time in the morning to announce this. i know it's honda news time, but seriously?
This is the moment us Honda fans have been waiting for :) and in true Honda news spirit, after 12 midnight :P
Or should I say.... Brawn GP spirit...
Im so pleased Rubens is definitely back, and Jenson has a drive which is fantastic too. Ahh yay :)
Hallelujah! 3 months to the day after Honda bailed out, they're back!
Wow, hadn't thought of that one.
At least they made you happy in the end after all that waiting. Now we need to see what they do on the track.
http://www.hondaracingf1.com/
"We would like to say a huge “thank you” for your unwavering support over the exciting and eventful years of the Honda Racing F1 Team’s history, and wish you a fond farewell"
i don't care what they do on the track anymore. i'll prob just burst into tears when i see the pics next week, and when i actually see them on that grid! i just.... i mean..... it's just...they actually did it.... they survived.
Looking at Brawn's site I think we have another logo design competition.
I feel so sad reading the Honda F1 site, The two images on the left are the finest moments in Honda's run this time ou.t I know that seems like nothing to some people and like has been mentioned many times as to why us Honda/Brawn fans would like this team when they didnt get much success but moments like Jenson's win and Ruben's silverstone magic are just amazing memories now in Honda's short revival. Onto Brawn and the future now with JB and rubens and another team to love and follow no matter how bad or good they do, no matter what successes and problems occur :)
:D
god i love f1 sometimes.
I know you will care. You'll care when it gets to round 17 and you've had 3 points or so, if even that. I'll care too.
no i honestly wont, well atm i don't think i will. them having 3 points or even none is better than not being there. honestly i just want them to be there. and stay. and eeek....
I personally will care more about the teams performance in 2010, theyve not had anywhere near the testing that anyone has because of this, or so we know, so this year im not expecting too much. I'm just over the moon that a solution has finally happened, we have 20 cars on the grid, and Brawn GP are around with JB and Rubens.
Really need to relax and chill... excited. Breath in.... breath out.
Going by the press release they have 6 days of testing scheduled before Melbourne. That should be more than enough for them to sort the car out provided the weather does no intervene.
Honda supporters seem to be an excitable bunch.
Give us credit, we only had our few moments of exciting glory :D
Yeah but if they get a point you'll still be all "Woooooo" and stuff. Is it just me that hates the name?
hang on it doesn't say anything about funding.... is this for the whole year??
Can you blame them? They've been on a 3-month emotional rollercoaster! :D
Yes, Honda will guarantee funding for Year 1, after which, they're on their own.
i think that fact that i'm still in tears shows just how much of a relief this is.
Woohoo!
Plus no more 'my source's source's dog's source who's friend's source in sourcedonia says that he heard a source saying this and say' thank god.
Is the shakedown still on for tomorrow at Silverstone?
It says Brawn has bought the team so I assume he has the bdget for the full season
i dunno what all the fuss is about, we knew it was official when danny put the drivers into fantasy racers ;)
Comment of the year material right there!
yep i think so. i can't miss school though and i think getting anywhere near the track would be impossible.i wonder what the chances are of me getting a cheap flight to Barcelona are for next week?....
It's normally difficult to get cheap flights at short notice. So school for you.
:( damn school, :P
Once went to barcelona via 30 hour coach on a school trip. Cheap... but not worth it. As much as I'd love to see it, not even for the shakedown ;)
If the car's yellow and black.......*shakes fist*
Maybe it'll have an angry face on the front and go for the whole Bitten & Hisses thing...
Eddie's too busy drinking champagne with DC so he gets Brawn to do it. :D
Is the Sidepodcast Skype convo thing on for tomorrow?
The cheapest flight I can find to any where in Spain for the last day of testing is £85 one way. and that is to Malaga which is a long way away but that is from Glasgow.
done a bit of digging. looks like brawngp.com is hosted with these guys:
http://www.hosteurope.com/
entry price for hosting = £1 per month :)
in fairness, other packages are available.
You can go Barcelona and back with sleasy jet for just over £100 but you need to add a night's hotel.
will chat to mum about it in the morning :)
she will say no, but no harm in mentioning it :P
Y'know, if Brawn and the guys hadn't made it, I'd be disappointed, but I don't think it would lessen my enthuiasm for the sport or anything. Some people are so passionate in their support, makes me wonder would they stop if their team pulled out.
Also, dunno what time the chat is tomorrow, say around 8PM? Would be cool if Gavin could make it, someone mention it to him if he's not out having a life at that time :P
Night.
if Brawn GP wants to do some testing in my street, Ross is more than welcome to bring the team over, i'll even cook them something!
im sure they can gain much data from a 100 yard road :P
night joe.
night mate :)
NIght everyone.
night :) ima head off my laptop, so night everyone else!
night all.
gosh there is no way i could sleep... i'm too awake now. damn and i have school tomorrow... maybe i'll just stay up a little longer....
Awww... how sweet! Hehe. Hang on, don't you have school tomorrow?
before you know it, the sun will be up :)
yeah i do. i've kinda gotta finish these applications for the position of prefects first... i've got three to write, as i'm applying for three in the hope that it will give me a greater chance of getting a position ;)
:) well i do only have a few lessons tomorrow..... :)
http://www.justin.tv/mc_kik
spa '95 replay.
[via]
Nice! Thanks!
Force India no longer has the worst logo.
:D
tis okay, by tomorrow i will have designed them a new one ;)
It's not 95, it's 85! :P
sorry. that was a typo. the orig link said '85 :)
not as bad as yesterday's typo, thankfully.
Hmmm... Why did it suddenly go all French on me? I swear I heard Murray earlier... Unless the BBC suddenly swapped F1 or something else mid-race back then?
That's great news!
I have a couple of questions though:
1) Why is it BRAWN GP? Note the italics.
2) Why yellow black & white? Sponsors? Honda shed them all in 08, right?
Call me crazy, but I actually like the BrawnGP logo. It's simple, has some style (and yes, I also like the color combination :P ).
no mention of Nick Fry (other than those photoops in Geneva yesterday)...
Pitpass speculates Brawn is taking Mike Gascoyne on board
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=37168
I can't see how that could work although now when Brawn will have to run the team he may need someone to build the cars ...
I'm not sure many people will actually go read that! Not after the Lawrence-Stewart fiasco 2 days ago.
That said, I'm not sure this is the best move for Brawn. Unless Mike and Ross are on the same wavelength technically, they will just end up clashing, I think.
Channel-surfing on Justin.tv
Hmmm... Brazil 2008? No, too painful to watch... France 2005? No, too boring, not to mention it's in Spanish... South Africa 1985? It's in Portuguese, but I haven't watched it before... this will do. :D
Poker Night got cancelled and the missus is off to Norway skiing for the weekend, so I'll be happy to chat at 8pm GMT... Who else is keen?
Will the chat be here? What will we be chatting about, exactly? ;)
Okay, is it natural to still be smiling? :)
Why, of course! Nothing wrong about smiling, you know. ;)
BTW, not sure if you saw the bit about Gascoyne probably joining Brawn.
It will be an 'unofficial' skype call.
Ah, unofficial! I see, I see... Is it 'underground', then? Hahaha! Sounds interesting. I might join... if I manage to wake up. :D
The audio quality will definitely sound like it's 'underground' :-D
Hahahahaha! :D
Lets see:
Jenson and Rubens still in F1 - check
Ross Brawn running his own F1 team - check
Possibility that Nick Fry may not be involved - check
700 people get to keep their jobs - check
Honda are finally gone from the sport - check
Pastry day at work - check
Yep, keep smiling ;-)
yeah I did. Would certainly be interesting. We'll see what happens :)
Alas, I'm guessing Fry is still involved, given that he was at the FOTA meeting, using such pronouns as 'we' and 'our'.
Gascoyne won't be smiling - I don't think it's physically possible for him :-)
I'm sure he'll be forced out at some point though - and remember it's called 'BRAWNGP' not 'FryF1'!
Haha! To be fair, I have seen him smile a couple of times, back in the Renault days.
Right I'm off to go and get ready for school speak to you guys later.
See ya Lou - hope you can join us tonight!
http://www.red-bullog.com/2009/03/05/a-new-addition-to-the-rb5/
What the Honda is that horrible thing doing on the engine cover? My God, we don't need such ugliness!
It doesn't look all that bad, actually. The Williams winglets look a lot worse than that. But this will either not be used, or get banned altogether.
The new BBC site looks ok at first glance - they have a mole too... :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/default.stm
Rob
The BBC have a link to ITV-F1 on the front page of the F1 site. BBC website viewers - click for all you are worth on 'The Gravel Trap' column - written by a handsome young man with school fees to pay :-)
Hahaha! Indeed, Rob, indeed. :P When will GPD be back? :)
Hiya - GPD is pencilled in for a return on the 20th, I believe it is fashionable in F1 these days to leave things to the last minute.
Off now to give the graphic designer a kick... :-)
Rob
Haha! Indeed. Will be eagerly anticipating it. :D
The Brawn website colours are Black, White and ....
Light Green....
Hmmm....
Funny that the key players are all Bs...
Brawn, Button and Barrichello except what about the story that Mike Gascoyne is to be the TD?...
I have only 1 thing to say....
WOOOOO!!!
Man thats good news!
Mike Gascoyne is known as 'The Bulldog' - which is a 'B'.
OK, I know he is really 'The Rottweiler' but one fierce dog is the same as another when its chasing you down the street...
:D Haha!
I got the Autosport text just as I was leaving my dad's house! :D
Ooh I am, I am! :D This is for tonight, yes?
Yeah - as long as no 'official' chats are scheduled for the weekend?
no official chats scheduled for about 2 months. please carry on.
Cool. We just don't want to do it at the expense of the Chats/Panels as they are really good fun :-D
it's good actually.
neither of us are convinced 1hr 30min podcasts are what we want to be doing anyway. so if you guys can fill the void with offline chats, we'll be chuffed to bits.
sidepodpanel still scheduled for a couple of weeks time.
Thanks for the heads up.
So does that mean Sidepodchat may not be around much longer? Maybe we should use some kind of egg timer system and be strict about how long we can spend on a topic?
I'm sure the likes of myself, Gavin and Steven would be more than happy to chat on Skype on a regular basis. It was good fun last week :)
It was fun.
So we are on tonight - 8PM GMT ( I should be home by then ;-) )
not sure really. it's been well received but wasn't what we had in mind when we started sidepodcast.
the reason for doing spc was we like short, snappy, well produced content and no-one else was doing that. f1 minute is a good example of how short and snappy christine can be.
i guess with the chat, there's nothing particularly exciting about making it. anyone can start a skype conference call, record it and make it available for download. as content creators, there's zero interest in making the show.
however, as f1 fans it's brilliant to have the discussions, and we really enjoy taking part in them.
so, umm, we don't really have plans to continue, but neither do we have plans not to continue. we do know we have a packed program for the next 6-8 weeks, so it's not something that needs consideration at the moment anyhow :)
Fair enough. Therefore use SPC Chat as a 'filler' programme?
Is it easy to record skype chats? What software do you use?
Morning all.I've been thinking. In the latest F1 Racing, there is an interview with Force India. In the interview, they claim that they were pushed for time converting the new car to use Mercedes engines. As the deal was confirmed back in November, they have had 3 or 4 months to do so. Brawn GP have only just confirmed their Mercedes deal (although I suspect the deal was made a little while before the announcement) and I'm worried they won't have time to convert their car to match. If this is the case, they'll be the least reliable team on the grid!
P.s anyone know what time Batracer starts today?
Hmm, shall we say 12pm?
seems fair to me.
yup can do. perfect for the off-season and mid-season breaks.
none. christine's audio output is fed into the alesis mixer and recorded as if it were another microphone.
I suspect Brawn GP knew a while ago they were using Merc engines and may have already shoehorned the engine into the chassis.
So will you be taking calls during debrief shows or will it be preferred to send voicemails (therefore controlling your schedule more)?
good question... christine?
i'm making this up as i go along. we do miss voicemails though.
a better look at yesterday's flow vis work:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/hamilton-flow-vis-jpg
and oops... not sure he meant to do that:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/didnt-mean-to-do-that-jpg
We still need people to fill in slots at Benetton, Ligier, Minardi and AGS. So if we can find 4 people by 12pm then that would ideally be perfect. But I doubt it and far that 4 people will have to go it alone.
We'll have to give it some thought. There is still scope for taking calls in the Parade Lap shows.
I do enjoy the discussions we have but at the same time, I understand if you prefer to take voicemails instead as it would be a lot easier to make a show around them. Regardless, thanks for the opportunity to call in sometimes, it is great to talk to anyone who likes F1, as it seems that these sort of people are few and far between in the 'outside world'!
Mr C is clearly not paying attention. It's written on the calendar in big black letters with little hearts around them.
Braun GP? Better than Brawn Racing I suppose. Colourscheme sucks though.
Hurrah for Ruens though!
*pimp time again*
£48'415 needed in the next 14 hours or she's grounded!
www.tvoc.co.uk
I'm interested in the voicemail versus phone call debate. Personally I prefer listening to the calls than the voicemails of old when I listen to the shows in the podcast form. This is simply because people who aren't used to it were leaving really really really long voicemails. And on the calls Me or Christine can jump in and polish the output.
However, if instead you went to voicemails but with a limit of 90 seconds on the call then that might be something?
Also further to my post of sofaf1 from the other week about The Future of F1 broadcasting...
There is a really fantastic Paul Graham article that's been published just this week called: Convergence - Why TV Lost
we may have to do a post about it, solicit some feedback. hadn't really considered it to be an either / or thing. but it's a good question.
the advantage of voicemails, is you can do a lot more with the in terms of production. see the megamix as a perfect example. the problem i guess, is the more calls we do, the less voicemails we get.
maybe we're need to keep things like megamix requests, prediction requests etc in the spotlight to encourage more of them.
am assuming you mean this url:
http://www.paulgraham.com/convergence.html
:)
ooooooooooooopppps :)
I signed up for Skype yesterday and bought a new mic so I'd be happy to join in.
I joined BATracer today. My testing times were two seconds slower than others so its going to be a tough race for Benetton. I'm adopting a 'slow and steady wins the race' approach, which has never really been a winning strategy in F1.
Thanks Michael. Just need at least 3 more ideally, but you've still got an hour and 10 minutes to sign up and get in there :)
I'm still slightly irritated that I got the hang of how the car setup system worked with just 2 practice runs left. It means it's not as good as how I'd like, but I'll just have to see how it goes in qualifying.
Meanwhile over in Race Pro land, I lost out on winning from pole again last night. Formula BMW race at Laguna Seca, started on pole by a mile but kept losing the car on the bumps in the corkscrew. Did so 3 times and lost the car twice at that final corner. Came 2nd again but I just couldn't believe it had happened again.
Still, 2 more races tomorrow and they've drawn up some odds for the WTCC race at Monza. I have evens against me which makes me 2nd favourite to win and I'm favourite to take pole and fastest lap. No pressure then.
website design by one gary foote. a quick google:
“Trackside IT Engineer at Honda Racing F1?
no expense spared then! {Comment #23}
Nice bit of multi-skilling. I quite like its minimalism - I'd go so far as to say it may well make it the only F1 team site that would load on my PDA.
Oh yes, Button's supposed to be running the "Brawn GP" car today at Silverstone! :D
i love the idea that facebook killed tv. and the man is correct. we bitched about the autosport paper magazine for about 12 months before we finally gave up and stopped buying it. the reason? we can't share stories with everyone by copying and pasting a link. it requires re-keying quotes into doohickey, and that's just too much hassle.
the other day we couldn't share the webber interview on radio2 because it was bang in the middle of looong talk show. so rip it, trim it, upload it and share the permalink.
to me the winners of the future will be the companies that split their content into the smallest navigable segments and make them accessible to anyone from anywhere.
how much more useful would debrief be, if all stories covered in good week/bad week were accessible as individual posts?
at the moment, aside from doing a control+f on the transcript, it's tough to remember what was covered and when, let alone point someone back in the direction of it.
we have a plan though ;)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there are no words…..
tears…real tears. {Comment #28}
I'm really happy for you, lou. You deserve your happiness. Let's hope it's all onwards and upwards for Brawn GP from here :)
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/123386
Is it me or does that look all a bit too weird?
is it me or is this a very odd time in the morning to announce this. i know it’s honda news time, but seriously? {Comment #29}
I heard on BBC News at 10:30pm, which kind of makes sense if they announced it straight after a hard evening of negotiations.
Going by the press release they have 6 days of testing scheduled before Melbourne. That should be more than enough for them to sort the car out provided the weather does no intervene. {Comment #43}
Wow - that's nearly as much as Force India, who are having 8!
Oh gawd, do we?
yup ;)
So secret even Christine doesn't know about it :D
I think Mr C is planning to take over the internet again :)
Every day we get more like Pinky and the Brain.
and if you're talking about segmenting content... voicemail ftw ;)
:D
:D
yep i think so. i can’t miss school though and i think getting anywhere near the track would be impossible.i wonder what the chances are of me getting a cheap flight to Barcelona are for next week?… {Comment #56}
Probably quite low. But Brackley is only seven miles from Silverstone, so maybe you could try to arrange a visit to it (or at least its reception) before Melbourne and drop off a letter or small gift of thanks? I know it's not quite the same, but going to the home of Brawn GP would be a nice treat for you after all that worry.
*hums theme tune*
Only thing is, is it really that obvious to tell which is which? :D
What are we going to do tonight Mr C?
The same thing we do every night Christine... PLOT TO TAKE OVER THE WORRRRLD!
:) :)
Force India no longer has the worst logo. {Comment #82}
What's wrong with the Force India logo, apart from the Bernification?
Why did it suddenly go all French on me? I swear I heard Murray earlier… Unless the BBC suddenly swapped F1 or something else mid-race back then? {Comment #88}
Quite likely.
not sure if you saw the bit about Gascoyne probably joining Brawn. {Comment #97}
That could be interesting in the Chinese sense of the word. Both of them have strong technical visions and I'm not 100% sure they match. They're both highly talented, but I can see creative chaos resulting from this, albeit not until 2010 at the earliest.
Alas, I’m guessing Fry is still involved, given that he was at the FOTA meeting, using such pronouns as ‘we’ and ‘our’. {Comment #104}
He's going to be part of Brawn GP's senior management. I am curious to know how he'll do in the demoted role.
I may have just called Christine insane!! Whoops :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYj1nkwMp4k
shouldn't it be:
"PLOT TO TAKE OVER THE WORRRRLD... wide... web!"
?
What the Honda is that horrible thing doing on the engine cover? {Comment #110}
Given the way the regulations are, I was a little surprised nobody had tried this before. In fact, the bridge could be extended quite a bit further if the team felt so inclined.
Sounds about right :)
:)
:)
Brawn GP have only just confirmed their Mercedes deal (although I suspect the deal was made a little while before the announcement) and I’m worried they won’t have time to convert their car to match. If this is the case, they’ll be the least reliable team on the grid! {Comment #133}
Force India opted to completely redesign their car in order to accomodate the new engine. Brawn GP could do a "cut-and-shut" job on their chassis - i.e. do the minimum changes necessary to accomodate the engine. In fact, given that they're testing today at Silverstone, that's surely already happened. The Jordan 191 is an example of a "cut-and-shut" modification that worked - the little bumps either side of the engine cover are where the team had to modify the car to accomodate Cosworths instead of the originally intended Judd engine.
They're getting nearly as many days of testing as Force India, so I wouldn't worry overmuch about reliability.
What the Honda is that horrible thing doing on the engine cover? {Comment #110}
I saw that yesterday and was wondering how the heck it was the McLaren that was blown in to the barriers and not the Red Bull with its mainsail.
Hang on - McLaren are running a 4 element front wing now?
Phew! Made it into the 1986 Sidepodcast BATRacer game just in time (having finally figured out how to get Kool Tools). I'm in Minardi, like I was last time.
we need to keep a list of all the newey inspired designs that make it onto other cars this year.
that wing is one thing.
i'm betting yesterday's extended rear wing will be copied by all at some point too.
Right, this is THE last call for anyone to join the BatACER 1986 GAME. dETAILS ARE IN THE DAILY POST INTRO.
Looking at yesterdays images it was a 3 element - today 4 element
Right, I think I'm about to have lunch now so I shall start the BAT game afterwards. Gives anyone who hasn't joined up yet to do so before it begins.
I'm writing up a blog entry about Honda and the new Brawn team if anyone's interested in reading it when it's finished :)
Yowzers (first shot of the Brawn car): http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73586
That is 5 PINTS OF AWESOMENESS! :D
Boo. It's white.
It's probably only a testing livery for now but I'm loving that. Then again it's nice just to see Jenson back in a car :)
5 Pints of WHITENESS.
Do not use that phrase on that 'thing' - I seriously hope that's not the final livery - it looks like a last-minute Formula Renault team run from some bloke's garage!
:)
Some would say that is quite apt for the former-Honda team... :-)
How dull...
Need more views though to see what it's really like.
FOTA missed a trick yesterday by not promising to ban white cars. Surely if they had asked the question in their public survey, 100% of respondents would have demanded the end of the white car.
White works well in public lavatories, but nowhere else
I am hoping it is because the livery will be 'launched' at some point. It's too plain to be a final livery, as even without sponsors it lacks the colour scheme or any design effects.
Lou, you wanna have a go at the livery?
If there was 1 white car it would be interesting. This many is just crazy.
btw: i thought journeyer mentioned bgp were safe for a year? autosport says:
"The car, which was put together even though the team had no guarantee over their future...."
Meaning it was put together when they weren't sure, maybe? But now they are?
Apparently (so hate that word!) decals for the Brawn-mobile will be unveiled the Thursday before Melbourne. We live in hope!
ahh, right. makes sense.
hehe :)
Mr C is clearly not paying attention. It’s written on the calendar in big black letters with little hearts around them. {Comment #144}
No harm in Mr C trying to remember it as well ;) Even if he fails, you know he tried.
That is pretty much the motto of Sidepodcast Towers :)
how much more useful would debrief be, if all stories covered in good week/bad week were accessible as individual posts?
at the moment, aside from doing a control+f on the transcript, it’s tough to remember what was covered and when, let alone point someone back in the direction of it. {Comment #158}
You could get some speech-to-text software (Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the most famous example, but there are several alternatives) and use it as you make the shows. Not only would that give you a reminder, but you could have the transcripts up with virtually no more time or effort than it took you to get the podcast up in the first place.
ooooh!
To get the audio as well, you can put a little pause between each segment (to act as a marker) and then simply cut the podcast into pieces - or use the marker to manipulate the parts in any way necessary. When I was podcasting, I routinely did this to get around the fact that my only recording device (a PDA with a tiny internal memory and (then) no expansion card) could only record about three minutes of audio at a time.
splitting we can do. it's text-to-speech that is proving troublesome. was planning to tag each section, but i'll download dragon and have a play :)
Front wing on the Honda looks well developed, with some interesting features. Airbox intake looks huge from that picture.
James Allen says:
The team are not making Ross or the drivers available, but a Q& A with him will appear on the team’s new website at 2pm GMT today. You can keep up with the latest news and see pictures of the new car, maybe even later today, on their new website http://www.brawngp.com/
Comment in moderation and I've messed up the linking. Unfortunately I have no time to amend now if you could be so kind :-D
Just published my blog post on Honda:
http://toata.blogspot.com/2009/03/normal-service-will-now-be-resumed.html
Also, there's a larger picture of Jenson testing from brawn gp:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/carnew-jpg
:o omg!! It's actually happening! and omg it looks lovely..... although i would say that...
yep sure, the moment i get home :)
it's still not sunk in... this is actually happening :D
that thing has a fatter nose than the renault.
15mins? cooool :)
nice one. i shall read in two seconds.
that must be last year's airbox? what the heck are they cooling with that thing?
Oh fantastic stuff :)
'558 is a flyin' this year!
*does the happy dance again...*
gooooooooo flibster!
windsor on that domain change:
"...we’re diverting web traffic to one of the many domain names we registered some five years ago. We kinda liked USGPE because of the early FW days (referring to Williams Grand Prix Engineering). We’ll be back soon – bigger and better."
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-windsor-clarifies-usf1-name-change/
May just be the black painted surround making the air box intake look big
still rather large in this pic tho:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/carnew-jpg
having said that. have you seen how tiny the sidepods are? maybe the airbox is doing all the work?
can't believe my school has blocked brawngp.com :/
oh that's not nice :(
f1break is blocked too. damn IT dept! :P
I notice in the first Brawn pic Jenson is using tyres with lots of grooves in them. I wonder where they dredged them up from. Too many grooves to be last years tyres.
I can only assume Silverstone is so cold or the runs they are doing are so short that this is the only way they can keep them up to temp.
Airbox isn't for cooling though - it the air feed to the engine.
can it be redirected to cool kers / electronics?
btw, is the official chassis name the BGP 001?
the logo looks nice on the nose:
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/123389
iiiiit's rubens:
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/123388
aww it's like a happy reunion
Unlikely as they are trying to create a positive pressure in there to force air into the engine at over atmospheric pressure.
:D yay!! omg it's actually happening! someone pinch me! if only you guys could see the smile on my face :D
I wonder if they deliberately chose the flo vis yellow so that they can run constant flo vis tests and tell everyone they are just trying variations on their colour scheme.
:D
rubens looks freezing, and are they in an awning, rather than the garages?
Also, and I mean nothing by this because we all love Rubens, but that is one hell of a combover.
are they using the gp track though? or just one of the smaller variations of the track? i think one of track variations comes without access to the pitlane... not sure though.
:)
is it me, or is brawn stick-thin?
...with blonde highlights?
that's grey not blonde :P
Like the Stowe Circuit Hamster drove the RenaultF1 round in TG? Could be...
is there any word yet where the money is coming from to prop up Brawn GP? I can't find any mention of specific sponsors. I also can't find too much information about staff redundancy numbers and the like.
yep exactly that, they had an awning too :)
I guess they will have a sponsor announcement in the run up to Melbourne.
gallery updated:
http://brawngp.com/gallery.php
nice to see jenson back in the cockpit and obviously happy :)
how chuffed does he look?
:( stupid IT dept.
one of jenson has been drop'd
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/happy-jenson-testing-brawngp-jpg
hehe :D i'm so pleased he is happy. :) can't wait to get home and see these now :D
can you receive email?
didn't i mention. Drop.io is blocked too.
yep, it's one of the few things we can do.
images on there way!
oops, my bad :(
you are amazing! Thank you!!!! :D
AWWWW!!!!! yay!! :D thank you
Is it wrong that when I first heard the news my first thought was no more Honda pics for the Big Pic?
No more Honda! Yay!
hopefully they'll retain the services of their photographer :)
You and Lukeh deserve any good feelings and highs you have today - so good for you!
speaking of honda fans has Dom been around today? i hope he knows :)
ross brawn on testing:
"We have conducted an initial shakedown of the car at Silverstone today and both the car and team are now heading to Barcelona where we will participate in the full team test at the Circuit de Catalunya on 9-12 March."
"Later next week we will head down to Jerez in Spain for a further three day test on 15-17 March."
Ah, everything is back to normal then. :)
Has anyone dared ask Brawn (I so can't cope with a team name that rhymes with yawn) about KERS yet? I assume it was well advanced but will they go with McLaren's, or nothing, or an elastic band...?
Haven't seen him comment yet today, but if he doesn't know, he;s in for a big surprise with all the pictures and the website :)
brawn on the livery:
"It’s very different to any other car on the grid."
does that mean it's here to stay?
looking at todays pics, they're not using kers.
i so hope not. anyway i'll be back later. must get this essay so that at least i've done something in this free
No high voltage signs.
It could still go either way. They are not exactly facing a massive website re-design if they change it and the current site looks like the bare minimum that they could do. If they do plan a new colour scheme they could quite easily have the proper website ready to swap in.
Danger! Danger!
Awww ... now I have to break out the Electric Six!!!!
:)
some doubter may consider that a coincidence. :D
but not i.
No way!
"windsor on that domain change:"
Doesn't he realize that out of that 350 hits per second not all are american internet users lol
or that 250 of them were me :)
Attn: Gavin, Scott's just told me on Xbox Live that his laptop has gone completely so he won't be able to make the Skype call tonight
has he tried this:
http://www.scendix.com/mcephone/
skype over xbox (i think).
He'll need a computer because it uses windows media centre, which allows streaming over from a computer to the xbox itself. Sadly he hasn't got the laptop to allow the streaming
Just catching up with my podcasts! I hadn't realised my KERS stuff was so heavily involved! Thanks for reading all that out!
ahh shucks.
the iet video is up btw:
http://tv.theiet.org/technology/transport/1304.cfm
but it doesn't work on a mac :(
will try and find a way to rip it to drop.io later.
I am about to go away for a weekend to the home of a massive Schumacher fan (she is also my mother in law to be)
Am in the bar in Euston - have dropioed a picture :)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-16
*waves*
can we select a drink for you?
Absolutely! What would you like to choose?
is there a menu? otherwise, maybe a babycham?
I don't see a babysham. There is a fruit & cider mixer called jaques which is the girlyist thing I can see ;)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-17
boo!
yeees! f1 connotations n'all :)
Okay I will attempt it :)
There is a red jaques and a White jaques. Which is better?
well red jaques would be winfield, while white jaques would be bar.
i'd go with williams every time.
So what is the aim for Brawn GP for 2009?
I would assume reliability as the main. They could do without having a BAR 99-style season.
I have dropped the evidence! Is this a good time to mention I'm not a big fan of cider? ;)
omg both!
they picked a fine day to turn off the draught.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-19
just for the record... i blame steven.
So the White one is "orchard fruits" the red "fruits des bois". Another picture dropped.
Katherine has arrived to help!
please mention my name ;)
nooo, i mean please DON'T mention my name.
Katheine prefers the sweeter raspberry based red one. And I prefer the peach based White one. But neither of us would order them again. The final piece of evidence is up now!
Too late!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-20
awesome! thanks you :)
Don't worry I'll blame Steven Roy.
first the owl and now this? i'm never going to be forgiven.
I think she'll live.
I have left the bar.
are you going to live comment from a train?
kovi interview:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7928828.stm
Up to you!
that would take some beating!
:)
Okay we are on the Virgin Lady train to Liverpool Lime House departing at 18:38. We are only going as far as Stafford.
Totally didn't see this coming. :D As the announcment kept getting later and later, I was really starting the think the team would turn up in Melbourne with no plans and no idea where to start. Seeing the website and pictures and everything was so brilliant. Only just starting to realise all the speculation is finally over! :D
At least I've calmed down. My reaction on the other thread was quite subdued, actually. ;)
brilliant. what's the estimated journey time?
we'll use the any differences to evaluate just how far off the pace brawn gp might be this year.
Oivin guv's
And your meant to be the responsible one ;)
Go mad, go mental, be happy. I go mad when Spurs score, so you go mad when your team gets saved, going mad is good for you in the long run.
Not only that - but look at the colour.
Is it a ginger combover? :D
Could be a pure flywheel system - no high voltage electricity to worry about.
Working on it...
it wasn't like i meant to get alex and his other half drunk in time for their train journey was it?
you are a hero :)
Oh dear Katherine has found the drop.io e-mail address!
The train has pulled out of the station.
Oh dear Katherine has found the drop.io e-mail address! And she's commenting on what she's uploading!
The train has pulled out of the station.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-21
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-22
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-23
ahh, you're on the kers train :)
uh-oh.
can you do that?
Hmmmm.. It's locked down pretty well.
And it has slides to go with it...
Will have to think about this - maybe screen capture it instead...
A first time user knows more about it than the rest of us.
:(
Yes I think my comments have gone in somewhere on those (boarding the train 1,2 and 3 of three). It's taken from the subject of the e-mail I think.
that was my plan. i can't capture audio and video at the same time though. so i'd have to resync.
we can transcribe the slides manually, if you can grab audio+visuals?
ooooh. umm, they don't appear in doohickey.
i'll add to the list!
By the way, pitpass forums experiment. Currently coming up to 21 hours and they still haven't activated my account, lazy b
none shall (pit)pass.
I can grab the whole lot - thats easy enough as the slides change with the video.
i'll leave it in your very capable hands ;)
So we are due to arrive at 20:03 we think. What predictions would you like?
Our reserved seats have come in handy as they had to let epopls sit anywhere they like in first class because of overcrowding!
Luckily we are in the buffet car!
i say 20:15.
I reckon 20:07.
Get me predicting stuff :)
I am confused. I went out for a few hours. Came in and switched on my computer. Opened the doohickey expecting the standard 20 comments and I have 170ish going back to 12:25
:)
Hehe.
I give in, the bunch of inconsideratable people.
Excellent!
Makes good practice for your Australian GP prediction example voicemail :)
22:22
I like those numbers.
Ouch!
I'm also unpredictably evil, like Mr Burns
I also do a great impression of him.
I'm going to go for on time!
To raise a 2010 budget before they go bust
The lack of 3G on Katherine's iPhone is hampering her efforts!
awww! if you were a gentleman, you would swap.
I just love that the iplayer volume control goes up to 11.
Very good point!
She took a photo on hers she wanted to upload. So I can't.
ummm. if you were a gentleman, you would have already bought her an iphone?
Good point!
Unless she doesn't want one.
just testing something in ye olde comments. please do ignore.
No :D .. evening!
Well she has an iPhone of course. I got mine and she decided after using one for a bit that she needed one!
But when the 3G version came out I upgraded and she felt she didn't need to.
how does she feel now?
oi! evening. ;)
i think if you now left click a drop.io link in ye olde comments, it'll lightbox just like in doohickey.
might be the first bit of code to make the leap from doohickey back into ye (not so) olde comments.
Katherine says that if I would like to buy her a sixteen gigglybits 3g iPhone that would be okay!
w00t!
would you?
Are you on commission or what?
Katherine has found a spot the difference in the on train magazine I have dropioed for your help!
i see alex:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-24
go katherine!
:)
It is the young lady's birthday soon...
i know this man in milton keynes...
The only problem is that my batteries are going to run out soon!
bah :(
i don't see spot the difference btw?
Maybe its been uploaded to the sidepodcars drop?
There hasn't been very good reception for a bit. But as we're approaching Rugby ( we think) it seems to have gone!
We have arrived at Rugy 19:28. This may help with predictions.
here it is:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-27
*hi katherine*
Only for people good at geography!
Rugy is in France, maybe my 22:22 prediction isn't far wrong :)
Is that Sooty?
Just got home from after work drinks... can we make the underground chat a little later?
I saw Spa '95 discussed earlier - I remember that was the race that we came home early from our holiday to see it live because Rubens was on pole ... unfortunately not a fantastic race and typical of 1995 :-(
so far:
- sooty's ear
- sweep's hand
actually, that's sue.
I think the muppet man is missing his teeth.
Yes it is. Sooty and Sweep and Sue! I've got the differences now.can you get them too? Kat
how many are there?
The chap on the left has a red nose.
you're right about the guy. mouth open / mouth closed.
5 differences.
She's in now. That one post + she's in a photo! Mwahahaha :)
sidepodspace update.
Launch of the space shuttle Discovery will go ahead at 9:20pm EDT Wednesday 11th or 2:20am Thursday 12th here. NASA TV will have hours of coverage of the launch build up. Unless of course they delay the thing again.
we're gonna need a bigger pic to find the last one. think four is the best we've got :(
It's hard to tell perhaps but the guy has a beard in one but not in the other. He has his mouth open In both.
yippee...
oh.
Remind us, what is this one doing?
This one should have gone about two years ago. It is taking up the final solar panel and upgrading the power supply so they have enough power to house a permanent crew of 6.
The answers are on page 88
Will there be spacewalks?
:D
Oh yes. Someone has to take thesolar panels out and bolt them on. Then panic whn they don't unfurl properly. I will dig out the flightplan but I would expect 3 or 4 spacewalks.
Brilliant :)
So Steven, given a choice, and if there were no recording media available to watch the events later, which would you rather watch F1 GP or NASA launch
F1. No contest
:D
I can't find the schedule but they have 4 spacewalks scheduled but only one and a quarter spacewalks worth of work that must be done on this flight. So if they run into problems they have time to sort them and if not they will pull forward work and do that.
So it will be the usual day on, day off for the spacewalks. The solar panel assembly when fully opened is 240 feet long so they take a bit of handling.
I have commandeered Katherine's iPhone. Mine has gone kaput!
For anyone up at stupid o'clock in the morning there is a launch on NASA TV in exactly 8 hours time. It is the Kepler mission which will search for earth like planets.
They could get ahead of schedule? Does.Not.Compute.
Kat wonders why your site box says "you must enter a valid URL" if you don't put http://
She is a usability wonk ;)
Right guys, Shall I make Burritos or Pasta? I have to use a pack of mince but it's late and I am 'merry' - need food!
I think they mean they will spend two days trying to find any tools that have been left hanging around.
:)
without it, how does doohickey know if you're pointing to a web site or something else (like, i dunno, an ftp server or something)?
the protocol bit exists for a reason. however, i would concede the error message could be improved ;)
Kat says pasta
Merry sounds like a good plan .. I have some Bailey's in the fridge
But then she thought she was talking to Me and Christine and wanted to suggest something different than Nachos ;)
Pasta, definitely. Manufacturing a burrito sounds too much like hard work when 'refreshed'...
cupcake?
I think I'm leaning towards burritos - drunken food! If someone else wants to start the call, include me bcause I have a Skype phone!
How about ore filling the http?
yes please ;)
by default? what if someone doesn't have a blog (yet)?
Good point maybe it would encourage them to get one ;)
We have arrived. The train arrived at 20:00 which was 2 minutes late. Apparently we were misinformed about the arrival times. So you should adjust your predictions!
:)
there isn't really a simple answer. the problem is society at large has dropped http from marketing blurbs and now people assume that's the only protocol there is.
way hey!
Damn, 2 hours and 22 minutes off
we have been collected and are in the car being taken for fish and chips. Signing off now! See you all later!
I doubt it.
night alex :)
And everything else. It's google and amazon. The dot com has even gone.
Bye Alex
Gavin, I can start the call if you like.
I am going to have to miss out on the call tonight. I have stuff I need to do but I will keep the doohickey open.
Go for it - I'm ready when you guys are!
I've not used Skype before so bare with me :P
Get online when you're ready, Gavin.
Dunno if Lou's around, damnit.
am around. need to finish this essay, may join in onc e i've got it done though if that's okay :)
ready!
Well it looks like me and you comments, you like me don't you.
You better.
Hehe.
Might as well get some work done.
I'm doing a little Brawn GP desktop wallpaper thing
Oooh.
Nice one, please share when your done
JYS to waive his RBS fees this year: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7929586.stm
In your face Pitpass.
i have no laptop and therefore no photoshop :( do drop.io when you finish :D
Best news all day.
24 hours and 48 minutes since I signed in, not activated
Nice one :)
Hehe
Lou, Skype?
though some forums don't care http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A48307692
She has said
am essay writing, once finished i may join... once i download skype on the pc.
Nice one by jolly for the sleek plug ;)
Ok.
Yay! :D
Here's the wallpaper, 1280x800
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/brg-jpg
that's awesome! well done luke :D
oooo i've found my photoshop cd! yay! must get essay done first though.
Just seen the paint job on the Brawn GP car, reminds me of 1 of those licorice allsort sandwich things.......Yuk.
Nice one sir.
Nice one! :)
Joe on skype: "Rubens looks like Ben Stiller"
I can't see it... :P
Wha?
Ben Stiller doesn't have a comb over does he?
Your not the only one.
Joe, call me back!
dude!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/rubensben-jpg
Joe you craaaaazy!
Woah, that's disturbing.
:D
Were getting somewhere.
Sadly I think its in the wrong direction
Concerning the guys in skype, here's the Honda F1 car I made on Forza 2:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/Lukehmuse/fullhonda2.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/Lukehmuse/fullhonda3.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/Lukehmuse/fullhonda4.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127/Lukehmuse/hondarace1.jpg
Evening all
Good evening.
Are people still chatting on Skype? I know I'm late but I'll join in if you want me :)
We're still going :)
I had my hopes raised when I saw an e-mail, then dashed only to find it was from Script Frenzy
http://images.itv-f1.com/ImageLibrary/52311_2.jpg
The Williams there looks like the former Prost car, no?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SXbGDcMeo8
FIIIIIIIIGHT!
Nice kicking.
Also, Juan pablo Montoya getting involved in the world of professional wrestling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLdZDLbISdw
NASCARGOT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CUFEnZeeYw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-oAsDCGNA
Murray doing snooker.
AAAAAAAAND WHAM!
Whats with all these youtube links?
Skype, RG. Do you hath Skype?
good question.
should i clean 'em up?
I'm shaking my head right now... why Juan why? Why did you have to leave F1. If you would of only stayed a few more years...
you know skype does text chat too right?
Come join us on Skype :)
But they're all F1 related, right?
Yeah but, this way you guys can view them too.
Nah, cant go wrong with ol'mobily in the corner.
Plus I daent have a mike which doesnt help at all.
soz am busy. another time for sure.
understood. i think they may need context...
as an outsider joining midway, it makes no sense.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7929586.stm
Jackie Stewart to work for RBS for free in 2009. His contract runs to 2011 so he is doing three years work for two years money.
While I am not someone who would normally go for the cheap shot I have to say. In your face Mike Lawrence.
Context??? on Sidepodcast???
:D
he won't get that memo though, he doesn't know we exist.
:D
The whole of pitpass don't know I exist.
I thought every F1 journalist read sidepodcast now.
Did you ever get a reply, Gavin?
I e-mailed them a long time before you and haven't received a word back.
This is to get onto their forums though.
Lets all sulk in the corner.
I told them I was never going to visit their site again and I won't. I would have thought someone trying to join a forum would get a quick reply.
Based on the thread Kathi's just found, you probably wouldn't want to join anyway.
Nope, we are just discussing on Skype ... I have an interesting addition to this story later on!
I was actually joining to see how the would react to public critiscm (cant spell toninght). First impressions, they read sidepodcast and know the plan
if anyone fanicies finishing my essay on MPD do let me know. i'm close to givning up as i'm so tired.
If you're a bigot it looks like you'd fit right in. For the rest of us it's probably better to avoid them.
I would love to finish it for you. Just one question. What exactly is MPD?
Most likely, giving up I am, ridiculous to wait so long just to get access to a forum in any way.
:D multiple personality disorder. v. interesting.
Nah, don't know anything about that
me neither
Why is she looking at SPC if she is busy then?
:)
Sorry just quoted the wrong post!
Start again:
Why is she looking at SPC if she is busy then?
That's her business, isn't it?
ever heard of procrastination? i'm pretty good at it when i get bored of writing essays ;)
'Inspiration'?
how many words have you written and how many left to go?
Perhaps we could all do a few lines each?
We don't go about how many words you have to write at our school, its usually pages in size 10.
there is no limet to it. it's a general question and you need to write as much about it as you can, have done 3 1/2 pages, shouldn't need to do much more.
You can't get much more multi-personality than that.
Stick a conclusion on it and hit the hay
She should take advantage of being able to multi-task. I'm hopeless!
:D
I wonder if she doesn't hand it in on time and gets a detention, what if she blames it on us? Will we get that detention?
problem is it's on a case study we have been learning about. tis okay will trudge through it. i was like this when we had to do the 8 page Frued essay.
It'd give us something to live comment...
i wont get a detention. my teacher likes me. plus i did extra work for her which is why i didn't get to get this finished. plus she used up all my time at parents evening last night :)
if commentors are given lines to do. would we comment them?
:D
Think of that and say to yourself, 'You can do it, you will do it, I will ignore Dom, Steven Roy, Mr C and everyone else on sidepodcast because they aren't relevent, they haven't got monkies to what I need, and I will finish it.'
I go all dramatic post 11pm
okay am going to focus, which means turning internet off :( so there are no distractions. hopefully this wont kill my internet... if i'm not back within a few hours you'll know my internet connection died ;)
night lou. good luck.
Happy Trails Lou!
Were you actually reading my speech? Cos I was actually joking y'know ;) Good luck and good night anyway.
Write that out 100 times, or it's a visit to the Headmaster for you.
hope you get your work done!
Don't mind me! I'm often not relevant. ;)
i'm irrelevant by design.
did you guys start batracer btw?
i am going to kill him.
gah1
oh god, now we've got one conversation going on in two threads
i'm going to bed. i'm miserable now :(
night all.
Blame Steven and run!
night Mr C. Early innit?
Cheer up Mr C!
yes. life sucks.
Problem I think of having a drop down box in doohickey is that your going to get likeminded people who don't notice it automatically go for the top option.
I'm not helping Mr C at all here am I?
He has gone in search of wine. Probably be back in a bit.
Oh dear...
I'm getting some water for me throat, shall be back in a bit.
Everything OK?
Mostly ok. Comments seem to have got a bit unruly of late, so we might need to rethink our approach. Pre-season teething troubles.
It's been pretty good until tonight...
We've noticed a couple of things over the last few days. Nothing major, but we'll have to keep our eyes peeled.
Wine is helping :)
Just catching up with a couple of days worth of posts and comments. I like that you're all so prolific but it takes a while to catch up....
I need wine too, nice red would be lovely, but I don't have any. :-(
Right, I need to read the FOTA thing properly instead of skimming it, and I haven't opened the dead tree Autosprot yet!
Mr C has just gone for more wine, you're missing out. Tis rosé, though.
The game has now started!
Yeah!!! I can't believe someone didn't take the other Benneton.
Have elected for Southern Comfort with Pepsi.
Ruined by the Pepsi!!
Never mind. I really need get some sleep or some glasses.
Haven't quite got into drinking it straight! And obviously with Pepsi being superior to Coke it is the mixer of choice.
I am eating grapes. Just not the same though.
Just get a bucket and tread on them. You'll be halfway there.
Haha. No, I meant choose Coke :)
Then I will be eating grapes and having a foot spa. I like your thinking
WOOHOO
BATracer pole.
I got the three fastest times. I love 1986.
Hahaha! Party like it's... 1986? :P
The skype chat is still going, has been a very fun night of chatting but I'm heading off to bed as work is in about 6 hours. :(
night everyone.
So should we hit up South Beach in Florida, get a Ferrari Daytona, wear ugly pastel suits, and listen to some Phil Collins?
We've all stopped now. Much fun was had by all I think
Still going?
Absolutely! Hahaha!
Eh?
I tought we would at least have received an e-mail that the game would start withing a given number of hours?
Ah, seems like I'm gonna have to win from P10 :p
Just finished.
Will the sidepodbudget run to that. How many Daytonas are we going to need?
I did my practise runs a week ago. Scott was supposed to start the game at lunch time then his computer died.
Thanks to Gavin, Luke, Andy and Kathi. It was an excellent talk, plus they've introduced me to Sniff Petrol, I'm loving it.
At least a few. Then again with the cost cutting measures from FOTA and the FIA, we should have some money from Sidepodcast Panda Racing.
Just read the article about Toyota running their production lines in reverse. :D
I know, but when it was said it was due to start today, I thought it meant we would get an extra 12 or 24 hours before quali, like in the 2008 game :)
Nevermind though!
Plenty of time to make your comeback :)
A man with a beard, a woman with dark hair and a panda cub. It just looks right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YANcNK4eQTc
Yeah :-p
I have a feeling the game still isn't going to like me, but we'll see. I'm just in it for the fun anyways.
Is that what happened with the 2008 game? It's so long ago I don't remember. Hopefully the warm up after quali will let you sort out your set up.
Hehe. Trust me, you would know if I'd been anywhere near a real life panda!
Okay essay is completed and handed in. Time for bed. Night all xx
night. and good night all!
How did you hand it in?
can’t believe my school has blocked brawngp.com :/ {Comment #233}
I don't suppose they thought you might find it a little distracting today?
Email, I guess? It is the Internet era, after all.
Night Lou
I thought I would have a quick look for lemur vids but they keep linking to pandas.
email. :)
nice. Now they know how late you stayed up doing it :)
Haha! Teachers don't really care about that too much. ;)
Clive James on the 1986 season!
http://www.justin.tv/mc_kik
are they using the gp track though? or just one of the smaller variations of the track? i think one of track variations comes without access to the pitlane… not sure though. {Comment #249}
That would be the southern (Stowe) layout of the circuit, which I believe can be used at the same time as the northern (Club) variation. If someone else got their booking in first, that may have been the only choice Brawn GP had.
That said, it's also the layout where camerapeople are least likely to be seen. So it's good if you want to keep stuff under wraps.
It did, buit don't worry about me, I'll be fine :)
Thanks for your concern though :)
The site went down. Do I blame mediatemple, Steven Roy or something else?
sidepodcast went down?
I wonder if she doesn’t hand it in on time and gets a detention, what if she blames it on us? Will we get that detention? {Comment #538}
I think the school leaves the punishment of us to lou's discretion in that case.
sidepodcast went down? {Comment #616}
I couldn't access it for about 20 minutes. Just maanged to get back on a couple of minutes ago.
Still, if you don't know anything about it, that leaves mediatemple or something else.
The last thing I saw was Journeyer's post on the 86 season and I was watching videos of that. I just checked back here just after your post so I can't even say if the site was working for me or not.
I don't know anything about coding, but would it be possible to give all daily post comments (or all not daily post comments) a different background colour in the doohickey? So it's easy to see the comments are from different threads?
I cannot believe how terrible that Detroit track was. Out of all the cities in America, why did we have a race in Detroit and Phoenix? All I can say is bring back Long Beach.
Going at a complete tangent, it looks like Vijay's gone on a shopping spree:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090306/twl-gandhi-possessions-to-be-donated-to-41f21e0.html
A pretty confusing sale of Mahatma Gandhi's glasses, sandals, watch and metal plate...
I heard about the auction yesterday then on the news today they said Vijay had bought them but the seller tried to pull them out of the auction after bidding started.
Long Beach would be a welcome addition. Generally I am not in favour of street races but I always liked Long Beach.
You know I've watched races forever, but I've never seen Bernie smile and fool around like in this video. It looked like people actually wanted him there.
Re 1986: I miss the metal bottoms with the sparks. I wish we had that still, especially in a place like Singapore.
I stopped watch the vid a while ago because I was doing something else. I never saw the point of banning titanium skid blocks. Who cares if the plank was staying in one piece because skid blocks were protecting it or because it wasn't hitting the ground.
If anyone is still around NASA are going to launch their Kepler telescope planet hunting thingamabob in 15 minutes.
Kepler launch went perfectly. We can forget about this mission now as it will be 4 or 5 years before they produce any good data although no doubt rumours and half truths will come out much earlier.
NASA TV coverage is rubbish. There is a need for a sidepodspace channel.
Now for bed.
Night Steven. Next up on Justin TV, 1987 Monaco GP.
Yes. It is called purple. Nice colour. Would make a great highlight colour for F1 cars...
Vijay bought it so that the Indian taxpayer doesn't have to pay for it - good on him!
Water is bad for you, you go downstairs, get a bottle, then realise the Now Show is back so I listen to that and then Filmspotting, to which I falll asleep too.
Morning all and well done lou
What mission? :)
Morning all! I like Kathi's idea of a different colour for the daily threads.
Say for example anything tagged as daily always has a blue background. The others take colours too in order that they appear to the user. So say you set the colour order as blue, red, green, yellow, purple, etc. Then you say blue is all of the different daily posts even if they are different days. Then you get a first comment on a non daily post. That gets assigned red, and all subsequent posts in that colour have red backgrounds. Then when the first comment from another new thread arrives it gets green and all comments on the same thread get green.
The strange thing will be that the colours won't match between different computers because it will depend on when you started your doohicky. But it seems pretty cool to me.
Also... There seems to be a new button... How very exciting :)
It is a good idea. not sure having a rainbow of colours would enhance the user experience but maybe just highlighting the daily post comments wouldhelp.
Have you tried it?
It can't be a coincidence that Mr C was playing around with the G1 yesterday and now the capital letters don't work, can it?
Hahaha!
Oooh strange things seem to be happening in the quoting department.
if you mean the ones I have quoted, it's a G1 thing we haven't quite figurefd out yet :)
As I'm on the iPhone I need the choose file version which dosn't seem to be working. Although perhaps it's because I haven't uploaded anything recently.
I'll give that a go :)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/bgp001-6-jpg
test
Ah yes that was it!
hehe :)
Have just been informed it does not yet work on the iPhone, that is for the next version. My bad, sorry.
Ah that's what I thought Mr C had said to me the other day. It's all good :)
Something has gone wrong here. I replied to dank on the daily thread and it has changed my thread. So I think there is a bug :(
I am watching too. It's been good so far!