Credit: Lou Johnson
I really miss Formula 1!
Ohh, hello again! This is a bit of a surprise me turning up on a Sunday with another daily but I have a funny feeling Lou may have forgotten to write this week's daily so I'm volunteering to step in and make sure we're safely guided into Sunday. It's OK, we're no longer stuck in a never-ending Saturday! Phew! Although I don't think I'd be able to create anything anywhere near as genius as Christine's poem daily last Sunday. Hopefully I can include just as much useful linkage as Lou usually does and you won't even notice the difference. I know Lou loves her countdowns so... 21 DAYS TILL THE FIRST RACE!! We're nearly there!
First off to get us into that ultimately chilled out Sunday feeling, did you know that Giggles Radio is making it's much anticipated return today? Yes, it is very much true! As exclusively revealed by Giggles this morning in an announcement that shook the comments to the core like Shakin' Stevens in an earthquake, we should see Giggles bringing back his much loved show at 4PM GMT today over at the Giggles Radio website which looks like it's all been done up all marvellously and looks very fancy, and of course remember to join in with the comments on the Dashboard as we tune in.
What about Formula 1 though, any news to report today? Not that much really, clearly it's gotten to the end of the week and everyone has decided to put their feet up and stop doing stuff. It may be worth reminding that the final test session of the winter off-season takes place this week from Tuesday if you're missing your testing fix. To keep you entertained till then, Christine has produced a fantastic podcasty-video-thingy introduction to the new season with an interview from Crofty and Pinky (Natalie Pinkham, the new 5 Live F1 pitlane reporter). For more Formula 1 related content I myself posted an exclusive guide on how to get into Formula 1, one that drivers all over the world will definitely use in their quest to get into the sport. It's all definitely true. Yes sir!
Do you remember RG's fantastic New Teams Championship in 2010 that Heikki Kovalainen went on to win with much success? It was a much loved thing here on Sidepodcast as well as some teams on the grid knowing about RG's hard work to keep this updated but this year he's decided to go with something a bit different and look at just how biased the BBC are over the year as they've always been accused of Red Bull and bigger team bias and ignoring the smaller teams on the grid. I think it should be a fascinating bit of insight as RG takes in every little bit of information over the next 9 months or so!
Finally, I'm sure if you've always kept up with Lou's dailies you'll have known how much she loves to share the photography that she discovers over the week or so before her daily. There is simply no comparison between her knowledge and my barely-able-to-use-a-polaroid struggles but an idea came to my mind when I thought of how to incoporate photography into this daily. Have you ever read the blogs of Formula 1 photographers over the interwebs? There's plenty of them out there to get involved and stuck into with the likes of Darren Heath, Paul-Henry Cahier, Sutton Images, Andy Hone and Emily Davenport as just a few examples. Luckily Sidepodcast have created a hugely helpful Twitter directory of F1 photographers so it's perfect and easy to keep up with the developments of these guys! It also reminds me that I really need to make a website...
Podcast of the Week
I know it's a recurring ending to Lou's dailies to have a bit of a delve into the archives and find some fantastic bit of podcasting from our lovely hosts here at Sidepodcast so this week I've decided to choose what I absolutely loved listening to and taking part in over the years and that is the Sidepodpanels. If you've never listened to a Sidepodpanel think of it as the Question of Sport of Sidepodcast as it's very much an off-the-cuff type of gameshow about Formula 1 and such fun! You can find all the Panels here but I've chosen the best of Season 2 as my podcast of the week as it's a recap of much awesomeness!
I hope you have a lovely relaxed Sunday and I'll see you in the comments.
Giggles Radio! Giggles Radio!
And one year a show every fortnight - starting with 1980! AMAZING. Sooo excited. :D
The comments were totally shaken up! And so was I :)
Thanks Lukeh!
Brilliant daily. Super thanks Lukeh.
I like that we got the exclusive revelation :)
No problemo :)
Oh and last night I found out it was somehow possible to have an entuire chocolate biscuit go down your throat. Scariest moment ever!
Crikey! Sounds scary, although it would make eating a bit quicker.
woah!
I don't even understand how it happened though. all I did was put it in my mouth as you would do and it just slipped down my tongue. More embarrassingly was the fact I was playing a game with a friend online with my headset!
It eventually went down but it was scary. It didn;t stop me from eating more chocolate biscuits though #rebel
amy did you like Top Spin 4?
I have not played it yet! I left it downloading over night so it wouldn't count towards my on-peak data cap and today I haven't been near the TV. That's a lie, I'm currently watching a movie. But I will give it a go when this (terrible) movie ends in 20 minutes :)
What kind of biscuit was it?
Chocolate Rich Tea. Sooo yummy. :)
The comments won't be able to stay standing if the revelations keep coming this quickly!
(hearts) super-stand-in-daily.
Hi everyone
I'm sorry everyone. :( thanks Lukeh.
Congrats to Danica Patrick - 4th place in the Nationwide race in Las Vegas last night, her best NASCAR result so far.
Woot!
Afternoon all
I'm bored. I wish Giggles Radio would come back.
BRING BACK GIGGLES RADIO NOW!
3 hours more. :D
Guess what Steven!!!!!! http://gigglesradio.com It's back baby!
You DID read the daily, right?
#sidepodspace
#ProfBrianCox
Today we get two lots of space stuff on TV and two lots of Prof Cox. First his new series Wonders of the Universe starts at 9pm on BBC2. Then at 1155pm on BBC1 we get the 700th episode of The Sky at Night with a few guests popping in. This is a 40 minute episode rather than the usual 15-20 minutes. Also note for reasons of insanity this program never seems to reach the iplayer. I have no idea why.
You really know your audience. I'm impressed with your uncanny sense of timing.
Only just got here :D
I am quite uncanny ;) Which I assume would mean unlucky to RG
So I can tell. :D Hello.
I also just noticed the Zidane film Mr C and I live commented (struggled to make sense of) is on at stupid o'clock tonight but that should make the iplayer. It's worth watching if you like football and arty films and if you have nothing to do for a couple of hours.
Can't miss an opportunity like that: http://mrschristine.com/2010/07/04/film-watch-62-zidane-a-21st-century-portrait/
She shoots, she scores! PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
Possibly.
Hi people.
You are hyped up today, Alex. :D
:)
I'm off for a bit anyways, my brother is coming over to shout at the TV and explain why he is better than Alex Ferguson, and maybe we might watch the football too. See you all later for giggles radio :)
Love the plugging
I hate Alex Ferguson. grrrrrrrrr
After playing this demo I think it's a shame that the Grand Slams are now in Melbourne, Paris, New York and....Dublin. They got the rights to what looks like every other main tournament. I wonder why no Wimbledon.
I played the demo and now I want to listen to the whoe series again
I think we're talking about different things :D
We are. I am talking about Lous podcast of the week in Lukeh's daily. Is it any wonder I am confused
it's all Lukehs fault, he's the one who told me to download the tennis game too.
Tennis in Dublin? That's not right
#blamelukeh
in the demo I could only play at Roland Garros or Flushing Meadows.
Needless to say, Roger Federer just lost to Ana Ivanovic at the French Open. Hmm.
#thankfullyhesnotheretodefendhimself
Although he only did the daily because Lou forgot... #blamelou
And we know what that means... Lou only does things because Steven volunteered to do them... #blamesteven
So are you going to buy the game now?
Damn
probably not, I think I still prefer the Virtua Tennis series. This game had fantastic realism of the players habits though, they got the fist pumps just right :D
Fist pumps are vital. Wrong fist pumps could ruin a game
Maybe it was a warning that you should stick to chocolate digestives or the odd chocolate hobnob on special occasions. Rich tea are spineless biscuits wih terrible structural rigidity when wet :)
Afternoon
Afternoon Mr Clapper
Hullo sir, good to be having your wonderful radio show back soon
Music selection done...
Wires done...
Now to write show post...
You're doing well!
Have I recently mentioned how much I love my N900. No more geolocked Ted.
#WRC Ogier is off the road. Driver and co-driver OK. Car not so much.
That means Loeb is back in the lead
Sounds good
OOPS
So for the post title... Should it be Giggles Radio - 1980 or Giggles Radio 2 - 1980?
Noooo.
Good for Loeb. Bad for Citroen.
Has anyone created a sidepodcast Fantasy Racers league yet? If not I will do one now and scribble a quick post on it
The first one is fine, unless you specifically want to reference that it's the second series.
I don't think anyone has yet.
Okie doke!
Well my brother is not so happy now because of that ball game, doh
:D
Can't waittohear Sir Furious ranting about how the grass was biased or the wind was at fault or some other excuse that means it is not his fault
Done... Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-giggles-radio-1980
I want him to branch out into new ideas for his excuses. Like he was worried his sky box had not recorded antiques roadshow and that put the team off, or how the sun was .04 degrees higher than he anticipated when preparing in training
Hi folks.
Giggles today? woo hoo!
That's right!
I love blaming the sky box.
Hi Kai
yo Kai.
As Joe is advertising his Melbourne 'Evening' now, I'm guessing there won't be a pre-season London one :(
and relax: http://sidepodcast.posterous.com/cable-free
i need a beer.
The before photo looks like the floor of the server room at my old job when I started. It took the network engineers more than a day to dismantle and even then they gave up and started cutting cables.
took about 8 hours man hours to sort it and re-wire everything. i have x1 power adapter left over though.
#sidepodspace For those of us in the UK, there's an ISS sighting starting at 1857 this evening, should be a good one.
I've just found another sighting of Mr C - now we know why he keeps such strange hours, he's on China Time:
http://bit.ly/gzJ1Bu
Onto NASCAR, then. Viva Las Vegas!
Tony Stewart just interviewed. The Lewis-Tony swap at Watkins will be done thanks to Mobil 1. Interesting. I wonder why McLaren-Mercedes didn't do this earlier with Dodge...
*Watkins Glen
They have a 2hr buildup show?
#sidepodspace
We missed the launch of the rocket caryying the USAF's top secret X-37B yesterday. I knew this was due to happen but didn't realise it was so soon.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av026/
If it's top secret why do we know about it?
Ping: http://mrschristine.com/2011/03/06/a-mac-memory/
I'm off out for a little while, not sure if I'll watch this when I come back as the NNS race bored me a bit, mind you I only cared about a couple of drivers in that. :) May well turn it on for a while.
See you later.
See you later
Not sure what time it started. Race programme is at the top of the hour, with green flag coming a bit later than that.
Pluggety plug plug:
Changes to the 2011 Sporting Regulations
Highlights include the removal of the homologated survival cell rule, overtaking on the formation lap... ...and a removed indent.
I think you're an hour off. NASCAR.com say 3 ET which is 8 GMT which is in 1hr 30m.
The first one was meant to be top secret but the USAF found out how much technology everyone else had when the whole mission was tracked. Every time the thing changed course in orbit someone tracked it and reported it. This time I don't think they are even trying to keep it secret. The days when the military could do things in secret are over.
Ah yes - didn't factor in DST. Yes, that's still some time away.
Love today's pic from Laney. Unusual composition but it works really well
http://www.blipfoto.com/view.php?id=1011722&month=3&year=2011
How can anyone like Bernie's fake rain. Apparently Christian Fittipaldi does according to Adam Cooper.
http://twitter.com/fittitweet
Five minute warning for ISS sighting (UK)
Too cloudy
Bah. Clear skies here and a rather wonderful view - ISS stayed lit by sun for most of the traverse. Setting Moon was a bonus, beautifully lit by the Earth
Same here. Sky completely covered :(
It always looks better with the shuttle attached. I saw it once a few hours after they separated and the ISS chased the shuttle across the sky. Won't see that this time unless they change the landing again.
5livef1 saw it, but didn't know what it was:
Thanks to @tobymoody for pointing out that it was the Space Shuttle I saw and not Space Aliens...
The space shuttle was just a very small part of it. They saw the ISS with the shuttle attached
Now that would have been a news event!
you should tweet them.
Prepares for Top Gear and Brian Cox double bill
Hiiiiiiiiiii :)
They are probably still celebrating that it was not aliens. How odd they chose today of all days to mention it after Andy pointed it out here.
Still happy?
Hi Alison
Sorry I didn't get to meet up with you and Nick but with moving South there'll be more scope for other opportunities
Congrats on your offer
I assume you saw the photo taken from the ground just before docking?
No
No worries, you did well to avoid our haphazard "planning" anyways I reckon :P
I've never had plans changed more often my entire life.
Shhh, you'll convince Mr C that no good will come from planning ;)
Top Gearis justa highlights show from the last series
Hehehe quite the opposite. We changed a lot of plans to see one of Nick's friends who then ended up not bothering to come anyways. Twice.
I think people should make plans and stick to them.
Oh, thanks
I'll catch up the missed episodes now then
Evening folks
Hi Leigh
Hi steven
Just checking out the NASCAR race in Las Vegas - nowt else to do tonight.
:/
I will watch a few Nascar races this year but I can't imagine wathing more than one every 6 weeks
I know the feeling, but Las Vegas can be an interesting little oval
It clashes with the start of Brian Cox's new series so I will give it a miss
Think I've understood what Bernie actually meant by bringing up his idea about creating rain
http://twitpic.com/46w29k
blog it!
Definitely
Looks like Toby Moody is educating 5livef1 and others about the space station and sighting opportunities
Evening. Nice cuppa at Mum's, back home now for some dinner.
Sigh.... 16 laps and two cautions... #NASCAR
Ahh I missed it by a few minutes when I went out. :( Clear skies too.
19:22 tomorrow
Thanks
Yes, statistics can be really boring, but not to this guy.
I just saw this on Fareed Zakaria's GPS news show. I like it.
200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 minutes
http://www.gapminder.org/videos/200-years-that-changed-the-world-bbc/
Boooooooo, wordpress is uber slow again.
or not
F1 cinema PING!! http://gridwalktalk.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/formula-1-at-the-cinema/
w00t!
Brian Cox just starting now on BBC2
Pity. I have to say that the NASA iPad* app is amazingly good, it shows real-time location of the ISS and sightings where you are located.
*Yes, I have an iPad - purchased on Wednesday, so an original one.
You can get real time location @ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html
Sightings at your location by selecting your country on the left of page http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/
Sigh....
Welcome to the club, I presume it was a very good deal
Indeed it was. :D
Ta. Starts from WSW which is roughly in the direction of the clock tower as viewed from my bedroom window..
The ISS goes the "wrong way" across the sky - west to east, making it easy to spot.
I am finding Brian Cox's show a bit annoying. It is over-produced. Too much show, too much incidental music, too many irrelevant visuals. There are chunks that are more like a program introduction than the actual meat of a program.
The content is good if you can filter out the show.
tweet him that
I hate this about modern television as a whole.
I was thinking something was wrong, nicely put
Things can only get better.
I am so, so sorry. I just really wanted to say that.
Oh dear...
:D
My word, this NASCAR race is dreadfully stop / start...
:/
but they're the best drivers, IN THE WORLD!
It is quite annoying..
The hatches of the ISS and shuttle have been locked. They are ready to separate.
http://twitter.com/NASA/status/44508448745979904
Apparently Franchitti is only good because of his short NASCAR stint.....
Nothing could measure how much Darrell Waltrip wrecks my brain.
NASCAR for F1 fans:
Tony Stewart leads (he of the Lewis Hamilton car swap).
Montoya is 4th.
Jeff Gordon 8th.
Dale Jr 9th.
Ambrose (V8 Supercar) 10th
Multiple champ and RoC man Johnson is 17th.
Daytona winner Bayne 26th
Franchitti is good because he's Scottish.
#wouldhavethoughtthatwasobvious
with an Italian name, that's what makes him really good.
In that case, di Resta will be a star!!
Hmmm... Goodyear and NASCAR giving a lesson for those thinking Pirelli's deliberately weak tyres will be good for F1.
Constant blow-outs
Mr & Mrs Smith is on.
Angie and guns, great stuff
#NASCAR
JPM is still running 2nd with only 50 laps to go. Chasing Stewart for his first Sprint Cup oval win.
I now officially hate NASCAR broadcasts
Correction: you hate FOX NASCAR broadcasts.
Watch a TNT one later in the year, they are much better, in that they actually cover the race
Good point
My feed is basically a radio feed with slides
My feed is good, i just hate the presentation
Edwards wins.
Stewart 2nd.
Montoya 3rd.
Good job by Montoya - a bit lift in the points.
Ambrose 4th too, good stuff
Sky At Night on BBC1 now
Right folks, I'm off.
Good night
See ya
love this update!
More stunning pictures from The Boston Globe via @F1Photos:
Another amazing photographic endeavour by Olivier Grunewald: the depths of Nyiragongo Crater in Africa: http://tinyurl.com/493n7u8
* sorry, @F1Photo
that happens a lot :)
:)
Yeah, not a war I want to get I to either ;)
i like 'em both.
As do I
Just not keen on implied credentials. Regardless, those are some great shots
Anyone seen much of Rally Mexico, have only caught one update. The street portion in the underground tunnels was quite mad
Who's idea was it to get John Culshaw to interview Patrick Moore, as Patrick Moore? It's awful.
dominic diamond would've been better.
:)
What do you think oh gamesmaster?!
:)
THE brian may?
:)
Can someone un-addict me from Danish crime drama so I can go to sleep please? :P
Millenium Trilogy?
Someone at work was raving about that.. is it on iplayer? :)
Yeah. I'm not raving but it is quite compulsive. The subtitled aspect is annoying me now though. I quite like having iplayer stuff on in the background while I work but I can't follow any of the plot without constantly watching the screen.
ahh you should watch NASCAR
Hehehe sounds like a lot more meaningless noise to me :D