I don't know about anyone else, but that weekend went way too quickly for my liking. One minute I was counting down the hours to hometime on Friday, the next it is time to wake up for Monday morning. Boo. Anyway, here are some things we're talking about at the moment.
- Poor Badoer just can't let go of the fact that he didn't exactly live up to his dream performance in the Ferrari. Whilst he says that he's proud of what he achieved and can always say he raced two GPs for a top team - he reckons the media's bad vibes about him forced the team to replace him. Hmm.
- Meanwhile, Alonso says he enjoyed giving a quick demo for Renault in his hometown of Oviedo in Spain. Mr C wanted to go to Spain to witness this marvellous homecoming but... he forgot. Oh well. Instead, he stayed in Sidepodcast Towers and fiddled around with some code. Good times.
- Don't forget that if you're a show host for the upcoming Sidepodradio, firstly you have the opportunity to write a guest post to promote your half hour slot. Secondly, if you are doing a pre-record, the deadline is this Friday for your submissions. We need time to process everything ready for broadcasting, so get your recordings in asap!
That'll do it for now. Don't forget that the daily post is your place to talk about anything and everything on your mind, whether it is F1 related or not. If you spot an F1 topic you think deserves a breakout thread, let us know and we'll do our best. I'll see you in the comments.
Well everything seems fine here. I'm just trying to get some work done :P
Fat chance of that happening :)
you say fine... it's now monday??
Heh, Monday's the start of my "weekend"! My week runs Wed-Sun I have Mon, Tues off.
so why are you trying to get work done on your day off?
Be organised? I dunno. Just feel like getting it out the way.
ah, good plan. what time will you work until?
Until I get tired? I'm waiting for a phonecall about 3-4ish so until then most likely.
Just booted into 64-bit mode with SL
Snappy, isn't the word!
you get to choose?
crazy
When I worked a 7-day shift, lates started on Tuesday and finished the following Monday.
I hated that pattern
That's life in retail for you....
Yup
Hold down 6 + 4 to boot using the 64-bit mode
i'm confused. why doesn't it do that by default?
That was on a Leo show
Dunno
Probably so pre Core2Duo machines can use SL too, in 32-bit mode without intervention. Must be other reasons though
i love the shortcut though. won't forget that in a hurry :)
Yeeeah. I'm just gonna go back to my work now :P
Sorry, getting a bit tech there
i may call it a night there ;)
i shall resume the peering at numbers game tomorrow.
See ya fella
Good night Mr C
night
Wooo half an hour of productive joy. My head's starting to hurt though :(
What can you do productively at this hour?
Productivity will do that to ya
Catch up on my P&L?
Are you running a business?
I don't own it or anything but yeah.
I'm a registered Director at Companies House
Sadly it's just the Share of Freehold thing for my block :(
So you get to calculate the profit but not keep it
Damn
You are a director of an airline?
Alas, no
Hahaha! I guess you could put it that way. They pay me a good wage.
Well in that case it is worth the effort
I'd make an awful entrepreneur! I'm more than happy to let someone take all the risk....
I fear this is why I'll never make it onto Dragon's Den :(
You could try the whack job approach, they always seem to get on
Ooooh do you think I could market my amazing curtain fixing method of randomly firing a nail gun at your window? They'd love that!
If I was your age now I would travel like you are planning to do and keep my eyes open for a business idea. Knowing what I know now I would never work for anyone else because most people in senior positions in companies are clueless and got there de to dumb luck.
I'd watch that episode
Bound to. Maybe not Peter Jones because he is 7 foot 9 and wouldn't undestand the problem
Hehehe yeah. That's very true. Particularly in retail I've found..... You should see the memos I get sent.... It's like you thought of this and decided it was so profound you had to share it with us all. However, it's blatantly obvious. The major problem is that it occurred to you just a minute ago and you're supposedly supposed to know what you're talking about.
Alison, was it you asking about accountancy courses the other day?
It's not just retail. I have seen it in manufacturing and especially in sales. I know people who run international sales operations which do many many millions and their ability, knowledge and judgement is so poor you wouldn't believe it
Oooh yeah it was! :)
I suppose because they are trained in one thing, or their focus is on one thing, i.e. sales or production, that when they get promoted they maybe don't see the bigger picture as they should..
Ah good. I've just finished a course, or rather I will finish one when I do the retake. I forgot the question.
err, forgot your question
Ditto.. although making plans to travel all over is quite a risky thing
I was just very confused about all the different qualifications!! Also do you need a degree to have a realistic chance of getting a training job?
I am talking about people who are clueless at the bit they are supposed to be good at. Generalists are rare as hen's teeth. I blame recruitment consultants
Ah right :-)
Recruitment consultants filter people based on linear career progression. If you don't have that it is a nightmare dealing with them
Sometimes I feel generally clueless. But then, I don't work in retail.
Sometimes I wish I could stay in my job forever. I'm really good at it. You just get too much abuse from the public though. People look down their nose at you when it's really unwarranted.
You really don't want to deal with the public. There is no money in it
I took the AAT Accounting Technician course, which is 3yrs. If you start in yr1 as I did you don't need to know anything or have any experience or even work in accounts.
Many of the people on the course changed jobs throughout the 3 years, moving from any random thing into an accounts job because the employer was looking for an AAT trainee. i.e. jobs like ledger assistant, book-keeping all the way up to trainee accountant in a firm of accountants. You don't need a degree unless you are doing something higher up.
They were useless when I tried them because I've been with all sorts of companies and have followed no direction whatsoever.
I have the same problem with them because my career path is nowhere near linear.
After the AAT you can go into the more professional qualifications from several bodies, such as ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW.
These are much harder work but you get to call yourself an accountant after it.
Hehehe I'm 21 and I actually think I run out of fingers if I try and list the things I've tried my hand at....
I should say that I don't believe you need to do anything like the AAT first, it depends on your experience and how fast you pick things up. But I think it helps.
Okay and why would you choose one over another? Is it to do with the area of accounting you want to go into or is it more to do with individual preference?
You can get away with anything until you finish your degree. After that it gets taken a bit more seriously
Yeah. Tbh most of it has been part-time stuff I've done while studying. I wouldn't bother putting that on a CV.
I'm still trying to work that part out :-)
I think ACCA is more general and financial accounting for people wanting to work in an accounting practice.
CIMA is management accounting and is helpful if you want to be an accountant for a business.
It's worth listing stuff like that. You are more likely to get hired if you have worked while in uni than if you haven't and especially if you have been managing things. I don't suppose it will make much difference if you stick to medecine but if you go into any kind of business it will.
Blimey well I've worked since I was 16. I must have had about 15 different jobs :P
I'm on my 2nd year out of uni atm and I've had decent jobs in that gap. I've done other things though like while I was at 6th form I worked as a learning support assistant. I've had a really scummy job at a cinema. I've done all the usual student junk like bar work. I've done stuff at uni with Aim Higher. I've worked in a supermarket.
I am going to bed at a sensible time for once. I am going to watch the Sky at Night in bed to see how they do the story they have nicked from my sidepodspace show. You just can't trust Patrick Moore.
Night Steven :D
Night. I'm going shortly.
Okay thanks :D
That's really helpful. It is SO confusing! How easy is it to find jobs where they help you with the training?
There is some crossover I think, I mean if you want to be a management accountant you can take ACCA. I get a bit muddled with it myself because I still haven't decided whether I'm studying on so I haven't looked in detail.
For jobs, I was lucky in that I had my job in the accounts dept before they offered me the AAT course. When you sign up to one of the courses they will send you a monthly magazine which has job ads in it, and you should also sign up for PQ Magazine which you should get for free as an accounting student, lots of good advice and job ads in there.
Otherwise check your local paper for companies looking for people to train up. Their help can extend to the basic time off, up to paying for the course, exam fees, and allowing study days leading up to the exams.
The other thing is recruitment consultants. I know Steven and I have had bad experiences with them, but the specialist ones like Hays Accountancy should be able to help out because accountancy is a specific direction.
e.g. My company pays my course fees (inc. books) and paid half a day's pay for my full day at college... I paid my (rather hefty) exam entry fees.
It varies per company. I don't work for an accountancy firm, they can be a bit less lenient.
It's for my sister. The firm she works for at the moment helps people do CIMA. I think they pay the exam fees and give you some course materials. We couldn't work out if you could go into another area with that qualification though. Like if you decided you wanted to do tax or audit or something would you need to do another qualification as well?
morning all. I was so early to work today i had time to go and buy breakfast. Clearly 4 hours sleep is my optimum. ;)
What sort of experience / background knowledge do you have? There's a hell of a lot more to it than producing P&L statements. I mean going into AAT 1st year is probably going to bore you to tears, but it might be worth the 2nd or 3rd year through a college (if you get a good one).
The other thing to note is colleges can vary greatly in how they deliver it. Mine was good because it was all in one day. Some only do evenings and don't cover half as much, you have to do that at home. We've had someone change to a different college because work told them to, then come back to us for the 3rd year because it was so much better..
Hey. Just in time for accountancy!
She doesn't really have ANY experience. Too hard to start off with then?
Ahh ok. CIMA has taxation modules so should think it would be fine. But if she wants to specialise in tax she'd probably want to take the ATT (not AAT) which is the association of tax practicioners.
Morning Amy. I'm having a productive night!
Right, that's all the 5am stuff prepped. Time to get some of that elusive, Sunday night sleep I've heard about
Hi Amy
Bye all
She really doesn't know which part she's interested in I don't think. I think mainly it's chartered she wants to do. She's just thinking about the CIMA because she has a job that'd help her do that one.
i wish i had done accountancy at uni :(
Intermediate Level of AAT (2nd year) is equivalent to NVQ/SVQ level 3 and is a touch higher than A-Level.
Final year of AAT is equivalent to NVQ/SVQ level 4 and some describe it as being like year one of a degree.
The first year of ACCA/CIMA/etc starts at that level and ramps up quickly. I mean, once I pass AAT Lvl 4 I get exemptions from most of yr 1 of ACCA/CIMA
Night... not sure you'll do well on 3hrs sleep..
I feel like that sometimes :(
I feel like that sometimes :(
Mr C!!!!! Doohickey death :( :( :(
Every other Monday is pretty much like this. I'm kinda used to it
I think she needs to chat with people at work who will know her level. She might be able to jump into ACCA/CIMA yr1 with a bit of help and support.
The other thing to note is ACCA offer their own version of Technican, which is called CAT, which isn't as officially-recognised as AAT. If she needs to do a course below ACCA/CIMA she should do AAT - you can join at any of the 3 levels.
(Posting from Ye Olde 'cos the live solutions died!)
Doohickey test, I think we're back?
yay
well done on having a productive night! I am planning an early night so if you see me commenting past 2pm your time please ignore me. I think mr c's threat of moderation might work. I literally had a nightmare about it. I am going to buy a lonely planet guide today, hooray!
Hello?
She could also call the different bodies and explain the situation, I've heard they are all helpful. To be honest I've not tried.
Woooo!
Yeah. I've caught up on a lot of my work and I've learned about 10 hours worth of research on accounting qualifications. Thanks so much Pat!!
Speaking of which, it is now 2am and I'm waaay over my personal deadline for staying up on a work night. Goodnight!
Alison, if your sister needs more advice I'm happy to answer anything I've forgotten. I'm planning a proper research sesh on the different bodies soon.
Thanks again :)
No probs :-)
What I haven't mastered is sentence construction.... :P
More happy productivity. I hold the lack of distractions in the comments wholly responsible!
its rather dead! Im getting work done too :D
I am getting very tired. Boooo for time differences!!
i am not surprised, you keep worse hours than i do! You are the real borg.
:( What is a borg? :(
the borg were humanoids in star trek who could convert others into borgs as they sought to make their kind perfect. I guess they didnt sleep as they werent people. Resistance is futile! Or, Finnish ;)
Ah I see. I could only think of Bjorn Borg :P
Lack of sleep is what you get when you try and date someone who insists on living in another time zone.....
i was going to say, i stay up because spc is active then, but its dead when you stay up! But the long distance boyfriend explains things.
Yah. He's a loser! He won't even come back to fix my curtain pole
Morning everyone!
Morning Alex you up early?
Yeah... Well it is early for most people... Not really for me though for a weekday.
Where are you Nathan?
Thailand
its 11:45 a.m. here
Ah... So it's daytime?
Yes but not very sunny
Aha. Right best head off to work... I did the big migration of our servers over the weekend... Now the users start using them...!
OK see ya later
presumably not as dark as it is here:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-222
Although it brightens up reasonably quickly at this time in the morning:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-223
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-224
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-225
There are 10 more pictures on the drop from me now.
Ending with: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/photo-234
Morning, everyone.
How was your weekend? Looks like you had fun watching Talladega Nights. ;)
Won lotsa money in poker, so am happy. :D
Busy sadly... Completely exhausting!
But congrats on the poker!
Spotify is out for iPhone
#mediafuturechange
http://bit.ly/4kXU30
And Android too
Morning everyone.
Has Scott Woodwiss mentioned if he wrote a guest post for his Sidepodradio show?
Oh yeah, you had your migration. Did you pull it off? :D
Thanks! Very happy with it, indeed. :D
Morning... I saw him saying he was going to... But then I went to bed.
I'll let you know in a few hours... The users have been using it for about half an hour...
Well done ... internet or casino?
Neither. Was with family and friends, albeit following casino rules. Twas lotsa fun. :D Some absolutely crazy hands - and lots of gutsy calls involved too.
Journeyer - turns out you weren't the only lucky Filipino this weekend!
LOL That's always good - I play with my workmates for DKK50 but it often gets a little wild at the end! I'm just happy to have fun and break even though!
Indeed. But there's still 12 dead and 63 missing. However, more than 900 have been saved.
As it turns out, one of the survivors was our former family driver - we found out when he was interviewed on TV! He said they survived by hanging on to the hull of the ship. The ship eventually sank after being on its side for a few hours, but stayed afloat long enough for them to be rescued.
I read in the papers here that there is something suspicious about that sinking as the ferry was rather new and in good condition
I started out down by a lot - around double the initial buy-in (yep, had to buy in twice). But once I got settled in, I clawed my way back to the black. A little luck helped me out too. I ended up winning 5 times the initial buy-in.
It could be a navigation error. I don't think it was a terrorist attack (too weak) or an insurance claim (the company's too rich for that).
googletranslated liuzzi stroy - I hope the link is working
I was hoping to avoid that, considering Google Translate isn't in favor here. :D
the next FIA president poll on Force India web has options Todt, Whiting, Stewart but no room left for Vatanen :-)
well, with brain capacity limited to few languages only one has to resort to some evil acts from time to time :-)
I have got the guest post from Scott, yes.
And here it is: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/07/sidepodradio-sim-racers-weekly/
Yo. That was the best night sleep in a long while.
Hi RG. Good holiday?
Aye, it was. Bed wasn't.
Nothing like your own bed.
well, it shows that nobody bothered to update that poll since Vatanen announced his candidacy, and that was ages ago :-)
Morning all, it looks like Rossi is having an Alonso hissyfit because Yamaha have got Jorge back for another season! He said he may quit at the end of next year because of it!!
aww, this racers and their egos
*these :D
my new guidebook tells me Britain is famous for tea, football and the Royal Family whereas Finland is famous for saunas, reindeer and Formula One drivers.
...Why am I not going to Finland? ;)
Alianora has had to pull out of Sidepodradio altogether, so I'm taking over the F1 Top 5 show (unless anyone else wants it?)
What I would love is for people to leave a voicemail of complete top 5 lists. Just spend five minutes dreaming up your top 5, and then call it in. I can compile them and make the show.
There's more info, some suggestions, and a table to claim your topic if you want to get involved on the wiki.
0121 28 87225. Come on, you know you want to. Plus, it would make my life soooo much easier. :)
We've had more Formula 1 drivers than they have...
but none of the British ones are Finnish....;)
:)
I'll try and do something... I am very worried about the Friday deadline though for my shows...
Any set date for it to be in for?
Thanks Christine. Now I know what I am getting into ;)
Friday please.
Rightio, shall try to get it in for then
We may be able to stretch it a little for someone doing four shows.
#classified
sooo Alex, I still see no blog post.
I believe he actually said he'd look elsewhere - it's not a hissy fit because he knows he can beat him!
well from what I hear Lorenzo is not the most likeable character in MotoGP paddock, although I am not sure why exactly
Apparently he's arrogant and has annoyed a lot of people with the way he negotiated his contract this year - in general, MotoGP riders are not like F1 drivers!
Wonderful, thanks RG :)
Amy, you should do Top 5 Finnish drivers.
I believe that was suggested at one stage and then I lost sleep trying to rank them ;)
You could do Top 5 Finnish drivers (but in no particular order).
There's only seven - and one didn't even qualify!
I can do hers:
5.(Is there a fifth?)
4.Rosberg
3.Kovi
2.Kimi
1.Mika
Salo.
Aha!
Or Hakkinen, he only said Mika.
0121 28 87225!
I just can't spell their names properly. My keyboards doesn't have enough "K"s
I was trying to think of the top 5 Aussi drivers, but ran out after 3. Those Brabham sons don't really count as "top", at least not in F1
Top 5 Kiwi Drivers:
1) Hulme
2) McLaren
3) Amon
4) Thackwell
5) Ganley
There aren't anymore I think... ;)
0121 28 87225.
I can hear fireworks again. What is with this town and fireworks!
I was going to claim Hulme and hope nobody noticed.
Joe Saward's 'bizarre' scoop on his blog:
With Monza ahead
BTW, according to Joe, Kimi's basic salary is currently valued at... USD85M PER YEAR. Stupid recession.
Of course, this is all dependent on Alonso's fate at the Paris hearing the week of the Singapore GP.
I saw a tweet linking to the entry that just said "Kimi's going to be paid $35m not to drive next year?" which to me reads very differently to "Kimi will be paid $35m NOT to race for Ferrari" because I don't care where he is as long as he is there
Not sure it's Alonso's fate is it? Has he been implicated?
This could be expensive if Kimi went back to McLaren and dominated.
he started with ridiculous fuel and the wrong tyres. The key bits Joe points out: Alonso and his engineers would logically have argued against such a strategy as it offered little or no chance of success. If they accepted the strategy without question one must ask why.
Yeah I just read this. However, he is paid to do what the team wants, regardless.
As the main beneficiary of the alleged plan, he may end up being implicated. Joe explained it clearly on his blog why he may be implicated.
But if he dominates, there won't be any bonus for Alonso winning the title. So it'll probably just even out.
true, but if that includes cheating there may be price to pay as Hamilton and McLaren found out in Melbourne ...
I don't think so - Alonso isn't just a paid drone. That's not his personality. Also, if Alonso was willing to tell on McLaren in Hungary 2007, by principle, he should've been willing to tattle in Singapore 2008, even if the alleged plot is to his advantage.
very good point.
what I am missing in that article is any mention of any sources of the info about 35 mil here, 85 mil there etc ...
Can't at the moment - Later on, do you just want me to say "Hi these are my top 5..."!
i don't remember anyone ever releasing official salary figures. they're almost always from unnamed insider sources.
Ah yes, I hadn't thought of that.
Yes please :) Introduce yourself, plug your blog, count down the top five. Lovely stuff!
Roger that ;)
I have no idea what went on in Renault between Sat and Sun in Singapore last year, but there is still a very valid possibility, that Alonso went for that utterly ridiculous strategy because he really had nothing to loose. may not be the most popular opinion of the moment but still, innocent until proven guilty
I agree. I don't particularly like Renault, or Alonso, but I just can't believe they would plan a crash to try to win a race. It's beyond belief.
Ok, I know Senna and MS were up for it, but still.....
how did ferrari ever agree to pay kimi as much as they did in the first place?
Aparently, tomorrow, Samoa change from driving on the right to driving on the left. That should make for a fun day's driving!!
yay!
did we not need a breakout thread for that, or does no-one really care?
Not much to say other than yay! :)
yes!!
I care because I think I liked him in RBR. I may be wearing rose tinted glasses, with my memory being what it is.
they asked Kimi : " Would $XX mil be enough ? " and he said "Yes" :-)
:)
He could have been convinced by his engineers and the computer readouts. Who knows? But I doubt if Renault are guilty that he is 100% innocent. I don't think he should get banned though. You do what the team tells you to or you're out the door!
... hasn't that happened to Alonso once already ? :-)
With Kimi the way he is, perhaps they kept raising the offer because he didn't look too excited about driving for Ferrari.
Oh wait... ;)
haha :-)
Exactly ... which is why, less than a year after he would have been keen to tow the party line...
Alonso tow the party line?
Renault to use KERS in Monza - six KERS cars this weekend
This race will be all about "Point and Squirt"... May the best device win...
Isn't this whole sport about the best device?
I like KERS - bring it on
I pity the title contenders, though. They'll all be lucky to score some points. That said, that'll suit Button pretty well.
I'll let you know.
Well in the "Good Old Days" a driver had to use skill and overtake to win a race... sadly this is not required as much anymore :(
I have finished writing it... It's with Editorial...
So server migrations... They're stressful aren't they!
Hehe. How'd it go, all sorted?
re Monza KERS - there will 6 KERS cars but 2 KERS rookies - Fisi and Grosjean
they underestimated massa. had they known massa would be this good, no way would they have paid kimi that much.
:D it'll be crazy - left-hand drive cars driving on the left side of the road?!
So a collision into the first corner then? :D
It'll still be required - if it ends up with Ferrari, McLaren, and Renault all at the front, they all have KERS, so it'll cancel out. It'll be back down to skill - or us watching a high-speed convoy.
Aparently quite a few people are "keeping their children at home"
hehehehe.
You have to wonder what shape the Renault KERS is in, they haven't used it Bahrain?
The Retifillo is rather tight - expect a couple of cars to go over the kerbs. Let's see if anyone tries to cut chicanes.
Yeah... Almost all of it went well... We had a few issues with some things that apparently been working based on SQL Server 7 settings which apparently still worked in SQL 2000 but shouldn't have so wasn't in the documentation.
And we had a set of users that got missed out of a group. But in the main it was good.
We maintained a pace of putting fires out faster than they started which is a good sign. The main next worry is when the share prices flow in unassisted tonight or don't!
Abu Dhabi could be first F1 broadcast in HD.
sql 7... i don't even remember using that.
ooooh! but will FOM be ready? they're adding x1 HD camera a race.
That's a high pressure environment for an upgrade. It's quite annoying that upgrades seem such a gamble.
I'm about to start a few myself. Luckily not as time-critical, and they are virtual machines so I can just roll back and try again if things don't work out
Neither do I hence my surprise...
I guess he's just a tad bitter he fell one race short of fulfilling his dream of racing for Ferrari at Monza.
This is actually interesting - FTA:
RTL produces all of it now for FOM? If so, good job! I don't see any reason why a deal can't be made for HD.
That said, Star only broadcasts here in SD, so the difference would be minimal at best.
i'm expecting in a couple of hours time, you'll be a bit stressed out because the windows 3.11 machine running foxpro can no longer receive any data ;)
that's just wrong isn't it? i didn't think local host broadcasters existed anymore?
:D
hahaha don't joke!
A Tad Bitter? He's probably sitting in a corner of a well-padded room in a 'snug fitting jacket' muttering "Just one more race and I coulda had'em!!!"
I'm glad he explained what went wrong though. I thought he was just slow.
Hellooo!
Mr C, I asked you a while back about sending you some music for SidePodRadio and then there were a lot of technical issues. Where should I send it for you?
You know, had he not blamed the media I would have just carried on thinking it was him that was useless - but now we know the truth!
hey!
create yourself a free drop.io account, upload the files and then email christine the secret url. we won't tell a soul.
Explains a lot, doesn't it. The media have a lot to answer for. Lucky he never saw our comments!
Is that what killed the Sidepodcst Dropio before?
no.
What did then?
DDOS attack from crazed extortionists?
video doesn't even kill the drop.io
last time alison asked this question, a hundred comments came in on the subject and likely confused the poor lady. so... alison, do what i just suggested and ignore everything else, ta.
...
right. the drop died because last year the lovely people at drop.io set up a special account with a kajillion billion megabits of storage for us. and after a year that account timed out.
because the drop is special, no-one was accounting for it happening. now they've reset it but it may or may not happen again next year. i'm not sure.
you can set up as many free drops as you like, thousands of people do every day. it won't break sidepoddrop.
steven also has set up a special sidepodradio drop, but ignore that for the moment, because neither christine or i are around to move files in and out as required. a secret drop is what alison needs.
...
ok alison, you can look again now.
Are you sure it wasn't crazed extortionists?
pretty sure ;)
I think it was Gigabyte Bandits!
:D
When I've gone to upload files in my own drop it gave me the option of going to my unique 'Hidden Uploader' where people can drop things without knowing the URL.
We've already established that I don't understand the drop so maybe this is a stupid solution :P
ooh, didn't know about that. shall look into that in the future, it might be something we can add to the playground. for the moment, i'd stick with a plain old free drop.
Okay sorted. I've emailed Christine with the address and an explanation of what's on there :)
I haven't done this in a long while, because I haven't updated in over a month :D
Blog plug
Free drops are awesome - I use one as a backup for my F1 spreadsheets. It's really fast at uploading and downloading and the URL's make it easy to share. It really is a brilliant service!
fanx you :)
Hi all
I am here, I will delurk when the pc chat is over, anything to do with dropio, apple, iphones, ethernet cables blah blah blah i will only embarrass myself by saying something stupid.
:-)
How was gavins space show?
hehe. if you're around though, feel free to upload any or your tunes that alex might be able to use in his radio show.
Que?
oh I forgot about that. I should listen to my brothers CD again and see if there is anything there to share. Pretty hard rock from memory though.
Hmmm I could ask my ex-housemates for some of her brother's music. That seems a bit cheeky though as I haven't spoken to her in about 6 months.... :P
What better reason to start the ball rolling again?
I'm at work but believe I still have them saved in hotmail as 'sidepodcast' samples...where should I send them?
always worth a shot though. last time alex played some very... heavy... music...
we still have the samples you sent last time, or is there more?
That's true! I sent her an email. They're somewhat verging on commercial success though. I'm not sure how generous he'd be. They've had stuff played on Radio 1 before.
It was Mr Roy then!
I saw some of his topics and was going to join in the discussion etc
Radio 1? Pfft... They're nobody until they've appeared on Sidepodradio! :D
yes, he is the space cowboy
Big difference being played at 3 in the morning on a tuesday compared to the Sunday Top 40 or anything between 6am-1am.
I'm sure you'd be fine
You still can!! It's not going out until Sunday 20th
Are you Oasis? :D
Ha I used to love Oasis, before I learnt guitar I thought Noel Gallagher was GOD on guitar until I actually started playing and realised he's a writer not a guitarist (he's the equivalent of a Ford Sierra vs Ferrari) in guitarist world :-)
Ooooh I found some Columbian rap music on my computer....
Why do I feel better today without having had any coffee?
What's the band name? I saw a Colombian Rap group at Roskilde this year ... think they were called Bomba Estereo or something ... quite good!
Grupo los de yolombo
Do they sell insurance too?
I think this is them.... http://www.myspace.com/losdeyolombooficial
I don't know where it came from. I'm pretty sure I didn't put it there.... Mystery.
Huh?
Mysterious case of broken curtains, mysterious case of strange music added. Whats the third thing?
The Columbian rap. It ended up on my computer somehow. I didn't buy it/find it/borrow it/
gavin... why are your quotes appearing as links??
Ah OK... I thought you mean the comment ;)
I always add random songs to my wife's iPod playlist... I call it "experiencing new musical horizons", but she calls it "Gavin filling her iPod with his rubbish music again" :D
I thought I'd try and wrap a quote in a link to the comment just to see what happened...?
what happened is the page got filled with very green text.
Just been looking at the BBC's best of Monza pick for the red button this week (sorry if already discussed).
We've got
1988, 1990, 1995, 1999 and 2004.
I know it was only last year but I thought 2008 was a great GP! I remember being stuck in Cornwall on a caravaning family holiday (yawn). The conditions for me and Kay to go on holiday was that we watched the GP on Sunday with no questions asked. I think the family thought 'yeah right they'll be out with us come sunday'. Anyway after wandering around penzance on the Saturday we finally found a pub for some lunchtime nosh. It was Man Utd v Liverpool and the pub we were in was heaving, every screen in sight (30+ tv screens) had the football on.
Knowing that qualifying was on I kept on diving next door to Radio Rentals to watch it through the window but couldn't find a tv displaying it. Convinced the usual pecking order would be installed at Monza I gave up trying to find coverage and went back to my meal (no 3g signal to let me log onto Sidepodcast whilst in penzance also). By about 13.55 I was getting really anxious to know the grid line up, storming off in a sulk to get a beer (family I was with only cared about the football) I noticed in a tiny tv hidden in the corner of the bar showing Seb Vettel just crossing the line to take pole. I shouted a rather loud 'Come on' (insert F word at beginning) only for a scouse fan to tap me on the shoulder and say 'steady on fella it's only a goal kick'. I sheepisly turned back round to look at the screen to find where Lewis, Kimi and the others were. I then proceeded to drop my newly bought pint all over my feet in a state of shock as I scanned down the timesheets and saw the big guns down in 12, 14, 15th etc!!
Don't know why I felt liek sharing that but there you go! Monza 2008 for me!
Does it? In what mode? Doohickey and look OK? Just thought I'd try it out - didn't realise it would break anything - sorry :(
it doesn't break, it's just the whole comment goes green. very hard to read.
Not a great selection TBH - so I asked for 1988 as the old races fascinate me!
I like their highlights. I don't know any F1 history at all. It's nice to collect some!
I'm just trying to find a way to link to an old comment like Alia does - I think it would be useful to do sometimes...
really? i kinda wish alia would just click to quote like everybody else. anyone, think we need a better way of finding previous comments?
I like click to quote - but let's say I go away for a few hours, and while catching up with old comments I decide to quote and reply - this would mean that my response does not appear hours later and those reading it may not know the context of the quote... so it is usefuk I think..,
What I don't like though is that the highlights from all the other races from the past year are still up there but you're doing better than me if you can find them....
hmmm. surely the context is given by the bit you quote?
you're welcome to copy alia's style of bracketing quotes, if you like. it seems like an insane amount of work to me, but anything rather than turning a paragraph of text into a link ;)
Not always. Here is an example:
If I respond to this quote, does it not matter where it was during the conversation?
not to me, no. i'll have a go...
...
damn i wish i was productive. wouldn't swap it for a sore head mind you.
...
as a conversation that makes sense right? and if i need more context, i could filter on the word productive and see what was said about being productive and by whom.
what extra info would a link give me?
I had a few minutes so created the breakout threads:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/07/liuzzi-confirmed-at-force-india/
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/07/mercedes-to-increase-brawn-involvement/
I felt guilty that Liuzzi didn't get his own thread :(
geek humour
hehehe. are you going to move comments too?
Liuzzi deserves his own blog for cryin out loud, he's a legend.
If I must.
:)
thanks you ;)
Ahh RG, always rooting for the underdog :)
Still maintaining Fisi is old and useless as well.
Fisi at Ferrari at Monza makes me want to support Ferrari and I have no idea why, other than sentimentalism...
just a thought gavin, but breakouts threads are going to kill your linking plan.
if christine is now going back and moving old comments, links will likely break left, right and center.
Amy my post is done... Not sure if you're still around:
http://www.gamboling.co.uk/2009/09/as-i-was-saying-to-mick-jagger.html
So in other words, the quote IS the context and we should comment with this in mind to ensure we can understood better?
absolutely, that's always the way we've approached it.
It is Wrong FOM do the TV, we saw some of them on martys latest gridwalk.. The article is by an ITP publication, i am quite familiar with the company. They are usually very good and their are some great journalists there, unfortunaltly there are one or 2 clowns as well. I have commented
How is everyone this fine Autumn day?
On the verge of throwing a stapler at an annoying brown nosing colleague.
But yeah apart from that..great!
For a more sublr technique drop something their cup of tea or coffee.
(preferably something they wont choke or harm them) It has to sink, when they finish the cup and see it they tend to become quite irate... which is amusing...
Woooo looking forward to my Danish excursion now!! Only 2 days :D
I think a large Lego brick would be ideal for this....
Not evil enough though lol!
I was kidding when it said it would rain in Monza
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/ITXX0049?from=36hr_topnav_business
Well what the RG says...
I deny association with anyone 'high' up.
as we'd expect you to.
Flav hasn't been giving you team orders?
I'll talk to my lawyers first.
Pack some Autumn clothing - weather has just started turning colder. Still pleasant though!
Gosh I'm tired...
...I would like nothing more than to go home and sleep under a small rock...
...how ever instead I must go and listen to drugstore in Camden.
I wasn't sure if I had to go, but I asked my friend and he tells me that it is the law...
And if you PM me on the wiki I will give you my mobile number *just in case*...
i thought it was drugstore?
:)
I meant to smile at this bit...
:)
Some amusing banter between the f1 journalists and the saftey car driver on twitter.
5liveF1 have a new website... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007m6lj
Guess that explains who has been posing on here as 'God' :P
Crofty is God, of course!
Saftey Car?
Alan Van der Merwe... medical car
nice!
No-one disputes Steve Jobs is clever but how did he manage this?
http://bit.ly/DpTgg
Link fail for me, but you mean this, I presume
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2009/09/tama-zoo-japan-snow-leopards-video-roundup.html
I prefer this
Steve Jobs is... the Snow Leopard
That was it. I have never had a bit.ly link fail before.
Even the internet doesn't like Mondays
not sure if this kimi interview has been linked already?
Evening lovely peoples!
Hey Lukeh
"... what was the best car you ever drove' and Kimi wearing red in the Ferrari hospitality suite '...the 2005 Mclaren"
:lol:
Hmm... I would wager that the last time he went to Holland he may well have visited my colleague's old office! ;)
#sidepodspace
Today's activities on the ISS are limited to loading finishing loading anythig that needs to be returned to Earth into the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module. The Leonardo module will then be picked up byt the main robotic arm on the ISS and will undock from the the station and be placed in the payload bay of the shuttle.
At 10:30 pm Eastern tonight / 3:30 am tomorrow morning the hatches between the shuttle and the station will be closed ending joint operations.
I cannot believe how quickly this mission has passed.
Is it safe to say what that is?
It's not my company but Holland ... Ferrari ... you can guess!
Let's leasve that one there then shall we ;)
I guess today would be a good one to sneak out some bad F1 news, what have we missed?
McLaren 2005 was the best car and at the end he talks about the job McLaren are doing. Very interesting.
Who would have thought Kimi and Vettel played badminton together?
OMG HE'S GOING TO RED BULL!!!
Have we considered Alonso not going to Ferrari until 2011?
His name isn't Seb though
I as convinced that was the case until Martin Whitmarsh made his statement
True, neither was Mark or David's
And if MW is just stirring the driver market?
What if The whole Spingate thing makes them reconsider alonso?
I guess we will find out on Thursday-Sunday when they are supposed to announce it
I can't see Ferrari caring unless Alonso get's a ban or punishment that affects next year in any way
There are three possibilities as I see it
1. They are talking to Kimi and want to make it clear they know Kimi is being pushed rather than jumping
2. They have signed Alonso and want to wind up Ferrari
3. He was just stirring things
The old Ferrari would have uped his price for that.
:D
but they are supposed to be all new and cuddly! Having somone who most of the paddock consider to have cheated would surely send them back to the old days?
It's a front, it's still the same Scuderia under the glossy facade
all new can be wiped out with Fisichella
and lets be fair, Raikkonen isn't exactly the one you'd want to cuddle if you were teary.
Tell Amy that ;)
it didn't stop them 6 weeks ago...
Oh, um.
Fisichella isn't exactly the one you'd want to cuddle if you were teary.
sad but true.
Now, now! Put the T-shirt down ;)
I always seem to do two blog posts in one day :D How could the championship look?
I just washed mine. Evening all.
Really??....
Hmmm....
If you would like to put that to a scientific test..........
maybe we should push ya to do a third?
Hey Pat
Any idea how the broken curtain pole is doing?
You Sir, are a blog fiend :)
Hehe any suggestions?
I have no idea, haven't seen the comments all day
w00t! did it survive?
I'm expecting it to be the third biggest story of the day
busted!
it's not like i can keep up with them all anyhow. i'm my own worst enemy.
You mean you haven't fixed it yet?
How Liuzzi is super awesome.
This new blog thing for the lad I suggest earlier, thats not too bad an idea the rate I'm going today.
We should call you Dr Frankenstein, you monster creator you!
Looks good to me. I'm not sure the words will survive the iron, I'll find out some time this week because obviously I have to wear it for Monza. All weekend.
There was a Boeing requiring my attention today, it asked first
guilty.
The last comment on it was at 4am
iron?
Is there a possibility for a pun in there? Dr Frankenblogstien? rubbish
I can't even keep up with my own let alone anybody else's.
Blogenstein?
Brilliant update, I have often wondered about this myself!
Yours is in the kitchen I'm guessing, maybe in a cupboard?
You suggested how previous championships would look.
James my good man, idea right there.
franckenblogstien?
Step away from the words, nothing to un-crease here
no need to iron it though. tumble-dry and hang.
hallelluj... ooops, wrong show. ping
It will keep him out of trouble for a few more hours!
Tumble's shrink clothes and make you think you're getting fatter
That's my excuse anyway
:D :D
Well he did start by talking about the 2007 Ferrari and let's face it the guy cannot lie... he was asked about which car suited his style most... I don't think anyone could disagree that he and the 2005 Macca were made for each other....
But it was funny to see him saying that in the Ferrari suite... I agree...
Give him his due though... if Ferrari have really been trying to save the $85 mill per year they signed up for (clever Kimi, stupid Ferrari) he has been remarkably nice about them....
I like it. I think it would be interesting to see it under IRL points.
ah good, job saved
No they don't
Comment of the year!
Have a good night guys, I am off to open mic night at the Bridge Inn, and hoping I don't get dragged into doing stand up or telling amusing stories this time!
nice one! see ya later.
Great post - needs graphs though!
There was a last time?
I heard there are two radio slots still open...
have fun!
See ya Neil, enjoy!
[bows] :D
It takes a good few beers to get the confidence up, I don't think it would be wise!
You know you wanna
Have fun Neil
Well done RG. Neil just needs to remember 30 minutes of the best material and he can do a show
Is lou around?
ya have to shout.
So, Ari did his media event in a pod on The London Eye...
cannot imagine where he got that idea from?
LOU !!!!!
you rang?
She's on Twitter at the moment.
:D :D
i literally just opened doohickey... that was scary..
ha :-)
Ever the mystic...
*forever
Just I needed to send her a message but she got it anyway ;)
re the message...do you reckon i should do anything or just leave it?.. (am not good at these things)
So it was like you rang her to check if she had got an e-mail?
SHouting wins.
Alex's headping installations really work
That's what my mother does
heheheeh!
Hmmmmm...
TIMO
I'm not sure - it's your image and someone is profiting off it without permission. I think if you don't want it used you should tell him.
:D
Sometimes people are in one place but not another...
So THAT's where my drill went!
i can't really say i don't want people to see it cause it's kinda already a profile pic, not sure i can be bothered to make a fuss about it though... too much work to do this evening :(
Then don't worry about it - just thought you should know as it's a bit rude IMO.
name and shame sir. it's the internet way.
If someone is profiting from your image they need to ask your permission forst and pay you if you agree.
Thank you for letting me know, i would have appreciated Keith asking me but.. meh i suppose some people don't think they need to.
that keith?
No probs... for my stuff, all I ask for is a link so I get some traffic... it's the least one can do!
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/09/01/f1-fan-twitter-teams-twibbon/
Have a word with him on it. If you are considering being a professional photographer you have to stop people using your pics for free from day one.
tis only a profile pic. it's not going to sell for any money or anything ;)
I am not sure if using a Twitter pic is the same as using a photo from say Flikr... but in your case it is your own photo as the base isn't it?
Without permission? Bit cheeky
Still would've been nice to say "do you mind?"
You are in the pic? That is totally out of order. Come on Keith you know better than that
cheeky... little...
Lou, you should either leave a comment on that post or contact him via email / Twitter
but you're in it. it's just a picture you took... that's you!
yep.
He's also tried to do it in alphabetical order, and got Renault and Red Bull the wrong way. But thats the least of the worries.
If someone owns the image it doesn't matter how it is transmitted
:D :D
No but it is a personal pic of you (and a very nice one at that ;) ). IMO, your face is yours alone and not for public use, even if you have it in a profile pic.
Of course we all know Mr. C doesn't have this problem because he doesn't have a face ;)
i suppose, i'm not happy he didn't ask me, but i'm not great at confronting people about anything tbh.. so i've no idea what i'd send him a message saying other that 'if you'd have asked i'd have been okay with it you know...'
Gavin, what is your new profle pic of? Can't make it out.
i'll re-write that.
>but you're in it. it's NOT just a picture you took... that's you!
He doesn't use the panda image for his tweets because of the great firewall of china. Fact!
"I rather you didn't use my image on your site please"
Nothing else required
It's me running in the DHL race - I drop.io'd it the other day. My mate took a picture but can't use his camera (A Canon EOS SLR) properly. But it looks cool and blurry!
:)
send a tweet. easy.
a DM or public one?
Oooh, you ran, didn't realise. How'd it go?
I wonder if a comment on the post may be better.
public. if you like we can retweet, but we don't have to.
like i said, name and shame. it's the internet way.
true. that might work.
it worked on goviral anyhow :)
Fake Trulli says:
Are big spinning rims illegal? I want to pimp out my TF109!
:lol:
Agree, or
"I don't mind you using my pic, but you should have asked first"
Yeah I did it - but it was bloody hard and great fun! I wrote a blog post on it (plug plug!) if you want to read more ;)
i don't mind tbh
okay. :)
This isn't for us to get involved with... unless he gets a**y
they're mandatory on the renault.
Or I DO mind AND you should've asked
Yep. Whichever best suits the mood.
:)
Agreed
But we gots your corner Lou
I did not give permission for my image to be used. Cease and desist immediately
Does anyone have a spare job they can give me?
Yes. Iron my shirts please!
I have the results for 2009 in a spreadsheet so doing this only involved some small changes but I guess it is worth a go :D
Hehe ok :D
I advise you to by Self-Iironing shirts.
Next.
:P
Yosser?
I'd use that for a proper image which I was planning to make money from (so remember that for later, Lou). But for a profile pic a softer approach is required, IMO.
we're goose to your maverick... or something.
It's a lie.
aw i ♥ the sidepodcast community :)
Will do my good man, congrats for doing it though.
You know, I said that because (a) it's the best way by far of getting your points across and (b) they're pretty :D
and we (heart) graphs.
Thank you - I really felt like I achieved something... :D
What are you like at lubing 777 undercarriages and flap-track mechanisms?
for RG.
I disagree with points system comparisons. The numbers aren't actually relevant, we're looking at the effect on positions.
More than.....
eh, I've got nothing.
Evenin all. Just had a bowl of seasoned egg fried rice for dinner and I'm just relaxing and contemplating another blog post. How is everyone? :)
Is that family friendly conversation? :D
Only one, Tonio Luizzi.
What kind of graph would you like? :p
Doesn't sound it but, yes, it is! :)
They are enchanted by a wizard before they go on the shelf. FACT!
Maybe, but you can show two bars close to each other and two bars far apart - it still works as the brain prefers visual information...
I dare say i could do it.
When do i start!
What the heck is a flap-track mechanism?
Happy.
Then I realised it was school tomorrow.
evening.
Listening to the best night of Radio 1 EVER. :D
Essentially its the rail that the flaps run on as they extend out from the wings to increase surface area.
I'll find a pic, hang on
muse night?
Then a keeper I liked failed a drugs test. Its been a bit of a decline.
http://www.rbogash.com/DSCF4244.JPG
5 hour muse night currently on. Plus added red button footage tomorrow of the homecoming gigs.
*salivates*
Of course. CHeers!
More of a beam really
we'll tune in, one sec.
Bassano, this one's for you.
And yes, we heard about this at our work as it's our company out there!!
it's been really good so far :)
They played a new song earlier not ehard before, off the new album, and it was NOTHING like theyve ever done. Think Timbaland meets Depeche Mode.
As frightening as that sounds, it was just.... wow.
To nick off Dank
"Anyone watching the Gadget Show on channel 5? One of the presenters is set to 'experience the thrills' of F1 behind the wheel of a Renault"
Ahh, the exception to the "It flew in, it'll fly out" rule
We think it was a delamination - but can you imagine - it was fully crewed up and taxiing!
ahh, cool... umm no tv.
Evening everyone. Tonight I am commnting from a Pizza Express restaurant which I am trapped in by myself for work reasons.
Two things I am watching friends on my iPhone which is inconveniant because people keep coming and asking me questions like... What would you like to eat.
Second. The restaurant is good but it does use capital letters on its menu so I should probably dock some points.
It sounds like it will be terrible. I may listen to this show tomorrow on iPlayer.
it will be on demand five later ;)
"Supposedly, the tailboom no longer wanted to be part and parcel of the airframe" :D
Has it got everything in alphabetical order if its trying to do it in alphabetical order?
that's one hell of a demotion.
:D
:D
:P
hehehehe :)
It really should be terrible. It has to be terrible. Even comparing it to Timbaland makes me feel dirty and icky. But it just.... works. I can't stand the genre of music it relates to but it actually works!
:)
F1 question on University Challenge... What were force india, Spyker, Midland previously know as
They failed :(
Server Migration didn't work then - Alex, have you been demoted to Pizza boy?
"I'd rather you didn't use my image on your site without asking please."
poifect
agreed.
It HAS to be dough balls to start
Nom. Nom
Crap?
I wonder if EJ wrote in his contracts that at least 5 other BBC shows have to refference him and his magnificent past?
Quite likely
the server migration worked fantasically. But the guy who was going to check something happened tonight at eight thirty is sick so... I'm up to the plate. So no drugstore gig :( boo
owned by the man who made f1 what it is today with his own bare hands?
OK ... have you guys seen the 125cc race from the weekend? WOW! Why are more of you guys not MotoGP fans?
Drugstore are in town?
Bugger, I LOVE them
http://demand.five.tv/Series.aspx?seriesBaseName=TheGadgetShow
Don't know the episode number though
I tried to watch it from the airport but the security guards weren't exactly happy with me peering into their office...
cause we prefer things with sidepods and 4 wheels? :)
Good wasn't it
Saw the punchup though.
I watch the main series (err, it is on my
listplayground) but never usually bother with the supports.. I heard it was good when Toby Moody tweeting about Mark Webber's reaction in the commentary boxJust a bit. I may have got a bit shouty!
exactly.
Did Four Star ever find out what type of birds they were?
Hey, if Mark Webber likes it, there's no argument ;)
shoulda been 'punchup'
Exactly.
(One extra star for speedway)
he likes cricket too...
And?
I haven't seen it butt apparently Webber was in the BBC commentary box and was completely speechless
There's still no stopping the Sidepodfilmwatch clock, is there? :)
good man, wrong team
I like this guy
Webber: "We can't do this in the car, we cannot race this close and we can't race this hard!"
Guys, all year, almost every race, loads of action, overtaking, hard racing ... you really are missing out!
hehe. on the list for this evening.
I mentioned it in the comments on Lukeh's blog in response to you.
It's their reforming gig tonight! And I had tickets :(
really, really not. well done for trying though.
Aren't 125s stupidly slow?
Was described as Piquet Vs. Salazar like!
the guy came back today. He said, so I've been thinking, fish also migrate!
Really really yes. Fantastic racing - overtaking, big battles ... awesome!
i'll watch motogp... but it just doesn't interest me as much as F1..i honestly love everything to do with F1 (except well.. some of the politics)... i'm kinda happy with the racing in F1 tbh.. yes more overtaking would be nice but we have good and bad races.. and the bad races make you appreciate the good races more... plus bikes don't really fascinate me as much as f1 cars do.. and i'm always so scared that one of the motogp guys is going to get killed or something...
Not on most tracks.
mmm. you made us watch a race a few months back. never again.
Which one? I don't watch them live!
But... does it have Rubens and Jenson?
I rest my case!
;)
exactly! where is the Brawness? :) :P
I'm not interested in it like F1 - I just like the racing and the entertainment. Plus the riders have loads more character than most F1 drivers...
here's the gagdet show f1 episode, cheers steven.
something about a last lap close finish. was very boring.
Last year they had this British kid that kept saying "and stuff" at the end of every sentence and stuff. He's really good and stuff, but hopefully this isn't the start of a new trend to replace y'know and stuff.
Was that because you didn't know them? I mean.. if you watched a few races you'd get to know them.
hehe but i am happy with the racing and entertainment i can find in 4 wheel racing.. :D i don't mind about the riders characters... non of them are Jenson or any of the characters i love in F1 :D hehe ;)
Um, how can a race long ding-dong battle with an overtaking move for the win on the last corner be boring? DOes not compute!
That is a good point ...
Is that Bradley Smith? He's only 17!
it just didn't interest me. the bikes look tiny on a huge circuit, and if that's the best the sport had to offer, i don't think i'm missing anything.
I didn't need to hear that
I've seen them about 4 times, they do a mean live show
Isabel usually get's through at least two bottles of wine
Yeah! And it wasn't long into the season, but he was setting them on fire. Suzi Perry interviewed him. Maybe he got flustered :-) I bet he got a good PR talking to after that.
Unbelievable!
I will watch that later
nope, all true.
He looks like he's 12! Aww, he's so cuddly!
:lol:
a 17 year old?!
Gavin, its like me trying to convince people non-league football is worthwhile, while you know its the best, people more often than not disagree
To me a good race is a good race and I don't have to get into it to like it... I just can't understand your reaction, is all...
No-one can help but like Rossi. He has more personality than the full F1 grid and despite being more successful than Schumacher is not remotely big headed and is not remotely serious and ground down.
I liked Rossi's Donkey helmet :)
He started in 125cc at 16.
As asked for I've added a graph to the blog entry ;)
You are
O.O wow...
Much better! :)
Is that Office 2007?
He was racing 125s in the world championship at 15. He looked about 11.
don't know how else to explain it. bikes don't mean anything to me. hold no interest in any way shape or form.
i was bored watching the 'action', it looked rather slow and easy, i'd give it 0/10 only because -1 wasn't available.
Makes me feel like I've done nothing.
I watch it every week
It is indeed :)
i can't stand that man.
Yeah, but can he predict the future?
Thought not
Can you confirm you are not the same James that nicked my keeping spot while I was on holiday and got the teams first ever clean sheet?
Imagine if you are just ahead of him and look over your shoulder and see a grinning donkey.
hehehe.
On Mercedes looking to take a stake in Brawn, does this mean that the team will start to look more like a works Mercedes team, or is McLaren still filling that role in F1 more, do we think?
I wish I could upgrade - the graphs look so much better than 2003!
Oh come on! you're just winding me up now!
True. Now, I'm happy again.
*googles Bradley Smith* i see...
Boys, are you Geeking out over Excel?
no. i would really not be happy if he came to f1.
You are just trying to stir an argument now. Everyone loves Rossi. It's the law
I could if I had any idea what you were talking about :p
They are! and much quicker to change the layouts/styles.
Yeah I can see that. I just can't see how someone could think F1 needs more action and then completely hate another kind full of it.
I watch different series for different reasons - they all complement each other. If they were all the same then they would be boring!
honest. i swear to god. i do not like him.
I don't care about bikes unless they are racing.
I don't care about racing bikes if they are racing on dirt.
Well it is important for my blog...
I spend two years as the teams goalkeeper, go away for two weeks and they decide its a good time to hire a second keeper and keep a clean sheet. Makes me angry, very very angry.
I'm neutral to him, but that's because I don't really take much notice to Moto GP.
It doesn't affect McLaren's position. Mercedes may have several motives but they will get a Brawn stake very cheaply just now.
is he like the man who must not be named who cheats and nearly ruined this f1 season for us?
I didn't feel that until 25 when Alonso won the WDC.
Although we are now third in the league, and thats sorta the background on my computer now.
Why not? Rossi is like the anti-Schumacher
No, he's nothing like him. Everyone likes Rossi - he wins in style and entertains us all.
Why take holidays during the season?
so he is the Alonso of the MotoGP world?
I've seen no evidence of Rossi cheating, so therefore he is not like THAT man.
not so much. he wins all the time, which is very boring. but he's just an annoying person.
the whole will he/won't he come to f1 really wound me up.
like f1 needs him anyhow?
He's why I started watching MotoGP. The things he did with the Honda..
On Webber... was he in the BBC commentary box? Or was it for an Aussie channel?
I didn't. The league thought it would be a good idea to start the season a week earlier.
Better. when he wins, he always does something funny!
What I'm getting here is you are really bad at laundry
Think of the precise opposite. That's Rossi.
tis a good point... i'd rather see Loeb have a go in F1 if i'm honest
haha :D
*Cough*
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/07/mercedes-to-increase-brawn-involvement/
yes, but more so
Not remotely. Rossi left Honda when they owned the world championship and went to Yamaha who were rubbish and had been for years. People said it would take him two years to win a race. He won his first race and the first championship.
Eurosport
He doesn't need to cheat
But he doesn't win all the time and when he does win, he has to fight for it.
This year has been brilliant because Lorenzo has been very quick but Rossi has beat him in the head. Mega battles all year!
I heard him on UK Eurosport
the thing with loeb. he'll just do it.
he won't need x3 tests a load of PR fuss and attention, and then decide to back out, because "bikes are more important".
screw you rossi ;)
Do you feel the same about Loeb?
Cheers i will have a look
I am sure it was BBC
Now you really are just trying to wind people up! :)
hehe :)
When he says a certain driver in red rocks, then I'll get suspicious.
I would love to see both of them in F1
he's no where near as prissy or pretentious. he just gets in and drives.
if ferrari offered him a seat he'd take it. rossi's a wimp.
I think Ferrari are partly to blame for a lot of that noise
ahh shucks. if someone tells me i HAVE to like bikes. what am i gonna do?
Um? That's really unfair. The guy is a showman, he was hired to make a fuss.
Loeb has had a lot of PR and fuss - look at all the stories about him coming to F1 since Bourdais got sacked.
At least Rossi isn't wasting his career in a useless defunct class of motorsport with no competition.
sure, but he still wimped out.
Loeb is doing one race at the end of the season then some winter testing because he can't test now. Same difference
Same commentators?
It wasn't.
Rossi prissy? Have you seen his celebrations.
Pretentious? Don't think so.
Stop it. You are just trying to wind me up. That is totally unfair and I won't fall for it just to make a fuss here. You carry on not watching MotoGP and we'll just go ahead and enjoy it.
Meanwhile, have fun counting the overtaking moves in F1 on one hand ;)
If Franck decides to try Moto GP will you watch? If so you may as well watch now so that you are clued up for his arrival
But the race lasts less than 60 mins.
I wouldn't.
I don't think racing bikes at 200mph can be wimping out
of course. be my guest. i don't begrudge anyone watching it.
am just saying i watched and was bored. that's fair isn't it?
And?
sadly not. christine?
Pants on fire :)
It seems so short for something which happens once every two weeks.
They meet the podcast rule
Why not?
w00t!
i married a good 'un.
Because I don't like watching bikes race.
This is an excellent point :-)
but a race and a podcast are two different things :P
Come on, that's cheeky - you know that's not the bit we all took offence to.
Twitter bored me first time round
It got better. Just saying
Football is too long
By about 60 mins IMHO
i believe and stand by what i said.
from where i'm sitting, the man chickened out of an f1 drive. twas handed to him on a plate. his choice. he bailed. fact.
And too frequent. Insert Mitchell & Webb sketch here. :-)
But there is a rule in Moto GP that riders must be visible to the public without their helmets for a certain period before the race
Football happens everyweek, even if your team isn't on, there's other games on to watch.
Cn't we just have World Cups, that'd be a good compromise
Not fact. Opinion.
Very good. I would probably look for pictures on the interwebs afterwards then.
I did say... based on how OUCH my legs still are, I totally agree ;)
He chickened out to take on the next big star of Moto GP in equal equipment and looks like adding another championship to his list.
did he not turn down a ferrari drive? was it not his choice?
unless i've missed a memo... facts.
I like this plan. World Cups are fun. I like the rugby one.
I don't think I'd survive.
Exactly - he has to beat Lorenzo else he'll start to lose his powers!
My brain feels like that when I'm forced to watch it, most of the time
You'd have to move to Brazil or something
Mine goes to sleep and I start staring into space.
Maybe it was the media that forced him out. We all know thats what forced Badoer out.
*ahem*
Of course I say forced, there's only so much force you can put upon an object of such a slow moving nature
Renault F1 segment on Gadget Show NOW!
And in it's place, every Saturday would be live Beach Volleyball qualifiers from around the world
With all 12 new seats at Paul Ricard!
He did turn down the drive - not to chicken out but to beat his young upstart team mate nemesis.
I seem to recall that Loeb isn't in F1 so he can win for Citroen yet you have no problem with this.
Therefore, Opinion. Thank you.
Does the Euro's count. Cos I've been watching the Women's Euros.
just watched online. shall not ruin it for ya though.
Wow. The 08 car looks so bad in 2009 colours!
Turning down & chickening out aren't the same though
it didn't look great in the 2008 livery either tbh ;)
hehe.
Good man. How are England doing?
This is more fun
It doesnt look like an f1 car...?
Indeed. Everything does.
Come on Renault, bring back the light blue & yellow scheme with navy highlights!
In the final, good match it should be as well ;)
ah, coldness, I feel cold. need a cuppa
true, but it now looks worse. I know, I was surprised too!
Sorry, World Cup only. Every 4 years
fair point, but the 'fact' in my previous comment was for this bit:
"twas handed to him on a plate. his choice. he bailed."
i shoulda used a carriage return there, soz.
ING is leaving next year isn't it.
Against who? Is the lady who broke her cheekbones in the team?
he had to do a run in a small car first.
Germany. And don't know about the second one.
yeah, but so might renault be.
Please don't get a horrible colour sponsor, Please don't get a horrible colour sponsor, Please don't get a horrible colour sponsor, Please don't get a horrible colour sponsor, Please don't get a horrible colour sponsor...
Aha... Ignore me!
who is doing it (am listening to radio 1) was it Jason or Otis?
I don't like the idea of this when Bassano takes over the world.
It's turning isn't it? Dark mornings, chilly evenings... But Denmark is really a winter country so it's actually quite nice :)
extremely basic steering wheel there...
I wonder if a team will give jake a go next year?
I hope so. That would be awesome to see!
renault do the HTTT thing every year. am amazed the bbc weren't invited?
You've basically described each stripe on the 09 scheme :)
Damn you all for making me sneek a peek at Channel Five
Karma's gonna get me for that tomorrow.
If he didn't spin it, does that make him better than Piquet?
I doubt he would fit in any of the cars
HTTT?
Question - the teams do these exhibitions with '08 cars - won't they run out of spares eventually?
He did admit he wasn't going at the speed of the professionals, but neither did piquet!
:D
I swear to god, if they get Creme Egg to sponsor them after finally getting away from icky ING, I will finally snap and slap the Executioner
But Beach Volleyball, every week??
C'mon!
paul ricard. they book the circuit for the day and send journo's around in renault f1 cars on a mini-circuit. car magazine and people like that get invited.
Paul Ricard - High Tech Test Track
High Tech Test Track.
Basically it means more data points, artificial track watering, multiple layouts and grippy tarmac runoffs.
I doubt it. They can soon knock out some more
Does Troy Queef get invited?
Ta
erm... who?
That sounds like a Simpson's character
he'd be camouflaged in that car.
:-(
I thought it was an anagram
It's the joke Car reviewer from SniffPetrol who I am sure is taking the p*** out of CAR Magazine :D
Did anyone know that Spotify is now available for Android?
no idea.
christine, what was the name of the very, very tall man we met at silverstone?
Thanks for the comments on twitter Mr C :D
I'm just being a bit quiet and lurking more these days .. having my own bit of a haitus
But it is... warm houses, roast pork, candles, special beer, fireplaces... it's lovely!
twas discussed earlier in this very thread, yup.
Info on Singapore, they have made a few changes to the circuit. And refused to cut the prices!
http://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/autoscoop/22454/night-race-still-unique
Hello Scott from this morning ;)
I read that earlier, and iPhone soon too.
As a subscription, I think
no worries jackie. you know where we are if you needs us ;)
Aha, just spotted it on an ad on Spotify itself. Carry on. :P
Isn't that in the Caribbean?
How come? Is everything OK?
I'm fine thanks Gavin, just a bit down about the Renault thing.
now that would be nice :)
scraping ice off the car... running out of de-icer... having to wear a hundred layers and still feel cold... constantly cold nose causing runs... no natural warmth to speak of..
It is a bit of a drag - I hope Alonso isn't in on anything here... :(
Even now that they have Sideshow Bob? That's enough to make anyone smile
:D poor guy
Tony Dron?
Hi Jackie
Ah but you see in Denmark they know it's going to get cold and prepare for it - and the houses are really warm too... not like the UK where apparently every year they are surprised that it gets cold in winter!
To be fair there is equal surprise when it gets aggressively tepid in the summer as well..
silence :)
...lou, what was the name of the guy who used to present the honda youtube videos?
It's killing me.
Why can't we just have honest racing. I'm sick fed up of WMSC hearings, whether its true or not it makes a mockery of the sport.
nope. doesn't ring a bell
Now that, sums up the British summer, so damn well :)
yourself?
Hi Steven :)
True story - I asked my Mother in Law what supplies I would need for when it snowed and the power and heating went out (as that's what happened to me in the UK) and she just laughed and said "we don't have that problem"!
:)
we think it begins with 'a'?
There were two pandas there?
Who did he work for?
honda f1 and i think car magazine.
anyhow. renault let him drive their f1 car, but honda wouldn't. even though he was making honda f1 videos at the time.
Alistair Weaver?
This doesn't help my nose.
Great motoring name :D
YEEEEEESSSS!!!
thank you.
Wrap up more?
heh :-)
but I like seeing
:)
anyhow. in 2008 he did the thing that the guy from the gadget show just did. they tend to do it in groups of 20 i think.
i need a lie down.
He's not listed on the website though?
hahahahaha :) see, my addiction with the team is good for some things :D
no problem :)
What stops your eyes from freezing?
it must be a magazine like that.
i assure you honda didn't send him ;)
truth.
A momentary lapse
Confusion will be back soon, don't worry
He's freelance. His website is cool- check the show reel and there's a bit on the F1 drive...
for anyone who is interested in the honda videos (which where great btw) some can still be found here.
I'm worried about Alison's curtain rail, I NEED an update!
Is she on Twitter?
that's one.
nice chap he is.
that's a loooong story :)
He looks like it. What was he up to at the grand prix?
i envy this guy.. he got to interview Jenson more than once...
Is it along the lines of putting pics on drop.io via a webcam?
he was a guest with honda. slept in a cardboard tent too. assuming he lived to tell the tail.
The tents that nearly killed Christine? Maybe he didn't make it...?
Hehe everytime i hear about them i laugh!
that would explain why he doesn't work for car magazine.
Why do I find myself watching Mean Girls on Film4? Why? Why?! WHY!!!!!! SOMEONE SAVE ME PLEASE!
turn on radio one... muse are awesome! :)
Because you secretly fancy Lindsay Lohan?
Mate, could be worse, you don't wanna know what I watched on the plane yesterday.
I've said too much, stupid, stupid RG
No watch it. you may enjoy it ;)
Ah so that's what's going on....
Some secrets are best left in the dark
Don't wish that on anyone ;)
Alright, she's hot in this one but still...
Bad films on planes is ok, tis like the money you spend at airports - doesn't count
It wasn't a film...
All I say is Creature Comforts finished too early and I wanted to see what was on after it.
Still a waste of oxygen?
You've started, so...
coughhannahmontana ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh loook, new f1 minute
Who has put the Rob pictures on the drop?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/d02usa608-jpg
HE'S YELLOW!
*cries*
I like that :-)
Here's a geek/nerd/dork venn diagram.
He has been infected by a worrying case of EJ :(
silly question... but why is he yellow?.... it's not a good look...
oohhh you didn't
and sunburnt
Jordan
Its not that bad! :D
Me too :)
Thats when he was at Jordan, a time when I liked EJ.
Worrying.
jordan colours.
must've been fisi engineer way back.
HE WORKED AT JORDAN! O.O great...
the hartlepool fan, she managed to convince me.
Jordan were an awesome team!
It was just.... him.
Quick question .. is an About us page a necessity for a blog?
Pretty much guarantees a bbc interview with Fisi rob and EJ at one of the races...
eddie used to be funny. i swear.
Yes... mine gets a lot of views...
Oh. No. You. Didn't.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
[just in case anyone missed it before]
A little one is always nice to have. I've just got a little para on the sidebar.
Can I just say, I now love Rob, I think he saved my bacon there.
Rob is in the Simpsons?
Like I say, I really liked him as a team owner! He wasn't as annoying as he was now, and the team were like a little family. Then he became a pundit.
Then he became a pundit.
:(:(:(:(:(
No, maybe Rob didn't. Shoot.
look christine!!.. does this make it better?
Yes, but it doesn't have to be linear or entirely true.
Go random and surreal
EJ proves that some things are best in small doses ;)
maybe he is funny in small doses?
YES!
He still is.. he gets a bad wrap.. but there are so many people who could be doing a worse job than him in that role.
He does say stupid things, but i guess thats half the show
Woah.
yup. the annoying half.
Thats the point though right?
Not a necessity. Although If Franck visits it is quite handy if he can find an e-mail address somewhere
I didn't realise he had a bit of celtic going on
He is in small doses. He is like a vaccine. Now we get too much and he is the disease
See? We are right!
What, instead of signing up to a wiki to PM?
I dont think hes too bad, he brings some light entertainement, and i think he is good value for people watching who arent f1 fans. In that respect he is the opposite of legard.
I wouldnt put him on a dedicated f1 package like F1+ but for the BBC he is good, and a decent foil for DC
You could put someone like ron in there who would probably know a lot more, but he would bore the tears off everyone but the dedicated fans
:) yay! :)
I'm still awaiting the day legard and EJ are in a segment together just for the reaction on here :D
LOL could anyone understand Ron speak?
I once tried. The next day I found my mind became a tangled Ronspeak mess :(
Understanding is irrelevant
Listening is just pure comedy
Don't cross the streams!
see... now that's the perfect time to go and prepare lunch.. or something..
O think the main reaction will be "Is it finished yet?"
Can I admit to possibly my second most embarrasing thing in the last hour, I was rather happy to be able to listen to Legard for Belgium.
*tumbleweed*
sorry you what??.. i suppose i was happy i was able to watch f1 with the bbc commentry (as opposed to it being in spanish) when i was on holiday... but i wasn't happy about it..
As someone who put up with sporadic English commentary for many years, i know exactly what you mean :D
Although if you want passionate commentary the arabic guys seem to have a lot of energy :P
that made no sense... *goes back to sipping her lemsip*
:lol:
Compared to the local language I'm sure it was great :-)
Legard did it
oh my!!! why not just put in an ipod or tear out your eyes? ;)
Is that the Smiley Virus person?
iPod battery died, listened to that too much during the film
PSP battery died, sorta played on that too much during the film.
You still had the option of putting your fingers in your ears, closing your eyes and shouting:
"La, La, La. I'm not listening"
and the option of not willingly admitting it on both here and twitter...
Possibly, but there was a baby in front
*Airplane excuses no. 1*
I feel better for doing it.
Confession is good for the soul
That one was bad for your reputation though ;)
You do now...
But can we forget?
Horrendously.
But hey, second fave keeper failed a drugs test, my team doing well without me, don't care anymore.
I would have listened to a cat being tortured by a pneumatic drill in a machine factory before I watched Miley Cyrus!
Are you off the team now?
*Airplane excuse no. 2*
I was horrendously bored.
I was about to ponder the impact on the team of RG being even further away than he is!
Probably not, but hey, he kept a clean sheet. Fair play.
Is it Orange?
Eh?
:)
The drill!
Billy Ray should not have been allowed top procreate
Bill Hicks will be turning in his grave
Ah, of course it is!
The drill
i just checked facebook...is Jon around?
have you tried yelling?
oh sorry.. i forgot
JOOOONNN!!!!!!!!!!!
It worked earlier....
JOOOOOOONNNN!!!!!
June?
Maybe that's why he's not answering
JON!
You lot are hopeless.
JON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's the exclamation marks that do it
hehehe :D
ahhh i see.
Ah!
So thats where I was going wrong
TIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LEWIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i take the silence as a no?.. if i'm not around when he comes online will someone alert me please?
Maybe he has headphones on?
Should we shout?
We'll shout if you're not here... :)
JENSO...... ah never mind... i'll try it at goodwood or something :P
Still hasn't called no?
ahaha if you like :)
Maybe Alex hasn't fitted his head ping yet
Still waiting for him to dump Michael Jackson...
Damn server migration, getting in the way of SidepodDomination
should we yell?
ALE....
ah forget it.
:D ahah
As soon as someone shouted beer the place emptied
BERNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(sorry guys i need a job)
a guest post from bassano: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/09/07/theres-an-app-for-that/
I have forgotten to use smilies for the second day running...
:D
RG has to go to school in the morning and is ganin to bed, so, shall see you later folks. Lotsa love
See ya!
night
Night, dont let them tell your Hannah Montana pencil case isnt cool!
see ya!!
night rg.
:)
See ya RG
Evening all :)
evening
Good evening, people have been fretting over the rail!
Hi Alison
I've just been to a random film screening at my local museum...
Of?
It was called Defiance it had Daniel Craig in it and was about Belorussian Jews in the 2nd world war.
I wanted to see that, any good?
Hi Alison
Did you enjoy it? Assuming enjoy is the correct word.
Bassano was worried you had been killed by your curtain pole
Yeah pretty good! It wasn't as upsetting as most holocaust films are. Tbh it was a bit "hollywood" for my taste but it was always going to be with James Bond in it really.....
The boy in the striped pyjamas is the most upsetting one for me :(
Utterly brilliant, but gutwrenching stuff
I liked that it was mainly a true story though. That these brothers did actually manage to build camps in the forrest and survive 4 freezing winters with over 1200 people. It's a miracle.
Is it an old film? I have seen soething on that a few years ago. What they did was incredible. I can't remember if it was a film or a documentary I saw
2008
But released here at the beginning of this year
The true story is better than the film. What they went through, it's truly incredible. The only bit I didn't like was at the end it explained what had happened to the brothers and the youngest one went and joined the Russian army which annoyed me....
hmm. if you're doing a graph, how do you get it into your blog?
I did the old printscreen / Paint / save as PNG and then insert. came out blurry
that's such a sad film. we watched it in history last year and before we could leave the lesson the teacher had to make sure we were all okay as we were all kinda crying..
Gavin is probably the guy to ask.
PNG has done funny things for me in the past, Jpeg?
It must have been a documentary I saw then
We watched Schindler's List over a period of several lessons (took a couple of weeks). I was glad, not sure I could have handled it in one go at that point.
I will admit that it had me in a flood of tears, it is just so powerful.
Nothing wrong with that Lukeh, at least it wasn't a Smiley Virus movie
JPG does the same. Must be the way I'm doing it.
I would like to say nasty things about Carlton Kirby.
Can you export to another format from within Excel?
well, you'd think so..
Damn Winblows ;)
You'd be best waiting for Gavin then, unless you fancy trawling Excel forums tonight
I hate my wisdom teeth :( They're hurting me so much :(
Gavin knows all.
Ouch, that's not pleasant
If you have to get them removed any time soon. Get them to dope you up, it's not pleasant
Why would I need them removed? They're just sore as they're coming through.
Sometimes they have to come out
Depends how they emerge, mine were impacting against their neighbours
*jumps up and down in the way a 2 year old might* why wont anyone reply to any emails, letters or anything!!! it's not hard! :(
What's that one about?
Are you trying to deal with British Gas?
A concentration camp
Or Brawn
Two children who become close friends but one is a german child, the other a jewish child in a concentration camp. The german child doesn;t realise the sinister environment his friend is living in, and the story runs around this idea of innocence prevailing over the deep conflict of hatred between the two sides. It's a remarkable film.
They may be inundated with correspondance?
Or Capita?
Or any government agengy/local council
Thanks. Will remember to look out for it.
I had the first three come through no problem apart from the occasional bit of pain but the bottom right one was agony. I always hated dentists and put off going to see one until I couldn't stand the pain any more. The wisdom tooth was grinding against the tooth in front of it. The destist said my mouth wasn't big enough. First time for everything I suppose.
So he decided the best plan was to remove the tooth in front of the one it was grinding against as apparently it didn't look great. It sure put up a great fight for an ugly tooth when he pulled it. He told me that as the wisdom tooth pushed through the gap would disappear. Looking at the rate it is closing I reckon there will be no gap if I lie to be 564 years old.
The important thing though is litereally the second the tooth was pulled the pain stopped and never returned.
no... it's been over a month since i wrote to Jules... a few weeks since i emailed Darren Heath... (although i know they are really busy) and then there are the emails i sent to my deputy head 2 months ago at school with in depth room plans (drawn for hours in paint and photoshop!) and other various emails.... an no one has bothered to reply to anything! grrr.. it's not difficult... i even found out the deputy head has been arranging it with the head girl and stuff without even talking to me... which is annoying since she made me write a 1,000 word proposal and do the diagrams... all i ask is for a reply. grrrr
Because you haven't sent me any
i'd almost forgotten i'd emailed them months ago! dammit! someone hit 'reply'! grr.
IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D WOOOOOO
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0287-jpg
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0268-jpg
!!!!!
Check your spam bin?
fantastic!
It's JON! with the news i wanted to congratulate him on earlier! :D hehe
Lou, Jon's here ;)
checked and double checked :(
Write to them all again and ask if they have any thoughts on your previous correspondence and include a copy of what you sent the last time since you know they are very busy and receive lots of correspondence.
Cool
It sank?
i may do that.. sorry i'm in a bit of a grumpy mood atm since i've been back at school less than a week and feel awful :( stupid cold thing
nope! "sailed" like a beaut!
Well done
what did i do now?!
that is so awesome :)
Well done! :D
You're gonna need a bigger boat
Sorry, couldn't resist. Good job!
i noticed your pics on facebook and wondered if you were around here so i could congratulate you and say how awesome it was... we tried calling but it didn't work :(
You are allowed to be grumpy. Just remember that this time next year you will be missing school
no way? sorry, didnt hear ;) thanks!!
it was so awesome! i didnt fall in at all :D
Were you wearing headphones earlier Jon?
:D
yay. go jon!
ehehehe, there was swans!! they scared me!! theres a funny video of my dad doing Jaws noises when they came near!
My next project is a kayak...i was just told by my (apparently not so) supportive girlfriend that "it wont work"
I JUST SAILED A BOAT MADE OF BOTTLES!! DONT TELL ME IT WONT WORK!!! :D
we shouted and shouted and it didn't work... :( hehe
awesome :)
i just had a look at your shouting....twas quite impressive :D my laptop sound was off! *facepalm*
ahh that must have been it...
hang on... you weren't listening to radio one?
[turns desktop volume up, for future reference]
nooope :( listened to a bit in the car, but we had fish and chips and my girlfriends only just left!
however....i dont need to listen to it....i was there ;)
People can miss school?
I was this morning, but not when you called!
My mic and stuff arrived, tis uber cool :D i feel like Alan Partridge ;)
Hope gravity was well behaved
What did you buy?
bah?
Mic, headphones, pop shield, USB thing-y-doo-dar
So a collision into the first corner then? :D {Comment #233}
This is Monza. If there isn't a collision of some sort at the first corner or the second chicane, everyone would wonder what was wrong (unless it happens to be raining at the start of the race, which is unlikely)...
i love my school i really do. it may put loads of pressure on me, and give me loads of work, but the community is great, the teachers are mostly amazing (specially my new history teacher :D) and it's all good, i wouldn't have stayed for 14... nearly 15 years if i didn't like it :D i'll miss it so much next year... i just hate the 'go back to school and get ill' thing get most years
i suppose that's a good excuse... even if you did miss zane's amazing mixing skills :P
i think you'll find i was there for those too!
But it was SO much more!
Sounds too technical for me
I head Zane (i actually have a huge man crush on that man) and Muse....what did i miss?
*heard
yippee!
oh.... grrr. *is jealous* ;)
Tis for me too, had a bit of trouble with the drivers earlier, so am going to try again now
that the mix with the star wars theme and "red leader standing by" etc etc.
IT WAS SOOOO GOOD
bleh
:D i'm pleased you had a good time... it will be my time to gloat when i come back from the Coldplay gig at Wembley Stadium i'm going to on the 19th :)
w000t
I’m just trying to find a way to link to an old comment like Alia does – I think it would be useful to do sometimes… {Comment #309}
Lots of copying-and-pasting of stuff - quote { linktag copy-hyperlink-to-comment Comment #copy-and-paste-comment-number close linktag }
how do you have the time?
Wouldnt click-to-quote be a million times easier? It seems like a lot of effort for the same result?
really? i kinda wish alia would just click to quote like everybody else. {Comment #310}
You can't do that in ye olde commenting, and I find it a lot easier to use that than the other methods most of the time (LCLT is fine for live commenting on given sessions but I tend to get confused with the whole threading thing the rest of the time and I find Doohickey generally difficult to use). Also, unlike the other two methods, it's guaranteed to load up even on Dad's computer every single time of asking unless Mediatemple's being awkward.
It's also a habit I'm stuck in anyway because, having come from a forum background, I'm used to nobody being able to follow a conversational thread unless everything is cited in some way. You may be better at following a conversation through an entry than many of them are, but my brain doesn't adjust much between forum posting and blog commenting.
how do you have the time? {Comment #1070}
Easy. I copy the comment and remember the comment number when I first see the comment I want to quote, then stick curly brackets and link tags round the number and use Find to get back to the comment to quote the number. It adds perhaps 10-15 seconds to my comment time, depending on how tired I am.
that's a fair point.
okay.. i'm going to attempt to sleep off this cold/fever thing i seem to have so i can go to school tomorrow. night all!x
see ya lou.
i still find it a bit crazy, and gavin's solution went to far, but if you're happy doing it, pls carry on.
when we update ye olde comments, we're going to have to get you to test them like crazy to make sure all your machines work with them.
night lou
night!
G'night Lou
Tis farewell for tonight from me too
night
and night too
Night Bassano
night sir.
Night Lou and Bassano
Night Sleepers!