According to Wikipedia, it is Andy Priaulx's birthday today. What's he up to these days? I mean, probably he'll be celebrating today, but in racing terms? Anyway, here are some of the things we're discussing at the moment:
- Mr C has been hard at work, well, I say work but what he's done is create a playground. Doesn't sound particularly taxing, does it? Actually, it is awesome, because it's a place for all those things in development to be displayed, without fear of them not working (expect the unexpected!) At the moment we have a groovy search and some subtitle fun. More to be added soon.
- I know I plugged this yesterday but it's worth mentioning again that Jon is out and about putting on his commentator's hat. You can read more about what he's up to here, but we'll be able to see updates throughout the race which starts later in the day, I believe.
- Finally, it wouldn't be a daily post without a plug for Sidepodradio of some sort, and today I'm just going to say - visit the wiki, have a look at some of the subpages, and get your questions in. Our hosts want to interact with you as much as they can, so share your thoughts on the topics at hand.
That'll do it for now. The last word must be congratulations to Andy and LPG who are celebrating a new arrival. Everyone at Sidepodcast sends their best wishes. I'll see you in the comments.
Good marn-ing everyone!
*Jumps thread*
Agreed. Get over there and ask your questions!
Saturday plans for everyone?
If I am able to get up in time I will get a haircut. Since it is 2am now, this is unlikely.
Then find ways of passing the time until the evening where I am to feed Dad's cats while they are all on holiday. Since I will also need to do same on Sunday morning I will just stay there and take advantage of the free washing machine facilities, Sky TV and his huge DVD collection. I will have pizza.
Hmm, well it's 11am now, I'll probably be sticking around here for some time, probably start on the next season of 24 before going to bed early tomorrow morning wondering what I did all day.
The cats go on holiday?
I envy them :P
Car going to Audi to get the stereo reset code (previous owner tore out the coupon)
Then hopefully get a cable istalled so I can have iPod facilties in-car again
[Waaaay behind on podcasts]
St Kitts?
Sounds pretty good to me. Which season? I've only seen the first, I really need to catch up..
erm... :-)
I finished seaon 3 last night, starting on number 4 today. Last episode of season 3 was...wow.
Damn! So much for my Saturday morning. I'm off to renovate. Wish the walls luck!!
It's nicer in here though ;)
good luck.
Grrrrr. How come ebay lets other people bid as well as me?
Hello everyone. Suffering through F1 withdrawals
I liked season one, the second seemed the same but less exciting
I gave up after that
:D
The Rotters
Hi Joe
Hi Joe
They either have more money or less sense than me
Season three was good, they did some things that you would not expect them to.
Or both
Hi Joe
Hey Steven, hows the Yanks doing? I'm trying to postion the Rays into the playoffs
0 - 0 middle of the 7th
I've just remembered what was suggested after the last time I was at Dad's, hamstung by IE7. I'll investigate the USB Firefox before I go, so if I don't end up watching a film I'll be here annoying you.
someone, somewhere had a feature request for mobile commenting. am far to drunk to remember tomorrow, but if you add it to the wiki i'll get an email in te morning. night all x
Portable Apps are great
G'night Sir, plenty of water before bed
Mr. C! And a good day to you, Sir!
we have mobile commenting for ie7 now.
*sleeps*
Now you need a message to make you check your e-mail
hey joe!
Night
Email Christine to remind him
Oh yeah I forgot that
oh, that was me, just an idea about adding a link to the active threads post.. will add it if i can work out how :D
And Night... and good luck with the morning!
e-mailed both of them. That should work
And if he has a hangover, it wasn't me
I have witnesses
I have added it here, i hope thats right http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Website+Wishlist
Seems appropriate
I get the Q now
That looks good to me
Me too.
Just put Winamp on random for a quick blast of my music before bed, after having some pretty rubbish radio stuff on earlier
and.. The Chain comes on.
:-) :-)
:D
Dum, dum-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum dummmmmm
Serendipity
Got itunes on...... and listening to Radio 4 Friday Night Comedy Podcast Playing. Then its Super Furry Animals.
I used to love SFA
That's a band I never got around to exploring more.
I got the Guerilla album... then forgot, or was too lazy. That album still sounds current 10 years on.
Brilliant album.
Phantom Power. Best SFA album ever. My opinion though.
I'll investigate that one then
Great videos if I remember right.
Haven't seen any of theirs for years though
I thought this might happen. Bed plans have stalled while I listen to music :-)
My Wife usually hates my taste in music, but there is one SFA track she actually likes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jw7u4f-Ujg
Link fail, it loads Doohickey again..
I'm off soon to catch up on episodes of True Blood
You say "just one song before I go to bed" then an hour later you think what happened to me going to bed!
exactly!
Change all mentions of "song" and replace them with "can" and I'm there with you!
Been there! :)
If Mr C never gets round to fixing his noisy Mac Book Pro, he could always go down the Ice T route after he gets a replacement
NSFW link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWhYlhfWCI
Ha Ha
I did something similar with a Freeview Box.
I always wanted to do that to a Mac. I never liked the things, but I can't afford to buy one just to break it...
It must have been really annoying to do that... therapeutic though.
I've often wanted to do that to machines.
Just bought Fleetwood Mac Rumours Album on itunes. Bad decision?
oooh. I know nothing of it other than the famous for motorsport reasons one.
Last one from me, no way this is real but it still looks impressive
Giant Waterslide Jump
Best College Humour vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos
Now listening to the F1 bit on The Chain. For the first time, I got goosebumps. Came out of nowhere,
Just noticed that Alianora's blog is approaching its third birthday. We all know her ability to research F1 in detail and for the anniversary post she is taking any questions people want answered. Her blog is excellent and doesn't get the level of response her writing deserves.
Visit the blog at http://formula1home.com/forum/weblog.php?w=5 and leave a question on the 3rd anniversary post at http://formula1home.com/forum/weblog_entry.php?e=808
Really am off now, g'night folks
Is it bad that I have the 7" of the original song?
Goodnight Bassano.
Night.
Night!
Yeah 'cos it doesn't have the vid to explain it..
Hilarious!! I'm 95% sure it'll get removed later though... not exactly SP-safe..
Good night Bassano
True. Sorry. Still, the Mac one wasn't exactly SP-safe either. ;)
You have led me astray...
Yeah it does have that effect if you grew up with it on the F1 coverage :-)
Is that after listening to the album in full, or just the song? It's pretty powerful from the full song.
true..
Just the song.
Admitly i am learning how to stock a fridge and apparently I cant belive its not butter comes in a bottle in the states... :?:
Happy bloggy birthday Alianora!
I'll try and think of a question but I'm not very good at it.
Eh? Bottled? I know they do things a bit differently over there, but...
How is that possible?
Bottled butter??
Steven, I've submitted a question to Alianora's blog. It's quite a good one I think to say I'm rather inebriated.
If it is in a bottle I CAN believe very easily that it is not butter
Good question
Apparently!
BTW on 3rd listen of The Chain, still got Goosebumps. It's either the alcohol or the song.
I vote c) both
In a spray?!
Im just glad it didnt come out like ketchup!
You can get cooking oil like that. Its rubbish. It's rubbish. [delete as appropriate]
The cooking oil is a good idea, but butter? Toast needs a proper butter, not a spray.
ok, think i'm done for the night, see ya later...
Night.
Night Pat
Night Pat.
me too, night all
Night Nick.
Night Nick
Night Nick.
Off to get some shut eye. Goodnight everybody.
See ya.
Good night
If anyone is still awake, I'm watching the Tampa Bay Rays and hoping the Yankees lose
I don't follow baseball.
Okay, just hanging out at work, everyone has gone to bed and if feels weird watching the game with no beer
Happy birthday to NIgel Mansell who's 56 today
Morning everyone :)
I have to go to Ikea this morning!
Morning all. For those less aware of who Andy Priaulx is, he is a triple World Touring Car champion and is still driving for BMW Team UK.
I'm back home. Sister took pictures on the flight
*hugs Internet*
Woot! Sydney FC win 3-2 away in first game of season. :)
I was going to put $20 on them winning though, too bad I didn't cos at $2.15 I could have made a bit...
Morning one and all. Yay for Kathi's internet :)
Morning.
And now to watch England get battered by our batsmen again! Yay!
How did the Newcastle Jets get on?
Mornin all.
Haven't played yet.
Morning. Loving the cricket already ;)
What's happening?
Australia have already got about 25 runs, and it's just started.
Ah, I see they've got Wellington Phoenix first up. Why do they put a New Zealand team in an Australian league?
So is this compared to what was happening yesterday?
Because they are really part of Australia. ;)
Also because NZ can't get their own league.
And they will also be Newcastle best chance at winning this season. ;)
Continuation.
I thought they were a good side? Didn't they win it a few years back?
Gotcha. So we did really badly, and now Australia are showing us up?
They were a good side. After they won it, they lost all their good players. They got battered 6-0 in the Champs League a month or so ago, their coach quit and haven't made any good signings. Still, they are probably in a better position than Newcastle United. ;)
Yep, and it's going to win us the Ashes. Again.
Ah right, so its just went down hill. Gotcha.
And to be fair, everyone is in a better position than Newcastle United.
Yep. Next Leeds they are.
We've been saying that for years.
Except Leeds fell from higher up. Newcastle have been disappointing for a while, I was getting sick of them.
My dad has said that ever since the late Sir Bobby was sacked, they have fallen down hill big style, picked the wrong managers, wrong people in charge etc.
Kevin Keegan etc.
Also signings. 6 million pounds for Alan Smith!?
I'm amazed they ever paid anything for Boumsong and Bramble and Butt and Barton.
53 runs from 51 balls today. ;)
Thats not how cricket is meant to be played, it is against the spirit, boo Australia,.
One-day figures. ;)
This is going to be a 3 day match at most I think.
Probably. But I reckon we are just letting you win this one so it is 1-1 into the final test match at the Oval, and we thrash you to win it back.
With that, I'm off for a bit.
New blog post about racing game music and my favourites:
http://zerodownforce.blogspot.com/2009/08/tuning-of-different-kind.html
:P
Whoah! dont get ahead of yourself, you will confuse the cricket newcomers.
The ashes is 5 test matches which last 5 days each (although this one wont last that long)
If the match is not resolved in 5 days it is a 'draw'
So far we have had 2 drawn matches and 1 win for england, so england are 1-0 up in the series, with 2 (including this match) to play.
If the series ends with the teams having won 1 match each Australia will retain the series, as they are the reigning champions.
So even if Australia win this match they will still have to avoid defeat at the oval.
Morning everyone, welcome to Nicks cricket clinc :P
It will end 1-1. Australia will be favourites to win the 5th test, but they will probably just bat it out.
And morning Nick :)
Hello..
Unlikely, having followed England for the past few years, our performances normally go from terrible defeats to playing far better than we should for one match, to back to normality until the next disaster...
G'Day.
Evening squire :P
just discovered 'biscuits' can come out as 'circuits' in predictive text. good job i caught that
Is it just me or it really quiet here today?
very..
I got up late because I stayed up late. Now I feel like I've missed half the day.. Bit of lunch then I have to attack the flat in a cleaning frenzy.
(not because I made any mess last night, just I get lazy and leave it for ages and suddenly 'wake up' to how bad it is)
Currently in the same position as you....
I have 2 bags of rubbish collected so far... i bet i am winning :P
It is, but then, it is summer. People might be, like, outside and stuff.
I haven't started yet so you are definitely ahead of me in terms of stuff done today... although I try not to get it as bad as two rubbish bags :-)
oops...
*promotes "get a girlfriend" 3 places up the to do list*
actually i was really good yesterday and took a big pile of recycling stuff down to the collection place... because i always forget which week they come to get it
morning.
They are so useless here, we have these bags instead of boxes or bins, they fall over, rubbish goes every where.... not worth the hassle.
So i decided to take a load of boxes i had collected to the recycling centre... that hadn't been emptied and the massive bin there was full, so i decided to keep an eye on it... it still hasn't been emptied so i have given up on recycling and just put it in the bin...
How are you this bright and cheery morning?
Its the middle day of the summer break....
I should do that too.. but I don't think they like uncleaned flats so better do this first..
Morning. I've only been up an hour and I just had a shower.
That wasn't supposed to rhyme
i don't believe for one second, that our recycling goes anywhere but in the landfill.
f1 made me this cynical.
bright and cheery
There used to be a lot of money to be made.
Now the credit crunch is on i suspect most of it is no longer recycled
At the house we have one box (glass and cans) and one bag (for paper). The come every other Friday.
This is a fairly small town and there are collection points outside 2 supermarkets and outside the police station, so if one is full you just go to the other...
How is it the middle day of the summer break already?? If anyone thinks it's going slowly, I can recommend throwing a strop and going on hiatus. Time flies.
if they rally are doing any good, there needs to be transparency, because i'm clueless as to what any of this separation is achieving, what we've contributed and what the point of it all is.
i suspect the council are just have a laugh at our expense :)
It has been okay for me so far, not any different to when we had a 3-week break - then you remember that there is no race next week either and it suddenly feels a long way off.
The paper, metal and glass I can understand 'cos that gets reused. The plastic bottles get shipped to China don't they? Not ideal.
I'm in a place where the local landfill was closed because it got full so I try and avoid that if I can. We're running out of places to put it.
Interesting move from the FIA: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77595
The FIA has re-opened the selection procedure for the final place on the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship entry list, in the wake of BMW's announcement that it is withdrawing from the sport at the end of the year.
Considering the fuss over the last lot of selections, why would they put themselves through this again!!?
I am back from Ikea, I survived. Phew!
We finally decided that we needed more book cases.
We had 7 billy book cases, now we have 10.
We have quite a few books!
am betting a cosworth team get it.
Did you need the second trolley in the end?
Yes!
These breaks are silly, maybe i should write a letter to bernie asking for more races?
oh dear
Still a chance for Sauber I see. Gonna hold out for that.
Sauber or Prodrive or Euskadi
I am hoping for prodrive again...
Although maybe they could get a non-Cosworth team to prove all the teams complaining about selection wrong, and get themselves off the hook.
Hello all, I have had a lovely Saturday and now I'm in a food coma. So...much....food.....
What was it this time?
we bought some NZ sausages so decided to have a bbq with lots of Kiwis and so ended up with sausages, potato salad, garlic prawns, garlic bread, normal salad, ambrosia for pud, 4 bags of nz chips, lots of NZ beer and a NZ soap on TV that none of us had seen in more than a year as we played 'guess what has happened to that character in the past year. Good times. :D
Whats in a NZ sausage?
Sounds brilliant! Did you guess most of the characters plots?
well I was cheating because whenever I talk to Mum I ask her whats been happening :D
our sausages are just like everyone elses sausages but we bought a specific brand that are iconic in NZ. They look like this and have soooo much cheese in them. Cheese is awesome.
Cheat!
we watched an omnibus worth and we spent four episodes trying to remember this guys name. No one said it until the 5th episode and collectively all 7 of us went 'ohhhhhhh TK!'
Our suausages dont have cheese in them!
I will have to investigate and try to get a pack next time i am in Aus or Sheppard's Bush
Aus sausages don't have cheese either. The cheese is what makes them good!
Hi Amy.
I've never heard of cheese in a sausage before.
Ah, so they dont sell them in Australian woolworths?
Also I must say, everytime I watch Shortland Street I have a giggle that we poached this guy away from Coro, and his failed pop career that no one else seems to remember.
Cleaning frenzy update - bathroom is now clean
no, the only place I have seen them here is in the NZ import shop which is where we were today :D
ah, right there is an Aus/NZ shop in shepards bush that i occasionally buy a box of shapes at, i will have a look next time i am in the area :D
I take it you don't have sausage rolls with cheese either? You are missing out!
Adam Rickitt. He seems familiar, was mentioned a lot in the celeb gossip rags (sorry, tabloids) a while back, when I used to flick through them when visiting people who bought them... I had no idea he'd gone to NZ.
you are more than welcome to have him back.
Oh my god! The actual Adam Ricket! He breathes again, you know!
I think the conservative party told him to get as far away from the UK as possible, gave him a big check and told him not to come back!
No I don't... can never find a decent sausage roll any more. The stuff in supermarkets is processed gunk wrapped in cardboard proclaiming to be pastry. Someone posted a pic of a very good looking roll from Greggs the other day, shame there aren't any in this town...
I like a good Cornish pasty though.
we'd rather not
When he first turned up on Shortland Street my mum kept calling him "Nick" and everytime I mentioned to someone 'remember when he tried to be a pop star' they looked at me funny. I knew you Brits would understand :)
I don't think I'd heard his song before. Something in the back of my head is telling me one or two DJs on Radio 1 ripped him to shreds over it, although that could be my imagination..
If they did, it was fully deserved. That song makes me cringe, and I have the worst taste in music ever.
I'm sure they did, it's terrible. I bet his poor mum Gail was so embarrassed.
You know his mums name?
From Coronation Street :)
Another wicket in the cricket.... We are going to lose badly, but at least we are making progress towards that goal
Oh....
Do they watch that in NZ? Or are they more Aussie Soap fans?
It's not on TV here and I was shocked to find this out as it is one of the highest rating shows on TV in NZ. My parents get sooo angry if I call them when its on.
I don't mind if we get out now, give us some time to start on you guys today.
And we lose another while I'm typing...
and Eastenders?
Do they watch Eastenders too?
This is the problem with watching live sports online, people in Australia know what's happening before I do!
Neighbours and Home and Away are popular with people 15-20 or so, but it seems Coro is huge in every single person over the age of 50. The outrage when it gets put on hiatus every four years for the Olympics can be heard from space.
How do they work that in? It doesn't take a break here i dont think...
not so much, Coro is on at 7.30 at night so everyone sits down to watch after dinner. Eastenders is on around 4 in the afternoon and I don't know anyone who watches it.
Corrie is ITV, Olympics is BBC
They are quite a few months behind the UK, and falling further behind all the time as its only on for 1.5 hours a week. My mum wanted me to show her how to find spoilers on the internet :D
North makes 100 with a huge six!
whereas here it is on relentlessly..
When a friend of my went travelling to the , she insisted i skyped her the eastenders omiubuss on a sunday afternoon.
I forgot one week and i dont think i have heard the end of it
Of course when ITV goes bust you'll catch up really quickly!
the girls need their soaps!
hehe, i completly forgot to type states... brain fail
Apparently so, and logic does not apply...
My dad is the biggest junkie I know actually, he brings shame to the gender.
At uni neighbours and hollyoakes were required viewing, we even recorded it every day in case somone missed it...
I really dont know what we were thinking
Even Emmerdale?
Oh but that's completely normal at uni. Like watching Countdown. You just have to do it.
Back in my day, it was Emmerdale Farm.
This may have been the last time I watched it too.
I'm not sure of the wisdom of admitting I once watched it.
And I do mean only once.
Ok i have an embarresingly massive pile of washing up to do, or do i go get some exercise and swim another K.
Which one do i do if i am only doing 1?
buy a dishwasher!
Clark out for 32, off 22!
:P
Its technically not my flat and there isnt any space in the Kitchen...
This is what the girlfriend is needed for... to do it, or moan at me until i do it...
washing dishes is my least favourite household task. I refuse to use anything that isn't dishwasher safe.
I do actually enjoy doing it once i get going and have the radio on. Gettting started is a masive battle, one i am yet to win
All out for 445, lead by 343. 30 odd overs left today, if we bowl like we did yesterday this could be over by the end of today. ;)
Well, amybe not, but it'd be pretty funny.
TRANSLATION:
Australia scored 445 runs before all of their batsmen were out. This compares well to England who only managed to score 102.
Australia Now lead by 343 runs. Both teams will now bat again and add to their scores.
Their are 30 'overs' of six balls each left today, and a further 3 days play after this. This means the match is unlikely to be a draw, and australia would have to play incredibly badly to loose the match.
Gym wins, catch you guys later
Unless of course, after England bats their 2nd innings they don't add up to more than 445, which is quite likely actually.
102 is just embarrassing.
Bye Nick.
Later.
do one for me while you're there ;)
after all the jokes about my swiss friend being a midwife and how funny it would be if she got to see the fed twins, she just sent me this message:
did you know mirka was supposed to give birth to her twins at the hospital I work? but then the press found out and they changed their mind :(
but the paparazzi didn't know so when I came to work I could hardly get into the hospital cause it was crowded with security guards and paparazzis. and we got heaps of flowers and presents for roger - noone knew that they'd given birth at a different hospital, haha!
SO: there was a slight possibility that I could've been one of the first ppl in the world to see the fed-twins! AND: I already knew that they'd have twins and I WASN'T ALLOWED to tell anyone. how cruel is that??
yep. I just wanted you to know that. :)
I can't believe she knew!
Ha, nice story
How's things in SPC world?
Saturday plans for everyone? {Comment #4}
Went to Grandma's, then played computer games for a bit. I'm currently doing blogaversary research before heading off to swimming club. After that, it will be time for tea and probably more computer-game playing. Got to enjoy my free time while I still have some ;)
A+
Portable Apps are great {Comment #29}
Agreed. It's got to the point where I don't even bother with standard versions of some applications (though until I see Openoffice 3 available as portable, I'll stick to the standard version!)
How's the chocolate milk end of the room?
Today I bought some carpet stain remover and some amazing 'no vac' odour remover that goes on like a foam but melts into the carpet and doesn't even need to be vacuumed. So far it seems to have worked as my room smells like flowers.
Fingers crossed then. I presume you have learned your lesson on dairy products in the vicinity of the tv
the tv was safe! I am trying to stick more to my new years resolution of no food + drink in the bedroom, I kind of forgot about it around March.
A drink on the side is ok as long as it's out of a flailing arm's reach.
Crumbs are unforgivable
You did well to keep a new years resolution until March!
My problem is mostly the build up of dishes as I never quite get around to taking them to the kitchen as soon as I finish. I took 7 coffee cups down the other day, that is just dirty
Unless it's a penicillin experiment ;)
A very late lunch of scrambled eggs is calling
Too chilli or not to chill, that is the question?
slow and lazy :-)
Yeah, I feel like that but an empty stomach beckons
Happy bloggy birthday Alianora!
I’ll try and think of a question but I’m not very good at it. {Comment #88}
Thank you, Pat W! There's still over two days left to come up with a question (which is an eternity in Sidepodtime) and I don't mind if the question is a bit vague.
Steven, I’ve submitted a question to Alianora’s blog. It’s quite a good one I think to say I’m rather inebriated. {Comment #92}
You were? I wouldn't have believed it! Am researching as I type...
Happy birthday to NIgel Mansell who’s 56 today {Comment #116}
Congratulations Nigel!
Alright everyone, I'm off. It's 2am and I have some 24 to watch. Night.
Bye Sean
So i decided to take a load of boxes i had collected to the recycling centre… {Comment #167}
Had to recycle Grandma's microwave today. It was a pity - the unit was pretty but the turntable had stopped moving.
i don’t believe for one second, that our recycling goes anywhere but in the landfill. {Comment #171}
The recycling in our area does. Part of the reason why the council wants to cut lorry miles by installing a new incineration facility nobody likes the look (or smell) of, in a place where everyone except the politicians thinks is silly (there's a perfectly good brownfield site next door to a local recycling centre, but the politicians seem to prefer a greenfield site about two miles away...)
5pm??
At the house we have one box (glass and cans) and one bag (for paper). The come every other Friday. {Comment #174}
The bin and paper/cardboard box are collected on alternate Tuesdays where I live. Mum makes separate arrangements for glass (supermarket recycling), cans (in-town recycling point), biological stuff (compost or cat/dog food, depending on type) and clothes (I think that goes to the college recycling point, unless it's small enough to donate to my brother's branch of the family).
Considering the fuss over the last lot of selections, why would they put themselves through this again!!? {Comment #179}
Because Max knows he's going so he doesn't care how much of a mess his successor has to clear up - he simply wants to exert power now :(
Oh but that’s completely normal at uni. Like watching Countdown. You just have to do it. {Comment #241}
That's funny. I didn't watch any more countdown at uni than I did before or after. Probably because the philosophy department (where I took my optional units) thought that was a great time to put on a lecture, bearing in mind that nothing ever happened in that department before midday...
How’s things in SPC world? {Comment #259}
Fine, thank you :)
My laptop was behaving perfectly fine and now it's started reading music CDs and CD-Roms again. Grrrrrrrr.
5pm?? {Comment #281}
Yup. Doesn't time fly in Sidepodland?
My laptop was behaving perfectly fine and now it’s started reading music CDs and CD-Roms again. Grrrrrrrr. {Comment #286}
Do you mean stopped?
Unfortunately I don't know how to fix that problem. Must be really annoying though...
No, started again. It was doing it before for the past couple of days, but it's been behaving itself today until now for some reason.
Jon's race starts about now doesn't it?
[im not here]
just started.
http://www.2cvracing.org.uk/24hrlive
free live streaming? bernie being shown up by a 2cv race?
It is two on board cameras and a few trackside ones on the pitstraight. As far as I'm aware.
Yeah.. Hit the link at the top of the page for the commentary. There is also live timing.
amazing.
Evening sidepodworld. :)
JON! shoutout
Technically since he is pitlane guy, he'll get a lot of them. Should be more like
JON news.
yay :-)
Hi Lukeh
ahh. he got an introduction though :)
True, in that case
go Jon!
There is a team listed in the live timing... "Lucky Jon"
:)
Is the Flying Dutchman the team with Kars. I love that name.
For anyone listening to this. Alan Hyde is the lead commentator, he is something of a British motorsport legend because he has been the pitlane reporter for circuit commentary at BTCC (and other) events for a very long time.
cheers. enjoying so far.
More JON news! "He's done a lot of homework"
jon commended for doinghis homework :)
Of course he did his homework - that's why his mum let him go to the races ;)
hey sir. you came back :)
you cannot kill yourself testing a 9-volt battery?
Hi Gavin. Good hols?
Indeed - so did you ;)
Holiday was great - weather was hot and we had loads of good times and good foods :D
But you can have great fun trying?
eheh true.
you lose 1 horsepower by turning on a 2cv's lights? madness.
I couldn't believe it when he said that!
And you weren't blown up, which is always a bonus.
Evening all. Listening to the 2cv's. Have successfully managed to do nothing today even though the flat is a skip with a lid. Will try & clean tomorrow, unless someone wants to volunteer *hopes*
lou will help if you get a panda...
Back from the pool...Less dead today than yesterday...
England have fallen apart at cricket...
F1 analogy, being so slow that when the winner finishes the races, you have been lapped so many times, you havent got to half distance.
Hi Janna.
I feel like I've done nothing at all, although I have cleaned the bathroom and half done the kitchen, before I got bored and stopped.
I'm wondering when to redeploy to my Dad's place. Food before I go, or food when I get there..
What's the quality of the food like at your Dad's or do you have to order in either way?
Funny thing was, you never would have thought it had happened...
Whatever I find in the freezer, or I could take the pizza I have here.
That's a good thing.
I think you should take a gamble on the freezer, live on the edge!
JON is on!
I'm looking at the live timing for the race. What do the different colours mean?
I did that before and had a ready meal curry. I think I want the pizza..
damn just turned down the ads.
it's jon!!
I just got myself all ready with a drink and a snack to watch Dr Who on BBC1 for some reason...
I think I've finally lost it. :(
Unfortunately Alan Hyde isn't on any more and some other lead guy who isn't as good is on instead.
The Doctor is now saving Newcastle United from the evil monster, West Brom?
oh god. i can't listen to him. who is it?
Red numbers mean the car is in the pit.
Green is the best lap of the race for that car.
I really have no idea
He's saving us from that horrific yellow kit more like. ;)
Thank you :-)
You're addicted.
Ah i have been waiting for DrWho discussions, i have a question...
Apparently the guy has taken over as the doctor is the last one...
One of my friends is a bit of a hardcore fan and said that their cant be anymore after the next one, and everyone is going to boycott the series if they do... Is this true?
I'm not saying nothing, I've bought the new Spurs kit. And it is more yellow than you think.
Phew I thought it was something bad!
I thought it was 13 doctors, and we're on 11?
They'll get around it if the show's still doing good ratings
Wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff and all that.
Ah, 13 sounds familiar, but i dont have any idea about numbers...
When Alan goes off on a tangent at least it is somehow interesting. This guy..
Is Autosport journo Edd Straw participating in this weekend's 2CV event as well?
Guys, any tips on how to listen to the 2CV commentary? The Radio Le Mans Listen Live thingy aint working :(
http://www.2cvracing.org.uk/24hrlive
with video
yup. but not sure which team?
Yep and his car is leading, although it does have Carl Breeze in it, and he's pretty good..
Whichever team is leading.
Go to the link RG gave to get the video, and open the 'live commentary' link above it in a new window.
See also: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/08/06/the-next-david-croft/
It was stated in the classic series episode The Deadly Assassin that a Time Lord can regenerate twelve times before dying (thirteen incarnations in all). They've already had a Time Lord regenerate more than that (The Master) so they can get round it. *thanks to Wikipedia*
Yay, go Jon. Correct that commentator guy
hahah :-)
jon is officially the only person in the box who has a clue and he's literally had 14 minutes experience.
and he's not even in the box, he's in the pitlane and I doubt he can see timing or anything. did they say Hyde isn't back until 11?
Tried that - still nothing :(
Popup blocker disabled and WMP plugin installed, per the instructions?
Copy/paste this into a player of some kind:
http://tx.sharp-stream.com/tune.php?c=radioshowltd3&.wax
He did 90 minutes to start off with, so by my reckoning, 9:30? Or, or, or, they might have someone else.
Yep, third place in a row where it says that it is playing the stream but I just get silence :(
Obvious question, you do have your speakers on don't ya?
You haven't hit mute?
Yep, speakers are working... video from the 24hr site works, audio from RLM channel works, just not the extra channel :(
That's really weird.
I am going to head over to Dad's. I expect I'll pop up later, although my original plan was to watch DVDs I'm far too addicted to SPC to not come back... see ya later
I'd suggest contacting the guys somehow then.
Ah - VLC for the win!!! got it working. Which one is our Jon?
the one who's not annoying.
See you later
He's the one making sense. Doesn't speak much because not much is going on in the pits at the mo.
cheers pat.
See ya Pat. Have fun
Ah, i had an idea for a briliant new f1 commentator,
Henry Blofield.
He wins on every count for me... Even if he knows nothing about F1
No, Brian Blessed!!!
Am listening now. Is that Jon?! :D
Too annoying, you cant get annoyed at blowers...
Am loving Domino's on line. Don't have to leave the PC to get dinner & they've given me free garlic bread :-)
same here. love it!
Ive just looked at it, it appears to be a massive rip off £12.60 for a cheese and tomato... I darent look at anything with toppings!
You could probably make one yourself for less! But then you can't beat Domino's cheese and their tomato sauce :P
I could probably make 12 for less!
Just give me pepperoni. LOTS OF PEPPERONI!
Is Jon's new catchphrase now "I shall just find out"? May I myself should do the same. ;)
Main commentator is obviously "lowcul" :D
We went outside today *gasp* Just testing some HD video stuff. Drop.io is confused.
Ooooh. HDtastic.
You're on a boat!
I'm driving a boat!
Christine looking Sidepodcool with the sunglasses there ;)
Just checked the aus website and the same pizza at my local store there is half the price :(
Boo Dominos
Oh yeah!!
How did I miss that...
wow!
You failed to spot the big round thing she had her hands on?
I was too stunned by the HIGH DEFINITION.
:P
Where are you going... this seems a bit like LOST, so many unanswered questions!
Hehehe. Just messing about on the river, like the title says :)
Did that guy just say Christine? Has Mr C told you he's "gone out"?
Ferret.
Marmots are better?
Hehehe. Just thought I'd try and break the silence :P
At a loss as what to do with your F1 base during the two week summer break?
Well if you're Red Bull you let some hoodlums* with skateboards in: http://www.red-bullog.com/2009/08/08/when-the-staff-are-away-the-kids-will-play/
(*stereotyping? me?)
We're discussing the lyrics to Total Eclipse of the Heart (as you do), and Mr C says: "Living in a panda cake and giving off sparks."
He claims he said it by accident, but I think he has revealed secret plans to cook the panda once we get it.
Hehehe. Freudian slip I say, Mr C accidentally leaking his secret plans!
Also, Mishead lyrics can also be great fun :)
sidepodcast would like to announce that it's officially sick of 2cv racing now, and will no longer be watching if the guy who always leads carries on leading, oh and also not unless the political opponent we favour gets in.
something like that anyhow.
woah!
Any excuse for a week long hiatus?
thought it might wake up the commenters.
Oh yeah I meant to say. I found Planes, Trains and Automobiles in our market today for £2 on DVD. £2!!
:D
There are politics in 2CV Racing?
Also I think you need to say #sorryJon :P
Huah?
Whatdidya wake me up for?
:P
Of course, all the non vegetarians get shunned.
:D
Why didn't we come up with something equally radical during our tour?
Trying to think what two unfit (speak for yourself!) gentlemen could get up to in the racebays? I'd probably plump for sitting in one of the cars and making 'brum brum' sounds :-)
That reminds me, the Classic Team Lotus meetup is still on, right? Haven't heard anything about it for a while now.
I believe it is not.
Random thought... why dont they make it mandatory for the drivers to have a water bottle chiller so they get nice cold water?
i reckon we coulda done something with the cakes in the cafeteria...
Aww boo :( Was looking forward to that.
probably because it would weigh a good amount
I think you're correct - not enough people were interested.
A magic trick?
The rally guys in the states used to put a big block of ice in their cars for their "cool suits"
we'll do something else. something free hopefully.
That might be true, but if the rules said they had to have one, it wouldn't be such an issue...
Its probably a waste of effort anyway... those drivers already have pillows and all sorts of things they don't need :P
I think the biggest problem is their bottles are right next to the fuel tanks, which get very hot....
or a competition.
This is also true. Maybe it should be air cooled? I'm sure they could put one in the sidepods to cool the drink reservoir.
evening everyone, have you all had a nice saturday? I've been listening to the 2CV commentry, Jon's doing a great job, i'm not too keen on the lead commentator, but i can see you lot aren't either.
btw dank. anything we can help with on this front? tell us to mind our own, though if you're thinking of selling out to mateschitz, make sure you get your fair share of tins in return.
Hey lou. To be honest I don't think we're keen on the whole thing full stop
#sorryJon
oooo HD :) nice sunglasses Christine :)
i am? was only joking earlier. the main guy isn't as good the first one by a long shot though.
I've been listening all the time, but going to watch Outnumbered now.
Its good in small doses, i cant watch much more without more knowledge or better footage of what it is that is actually happening...
needs more jon.
I have been listening to Rob Dougan.
#sorryJon
Like our economy, I'm just going through a slump at the moment on the blogging front.
i'm enjoying it tbh, even though it's just on the in the back ground, the main commenter for this stint is a little annoying but i'll take him over Legard any day of the week. plus Jon is just like Ted! it's awesome :D
Hehe, he should have strapped a camera so we could watch what he sees... 'john cam :D
Fixt!
I did blockquote your text... Hmm. Bugger.
Speaking of music, not sure if anyone saw the link earlier but just for good measure, a new blog post from moi :) :
http://zerodownforce.blogspot.com/2009/08/tuning-of-different-kind.html
ah, okay. i heartily recommend blaming schumacher / jean todt / state of f1.
will give you much pluggage on the daily tomorrow sir.
Ooooooooh. I did not see this.
*reads*
Is todt an unmentionable?, i think i missed any discussion of his manifesto...
Woop woop :-D
I <3 SPC LOLZ!
annoyingly it's quite good, at least on paper. nick craw is on his side, which is a surprise too.
I like it a lot, as long as the comissioners are approved by both the competitors of each championship and the FIA...
I was suprised too, it was completly the opposite of what i expected from him, he seems to want to put some distance between himself and any major decisions.
Quite a different approach to max, i wonder how he got his endorsement, unless bernie told max what to do.
It still amazes me that Michelle Yeoh and Jean 'the toad' Todt ever hooked up in the first place.
One of life's little mysteries I guess.
have you read joe's thoughts:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/todts-glossy-brochure/
gonna be an interesting couple of months either way.
baffling. i don't for the life of me see what either of them gets?
listening to this 2CV coverage is making me have a little bit of f1 withdrawal.. there hasn't been massive amounts of news the last few days and i'm missing the racing..
Evening all
Hey Steven. had a good day?
Pretty good so far
I think joe hates his as much as me, and is as impressed as I am.
The devil is in the detail, as always, but these structures could bring about fundamental change.
Has Ari launched a manifesto? It will be interesting to see how he responds to this, will he go more radical, or attempt to find some middle ground?
nope. all quiet.
Its not good, he is loosing momentum. Any response would have been good, he is making it look like he decided to run first and is thinking about what he needs to do second.
Hopefully he will respond before next weekend. It is difficult though, Todt has unveiled some very liberal ideas, which was Ari's powerbase. If he goes more liberal he risks loosing the more centerist members, but if he goes to the middle he is still unlikely to support the more conservative clubs who will do what Max has told them.
I hope Ari puts out something before Valencia when it will get more publicity. He is at a massive disadvantage because Todt is basically taking over Max's team so most of the people are in place and no doubt Max tipped him off nice and early.
Todt has been Max's chosen successor for several years so has had a lot more planning time than Ari.
Is there a show tomorrow, maybe i should send something like that in as #feedback?
I am actualy not sure what feedback is, is it supposed to be about sidepodcast or can it be about f1 in general?
Any and all of the above. There isn't a live show tomorrow, but please still do it, because we can put it in the next show.
If you're super duper inspired, we're always open to guest posts :)
Feedback is about anything you like. You can send e-mail or voicemail on F1, sidepodcast or anything that is discussed here
Are you planning a boating podcast Christine?
Ah that sounds great, i normaly blog on mondays (this sounds like i am nuts), so i will see if i can write something of quality, which makes more sense than my normal ramblings :D
I think its a mystery like LOST, there are hidden clues in that video, i just havent found them yet...
I think Christine is investigating all forms of baoting. She got married on a ship then went on a canal boat and now the new vid. Each boat gets smaller than the last by quite a bit so there is a limit how far it can go.
At some point, I'm hoping I'll find I can walk on water. No boat necessary.
:D
Have only just noticed the "Shhhhh.... Real-Time Doohickey is sleeping right now" feature :-D
That should get more hits than Felipe Baby and it will do wonders for the sidepodreligion
The LCLT has a similar feature but a different panda
This game is super addictive and hard
You need to know america, it is tetris and geography combined!
It has driven me nuts all evening....
My mum wants an iPod Shuffle but I advised her on a Nano. Good move?
15 minutes 43 seconds. I hate Arizona. It cost me 3 minutes because I was one pixel out many times
I say yes. The shuffle is stoopid.
Bad time to admit I never liked my geography teacher?
I approve of the Nano love.
I'd actually agree. You can't even see what you're selecting. Anything that doesn't have or need a screen is rubbish.
You can figure most of it by the shapes so long as you play easy mode.
hehe i like that the lead commentator is talking to Jon over the adverts and doesn't realise.
I think it is the ultimate niche market in that it can only possibly appeal to runners.
Someone should tell Tilke. It would explain a lot.
That's actually what she wanted one for. But I assume you can get something which lets you clip a Nano onto your person?
I did that and got 10:23.4
Of course. To me, it makes no sense, because if you want to go running, you can clip it or put it in a pocket, and then you can use it elsewhere, watch videos, etc, etc.
Shuffle is ONLY for running.
Slick. Shall get one for her birthday in September. :)
8:14 I seem to have the same problem with lousiana. I also disagree with the location of Wisconsin, its not where i think it should be
Nevada never fit, it either hit California or the one that was next to it.
I dont see why they are still making it, mabe as an entry product to get people on itunes?
Its good for driving with, as you cant really get all that distracted.
The good people of Utah? ;)
Yes, pesky state
Cool, like this
8:29 on Easy
Maybe Andy and LPG could call the new family member Kars?
According to Facebook, Christine has poked herself in the eye. Oww.
.
Yup. I feel stupid.
The things people will do to get a panda
Aww :P
hi sidepodpeople. how is your weekend going?
Hi Guille
Swimmingly :P
good to hear that!
oh, poor christine... :-(
I'm okay :)
good, you recovered faster than massa... :-)
Shouldnt it be...
Haha, yes!
:P:P
ouch :( i hate doing that :(
The chap who did the Rubens 'blah blah blah' Barrichello on youtube is back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TALH2mklpP0
'I predict a FIA-ght!'
That it absoloutly brilliant!
I literally LOL'd! :lol:
Hehehe, awesome :D
Just reading thorugh some australian cricket reports (because i can prentend i am australian and we are winning)
Foxtel (part owned by murdoch) appears to be mutating into Sky.
We have Sky HD+ they have Foxtel HD+...
We have sky news, they have sky news Australia , despite the fact that they have no sky...
Then... the remote appears to be identical to the sky version with a foxtel logo instead of a sky one...
Should i be scared of this, or the fact i am sad enough to notice?
well, leaving aside tomorrow's pain in every single muscle of my legs, I can officially confirm my return to the ski...
awesome, my skiing is limited to indoors in dubai, unless i happen to be flying though colorado or the like...
Where were you skiing?
Cerro Catedral, in Bariloche (Argentina). Conveniently located at 10km from my home... ;-)
Wow, that is convenient! Looks good, i must go to south america at some point!
you'll have to change to the spanish version of the site to see maps/pictures...
Oops. Better right a daily post again.
has it fallen over? Or defected to the left? :P
They have a live webcam and its daytime! (i dont know why i am surprised)
eeerrrrmmmmmm.... don't trust the quality of the website ;-). I can tell you, it's completely dark outside...
I thought it might be, Obviously slow updating
jaja, I wouldn't even guarantee that it's from this season...
Ah i have been waiting for DrWho discussions, i have a question…
Apparently the guy has taken over as the doctor is the last one…
One of my friends is a bit of a hardcore fan and said that their cant be anymore after the next one, and everyone is going to boycott the series if they do… Is this true? {Comment #345}
It's a tricky one. Did the Doctor's partial regeneration in Journey's End count? If so, then the Doctor has done 11 regenerations that I know about, not 10.
It doesn't help that I don't know if the Doctor did any other partial regenerations in the old series or whether those count towards his 13.
A Time Lord should be able to do 12 regenerations (thus the 13-Doctor limit, unless he's the Master, but that's another discussion entirely...)
If the BBC does get it wrong, I can foresee a mass boycott among hardcore fans (though casual viewers will probably think they're a bunch of nit-pickers if the quality of the show remains this high).
Just checked the aus website and the same pizza at my local store there is half the price :(
Boo Dominos {Comment #398}
Domino's raised £1000 for my swimming club last year and invited a bunch of us to try out pizza-making. It was good fun, though I haven't been since. (After the calamity that was ordering over the phone from a different company a few years back, we always collect our own food...)
We had a smashing time going to Burger King (tomorrow ;) )
You can figure most of it by the shapes so long as you play easy mode. {Commnt #488}
That bit was pretty easy for me. It was lining up the pieces that was virtually impossible. I'm used to my Tetris games having vertical lines on the screen to help co-ordination...
We had a smashing time going to Burger King {Comment #534}
Sounds good - I've been to Burger King a few times, usually when I've been really hungry and waiting for a delayed train. Good chips, but I prefer McDonald's milkshakes.
Actually I was being sarcastic and forgot to add that it wasn't. Remind me to tell you later as I'm going to bed now (tomorrow ;) )