Daily: 11th November 2009
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We are in the middle of the week now, and it is Gil de Ferran's birthday today. Part time racer, part time director, we're a fan of Ferran after meeting him at the Honda quiz a few years ago. Anyway, here are some of the more F1 related things we're talking about:
- The team who are allowing Trulli into their NASCAR test say they are taking things very seriously, even if Jarno himself says it is just for fun. Apparently they like bringing drivers in from other series' to see how they got on and they want him to be as fast as possible. They do know it's Trulli, right?
- Meanwhile, Trulli's teammate may not have much in the way of a drive at the moment, but he does have a fan. RG has written up the first of a three-part series on Glock's best drives of the year. I really like the idea of reviewing a drivers best performances, particularly when it's written with such passion.
- There were a couple of conversations about how qualifying will turn out next year, and here are Jackie's thoughts on the subject. A great post which weighs up the pros and cons of the regulation changes for 2010.
A couple of things to finish: we also featured a great post from Chris about his weekend at Top Gear Live, and whilst that show returns to TV this weekend, we'll be watching Cars during the Sidepodfilmclub. That'll do it for now, I'll see you in the comments.
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oh, now the pinger decides to wake up.
duvet day was it?
Really bad hangover.
Sorry chap
:D
ahahaha :D
I've been using links and suggestions to read articles lately and have ignored my RSS reader, so I'm just catching up and found this pic which is fantastic:
http://www.f1m...5/downtown-sao-paulo/
and you don't see those residents complaining about the noise!
I bet most of them are trying to get in
1.30 already. Goodnight, don't forget the quiz later.. if it is on?
nice sir and no idea, sorry.
Ooh, just saw the Daily post. I'm a big fan of Gil de Ferran as well.
*night.
although i'm sure you're nice too.
It's wierd being in a different prep mode for Autosport this year.
Business cards just been sent off, website with a proper domain and email address. It's all coming together :)
I have a feeling this will be a good year for www.feederseries.co.uk :D
yay :)
:-)
I'm very excited about everything :D woo
although i listened back to the interview i did with Oli Webb (F3) and i sound distorted, so i'm going to have to record my own bits again. boo
Mr C, have you ever tried to record audio at the nec/similar venue?
problems? solutions?
nope. but why would a certain venue cause issues? a decent mic will be fine - either hand held, or if the subject isn't moving a lapel would be better.
background noise always will be an issue unless you own a truck.
i guess i meant more background noise really, i may try my non-plug-it-in-the-wall-and-plug-it-all-together-mic with someone, the campus cafe/library are usually pretty noisy during teh day.
he sucks at lighting, plan to take a really good camera if you need pics, but audio should be fine.
that made no sense.
the NEC sucks at lighting.
sorry!
yeah, i think audio will be my main bit of the day. usually it takes me a good while to get round the whole place just when i'm looking at stuff, let alone actually engaging with the people on the stands. pictures are a maybe, i may try and get some shots of the banner-age and such, but apart from that, i may try and get some others, but i wont really need many. will borrow a camera and see what happens on the day!!
anyway, it's still 2 moths off, i get way too excited about things way to early! sleep for me. Motorsport Industry Skills in the morning. i have a feeling we'r doing flags and signals and such. funnnnnn. adios
g'night sir.
#sidepodspace
DUCK!!!
You may remember when sidepodspace was on sidepodradio there was a lot of talk about space rocks coming close to the Earth. I said the biggest problem with Bruce saving the planet is that we would not know the rock was coming. Well we have just had a rock get within 9000 miles of the planet which is nothing in astronomical terms and it was only spotted 15 hours before it scraped the atmosphere.
In your face Diggnation. Being afraid of space rocks is not irrational.
http://www.dai...90&referrer=yahoo
:D
#nothere
but Bruce was clearly in control, because he couldnt have taken that picture from the space rock!
He was OK this time but imagine we only got 15 hours warning and he was sidepodpubbing with Alex and Bassano. He would never be sober in time
* - couldnt have taken
+ took
sorted.! now my sentance makes sense
#nothere
not sure if anyone is still awake but have just released a minor update individual post pages. you can see an example here:
http://sidepod...y-11th-november-2009/
specifically, things of interest:
- pages load faster than before (although aren't yet homepage-fast).
- facebook sharing is now much improved. preview images load properly and audio shows can be shared using the cute 'blue' facebook mp3 player. try the share on facebook link on this page to see in action: http://www.sid...me-out-of-the-bottle/
- we're experimenting with the ability to tweet individual comments. this may not work out given the 140 character limit, but please do try it and let us know what you think.
- comments look more like they do in the real-time page. however, smilies are currently not working, you can't preview a comment and they won't appear automatically just yet. it's all on the list though.
The twitter feature is really good and easy to use
phew.
on paper, it seemed like a good way to highlight comments, especially if people aren't around for any reason. but was playing earlier and found the 140 character limit a bit of a pain.
That is an issue but it links straight back to the comment so with a bit of fiddling it could still work with long comments
must bid all a goodnight. see ya around lunchtime ;)
Night Mr C
hooray flights are paid for! this I must blog.
Morning all! Looks like we are the only ones here, Amy.....
Not any more!
So how many blogs are we owed from you now?
Christine would know ;)
approximately 27
I like it. :)
Can you make the blockquote box a shade darker as I'm finding it very white?
Apparently this should work...
Go! Go! Go!
Or *shoo*
I'm not very good at these things/
It's quite light innit? I don't mind it though.
Just tell her you will plug it for her as only you can once she posts one. :)
(what I mean is, doesn't bother me but I can see how it might)
I will plug it Amy!
I don't either, minor point, forget I said it.
There you go Amy .. we are waiting with baited breath :)
Ah well I suppose I have to go to work now .. see ya later
not wanting to be picky on spelling or anything... but it's an interesting one. It's "bated" not "baited" breath.
"bated" here being like "abated" eg. "it's exciting so I am holding my breath", rather than "it's so exciting I've popped a worm in my mouth" ;)
that didn't work. I fell asleep instead.
Morning, folks. How's it going?
I have raspberry and white chocolate ice cream, and I'm waiting for my mum to call. It's a good evening :D
Good on ya! :D I've been hunting down old FIA Gala songs. I was missing 5 as of last week, but someone has just helped me find one. :) 4 to go!
What is an FIA Gala song?
Do you remember the F1 videos released every year at the end-of-year FIA gala?
For the past year, I've been hunting down the songs included in each of those montage videos (they started in 2000). As of now, I'm at 59 songs from 2000-2008, and I'm still missing 4 or 5.
I don't think the video here works anymore, but it should give you a good idea: 2007 Gala Coverage
Morning. What have Twitter done to retweets?
Morning, Christine. What about it?
It's weird.
It's not working? It's showing something different?
Brawn + Photoshop = For Lukeh
:D
It's new. They're showing up in the timeline as a whole new tweet from the original rather than the retweeter. I knew it was coming but I find it odd.
There's also a bit of snapper insight involved, so something for Lou too. :)
Are you also blogging?
Morning *hides from homework*
um. would you believe me if I said yes?
No. :)
you know me too well!
Yay!
Yeah it's really exciting because it means Amy is going to write a blog post today.
(I can really get into this now that I've done my work for Christine ;) )
Dear computer, there is no complex data. Stop ignoring the imaginary imaginary data. Just plot what I tell you to plot. #homeworkfail
Christine Evan has written about why RT works the way it does over here: http://evhead....orks-way-it-does.html
I think I like it, but I wish it was a bit more obvious.
I didn't understand why it was needed but now I do. I like some of those points.
I haven't got the beta yet so it's hard for me to see what's going on really.
Yes. Reading Ev's post made it a lot clearer.
on the other hand though, I don't ever use the twitter website so it won't change what I see on twhirl :D
I'm slightly annoyed because I'd left that lists thing at the top to remind me to do it, and now it's been replaced with the retweet beta thing which I don't need.
I do.
But he did say that the other vendors will be incorporating it too.
I just got to that bit. #readthewholearticlebeforeyoucommentamy
What happens if you close that one? Does it go back to lists?
I left mine at the top #sameperson
No, it's gone. :(
Dear London. Can you pick me up at the airport? I arrive at 7.10pm on August 23rd. Ta.
Even the most helpful taxi service won't take bookings this far ahead!
http://drop.io...t/twitterreminder-gif
:D
Who is this? http://www.aut...s/report.php/id/80126
His name is not Sebastian. He does have long hair though.
He looks like an Italian version of Brendon Hartley. Ferrari gave him a test last year.
i don't have that? why don't i have that?
I don't have it either. Fourstar does.
Mooorning!!
You got lists first. It's only fair.
Interesting info about Force India and losing weight next year with the extra fuel on board:
http://www.fli...f1-debut-in-2010.html
Morning Jon!
Morning! I had a wierd dream which involved Nick, but lets not go there...
can do.
oh!
Oooh, let's.
yes lets :)
I can't remember exactly, but i do remember shifting the blame onto him for something, cant remember what, it's like that it was to do with alcohol....
I has it.
http://drop.io...ast/asset/retweet-jpg
PS there is spam on the drop again.
*likely
#blamenick!
i need the new stuff. i live for new stuff.
i think they shunned me for talking about lists, after they said don't talk about lists.
#havegivenupcaring
I WANT THE NEW STUFF!
*ahem*
:D no point fighting a losing battle
You can't be trusted with secrets, clearly.
i get excited.
me too :)
And therefore they have marked you as a liability ;)
have you tried the new "share on facebook" link? i might be quite pleased with that.
doh.
oh me too. MrC can have mine.
yay, thanks kathi ;)
you're welcome. I'll send it by post. Might take a bit.
i could just come and get it?
you could put yours on the drop too?
You wouldn't come back. Fast internet!
oooh more stuff has come to me...
we (me, him and lots of other people) were sitting in a big circle on chairs, and someone asked me a question and i answered (no idea what it was about) and then i said something like "nick will have" or "nicks to blame" and everyone went "wooooooooah" in a secondary school class type of way
story = over
ahh yes. and retweets.
Do you like snow? It has finally snowed!!! All is snowy with lots of snow.
did you read the blog entry already? read it first. ;)
oooh am loving that
Very interesting, indeed. What can they use this new material on? I wonder if this is actually better than carbon-fibre, for example.
http://www.formula1.com/video/
Final race edit of the season is up!
good lord, i could do it quicker meself.
I like snow. But I also like sun. How do I choose between these?
http://drop.io...ast/asset/weather-jpg
:D maybe they take this long if they're sorting out permission to use certain music?
have no idea how they even have permission?
Explaining how you feel about the two sounds like a good subject for a blog post :)
Maybe they just get Startled Bunny to play it?
shhh I'm doing one right now! I have combined three planned ones into one bigger one. #lazy
If I knew how to do them hearts, I would heart this.
#onthelistintheplayground
:D
I heart Vettel (if he was the one on the radio at the end)
PS Mr Journeyer, which Gala songs are you missing? I would like to help if I can!
Yup, it was him. Didn't he do that too in China? Or was it Britain? But I do remember he already did it once before. :)
At work. I work on a farm. The hunt have just arrived. Grr.
:D Thanks, Amy!
2001: http://www.you...m/watch?v=XO4WUlbr_R8 (the second song - the entire section about Germany 2001; after View to a Kill and before Buck Rogers). :)
2003: http://v.youku...id_XMTMwMDYxMTIw.html (first song)
2006: http://www.dai...lseasonhighligh_sport (The first song and the samba-sounding last song)
(heart)
:(
Grr!
that last one on 2006 sounds soooooo familiar. But I know none of them. Sorry!
*cough* previewbutton *cough*
♥ = ♥
I ♥ Franck.
It works!
I know... tsk... me
Especially because I ♥ the preview button!
Was it Gavin who's the Notts County fan?
Joe has news on the club, but not in the best of circumstances...
More questions over Qadbak
I ♥ SPC!
:D
btw, i just noticed i may have broken cookies. you might need to enter your details in the comment boxes again. apologies.
it may happen again in a couple of weeks time.
#blameswordpress
Duly refreshed and fixed. :)
thanx you.
I want my donation back, I am so angry I had to make an effort to comment! ;)
:D
BTW, Amy, did you get my list?
I couldn't help :(
It did!
Preview means "seeing before" I guess... I guess we won't be Previewing much of Amy before we view her blog post ;)
Tis alright. It's a bit tricky because they all don't have lyrics. Probably film scores. Thanks for trying, though! :)
Oooh weird bug...
Preview means "seeing before" I guess... I guess we won't be Previewing much of Amy before we view her blog post ;)
If you quote a heart it doesn't unencode it. So you can't blockquote (unlike smileys that unencode)
you just did?
:D
wiki looks different *freaks out*
I just moved some stuff around.
I see it.
me likey
Grr! Ever since Autosport decided to try auto-loading its TV function, the entire site has refused to load on my computer. Grr!
Karting update: 7 people are known to be coming to karting on January 16 (as in, they've paid and everything). If anyone else is interested, please check the information and then send me your e-mail address :)
there's a thread for that:
http://forums.....php?showtopic=117578
:)
Morning (Just about)
I retyped it
hooray, my brother is going to this. It looks cool. I would like to take credit for it because he found out about it from the Bruce McLaren Trust folk while he was at the F1 with me.
I'll be able to see the dates on that thread now that I'm looking at a proper screen ;)
Happen to be sitting next to Ginga today – shall I request info?
Morning Lukeh!
They don't actually care about the threads though, do they?
No wonder Jenson wasn't at Brackley for the Brawn parade - he was with Jessica at Tokyo...
Someone actually replied. Not the best solution though, and it didn't get the best response either.
Interesting that this takes place around the time when the Tasman Series used to be held. :)
I've never seen a response over there that was anything more than 'tough luck' in a rather more polite way.
I could be wrong though.
tis when the weathers at its best!
They said something to the effect of "it'll get solved if you pay to subscribe, otherwise, tough."
On the tube with alison going to the science museum...
Any special messages for the security guards?
beeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppp
There's no way he's still there. He would have had a nervous breakdown after a week if he kept that up.
*fires up scanner to add visual material to blog post*
Oooooh.
scanning feels so late 90s. I never scan things anymore, everything I need tends to be already in a digital format!
*despairs*
Can somebody help me with a matlab problem?
N.Technology has lost its case against the FIA in the French courts. Reasons currently unknown (and the exact reasons could be very important). In a blatant blug, I've blogged about it,
Erm... Joe says the decision isn't out until Friday.
Ask when he is going to eb filming a new series of Green Wing
Sorry, I think that my last link might be broken. Here's one that works better.
Erm... Joe says the decision isn't out until Friday. {Comment #192}
That's strange, because Pitpass and GMM seem to have it already. They don't have reasons for the decision, which I guess will come out on Friday, but still...
:D
ooh maths.
can't say i can. wassup?
I may be able to...
As Joe says, it's probably a leak. Still, there's a reason why we don't like the aforementioned sites.
:)
can do.
i think i know why it's being done, but seeing as i can't come up with an alternate way to make it profitable, i can't complain much.
so long as it's known that we find it irritating, i guess that'll do.
well... i just checked the homepage and the "ferrari" is now active by default, not the video player.
might be a coincidence, might be the thread, or maybe stuart is just that good :)
:)
I'd pick the last one. :D
*"ferrari advert"
Rats. I thought I switched the pinger off.
uh oh, blog post has turned into a ramble about singapore 08. will it ever end?
hehe. busted?
So busted. :)
Haha! Chop it up into multiple blog posts, then. Wanna add my thoughts on Singapore 2008 too.
Oh dear!
did you disable it, or is it my shoddy programming?
I thought I did but then I hit publish and realised I hadn't. Now I have.
Although I may as well leave it on now! :)
phew. you could leave it on. it's fund watching you work.
*fun. damn, where's that edit comment button mr. c.?
#playground
Ooooh - now there's something that would be awesome to have. :D
oh yeah. next week then.
If only there was a way that you could *ahem* have the audio alert off by default ;)
Yes, I agree with that too. :)
Argh. Today is gonna be a rubbish day. Booo to lecturers being rubbish :(
does wordpress autosave? I just broked computer.
The plot is supposed to look like this but it looks like this
It should be in logarithmic scale for y2 and double logarithmic scale for y1. It worked fine for the two others I did before but for this one I let matlab do the calculations (required beforehand) too and now the scales don't work anymore and the values are wrong. I could put the m-files on drop.io if that helps? #forkathi
Did you already see the article I linked to earlier? Might cheer you up. :)
It does but it can't be relied upon.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/bad-jpg
The Brawn photoshop one? That's pretty cool!
That's the one. You were the first person I thought of when I saw. Would be your perfect job, I'd think. ;)
ooh it saved most of it. That'll teach me for hitting the wrong button on the scanner and trying to scan a page in a dpi clear enough to blow up to the size of a billboard. Poor wee computer can't handle that sort of pressure!
I may have confused the pinger there. For anyone keeping track: http://sidepod...01/16/a-horror-story/
Are you moving across the blogger posts or something?
Old entries that used to be on Wordpress pages but should really be posts.
"He [Jason Plato] also presents Fifth Gear on Channel Five with Vicky Butler Henderson. It's basically a cheaper version of Top Gear, but still really, really good."
:D
I'm missing something here Kathi... Maybe the m-files?
#nothere. Love the new comments, Doohickey is fine but please can the quote boxes be a bit darker when you click on "Join the conversation". It's not problem on my PC but on my phone it's all white & it's hard to distinguish between the quote & the new comment. Don't worry if it's just my phone being rrrrubish. Catch you all later :)
Is Lou around (or any other competitive photographers)?
It's also a bit #MFC Katherine has started taking part in a competitive game for photographers on Flickr:
http://kathall...e-joys-of-the-iphone/
can do this evening. yup.
filter3b.m is the one I have troubles with. Unlike filter1.m where I calculated the equations for y1 and y2 by hand, I let matlab do the calculations for filter3b.m. I've never learnt matlab so I don't know if I can even do it like that.
#forkathi
Alison just spilled coke all over the bench.... and she cant blame me! Ha!
Am i missing something?
Nick and Alison went to the science museum.
A mini-sidepodmeet up
You can say that, yes.
ha!
What did I say? :P
:P
are they doing a sidepodcast tour? places we went to before they were around?
nout 8-)
...next stop, an ice-cream in the park. then to the pub :)
Not sure, TBH. They only mentioned the Science Museum.
sounds promising, indeed.
Let's hope no-ones kids run about in hyde park for Nick's sake then
good. :D
How long is Alison down for? I thought she was coming down for her trip, but now thats been postponed? :s
:)
What trip is that?
she was going on a world wide trip, but is now going at a diff time
you two are practically married.
oh yeah. yup, that was postponed, i believe.
you just had to go and say it, didn't you? :P
:D :D ;)
I like to state the obvious :D
and here i was trying to be subtle about it. :P
i think we all were ;)
No trips to the park... too cold!
Apparently it was my fault for getting cups! No cup = no spill!
Do you two argue as much in real life as you do on doohickey?
now, i hope you're sitting down because this might shock you.
blog!
http://daydrea...009/11/11/its-all-go/
*faints*
Yes.
#sorrylondon?
:D
thank god doohickey doesn't have a balcony.
hehehehehehehehe. :D
can i just say, amy, you are ON A ROLL. :D
I would like to point out that ^^ made me actually LOL
:) :) :)
I have just been hearing about the way that Australians pronounce Croissant. Now I need to know what Amy does?
I don't pronounce it like a French person, that's for sure.
How do they say it?
Cross - SanT
grr. Im having to rush into uni to sort out this problem with a lecturer. Such a fuss over nothing..
they shouldn't put t's on the ends of words if they don't want us to say them.
Hard T at the end?
Hmmm...
oops. New cookies made my phone forms go all funny
im being privy to a "WE HATE IT HERE" conversation
actually, the French don't pronounce the last letter if it's a consonant...
Indeed when it should be something like:Quasan
It might actually be the doohickey reset?
to be honest it's a word I hate saying because I know we pronounce it wrong but I feel like I am butchering another language if I try and say it properly, so I tend to just point at them.
#sorryamy
I hope you pronounce baguette like the French do, in case Bertrand Baguette makes it to F1...
Although I remember Darrell Hammond butchering the names of some of the drivers when Channel 9 did the Aussie coverage, especially the name of Barrichello...
Quite frankly, I'm embarrassed that page/post even exists, but who am I to editorialise?
At the moment they're good at saying things like Heckky Kovalainen, Adrian Subtle, and my favourite, Antonio Luizzi.
There should be a super thermal image on. Dropio and an art video thing too!
#pasthispeak
I think it's this one: http://drop.io...odcast/asset/imag0281
Didn't they also say Kimi Raykonnen?
Whose thermal image is that?
ahh yes, they seem to have stopped that recently though.
Lou will love this. :D
#forkathi
I'm looking, I'm trying to remember... And I can't see where you've gone wrong. Sorry.
I'm assuming Alison
Yes.
I can't put my finger on it, I think its the facial hair. Something went horribly wrong between 2005 and 2006. #sorrylou
ok. Thank you :)
Now Force India don't have a windtunnel. They didn't need that bit of news... http://bit.ly/29TKXF
ooh Monza tickets have just gone on sale. I don't have any money left!
This post features our most pirated photo, and me being mean about Ant.
Ah, the archives.
You gotta love it. :D
embrace your inner archive.
Hmm.
with some help from ITV intros, I think its the facial hair. Or the fact that his face appears to have completely changed shape. But I remember thinking 'phwoar' when I first saw the first one.
http://drop.io...st/asset/3jensons-jpg
phwoar? that just made me laugh. hahaha! :D
wow, tons of spam on the drop...
he he phwoar :)
its making me phwoar even now. Where is that time machine?
don't care. drop.io is dead to me. we have a better solution in the works anyhow. may rush an early roll out tonight.
It's very hard to tackle it without a single tool other than a delete button.
that takes forever to even appear.
agreed. very interested to see what the replacement is.
It appears that JB's dad was popular even back then.
Hang on, the Goodwood post has 2 Part 2s then a Part 4?
Not anymore it doesn't.
:)
Can't get away with nothin.
:D
Part 4 didn't have a pinger... ;)
:D
anyone else noticed that whoever made the cap clearly has issues spelling Button?
Evening.
Just been at a safety course the other day. Not very #MFC because the tutor drew out a graph by hand that's easily available electronically!
aawww. by hand. bless him
"I chose Davidson’s hat rather than Button’s because I’m not a fan of the signature on the cap and the giant number on the side. Things like that change with every season, and I wanted a hat that could at least get away with lasting for a year or two."
What I fool I was.
It's definitely a bad day when you start talking to your on twitter.
It's not even a Thursday :( tomorrows going to be even worse. booo
What's with the Sidepodreminiscing today?
hindsight is lol.
I am moving some old posts, and I got busted by the pinger.
exactly. :D
All sorted with lecturer...
What was the issue?
You have magical lecturer powers, can you come with a sidepodmob to sort mine out please?
#playground
"Miscommunication"
When we asked him during the lecture if he was going to run through the assignment noone understands, he specifically said 'he would do the exercises that we can catch up with later' and I asked if we could go which he seemed to have no problem with. This morning he sent out emails to a group of us and course tutor with quite a rude tone saying we should have been there after we left to go through the assignment problems, which he said he did after we left but the reason we went was because of the fact he said he would't be going through it and we wanted to get on with it!!
It's really annoying because he says the exercises he mentioned meant the assignment; why didn't he just say the assignment then rather than misleading us... very annoying but settled now.
What an Eddie Jordan!
Wassup?
Right, will go to bed now to catch the quiz tonight.
Later, folks!
Ooh yay, forgot it was a Wednesday, something to look forward to :)
See ya J
Oooh, my lists thing came back at the top of Twitter! w00t!
Everyone (and i do mean everyone) is considering leaving our course if they don''t sort it out
TBH it might be best if you did cut your losses and leave... what would you do instead?
So i went for a bike ride to see if i can get rid of my foul mood.....i've now come back...in a slightly less foul mood, but still foul...however....
My bike computer reckons I did 7km in 20 minutes, which considering the route i took is nearly impossible
I can't. I have to finish this year to get onto what i want to do next year.
Really? Then just lump it. Next year you can enjoy yourself ;)
so, not everyone then.
on the plus side, you'll have the pace to yourself.
you got sidetracked by the bike comment didn't you? :)
no everyone is considering leaving, and i am too, but im leaving at the end of the year.
the people here are the only good part!
:)
that's not really leaving though? that sounds more like staying.
:)
the other comedy moment was me getting up to 30mph coming down the hill...i had to make myself slow down because the wind was making my eyes water and i couldnt see
i shall rephrase myself..
lots of people are considering not staying for the 3 years. ;)
oh. must less dramatic.
can't type for toffee.
its that wine-d-keyboard again
someone needs to post a grrr blog post.
if you look at a graph of how grrr my tweets have been over the past week or so..... :D
not everyones thinking straight away, but whatever happens its very unsettling....says the one who's moving away too...hmmm
not quite the year you had in mind.
ah I thought it was a 1yr course anyway
Gavin?
not.at.all.
nope. its a "proper" degree....
Hopefully it will be worth it.
You can chalk this one up as 'life experience'.
Ah yeah. that old chestnut. It has it's positives. It gets me into freedom-ville, and helps me build up my workload at a slower rate, so that im more used to it. The people are generally nice.
*insert moaning here*
On the positive side, im going to;
"Get Connected – how to network more effectively" which looks interesting
I don't know if Lou knows but the latest F1 Racing You Ask The Questions is going to be for a certain Mr J Button ;)
Baguette to test for Renault at Jerez
This headline can only be made better one way...
by adding "a" at hte beginning
ooh, we can play the new game of "where's alex been drinking?":
You can visualize your [Latitude] history on Google Maps and Earth or play back a recent trip in order.
http://googlem...ow-with-location.html
how odd. gil gets a mention in the daily and then christine digs up this post:
http://sidepod...-2007/#comment-585925
At least three people in this office are out with what I'm calling the "Modern Warfare 2 Flu"
And there are at least 2 people actually IN the office suffering this major affliction as well.
eheheh.
I had something similar. First taste of freedom but the course wasn't what I expected. Difference was I wasn't any good at the workload..
In a few months there will be a massive outbreak of World Cup Flu :-)
I'm start to get the initial symptoms - I bought it this afternoon in the city.
In the rest of the world, yeah, but I live in the states, and it's not that big over here (at least amongst my coworkers)
and maybe some GT5 flu before that (unless theres more delays, grrrr)
What, they're playing it right now or just itching to?
I was "off" from work for 9 days with Forza 3 Flu as well ;)
Ah yeah. I keep forgetting where people are.
You'll all be very happy to know that I am done with the Sidepodreminiscing now.
Don't look at that last one, it's got the picture of the 8 Red Arrows in. *shudders*
How come all these links keep appearing?
I've been busy. Don't worry, it's stopped now.
Ohhh right. As you were then :P
I can finally relax after a stupid day. Phew.
woohoo!
who hoo :)
Sounds tasty.
steve at least has two good eyes though.
I can't believe your tutor got cross just because you wanted to play Muse as background music in all of your lectures. Seems a bit over the top to me!
:P
If only I was that bad, that would be great!
Day off I presume..
I'm done. Time to take the post* down the road and head home.
*mail, not a piece of wood
hi guys.
Have Mclaren annonced Kimi yet?
Haven't seen anything announced
I think Macca are going to spring a surprise! I do not think it will be Kimi in the seat.
aand I'm home
seconded...
Evening all! Crazy day...
Found out today that Google paid Rubens $500,000 in compensation after he complained about how many fake account there were on the Google-owed social site, Orkut. Turns out there were 347 fake Barrichellos, all asking for autographs...I think Orkut are popular in Brazil...
Too many Rubens for me to handle, I'll just hug the real one cheers
It was reported a few days ago. I thought that is a handy sum of money for almost nothing.
So how do you think he will do at Williams?
it wasn't really anything....but £400,000 sounds quite handy!
I'm not sure... he can only do what the car provides. My doubts lay more in Cosworth than Williams though, I'm quite looking forward to seeing him at Williams now :)
I would not sniff at it!
Afternoon all. Long day.
Me too. Seeing him walking the museum sealed it.
Hey Rg. Seems a few people are having a long Wednesday
I loved those images :)
I am really intrigued that Williams went with the Cosworth considering not so long ago they were trashing it as an option. Perhaps they know something most of us do not know! The alternative is they are fed up with Manufacturers telling them what they can and cannot do - I am sure there was a fall out with Toyota and they want to return to dealing with an English contractor.
I wasn't sure if he'd be right for the team or if the team would be right for him, was a 'maybe' on both counts.. then saw the piccies and thought "yeah this'll work". Plus he's true team leader now.
I am really hoping that Jenson joins Lewis at McLaren - I think it will be an awesome combination.
ooh, Twitter homepage is acting like LCLT with 'follow' turned off..
Dear all sidepodpeoples...
@feederseries is now active!!
If you could follow him/it then that would be great! Thank you!
link it and we can just press 'follow'..
http://twitter.com/feederseries
Done and tweet sent :-)
have added to my list (just to be difficult), have given up following people.
the big stealers, they'll be updating the browser tab next ;)
1. Here's a piccie.
2. Wow that's a lot of spam on the drop.
Hello all, Iceland have ice cream Christmas Trees for sale. White chocolate outside, strawberry ice cream inside. I know what I'll be eating from now until December ;)
andrew benson doesn't give a flying felipe:
http://news.bb...rmula_one/8354490.stm
which is fair enough, i guess.
been a long day indeed...
They are awesome!! We had a broken box we couldn't sell on Saturday and so paid for them ourselves to put in ther staff freezer and they're yummy!!
don't care, we're ditching support for it this evening.
He's just too lazy to write it up himself!
aha, ok
I would love a disgruntled BBC employee to sneak on something like
'Andrew Benson is rumoured to be finding completely crap sources from GMM and rubbish websites and sharing them into the mainstream with no real evidence or anything, and still doesn't care'
:)
Something like this, same concept, same site, but better, would be nice.
http://news.bb...transfers/8353926.stm
Can I say, I wouldn't mind GMM? *waits to be chased outta here*, but really, rumours can be both really good or really bad. Heck, football uses the Sun, so why can't we let our own equivelent be used?
same argument as always. it's a waste of everybody's time discussing something that simply cannot happen.
yes it would be lovely if kimi went to STR and made them 2010 WCC champions with a budget of 11p, but that level of fantasy should be limited to a game of dungeons and dragons... shouldn't it?
anyone can make any old ***** up. it doesn't take intelligence, nor effort. am amazed the bbc can justify benson's pay packet for the zero amount of effort he's putting in with this trash.
Quiz reminder: www.pitlanefanatic.com/chat in 1hr 50 mins.
#419 - Rich said: 11/11/2009 at 17:54:36I am really hoping that Jenson joins Lewis at McLaren - I think it will be an awesome combination
Errrr....
I think not.... I believe Jenson would run a mile rather than be with Lewis....
I think you have something against Kimi Rich...
First it's Macca should pick Nick Heidfeld.... and now Jenson....
Given Martin choosing his dream team as Kimi and Mika plus saying their feedback is excellent... it being relatively well known that Rubens was better at set up than Jenson... and the lack of cheering when Lewis suggested Jenson joining him at Macca on Sunday....
Plus... I will go into decline....
Yeah. I mean, it has potential (minus GMM) but
a) Nowhere near enough to justify one a day.
b) Copy and paste, copy and paste.
I want more, in this day in age I could produce better than that (I won't before you ask, not that talented)
i bet you are :)
I've signed up, who else is coming? I'm looking forward to it. I should probably get a ticket to Autsport too..
Alia, the page you've linked to doesn't appear to have any content.
:) What I was thinking of I know the BBC won't do this, I've said this before, but something like this for F1 will just be awesomeness
http://www.footballfilter.com/
I still think have 4 boxes they choose items from
-A box of names
-A box of teams
-A box of dilemmas
-A box of possibly solutions
And they just choose them 10 times a day.
you're spot on. this needs to have in a future parade lap.
Someone could write an app for that!
:0
hey hey
And to think I didn't even get a #whoareyouanyway in response to my tweet!
:)
evening kimster.
Whos turning up at Pitlane fanatic for the quiz???
I'll be there.
am gonna skip it. partly because i'm rubbish and partly because i'm rewriting the internet.
will tweet it in a second though.
I can't remember how to do graphs in Excel!! Woe is me. And Office 2007 changing the layout of everything.
Hmm...
GAVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHOWA!!!! hope u dont screw up my google chrome ;)
Good luck with that. I'm about to cook dinner.
Rapidweaver arrives tomorrow, so soon there'll be no excuses for failing to start a blog.
In case anyone missed this today: http://twitpic.com/p3ryp
Grrr!
I hated Office 2007 so switched to Open Office.
omg!
♥
Can I help?
The headpinger is awesome.
Is there any chance I can send you a quick excel file and you make a graph from it? Everything I'm doing is just not working and endign up epic fail... it's actually a very simple thing. but I fel miserably at making it work :(
Yeah sure. How you gonna send it?
I will
I'll DM you a link
COD MOD 2 is amazing btw. Any gamer with any sense would buy this!!
It seems I don't have sense then ;)
It has Snowmobile racing in it. I feel like Kimi Raikkonen
I bought it. I love it. It is indeed awesome.
I ran into a tree at the end of that level.
It sold 1.23 million copies in a day. I find that mind boggling. Maybe a christmas thing for me, I dunno... it doesn't interest me much though.
If you do that and break your shoulder you are Juan Pablo Montoya :D
And that's just in the UK, I think.
Yeah that's UK sales alone. It was a simultaneous worldwide release so christ knows what the full total will be...
To Activision that looks like a healthy christmas sales period.
Absolutely, I would love Nick to get the Macca seat as he is my favourite driver and in a minority of about three who think he is the best driver on the grid (at least at overtaking - because he makes them look so effortless). I am realistic and recognise the chances are slim for Nick to have a seat at Macca if the World Champion is available. I rate Jenson very highly for essentially the same reason as Nick - they are uber-stylish and can overtake unlike Vettel or Webber. Jenson is holding firm on his contract despite Brawn beeing a week back 99% sure. This suggests he (Jenson) has an alternative if Brawn do not meet his terms. Now that Toyota is out which team could afford 6 million pounds? I think Brawn are simply not in a position to pay Jenson as there have been some issues (clashes) in sponsor interests and it will take time for their payout from broadcasting rights to come to them (cash flow). They also do have Nico who is reckoned to be good at car development.
Now we get back to Kimi, you may find this surprising, I was upset/perplexed he was kicked out of Ferrari (but there must be more reason than we know). I do believe what I have written, that Kimi under-performs - when averaged out over a few seasons Felipe has simply out-driven Kimi. I do not believe Felipe to be a more talented driver, simply a more committed driver who is prepared to work harder. I also believe Kimi has such a lavish life style that unless he sells his house in Finland he will explore other interests so as to maintain that life style. This tells me he is not that interested in F1 now and I think he should explore those "other interests". Would you not be excited to see Kimi as next Finnish World Rally Champion?
As far as Jenson would run a mile rather than be with Lewis - F1 drivers are supremely confident in their self-belief - he will see it as a challenge and the Macca will be a better car than the Brawn next year (that pains me to admit).
Please do not go into a decline.
Lukeh, can we have a quick skype text chat about the spreadsheet sir?
Don't worry about it if it doesn;t work, tis not important :)
It does work!
Ooh.. I can't go on skype at the moment though :(
I want to show you where you went wrong ... and how I fixed it. I'll add a note to the sheet instead.
You sir are a legend! :)
#MFC
Bing enter into commercial partnership with Wolfram Alpha...
http://blog.wo.../2009/11/11/microsoft’s-bing-introducing-one-of-wolframalpha’s-first-commercial-api-customers/
This will be interesting...
Are these songs from the Resistance?
Preview grr...
here
:)
They're from Absolution, was a quick thing I did on Twitter... one of the songs (TSP) got put on the album and one didn't (Fury) and I was intruiged to see the general Twitter response what was the better song in people's opinions
Done Sir!
Oh my gosh, that is perfect! :D
Glad you liked it!
Check the comments added to see why you were having trouble. I will be happy to explain it to you if you need it. The good thing is that you recorded the data properly at least - just upside down ;)
Did you get my subtle graph title? :D
I haven't used Excel for years so it was like fishing with a stick for me, reeeeeally appreciate the job you did though :) Can see easily where I went wrong now too
I did :D
That's good - glad you learned something. Excel, Word and Powerpoint are a must these days!
for quick document writing though, i use google docs/spreadsheets
i like using excel though, some of my excel formulas are loooong.
Evening all. I'm in a thoroughly better mood :D
Good to hear!
good :)
no more teary eyed fast & agressive bike rides for you tonight then?
Went to a talk about networking as part of the uni's enterprise week/month/decade. Really engaging.
I have no lights for my bike...so no ;)
Oh yeah BTW - went for a run tonight and with all the rain, leaves and bad drainage, there were so many puddles it was more of a steeplechase!
Please tell me you did what i do and went for the running jump over them?
Went through or over the puddles, yes!
Awesome :D
Even if my feet got wet, they dried off quick anyway so it was no bother!
urgh. I'm gonna dream of forward and backslashes tonight.
Not even MTV3 had anything to say. No Kimi headlines for almost a week (except today to say that Kimi's favourite track lost money)
He coulod donate, he has a bit of cash to spare!
Why do I have this funny feeling that Jenson's and Kimi's futures will be announced on the same day?
Hi, everyone.
because I think Jenson is going to Macca! I am writing a Blog - when you put the pieces together it makes a lot of sense.
And Nico's too. I get the impression he's not sure where he's going yet either!
Quiz time
Jenson isn't going to Mclaren...he really isn't.
Nico is very sure where he is going - he just cannot announce it. Otherwise why did Rubens leave Brawn?
Have fun!
I still think Jenson's en route to Brawn, but he and Kimi are helping each other get better deals.
Listen to his interview on the AT&T Williams podcast - when asked where he was going he hesitated and said something to the effect of he wasn't sure yet!
Twitter in 'gone down' shocka!
I am really really really sorry - but yes yes yes he is going unless Ross gets a very well heeled Fairy Godfather.
http://istwitterdown.com/
He is not sure yet that he could announce it!
Ross has a fairy godmother - her name is Mercedes. ;)
Jenson isn't going to Mclaren. If... that's IF he leaves Brawn then fair enough, but i am sure he will not leave Brawn for Mclaren.
Well we'll see. I just don't think it's over yet!
#477 - Rich said: 11/11/2009 at 19:41:
Lots of stuff about Nick and Jense and Kimi...
To which I will say that whilst I respect your views on the two former guys... unsurprisingly I cannot agree about Kimi...
I specifically think that it will be sad for Kimi to end his career in F1 with a team that totally did not support his natural talents... whilst I have not always been complimentary about Macca I do believe that aside from dodgy Merc engines (now solved) they did do justice to the Kimsters innate abilities...
Ferrari did not seem to know what to do with him... although it was noticeably better in the Todt days and I think Ross would have helped too... in the early season in 2008 and 9 Kimi was strongest but the minute they had to develop the car it veered towards Felipe and understeer.... they just didn't know how to improve the car and keep any element of oversteer...
And I am very very tired of hearing how great Lewis was in the late season in a car that was being consistently updated for his specific requirements, whilst Kimi got nearly as many points whilst Ferrari was rubbish and not being improved....
So to finish on such an unhappy note with people not appreciating Kimi burns me more than I can say.... even though the unbelievably relaxed Kimi lets it all wash over him (a bit like being set on fire didn't raise his heartbeat)... probably why he is an F1 driver and I am not....
I am very very happy he go rallying but it should be after a year in which he is given a car he can drive as we all know he can drive.....
You kindly finished with...
"Please do not go into a decline."
Many thanks for the generous thought Rich....
But how can I not??.....
So IF he left Brawn, where would he go?
We have to go back to Joe's theory - when a driver has been announced to be leaving a team, his ducks have to be lined up. Moreso with Kimi, who already had a guaranteed 2010 drive with Ferrari, and let it go.
not to mclaren.
I haven't listened to it but that's exactly the response I'd expect from someone trying to keep a lid on something.
I think if Ms Mercedes was totally free of her liaison with Her McLaren it would be true, but at the moment she has some pressing business with lawyers!
I think you have an echo ;)
he isn't
Kent :P
it's called having a really bad day.
<3
Sorry to hear that lou :(
If the Lewis setup at McLaren stays the same next year, I don't see how Kimi can beat Lewis week in and week out. He'll beat him once in a while, but probably not enough to win titles, for example.
Why did you have to bring Lewis into a discussion about Kimi? The two teams and drivers couldn't be more different...
he'd be mad to leave a team he has such a connection with. worser things have happened though
He has previous. Just saying, although I think both sides will see sense and stay there!
For everyone who wants to be happy again/happier
http://www.you...ature=player_embedded
Best.wedding.EVER
Jenson isn't moving... whatever anyone thinks of him, he isn't stupid, Brawn is the best team for him to be in next year, he knows it, Ross knows it.. we all know it.
Ross said today of employing Jenson
"We can offer a higher proportion of driver freedom and that will probably be the route we will go"
The reality is drivers do have a fair degree of freedom to seek personal sponsorship so it is not saying much.
If that happened at my wedding I would kill EVERYONE responsible!!!
Also, now I understand an episode of The Office I didn't get...
On a lighter note... no sign of Nick and Alison since I slept?
Well, if Jenson's going to McLaren, he won't have that there... McLaren have historically been very strict on this.
but Joe has admitted that Kimi did leave without securing a seat elsewhere. As it stands Kimi will earn way more not driving in F1 next year than driving - so he will explore other interests.
i want to dance like those guys (whilst not being inebriated) ;)
You are so trying to get people talking
"Why did you have to bring Lewis into a discussion about Kimi? The two teams and drivers couldn't be more different..."
Because the commentators have been lauding Lewis whilst hardly deigning to praise Kimi... I am pointing out the distinction.... and how annoying it is....
" If the Lewis setup at McLaren stays the same next year, I don't see how Kimi can beat Lewis week in and week out. He'll beat him once in a while, but probably not enough to win titles, for example"
I think that isn't true because Lewis also likes oversteer... and additionally the engineers know enough about how to produce a Kimi car from the old days which they can bring to his efforts....
And Martin has already put Kimi in his dream team... the engineers still love Kimi... so I think he'll do very well....
*Not here*
Mercedes are negotiating their way out of their McLaren contract to buy into Brawn. The buy out from McLaren could cost them $300 miilion. There is no way they are going to spend all that then lose the chance to have the number one on a silver car next season. Jenson will get more or less what he wants. The last thing Mercedes want is to spend a fortune to get out of their McLaren contract then let them have the number one on thier car when McLaren blocked Mercedes from cashing in on Brawn's success this year.
In addition they are going to spend another fortune buying most o the Brawn shares with an option to buy the rest. Since the team is going to be known as the works Merc team there is no way they are going to let Jenson depart with the number one plate when they will have spent the best part of half a billion to make sure he is in their team next season before they have paid him a peny.
Regardless of what anyone believes they can prove Jenson and Nico will be at Brawn next season and Lewis and Kimi will be at McLaren.
And for Lou there will be a British GP at Silvertone.
I think Macca is going to be the team to beat next year, and I think Jenson knows that. I would wish Jenson and Rubens to have stayed at Brawn.
I would like Nick at Macca. Actually one reason I would not like to see Kimi at Macca is I think it could go all wrong like Lewis and Fernando in 2007. Jenson and Nick are less likely to create the strife that Kimi could generate. I am afraid then that Kimi will get a raw deal. Fernando is about my least favourite driver but I think he did get a raw deal, despite many Macca staff having huge respect for him (I know that from ex staff worker at Woking).
Just one problem Kimi wants more income for less commitment and to have more freedom to explore other interests that Lewis. It will destroy the team. Kimi is setting himself up to actually retire (at least for next year). If Macca are stupid enough to accept his terms he will drive otherwise he walks away.
I (heart) that entire comment (except the bit about the Brawn not being a Brawn and being a Mercedes works team.. i don't like that much....)
<3
(is silvertone near silverstone by any chance? :P)
Not next year - Mercedes cannot get out of their contract - and actually I do not think they have such infinite resources. Tey will stick with McLaren next year and build up Brawn to be the Silver Arrows in 2011.
Why don't we all calm down :D
It's just a bit of chit chat, nothing malicous!
I haven't seen anything malisious? Tis a normal debate
What a time to arrive!
I don't see anything bad being said tonight - in fact it's a very good discussion!
Who's not calm?
I do agree, that actually Kimi was doing really rather well in the latter part of the season.
FYI - from JA on Twitter:
when felipe wasn't there
maybe malicious is the wrong word :D
Yes, about something other than Jenson and Kimi - we've talked about this hundreds of times! :D
agreeeeeeeeed
:D
i you want titillating gossip, andrew benson is your man.
Ross is caught, he knows he will eventually get the full factory support of Mercedes and I think it is clear the cars will be renamed them. Part of the deal was that Nico joins the team and I am sure this saddened Ross.
I am 100% sure the number 1 will be on either a white or silver car.
:D you used the word titillating. that just made me laugh. :P
Andrew Benson, he's your man, If he can't do it, no on.. well, he doesn't do it anyway, he steals it.
I have google wave invites - first come, first served ;)
if they both change their liverys next year i will laugh at ya ;)
me perrrrleaseeee :)
how come i don't get invites?
Would I be booed if I asked what google wave was?
ME! :)
Send me a message on FB with your email please!
What email address?
I do think he raised his game to offset the loss of Felipe - Kimi was not disloyal to Ferrari - it was the other way around. I would love to see Alonso thrashed by Felipe next year - but it won't happen.
Chuck one my way please: andy at a j taylor dot com
i shall agree to disagree... i don't have the energy to put my point across anymore. hopefully they'll hurry up with contracts soon and this can all be put to rest.
I will send it to you via Wiki, Gavin.
Don't ask me - my name isn't Mr. Google is it? :D
Macca's will still be Silver and the Brawns will still be White!
Done.
This has got to be a google account email adress right?
And we will all celebrate and have cupcakes and dance!
Message sent, Gavin.
come on get yourself a gmail address. i know of one that would be useful to you, if its available
We could see a red-and-white McLaren (Vodafone colors + Marlboro heritage) and Brawn in silver and highlighter green.
So you think Ross was pleased to see Rubens go?
Invite sent!
Many thanks good sir. Did I mention how good your blog is by the way?
I believe it's called Making Up The Numbers is that right?
If you would like something else to discuss, I believe Mr C has been working on something sneaky.
Drop.io is dead to us.
For next year it will still be Vodafone Mercedes McLaren while Mercedes builds up its ties with Brawn. One problem Brawn run into was a conflict of interests between sponsors and one of them has pulled out. So they are being squeezed.
Ohh myy gooooddddd
Indeed it is, thanks ;)
Guys, when I got sent an invite it took days to arrive, JSYK!
*pantomime oooh!*
A-ha! Do tell us more...
no. i meant about the whole Jenson moving thing... in fact i'm not even sure i wanna talk about Brawn GP...
actually i'm gonna go off and get some more work done, not that it will make me less stressed... see you! x
Yeah, I was wondering about that... :D
Mr C has invented Sidepod.io or something, or Sidepodbucket, or Sidepodshack or.. or... or something to do with sidepod!!
I like Sidepodbucket. Sidepodshare?
Merc may be building up ties with Brawn but it'll be similar to the McLaren involvement and I don't believe they'll leave McLaren. I think they want a stake in two teams.
Thanks Gavin.
I can see Mercedes have branding with both teams.
basically add sidepod to anything you do on here. well, that's what i do anyway ;)
Sidepodquote! (I see your point though...)
Sidepodsidepodcast
Mind = blown
Right, Five more invites!
Just so you know for those comment trawling at 3am, if you ask for one while I'm asleep I won't be checking through the comments, so you need to contact me via FB/twitter/email/blog comment.
Else, if anyone else here wants an invite please ask - the aim is to get all of you guys on board ASAP!
For the sake of argument... what is a pvr?
Can I just say - Bruno Senna is a lucky man. :D
http://www.bru....com.br/index_new.asp - Read the first new item on the top-right. Go to the last paragraph.
very minor changes (and slightly rushed, so things may go wonky) to realtime. clear your caches, or hard refresh:
http://sidepodcast.com/realtime/
changes as follows:
- audio alerts now off by default
- you may need to add you name and email again. apologies.
- added integration for a couple of services, including youtube, twitpic, qik and flickr.
try this url for a quick example:
http://www.fli...depodcast/4090894340/
I agree on that - but eventually Mercedes will want to take control of all operations in the day. They were "peed" off that could not either sell their engine to Red Bull nor actually gain much marketing from Brawn this year.
When you say argument...do you mean...she's still arguing with you?
Personal Video Recorder
What do we do with it exactly?
Simply unacceptable! :-0
and more examples of the new integration:
http://www.you...m/watch?v=3t2-wS92ClM
http://qik.com/video/3098925
http://twitpic.com/p3ryp
essentially, we'll keep adding more of these so that we're no longer tied to drop.io. you can spread your content around the web and sidepodcast.com just consumes it.
Once you have refreshed your doohickey, it will open in lightbox just like the drop.io links do.
They're just links though?
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!
HOORAH! :D
THATS THE COOLEST THING IVE EVER SEEN!!
Excellent!
Worth it
Just tryed it. Worked perfectly
Hehe, I said that too!
We're not replacing the big bucket, but making our in-house links better so it is not as necessary.
Yes.
simply paste a link to some content.
so in my example a second ago, a youtube video. here's one of lou's finest:
http://www.fli...oujohnson/4086942291/
We love Mr C and his doohickey awesomeness!!
Also Christine is awesome!!
#balancethingsout
Seconded!
Seconded again!
I am just loving this. :D
That is so unbelievably awesome. I love it!
Thank yoooou :D
:) No need. This time I did nothing.
Both of the Cs! No shoddy programming for Mr C. :D
how about sidepodsidepod(into infinity)?
At least next year. We should be pleased for Jenson that he has a choice to either stay at Brawn or go to Macca and it will be HIS decision. I think we should also respect that as the World Champion he should get a contract that reflect that status, commitment and excellence.
He is truely a legend.
Ouch. My head.
So will Share Image link to something other than drop.io in future?
it really is. some things just aren't finished, like clicking a flickr photo inside the lightbox should take you to the photo. but we'll get there.
in theory there will be multiple options.
even better. :D
Does it work with photobucket? *tests*
http://i135.ph...ehmuse/f1themovie.jpg
Aww, sadly not. But at least I got a laugh out of testing :P
not yet. more added soon.
just the four at the moment.
Oki doki, still so very useful!
that is honestly the scariest thing ive ever seen. but i love it
It's a little odd how bruce willis' head and max's hair went together with no editing.......
cooooool
Dear Lukeh...
You're answers to my survey .... especially the "what are your primary reasons for attending nightclubs?" answer = genius
Hmm. Doesn't work for me on chrome...
How did you know it w...
...*remember the supermarket question*
....ahhhhh.
Has the pit lane fanatic quiz ended yet?
ooooh yes
Not yet. Still some way from ending. :)
nearly
well we're on Q19 of 25..
does the subheader read:
"Your Timely F1 Podcast"
lol
Wonder if harry potter and bernie would go together the same?
*facepalm*
mmmmhmmmm
Yes it does...
odd. i'll have a look in a bit.
Does NOT work for me in Firefox on a Mac, but I can see "Your Timely F1 Podcast"
I am coming!
Works in FF 3 for me though!
Why use anything else?
What browser is it designed for?
just tested in safari on a mac. nothing more.
I'm tempted to try it on IE6 :D
:D
For the record, it works on IE6. ;)
Works for me on Firefox Beta (3.6)
works with midori #ishappy
3.6?
Although I have yet to test the YT embeds later.
ok i loaded up doohickey.
what am i supposed to be seeing?
I love your comment saying it requires a modern browser (no IE mentioned)
Yup. Otherwise known as Namoroka (had trouble with 3.5. Kept crashing when I went to the sidepodwiki)
Two really cool videos
Nick Heidfeld and Troy Corser (racing motorcyclist) , swap their respective steeds at the Nürburgring
http://www.you...R96Q&feature=fvsr
http://www.you...Hc_Q&feature=fvsr
Does it work with lynx?
Seems OK here.
Or cello?
hehe
ooops.
Tomorrow I will try it in FF2 at work!
if you left-click on the links rich just posted. what happens?
I see nothing wrong with that statement.
me neither, i need to show it to a few people around here.......
ie8 is okay.
...that's the best i can do.
Good Stuff Mr C!
"Just one problem Kimi wants more income for less commitment and to have more freedom to explore other interests that Lewis. It will destroy the team. Kimi is setting himself up to actually retire (at least for next year). If Macca are stupid enough to accept his terms he will drive otherwise he walks away"
Kimi does nothing to destroy the team... he has never done anything like that....
Indeed whatever happens... even when his own team-mate shunts him off (JPM) or Lewis does the same (Canada) or Heikki sets him on fire or Lewis comes out in front of him on a flying lap (Interlagos 2007) he doesn't make a fuss.... he never has....
He wants to be able to do an odd rally when it doesn't conflict and to avoid sponsors stuff when as a shy person (he's almost claustrophobic in company) he really hates it... that's hardly disruptive when the other guy is a bit of a media hound...
Kimi wants Macca to pay a sensible amount not taking the Ferrari pay-off into account... and why shouldn't he...
He's still asking for a lot less than Lewis and Alfonso are paid.... so where is the harm...
Don't believe he's asking Macca for 25mill... he isn't....
i'm replying to your comment.
opens new tab to play you tube vid
i'm using chrome btw
He isn't - his management team is. And that's what might be killing the deal.
Hmmmm, happened to me twice in a few days. Where the doohickey just seems to stop updating. Thats odd.
It's happened to me too, actually. Then I catches up when I post.
*it catches up
best boot up windows then. boo.
Using some new definition of OK of course ;)
a non-standard version, clearly.
im sorry to hear that.
I'm slow to notice and just think sidepodcast has done the usual lots of activity then silence for a bit.
i would bet it's to do with being shoved inside bluehickey. will have a look.
Agreed, have you tried Windows 2000 recently? It really flies on my VMware install.
"He isn't - his management team is. And that's what might be killing the deal."
No they are not... that's just my point....
Actually I was more thinking what Lewis would do!
I still think he wants better terms not equal terms than Lewis is getting, an in fairness to Lewis it is unreasonable. I am more of Kimi fan than a Lewis fan.
He is the second highest paid sportsman in the world and he wants it to stay that way. I am simply not convinced he is the best F1 driver. Kimi has a choice to accept the 8.5 million that Macca were originally prepared.
He still seems to want more than Jenson wants currently!
Quiz is over, here is the Spot the Difference pic:
http://i33.tinypic.com/jgm6x1.png
ta
And we had to name who this guy was for one of the questions:
http://i38.tinypic.com/ieilo7.jpg
Found one! That's one more than last week!
i guessed at an unmentionable driver
Damn. I thought it was a trick question and there were no differences
I found 4 already
I found three. Last week I really really struggled!
But that's what management teams do - after all, they get a slice of that salary for themselves.
I had the same experience!
2...
Actually I was more thinking what Lewis would do!
"I still think he wants better terms not equal terms than Lewis is getting, an in fairness to Lewis it is unreasonable. I am more of Kimi fan than a Lewis fan.
He is the second highest paid sportsman in the world and he wants it to stay that way. I am simply not convinced he is the best F1 driver. Kimi has a choice to accept the 8.5 million that Macca were originally prepared.
He still seems to want more than Jenson wants currently!"
So Nick wouldn't rock the boat because he'd be a second driver to Lewis...
Lewis throws his toys out if Kimi comes?.... then he should learn to grow up....
I don't think Kimi does want better terms than Lewis and I'm sure he'd take less if he can do the rallying and cut sponsors stuff...
But if Macca are trying to get him for 5mill per the latest reports that's too low regardless....
And sorry but he's worth more to Macca than Jenson.... and nearly everyone believes that Jenson would do much worse at Macca than Kimi would.....
Lady Snowcat, why aren't you using quotes?
It is being reported that he or his management team want 25 million somethings I think it was dollars. If they (Macca) can get Button for 6 million pounds I think they go for that option. Ross has admitted they cannot raise that sort of sum.
There were some more picture questions. Guess the team:
One
Two
Three
Four
I agree with that, but not sure either are best for Mclaren.
I guess the question is, should Mclaren have two established stars, or should they get a promising younger driver (or should I say less experienced). If they want the WCC, I guess they need Kimi.
wheres it been reported?
Pretty sure I know #1
"Lady Snowcat, why aren't you using quotes?"
No quote buttons or any other buttons!!....
Click on the paragraph you wanna quote to blockquote it.
Erm, why not? Where are you commenting from?
Not here.
It;s not a McLaren
"It is being reported that he or his management team want 25 million somethings I think it was dollars. If they (Macca) can get Button for 6 million pounds I think they go for that option. Ross has admitted they cannot raise that sort of sum."
It's also reported that Macca are offering Kimi 5mill.....
I don't think Jense would be a remotely good fit.... and he knows it....
because Mr C linked to the panda and the fan, I found this on the youtube account for sidepodcast http://www.you...m/watch?v=65QrvxX-2Cg and just started laughing. :)
but reminded me of this: http://wiki.si...+of+Sidepodcast+2009. there are only 3 moments for 2009 on there. feel free to add suggestions ;)
tis my fault gavin. they've been temporarily remove from ye olde comments. they shall return in a couple of days.
Yep, I knew that.
"Erm, why not? Where are you commenting from?"
My usual laptop....
Yesterday I had buttons but today.... no buttons....
You're not on doohickey, then?
Ah see Mr C's comment.
But why are you posting in the daily thread when you could be commenting in realtime using the doohickey or LCLT?
Evening all.
It's very wet outside
Ah see Mr C's comment.
But why are you posting in the daily thread when you could be commenting in realtime using the doohickey or LCLT?
OK...
How do I do that?....
I have a special build on this laptop for work purposes....
Indeed. Same in the land of the Viking too. After I came home from the Steeplechase my hair was so wet I looked like I'd already had my shower!
Go to: http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/
Hmmmm. I think we are looking at our 5th day above 30 degrees.
Rain? what's that?
try the doohickey: http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/
I saw just your Facebook update....sounds like fun.
Hmm. Went a bit Yoda then.
Talk like Yoda you did. Make your brain mushy, the water had. Much amusement in your comment I had found. Talk like a Dane with English words, Yoda does! Eheheheh!
Errrr....
I've got a comments box but nothing else?....
So you don't see our comments in the link I gave you?
Also read here: http://wiki.si...+Commenting+Solutions
I am under no illusion that Nick would be number two - but at the moment he has no drive and little prospect other than Macca as I think most other seats are confirmed but not announced.
5 Million is still a hell of a lot of money - Jenson actually wants 6 Million and his team cannot give it to him and he is the World Champion.
Jenson is also under-rated - I do not care what people say he won the championship in a far more convincing way than either Kimi (one of Kimi's wins was gifted by his team mate and the other in an illegal car when he won the WDC) or Lewis (who won by one point and when another driver fell off the circuit). The Brawn was not even the best car on the grid - the Red Bull was.
I also can see both Jenson and Nick taking it to Lewis if they were given similar equipment and equal treatment (its a big IF).
When someone can produce a video showing more double overtaking manoeuvres that look effortless than in the link below I will acknowledge that driver to be better than Nick (and that includes Kimi, Lewis, Fernado and even Jenson)
http://www.you...ch?v=_VLdPDo6mP4&
No...
Just a box....
I've got the thread open in a different window and am typing this in the comments box on the link you sent....
Ahh. What's your Internet browser?
Why not - he is a good driver - he actually thinks himself to be rather better than Lewis - but it might be in jest!
McLaren is not a development team, they also have not won the constructors since 1998 - they need a points win machine behind Lewis - this means either a Kimi, a Jenson or a Nick (who incidentally over the last three seasons is the fifth highest scoring driver despite not having a win!)
Yep, I agree with that. I think they would also like a long-term prospect, which none of those drivers would be.
Ahh. What's your Internet browser?
It's IE8.....
Very odd. It should be working with IE8. How about this link:
http://www.sid...t.com/livecommenting/
http://wiki.si...+Commenting+Solutions
Mr C says IE8 is "OK"
There is no more loyal driver than Nick to his team - so he could be a long-term prospect and of the three he is the best at car set up!
Nick is a brilliant driver, and hugely underrated IMHO. As a number 2 driver teams should be ripping his arm off to get him in their car.
Would be a perfect understudy to Lewis @ Macca. Fast, solid and metronomically reliable. One of the best 'race' drivers on the grid.
If he doesn't make the 2010 season it will be a crime.
Per the doohickey stuff it says I should see stuff I can't....
No link to the thread contents... I can call up the original headline post but no more....
You seem to forget that the FIA took a load of points off Lewis in 2008 and Lewis and Fernando in 2007. Otherwise things would have been cery different.
Brawn had the double diffuser so had a massive jump on all the teams normally at the front of the field. You have to judge drivers over the course of their careers and not just on championship points. By your system Heidfeld has been hopeless in comparison over all three years.
Nick wouldn't overtake so much if he qualified in the positions the others regularly do. The best overtaking performance you will ever see is Lewis in GP2 when everyone had equal cars and he spun down to about 20th and finished second. The only reason he didn't win was because Glock put up a decent fight before Lewis got past him.
IE8 slowed my pc down. clicked to uninstall, pc was faster
Gidday from NZL again this fine, sunny morning. An off topic question - what is the best, free, iphone friendly place to get your F1 news and views? Autosport all seems to be pay on the mobile front, am I right?
Turkey 2006
http://www.you...m/watch?v=MbjRFd205qo
Sadly I have to use it for my bank :(
McLaren had him as a junior and let him go. They could have had him when he was Kimi's team mate and they chose Kimi. There is not the clightest chance they are going to take him now that he is nearer the end of his career than the begining.
hahaha watch that video. its lewham in gp2 with pirates of the carribean background music. genius
hey dave, try this:
http://www.sid...eres-an-app-for-that/
i'll have a look into that for you. apologies.
"GP2 when everyone had equal cars "
Sorry but don't make me laugh... GP2 machinery has never actually been equal....
The lady has a point
and you also mock F2 and FPA, but they are the only true fair formulae. or the fairest
I knew there was an app for that! Thanks. I even remember the post the first time around. I'm only new to the JesusPhone team.
NB...You is not YOU is generally people
Congrats to Journeyer for the quiz win!
Would the fact that I am on Enterprise 7 make a difference?....
And there is no possibility of changing on this computer as it is specially built for my work....
And Martin Haven!
Thanks, Pat. :D
thats one of my fav. videos now. thats awesome
I think 17th to a win plus 22nd to 3rd beats Nick's record.....
I just had my own controversial championship win at Suzuka on Forza 3... and I didn;t even do anything! Silly man spun off in front of me!
We went into 130R...
Then he span off right in front of me at the chicane...
And I went on to win the championship!
Of course, I forgot, Lewis is actually rubbish, it's always been his car that won it for him ;)
They have had Kovy for two years and he certainly is not as good as Nick. My challenge is provide the evidence that these other drivers can do the overtaking than Nick does in the video I have linked to. Until you provide a measurable evidence in terms of video review you only have opinions.
you know what she meant :P
i have no idea what that is?
Can I say... AI choke-fail? :D
its like A1GP its not actually equal
"Of course, I forgot, Lewis is actually rubbish"
No... he's very good...
He just doesn't walk on water.... despite Steve Ryder's beliefs....
And ANT!!!
:)
Steve Rider doesn't do the F1 any more though?
Me + Tired = Sleep.
Don't know why I am doing maths when I got an English test in the morning, heh. night all. lotsa love.
Good luck! Night!
I like the Muse car :-)
Enterprise 7 is the business version of Windows 7....
Adios mr rg
Yeah good luck RG!
ooooh. not sure i can even get hold of a copy to test. it shouldn't do though.
Breakfast then bed for me.
Night, everyone. :)
no single make formula where you let teams run the cars are.
I maintain that the only "real" fair racing are the MSV series
The logo on the front took wayyyyy too much time, but me too obviously :)
"Steve Rider doesn't do the F1 any more though?"
True but listening to other commentators I sometimes wonder....
breakfast then bed?
ummm
Night J
out of interest, what do you see on this page?
http://sidepodcast.com/livecommenting/
You can't help but smile while you watch that
Right off to bed.
Working in Milton Keynes tomorrow so need to go iron shirt and suit trousers.
If I see you on the A34 I'll give you a wave.
I work Euro-hours. :D
Hopeless! Over three seasons his team mate Robert scored 101 points and Nick 140 points!
Way more equal than F1
Eh? Now I'm confused.
Time for bed for me too...
Sorry the doohickey doesn't work for me "me".....
Hopefully quotes will soon be back....
It might help if you took some screenshots of what you can see...
Not the equality. I only have ever said the quality of drivers is not particularly high and the drivers won't learn to set up a car properly. Looks like Williams and Palmer agree on F2 as they are giving it more power and set up options next season
Depends how you define equal
Maybe you missed the comments from Sunday when he introduced Lewis at the Merc do
Night Lady Snowcat!
Gavin are you sure thats ant? im not convinced. His voice is way to deep
I did. And everyone here seems to be drip-feeding what happened. What did Stevie Rider say?
Well I can't hear over the deafening din of the music ;)
Ohhh....
I can see the comments now....
certainly shall, a few days at most.
He called lewis 'hero of us all'
!!
That last link worked....
Hurrah....
Box is at the bottom of the screen....
Oh for F***'s sake!!!!
ace. can you click a comment to quote it?
am not convinced. i can undesrtand why you'd think that, but disagree ;)
Kovi is a young driver. They have two options as I see it. Put in another young driver and find out if he is any good or put in someone they know will push Lewis and that has to be Kimi.
There is more to being an F1 driver than overtaking. Vettel finished second in the championship and according to most opinions he has not overtaken anyone since karting and he doesn't know how to overtake.
Gareth Rees
He's been at itv too long by the sound of it
I clicked on a comment to quote it "me"...
Magic...
Although the day Lewis is my hero I will lose the will to live....
Well done! Now you can sleep easy ;)
The only hero round here is Timo, eh RG? ;)
if you can live with using that for a couple of days, that would help me a lot.
will fix what i broke as soon as though :)
Not sure the click I did was right though... I got a horrible echo....
(not here)
yes
aha. there's a preview button too, if you'd like to be sure before posting.
I've been offered an interview as an admin assistant at the local fire station via the JobCentre this afternoon, which made me very happy :)
Thanks me... That's great....
Night again....
WOW
Congratulations!!!!
g'night.
Awesome, well done!
Good night guys!
Congrats!!
brilliant alia! well done.
So he (Vettel) can only win if he has the fastest car. Your logic means it is simply the fastest car and driver does not count. I seem to remember another German that was fast but could not really overtake.
I am going to bed. It has nothing to do with how good a driver really is - it is just how much they are promoted and pushed by the media business.
You yourself said that positions should only change on the track not through pitstops.
night sir.
Well done... and Good Luck...
Excellent news, I'll keep everything crossed for you.
You were discussing how much drivers won the championship by. If that is a meaningful measure then Nick never got near a championship while his team mate did
I have to say i'm really dissapointed that none of you disagree with my F2 and FPA are the only fair championships
boo @ you :P
i only know about f1, and i know that it isn't.
best i can do.
I do think Timo is very good and also under-rated - but he is not as fluid in his overtakes as Nick.
Good luck
Points have nothing to do with it. You don't just look at that...
I've give you a big example.
Recently i interviewed a Formula Renault driver...
he finished 3rd in this years championship and he finished 82 points behind the 1st place guy...
When i saw that initially i thought that he wasnt that good, but he explained to me that in the penultimate round he got taken out by backmarker and the guy who won is now hte champion.
points dont mean everything
Good luck!
Absolutely. I don't believe Vettel has any more difficulty overtaking than any other driver just as I don't believe Heidfeld is the best overtaker on the grid.
Night to everyone who just left
wait wait wait. Heidfeld the best overtaker on the grid? thats amusing
I hate to say it but Kimi finished the season 23 points behind Felipe and Nick only 15 points behind Robert and before you say Kimi had to play second fiddle Robert's win was strategy - he was on a two stop and Nick on a one stop and Nick let him through when he was heavy with fuel and Robert light an needed to built distance. Everyone agrees Robert's strategy was faster for the track.
They are fairer to an extent but only if the driver has a conventional driveing style. Look at the top guys in F1 and Lewis and Kimi have extreme oversteer styles and Alonso,Massa and Kubica who is hyped as being up there all have extreme understeer styles.
Odds are none of them would be allowed to have an F2 car to their liking
I've signed up, who else is coming? I'm looking forward to it. I should probably get a ticket to Autsport too..
Alia, the page you've linked to doesn't appear to have any content. {Comment #443}
We're up to 7 people confirmed, but I don't want to reveal who else is coming in case any of them want to be anonymous.
This wiki seems to have ideas above its station - which is possibly why it hadn't been updated for several months prior to using it to rehouse the blog. There was certainly information on it 10 days ago when I last edited the page, and the wiki is claiming that no further edits have been done to that page by anyone since.
Yet it's not showing any text for me either unless I go through the "Recent Changes" section, which is a ridiculous way to navigate through a blog! So I'm going to attempt to link again, and hope this link works...
That is what Rich is saying
works for me.
how long have we got to confirm alia?
I see Nick doing double overtakes on Kimi, Alonso, DC. The only overtake that Vettel has done was on Hamilton in the wet (which apparently doesn't count)
you can change the cars more than you imagine, but theres also something to be said about adapting to suit a car
One of them is me , but I doubt I will bother with Autosport.
And me. I'm also doing autosport, so I might see people there
30th
.must.resist.temptation.to.get.excited.
cool. will let you know. i can't be doing long-range decision making :)
That got it, thanks. I shall write a plug post on my blog.
Is that sarcastic? Trouble with text, you can't tell!
You can prove anything you like with points. You were only looking at the seasons drivers won their championship and extrapolating from there to assess their ability. You have to look at a whole range of factors over the longer term.
For example people said that Alonso did all the development on the McLaren and Lewis just jumped in and drove. This season the McLaren improved by almost 3 seconds a lap from the first race to the last so either Leis or Heikki is a great development driver.
Go on, do it! I want to prove I'm better at karting than ide!
I'm doing karting and since it is a journey I may do Autosport as well, but I'm in two minds
oops, Sato sorry (been a while since anyone's mentioned it!)
no i really am very excited. like really really
Palmer said at the launch that there would be a very limited range of settings.
cool. Just wanted to check.
limited compared to any other formula where you have absolute free reign if you want it
WOW
Congratulations!!!! {Comment #841}
Jon, Lukeh, Gavin, Mr C, Lady Snowcat, jackie, Steven and Pat W, thank you very much for your good wishes. Hopefully I will have more good news after the interview (I will probably be told when that is tomorrow).
It is an opinion - with evidence presented by a video compilation - it is also that they are double overtakes and unlike Kubica who usually ends up mounting rather overtaking his opponents they are done cleanly. The British Press refer to Heidfeld as a cruise and collect driver and as "slow as a tortosie" - exact words said by Crofty. I will change my opinion when people can put as much video material showing better overtaking.
:)
hehe no this year im going for an actual purpose rather than just to collect as much free stuff as humanely possible
can you link me to the video please
You may have to share tips on collecting free stuff, I think I've only ever come away with a magazine and I'm a subscriber anyway
oh wow. you definitely need help :P
http://www.you...ch?v=_VLdPDo6mP4&
I'm just going for the free stuff. Although Jake Humphrey tweeted that Ted wants him to do a kart race on one of the days.
I remember carrying around a bag with the logo on it but I can't remember what was in it.
You going on one of the trade days?
They are good...however none of the spa ones count as he was on wets and everyone else on slicks
yup
I have to say i'm really dissapointed that none of you disagree with my F2 and FPA are the only fair championships {Comment #851}
I'm not even sure that they're fair... ...but even if they are, only A1GP and Superleague are in a position to argue that they might be (of the international single-seater series) and both of them are off the beaten track in terms of progression paths.
He said that the engineers would decide on the acceptable range before each race weekend and no-one would be allowed to go beyond that range
A1GP and superleague teams are all run by independant teams? so it's jusst like another one make series. No series is going to be 100% fair fair, but i think they are the most fair of the lot
I'm looking at the Autosport show website and there is an ad for Masterchef Live in London this weekend... is that why Alison is there?
Think if I decide to go, I might also. Can't be bothered contending with the droves of autograph hunters this year!
*is kinda here but kinda not*
Mr C the changes are awesome :D very good work :)
<3 Mr C for plugging one of my photos :)
yeah of course, but thats going to give you enough to be able to change the setup enough to considerably change how the car behaves. its not going to be as much as others, but they're not going to limit teh amount of changes that can be done to stop a certain type of driver winning
If Michel is there and she doesn't know Nick's life is going to be miserable for a very long time
i think thats a good idea
works for me.
how long have we got to confirm alia? {Comment #864}
I want payment by November 30 (that's 19 days including today) so that I can give Teamworks an accurate number and not have the situation I had last time. Obviously if you're going as a spectator you can leave it later than that because I only need to be able to tell me how many are going, and give Teamworks a guesstimate.
Are you also doing the Saturday? That's the day I'm looking at, primarily because karting is afterwards.
To clarify: I mean by the end of November 30, not the beginning...
Meant to say I love the changes. You can even play youtube full screen in the lightbox
i would do, but i cant get a train back in time
Sure but the two overtakes at Silverstone on both Kimi and Alonso - same tyres at the same distance.
i did not know that. ace.
granted that was good, and funny to see kimi miss the pits. but i take issue with a driver being the best overtaker in teh field and their video of the best overtakes is only 3.5 minutes long
another slightly less random question for you mr c (am full of them this evening) when you view flickr images in lightbox... does flickr count that view as a page view... or whatever it's called?
ah well.
Is there a wiki list for this?
#sidepodspace
At stupid o'clock this morning I posted a link to a story of a spac rock that missed the Earth by 8700 miles on Friday and no-one knew it existed until 15 hours before it arrived.
I haven't looked at the list of space rocks recently but there are loads of them around just now. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
There are quite a few of them like Nick blasting past Alonso at Monaco in a Williams. Can you really say that is cruise and collect?
I clicked on full screen before I thought about it then realised how awesome it was
nobodys saying he's rubbish, he's a good f1 driver and he is well placed in a team that needs a consistent driver to pick up points. however he's not the best overtaker on the grid
i really have no idea. shall investigate.
That got it, thanks. I shall write a plug post on my blog. {Comment #872}
Thank you, Pat, that would be wonderful :)
The thing is you do not get to see a lot of other drivers moves or when they are shown there is little emphasis
Here is a video
http://www.youtube.com/v/6ho4y6NDE8g
The narrative includes...
"Alonso driving extremely well", "here comes Alonso Coulthard has lost momentum" "Coulthard in a very uncomfortable place here, gets squeezed out here by Heidfeld" "they (Coulthard and Alonso) are side by side, great racing at Sepang by two very experienced drivers" "he (Coulthard) still has plenty of braveheart"
During the replay of Heidfeld's overtake they said "luckily the gap opened up perfectly for him to give him the sweet spot to turn 15".
I guess it was also Heidfeld's "luck" that he posted the fastest lap of that race.
thank you :) i don't want to create anymore work for you though, was just wondering.
Go on, do it! I want to prove I'm better at karting than ide! {Comment #875}
There's a good chance you're better at karting than I am...
I've only done it a few times, so we will have to see.
Firstly, thats a bad example so you have to take DC out of the equation he said in no uncertain terms that he was having bad understeer.
Heidfeld used the slip stream, it was a clever move but it's not the best i've ever seen. We're not saying he's rubbish, and all (half decent) f1 drivers have good overtakes in them sometimes, and we're not disagreeing that he's a good driver, we just dont think hes the best
Although Jake Humphrey tweeted that Ted wants him to do a kart race on one of the days. {Comment #890}
Do you think I should invite him to mine? :D
Do it! :P
do it :D
please do! :D
Given the way he drove the Lotus yes you should
I think being called a tortoise by Crofty amounts to being called rubbish. Best is defined in "how" he overtakes - he does this without taking himself or other drivers out - while making most of these manoeuvres he still amassed 41 consecutive qualified finished.
I have updated the Autosport wiki entry to add a space for the 2010 show:
http://wiki.si...tosport+International
rich, where did you find the link to that youtube video?
it's in a very odd format.
Crofty said that, none of us did. He is a good consistant driver, however as much as you need skill to get that many finishes, you need alot of luck too.
YES!
ah well.
Is there a wiki list for this? {Comment #913}
For the people coming, no. Partly due to anonymity and partly because the informal list that was being constructed at my blog disappeared when the host went down.
I have a copy on my own computer, so I know who should be coming.
Try and find a Webber or Vettel overtake on Youtube! Actually Button could not take Webber in the last race even though Webber's brakes were finished. Alonso could not past Heidfeld at Silverstone when Heidfeld's team was saying the car was so damaged that he should pit. In 2008 Heidfeldf made more on track overtakes than any other driver. This year that honour fell to Timo.
How long are tickets to Autosport usually on sale for? I'm not booking yet, need to have a think.
you can buy them on the door.
I've only done it a few times, so we will have to see. {Comment #923}
I've done it twice (2 1/2 minutes at a theme park when I was 12 and the original F1 Bloggers and Friends competition in January) and never yet come in a higher position than last...
Ah good, ta. I have no idea right now if a) I want to go at all, b) I want to do it + karting in one day, or c) take the leisurely approach, wander up to the karting, get a hotel and go to the show on Sunday. I know if I do go it'll only be one day.
I'll decide nearer the time.
buying at the door sounds good.. :P although with Jenson going to be there.. they may all be sold to crazy Jenson fans....
I just did a search and I got it and saved it from a few days back.
There is that..
I get you point, i just disagree. If you say "he is the driver with the most overtakes" then i cant disagree because thats a numbers answer...
If you say "he is the driver with the BEST overtakes" then thats something i can argue with, thats an opinion thing. i get your point, just disagree
the place was empty last year. i can't see it being much more popular this year, but don't quite me on that.
bed time?
Does this mean you're going this time then? :)
yes.
a productive evening though. more updates tomorrow. night all.
Look forward to it, night.
I should've been more productive.
wow
adios mr c!
you have a point.
night Mr C :)
ahaha i knew that was coming the moment i clicked post :D
in answer to your question... it depends...
you need a paddock pass thing to get a jenson autograph dont you?
i don't need a Jenson autograph... i already have 2 (and i'm not an autograph hunter by any stretch of the imagination - both times have been a complete surprise)
It is my opinion - like Steven saying Lewis is the best driver. Nick is not driving the best car, he has almost always scored more than his team mate (which have included Kimi, Felipe and Mark). The two driver who have done better were Robert in 2008 (but taken over three years Nick has140 points compared to Robert's 101) and Frensen.
awesome. for the first time last year i went into "the paddock" of the live action arena....
it was rubbish
i'm mainly thinking about money here and i'll probably not go... i'd rather go to goodwood, i'm not sure my parents will fund my trip to goodwood as they are funding my trip to Spa... so i'm saving for tickets and probably accommodation and petrol (cause i will hopefully be able to drive myself down there by then)
You can grab him while he is walking around or ask Stuart if he is interviewing on the F1 Racing stand and see if he will let you hijack Jenson
Good to know. I'll get the basic ticket.
oooo! i like that idea!!..as if i'd ever do that ;)You got to see hte cars, behind a huuuuge fence. totally not worth it from my pov.
What I'd like to do is upgrate to a modern phone beforehand so I can comment and tweet properly through the day ;-)
2009 - 2 points difference in Heidfelds favour
2008 - 15 points difference in Kubicas favour
2007 - 22 points difference in Heidfelds favour
2006 dosent count as Kubica didnt do a full season...
However, 2007 was Kubicas first season.
So i dont really get your point about the points
agreed, but the modern phone has to be as reliable as my current one.
3 trips into deep water and still living
nice! what sort?
Nokia old skooool
It;s also woth pointing out that in the one season they were competitive the positions revesed just as they did at Brawn this season
okay, sleep time for me as i'm struggling to keep my eyes open. night all! xx
indeeeed
adios !
You can grab him while he is walking around or ask Stuart if he is interviewing on the F1 Racing stand and see if he will let you hijack Jenson
oooo! i like that idea!!.. as if i'd ever do that ;) {Comment #953}
Also, check on the day if Jenson is going to do a talk at the Autosport stand. In the likely case that he is, get there really early and make sure you're standing at the front. Then you can get an autograph after Jenson's been interviewed, should you decide that you want one.
Also very good idea!
Good to know. I'll get the basic ticket.
You got to see hte cars, behind a huuuuge fence. totally not worth it from my pov. {Comment #962}
I find I need the Paddock Pass, if only because I get lost whenever I try to get into the Live Action Arena by the normal route and the paddock offers a handy short cut.
(Plus I like meeting drivers as well and the pass allows more of them to be met...)
Ping!
mine is a fairly old Nokia
night
Right, night all.
Night!
See ya
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