Daily: 18th March 2010
Hello and welcome to Thursday. It's usually a horrid day but I'm sure today will be completely different because it is a certain Timo Glock's birthday! Happy Birthday Mr Glock. I hope that RG has bought his favourite driver a present, it seems only fair. Now you have wished Glock a happy birthday, your day is complete, but I would just like to share some of the other things we're talking about first...
571 Responses
Happy Birthday Timo!
ahh, so today is timo time.
http://www.you…m/watch?v=BN5OSrEWPlk
aawww (hearts)
"are you ready?"
"YEAH!"
I just watched 5 minutes of Timo.
This must be what RG feels like.
...all the time.
Not that I want to give them the satisfaction of even saying its name, but the top 5 of the non-christines-rankings-rankings....haven't changed at all.
Apparently Jenson's still the best driver in the world, even though he got owned by Lewis #sorrylou.
Mark Webber however is better than Lewis, which is nice to know. How many WDC has mark won again? oh yeah, that would be none, and how many races?
Oh and I'm sure Felipe will be glad to hear that Buemi, Gabriele Tarquini, Jules Bianchi (GP2 driver) and Danica Patrick (amongst others) are all better than him!
Such.A.Farce
have they given up, or has the top secret formula failed?
blimey. after sunday's effort?
the silence amongst fans speaks volumes i think. i'd forgotten all about it.
well i only just remember about it, i cant even remember why, must have been a momment of weakness
It's such a stupid thing, I hate it and it should just go away.
I love that they don't even mension it, a little banner on AUTOSPORT.COM and thats it.
Christines Rankings are SO much better.
Anyone would think there was a flaw in their system. They will probably want to buy Christine's algorithm soon.
:)
I haven't seen it mentioned
grr courier why am i at the bottom of your list grr
Phone them and hassle them
i have been in a meeting for an hour and now i have left the office for another hour on lunch so it might be there when I get back :D
Does anybody need anything from amazon I need to get over €20?
I'm thinking of getting that new Schumi cap. Need help to get over the hump?
Morning, all.
Someone was going to buy Alex's book a few days ago but I can't remember who
Good idea. Thank you
No problem
oooh. meetings. :D
grrr. feel sluggish today. must be because it's tuesday.
on a more positive note, in exactly a month's time, I will be in Shanghai getting ready to watch the GP! :D
tuesday... HA! my mind is blocking out the fact it's thursday.
my disneyland ticket is here! I understand none of what is written on it. #cantspeakfrench
type some of it down! lemme try translating. :D
i am soo not typing a foreign language on my phone! Sorry! Thankfully one of my staff speaks french :D
Didn't take you long to get used to being the boss
Hellooooo I am home from work :D
Hello.
haha i am a great boss. I wonder if i can make it til august without losing this tiny thing. I might put it in my passport.
Nick left a message for you
http://sidepod…ments/#comment-719079
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I told him he would not get a good response
Hehehe I'm not sure how he has any washing up to do, he never cooks anything!
HAHA! :D
That's a good idea.
He must be able to stick a pizza in the microwave
Awwww you hassled him about flights! Thanks Steven :D
I guess he uses his plates to eat take-out?
Didn't have much success though
Not that I've seen really. Maybe he's talking about dishes that I left when I was there..... I wouldn't be shocked if they were in the sink.
Oh my word, two of my university friends that got engaged a couple of weeks ago have set a date in May..... I smell a shotgun wedding :P
Whoa! That is quick.
Who's holding the shotgun, though? :)
Do they still have those? I am surprised anyone cares any more
Tradition says bride's father
There's LOTS of those here. Not to be stereotypical, but it usually happens amongst traditional-minded families.
Well no I certainly don't. A couple of Nick's friends have done it, but I guess it's a bit different over there with the whole jail thing.
These friends are very christian though. I'm sure it's all very embarrassing!
We're a very Catholic country. It doesn't stop it from happening. No jail terms involved, but it usually involves disownment and losing your share of the inheritance if you don't go with it.
I know that kind of religious. They don't stick to the rules any more than anyone else but they want people to think they stick to them
I spent most of my teenage years playing at this. Pretty much gave it up when I went to university though. I have a lot of Christian friends though and yeah, I wouldn't have said their moral code was far removed from mine.
Morning folks, er evening for me.
Hi Jim
Cant sleep either?
Oooooh pointless time!! :D
Hi Jim
I tried giving rest a shot, but to no avail, so I figured I'd get up and put the finishing touches on the guest post I drafted up.
I always plan to sleep early but it doesn't work
Ooooh sounds very exciting! What's it about?
Well thats a surprise now isn't it =P
It's about one of my trips I took while I lived in Germany.
Watching Only Connect and someone just said the Tyrrell P34 was a fighter plane
The 6 wheeled fighter plane from WWII. World famous!
Tyrrell P34
http://www.tip…llery/tyrrell_p34.gif
Hehe
I thought of a pointless answer :D It's the best day of my life!
Go you. Next you will be completing Only Connect walls
No chance!
All done, sending to Christine now.
Only connect has a cog question
I look forward to reading this. Christine will usually put a guest post up the day she receives it so it should appear soon
Ok, all sent off. Hopefully she, and everyone else enjoys it. Now I'm going to go take a cap full of nyquil so I can attempt to get some ZzZ's tonight.
Take care folks.
Night Jim.
I am going as well. Good night to anyone still awake
Night Steeeeven and Jim
night
Go to bed. Staying up is Pointless ;)
Night Kathi. Why are you still awake?
:D I got another one!! I feel more confident about going on the show....
don't really know.
You will be fine if they record at 3:30am. Why are you not watching Masterchef?
That's what always happens to me to.
I am really going this time. Night all
My friend in Sydney wants to sell her tickets to see Lady GaGa in Melbourne on Monday night. Australia Post can get them there by Monday butshe needs to sell them before 6pm tonight. I'm sure she will compromise on price to save her having to fly to Melbourne
Anybody know anyone who might be interested?
package is here!
Hello everyone. What's happening?
Hispania has a web now :-)
http://www.hispaniaf1team.com/
Listen, Kovi may be at the back of the pack now, but he's right nonetheless: People shouldn't whine about overtaking as long as officials are waving blue flags. This may be the fastest, surest way to bring excitement back to the season without redesigning the cars for smaller fuel loads.
Apparently the F1 is so popular this year the AGPC have added a new Webber Stand
This "surge in popularity" is ignoring the fact that last year they removed the Jones and Piquet stands of course ;)
I don't mean Jones, I mean Moss.
I hope F1 doesn't leave Albert Park... (Unless the drain on city coffers is to great). It's a photogenic place.
I hope it doesn't leave Albert Park because I can walk there and I'm selfish :D
I hope is does not leave Albert Park, full stop :-)
Good morning one and all.
morning Christine
Morning.
Thursdays are busy!
If by busy you mean rubbish, then I agree :)
Well the jury is still out on that one ;)
If you ever wondered about the power of twitter, well yesterday I asked @5LiveF1 to give me a blug (which they kindly did) - and all my incoming links today are from twitter sources :D
Good morning!
hello!
Excellent
How are we all this morning?
Very good sir. Where are you?
Cape Town, the internet booth in our apartment
How's it going down there? You having a good time?
It's fantastic. Nice, laid back city. Great scenery, amazing food
Highly recommended
Awesome :D
Speaking of Capetown, isn't Rich from there?
Speaking of Capetown, isn't Rich from there?Yeah, I sent him a tweet but have had no reply
I don't think he uses twitter much
No he doesn't unfortunately. Haven't seen him here much lately?
Hello everyone
You enjoying your holiday Bassano?
Hi Alison
Very much so, thank you
How's Blighty, are you looking after it in my absence? ;)
G'morning guys. Today already feels rubbish - I have a heeeeee-uge headache :(
Last seen in Feb: http://sidepod…-2010/#comment-680106
Hello sir, you must've received my hangover by mistake as I feel great :)
Steven and I have taken really good care although we appear to have become addicted to game shows.....
Ah, that would explain it
Good morning Christine
That's what I get for watching The Hangover last night - clearly it was fate :)
Not to mention you became an F1 expert on the weekend!
Oh dear, are there no Master Chef repeats you can watch?
Sounds interesting
Nothing beats the awesomeness of Only Connect!
Sounds a bit "Going For Gold" to me
Thanks. Nice to know he signed off classy before going on a Sidepodholiday ;)
See loooook it's not just us.... :P
It is so much more difficult!
Oh Christ don't bring those stupid rodents up again please!!!
Sorry :(
It's okay, I think he's too busy at work to notice :P
What's the Anti-ping then?
Bassano how come you got to go even though there are strikes?
Well, the strikes don't start until Saturday and we have so many volunteer Cabin Crew, very little disruption is expected. As a pre-caution, I don't think tickets are being sold now for Strike Dates
Forgive me for asking, but what does one do in a strike?
Who, the customer or the employee?
The employee on strike.
Sit at home I guess
No idea, what happens if they are on rest in , say Sydney, cos I'm pretty sure BA won't pay for their hotel
Refuse to work. Stand about outside with banners and signs looking angry and shouting. Sometimes people blockade access roads and stuff but that's a bit extreme and gets you arrested :P
I think there may be quite a few strike breakers if it actually goes ahead
If I was stuck abroad, I'd hitch a ride home too I think!!
All those striking will lose their Staff Travel benefits for life
That's scared quite a few, I'd imagine
Two years ago we had a big nurses and preschool teachers strike here in Denmark and we had a lot of people picketing - but a lot more were criticised for 'slacking off' and taking holidays etc.
But part of that might be that it was long, drawn out and in the end those on strike were deemed to be asking too much...
few years back the flight attendants on Cathay Pacific went on strike. They still worked, but refused to smile on flights. I am not sure what is more annoying - having the flight delayed or spending 12 hours in company of long faced crew ...
OK, I'm gonna head off
Catch you guys in a few
That's bullying though!! That's just shocking.... It's not how you resolve whatever issues have caused this.
Considering that my wife as a travel agent can hardly get these mystical cheap fares these days, that would put me off too...
Ah yes, that's always a great option. The work-to-rule strike.
Later dude :)
No, it's a benefit not a contractual right
There are risking the company in many eyes
Bye Bassano, enjoy yourself!
Yeah but as long as it's unionised, you shouldn't be able to single out some over others as long as you recognise the union. If your union votes to strike well what are you supposed to do.....
that is what Cathay pilots used to do, and unlike the non-smiling flight attendants the work-to-rule pilots did cause some decent delays, specially by taking their time to go through the pre-flight checklists ...
quit ...
That's hardly realistic is it, where are you going to find another job. BA's union are crackpots in my opinion, they go way too far but if you're a union member, it's a big thing to work through a strike. In theory you're striking for a reason.
I meant quit the union, not the job
But then you lose your right to strike and the employer can take advantage?
Yeah, it's not that simple.
me like simple though!
Sorry I was unclear. I agree with you. You shouldn't have to choose between being a member of your union and keeping your job with it's current benefits.
My employer don't even recognise a union so that's great....
I agree :)
Aargh there a bit of rough apostrophe action there.... I think Nick is contagious.
well I must say I was not aware that to have the right to strike one has to first join some union and pay fee etc . going on strike isn't much en vogue over. when people think they can get better off somewhere else, they simply quit. of course there are the exemptions like the before mentioned Cathay Pacific :-)
In the UK your strike is illegal unless it's been voted for by union members. People who aren't in the union aren't allowed to strike. If they do, it just counts as unauthorised absence, you'll be sacked.
OK, but surely there are also other ways how employee can fight for his/her legal or contractual rights without unions and strikes ...
You can try to negociate but why would your employer bother to talk to you as an individual. They'll just tell you to leave if you're not happy.
Anyways, I'm off now. Have a nice day folks :)
See ya Ali :)
hey all, lukeh was spot on:
@RedBaronF1: http://tinyurl.com/y9gve4x has a preview of the new F1 2010 game that Ant is working on as a consultant.
http://twitter…F1/status/10664295754
Am listening to the latest Williams podcast and Nico Hulkenburg thinks JYS won the first ever championship race :)
http://www.att…ultimedia/podcast/159
Ooh yay!
Oooh it got released! What about the Renault one?
been up since monday
I can't find it on iTunes?
hasn't been accepted by apple yet, it's on their website.
http://www.ren…cast-is-back,958.html
Same with the Williams one?
It is odd that both of these guys and Force India have different feeds every year...
not sure about odd.... "a pain in the hole" would be a better description.
renault are the only f1 team to host their own podcast files, i don't get that either. no-one appears to have any kind of strategy, the cynic in me says they're making it up on daily basis.
Awesome video from F1 Badger showing the guys at the F1 event playing the game. For something still in development it's looking mightily impressive http://www.you…m/watch?v=p1bnGLOz_2E
Works for us.
ha!
wow
stuart's book is becoming more mythical than sidepodcast's homepage redesign:
We regret to inform you that the following items have been delayed as we are still awaiting stock from our suppliers:
Stuart Codling, James Mann "Art of the Formula One Race Car"
Estimated arrival date: April 01 2010 - April 06 2010
wooohoooo! i just bought a kindle book, and can read it on my mac:
http://www.ama…_lnd?docId=1000464931
#mfc
Oooooh! What did you buy?
woo!
a book i now own on the ipod, on paper and on the mac, one sec.
so, i bought this book the other week as an iphone app. but didn't find it very easy to read:
http://itunes.…uide/id330015000?mt=8
because i needed the info, i bought it on amazon as a paperback:
http://www.ama…qid=1268910140&sr=8-1
and today, as a kindle book (for no real good reason at all):
http://www.ama…qid=1268910140&sr=8-1
it's my most media|future|change book, and it happens to be about realtime conversations, which is very #mfc
Let's hope it's a good book!
if i ever finish reading it, it'll enable comment editing :)
points off for calling someone a chick?
http://twitter…it/status/10661000399
Initially thought he was calling himself that until I saw the medal...
its pretty standard aussie slang, I'd say.
See I can't even download the Williams one? Web only?
speaking of twitter, I think Heikki deserves points for cooking for Catherine :D http://tweetphoto.com/14740892
Here you go ;)
At this rate he'll be losing points every week for opening his moutH!
Although now it's bringing up the flash player... just then it let me download? Stupid firefox.
i've huffduffed it. subscribe to my feed here: http://huffduffer.com/sidepodcast/rss
Awesome!
Try this link?
hmm?
He got loads of points this week for opening his mouth.
D'oh!
Is Bassano still around?
I don't think so
yeah I goes not.
Spa questions?
No I found Rich for him
?!
that is typical Kathi :D
:)
;)
He tweeted him back, didn't he?
oooh, sidepodoverseasmeetup?
Oh...
is there breakfast involved?
http://twitter…ht/status/10665562357
you task now, ikathi is to get bassano back. usually we just talk about guinness...
ikathi?
Comment of the day from here: http://www.tou…m/article.php?id=4515
hehe.
Oooh!
Yay Goodwood news! Lou will be happy to know that Jenson will be there again - http://www.f1f…f-formula-1-pictures/
Jenson will also be driving a V8 super car around Albert Park on Tuesday at 11am.
Can you try and steal that instead? :P
I will be at work :D Plus its for a Vodafone PR event and this year I don't have my name on the list ;)
As if McLaren would let him miss it!
Would be nice to see him drive a brawn up the hill, but i doubt ze germans would allow it
Hopefully by July they will find their friendliness again ;)
i'm watching him race lewis at goodwood right now as it happens
Just checked out my league position 44th!!!! Brilliant.
MP4-12Cs
http://media.m…modules/user/main.php
Wouldn't have thought the face of Ron Dennis in that car would have been the best way to sell it off!
Some say the car was designed around his face... and that the engine noise sounds like his voice... all we know is that it's a McLaren... :D
thank heavens flavio never designed a car
that'll be why they were so keen to have two world champions
I am off to bed and its 9 minutes to midnight. Anything before midnight is a huge achievement. Yay for me!
Yay for Amy!
http://www.sni…ds/spadflavschool.jpg
Vettel has got me intrigued on the F1 website!
Q: When was the last time you were really furious?
SV: In winter testing but I cannot tell you why
Ooh I can beat that, mate! Check these out!
http://www.you…m/watch?v=FsLACKqg-p8
http://www.you…m/watch?v=hujAcMF5Tf4
http://www.you…m/watch?v=jOvpVGL66KE
http://www.you…m/watch?v=83lkoK0wA9o
In the last one, I don't think I've ever seen weather effects that look as good as that.
WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT !!!
The game is finished - wasn't it supposed to be released now anyway?
Also, it's said that the demo was set to Arcade mode for the event. But there's still all these people criticising the physics and writing it off some 6 months before it's even out.
Wow at the wet weather!!
It was never supposed to be released now, Codemasters never put a set date for release. People only put a march date on it because of the new season. F1 games from Sony traditionally came out about September as well.
It is actually coming out in September too!
It's better if they wait too, you never know what can happen throughout the course of a season. Driver firings/hirings, hopefully the implementation of the 107% rule again, etc.
You watch - these weather effects will trickle down into Codemasters' other games, like the next GRID.
Actually, there's a slightly updated version of GRID that's just been released, but the PS3 version has about 10 or 11 new cars and Bathurst!
At the end of the wet weather video, you can see the driver punching the air in celebration. That is awesome :D
Awesome!
Something else that's awesome is this:
http://www.you…m/watch?v=bEl0ycNSoWY
:D
We need Ruben's podium dances too!
There should be like one of those Dance Dance modes when playing as Rubens, and you have to press the buttons in time to make him do the Shuffle :D
Also, did I mention it's available to pre-order now? :D
You can see it came from GRiD, but it looks awesome!
Hmm, the race is on between this game and iRacings release of the FW31. Assuming the FW31 isn't out by then, I'll be getting the Codemasters game.
I'll get both ;)
Shhh, I probably will too =P
Which reminds me, hopefully I have an ISP finally hooked up when I get home this weekend. I'm still D rank and I need to get promoted quite a bit so I can drive in the FW31's series.
Afternoon all,
What goes on?
I've been too busy for the last couple of weeks and missed out on both Brands and Sebring :(
Nada Leigh, slow day so far it seems.
Still racing the Skippy? I haven't been able to touch the game for around a month due to moving.
Aye - know that feeling
I can safely say that I am boycotting the NASCAR race this weekend, so I'm lining up other stuff to do
Yeah. Mainly struggling as I don't have the time to learn the tracks...
That's always a problem for me too. I cant wait for infineon to come back around next season though. That was a great track and I fell in love with it.
Infineon is a nice little circuit, but IRL is a bit of a struggle on it though which is a shame
It's wicked with a little car like a skippy!
true
Like I said the other day, I am the Karun Chandhok of iRacers - starts late, little practice and very slow!
I'm the Luca Badoer. I move over and let people pass me even in the pitlane.
Nice!
i am the Jean-Denis Delatraz of rFactor. I'm just bad!!
;)
Happy birthday Timo!
I dunno if you could be slower than me though. How fast were you on infineon? 1:51 was my quickest lap for week 1.
http://www.you…m/watch?v=mclmSw-jgxM
1:51 was rather pedestrian for everyone else on the race for that week. I was lucky to not get lapped in my race.
Morningafternoon everyone :)I can't check right now, but that sounds like me. My problem is being consistently fast!
In the Skip, yea definitely. I had no problems with consistency in the Solstice.
I haven't tried out the other open wheel cars but I'm hoping they're a lot less tail happy than the Skippy is.
All those striking will lose their Staff Travel benefits for life
That's scared quite a few, I'd imagine {Comment #137}
If a trade union has called the strike and the staff member is a union member, then how is the airline expecting to enforce it without getting into legal trouble?
That's hardly realistic is it, where are you going to find another job. BA's union are crackpots in my opinion, they go way too far but if you're a union member, it's a big thing to work through a strike. In theory you're striking for a reason.
I meant quit the union, not the job {Comment #151}
If you do that, the union can sue depending on the nature of the contract with the union. In Britain, an employer is forbidden from forcing any employee to leave any union, even if the employer doesn't recognise the union. If sued by the union, the only realistic response the employee has is to sue the employer for enforcing a breach of contract... ...and I think you can see where that leads.
Sorry I was unclear. I agree with you. You shouldn't have to choose between being a member of your union and keeping your job with it's current benefits. {Comment #155}
It's especially bad when in some other instances, the only way one can keep one's job with its current benefits is by being a member of the relevant union. So there isn't even a hard-and-fast rule :(
These look nice but the damage is WAY off. A couple of those times the car should have easily folded a wheel with the contact.
The game is on Arcade mode, as Scott said
The game in the videos, I mean :)
Arcade mode modifies damage too? I figured it just modified the handling (as the driver was weaving through corners and such which is physically impossible)
I was figuring that codemasters just decided to ditch real damage like they did with their Wii version, which has hardly any damage (wings falling off, thats about it).
I'm assuming so anyways. Codies have been mentioning how the damage model will be a huge part of the car in terms of the damage you can take, and most of the places that reported on the game yesterday said that the game there is in arcade mode. I can't see the fully sim mode having damage as simple as that especially with Codemasters seeming so assured about it. I know the Sony games had a very simply damage system on the arcade modes, nevertheless.
F1 CE's damage wasn't bad. The only thing they really missed was motors failing. Their main shortcoming in that game was lack of actual penalties. No drive through, stop and go, etc.
Well, that and Yuji Ide being in the game.
It had that awfu system if i remember rightly that would slow down your car for x amount of seconds. God, I hated how it did that.
Yes, it was very silly and made no sense and on Monza you'd get ghost penalties for no good reason when going through the first chicane.
Engines did fail in CE. happened plenty of times to me.
me too.
afternoon alll
Hello, just dropping by with a quick Bruno sketch! :D
http://mantovani.zip.net/
Early day tomorrow for me, so gotta rest. Night, folks! :)
Yaay, happy birthday Timo!!
Hey everyone.
afternoon RG, how be you?
??? I never saw one fail ever. I've seen oil slicks on pavement but never had a motor failure.
I'm just about alright, everyone else?
Not too bad here. Was hoping to have a productive day. Have had quite the opposite annoyingly
could p.diddy be the answer to sauber's problems?
"Diddy is keen to invest some of his reported £360million in a football club and is leaning towards Championship outfit Palace because he likes the name."
f1 is doing something wrong if it can't attract stupid rich people like that. how can you not like a name like sauber?
Perhaps we need Formizzle 1
Because it doesn't have a term in it with sounds rich, like Crystal and Palace.
Damn them.
ooh, now i see.... that man is stupider than i thought.
teamBLING! anyone?
Maybe Peter can drop the BMW and the FIA will allow him to replace it with another word?
Emerald Sauber sounds nice
Ooooh, I like it.
Hello all, commenting on mobile as PC is installing Windows 7. Got sent home from work as lots of pain in my knee. Currently sitting with leg up & bag of peas to help with swelling. Off to Dr tomorrow am. Day could be going better ;).
Oh no! Hope you're allright Janna. It's that damn thursday!
I know! Will be fine, just feeling sorry for myself. Very kind colleague drove me home.
Knees are a piece of work I tell ya. Gets yaself better Janna!
"The game is set for a release in September. Interestingly enough, the developers won’t know how the Korean circuit will work so their simulation is based on what they feel is an accurate representation of what to expect!"
They should make an update later on as DLC
Quick question about the podcasts guys....
What format are the tags in? My phone doesn't recognise Asides or Debriefs are podcasts, presumably due to the fact the darn thing will only read ID3v1 tags (assumption, I can't verify that until I get home).
Just read this on crash.net:
There is also speculation that Ferrari is developing a 'B-spec' car incorporating a new, innovative diffuser – designed by former Toyota CFD guru Giuseppe Azzollini, and based upon a concept that was due to be fitted to the TF110 that never ultimately raced. Regardless of any future advances in pace and performance, though, the two scarlet machines already look to be in fine fettle indeed this year.
ID3v2.2
awwww, disaster :(
Everyone must be super busy today =P
i am that. yourself?
Emphatically bored. Waiting on my firewall team to point one of the devices to my trap receiver. Until that happens, I have nothing to do =(
I also just learned that I might be hosed from doing the first event of the season when Autocross begins this weekend. My registration was lost for my event and now the billing is full so I'm w/out a spot on the grid =/
ahh rubbish :(
Scratch that, I spoke to the Stewards and I have a slot for this Saturday to compete. Time to change fluids in my car and get it going on Friday!
Evening.
I'm having a pork sirloin baked in mashed potato for dinner - see ya later!
JEALOUSY! I'm having a can of soup for all I know. I'm stuck at work until the firewall folks get back to me =/
I've had a happy Thursday - because I did half an hour of karting in Newark :)
McLaren and Mercedes are not quite the strong partnership they once were then.
http://www.aut…s/report.php/id/82224
*swaps words around in report to make it sound like Mercedes are moving back towards Mclaren and away from Brawn GP*
Much better :P
I've finished writing my blog entry about my karting practise. I'm quite happy about it :)
The link for said blog entry is here...
When did this sneak in?
Some good news from Formula 1.
Newark NJ?
I kart too with F125 =)
Great news, I love Monza.
Oooh yay!!
Windows 7 Upgrade seems to have worked OK, everything working as it should. Yay!
Evening!
evening everyone
Evening Leigh.
Quiet here tonight.
Evening Adie,
Aye - it does seem on the silent side this evening
I have been gripped in the last few hours of a game but now it is completed, woohoo!
Evening all.
Whatcha been playing?
Remindsme - I might jump back on GP3 for a short while tonight if I've time
Bioshock 2. The original was the type of game where it had such a good story and pace to it that a sequel would do it no justice whatsoever. When they announced the sequel, where a lot of fans who were very iffy about the idea.
Luckily, from what I've just played, they mooooooooore than justified making a sequel. Such a fantastic game and story to it :D
I miss GP2.
Great game.
Christine,
youtube killed one of your baby panda videos
Evening all.
Yep - I have rFactor, but my laptop just isn't strong enough for it
Evening Steven
evening steven
Snap
I just turned on BBC3, and as I did, David Tennant began regenerating.
Boooooooooooooo.
I get here and you're talking about GP2 and GP3, i get a little bit excited and then realise you aren't talking about GP2 or GP3. Boo
evening all
evening jon
Awesome geeky joke of the day: http://twitter…/statuses/10686452820
Wow!
Just been onto the Merc media site.
It saddens me to see that the BrawnGP legacy has been purged from there totally.
no sense of history.
williams still have renault pics and bmw pics.
I fear the day Mercedes storm into my house and take away my Brawn stuff :(
hell, renault still have ING pics!
and flav and piquet.
That also fills me with a horrid but completely expected sense of dread that all we'll see from Merc at Goodwood is a Brawn car sprayed with Merc livery, and no Brawn on the hill :(
Yeah, very 'cold'.
Slightly off topic - have you had to re-register with McLaren since their site upgrade?
Do they have Benetton pics though?
Might not even bother with sending a car?
+1
I still can't believe they resprayed a BGP001 in the Merc colours for the launch.
They only made 3 of them FFS. There will NEVER be another. Just wrong.
The Goodwood stuff said they would be there so I'm assuming they'll take something. They'd better.
yeah, they sent out new details the other day: http://twitter…le/status/10630818368
ahh, no. fair point.
Ah, Cheers.
My old credentials don't work (Obviously) - not too much of an issue as I re-registered with F1WE details. Not heard back for a week so was about to mail 'The Bish'
They must be up to their eyeballs in requests though so no worries.
Trying to issue 3 together but everything seems to be working against me at the moment.
You figure they'd want to keep that heritage though. I mean there is two extra championships in that line.
I can understand why someone like Force India couldn't care less about it's history with Jordan or Spyker, but they never won any world titles.
Which is why I always have a soft spot for them ;)
This sport has no concept of the value of its history.
I suppose the flip side of that argument is that lotus have turned up anc claimed the history of the original team and been slaughtered for it.
Well, for certain teams I'd say that's true. Ferrari on the other hand, is very proud of the fact that they hold just about every record in the book.
How often do they make any mention of it at a race or do anything to show it?
The only reason they have records is because they have been around as long. There are a surprising number of teams that arrived after them that did better than them during the period they were in the sport. McLaren even overtook their total number of wins record before Schumacher went there
hello!
evening :)
Hi!
Back again? Hello
Well then it's a great example of a team having a good concept of the value of history isn't it? ;)
Well, you'll hardly hear anything from the BBC about it because they have a heavy British bias, but on Italian media they speak quite a bit about Ferrari's heritage.
yep - i think i'm hooked!
Yep, that happens :P
It's a lot like American football. I would hear nothing of the Philadelphia Eagles' history when I was growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, but when I moved to Philly all I heard about was the Eagles.
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Finally catching up with the weekend's GP2 race - at last!!
I will miss these cars....
:(
That is true but there is a whole internet for them to use
Oooh is it online? or did you record it?
If you speak Italian, you can read their papers online like I do. Stuff like crash.net autosport.com, etc, are not Italian.
Ok folks, I gotta jet. Work is done and it's time to get supper. Take care =)
I am sure Ferrari have people who speak other languages that they could use to get their point across. Surely they would be better doing that than things like the horse whisperer
Later
See ya Jim
whoops - i think i'm half way between 3 and 4 already!
That is pretty rapid progress just like Amy when she started. Of course she carried on at that rate so stage 7 of 9 was introduced specially
well I have been listening since January, but only decided to try out the website and twitter etc this weekend
Got it recorded - only highlights from race 1 unfortunately, but I gather from many folks that I didn't miss out on what was edited.
Just coming to the end of Race 2 now
ooh, hello again.
It's very quiet here tonight.
Some people never comment on the site. Others read but never comment. We know you are out there lurkers. Come and say hello.
true story. you can't hide... well not forever.
I was lurking for a couple of days! You've all made me feel very welcome so far
We all try and encourage people to come and talk to us but some people just like reading or feel they have nothing to add to the conversation which given where our conversations go anyone can add to it
i must admit i didn't know what to say at first - can be intimidating when you realise most of you have known each other for a while
Hello, longtime listener here - I have been lurking for about half an hour ;)
These people know each other? Hmmmm that explains a lot.
now rubbergoat set a whole new standard for lurking, and phoned us right out of the blue never having left a single comment...
My work has asked me to transport 5 Renault's to be delivered to the hotel for the Renault F1 Team for the Australian GP. Mmm looks like their is a pecking order there
Robert Kubica - Renault Megane RS175 (Driver)
Vitaly Petrov - Renault Clio 197 (Driver)
Ho-Ping Tung - Renault Laguna Privilege (Test Driver)
Eric Boulier - Renault Koleos (Team Principal)
PA - Renault Koleos
Renault Australia are doing everything they can to make sure the mother country is comfortable and stressing me out by changing their mind about what cars they would like
In a court of law, that could be stalking...
:D
hehe! Petrov gets a Clio :D
The thing is there are people you may think have been around for a while really haven't
ahh, but it's only once a year :)
surprised they didn't offer petrov a lada.
Nah...
That's not stalking....
Nice of you to say hello Gavin - sorry I mean Mr Goat since it doesn't say Gavin in your name and there is no way I wuld know what your name really is
Steven, for instance has been here 2 weeks, and is only 14 years old. He does, however, have memories from many past lifetimes.
:D LOL
So if I called Timo before I met him, that's stalking?
*crosses off list*
http://judey.dasmirnov.net/lada.jpg
mmmm
Ah I told you why that was ;)
hehe! they all get Renaults!!
What a life!
Do you think they would get upset if Robert turned up one day without the Company Megane and bought a Mercedes-Benz?
Amy really needs to be locked in the boot of one of those to get past security to steal the Bran sign for Lou
True
Brawn not Bran. Lou would be most upset if she got a Bran sign
I had to find a Sat Nav that had the French language loaded already... I'm thinking, just get someone to drive you... it 4kms to the track
Oooo...
Heikki at an ice hockey game per his tweets...
I wonder if the other Finn is there too?...
Heikki might like some.... for his horse....
Or catch a tram - no parking to worry about.
He was on Wednesday *isalsostalker*
At Geneva? Does he not have a rally this weekend?
Maybe we'll get away with it if we add 'Flakes' to the end
#confidential
I don't think Robert is gonna have a problem finding a parking space.... it's a Renault.. it parks itself (chug, chug, chug)
RG...
Do you not check the calendar...
Next rally is Jordan in two weeks time and I am going...
Funny how rallying is so compulsive this year....
Did you go Kathi?....
To Switzerland? No. I stalk from afar.
I think its obvious that I don't. I sorta took a wild stab at that one since it was a few weeks since the last one.
Ok gang...I'm offski.
I know I've been quiet, but good to talk to you all when I did :D
Hehe, night Adie!
catchya later
tis a lot quieter than it was yesterday...
I could tell you about my battles with a Blackberry.
....but you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
having a busy evening, we has a fab guest post about to go up though.
I think we all hide from Thursday. It tends to be a dodgy day in Sidepodland
Please spare us the details. Hateful things.
We should go back to naming it Wednesday2 or whatever it was.
Unless it's already Friday. In which case we just make silly comments all the time.
ah! Yes, Wednesday2, an excellent idea
why is that? any specific reason?
Although the sequels never live up to the originals...
Thursday. Thuuuuurrrrssssday.
It just seems to be many people's worst day of the week here, that or there is a Thursday vendetta going on. But it is a rubbish day really. :)
I have a vendetta against Thursday, but only because it picks on me.
Which is why this was born?
I'm starting to panic about going to Melbourne and not really having an internet connection.
ping: http://sidepod…d-the-hockenheimring/
Thursdays are always my worst days too =( I'm always overloaded with work and I find myself stressing at night to make sure my people back home have my car/kart ready to go for the weekend.
Ah, my email went through =) Our servers were having problems last night and I wasn't sure if it made it as I got a bunch of random kick-back messages this morning.
A lot of people just seem to have bad Thursdays. To combat that though Christine on her personal blog has Baby Panda Thursdays so that always helps
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/
RG beat me to that one
This is when you discover Christine has 627 blogs.
I guessed...
I was just pleased Christine added the rallies to the calendar....
Oh...
You missed one...
Night guys!
Night Gavin
Huh! How is it midnight already?
Night.
Night Gavin and kathi
night
Night Kathi and Gavin
I give you lot this video of Alesi which shows why he should have been world champion at some point (thank you very much Holly Samos). Nobody could hustle that Ferrari to the front better than him!
http://www.you…m/watch?v=VY2ZudHWIUw
Oooh!! Oooh!!!! A clip of Matt Smith as The Doctor in the first episode and an interview with him! #DrWho
http://www.you…m/watch?v=eVWT7-YJ3P0
I wish I knew the premiere was tonight in Cardiff... :/
Evening :)
Everning!
Hello.
Hello my pointless friend
Harsh.
#notreallyhere
Well that's nice isn't it
Hulllo
some pluggage. big pic: http://www.f1m…/03/18/all-tired-out/
and the "she's to popular to plug her own stuff now", f1 minute: http://www.f1m…y-of-mercedes-shares/
Pointless is a game show
#meow
Hush it.
Would I be mean to Steven.....
doh!
almost certainly!
I've finished writing my blog entry about my karting practise. I'm quite happy about it :)
Newark NJ?
I kart too with F125 =) {Comment #325}
Sorry, I should be more specific. This was Newark, East Midlands, England...
F125? If that's 125cc, then you're a much better karter than me (I'm still on the relatively low-power karts designed specifically for use around Newark...)
Just because I'm nasty to you, doesn't mean I'd pick on Steven :P
You pick on lots of people :P
#mwahaha
Like who???
Ah gotcha. I was wondering if you karted with the SCCA but since you're in England it's probably not likely =)
The 125 is pretty nice, it's a shifter kart and it really makes you pay attention or it'll bite you. It's fun stuff and I've built my race schedule this year around more karting, so I'm hoping to get more use out of it this year than last.
It just seems to be many people's worst day of the week here, that or there is a Thursday vendetta going on. But it is a rubbish day really. :) {Comment #443}
Well, usually... ...today mine was OK ;)
The 125 is pretty nice, it's a shifter kart and it really makes you pay attention or it'll bite you. It's fun stuff and I've built my race schedule this year around more karting, so I'm hoping to get more use out of it this year than last. {Comment #482}
Sounds like a very good kart for a true enthusiast to have. However I am neither that skilful nor in a position to pay for/maintain/accommodate something that nice; the arrive-and-drive bit is enough for me...
Me.
Nick.
Me.
Yea, those are definitely fun too. I do that a lot on weekends when I have no races planned. It sure beats sitting around the house too =)
Hahaha nick does not count!
i wish i had more money - i would do that too!
lol, me too... I mean, I do do that, but I have no money afterward. I'm definitely not a wealthy person by any means. I just spend most of my money not tied up in savings on motorsports, so whenever my friends call me to go to the pub, I usually have to tell them I gotta stay home and save cash =P
I've just checked my e-mail and the activation e-mail from Friday for my Live Timing account has arrived. It must have had some sort of mechanical problem because it was overtaken by its team-mate e-mail despite the latter being sent two days later (after I requested it via auto-recycling e-mail).
I can only assume the FOM still uses the same e-mail program that caused Ferrari to get its race control wet-weather tyre e-mail an hour after everyone else in Japan 2007...
ha! love it.
i have no money to start with ! lol!
lol, me too... I mean, I do do that, but I have no money afterward. I'm definitely not a wealthy person by any means. I just spend most of my money not tied up in savings on motorsports, so whenever my friends call me to go to the pub, I usually have to tell them I gotta stay home and save cash =P {Comment #489}
Basically I have three "indulgences" - karting, swimming club and books. Between them they take nearly all my disposable income ;)
I'm not sure what I spend my money on. I do know that it's expensive..... :(
hmpf.
At any rate, I'm not nasty to him.... I'm sure he'd tell you I was because I won't do his laundry or something. I'm not mean though. I promise :(
ah i wish everything in my life could go right at the same time. Have had an amazing evening at the performance, but got home to find that i've been rejected from Southampton Solent uni.. the pressure is on for my last 2 interviews...
anyways, i hope everyone is alright.
:D
These people must be blind
awww... don't let the pressure affect you, whatever happens you have so many different options to choose from as well as this. They're clearly missing out anyways, everyone who knows you and your photography knows how talented you are, yet the horrible nature that is UCAS as the interview system, pretending to understand you based on a personal statement and one meeting, is not a fair way to judge one persons ability but that's the rubbish nature of unis. You're farrrrrrr too talented with photography to allow them to affect that. Plus you've had a lovely evening, the news about southampton shouldn't ruin a good evening :)
i have a feeling my work isn't contemporary enough.. i have an interview for a foundation in photography next week, with any luck i can make it into my last choice :s
I know what you mean - the day i put the last tile on the wall and did a little victory dance the shower broke
yay!! you came back! :) (hearts team JB). At least you get a new shower out of it :P
You should e-mail Emily Davenport and Emma and tell them you have been rejected twice and ask if their is any advice they can give you.
i sure did!
Awwww Lou :(
Is it immoral to reference the Demon Tweeks website in an essay?
my textiles teacher is gonna sit down with me and go through everything. It's safe to say the whole department was shocked.. so.. hmm all i can think of is that other candidates have more of a contemporary approach to their work. Contemporary photography is favoured i think..
I'm not sure if i'd be happy telling Emma i'd been rejected twice... it's not going to give her any confidence in me, is it? Emily said she didn't do it at uni, so i'm guessing she'd say that it wasn't all over, and repeat the advice she gave me.
huh?
and hey lou.
lol!
hello.
Demon Tweeks rules. Nothing about it is immoral ever
I'm writing an essay about the effects of performance driving on the cardiovascular system. I've got to hte point about it being 60 degrees + 4 layers of nomex and so want to talk about driver cooling systems...which Demon Tweeks sell!
Demon Tweeks (2010) show many examples of driver coolingsystems etc
Steven has spoken.
Why? Was that assigned to you? Sounds complicated....
She has already formed her opinion of you. Knowing that a bunch of academics who probably have no connection to the real world didn't choose you means nothing to her
I'm on a Motorsport degree, nothing is too obscure!
Seems reasonable as a reference
I agree with both of you but I think that lou's right too. See what happens with the last 2 and then go from there.
I just have no idea how you're going to write about that without a background in physiology....
Because I do? I do sport science.
He has you for that
You tell people you do motorsport?
hmmmm
I do!
i really have to go to bed now, night xx
So what's with the sports science. I'm very confused.
Night :)
night!!
Night!
mwaha I know, I'm having fun playing with your mind!
Motorsport is the degree
Sport Science is the module
night!
Good night
Rather you than me. I hate physiology.
But you went to medical school? Isn't the whole human body physiology?!
oh and I dont mind it. It's what I call an A-Level Physics subject,
Very interesting, but no-one in their right mind would like to do an exam in it
No not really. My anatomy is very poor as well :P
ah. i guess this is why you dont want to go back :P
The toe bone connected to the, foot bone, The foot bone connected to the, leg bone...
Because I hate it all? Yeah pretty much :P
:D
You need to go to the gym then
Hmm... Looks like I'll be racing on last years tires on Saturday. My set of Hoosier A6's is delayed right now =/ *shakes fist at FedEx
Time for sleep. Back to work tomorrow after 2 weeks off, night everyone!
Night man. Take care =)
Night Lukeh
adios!
A lot of people seem to be having delivery problems. Yesterday it was Amy and her phone
Excuse me? Who's being mean now....
He's just getting you back. Tis only fair.
Yea... I cant blame them too much though, I was cutting it close. The tires were supposed to arrive tomorrow and I'd have to make a mad dash from when my flight lands to pick up the tires, drive like mad to my shop to pick up my spare wheels then shoot on down to my buddy's shop and beg him to work overtime to mount the tires for me.
You said your anatomy wasn't very good so take it to a gym and tune it up a bit
Never. That would be pointless
I've never done weights in my life. I go to the gym to run when it's raining outside.
:D
night.
i'm off to get this coursework complete. bye all xx
night lou
Good night Lou and don't worry about university. It wil work out in the end
Bye Lou. Take care of yourself sunshine xx
I got another pointless answer!! Embarrassingly it was Tom Jones related :P
That's today's show. Didn't get any other than from the lists where I got all of them. It's like Only Connect. I can only do one round. I need someone to make a show of the rounds I can do in the other shows
:D I refuse to believe that you're not amazing at any and all form of quiz.
I am good at some and hopeless at others. We need a sidepodcast game show to go with sidepodpanel
Oh dear.
Does anyone want to buy my netbook, so that I can buy myself a much better one? #amazonisevil
I thought you went to bed?
Has anyone seen any weird documentaries lately? I'm really in the mood to watch something odd ball.
Nothing I can think of. Are you planning in joining us in today
The lack of a pinger affects me deeply....
ah i wish everything in my life could go right at the same time. Have had an amazing evening at the performance, but got home to find that i've been rejected from Southampton Solent uni.. the pressure is on for my last 2 interviews...
anyways, i hope everyone is alright. {Comment #497}
*hug*
I was until I read that... ...what are these uni admissions experts thinking? Even if the unis are going for "contemporary", what could me more contemporary than a racing car (unless that's classed as "futuristic")?
If it eases the pressure any, the Open University does a digital photography module (T189 Digital photography: creating and sharing better images} which could help satisfy the academic side of your photography during a "gap year" and take the pressure off your other two interviews (by the look of it, it will still be possible to apply for the course after you get your replies back from the other two unis).
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