Archive for October, 2009

The week in Tweets for 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009
  • Ok just installing Sun Java for Eclipse PDT…No I don’t want to install you sodding!!! Yahoo!!! Toolbar!!! #
  • Jean Todt got 135 votes, and Ari Vatanen got 49 votes. The upside of all this, is Max Mosley is gone. #f1 #
  • Gah, Jean Todt is the new FIA president. I wanted Ari Vatanen to get the job. #f1 #
  • Some of the things that Nick Griffin is saying on Question time is making me very angry. #bbcqt #
  • Just seen all of @sunbug tweets and realised I’ve missed Question time. Time to visit the iPlayer. #
  • Been configuring Horde on the new server…looking good, just some of the support apps to finish now. #
  • Finally about time - External Blu-Ray player is coming to the XBox 360 - http://bit.ly/4ab8Wg #
  • Doctrine 1.2 ALPHA3 Released http://bit.ly/JHnXg #DoctrineProject #
  • Ok Windows 7 says I have a problem with a Gameport… Ok what gameport? #
  • Hmm a twitter client for Windows sidebar - excellent! #
  • Yeah right…trending topic “RIP Kanye West”.. like anyone will believe that. Also he’s not dead, and I’m can’t say I’m a Kanye West either. #
  • Just rebooted my SAN server to resize a partition - long wait expected while it fsck’s 300gigs of data… #
  • My copy of Windows 7 has arrived! Like the fact it comes with one DVD for the 32bit edition and a 2nd one for the 64bit edition. #fb #
  • Has noticed a new “Report spam” feature in Twitter… going to have to use that a little later me thinks… #
  • RT: @jakehumphreyf1 http://twitpic.com/m0skj classic! - BTW - Fantastic F1 coverage from the BBC #f1 #
  • Brazilian Grand Prix http://tinyurl.com/yf44rx5 #fb #
  • Provisional FF1GP results for Brazil are now available - http://www.ff1gp.com/ #f1 #ff1gp #
  • Jenson Button is the F1 world champion! YES! #f1 #fb #
  • I mean laps! Downside of using a phone for tweetting #
  • Go Jenson! 14th to 7th in 5 jars #f1 #
  • Back home after a great weekend in Plymouth now watching the F1 with a beer as well. #fb #
  • The week in Tweets for 2009-10-18 http://tinyurl.com/yg2pa9p #fb #

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Brazilian Grand Prix

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Well this is odd, this isn’t the final race of the season, but once again, the F1 championship has been decided in Brazil…again!

First things first, I’m enjoying a few pints so this blog is written slightly under the influence!

And next thing, congratulations to Mark Webber winning the Brazilian Grand Prix and his 2nd Grand Prix win this year. I do wish the camera’s did look at him more today, but if you are a F1 fan, you know where all the camera’s were looking at.

Next, congratulations to Jenson Button for winning the FIA world Championship, and to Brawn GP for winning the FIA Constructors Championship. The story of how they won it this year is one that won’t be repeated. I didn’t think Brawn had a chance at beginning of the year, until their first test at earlier this year, they was rated at the dirt bottom price of £4 million for the start of the FF1GP season.

If anyone is wondering how much they will be next year, it will be the top notch price of £16 million, however I will say the prices for FF1GP 2010 are yet to be fully confirmed.

So back to this Grand Prix weekend. I was away down in Plymouth seeing my family, who are all just as interested in F1 as me. I was staying with my brother and watching the F1 coverage on the TV until about 7.30pm where we had to head off to a meal at an Italian restaurant for 8pm.

If anyone was following the F1 qualifying, well it took a long time to decide the grid due to the rain. Qualifying was not decided until 9pm UK time, so I was using every means to see the qualifying. I had to resort to streaming the BBC on my N95 phone while working down to the restaurant and sneaking a few clips while in restaurant to see what was happening as well, but as I said earlier everyone was interested, even if it was a little bit of shock to find Jenson qualifying in 14th when the first course arrived!

Next to the race, I made it back to my home 10 minutes late for the start of the F1 coverage on the BBC, since the M5 was being dug up and I’m not allowed to drive quicker than a F1 car. (And my car can’t do 180mph either!)

Still it was fantastic race to watch. I do like Rubens Barrichello, and I do wish he did win his home Grand Prix. He has brought so much to Brawn GP. It’s rumoured he’s off to Williams, but I hope he stays at Brawn, as he and Ross Brawn can bring that winning experience to Brawn GP, not that I knock Nico Roeberg for his racing, I just feel Rubens with his 16 years of F1 experience can still make a difference at Brawn.

Now to the FF1GP results. They are marked provisional, as the results at the official F1 results are marked that way. There was a few collisions which the Stewards are looking at, but none that I think should have affected the results. If they do change, I will post them up here.

However this year’s winner isn’t decided yet. ARH F1 may have the lead of 22 points, but in FF1GP nothing gets decided until the last race, and with at least 16 (Or more) other teams in contention, it will go down to the wire here!

In the mean time, I’m going to join the F1 party…where is that pub in Somerset?!

The week in Tweets for 2009-10-18

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

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The week in Tweets for 2009-10-11

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

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The week in Tweets for 2009-10-04

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
  • Ok F1 Quali has been re-run, Vettel on Pole, but Barrichello, Button, Sutil and Buemi all get a 5 place grid penalty http://bit.ly/3sMdqa #
  • Just installed Roundcube - http://roundcube.net/ Looks very quick and polished as a IMAP email client, and a little quicker than Horde & IMP #
  • Back to the F1 - Well that was a very dramactic qualifying session! Looking forward to the race tomorrow. #
  • Ok to be a little more fair to Twibble, some of it’s functionality is limited unless you pay a small activation fee. #
  • Right since twibble is no longer free anyone know a good replacement for the N95? #fb #
  • Morning to anyone up at 5am watching the F1 qualifying #fb #
  • Doctrine Fedora Package http://tinyurl.com/y8k28px #DoctrineProject #
  • Also can I say, IE8 and ActiveX controls - Just don’t go there….just don’t. #
  • Ok so Rio got the 2016 Olympics… I got that prediction wrong! #Olympics #
  • Chicargo gone, and now Tokoyo from the #Olympics #
  • So who is getting the 2016 Olympics? My money is on either between Rio or Madrid…With Madrid just getting it. #fb #
  • Ok who is thinking of going to Glastonbury next year? #fb #
  • Well 3 days later, my 3rd packet from play.com arrived! The other packets arrvived on Monday. Big FAIL to I suspect the Post Office. #
  • RT @joomlatools DOCman 1.5 Internal Beta released! http://bit.ly/9g9FN - Good news for Joomla users wanting to finally turn off legacy mode #
  • Just picked up F1 Racing magazine, looks like their publishing deadline resulted in them missing out on the Renault Crashgate verdit. #
  • And to make it worse, I got 2 out of 3 packets yesterday, and the missing one hasn’t come today. #
  • I’m not impressed with play.com or the Post Office for failing to deliver all 3 packets on the same day that were dispatched on the same day #
  • The iPhone is coming to Vodafone - http://bit.ly/SFRKy Good thing, as there is no Orange coverage in my house and I don’t like O2. #
  • RT @neal_revell Orange gets UK iPhone deal http://bit.ly/KBq7a - So when is Vodafone getting the iPhone in the UK? #
  • To anyone on the M25 between J18 and J16 late this afternoon, I make no apology for blasting out Muse on the car stereo - Awsome album! #fb #
  • A weekend of building a new server which @Sunbug has tweeted a few times about it. Now time to do the FF1GP results, and watch the F1 #fb #
  • The week in Tweets for 2009-09-27 http://tinyurl.com/ycn3d75 #fb #

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