The Blog of G

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-12 http://bit.ly/99nIOh #
• http://bit.ly/bYMAfQ Y'all #
• @DarrenByrne Sounds like something out of a bad sketch show, look around for cameras in reply to DarrenByrne #
• @DarrenByrne Maybe the "meds" aren't prescription, either that or she's hiding cats somewhere http://bit.ly/9jsuDy in reply to DarrenByrne #
• @smccarron Congrats on the sale #
• looks like the F1 silly season is starting early http://bit.ly/cmSwA7 #f1 #
• and bbq chicken salad for dinner #
• Friday funny http://bit.ly/aaBT5O Greatest Tv moment ever? #
• Dear lord what have @Corel done to Paint shop pro, once a fast easy to use App, now dog slow and overly complex :'( #
• @corel 10 minutes and I still can't load an image! F*** this where's MS Paint gone #
• @Elimare hehee making isn't the right word, last time I used Paint shop pro (pre-corel) it was functional, they have destroyed it in reply to Elimare #
• @Elimare sounds like the same thing happened in this case, they put HD video editing into a paint program wtf like lol in reply to Elimare #
• @conoro Roflmao in reply to conoro #
• Heading out into the big shmoke tonight for icky sushi, can I be converted, only if they have steak sushi Laters folks #
• http://bit.ly/9F4ioW y'all #
• Meh #
• http://bit.ly/bsJkmD y'all #
• @psneeze lol in reply to psneeze #
• Woohoo Gym time, anyone wanna play "guess where it's gonna hurt later?" #
• @ellybabes no ye won't in reply to ellybabes #
• Seein as it's Paddy's Day http://bit.ly/9grqMO Have a great one folks #
• @anthonymcg @ellybabes wants to know where? me runs away and hides, whole prawns are creepy lookin feckers! in reply to anthonymcg #
• @alancostello *waves back* in reply to alancostello #
• http://bit.ly/9yT2ab y'all #
• Yeah repaired xbox in Dublin since 4am this morning wonder when it will be delivered, pity ups/microsoft won't give me any idea… #
• guess I'm a prisoner until whenever they decide to deliver it #
• got to love UPS tracking though, my xbox has now covered more ground than I have this year, and apperently it's been (to) barking lol #
• Woo hoo UPS Just delivered my repaired (hopefully) xbox, along with a months free gold membership #
• now do I do continue cleaning the house or game will @ellybabes mind? #
• @ellybabes meh the hoover is downstairs, might as well do down there first anyways in reply to ellybabes #
• RT @ellybabes: 2 yobs just took a sledgehammer to r front window – daylight, on street w people around. Guards called, have reg plate #
• anyone know an emergency glazier? #
• @ellybabes thank god for the laptop in that case, not worth risking yourself over it in reply to ellybabes #
• if anyone sees a Silver Volvo with the Reg 04 lk 3269 please report it to the Gardai immediately the occupants just tried to rob our house #
• it was a Volvo S40 T5 SE 4 Door reg 04 LK 3269 please report its location to the guards immediately if you see it #
• Thanks to all for the re-tweets, maybe it'll come to nothing but it's got to be worth a try #

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-05 http://bit.ly/9G9fBa #
• http://bit.ly/bzfRlo Y'all #
• @mneylon weedle's not opening any extra windows for me, not even extra tabs in reply to mneylon #
• @mneylon I should add, in firefox on XP #
• @mneylon same question other direction in reply to mneylon #
• @mneylon Seriously! your calling me a windows fanboy? please to be defining a "proper OS" if we really are going to have this discussion in reply to mneylon #
• @ellybabes woo-hoo, wife on the way home early, now if the ups guy would just show up for his collection we can get out and enjoy the sun in reply to ellybabes #
• is it normal for a courier to refuse to take a parcel unless they know whats in it? never been asked that before :S #
• http://bit.ly/9qH675 Y'all #
• pure brilliant everywhere should have stairs like these http://bit.ly/bEQqDc #
• http://bit.ly/9GuhPD Y'all #
• @ellybabes consider it payback for the flu you gave me, anyways @fartdetector says it was you :p #
• its movie night, watching hancock #
• fun film, surprised how much i enjoyed that #
• I just discovered I have a twitter stalker she gets all my tweets by SMS! insane or in love? Either way I married her Love you @ellybabes #
• @icedcoffee We have a few already :p in reply to icedcoffee #
• http://bit.ly/bYMAfQ Y'all #
• first really interesting thing I've seen on Ustream (#eolai live at http://ustre.am/dNsb) #
• Half an hour to home made BBQ Spare Ribs, not my first attempt but new recipe and defo smelling real good *drools a little* #
• http://bit.ly/d4pQPw Y'all #
• @NiallHarbison sounds interesting, how do I get more details? in reply to NiallHarbison #
• @NiallHarbison will do in reply to NiallHarbison #
• @digitaldarragh We've been on Magnet Fibre for almost 2 years, it's been the best BB we've ever had. Don't know what the DSL is like though #
• RT @darraghdoyle: The new official Tron:Legacy trailer on YouTube – http://bit.ly/chLyso <– OMG OMG OMG where's my Lightcycle #
• http://bit.ly/cd8EJ4 Y'all #
• http://bit.ly/aSFokg Sad now :'( RIP Corey, he made films that made me smile #
• http://bit.ly/bMu56v Y'all #
• If I were a Bike person I'd want one of these http://bit.ly/d3zA8f #
• I must be dreaming, just had excellent customer service experience with a bank (BOI) and a mobile company (O2) the world is changing #
• off to get be a crash test dummy for someone learning hypnosis, I may never be the same again! #
• Hypnosis is very relaxing, at least I think so #
• @kenguest lol, nice try… *click* in reply to kenguest #
• 2010 F1 Season is Go! Go! GO!!! http://bit.ly/dtuhS4 #

Yes indeed kiddies, the 2010 F1 season is going to be officially kicking off in just a few short hours with the first practice session of the first race. Yeah there has been testing before now but you can’t trust the lap times in testing because we don’t know if we’re seeing a lap on full fuel tanks or low-fuel etc.

With the return of no refuelling for this season, it makes trying to judge the form for the upcoming season a wildly pointless affair, at least that’s my thoughts on it anyway. Although we can see that the big names (Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, Redbull and possibly Lada sorry meant to type Renault) are looking like they will remain at the pointy end of things.

This year has got to be the most eagerly anticipated season in F1 for a long time. Why? well there are so many reasons, there have been rule changes, driver changes, new teams, new circuits and more announced and in F1 the more new things you throw into the mix the more the anticipation builds.

Will the rule changes mean that one team gets a relative jump in performance like Brawn GP did last year? will any of the new “rookie” drivers surprise and excite people the way Hamilton’s arrival did? Will the new teams be the “mobile chicanes” or “embarrassment” that some have suggested? Will the new circuits bring new excitement to the circus?

At this point, every question brings to mind another and another and another, you get the idea. There is another reason to be excited about this season as well and it’s a doozy, something that hasn’t happened in F1 in so long that I’m not sure it’s happened since I started following the sport in 1978. There are 4 (former) F1 World Champions starting the season and they’re all in cars that I’m expecting to be highly competitive and 2 of them are in the same team! I’m starting to sound like an informercial

Monza, Parabolica, Tyre wall

But wait there’s more! (yes, i went there) As if all that wasn’t enough, there’s another big story, in fact a huge story and one that is sure to dominate a lot of F1 columns this season (it certainly has taken a lot of them in the season build up) The return of the one, the only, the legendary, Micheal Schumacher.

Without question the most successful F1 driver of all time, is he going to add to the legend or destroy it, at his age (41) and with his name already on almost every page of the f1 record book I don’t think he can destroy the legend. But what is there left for him to achieve? well for one thing he’s only 9 victories away from having 100 F1 race wins to his name and that might be enough to grab him another world title.

All these questions will start to be answered on Sunday, when the lights go out and the engines roar. I can’t wait, really I can’t, I may not sleep again until the first race is over. There is one final question that only I can answer?

Who will I be supporting this year?

Well, I’ve been called a Ferrari Fan but that’s only because some of my favourite drivers have driven for them (Giles Villeneuve, Stefan Johansen, Michael Schumacher & Felipe Massa) But I was a Schumacher fan before he was a Ferrari driver and the same goes for Felipe. Am I an Alonso Fan? well no, some of my previous posts about him should make that clear.

So I have 2 drivers to choose between from that statement alone, but I’m also a fan of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, so that could make me a Red Bull fan, but then there’s, also an up and coming driver who I think has been underrated, Nico Rosberg and finally a driver whose name alone brings memories flooding back like Jacques Villenueve’s arrival did.

That’s Bruno Senna, he like Jacques has a legendary shadow hanging over him, Uncle Ayrton, I don’t think he has a car to compete with the big boys this year but then Uncle Ayrton won in a Lotus that people didn’t rate terribly highly either.

Oh the choices, I guess I’ll just have to support them all as much as I can, I’d love to see anyone of them lift the crown at the end of the year, but there can be only one WDC 2010 and I guess when I look deep, deep down into my soul, I want to see Schumacher lift the crown again, I want to see the “old guy” (at least in F1 terms) not just beat the “young pretenders” but do it by a humiliating margin.

Why?

Oh come on do you really need me to answer that?

Schuey wins Nurburg 2006

Oh alright then, It would be the greatest comeback of all time, it would be the ultimate “never give up” story, jaysus it’d be like Rocky come to life!

And finally, here’s a thought to keep you distracted from all the other F1 goodness until sunday. I remember way back in Schuey’s early days an interview where he was asked what his ultimate goal in F1 was, his answer? to win 10 World championships, he has 7 and he’s signed to Mercedes for 3 seasons and I think he’ll need luck on his side but, I don’t see any other driver on the grid this weekend that has a chance of ever winning 10. Go Michael!

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-26 http://bit.ly/aQZgzW #
• @alancostello Saved every one of us in reply to alancostello #
• @NiallHarbison & f1 fans take a look at this list http://bit.ly/aigtic It has every F1 driver/team member/journo I could find #f1 in reply to NiallHarbison #
• something to put a smile on yer face for friday http://bit.ly/9zR4V1 just watch the Hoff ROFLMAO #
• @ellybabes no problem joining you sweetie, I just find Shakespeare a bit… dated I guess in reply to ellybabes #
• @ellybabes can't go anyways, I have important other stuff to do *trying not to look dodgy* in reply to ellybabes #
• @mbrislane so whatcha gettin instead of the jag? in reply to mbrislane #
• @mbrislane ooh Alfa, you'll love the drive, came close myself on a few occasions but wouldn't risk the reliability record in reply to mbrislane #
• @shortword Stop making me feel old I've owned CPU's that were a fraction of that ram speed in reply to shortword #
• @mbrislane D'oh had until ye said that in reply to mbrislane #
• RT @Playboy: Speaking of getting off, check out the curling game on the Wii – http://bit.ly/bQSSkz <–Wii making serious people look redonk #
• @bkenny ouch! when did that happen? everyone ok? in reply to bkenny #
• @DarrenByrne @TheChrisD @niamhsmith @alancostello Damn you all, hadn't thought of chocolate in almost a week! now http://bit.ly/aSaqlq #
• @niamhsmith in reply to niamhsmith #
• The problem with uploading to youtube is you stumble on stuff like http://bit.ly/cRdpVQ or http://bit.ly/d1ErQd or http://bit.ly/agXMkD #
• must… stop… watching… Internet… cats… ah one more can't hurt http://bit.ly/9eXhIE #
• @psneeze I reckon that was the plan all along! lol in reply to psneeze #
• @cathorio I'm more of a dog person myself but I think that may be why the "stoopid cat videos" entertain me so much! in reply to cathorio #
• RT @arrington: Microsoft’s Project Natal Is Hot. Like Pong Hot http://tcrn.ch/diWqGV #
• http://bit.ly/cm3DMN Y'all #
• Why is it you can never find the right size box when you need it, yet you can't seem to get rid of them when you don't! #
• Yeah, I found a suitable box, now need bubble wrap and/or packing beads #
• http://bit.ly/9mECVl y'all, nothing like the smell of Ska in the morning #
• Saw Green Zone, well shot, tense-ish action movie, story is obvious and pure US propaganda, could have been a lot better imo #greenzone #
• @shortword Whiskey needed, hot or cold, it might not cure it but you'll feel better, just don't drive to the office in reply to shortword #
• @shortword meh whiskey will still make it better, but it's expensive de-icer lol! in reply to shortword #
• @DarrenByrne so good it should be required reading for directors thinking about making an Oirish film in reply to DarrenByrne #
• @ellybabes just like this one http://bit.ly/drk3Eo in reply to ellybabes #
• @ellybabes or are ye more like this http://bit.ly/8Yr1lC #

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-19 http://bit.ly/ahQfaR #
• http://bit.ly/ao4pnd Y'all #
• If being friday isn't enough to make you start the day with a smile, watch this http://bit.ly/bDQXln ye grumpy sods #
• @shortword I always loved that sense of humour, sorry dude it's just got so much more personality then "Access denied" in reply to shortword #
• @mneylon so go on name and shame ye know you want to #
• RT @DustinOfficial At The Meteors all the mots here got into the spirit of the event and have painted themselves orange for the night <–LOL #
• http://bit.ly/cyMoyG erm… Ireland #
• What a wonderful start tto the day, there's melting snow and firefox has decided to clear all passwords, so that's my day ruined Grrrrr #
• more grumpiness more of the time #
• ah jaysis, FF won't remember the new passwords, wtf? #
• @Elimare I use chrome on my netbook but I've found it to be a bit unstable and useless for remembering passwords, but I like the look & feel #
• So browser options folks, apart from IE, FF and Chrome, is there any others worth installing? #
• @niamhsmith didn't think of the apple option but Safari for windows does exist although I suspect it's a gateway drug *duck and cover* :p in reply to niamhsmith #
• anyone have an experience with using Flock? curious to hear how it manages multiple accounts on the same services #
• @mneylon it sounds like an interesting option, so I might give it a try anyway. The hunt for a new browser continues in reply to mneylon #
• My @firefox issue of vanishing passwords was resolved by installing the latest update and magically my passwords have returned #
• @firefox now worried about the security of my passwords stored in FF if they can just vanish and re-appear with an update where were they? #
• Twitter is going to be overrun by doggie tweets with this thing http://bit.ly/d7bdXB #
• @Jossmo nice one, I'll add it to flock as one to give a look to, apperently it's big in Japan! in reply to Jossmo #
• today shall be renamed Mehday, just feel like doing a whole load of meh this afternoon bad night's sleep can do that to you I guess #
• @blacknight it's nice to be remembered #bkquiz #
• http://bit.ly/cteRpz y'all #
• xbox 360 DVD drive won't read disks, it's a benQ drive so that requires soldering PCB's to replace gonna try xbox support first wish me luck #
• spoke to the @xbox support team and they are sorting the drive thankfully its not a replacement so the DRM wont kill all the paid stuff #
• Oddly under warranty as well, now what will I do for the 3 weeks it's gonna be away? suggestions please #
• @TheChrisD well whatever about win live, I won't be using Steam again, Tried to get my lost U/Pw from them but they would only give the Pw:( in reply to TheChrisD #
• @TheChrisD wouldn't mind so much 'cept there are games on it that I paid for and can't play, wankers! in reply to TheChrisD #
• @TheChrisD I know the e-mail address but I don't have the original e-mail, they wouldn't give me the username even with the mail address in reply to TheChrisD #
• @TheChrisD oh they must have had a change of heart, I might give that a lash later, cheers Chris in reply to TheChrisD #
• @sineadkeogh Hmmm remote control balcony, sounds a bit Bond Villain, but useless without the pool of sharks below in reply to sineadkeogh #
• @ellybabes of course in reply to ellybabes #
• @Culch_ie The Big Lebowski, The Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap, Blazing Saddles, Cabaret, Withnail & I, Rocky horror, Moulin Rouge #
• @Culch_ie any Kev Smith, From Dusk till dawn want some more? I can keep going #
• @Culch_ie yeah but movies are different on a cinema screen in reply to Culch_ie #
• @Culch_ie you could have some serious fun with some of those movies as "themes" for the night in reply to Culch_ie #
• @Culch_ie lolz, I'd have to be the Marshmallow man in reply to Culch_ie #
• @Culch_ie if I had to choose 1 it would be "The Big Lebowski" great movie, great soundtrack, nuff said! #
• Old duffer xbox's warranty (expired) is now void and in pieces around me, new dvd drive ordered #
• Rip Eugene Lambert, my sincere condolences to your family and friends. You entertained us all. #
• RT @manvszombies: Richard, when you were in Vegas your cat peed on my laptop. I retaliated by peeing on your cat. #
• The Godfather http://bit.ly/d1vyFn #
• @ellybabes I hope you got mine as well in reply to ellybabes #
• a visual guide to how Beardyman does what he does, Kinda http://bit.ly/apKZML #
• @ellybabes Woo hoo *singing to the spiderman theme tune* Beardyman, Beardyman, we're gonna see beardyman in reply to ellybabes #
• @darraghdoyle Seriously? in reply to darraghdoyle #
• Wishful thinking? or thinking warm thoughts? http://bit.ly/9B5q32 Mornin' Y'all #
• A director, lies and an airline http://bit.ly/aG2Jqt #
• @ThatKevinSmith why is it that American pronounce Guinness as Guyness? in reply to ThatKevinSmith #
• does anyone know of any networks that are still using co-ax cabling or token ring? #
• @jasonroe @davidbehan I'll see you both there in reply to jasonroe #
• @davidbehan @jasonroe I'm just hoping I'm not going to be too far out of my depth, I'm only new to the techie side of things after all in reply to davidbehan #
• @mbrislane Jaysus, I haven't seen either in use for over a decade, but this Fas course I'm doing goes on about them like they're new tech :S in reply to mbrislane #
• Right, shutdown the tweetdeck and step away from the social media #
• @mbrislane jaysus, that is a decade ago now, bugger in that case it's closer to 20 years since I saw one! in reply to mbrislane #
• @davidbehan sounds good to me see ya then in reply to davidbehan #
• @davidbehan sounds like a plan, see ya there in reply to davidbehan #
• @conoro couldn't agree more in reply to conoro #
• weird, 3 Identical keyboard mashs sent via one of my sites contact forms, at the same time stamp, from 3 different IP addresses *Confused* #
• anyways time to catch the bus #
• big shout and thanks to @google learnt a lot this evening #
• @ThatKevinSmith That's an Arnie movie I wanna see #
• Mornin Y'all if the Duke boys did breakfast TV? http://bit.ly/cEkoPw #scary #