I've put up quite a few photos since my last photo post:

• Montreal beer festival:
  
  
  
• Clue (or Cluedo for us Brits) night:
  
  
  
• Rugby: England Saxons vs. Ireland A, and Canada vs. Argentina:
  
  
  
• Company softball afternoon:
  
  
  
• Bluenose II at Harbourfront:
  
  
  
• Toronto Dragon Boat festival:
  
  
  
• Julie and James' wedding:
  
  
  
• Road accident at a nearby junction:
  
  
  
• Katie's birthday:
  
  (Photos of the kids are protected; if you're family, join Flickr (it's free) and let me know your username so I can give you access.)
  
  
• RCMP Musical Ride at Almonte Fair:
  I'm having problems with Flickr and/or Picnik (their photo editing tool) but the pictures will appear here (hopefully) soon. Don't know if this is related to the Amazon S3 problems (sorry, "Elevated error rates") that are impacting Twitter and other services. Seems to be OK now.
  
  
  
  

TSN is showing golf (why?) and Speed isn't showing the GP until later today (meh, your commentary sucks so no big loss) so I'm relieved to find TSN's coverage (or, more importantly, the ITV-F1 feed) has moved to the "Sport" channel (204).

As always, my notes are behind a cut: ( Read more... )

Provisional results: ( Read more... )

Post-race interviews: ( Read more... )

Next race: Hungary on August 3rd.

TSN are showing golf (why?) so that means I'm reduced to shouting at the hopeless commentators on Speed :(
Hold on - I've just found it's also listed on "Sports Preview Channel" (#204) - hopefully they'll have the ITV feed.
Update: no, 204 is just blank so I'm stuck with Speed :(
Not only does Speed's commentary suck, they start ~8mins after qualifying really starts so it's out of sync with the FIA Live Timing info - hopeless :(

Track temperature 27°C; air 23°C; wind 7.6m/s; humidity 48%; the forecast says there may be showers during qualifying.

McLaren are looking strong - LH was fastest in both Friday practice sessions and HK was fastest in today's practice.

My notes are behind a cut as usual: ( Read more... )
Stupid fake German accents from Speed commentators - you guys are so annoying that, if TSN are showing golf again tomorrow (you suck too!) then I'll be watching with the sound off. I can't believe they pay these idiots.

Provisional Grid: ( Read more... )

Andy told me about an article in the Toronto Star called "Best beer bars, bar none" in which they list their "top picks for where to enjoy a good beer or three in the Greater Toronto Area":

• Le Select Bistro - I haven't been here in ages; remember the food was good but can't say I'd ever think of it as a bar
  
• Caffe Volo - oh yes! Excellent beer selection, great food, but very small so get there early!
  
• Beer Bistro - bigger than Volo but equally busy at weekends
  
• Dora Keogh / Allen's - I prefer Dora Keogh for beer (although the Fuller's London Porter shouldn't be so cold!) but watch out for the live bands (ugh!); Allen's has a huge Scotch collection; they share one kitchen so food is equally good :)
  
• C'est What - used to be a regular haunt of ours but we don't go as often these days, partly because I'm not working downtown and partly because it used to be a handy place to meet between Andy's & our home but now he's just a few blocks away it's not so convenient
  
• Mill Street Brew Pub - you can only find about half of their different beers in other bars, so you have to go here for the rest of the selection; food's good too
  
• Granite Brewery - not been in quite a while but they're a favourite stop at the beer festival
  
• West 50 Pourhouse & Grille - never heard of it; the URL ("hip restaurants") worries me! ... Yeah, hating the website!
  
• The Rhino Restaurant and Bar - I think this was one of our stops on the Photo Rampage last month; if so, it was OK but I wouldn't put in the same league as Volo or the Beer Bistro
  
• Victory Cafe - don't think I've been here either
  

So, looks like I've got some new places to visit :)

• 09:20 is relieved to arrive alive - that driver is going to cause an accident! Bus 7790 #
• 19:30 is finally heading home #

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• 08:21 has the same aggressive bus driver as last week - bus no. 7731 - time to file a complaint #
• 08:45 7731 - just drove part more would-be passengers - too busy chatting #
• 12:49 is looking forward to DemoCamp tonight #
• 17:58 is heading to DemoCamp #
• 18:20 finally arrived at DemoCamp - it's packed! #

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• 09:07 is taking it easy, catching up on the world (well Facebook & LiveJournal) via my Eee #
• 17:09 just got home and saw the aftermath of a major accident at Danforth & Coxwell #
• 17:26 just got home and saw the aftermath of a major accident at Danforth & Coxwell - report @ www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/459953 #
• 18:38 saw the aftermath of a major accident at Danforth & Coxwell - photos @ www.flickr.com/photos/pah57/sets/72157606166936392/ #
• 19:12 didn't realise the USB hub (on the desktop PC) is only v1.1 until I started downloading 235 photos from the weekend ... still downloading! #
• 20:09 just saw Abby - she's finally emerged, 3.5 hours after we got home ... and I don't think she's forgiven us yet! #

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• 10:03 is meeting up with Susan & family for brunch #

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• 09:45 is using Kerri's laptop and wishing I'd thought to post a list of all the Firefox plugins I use, so I can set them up on here too #

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