DriverSide in the Gumball Rally http://www.driversidegumball.com Trevor Traina & Adam Jackson Drive an Audi R8 from San Francisco to Beijing Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en iPhone Pictures on Google Maps http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/14/iphone-pictures-on-google-maps/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/14/iphone-pictures-on-google-maps/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:50:08 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=328 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "iPhone Pictures on Google Maps", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/14/iphone-pictures-on-google-maps/" });]]> How cool is Picassa for reading lat/long from these?  Here is David Hasselhoff at the San Francisco launch party at the Fairmont Hotel and then me in a jet engine at the airport east of Los Angeles where we loaded the cars onto planes bound for China.

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/14/iphone-pictures-on-google-maps/feed/ The R8 Is Finally Home! http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/03/the-r8-is-finally-home/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/03/the-r8-is-finally-home/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:03:24 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=323 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The R8 Is Finally Home!", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/03/the-r8-is-finally-home/" });]]> After taking a ride on quite a slow boat from China, the R8 has arrived.  The stickers are still on it (for now).  Still sounds and looks great … but it needs brakes.

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/03/the-r8-is-finally-home/feed/ GPS Data: Day 1 of driving in China - Shanghai to Xuzhou http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/01/gps-data-day-1-of-driving-in-china-shanghai-to-xuzhou/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/01/gps-data-day-1-of-driving-in-china-shanghai-to-xuzhou/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:36:32 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=318 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "GPS Data: Day 1 of driving in China - Shanghai to Xuzhou", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/01/gps-data-day-1-of-driving-in-china-shanghai-to-xuzhou/" });]]> Anyone know how to get Google Earth (or any other program) to tell me the speed data?  This came off our dashboard GPS receiver.  I converted the raw data to KML format for Google Earth using the tool that came with the device.  I’d obviously love to see the speed data, though!

You can see some of our wrong turns on the highlighted route ;)  Click to enlarge.

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/10/01/gps-data-day-1-of-driving-in-china-shanghai-to-xuzhou/feed/ More pictures finally uploaded http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/09/05/more-pictures-finally-uploaded/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/09/05/more-pictures-finally-uploaded/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:21:36 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=311 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "More pictures finally uploaded", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/09/05/more-pictures-finally-uploaded/" });]]> It’s taken a while (mainly because bulk-uploading photos to WordPress is about as easy and convenient as shipping a car to China).

More gumball car pics &  More North Korea pics.

… and, from Max in London, the Post Rally rundown.

Video to follow … I promise.

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/09/05/more-pictures-finally-uploaded/feed/ New Photos and Videos http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/20/new-photos-and-videos/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/20/new-photos-and-videos/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:19:35 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=286 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New Photos and Videos", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/20/new-photos-and-videos/" });]]> I’ve managed to clear off the iPhone camera and my digital still camera into 2 new pages:

Cars of the 2008 Gumball Rally

North Korea

And I’ve added a couple of videos to the new video highlights page. There will probably be 20 or so more being uploaded over the next week so check back.

Video Highlights of the Gumball Rally

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/20/new-photos-and-videos/feed/ Back in SF - more to upload http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/19/back-in-sf-more-to-upload/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/19/back-in-sf-more-to-upload/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:18:03 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=195 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Back in SF - more to upload", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/19/back-in-sf-more-to-upload/" });]]> We’re finally back in San Francisco and back in the office catching up on work. It’s good to be home but we already miss the car and our fellow gumballers. It was the trip of a lifetime and I can’t wait to do another gumball.

I’ve got a ton of hi-def video I need to upload to this blog as well as pictures from several still cameras. I’m also going to cut up our live Justin.tv video into episodes and post them here as well.

Stay tuned.

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/19/back-in-sf-more-to-upload/feed/ Delivering the R8 to the Port http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/18/delivering-the-r8-to-the-port/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/18/delivering-the-r8-to-the-port/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:25:54 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=191 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Delivering the R8 to the Port", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/18/delivering-the-r8-to-the-port/" });]]> The port that the cars will leave China from is about 90 miles from Beijing. The cars were dirty and tired after 3,000 miles on 2 continents. They tell us we won’t see the car back in California for a month. We miss it already.

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/18/delivering-the-r8-to-the-port/feed/ Olympics in Beijing http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/18/olympics-in-beijing/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/18/olympics-in-beijing/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:22:36 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/?p=186 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Olympics in Beijing", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/18/olympics-in-beijing/" });]]> After a major exercise in time wasting at the port where we dropped off the cars for shipment back to the US, we finally made it to Olympic Park in Beijing.  We weren’t there long but the time we did spend was amazing.  Perfect weather, no pollution, and friendly people — just no supercars.

Inside the birds nest

Inside the birds nest

The Nest

The Nest

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]]> http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/17/olympics-finally/feed/ Saying goodbye before driving to the port http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/17/saying-goodbye-before-driving-to-the-port/ http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/17/saying-goodbye-before-driving-to-the-port/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:40:04 +0000 Adam Jackson http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/17/saying-goodbye-before-driving-to-the-port/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Saying goodbye before driving to the port", url: "http://www.driversidegumball.com/2008/08/17/saying-goodbye-before-driving-to-the-port/" });]]> Very, very sad.

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