By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the sad news, that Rik Mayall died yesterday.
Saddened by the passing of Rik Mayall, here’s Andy’s Blog post….
Rik Mayall (far left) in the Young Ones
“Neil! The bathroom’s free, unlike the country under the Thatcherite junta.”
Goodbye, People’s Poet
Go to the rewards section of your Profile and pick a new Badge
Finished with the swarming for the moment, and now onto extracting the first of the honey crop for this year 2014.
So here, you go Google Chromecast plugged into a Sony XBR65X850A 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD 120Hz 3D Internet LED UHDTV, and playing low resolution version of content from BBC iPlayer!
It’s a large screen!
Google Chromecast starting on a Sony XBR65X850A 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD
Sony XBR65X850A 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD with BBC iPlayer
Sony XBR65X850A 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD with BBC iPlayer
More about Chromecast later!
All upgraded, WOW, there’s a lot of white, and Windows 8.0 sliding panels (which I hate!)
I’ll hold judgement, ALL change!
New Look Experts Exchange
Experts Exchange Is Temporarily Unavailable
One the day, that Experts Exchange enters a new era, with a re-brand and overhaul, and a change of logo! I thought it was fitting for a bit of self promotion and Giga-EGO Boost!
It’s also fitting, that in the last two days, I’ve now entered the Top 10 Overall Experts at Experts Exchange in the Hall of Frame,
I’ve been at the Number 11 spot, for many months, and finally jumped two positions to Number 9.
Experts Exchange Hall of Frame
The Hall of Fame, is a little false, because in the top 10, there are only two really active Experts, myself and Ray Paseur, so that makes Ray No.1 and me No.2, so I’m happy with that!
Also, I didn’t blog about it at the time, but last year, I won the following awards
In November I was nominated an MVE in the Gamma Class
The Tenth Annual Expert Awards
Expert of the Year 2013
Yes, I’m Expert of the Year 2013 – Again for the Third Year in a row!
2013 Expert of the Year
2013 Juggernaut
2013 The Ally
2013 The Scribe
2013 Author of the Year
The 10th Annual Expert Awards of 2013
I missed out on the Titan by 0.02%
| Andrew Hancock | VMware | 52.90 |
| Andrew Hancock | Virtualization | 43.19 |
I’ve now had 47 Articles Published at Experts Exchange
The NEW Experts Exchange is almost here… New look. New direction. Same great tech … Experts Exchange (The Next Generation) is almost here.
All work and no play, makes jack a dull boy so I was told when I was a little boy!, I had the opportunity to visit the Lotus F1 Team at Enstone, Oxfordshire for a Microsoft IT Camp on the 8th and 9th April 2014, the days were entitled
Day 1: – Managing the Data Center with Windows Server and Microsoft System Center
Day 2: : Journey to the Cloud with Windows Azure: Microsoft IT Camp
Here are a sample of some photographs I took, there are 141 more here hosted at Google.
Two days, I will remember of a long time, I had an excellent time, and learnt some golden Microsoft nuggets, to take back to the Office, so it was not all about the cars!
Thanks to Guys and Gals at UK Technet, and Michael Taylor @ Lotus F1 Team for two great days.
Andy on a Lotus F1 Racing Car!
Lotus F1 Team Formula 1 Racing Car
Lotus F1 Team Steering Wheel
You’ll need to watch the Pokémon Challenge Google Maps, to understand, and collect all 185 Pokémon!
PS The Challenge has ended, it was for 1st April 2014 only!
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