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Andy’s new gadget courtesy of VMware – A Kindle Fire

April 9th, 2012

On April 2nd, I blogged here about a mysterious parcel from VMware that arrived by FedEx.

The parcel contained an Amazon Kindle Fire, not available in the UK. To be released later this year. I’ve not done the Android experience, being strictly an Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows CE/Mobile, and Nokia nerd. So it will be interesting to checkout what Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ has to offer, compared to Apple iOS 5.1.

The Amazon Kindle Fire is a Full Colour 7 inch, multi-touch display, tablet, with WiFi, web, movies, music, apps, games, reading & more, and it runs Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’.

VMware sent me the gift, as a Thank You for providing feedback in the My VMware Beta program.

Thank You VMware!

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Andy’s Allotment Easter 2012 Update

April 7th, 2012

I’ve been preparing the ground on the allotment, which measures 20m x 5m. Breaking the soil, weeding and removing stones and tree roots.

(it burns off those Easter Eggs!)

Ready for me to plant, potatoes, white and red onions, shallots, garlic, carrots, beetroot, horse radish, asparagus, raspberries, strawberries, goji berries, rhubarb – just a few things to get me started.

Here are some photographs, of my progress so far…

Andy's Allotment on 21 March 2012

In the super, summer week in March, the allotment looked like this! But I was a little busy, to prepare the ground.

Andy's Allotment on 4 April 2012

April showers, we did not have heavy snow as forecast, just missed out, bit it left the allotments very wet!

Andy's Allotment on 5 April 2012

Start of preparing the gound…

Andy's Allotment Start of 7 April 2012

Ploughed the day before…

Andy's Allotment End of 7 April 2012

finally tilled….I’m waiting for the ground to dry out before creating my trenches for potatoes and asparagus.

A funny picture, this is Plot 2, it shows how wet the allotments have been..

Plot 2 next to my allotment! see how wet it is!

My Allotment is at http://gravelpitallotments.org.uk/

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8th Annual Experts Awards – Expert of the Year 2011 – Andy’s Platinum Plated Trophies – @ExpertExchange

April 4th, 2012

The Annual Expert Awards are announced at the beginning of each year to celebrate the best Experts throughout the years from a competitive field of Experts worldwide at Experts Exchange.

The award winner in each category receives the following:

Top Expert Shirt
Platinum Plated Trophy
Expert Awards Badge

I believe the Trophy is a cast of the original hard drive which recorded the first Question/Answer at Experts Exchange. Each Trophy weighs approx 2kg.

I was the Award winner in the following

Expert of the Year – The expert who earned the most points throughout the year.
Juggernaut – The expert that answered the most questions throughout the year.
The Ally – The expert who earned the most assist points throughout the year.

and this is what you receive from Experts Exchange if you are lucky enough on Being The Best of the Best!

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oh, and a wardrobe full of Expert Exchange T-Shirts!

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Our Garden in March 2012

April 3rd, 2012

Our front garden at the end of March 2012, before the frost came at the weekend.

Now the Magnolia flowers have gone brown!

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FedEx delivers VMware vExpert swag and what’s in this other box from VMware?

April 2nd, 2012

Got a surprise today when FedEx delivered not one, but two FedEx Boxes from VMware…A large box and a medium box. I happen to open the large box first!

The first large FedEx box contained my VMware vExpert swag, A VMware vExpert branded laptop bag, VMware vExpert luggage travel tag and my VMware vExpert Certificate.

Large and Medium Boxes from VMware, delivered by FedEx

VMware vExpert swag

Thanks to John and Alex that managed the VMware vExpert Program.

I’ll photograph, and blog tomorrow, what was in the other box!

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Andy and Lindsey do Karaoke in Hiroshima, Japan – March 2011

April 1st, 2012

it might be April 1 2012, but this is no joke!

I’ve been meaning to upload this for a while, it reminds me of the fantastic time we had in Japan, in March 2011. (be warned!). This was a clandestine recording of a few of the songs we sang! I did not notice the phone recording the event!

(i’ve also learnt a few more feartures of Adobe Premiere Pro!)

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Andy does gardening with a hedge trimmer, HOW TO Cut a Conifer – Available for Hire!

March 28th, 2012

Not the hedge trimmer, me, if you want me to do this to your conifer let me know!

It’s fantastic my Stihl HS45 Petrol Hedge Trimmer, goes through hedges like butter, here’s an example, Lindsey wanted the conifer bush reducing in height in front of the window.

BEFORE - NOTE THE HEIGHT

AFTER - PROPER JOB!

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Andysworld! wishes you a Happy British Summer Time!

March 25th, 2012

Andysworld! wishes you a Happy British Summer Time!

“Britain was the first nation to adopt daylight saving schemes in 1908.
Some people believe the pragmatically minded British did it to make economy on candles.”

TASS, Moscow

and originally GMT and BST started and ended at 2.00 AM until the Summer Time Order of 2002 to link UK Summer Time to Europe permanently!

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