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Top Members Secret Santa - Unwrapped

spannerspencer
spannerspencer over 9 years ago

I don't know if everyone's aware, but there's a private section of the element14 Community for the Top Members, who are brought in by invite (as decided upon by the existing Top Members and the element14 team), where they discuss matters around the direction of the Community, where they help out with beta testing Community updates, and even test out new products, RoadTests & Reviews-style. But mostly they just go waaaaaay off-topic and descend into rants and raves about which Minion avatar is the strangest, or who has the biggest... soldering iron.image

 

Anyway, in December the Top Members all gathered together around the eggnog tree to exchange techno-gifts, which we (The Management) facilitated to some degree by way of distribution. Now, I know the Christmas season won't get into full swing again until late August, but their Secret Santa gifts are now arriving upon their workshop doorsteps.

 

So I'd like to invite those Top Members to give us all a big unveiling of what they got, who their Secret Santa was and why they chose the gifts they did, and for the whole Community to join in with a few ideas on what these insane elite engineering eccentrics ("improved" meaning for IEEE?) can do with their hot tech gifts.

 

Merry Christmas!

 

 

Hmm? Oh, to become a Top Member is simple, but not easy. All you have to do is make a fantastic contribution to the element14 Community by way of great projects, insightful blogs, helpful suggestions (in Feedback and Support particularly) and generally spending all your free time on here enjoying yourself image  Trust me, these guys see everything that happens, so your efforts aren't going unnoticed image  Keep it up, and you'll be a Top Member in time for this year's Secret Santa!

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  • Instructorman
    Instructorman over 9 years ago

    My Secret Santa package arrived yesterday . . . with $15.65 due in brokerage charges and taxes image.  Oh well.

    Inside were two Arduino Leonardos and a nifty GPS shield.

     

    I shot video last night of the unpacking, but I'm about to head to the airport for an overseas flight and 2 weeks of vacation time in the sun.

     

    I have had some exposure to Beaglebone Black and the Raspberry Pi, but I've never played with the Arduino platform, so this was a very good choice Secret Santa .... whomever you might be.

     

    I'll put together a full unwrapping post when I get back.

     

    Thanks again E14 and Secret Santa!

     

    Mark A

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  • mconners
    mconners over 9 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

    Poor Robert Peter Oakes

     

    Hopefully it will come soon.

     

     

    Mike

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  • Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes over 9 years ago

    Im feeling so left out.... image spannerspencer... any tracking number so I can see where it is.

     

    knowing my luck, the rock fell off the back of the sleigh lol

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 9 years ago in reply to ipv1

    I found out that the term used by the USA and NZ Customs regarding the 'charging back' was different.

     

    In this day and age with computerised tracking by a world wide organisation, I found it distressing that it comes down to the correct word!.

     

     

    Mark

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  • mconners
    mconners over 9 years ago in reply to balearicdynamics

    Yup, sure is.

     

     

    Mike

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago in reply to mconners

    i see a pixel jessie running on the screen... image

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to ipv1

    Found this one:

    413C3TtGuEL._SX425_.jpg

    Even has a guide that moves;

    Clem

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  • mconners
    mconners over 9 years ago

    Thanks spannerspencer, Element14 and my Secret Santa.

     

    I got a fancy new Raspberry Pi 7" Touchscreen and Case.

     

    image

     

    Most appreciated.

     

    Mike

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  • ipv1
    ipv1 over 9 years ago in reply to spannerspencer

    I will compile a video of the giveaways in a month since I will be taking a while to spread the word.

     

    UPS is expected to do something or the other in a messed up way so you should not be surprised... I'm just glad everything reached intact.

     

    As for the knife well, after looking at that video clip and Dundee being so 'hands-on', I prefer the more gentleman like approach.- I'm gonna get a flamethrower instead image

    It may interest you to know that in India, by law, civilians are not allowed to carry weapons or blades over 6-inches long. Sikhs are the exception and can carry the traditional 'Kirpaan' which is basically a curved sword. Something like that would be an overkill and I would prefer a more 'technical' way to unbox things.

     

    The guillotine was something I was thinking about BUT thats left to design decisions. A guillotine designed to chop off only say 2mm off a box of any size would be something worth exploring. Think of it like a cigar cutter on steroids...

     

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago in reply to ciorga

    Great presentation! I loved the last check of your assistant in the third video image

     

    Enrico

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