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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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  • clem57
    clem57 over 9 years ago +12
    Thanks to Element 14 and Spanner for the great idea of a secret Santa! Well firstly, I had moved recently and had no idea anything would come. But then this arrived: I was as eager to find out what was…
  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 9 years ago +11
    A big thanks to Element14, Spanner and my Secret Santa. A huge and heavy 21Kg box arrived this week whilst I was away. I opened it up this afternoon. www.youtube.com/watch Given that I was not really looking…
  • Problemchild
    Problemchild over 9 years ago +11
    Thanks for my Secret Santa Pressies.... here's me opening mine www.youtube.com/watch
  • D_Hersey
    D_Hersey over 9 years ago in reply to bwelsby

    Seems more like a tetralemma. . .

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 9 years ago in reply to bwelsby

    Brian Welsby wrote:

     

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    Thank you spannerspencer and E14 for facilitating this.

     

    So back to keeping spirits in the freezer what do YOU think? definitely yes.

    The Vodka is a definitely yes. It has to be almost a gel when you poor it...

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    My secret santa present arrived yesterday! here's an unboxing

     

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    And a quick look at boot times using high end sd cards designed for video cameras running at 4k and 120fps, boot to raspian desktop in just over 18 seconds!

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

    aha, nice and relevant stage prop on the table

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 9 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    It has to be almost a gel when you poor it

    That's how you know the bourbon is chilled enough, it pours like a liqueur.  image

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  • ipv1
    ipv1 over 9 years ago in reply to COMPACT

    COMPACT That board is a doozy. I have an STM32F769i as well and would love to see how you work with the same. These are really high performance boards and useful for a number of applications.

     

    Looking forward to seeing what you make to learn and build. image

    Cheers,

    IP

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 9 years ago

    Thanks to element14 for facilitating this.

    We weren't sure just how we were going to do this until you stepped in.

     

     

    So I sorted out the video and audio issues, and this is my unwrapping.

     

    (For some reason the video I'm trying to upload just fails.)

    Okay I have uploaded a smaller version to my content, and then linked it here.

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    Thanks to whomever was the TM that sent this.

     

    Mark

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago

    A bit invious of you other TMs... My secret (ninja) santa ia on its way... I should wait some days again.

     

    In the meantime I enjoy with your grat posts...

     

    Cheers. Enrico

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  • ipv1
    ipv1 over 9 years ago

    Just got this in the mail... Its the Swagbag for the Bitten by The Bug.

    Thanks guys

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  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 9 years ago

    A big thanks to Element14, Spanner and my Secret Santa. A huge and heavy 21Kg box arrived this week whilst I was away.

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    I opened it up this afternoon.

     

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    Given that I was not really looking for this I'm impressed by the Secret Santa's choice. I can see lots of uses, so thanks again to all involved.

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