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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 8 years ago +11
    Thanks for my Secret Santa Pressies.... here's me opening mine www.youtube.com/watch
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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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    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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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 9 years ago in reply to ipv1

    ow, customs unwrapped your bug. They should have the decency to do that carefully and wrap things back up ?

     

    Enjoy the swag image

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to ipv1

    Customs dept.. can't love them, can't live without them... apparently!

    I like your laptop art by the way : )

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    ipv1 over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz

    Jan Cumps shabaz

    Indeed Indian Customs have made poor decisions while recruiting officers. Last year, spannerspencer arranged for Weller stations and they were confiscated by Indian Customs thanks to UPS New Delhi. Miscommunication, poor paperwork and blatant disregard for people are the hallmark of these offices.

     

    I would not be surprised if the bag contained more and something "fell out" during inspection.

     

    My sincere thanks to the E14 team for such awesome support. There is no place like the Element14 Community.

    Cheers,

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 9 years ago in reply to ipv1

    Was that a memory card that fell out at 0:36 ??

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    ipv1 over 9 years ago in reply to mcb1

    Unfortunately, that was part of the codebug packaging. My guess is that they tore through the box instead of sliding it out of its outer cover to see what was inside. I would really like to see the expressions on their faces when they open this stuff. They have an office where the customs guys and UPS guys stand opening boxes, then googling for the item and its price and then sealing them back up.

     

    Its pretty busy and its the UPS guy's responsibility to seal things up again hence the UPS branded tape. I always ask senders to include a list of items so that I know when something... 'fell out'... during inspection.

     

    I have had multiple packages from Oshpark gone MIA in the past as well as packages returned to sender because the local courier was too lazy to deliver. image

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