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Andy
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- Northampton
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Cooks in the Basement
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- What kind of geek are you?
- a home, hobby geek, pc's and home gadgets, mobile phones as well
- Why do you consider yourself a geek?
- I have been interested in tech since late 70's have built all the pc's I own
- How did you find out about our Geek community?
- Chris pirillo.com
- What are your "geeky equipment" specs?
- 4 home built pc's. old equipment including a working sinclair zx81 and zx spectrum with an old prism vtx5000 modem!!
Mobile phone (Blackberry Curve 8900), sky+ and other geeky stuff.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- I never want to grow up :-)
- What makes you laugh?
- Watching my dogs playing, Staffies are the funniest, loveliest dogs ever
- What is the thing in life you treasure most?
- Gadgetwise: my mobile phone, otherwise: my family
- What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?
- too many to mention. I was the first person in my social circle to connect to the internet (1987) get a mobile phone, get a pc, get broadband.
- What do you do to entertain yourself?
- swim, walk the dogs and twitter (ydnab40)
- Favorite music, movies, books, shows, artists, games, people, events, hobbies, etc.?
- All Tolkien books, Kate Bush, Bjork, monopoly, beer and wine making. My Blackberry curve 8900. Planning to get my foundation amateur radio licence next year, Currently trying to teach myself programming
- What's your Web site / blog address?
- http://www.facebook.com/andrew.bedford
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Fun With Phones
Replied Dec 14
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I like your solution. In the uk we have a scheme whereby you can opt out of receiving all these unsolicited calls. I'm not 100% sure how it works but it makes it illegal for anyone operating in the uk to call you unless you have given them prior per…
Hmm. So Thanksgiving is all about eating, drinking and sleeping? Well, even though it's not celebrated here in the uk I think I can improvise based on the information I have from this thread.
So, I declare next Monday my personal UK style thanksgiv…
Simple. We don't have thanksgiving over here in the uk so for me it's work as normal.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving day off or whatever it is you all do for it.
BTW When is it?
From what I've learned about thanksgiving I think I would really enjoy that holiday. Unfortunately we don't have it over here in UK so that leaves Christmas as my big favourite. Christmas for me is a big family time. christmas eve after work it is j…
Comment Wall (45 comments)
- At 1:55pm on December 21, 2009,
Cookenstein said…
- Hello, and thanks for being a member of Cooks in the Basement. Our group has been going for 8+ months now, and I am hoping to see some holiday tips and recipes from our folks in the days to come. Thank you again for being a part of it. Seasons Greetings!
- At 7:59pm on December 16, 2009,
NeferSif said…
- Good luck on the writing and hope you feel better soon.
- At 10:27am on December 16, 2009,
NeferSif said…
- Just stopping by to say hi. (waves)
- At 12:29am on September 6, 2009,
iThomasina said… - I don't think it's possible to be "too old" to be a writer!?
(And shouldn't you be in bed by now? But then, I'm not one talk! Haha)
- At 11:28pm on September 5, 2009,
iThomasina said…
- 12hrs/day, 6 days a week!? That's completely insane! No wonder she got burnt out. But I'm glad to hear she's happier with her new schedule. :)
Night!
- At 1:59am on September 5, 2009,
iThomasina said…
- Thanks for your comment! Ah, it's nice to dream... :D
3 on 3 off rota sounds awesome! I've been trying to convince my boss to let me switch to a 4 day, 40 hour work week. No go so far. :(
- At 9:08pm on August 31, 2009,
iThomasina said…
- I know what you mean. If I start this group I don't want to be a flake about it. If I do you'll be the first to know!
Fantasy wrestling? Wow - never heard of that! I'll check out that link tomorrow.
Cheers!
- At 11:52pm on August 30, 2009,
iThomasina said…
- Totally! Can you believe there's no group for it yet? I put out a forum post to see if there are other fans out there. It'll take some time to setup though, I want to make sure I've got it together before throwing a group up. Got to be a responsible group admin! (After all, it's frustrating when people start groups but then there's no activity.)
- At 11:15pm on August 30, 2009,
iThomasina said…
- H2G2 Geek! XD I wish I'd had the pleasure of experiencing the original radio broadcast!
Now you've got me all excited with this talk of Hitchhiker's. Time crack open my copy again I think!
Is there a group for that on here yet? If not, we should start one! Any other Hichhiker's fans out there?
- At 6:11pm on August 29, 2009,
iThomasina said…
- Hitchiker's - awesome! But if you've never read it before, I highly recommend doing yourself a favor and not reading the last book. It nearly ruined the whole experience for me. :(
Don't sell your soul! If your looking for a great MP3 player I highly recommend Creative. I have four, two of the Zen Micro variety and two of the Vision:M variety. I absolutely love my Vision:M's, but they're out of production. :( The huge amount of space on them makes them ideal for audiobooks and movies! :o)
Andy's Blog
Where does the time go?
I just realised that it has been over a month since I last logged on to geeks to see what has been happening. Wow!! Where does the time go?
A lot has happened in that time. I have completed a successful trial at work using a depot control system called "Yard smart" by C3 systems. maybe some of you who work in logistics may have heard of it? I am now back on my native job of truck driving, but hopefully I have alerted my bosses to the fac… Continue
A lot has happened in that time. I have completed a successful trial at work using a depot control system called "Yard smart" by C3 systems. maybe some of you who work in logistics may have heard of it? I am now back on my native job of truck driving, but hopefully I have alerted my bosses to the fac… Continue
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 3:17pm —
A frustrating night battling with poor pc software
I've just had a really frustrating night on my pc.
First of all I log on to my windows account (eventually) only to find half my desktop icons missing. Apparently, my wife logged in to her user account and, wondering where all the strange icons had appeared from, promptly deleted them! This meant that they also vanished from my desktop! Surely it's not beyond the capabilities of programmers to design software that only installs icons on the desktop of the user who installed it in the first plac… Continue
First of all I log on to my windows account (eventually) only to find half my desktop icons missing. Apparently, my wife logged in to her user account and, wondering where all the strange icons had appeared from, promptly deleted them! This meant that they also vanished from my desktop! Surely it's not beyond the capabilities of programmers to design software that only installs icons on the desktop of the user who installed it in the first plac… Continue
Posted on September 16, 2009 at 3:27pm —
What would you do if you were laid off tomorrow?
With the recession a reality now for most of us who struggle to hold down increasingly insecure jobs, I’ve often wondered what I would do if I got laid off tomorrow. I could probably go about a month before I start to struggle financially and I know that my parents and my in-laws would help us out with mortgage payments for another couple of months after that but I would still need to either get another job or give up my house eventually.
Of course it could also be the golden opportunity to try… Continue
Of course it could also be the golden opportunity to try… Continue
Posted on September 10, 2009 at 3:00pm — 8 Comments
A quick update to my "interesting times at work" blog post
I've now completed my two weeks as a booking in clerk in the gatehaouse at work. It has been really interesting. It is only the second time in my life I have used computers as part of my everyday job and I am loving it!
Today my boss called me at home to say he is extending the trial by 4 more weeks and would I be interested in continuing the role as he thinks I am doing a good job. This must be the first time in 27 years of working I have ever been told I am doing a good job by anyone, let alo… Continue
Today my boss called me at home to say he is extending the trial by 4 more weeks and would I be interested in continuing the role as he thinks I am doing a good job. This must be the first time in 27 years of working I have ever been told I am doing a good job by anyone, let alo… Continue
Posted on September 4, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment
lifestreaming and life archiving
I am interested in finding a way to log on the Internet all my life’s experiences both automatically and manually.
By manually I mean the photos I take or the comments I make on facebook, twitter etc.
By automatically, I mean the conversations I have and the places I visit and the sights I see in my daily life that I would not ordinarily think are worthy of archiving.
Scanning in and archiving existing documents is easy. However, organising a lifetime’s worth of documents, which could be scho… Continue
By manually I mean the photos I take or the comments I make on facebook, twitter etc.
By automatically, I mean the conversations I have and the places I visit and the sights I see in my daily life that I would not ordinarily think are worthy of archiving.
Scanning in and archiving existing documents is easy. However, organising a lifetime’s worth of documents, which could be scho… Continue
Posted on August 29, 2009 at 5:06pm — 4 Comments
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