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I’ve got 8 Invites going if anyone wants any . . .  just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you.

So what is google wave, well lets see what google have to say about it:

“Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation
and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”

I’ve not played about with it much myself as yet, but it does look as if it could be fun, I’ve so far had one wave sent to me which is all about things to do and places to drink in and around Chorlton-cum-Hardy, the idea from what I can tell is when the Wave reaches a person they can either pass it on to someone else in there friends group as it is or they can add their own input to it, say by adding a video, a map, a comment, a link, well just about anything really and thus the waves gets more information and grows, at the same time all those who have previously recieved the wave will get the copy they have in there inbox updated with all the new content added since they recieved it, pretty cool or what.

Anyway if the above description is wrong let me know, cause as I say I’m only just learning my way round it, so some of the above could be wrong.

• @jamescrawford u have mail in reply to jamescrawford #
• Is installing 5 new PC's #
• RT @lexplex_: Uganda debt: £2.9bn. Zimbabwe debt: £3.5bn. Nigeria debt: £202m. UK banks debt: at least £61bn. (cont) http://tl.gd/11qot #
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• I'm at Electrik http://gowal.la/s/xG7 #
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• I'm at Zam Zam's http://gowal.la/s/EbD #
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• @ElliotEastwick worst parking I seen all year in reply to ElliotEastwick #
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• @lukeunabomber not bad mate, nice to see your Wessie face tonight in reply to lukeunabomber #
• just had a Chicken Tikka Kebab from Zam Zam' in Chorlton . . . mmmmmmm yummy #
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• @jamescrawford u have mail in reply to jamescrawford #
• Is installing 5 new PC's #
• RT @lexplex_: Uganda debt: £2.9bn. Zimbabwe debt: £3.5bn. Nigeria debt: £202m. UK banks debt: at least £61bn. (cont) http://tl.gd/11qot #
• @lukeunabomber so in other words your stroking wood ! in reply to lukeunabomber #
• I'm at Electrik http://gowal.la/s/xG7 #
• I'm at Electrik http://gowal.la/s/xG7 #
• I'm at Zam Zam's http://gowal.la/s/EbD #
• I'm at Zam Zam's http://gowal.la/s/EbD #
• @ElliotEastwick worst parking I seen all year in reply to ElliotEastwick #
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• @lukeunabomber tell eastwick I've reported him to the council for chipping the Kerberos with his shit parking in reply to lukeunabomber #
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• @lukeunabomber not bad mate, nice to see your Wessie face tonight in reply to lukeunabomber #
• just had a Chicken Tikka Kebab from Zam Zam' in Chorlton . . . mmmmmmm yummy #
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Mentioned a few posts back that I won the Carphone Warehouse’s TechnoGeek contest, which resulted in me winning a lovely shiney new Dell Laptop, also mentioned in previous posts was a bit about the piece they had in the Trafford Metro about me winning, at the time I did’nt actually have a copy of this news piece, but now thanks to the lovely Suzi at Bisslancaster I now have a copy, so with no further ado heres what the Metro had to say

VINCE IS THE (TECH) CHAMP!

Trafford man announced as Trafford’s gadget grand master!

A Trafford man has been named  ‘Tech Champ’ after winning a competition with the new-look Carphone Warehouse store at the Trafford Centre.

The store wanted to find the area’s biggest technology fanatic who could become a honourary member of the store team and be able to review and provide feedback on all of the new products, and self confessed technology geek, Vince Elgey from Davyhulme, certainly fits the bill!

Vince (43), who works in IT, explains: “I admit that I’m a tech geek. If it has a wi-fi then I want it, if it’s the latest model then I must have it, if it means I can talk to my twice removed cousin in Timbuktu then I’m in the queue! I’m constantly twittering on my iPhone, updating my Facebook status and posting on my blog.”

As part of his prize, Vince received a brand new Dell laptop and he’ll also get to test out exciting new products before they hit the shelves.

Vince continues: “Technology plays such an important part in my life so I was thrilled to be chosen as the Tech Champ. I’m really looking forward to getting the chance to review the new products that come into store and I’ll be posting my reviews on my twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blog and AudioBoo accounts!”

Branch manager Neil Sears, explains: “It used to be the case that gadget lovers were thought of as being a bit geeky.  However these days it’s rather cool; everyone wants to have the best laptop, the most stylish phone or the latest application or music download on their mobiles.  In fact all of our store team are extremely proud of their expert knowledge and gadget know-how. “

Neil continues: “We’re excited to welcome Vince as an honorary member of our team. It’s always useful for us to get customer feedback on all our new products and services and I think Vince is going to do a fantastic job for us!”

The store is the latest in the new breed of ‘wireless lite’ Carphone Warehouse stores which have been developed to keep up with an ever changing technology market. Customers can find a wide range of laptops, portable game consoles and games and broadband packages as well as all the latest mobile phones and a team of experts who can handle any home IT problems and provide quick and expert solutions. They can even offer computer support and repairs as well as technology tuition.

Anyhows the Laptops still going strong and I’m loving it to bits and am looking forward to eventually testing out some of the gizmos and devices the Carphone Warehouse decide to throw my way and once they do I’ll be sure to test it to its limits and share the results with you lot

Just testing out a new Wordpress to Twitter Plugin for Wordpress, so if you can see this via a link my New Blog post on Twitter it works

just a twitter test

today and what a ball ache this is, we’ve had 4 new PC’s for about 6months waiting to be swapped out with older ones in the main office area and so far I’ve started and stopped this job about 3-4 times, due to Management changing there minds about how important a job it is, anyway they finally decide that I can start the job for real on Monday and tell me they want it finishing for Friday. . . .  , now that might seem possible, however by having the job finished by Firday what they mean is they want me to install the OS & all the associated software relevant to that PC position and then set up all the use/network settings and once done securly wipe the old PC, reinstall the OS, then relocate the old PC’s into new Positions in the Distribution/Shop areas and again install all the relevant software needed in the those areas to operate the PC’s correctly, not forgettingthat as we don’t use exchange here I’ll first need to copy all the PST files off the 4 old PC’s onto a Network share, then copy them back onto the new PC’s and import into Outlook (on average the size of PST files so far has been anything between 2-3 gig, so long time exporting and importing of.

This job would be a lot easier if we actually had some cloning software available as then I ccould just set up one PC with the main settings that all users have and than just import the PST nad the odd personnel stuff and software they might use, but alas they have’nt, so somehow I don’t think I’ll be completed for Friday.

As of this evening I’d managed to install 3 New PC’s, wipe 1 and reinstall that in its new location, so just 1 new one and 3 old ones to do, reckon Tuesday/wednesday will be finished.

Oh the joy of working in IT, everyone expects you to work miracles and when you don’t wonder why . . . well maybe its because you give stupid deadlines and don’t think about discussing with the IT Dept beforehand.

electriks in Chorlton cum Hardy after dropping off a printer at Jerry’s, had a quick pint with Luke and chatted about his trip to Berlin, seems like it might be a place well worth visiting from what he’s been telling me. just have to see if we can get a dogsitter next year so we can have a long city break there maybe.

Also paid a visit to Zam Zam’s for one of their very tasty Chicken Tikka Kebab’s, best in Chorlton if you ask me, nice and spicy, also spotted Elliot Eastwick doing some very shit parking, musta clipped the kerb a couple of times trying to get the that Mini parked up, should report him to the council for chipping the kerb

Hello,

This is my first post from email to my blog

Spent the evening investigating ways to post to the blog via email and after adding a plugin which polls the blogs assigned email
address got it to start working, so I can now blog from my iPhone

In other news which I’d mentioned in a previous post, I have some news at work, I’ve now got a new Manager, though it’s not been fully announced yet, now hoping I’ll have someone who will fight my corner rather the give comments along the lines of “Well you know what he’s like” or telling me I have a chip on my shoulder because I raise an issue relating to how I’m spoken to or treated by a certain person…. Just have to wait and see I suppose, ask me in 6 months if it’s changed.

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