I thought there would be maybe a couple of people there already, buy was I wrong, when I got there this is what I was faced with:

Yes, there was a line of over 40 people already, and within 30 minutes I had perhaps 50 more queuing behind me, they opened shortly after 8 but unfortunately the phones have to be sold with a contract, so each person was taking 15+ minutes to serve, and they where serving 5 people at a time and letting one person inside the store at a time (when somebody would leave), so while the store opened at 8, I did not got served until past 10 !!!

Even worse, they only had 56 iphones, I was number 40-something, and praying they stuck to 1 phone per client policy, when I got my phone, there where about 10 left, but the queue of 200+ people was still going strong… wishful thinking I guess

Either way, over 3 hours later of standing there, I finally got my phone, it’s a beauty, I am now waiting for the carrier to activate it

Worth the wait !

I drove all the way near Newport, Wales to pick him up (3 hours drive.. each way), he was a bit nervous but I figure he’s settle down, unfortunately it was not to be, he was a very jumpy dog and was not used to children, unfortunately this lead to him biting one of my daughters real hard, and the wife was just not having it, so she made me return it to the breeder (another 6 hour round trip) .. I was really sadden by it, I loved Blu, he really was good to me, but simply was not going to work for the kids.

But now we had already promised the girls a new pup, I wanted a young AHT, one we could raise from puppyhood used to the girls, but Sally was scared he would be the same, so we compromised on a Dachshund, a breed we had before and know it’s very good with kids, unfortunately I also know from experience that they dumb as a rock, so while not trilled, I agreed to it.

So last friday I drove another 2 hours, this time near Leeds to pick up the new puppy, we called him “Bones” and he is 12 weeks old

He is just adorable, and great with the kids, even the cat is coming around and playing with him, true to his nature, he is also as dumb as the breed can be, so much so we almost called him “Dumb-O” (Dumbo), but he is a loveable one, and the family is just over the moon.

I still wish I could have kept blue, he was such a good boy for me, and taking him out on walks was great, as a bigger and smart dog he was lots of fun.

Later on, when the kids are older I will defo get me a AHT

I then saw my wife deleting all her facebook comments of the last year and erasing all texts from her iPhone, I asked “why ?” she said she wanted to get rid of all the clutter from her digital media, like a end-of-year cleaning ..

It then daunted on me, I am a “Data Hoarder”, while I have no problem in hiring a skip every year and emptying the garage of all the clutter, I am unable to delete a single file from my Hard Drive, I have a couple of years worth of texts on my iPhone and e-mails from 2 decades ago (well, 2 decades from tomorrow).

My wife looks at my laptop the same way I look at those hoarders houses, a conglomerate of junk and (for her) worthless heaps of data, but for me, they priceless.

Well, at least my hoarding does not smell

So as expected, people took notice, so much so than in their path to Cloud nirvana they are watching our own site very closely, I have posted in the past some examples of others using our “Node Slider”, but seems even our FAQ is up for grabs ..

Thats the upcoming VPSHIVE Cloud FAQ filler pages, yeah, i’d sure it’s just filler for now and will be changed before going LIVE, but it’s nice to see we are inspiring others, and I mean it in a good way.

A Chrome Mercedes McLaren !!

I never though a chrome car would look good, but this one sure did, one word .. Sweet

The first time I saw it I was taken back, since it took me a while to realize it was not really working traffic lights, but a sculpture/decor piece.

Quite cool