Philip Ferris over at the Cornish Pasty Blog tagged me yesterday for
the meme challenge. The challenge is to reveal 5 things my readers may
not know about me and then tag five other bloggers to do the same.
So what might I tell you that you don’t know?
Perhaps things you may not wish to know? I’ll try to avoid too much
information...
5 things you may not know about me:
1)
I use to race mountain bikes –
before it was the wildly popular sport it is today. (What kind of weird
bike is that, kid?)
2)
I’ve broken my left wrist 3 times, my right wrist
once, my right collar bone, the ball of my right shoulder, a knuckle on my right
hand and several fingers plus had a huge number of grazes, contusions cuts,
scrapes and a concussion - all as a result of point one (hey – I didn’t
say I was any good!)
3)
Though born a New Zealander I grew up in Iowa City, Iowa – home of the
Hawkeyes! (No Green Card anymore
though – so all US based job offers must include sponsorship...)
4)
When I need downtime from the old PC I enjoy a bit of
carpentry. I’ve made wine racks and shelves and currently have
plans for a workshop bench and a desk. (When I get around to it...)
5)
I can cook – my “signature dish” is Chilli
Chocolate Truffles, a recipe of my own creation.
Five bloggers to tag... Just to keep it interesting I
am going to try to keep it to people I have actually physically met, and no two
from the same city! Disclaimer: I’m a bit behind on my feeds –
apologies if I tag someone who has already been “hit”.
Microsoft DPE (Techno-vangelist) Darryl Burling (Wellington, New
Zealand)
The Very Excited about Tablets and UMPCs Hugo Ortega (Sydney, Australia)
Mobile Devices MVP, Developer and all round good guy Nick Randolph, who
has not posted anything to his blog since 12/12 (What’s up with that?)
(Perth, Australia) OK – cheating here, I met Nick while he was working
in Wellington for 6 months, but he has since returned to New Zealand’s
West Island (that’s Australia to the rest of the world)
Correct me if I’m wrong – the first member of
the then Tablet Team in Microsoft to start blogging, Hilton Locke (Redmond,
USA)
Fellow LS800 user and mobility blogger Jack Cook (Boston, USA).
I’m going to follow Kevin
Tofel’s example here and not email these guys – let’s see
if they either read my feed or have ego searches for in their feeds (as I do
admittedly).