First Day at Work

I'm sat in a cube (just like dilbert) starting my first day of work in Orlando. The flight over here was fine, but I got told off on arrival for trying to smuggle oranges into the country. I could tell that fruit wasn't allowed in the states after seeing the size of all the immigration officers! They even have a special sniffer dog to track down fruity contraband.

The weather is fantastic, I had a swim in the pool at the hotel, and went out for some great noodles with my british colleagues.

My room has internet access, so you should be able to catch me on skype after about 10PM BST (search for 'richard astbury') although I don't have a microphone yet.

I'll post some pictures up soon.

Stateside

On Tuesday I'm flying out to America for two months. I'm going to be in Orlando for the first week, but after that I could be anywhere. I'll keep you posted, and will hopefully have lots of photos of me eating huge burgers and freedom fries and big gulps - mmmmm.

Pimp my Snack

Marvel at the gigantic custard cream, the huge french fancy, and the enormous bourbon biscuit. Pimp my Snack is definetly worth a look at. Although i don't think you'd live long if you ate too many of these treats.

http://www.pimpmysnack.com

The gallery is the best way of viewing the snacks:

http://www.pimpmysnack.com/gallery.php

Internet Radio

I have started listening to pandora, it's an internet radio station which customises the playlist according to your likes/dislikes. You can use it free of charge, and there are loads of tracks in the database.

You start by naming a band or song, it then plays other songs in that genre, which you can either give a thumb up or down to. It will then steer the choice of music according to your feedback.

Give it a go:

http://www.pandora.com

Other stations I like are:

http://www.HelpMeChill.com

http://www.BassDrive.com (of course!)