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Limos & Fremont Street

Armand — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:20:22 +0000

Quite a turn out of Kiwis at SPC09. Shot Microsoft NZ for Shouting the Kiwis a night out.

Dinner at the Red Square, Mandalay Bay.

Cheers Steve

Vegas tour in the Limos

Fremont Street is vintage Vegas. A Must see, at night the neon canopy lights up. Cheap drinks & $2 black jack tables here…

Golden Gate hotel & casino boss was handing out chips like pringles. Pretty sure he won all the chips back (and some) by the end of the night…

Casino

Armand — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:55:02 +0000

Miles and miles of casino, all foot traffic is routed through the casinos (which are all linked) so you can’t escape them on the strip. Play your cards and know when to leave, you could win enough for dinner and drink enough pre drinks before heading out, but that’s not very exiting is it?

Mix Lounge @ THEhotel

Armand — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:07:30 +0000

Great view, Great Food, Good Friends, Average photos. Take your friends out to the Mix Lounge @ THEhotel if you want to earn Baller status.

Who knew a 6 course meal of diva portions could get you full. OK I see the point now

The night skyline view was incredible

Out in the town with name tagged shirts haha, at least we’re not carrying laptops to a bar like the other guy

SPC09 Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

Armand — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:59:28 +0000

This year’s Microsoft SharePoint Conference was held in the Manadalay Bay, Las Vegas. The 4 day event was sold out with more than 7000 attendees from across the globe. We meet a lot of people, showed off our web accelerator and took home hundreds of leads. We also all came home with the shareflu!

Key note speaches

YB

The Exibit hall

Breakie / lunch / break emails was top notch

O geez. Microsoft Rockband party

Microsoft and F5

Armand — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:44:03 +0000

It was a Privilege to visit F5 networks and Microsoft. You really gain a whole new perspective when your State side on how the big boys in I.T roll compared to what we have in New Zealand (where’s NZ again?)

The Microsoft Redmond Campus is massive, sprawls and sprawls. its about 8 million ft2 (750,000 m2) of office space and 30,000 employees.

Starbucks and Movie grade popcorn anyone?

The Windows “surface” / table or whatever…great fun playing 4 man pong on

Redmond is Picturesque in Fall for sure…

Experience Music Project (EMP), Seattle

Armand — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:31:28 +0000

Experience Music Project (EMP) is another must see in Seattle. Heaven for a music buff but still fun if you you’re not a big music fan, heaps of interactive areas. Jimi Hendrix room is pretty rad and so was the impromptu jam session with a bunch of randoms.

Seattle Science Fiction Museum

Armand — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:31:01 +0000

Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, which is in the same building as the Experience Music Project is worth adding to the admission price. Im not a big Sci Fi fan however it was still pretty cool seeing familiar props and characters from well known movies.

Seattle whatevs

Armand — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:57:57 +0000

Here are some random shots from my day off…

Seattle Center, just north of Belltown in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood. You’ll find a reason to come back everyday.

One of the Greenest Big cities in the US

There’s a starbucks on every corner…almost

Obama blend: Finest Kenyan European Roast?

soccer mom ballin in an escalade

Key Arena dont have the Supersonics anymore, but they still have the Storm.

Seattle Public library

Armand — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:49:45 +0000

Because its raining outside and warm inside. Marvel at the architecture

Pike Place Markets

Armand — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:50:36 +0000

The Pike Place Market Place is a Must See when in Seattle. I would like to know where else in the world you can get comic books, fresh fish, doughnuts, handmade ocarinas, and framed art all in the same place. Its the home of the first Starbucks and the signature attraction fish thrown left and right.