Monday, March 31, 2008 A.D.

It's a portable world

We're in school at the moment and enjoying the subject 'Setting up a network for small and midsize business'.

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Sunday, March 30, 2008 A.D.

Only one bottle for tonight

I'm opening a two litres bottle of beer for me and the girls. Cheers!

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Sunday, March 30, 2008 A.D.

Dream team II

We'll have a lekker Braai tonight. It will be the first one this year!

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 A.D.

Guess that...

I've actually slept the entire afternoon and now, we're watching 'Wetten dass...' and spending a cozy evening at home.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 A.D.

Babysitter Stini

After less than two hours of sleeping last night, I'd already to get up again, to help moving Nadine's flat to the new location. While we guys were carrying all the heavy belongings, Christine (aka Stini) took care of Fabio.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 A.D.

Lies don't travel far

On the way back home, I met Marc. Well, he told me that he's in his grandmother's house in Barcelona and that I can visit him, too. Very funny.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 A.D.

Let it snow

Just after Kadi and I went to the dancefloor, it started snowing (or foaming).

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 A.D.

Contact center

Corina who works in the Contact Center of Futurecom is here, too.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008 A.D.

Dancing queen

I'm very impressed by Nadine's progress she made! Let's dance :o)

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Friday, March 28, 2008 A.D.

Hanging out with friends

Nadine, Rahel, Karin and Rebecca are getting prepared for the Lollipop Party tonight.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008 A.D.

The beauty and the beast

Sonja and Heinz, who is who, that is the question.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008 A.D.

Mexican Swiss food

After walking an entire quarter hour, we're in the Mexican restaurant Don Weber now. They actually sell many Swiss dishes, so I'll get hacked meat with pasta and mixed apple stuff.

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Monday, March 24, 2008 A.D.

Easter brunch

This morning, my godfather Heinz invited me for an easter brunch as a result of repairing his PC. Lilian, Marion, Manuela and Nicole (ltr) enjoyed the lekker breakfast, too.

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Monday, March 24, 2008 A.D.

Midnight poker

After only a few hours of sleeping last night, I've to take it easy tonight. After eating supper with my parents, I went to Oliver's home, where they played poker.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 A.D.

Third try - success

The girls just couldn't stand still, so had to try three times till I shot a sharp picture.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 A.D.

Heinz, hot tomato sauce

He has definitely more success than Mr Heinz. ;o)

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 A.D.

The Biel connection

My Project Manager Christine (r) is also here, together with many friends of her from Biel.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 A.D.

It's all a party life

Heinz actually convinced me to join the party so late. Finally, I'm not mad of him.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 A.D.

The vegetarian party

Tonight at 12.50pm (!), I decided to go out to Zurich. I went to Hiltl Club, which belongs to the vegetarian Hiltl restaurant. I'm not that a fan of vegetarian restaurants, but I'm definitely a fan of the club - and the people there! ;o)

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 A.D.

Mr. Propper at Outdoor-Work

It was Marion who wrote this title and published this blog post. I was busy working all the afternoon and hadn't had the time for doing private, 'unimportant' stuff. ;o)

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 A.D.

Our private gardener

Simon helped me cutting the trees and the roses today. As we're tough guys, we did the work while it was snowing and sometimes raining, quite cold in combination with a rough wind!

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Saturday, March 22, 2008 A.D.

Leaving

Some girls are already leaving now. They got a bit tired because of all the dancing. :o)

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Friday, March 21, 2008 A.D.

It's Sylvia on the left hand side

Of course we've just had to go out today. Sylvia, Nadine, Marion, Tatjana and Debora (ltr) celebrate 2000 years Good Friday. ;o)

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Friday, March 21, 2008 A.D.

Enjoying supper on Good Friday

Sina, Marion, Dani, Karin, Nicole and I (ltr) enjoy our great fish fondue with asparagus, rice and many delicious sauces we've cooked.

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Friday, March 21, 2008 A.D.

Shy Swiss girls

We're getting tired, maybe going home soon (at least some of us).

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Friday, March 21, 2008 A.D.

For successful living

Well ...

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Friday, March 21, 2008 A.D.

It's all a family life

Mirjam, Sven and Sonja enjoying tha gangsta music.

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Friday, March 21, 2008 A.D.

Let's hipp tha hopp

We're in Masquotte now where there's a Black Music Hipp Hopp party. It's not actually my favourite music style.

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Friday, March 21, 2008 A.D.

Sven in his element

We're heading forward to Masqotte now.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 A.D.

Dream team

Tamara and Sven enjoy the time with us in Bling.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 A.D.

The devil again

Satany, Mirjam and Sonja.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 A.D.

I believe eggs can fly

What was first? The egg or the chicken?

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 A.D.

Thursday night sports with Tamara

Martin and Tamara while fighting against each other on Wii Sports, all captured by Sven.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 A.D.

Virtual boxing

Patrick and Tamara while boxing on Wii.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 A.D.

Happy employees

Sonja, Sven (my coucousin) and Mirjam enjoy the evening.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008 A.D.

Strategy meeting

Daniel, Alex and many others enjoy our easter aperitive.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 A.D.

Team Sushi

Nadine, Philipp, Annick, Simon, Michael, Manu and I (rtl) are proud of the final result we've created. There are 193 Sushis in total, so everyone gets 27.57 Sushis.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 A.D.

Looking forward to eating

We're already hungry but there's still a lot of work to do in front of us.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 A.D.

Top of Zurich

I'm currently at Philipp and Annick's home where we're picking up the stuff for making Sushi. A great view out of the balcony.

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Saturday, March 15, 2008 A.D.

We all belong together

Partyyy!

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Saturday, March 15, 2008 A.D.

And the party goes on!

The last game they lost - cheers!

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Saturday, March 15, 2008 A.D.

Meeting G-Projects

Hensi, Noldi, Bombi and Ruchti are at the fez party, too!

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Friday, March 14, 2008 A.D.

Let's rock tha party

Manu, Michi, Andi and I play Guitar Hero before we go out to party.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008 A.D.

The devil in between

Tamara drove me back to Futurecom and will drop off Sonja and all the others somewhere in Zurich. Huff, that was quite a fast ride...

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Thursday, March 13, 2008 A.D.

Opening the champagner

Philipp and Ewa just opened an other bottle of champagner.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008 A.D.

Thursday evening at Futurecom

Sonja, I, David and Michael captured by Philipp.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 A.D.

Chilling out at home

After an endless trip back home on Sunday/Monday, I'm finally chilling out at home now (though I still have some jet lag). My cousine Marion is also here and we're enjoying an easy evening.

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Sunday, March 9, 2008 A.D.

Bye Venetian

Luckily, I just found out that the time changed to daylight savings time last night. So, I've to get to the plane one hour earlier. Bye bye Venetian, it was fantastic being here!
(This blog post was written in LV but actually published in Zurich.)

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Sunday, March 9, 2008 A.D.

It's all indoor

The canal, the sky, the central plaza, everything is indoor so there's always good weather. :-) I've actually not only been to Vegas but also to Venice.

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Sunday, March 9, 2008 A.D.

Zuneized

Today, I went to Fry's Electronic store to purchase two 80 GB Zune MP3 players for Nadine and Heinz. It's a Zune world!

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Saturday, March 8, 2008 A.D.

Waiting for breakfast

I'm currently waiting till I get a table for breakfast. It's my last full day in Vegas today and I'll do some shopping afterwards. Claus and Andi already left today so that I'm on my own now...

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Saturday, March 8, 2008 A.D.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas

Greetings from the V-Bar.

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Saturday, March 8, 2008 A.D.

Writing a blog entry for Futurecom

At the moment, I'm writing a blog entry for the Frog-Blog of Futurecom about Internet Explorer 8. As these blog articles are a bit longer than those of my blog, it's actually quite a few work to do.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

27 degrees outside

After dozens of hours of sleeping, I'm enjoying the hot weather. The MIX actually is over now, fortunately I'm here for another two days.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

The team and Microsoft

Tonight, the Tao club is quite cool.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

Chuchichäschtli

... That's the word the people said after we've already used cheese, banks in zurich, chocolate, et cetera.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

The staff

...you know what I mean? ;-)

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

Our together at MIX crew

Frank and Thanh Thao organized this party. Thank you!

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

Breathing the flavours

Hmmm!

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

Snake the game

We're at the Together at MIX party now.

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Friday, March 7, 2008 A.D.

Steve Ballmer groupies

We're waiting to getting into the keynote conference room where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will attend.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

Wanna Zune

Heinz and Nadine are actually thinking about getting a Zune. Let's put pressure on them, it's an amazing user experience!

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

The tree from the petrol station

Oli, Michele and I enjoy the small garden party on top of the roofs.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

Another floor of Tao club

I'm on the top level now. In the background, you can see ONE part of the Venetian.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

The view out of Tao club

Uh, it's only half past eight and we're already quite, let's say, fine! ;-) Viva Las Vegas!

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

The e universe

I've learned a lot about the new version of Internet Explorer 8 today. The IE team is a sponsor tonight - i feel comfortable.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

I found it!

There's a lekker aperitive - and it's all offered by Microsoft.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

Just another small hallway

Help me! I got lost in the hotel complex. I'm looking for the Tao club, where there's the hot MIX bash.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

Guitar hero contest for professionals

I think I've too less expertise to join this contest...

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 A.D.

Elvis is here, too

We're having our second break this afternoon. And in the floor, I say Elvis interviewing some attendiees.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 A.D.

It's a huge conference

We're continually blogging and updating the Frog-Blog from Futurecom. It's very interesting. :-)

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 A.D.

Breakfast for 3000 people

There's breakfast for 3000 people in one single room! Soon, the MIX keynote will start where they will announce some breaking IT news.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 A.D.

In Tao club with Oli

Oli, I and many others are enjoying an easy evening in the Tao club. There's a really nice staff! :-)

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 A.D.

Incredible huge

We're trying to get back to our hotel. Everything is so huge that's Las Vegas. :-)

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 A.D.

The entrance hall

Andi, Claus and I are looking for a Sushi restaurant in Vegas now.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 A.D.

Horse tail back riding

Today, we're doing some horse tail back riding. The sky is blue (what else?!) and the horses ready. Jepee i eee!

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 A.D.

A free Zune for everyone

Everyone gets a free Zune mp3 player. Much better than iPod!

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 A.D.

The pre conference started

Claus, Andi and I are enjoying the MIX pre conference in the huge Venetian hotel and conference rooms. The morning is over now and we're waiting for lunch.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 A.D.

From Vegas to Venice

I still don't know where to eat, there are just too many restaurants...

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 A.D.

Looking for supper

I'm quite hungry and checking out the restaurants. Well, one always has to cross the casino.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 A.D.

My small single suite

I've checked in the Venetian hotel. And my room is so huge!

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008 A.D.

The eagle has landed

I'm here in Las Vegas.

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Monday, March 3, 2008 A.D.

Leaving soon

Our plaine should be ready soon so that we can board. Bye bye New York!

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Monday, March 3, 2008 A.D.

Getting tired

My flight to Las Vegas is delayed, so I have to wait another 90 minutes. I've bought some magazines and a book but I'm a bit sceptic if I'll be up to read it in the plaine as I'm slowly but surely getting tired. At least the magazines have many pictures inside ;-)

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Monday, March 3, 2008 A.D.

Getting some sun

It's a bit windy here, but the sky is blue all around and the sun is burning. Much better than in Switzerland!

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Monday, March 3, 2008 A.D.

Arrived in big apple

I've just landed in New York! It's 2.20pm and I'm already going to my next gate... Greetings from U S and A! :-)

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Monday, March 3, 2008 A.D.

Ready for take off

From my point of view, we could leave now. Well, some people are still missing...

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Monday, March 3, 2008 A.D.

Leaving Switzerland

Soon, I'll leave Switzerland and fly to Las Vegas via New York. I'll attend the Microsoft MIX event. Alrighty, I have to go through the last security check now... See you in New York! :-)

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Saturday, March 1, 2008 A.D.

Heading forward to Berlin

Dimitrj van Vallenweider (aka Dimi aka Nandu aka Ueli) organized a small but nice fare-well party in Winterthur, as he'll go to Berlin for the next few months. He'll play guitar, make music, write poems and (probably) slow down. Maybe I'll visit him one day.

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About me

Philippe Gassmann
Zurich, Switzerland

Existing since 1983 and trying to check out every pretty spot on earth.