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Report from Holiday Inn

Fri, 11/01/2002 - 6:19pm

Building up all the 999 Games standsFinally an update from the Spellenspektakel! I'm in our hotelroom now, after the traditional borrel ('Trinken' auf Deutsch) in the café downstairs. We're staying in the Holiday Inn hotel which is really close to the building the fair is in.

Today was of course the openingday of the Spellenspektakel, and it went really smooth. Yesterday evening we went home at 22:30 o'clock (a lot better than last year!). We were rather tired and didn't go for a drink.

As always the breakfast in the Holiday Inn was delicous. We were in the Beursgebouw around 9:00 o'clock to finish the last parts. When the fair opened one of the first things I did was signing in my mother for the Vara/999 Kolonisten tournament at the VOC ship in Amsterdam. I called her and she was really happy with it. Sunday's bordspellen-tournament doesn't have a lot of participants, and the latest rumour I heard is that it will be cancelled in favour of a... Steden & Ridders tournament! It's not official though, so if you want to apply check with the tournament people first.

The room in the hotel we're playing games in tonight.So, now we're in the hotel and the people downstairs are playing games (I'll join them soon!). Sasha, Jerry and Marjolein are playing a new game.\

I took a lot of pictures yesterday and tonight, but the internet here is very expensive, so I'll put them online next week.

Even though there is a lot of work we're having a lot of fun here with a nice group of people.

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boardgames

First report from the Spellenspektakel

Thu, 10/31/2002 - 10:23am

There is even an internet connection at the Beursgebouw itself; really nice.

The construction goes really smooth, most of the things will be ready at 18:00 o'clock (that is a lot better than last year). After that mainly the decoration of the 999 Games' booths is left.

We have new clothing; it's purple with yellow. It's really easy to find us now :)

Took some pictures, I'll put them online tonight from the hotel.

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boardgames

To Eindhoven

Thu, 10/31/2002 - 1:05am

Well, perhaps not the most early departure ever (that must have been to Leeuwarden), but still... early.

We'll take the train at 07:40. It's nice that there is a direct connection between Haarlem and Eindhoven, but there's a big risk there will be delays today.

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footworks

Went out for dinner

Thu, 10/31/2002 - 12:38am

We went out for dinner with almost everybody of Net.Footworks yesterday.

It was really nice again.

We were in a small restaurant at the Nieuwmarkt, we had kaas-fondue (cheese-dipping).

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dailylife

Daniël is back for the Spellenspektakel

Wed, 10/30/2002 - 4:18am

Yesterday evening Sasha and I went to pick up Daniël from the station.

Jean-Paul was there also, he made some pictures but they're not online yet.

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boardgames

Spellenspektakel

Tue, 10/29/2002 - 11:45am

Spellenspektakel 2002Tomorrow morning we'll be leaving for the Spellenspektakel (Games Spectacular), a big games fair in Eindhoven. It is (partly) organized by some people of 999 Games, and many of our friends will be there.

This the 4th time I'll work for the Spellenspektakel. The first year I explained a single game (Land in Zicht) 3 days non-stop, that became quite boring in the end. Last year I helped out in various things. This year I'll be doing a lot of different things again, which is nice.

Daniel will bring his laptop and Ettie her digital camera, so with a little luck I'll be able to update my website regularly.

There will be a lot of tournaments during the fair, including some Kolonisten ones. To see some participants visit this thread on Kolonisten.nl.

As always there are many volunteers on the Spellenspektakel, most of them explaining games. Read one of their stories here, or see what this shop-owner thought about the fair last year: spelmagazijn.nl (with a lot of pictures).


The Spellenspektakel starts on Friday. Tomorrow we'll install all the things necessary, decorate the booths etc. Last year it took us till midnight. Let's hope this year it will go smoother.

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fun

Cabinet

Tue, 10/29/2002 - 9:15am

Click on the picture for a nice animation of the previous cabinet. Be sure have your sound on.

The previous cabinet

(through mijnkopthee.nl)

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chess

Internship status

Tue, 10/29/2002 - 8:46am

Now I'm done with the test on Formal Methods I can finally start with my internship.

I just spoke to my coach at Chess and we agreed on an assignment. It's a different than the previous one -- it will be more about the process of Software Engineering, less about hardware. So I won't be working with the SHAM. I like the assignment though.

Next Tuesday I'll go to the VU to find a university teacher who will help me with the internship.

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dailylife

Hallo vriendjes en vriendinnetjes

Tue, 10/29/2002 - 4:39am

Bassie & Adriaan together with their robot-friend RobinSad news, Bassie and Adriaan announced that they will quit in January 2004.

For the non-Dutch visitors: it's a children's show. Bassie is a clown and Adriaan a acrobat. Together they solve all kind of mysteries, and always catch the bad guys.

The official press release (Dutch) is here. Bas van Toor and Aad van Toor (as their real names are) said they want to quit on the top of their career, and not wait untill they'll get tired of their work.

If you have Flash enabled then their website is definately worth visiting: www.bassie-adriaan.nl. For those of you who have many childhood memories of them (like I do): there is a wonderful picture collection online.

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Bulgaria

Bulgarije.tk

Mon, 10/28/2002 - 4:07pm

I've just added a new link: Bulgarije.tk, a website for Bulgarians in Holland.

I think it might also be quite interesting for people who are just interested in Bulgaria. The site is in Dutch and Bulgarian.

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