Napkinnights @ XS Sunday’s - 2010-03-07
March 9th 2010
Floyd Mayweather Jr. associate faces charges in Vegas shooting
March 9th 2010
Source: espn.go.com — Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Police say an associate of boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested on attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon charges in an August shooting outside a Las Vegas skating rink. …
8 music acts sue over Ala. festival payments
March 9th 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Associated Press) — Eight music acts are suing the former president of Birmingham's City Stages festival for payment for performances during the 2009 event.A lawsuit filed in Jeffer…
Wynn Las Vegas relaunching boutique home store
March 9th 2010
Officials at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel-casino say they plan to relaunch a boutique store for residential design this week. The store, Wynn LVNV, contains items selected by Wynn Design and Development …
Napkinnights @ XS Saturday’s - 2010-03-06
March 9th 2010
Looking forward to MIXing in Las Vegas
March 9th 2010
Source: blog.datadirt.net — Tuesday, March 09, 2010
This Saturday I’m flying to Las Vegas to attend Mix conference . Microsoft Austria invited me (all these years of iResistance are finally paying off!) to visit the world’s capital of gambling – of course I’ll report my trip on this very blog and via Twitter . After my return from the US you and me hopefully know anything there is to know about one-armed bandits, striptease clubs with high moral standards, new Microsoft web publishing techniques and the status quo of the cloud. Plus I expect to do a couple of video interviews – I’m not sure why Microsoft called this place “The Commons”, but there is definitely a hang-out and socializing place, which I will take full advantage of since some sessions are quite code-related. Looking forward to the keynotes though – plus the various presentations of Windows 7 Mobile, HTML 5, Silverlight 4 and many more. I’m curious how Redmond images the future of the web. Kudos to the guys who built the session planner – very handy and necessary tool as there are over 100 sessions. So far these are on my personal list: 10 Ways to attack a Design Problem and come out winning by Robby Ingebretsen Opening Up Opportunity with Twitter by Ryan Sarver Microsoft Surface goes Social: Research Project at the University of Linz The laws of user experience by Anthony Franco Copyright: a cloudy subject by Jonathan Zuck And I don’t want to miss the Hour with Bill Buxton , Microsoft’s head of research. I am going to s …
Poker Can Kill You and Leave You Broke
March 9th 2010
We all know the stories of the old days when a six shooter was one of the most important things a poker player carried in his bag of tricks. More than once the poker game was decided, not by the turn of a card, but by the best pistol shot.
Although no one died at the European Poker Tour (EPT) tournament at the luxury Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin some were injured when robbers armed with assault rifles and hand grenades burst into the tournament room and stole the $1.1 million cash prize pool.
The EPT tournament resumed about four hours later. It was not reported if they were playing for real money or an IOU contingent upon the crooks being apprehended and the money recovered.
Dr. Pauly has posted an early account of events with links to videos on Tao of Poker.
Napkinnights @ XS Friday’s - 2010-03-05
March 9th 2010
Angel, Copperfield Again Make Vegas Top Ten
March 9th 2010
Source: itricks.com — Tuesday, March 09, 2010
No surprises here, Copperfield and Criss Angel are among the Ticket News.com Vegas Top Ten again this week. With fixture Bette Midler now permanently vacated, the rest of Sin City’s entertainment should get a little more wiggle room until Celine Dion resumes her show. Meanwhile, with big changes allegedly coming to Believe, one would be wise to see how much the reshuffling moves the needle from the numbers they are charting now. …
Napkinnights @ Drai’s Thursday’s - 2010-03-04
March 9th 2010