Neowindex is the name given to gatherings of Neowin staff and members. This years brought me and 6 other staffers to Haarlem and about 8 more to Seattle last weekend.

The guys in Seattle got tours of Microsoft, Valve and the ship from Deadliest Catch, a Discovery Channel show. They got a preview of the new TF2 Map “Goldrush” and got to play it against the guys who made it, the lucky bastards :P .

Meanwhile, in Haarlem/Amsterdam we did a whole lot of drinking and sight-seeing (mainly drinking ;) ). It was great to put faces to the names and to get to know the guys personally, they really are a great bunch! We had Chris Aarons of Buzzcorp join us on our escapades also, a really nice guy and he’s going to be helping us with an upcoming giveaway on Neowin.

I just threw together my first wordpress theme. It’s inspired by one of Upstart Blogger‘s themes, but coded and designed entirely by myself in about 2 hours total. The photo is one I took last summer driving through Arizona, with my head out the window doing 100mph ;)