He’s a legend among Microsofties: the dude on the Segway wearing a glittering gold helmet. I’ve been stalking him for months, collecting sighting reports from breathless ‘Softies who’ve seen him at Target, seen him on 40th, seen him in elevators! And finally FINALLY, I tracked him down. Meet Stephan, aka The Golden Helmet.

A top speed of 12.5 mph!

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I’ve always wondered. And now the truth comes out!

Video: Israeli foodI grabbed this from Declan’s awesome blog all about International MSFT tech jobs:

So what do software engineers eat in Israel?

 

So for a bit of Friday fun check out Lisa, one of our SDEs in Israel, telling us a little about free food and in particular”diet” food that they all eat in the Haifa break room… :)

Katya Sedova (SDET Lead for IE) and Scott Rowley (SDE II for Live Meeting)

Katya Sedova (SDET Lead for IE) and Scott Rowley (SDE II for Live Meeting) compete at the USA Dance: Seattle Chapter’s “Quest for the Best” Competition on October 21, 2006 in Seattle. They placed 2nd in PreChamp and 5th in the Open Competition. Both dancers perform with several other Microsofties on the Ballroom Dance Performance Team.