The entire technology world is preparing to descend on Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, but many of those in the San Francisco Bay Area are finding it slow going.
The entire Beyond Binary staff (yes, that is just me), is among those who have been hanging out at San Francisco International Airport amid weather-related flight delays. My flight is now running three hours late, but, like all good CES-goers. I have plenty of gadgets to keep me occupied.
My laptop and Sprint EV-DO card are letting me blog, while a video iPod has a season of Weeds and The Office, along with a handful of audiobooks and plenty of music. And, of course, I rarely go anywhere without my Treo, so e-mail is ubiquitous even when the laptop is shut.
My partner is with me too, but he's on his laptop watching the first season of Dexter.
If I get really bored, I'll pull out a digital camera and take a picture of all this stuff.
Hopefully, the plane will board before it comes to that. In any case, look forward to plenty of CES coverage starting tomorrow as Bill Gates delivers what will likely be his last CES keynote speech for some time. There will be plenty of Microsoft stuff Sunday and Monday, with lots of show-floor strolling planned for Tuesday. For all things CES, feel free to check out CNET's CES page.
View complete CES 2008 coverage from CNET.
Here's a collection of links from the "Stuff I'm reading" section. To see these as they post, come back to the Beyond Binary blog and check out the right-hand column. I recommend doing it ten times a day, but, the digest below is here for those that have other things to do:
- Are Microsoft-served ads slowing down Web sites?--Blogger Long Zheng noticed that his recent visits to Digg had been slowed by ad requests to MSN. He did some more, well digging, and found that some other sites with MSN-served ads are also sluggish. (istartedsomething)
- Just what is Ask erasing, and what are the others keeping?--The NYT's Saul Hansell checks in on what Ask's eraser actually deletes and looks at what the other big search companies are holding on to.
- Man chugs liter of vodka in airport security line--He nearly died, but he did avoid having to pay to check another bag. Doctors say he will live, though, narrowly missing his chance to earn a spot in this year's Darwin Awards. (AP via MSNBC)
- NBC plans Knight Rider comeback--NBC is bringing back Knight Rider, one of my favorite shows from childhood. Still unclear whether it will be a one-time thing or a whole new series. It will be interesting to see how well the revamp takes. (TV Week)
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