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Slashdotted Again

The TechZone got Slashdotted again yesterday. As a result, the server decided to keel over and died until most of the Slashdotters have left. This of course affects site revenues. If the site is not available for reading, it can’t make any money. Normally a Slashdot means an extra $1,000 of income but because the server keeled, it won’t make […]

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Ramblings

Back To The Gym!

One New Year’s Goal kept! Today I went back to the gym for my first workout of the year. And man are my muscles tire! Surprisingly I don’t feel as sore as I thought I would. I guess the extra bit of stretching helped out. Because it was my first time back, I took it relatively easy. I stuck with […]

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The MGM Skylofts

I thought I would post a few photos of where I stayed while I was in Las Vegas for the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show. The MGM Skylofts is like the most pimping hotel I have ever stayed in. You know you’re not in Kansas anymore when you see a LCD monitor in the mirror! There’s also a 32 inch plasma […]

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2006 CES Booty Haul

One of the nice thing about attending the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is all the manufacturers load you up with free stuff. Yes it’s true. Everything shown in the above photo was given to me for free! Some of the more noteworthy free stuff includes 1GB of OCZ RAM, an Ultra computer tool kit, CES laptop roller bags […]

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Ramblings

Home At Last

The plane got delayed 15 minutes, but other than that, the flight was quite nice. We landed at 9:30PM and there was a huge line up at Canada customs. We had to wait in that line-up for over 30 minutes. I’m not use to waiting. I really don’t like doing it and am always thinking up new ways to jump […]

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Last Day Of CES

Today is the last day of the 2006 CES. The CES this year is simply too big. I don’t think I have even seen 50% of the displays. At first I thought spreading the show across two convention centers was a good idea because it would help with some of the traffic congestion created by putting everything in one place. […]

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Too Many Parties!

My CES party went off pretty well. This was the first time I held it at the MGM Skylofts and while everyone like the location more, I maybe heading back to the Bellagio next year. The reason is the Skylofts has this problem with having too many people in their suites. We were not even half way full when the […]

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Hello From Vegas

We made it nice and safe to Las Vegas. Our flight was about 10 minute late but other than that it was pretty smooth. I almost had a bit of a problem going though customs. Made the mistake of telling them I was here to cover the CES. The customs guy said “Oh, you mean you’re going to work down […]

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