Vendor Show for APCUG, and CES tidbits
Last night's vendor show was well attended and there were many of the usual goodies, but no big prizes (got a T-shirt though!). Intel gave away two build-it-yourself PCs that were extremely well equipped - dual 200gb hard drives with a 3 megahertz P4 and 512mb ram. It was a sweet machine, and lady luck made me wait until the very end, but as they say, no dice!
The h'orderves were nice, but I have to say it says something about this group that the fresh greens and fruit were the last to go ( in fact the greens never did disappear!), while tray after tray of fried stuff and pasta were gone in minutes. I tried the veggies and they were great! Is this an American problem or is it just us? You can't fault APCUG though - I'm sure if they ordered a healthy-only spread, the complaints would come in sure as spam.
Having stuffed myself at Maggiano's the night before, I can't really proselytize too loudly - under other circumstances I'd be queuing up at the greasy stuff.
Went to another Casino just before the vendor show to pick up my CES badge holder. They make you present ID - it's part of the auditing process to make sure the promoters of the event don't jimmy the attendence figures. CES is not open to the public, which means the give-aways should be plentiful.
Sanyo is promising to display a prototype of a 108-inch Plasma Screen TV!
Another Big Thing this year will be VOIP (voice over IP), a new way to telling Ma Bell to hit the road. Those folks that have high speed internet can place phone calls over that internet connection with very little added cost, and now VOIP is being touted as a cell phone solution as well. I remain unconvinced. I think they could develop a separate internet with ten times the available bandwitdh and still not have a big enough pipe for all the bling bling out here in consumerland.
Personally, I'm here on a secret mission - I'm trying to find a way to get a universal TV remote that does everything. They are out there, and they promise a lot, but they lie! I still need at least three to operate everything. Maybe I should just get off my butt and do it the old way. Then I wouldn't need to visit that veggie tray so much!
Mike
Mike
The h'orderves were nice, but I have to say it says something about this group that the fresh greens and fruit were the last to go ( in fact the greens never did disappear!), while tray after tray of fried stuff and pasta were gone in minutes. I tried the veggies and they were great! Is this an American problem or is it just us? You can't fault APCUG though - I'm sure if they ordered a healthy-only spread, the complaints would come in sure as spam.
Having stuffed myself at Maggiano's the night before, I can't really proselytize too loudly - under other circumstances I'd be queuing up at the greasy stuff.
Went to another Casino just before the vendor show to pick up my CES badge holder. They make you present ID - it's part of the auditing process to make sure the promoters of the event don't jimmy the attendence figures. CES is not open to the public, which means the give-aways should be plentiful.
Sanyo is promising to display a prototype of a 108-inch Plasma Screen TV!
Another Big Thing this year will be VOIP (voice over IP), a new way to telling Ma Bell to hit the road. Those folks that have high speed internet can place phone calls over that internet connection with very little added cost, and now VOIP is being touted as a cell phone solution as well. I remain unconvinced. I think they could develop a separate internet with ten times the available bandwitdh and still not have a big enough pipe for all the bling bling out here in consumerland.
Personally, I'm here on a secret mission - I'm trying to find a way to get a universal TV remote that does everything. They are out there, and they promise a lot, but they lie! I still need at least three to operate everything. Maybe I should just get off my butt and do it the old way. Then I wouldn't need to visit that veggie tray so much!
Mike
Mike
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