Comments on: CES: Day One http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/ Neil Kramer is a writer in Los Angeles (well, New York now). Citizen of the Month is his blog. Make yourself at home. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Citizen of the Month » Fame! http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-137300 Citizen of the Month » Fame! Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:46:05 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-137300 [...] A Year Ago on Citizen of the Month: CES, Day One     [...] [...] A Year Ago on Citizen of the Month: CES, Day One     [...]

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23538 Neil Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:37:49 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23538 Danny -- I think last year was the year of big screen TVs. This year, the iPod has inspired everyone to go small. Doing everything on your phone is popular now, including watching TV. It's sort of odd that just as everything gets bigger, everyone is also fascinated by making thing smaller. But do you really want to sit there and watch TV on your phone? Sara -- I do have other interests other than talking to little Neilochka. Not many, but porn stars -- bleh! Not very interesting. Melissa -- Thanks for the advice. It is so crowded here that I thought the cab ride would have taken forty minutes to go fifteen blocks. But today went much smoother, now that we figured out where everything is. And yes, we found the orange tote bag today! Danny — I think last year was the year of big screen TVs. This year, the iPod has inspired everyone to go small. Doing everything on your phone is popular now, including watching TV. It’s sort of odd that just as everything gets bigger, everyone is also fascinated by making thing smaller. But do you really want to sit there and watch TV on your phone?

Sara — I do have other interests other than talking to little Neilochka. Not many, but porn stars — bleh! Not very interesting.

Melissa — Thanks for the advice. It is so crowded here that I thought the cab ride would have taken forty minutes to go fifteen blocks. But today went much smoother, now that we figured out where everything is.

And yes, we found the orange tote bag today!

]]> By: better safe than sorry http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23531 better safe than sorry Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:30:57 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23531 i'm obsessed with finding my red coach tote, i hear you on this one, gotta have the right bag, it's a given. i’m obsessed with finding my red coach tote, i hear you on this one, gotta have the right bag, it’s a given.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23393 Melissa Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:33:36 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23393 Were there no available taxis? I'm guessing you could have gotten one cheaper than 10 bucks y'all spent on the train and *swoosh* door to door service. Day 1 is always about registering, getting the catalog and then roaming to get the feel of it. The night of Day 1 you go over your catalog of exhibits, choose the ones you want and then mark them on the map. Days 2 and 3 you just follow your marked map and also peak at the really interesting kiosks. The nights of Days 2 and 3 are for dinner, gambling, shows, dancing, sex, shopping, the spa, seeing all the casinos on the strip, in any order. (Repeat the really satisfying ones several times.) Were there no available taxis? I’m guessing you could have gotten one cheaper than 10 bucks y’all spent on the train and *swoosh* door to door service.

Day 1 is always about registering, getting the catalog and then roaming to get the feel of it. The night of Day 1 you go over your catalog of exhibits, choose the ones you want and then mark them on the map.

Days 2 and 3 you just follow your marked map and also peak at the really interesting kiosks. The nights of Days 2 and 3 are for dinner, gambling, shows, dancing, sex, shopping, the spa, seeing all the casinos on the strip, in any order. (Repeat the really satisfying ones several times.)

]]> By: sara lee http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23392 sara lee Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:55:15 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23392 There are porn stars there and you haven't checked them out yet? Are you ignoring the other part of you that also likes to post on this blog? There are porn stars there and you haven’t checked them out yet? Are you ignoring the other part of you that also likes to post on this blog?

]]> By: Danny http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23391 Danny Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:51:49 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23391 Yikes, that photo of the convention floor looks like the train platform at Auschwitz. Oh, the humanity! Conventions are ALL about the freebies, I would have gotten blisters on my feet looking for that damn tote bag that would have ended up in my closet. Since I'm never going to own a better television, I wanna hear about all the gigantic flat-screen, digital, high-def TVs. Report, please! I could not love Sophia more for wanting to hunt down that manufacturer just to tell them how their interface sucks. If you're ever stranded on a desert island, you better make damn sure that Sophia is with you or you'll be dead in a matter of hours! Give us a gambling report, please, and also how about a glitzy show review? Are Steve and Eydie at the Desert Inn? You could always report on the horror that is Celine Dion's extravaganza. Yikes, that photo of the convention floor looks like the train platform at Auschwitz. Oh, the humanity!

Conventions are ALL about the freebies, I would have gotten blisters on my feet looking for that damn tote bag that would have ended up in my closet. Since I’m never going to own a better television, I wanna hear about all the gigantic flat-screen, digital, high-def TVs. Report, please!

I could not love Sophia more for wanting to hunt down that manufacturer just to tell them how their interface sucks. If you’re ever stranded on a desert island, you better make damn sure that Sophia is with you or you’ll be dead in a matter of hours!

Give us a gambling report, please, and also how about a glitzy show review? Are Steve and Eydie at the Desert Inn? You could always report on the horror that is Celine Dion’s extravaganza.

]]> By: Tim http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23390 Tim Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:39:42 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23390 so, how did the slots treat you? so, how did the slots treat you?

]]> By: 3rdtimesacharm( 3T ) http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23389 3rdtimesacharm( 3T ) Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:28:55 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23389 Damn! I would have hunted until I found the orange tote bag! ;-) Did you score any free pins??? 3T Damn! I would have hunted until I found the orange tote bag! ;-) Did you score any free pins???

3T

]]> By: Student Nurse http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23388 Student Nurse Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:12:45 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23388 An entire sea of GEEKY TECH GUYS and I am not there? That is the true sin! Dang, I knew I planned my Vegas trip for the wrong weekend in January. I have lived right next door to Nevada (in CA) all my life and I am still a Vegas virgin. A crime I know. and *psstt* you have to remember the key to traveling is to visit with the hotel Concierge for all the tips and hints to getting around during a crowded time. An entire sea of GEEKY TECH GUYS and I am not there? That is the true sin!

Dang, I knew I planned my Vegas trip for the wrong weekend in January. I have lived right next door to Nevada (in CA) all my life and I am still a Vegas virgin. A crime I know.

and *psstt* you have to remember the key to traveling is to visit with the hotel Concierge for all the tips and hints to getting around during a crowded time.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/06/ces-day-one/#comment-23387 Nancy Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:59:40 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=367#comment-23387 Sounds worse than Disney Land! keep at it! Sounds worse than Disney Land! keep at it!

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