Robert “Thrax” Hallock showed up at ICHQ around 4 in the morning, and thus began our arduous journey west to the desert sands and bright lights (and legs) of Vegas.
After a brief kerfluffle at the Denver airport, in which they told us to stay on the plane but get off the plane and then go to a different gate but then come back to another gate, we successfully resumed our trip and arrived at our hotel bright and early. So early, in fact, that our room wasn’t ready yet. No matter! To the buffet we go!
And a good thing it was: if there’s one thing you absolutely must do in Vegas that doesn’t involve some sort of sex act, it is to at least one time dine at a casino buffet. We happened upon Cafe Lago at Caesar’s Palace and, despite spotty service, came away overfull, fat, and sassy. Oh, and with Peter “BuddyJ” Gill in tow, who happened upon us as we stuffed ourselves like the swine that we are.
And thus commenced relaxation. The rooms at Caesar’s are amazing, and much nicer than we are used to for our normal tradeshow fare, which are something akin to a Tijuana brothel run by an overbearing woman named Carmella.
Alas, it was short-lived. As any good journalists are wont to do, we only briefly enjoyed the creature comforts of said room before embarking upon the first of our actual work-y efforts. Off to the Venetian we went, to hang out at the Asus press conference.
After the somewhat uninspiring conference, we picked up our media badges and headed over to CES Unveiled.
What is this I don't even
I was told that there were things called “exhibitors” showing some sort of “gadgets” at this CES Unveiled thing. Really, all I can remember are the tables full of delectable and plump cocktail shrimp, the four (count them!) open bars, the trays full of gourmet cheese and charmingly sliced vegetables, the tuxedoed men carrying around trays of dazzling Hors D’Oeuvres, the SUSHI CHEFS and their intoxicating artistry, and the freaking robot that was hovering all over the place.
Yes, there was a robot hovering around. I don’t even know.
Okay fine, I have to put on Icrontic’s good face and say that we met with exhibitors such as Microvision, where we saw their awesome and impressive “frickin’ laser” enabled SHOWWX pico projector, LaCie and their surprisingly cool “Wuala” file sharing service–think Dropbox but even more shell integrated and even easier to share files with specific people using social groups, and media streamers from D-Link, Seagate, and Popbox.
After stuffing ourselves beyond capacity, we headed back to the room, where Charlotte “Charshie” Tarlitz met us. Three guys and a hot chick later, we embarked upon legendary Vegas adventures.
The rest of our evening consisted of delightful wanderings, serendipitous happenstances, and getting lost in concrete and drywall labyrinths while boogy-ing down to the ever-present thump of music that pervades the desert in this part of Nevada. Pirate ships, Elvis, sirens, volcanoes, and mushroom swiss burgers surrounded us at every turn as we indulged in the adult Disneyland that is Las Vegas.
More tomorrow.
Articles RSS