Oh, now I get it. Nerds.

Do they have:

Digital cameras that act as cell phones?

Handheld gameboy clones that play MP3s?

Mp3 players that play videogames?

Cell phones that play MP3's?

Cell phones that play videogames?

Mp3 players that take digital pictures?

Gameboys that make phone calls?

If I left off any of the the ridiculous convergence that makes up so much of tech buzz these days, let me know.

Like, your ass.

Gee, we've had apps launching from CDs and before that floppies since, what, before 1980?

Seriously, I wish more vendors would put "try me"/no-install versions of their apps on their distribution media, so I could use my apps without the bother of installing.

...I think it should read "things you can stick your ipod into". Although maybe then slashdot would start setting off adult filters...

Hot girl [thetechlounge.com] at the CES. Notice that she's got a tag on which means she's one of the show attendants. What a great way to market! (I'm so there next year!)

All: Day-0, day-ay-ay-0
All: Bill Gates come and he wanna go home
All: Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
All: He say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
All: Microsoft come and he wanna go home

Boys: Hack all night on a drink a'rum
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Hack manana till thee morning come
Girls: Bill gates come and he wanna go home

In the /. world, Microsoft's media center is already fanless.

I suppose that's a little better than the greased-up Yoda doll. My bowels are still unglued from that episode.

"or, as I call it, 'sanity preservers'

Or as I call it, "the electronic teat".

My wife and I have been talking about getting a pair of portable DVD players for the kids - or, as I call it, "sanity preservers" so during the 10-12 hour drive to Grandma's house, Dad doesn't kill them after the 6000th "Are we there yet? I'm bored!"

I believe a single Taser is more cost effective than individual DVD players, especially once you get past 2 kids.

Or you can resort to my technique of "NyQuil" in the juice container...

Well, you can use your Camera Cell Phone to take a picture of them watching their TV Cell Phone (Be sure to get a picture of their License plate), and notify their insurance company.

And I'll use my Video Cell Phone to take a movie of you watching your Camera Cell Phone to watch them ...

Driving. Who cares about driving?

What I'm most worried about is the users of cell phones with TV being allowed on flights. Now I have to spend 5 hours being crushed by the sweaty overweight guy next to me, who's watching King of Queens reruns while giving a play-by-play, complete with guffaws, to his best bud on the other end of the line.

I wonder if I could claim temporary insanity if I were to injure my neighbor in that situation?

John.

Hot girl at the CES


Her life must be hell this week.

me: "Are we there yet? I'm bored!"
dad: "yes, get out."

Is that U2's upgrade? Is it for the next black iPod?

Congratulations!!!

You have performed the most pathetic failure at making a joke that I have seen for many months now. It's almost beautiful how completely un-funny your posting is.

(Of course, the actual "funny" part will be when the slash-heads mod your posting up since it has both an SCO "joke" and a patent system "joke" in it.)

So how IS Ashlee Simpson enjoying CES?

How about getting a gyro unit to hook up to the camera you already have? For $1200 you can get a gyro kit from ken-lab [ken-lab.com]. Expensive, and extra weight, but you can keep using the camera and lenses you already have.

Let me tell you about a guy with an MBA from Harvard I know who grew up in Midland, Texas -- aka the Ass End of Nowhere. He was absolutely brilliant, particularly with human relationships.

Now if you spoke to this guy, you'd never believe he graduated from college, much less got through grad school at the finest institution of higher education in the USA. He actually used that to his advantage. I saw him do this time and time again... he'd slip into the backwards Texas drawl, mess up some word or speech on purpose, and then people would think, "Oh, what a stupid hick." Of course, at this point, they were at his mercy, just like the lady and the vendor in the tale you describe.

Only this guy one-upped your gal and then some. He became President of the United States this way.

Twice.

I swear, Brookstone and Sharper Image share this business model: they make a huge grid chart with every geek gadget labeling each row, and every yuppie gadget labeling each column. They then produce a Taiwanese product that implements each intersecting grid. Mix most combinations of golfball-caddy, hammock-pole, grill-fork, lawn-lamp, wine-caddy with phone-minder, address-book, usb-stick, music-player, calculator. Now you get the picture.