New Technology

So I think that blogging while on vacation is tough... Stacie seems to be good at writing more than one sentence, but I was always blogging when I had about few minutes to spare. But it was fun to post a few pictures while I was out and about!

Rob and I made it home safe and sound late last night. Since I didn't really go into details, I'll go into some now! Rob and I went to Vegas for the main reason of going to the Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2010). It is held every year in Vegas, and you have to work for the electronics industry to get in. So, we figured we might as well go while we still work for HP. The conference lasted 4 days (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun) with over 110,000 attendees. There were 2700 exhibits, and some exhibits were huge!!! Almost all the major companies were there...Microsoft, Intel, Panasonic, Canon, Sony, etc, and then there were so many smaller companies too....

Rob and I walked around for probably 30 hours looking at new technology. There were several themes we saw over and over again... 3D TVs, ebook readers, and wireless power. Here are some pictures of some cool stuff....

This is an automatic embroidery machine. It can do 6 threads at once and would be perfect to start your own business! Only $10,000. But really really cool. (It is embroidering a boot right now in the picture). The other cool 'crafty' thing I saw was a laser controller engraver.... only $8000 but it could engrave bottles, boxes, you name it! Totally cool!

NBC was showing off their technology for broadcasting the Olympics... They did some broadcasting there...

This guy was wearing a bunch of mini screens (electronic name tags I think)

Samsung's booth had a lot of TVs. It was a neat visual effect.

The show

Rob and I really wanted to see a show while we were in Vegas but we didn't want to to pay over 200 for tickets. So originally we signed up for this timeshare presentation to get us discounted tickets. We were sure we could say no, but it turned out we did not even have to go because we got 2 for 1 tickets by having a free players club card at the MGM. So we went last night to KA with our friends Huong and Aaron who are also here in Vegas. The show was really neat! I enjoyed it a lot.

Double decker time

My favorite part of the conference so far.... We got to ride a free double decker bus back to our hotel!!! I know I'm silly!

We had fun walking around the strip at night, checking out the casinos and trying not to lose money :)

Las Vegas CES

We made it... We're looking at new technology from


everywhere and waiting in line to see 3d TVs.
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Eve plays dress-up

Eve is in heat this month, so she doesn't get to go out much. And, since she is such a social butterfly, I decided to let her have some fun at home.... we decided to play dress up! Eve enjoyed pretending she was in New Orleans and pretending we allowed her to go to a fancy New Years party! Silly Eve!

Nuggets Game

As a final celebration before Rob and I headed back to work, we went to the Nuggets game with my parents! Thanks Mom and Dad for inviting us! We had a great time, even though the Nuggets lost by 1 point!!!! BOO!!

A highlight of the game was when Rocky (the mascot) stood at half court and made a shot backwards -- it went straight through the hoop -- nothing but NET! It was awesome! And we had great seats as well.

Those guys can jump....!

Snowy Ski Day

Rob and I went on a winter ski trip to Vail this week with our friend Alex and Stacie. We had a lot of fun --- it was snowing for most of the time, making beautiful winter scenery. And, with hand warmers and toe warmers, I didn't even get cold!