I’ll be helping Tekzilla cover the show, of course (follow the Revision3 CES Twitter list here), but I’ll also be paying special attention to any gaming-related content on the show floor for Qore as well. That means you’ll probably see me floating around the Sony booth quite a bit. Plus, I’ll be guest-hosting Buzz Out Loud on Friday morning at 9AM PST, so if you’re around the South Hall come check it out (or listen online).

Let me know what you’re most excited about seeing at the show this year in the comments, and don’t forget to add your most coveted gadgets to your lists on gdgt!

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Tuesday:
We’ll be at the (Jobs-less) Keynote, and then roaming the show floor at Macworld trying to find the coolest stuff to put on the show. There’s a Macrumors party that evening that I’d like to attend, depending on my exhaustion levels. For live coverage, make sure you watch Ryan’s liveblogging at gdgt!

Wednesday:
CES baby! We’re all flying down to Vegas in the afternoon. Digital Experience is that night, which always has something interesting to see.

Thursday/Friday/Saturday:
Live Tekzilla at 4pm at the NBC/Revision3 booth (Central Hall #12133). Come see me and Patrick record the show, which should last about 30 minutes or so. We’ll have a ton of new products to show off, most of which I can’t talk about yet. :/
I’m also hoping I might be able to pop into Buzz Out Loud for a little reunion show, but we’ll see!

Saturday night:
We’re having a Tekzilla party at the Double Down Saloon! We’re probably going to get things rolling around 8pm, but I’ll send updates to Twitter if anything changes. I’ll be the one drinking the bacon martinis.

If you’re at any of these events, stop and say hello! Post any predictions for Macworld/CES that you have in the comments, and we’ll see who has the best intel. BTW, we have a winner for the shuffle contest! It was Mirko from Croatia (#433). Congrats! I’ll get that out to you as soon as I get back from CES.

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This whole scenario reminded me a lot of E3, and how drastically different it was from past years. Yes, the lack of excess was refreshing for people, but there were no amazing announcements to give it some balance. I don’t know, maybe if they had some dancing bears or something it would have taken the edge off of hearing about delayed titles and lackluster console sales.

There are exceptions, of course. Macworld is an obvious example of a show that keeps it’s intensity, but it’s also not as broad in scope as E3 or CES. And smaller conferences are also garnering a lot of attention, but that has a lot to do with their niche focus (such as startups at TechCrunch40 or LeWeb).

I don’t know, maybe it’s unrealistic to expect to be wow’d at every conference like this. And I certainly don’t think that companies like Sony or Samsung should sit on new stuff all year to save it for a big unveiling at CES, either. But with the rate that technology is progressing, I’m just a little surprised with the lack of new things to see here at the show floor. I guess there’s always next year.

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We’ve been having a great time here at CES so far, and cranking out the videos non-stop. I think tomorrow I might actually have a chance to browse the show floor a little bit and check out some things I may have missed. Honestly, I haven’t seen anything too mind blowing, but there were some interesting announcements from Panasonic and the really cool Alienware Curve monitor.

The Mahalo Daily’s at CES have been a blast too, and I was even on Buzz Out Loud today, which was great. It felt like we just picked up where we left off. The CNET booth this year looks absolutely amazing, so if you haven’t stopped by there make sure you work it into your agenda. I also met the lovely iJustine, albeit briefly, and Major Nelson of Xbox. Getting to meet the people I read and watch online at these events is my favorite part, for sure.

More from the floor tomorrow!

Image from Engadget

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In case you missed the story tonight, Mahalo Daily be doing video for the Engadget folks this week at CES. Starting this weekend, in fact! So you can catch the videos either on our site, or using the video tag over at Engadget. This is my third year covering CES, and I’m looking forward to seeing what new and shiny toys will be unveiled this time around.

There’s already crazy news with HD DVD canceling their entire freakin’ press conference (basically because Warner Brothers went with Blu-ray), so I have a feeling that this is going to be an interesting CES.

Keep your eyes open for the videos, and rest assured that I’ll be twittering my fool head off about every gadget I come across. Heck, you can even follow CES2008 on Twitter nowadays! Here’s hoping my flight to Las Vegas won’t be delayed or canceled because of rain. Seriously!

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Wow! I’m extremely flattered to be on Violet Blue’s list of Top 10 Sexy Geeks of 2007! Violet has put out this list for the past two years, and every year it’s full of wonderfully smart and talented people. I guess I’m a little biased, because so many of them are my pals!

I love that she also used one of my favorite photos of me and Ryan (who was a runner-up on the list, that sexy devil). Well, this certainly made my day!

In other news (while I have your attention):
* I did an interview with MacMost recently, and realized that I say “really” more than is probably appropriate.
* Mahalo Daily is going on a short hiatus for the holidays, but we’ll be back on the 31st with some really (oops, I mean totally) amazing episodes.
* Then on the week of the 7th, look for our very special CES coverage. It’s gadget time!

Have a great holiday!

Photo credit: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid

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Thanks, Andrew!

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Anyhow, CES is still going well. Last night we had a company party at the Playboy Villa at the Palms, and it was insane. I have never seen a hotel suite that awesome. There was a bed that rotated, a whirlpool tub that was so deep that you could drown in, and a pool outside with the Playboy bunny symbol that leaned out over the edge of the building and over the lights of Vegas. Unfortunately, I was so worried about being overtired that I left at 10:30. I know, I’m a giant lameo.

I also did some soundbites for G4 earlier today, so look for those in their preview of the Best of CES awards that we host.

I have pictures of a lot of stuff, but that media card reader is escaping me again. I’ll update with photo links later.
UPDATE: Here they are!

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Samsung came by the booth this morning with a few nice phones, one of which has an operating system that they wouldn’t let us show… I didn’t see it, but I can take a few guesses. Today isn’t too insane, but we’re really just ramping up for tomorrow. There are tons of new products that we’re going to be showing live on CNETTV.com. I’ve only really done one First Look before, of the Nintendo Wii, so doing a bunch of First Looks on stage in front of a bunch of people should be interesting.

Ugh, didn’t sleep very well. Too excited. Then I decided to wear a wool sweater, which was pretty dumb (the lights at the booth get really hot). More later, I’ve gotta go drink a Red Bull.

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I’ll be blogging as much as possible here during the show, and I should also have some other goodies for you. Hopefully, that will NOT include video of myself getting hammered and telling Bill Gates, “I’ll show YOU an operating system!” Just kidding. Drinking and Vegas seem to go hand in hand, but the last thing in the world that you want to be is hungover.

More later! If you’re in Vegas, come say hi at the CNET booth (at the entrance of the South Hall). We’ll be recording live Buzz Out Loud there everyday at 12:30ish. BYE!

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