CES 2008

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January 7-10 was the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. A few thoughts…

As always, CES was an interesting event to attend. The scale of the show is pretty hard to imagine if you haven’t been there before; it’s just huge. I don’t think attendance figures have been released yet, but projections were in the 140,000-person range. Exhibit space was something like 1.8 million square feet.

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Fuel Economy

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Prius fuel economy display

Holly and I were in Los Angeles a week ago, visiting family and friends.

Our rental car was a Toyota Prius, a gas-electric hybrid. I’ve seen these vehicles many times, but this was my first time behind the wheel. A few notes on this experience: Read the rest of this entry…