CES 2013: Diary of a CES noob, Day 1

Getting lost behind the scenes at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, waiting to see the good stuff

CES is one of the few big techie events that I was at least moderately familiar with before I started working here at Network World, less than a year ago. I always thought of it as the nerd playground to end all nerd playgrounds, with years-from-release technology available to the eager gadgeteer.

And I was right -- sort of.

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1:55 p.m. - seriously lost. Beginning to get hungry.

2:10 p.m. - wonder whether half-completed booth materials are edible. Vaguely recall some fact about organic glues in plywood.

2:20 p.m. - consider new life as native ruler of random area of deepest exhibition hall. Search for suitable materials for warpaint denoting high office.

2:25 p.m. - find way out. Thank lucky stars no warpaint materials found.

2:30 p.m. - eat chicken fingers. Can only assume were superior to plywood, but full comparison impossible.

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