I endured a nightmare trip to Vegas yesterday to kick off the CES show. There’s no better place to see how amazingly intelligent humans can be and what they can create, and at the same time see how overwhelmingly stupid those same people become when you pack 140,000 of them into Vegas. I’m geared up for 4 days of dodging clusters of people wandering aimlessly and generally getting in the way of wherever I’m trying to get to. After getting crushed from both sides on the most cramped flight ever, this is what the baggage claim looked like:

An hour long cab line and then a 40 minute check in line at the Hilton didn’t leave me in the best mood. After some setup help on my side, I found Alex setting up the Griffin booth started some chatter about when and how many times we’ll hit Yama Sushi. Then off to the Wynn to check it out. Not so exciting so we bolted for the Hard Rock where I stumbled on Johnny Cash’s passport:

And then of course, a mandatory kickoff at the Double Down, greatest bar on earth.

Tomorrow is the big day where Brian Roberts does his keynote speech showing the work that shortened several people’s lives over the last 4 months.