As some of you know, I’m at the Consumer Electronics Showcase this week.
Oh sure, I’ve seen some pretty impressive new technology down there. But nothing has me quite as chuffed as this new iPod docking product.

That booth rental was a no-brainer — when people find out about this phenomenal product, these things are gonna sell [...]

Oh my God…oh, the…with the…and the…it’s just too good, I can’t stop laughing.

Just go

So-called “Citizen Journalism” will be a huge story this year — it was just heating up at the end of 2006.
Here’s news of an, er, interesting assignment:

VANCOUVER (CP) - Wanted: Sex trade worker with some writing skill to cover the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton.
Experience: Ability to tell compelling stories for no pay. [...]

Here’s our first atrocity of 2007: an exasperatingly pointless locker room interview with Rowdy Roddy Piper.

The amazing thing about these guys is that they were fake wrestlers — that is, essentially muscle-bound actors — and yet none of them could act their way out of a wet lunch bag.
Roddy, of course, ended up starring in [...]

I’m guessing Mono, who built this, is an ad agency, because who else has the time or inclination to spend this much time and energy to build a Happy New Year microsite?
But it’s a great idea, and beautifully executed.

Go

Another year, another crazy Mike Tyson story. That’s right, Iron Mike’s in trouble again — this time, on cocaine possession and DUI charges.
It’s so sad. He used to be the champ. Just when you think he’s getting better (ie., embraces Buddhism while in jail), he takes another giant leap backwards (ie., sticks tongue out for [...]

Happy New Year, y’all!
And now, the news: Rumours are growing that Kate Moss and Pete Doherty were married in Phuket, Thailand on New Year’s Day.
Seems credible enough — and highly appropriate that they would be married in a prominent disaster area.
Read on
In other news, I’m compiling a list of 2006’s most irritating people, places and [...]