Looking Ahead

ByChip Griffin January 6, 2006

The two regular readers of this blog may wonder where I’ve been the past month since I managed only one post in December. Long story short, I was buried with tasks both at work and at home. For some nutty reason, I decided to move my house and my office the week between Christmas and New Year’s. The house move is done, and the office move should be complete today (I’ll believe it when I see it.)

So it’s back to a regular routine of posting. I plan to start with commentary on some of the goings on at CES in Las Vegas (I was supposed to be there but the moves didn’t cooperate so I’m stuck in NH rather than cruising the Strip for new gadgets, great food, and who knows what else.) Fortunately, so much is being written about CES online that there’s lots to look at from afar!

Stay tuned…

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