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- Sun, 17:00: 30 mins until I can print out my boarding pass for #2013CES ! LV here I come! http://t.co/lirZSmK8
- Sun, 17:25: I'm A23!! And, there's a note that says my flight has free wifi! Kewel! http://t.co/Y26uNYX6
- Sun, 18:50: The Big Breakfast! http://t.co/MHzYigs6
- Sun, 20:20: Oh! Google Now has checked my email and is now giving me the weather in Las Vegas as well as Seattle. Thanks... http://t.co/3jgag1YC
- Sun, 23:15: I just watched a documentary called Happy... interesting, really interesting. http://t.co/KdjXlD2t
- Sun, 23:35: Seattle just flat out rocks. http://t.co/vZDPeZO6
- Mon, 00:15: OMG. I heard a very strange noise in the house and turned the TV to mute to see if I could identify. I thought... http://t.co/WfWSCQOD
Jan. 7th, 2013
I forked over the $5 for wifi. It's only an hour and a half flight but it's only $5 and I wanted to test it out. So far, so good!
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There's a chance I have cracked Betty's poop problem. The freakin' litter. I set up that spare box - a very small one and dumped in the cheapest litter I could find (clay) and this morning there were two poops in it. Crap. I love that World's Best - but, it looks like she does not. At all.
I think she got most of her antibiotic down this morning. I mixed it in a couple of tablespoons of her favorite food and she ate half. Then I mixed in some cream cheese and she polished off most of the rest. She'll be happy for a couple of days off, I think.
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This little chromebook is a perfect size for the airplane. Small enough to use and maneuver and large enough to see. I forgot to pull out my earbuds and they are not positioned in the suitcase in a place where I could wrangle them out easily so I'm happy to have the computer diversion.
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My brother left me a message that he had cleared security. He has a longer trip than I do - from Austin, TX. I'll get to LV about an hour before he does. We should get to the hotel about an hour before check in. Maybe we can hit the pool for a swim while we wait.
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I discovered that the NYTimes has a GREAT chrome app. It is even more readable than the phone app. Totally worth the $5 extra EXCEPT... I discovered that if upgrade my subscription, for tablet and chrome app, I lose the phone app and getting all goes from $15 to $30 a month. I'm not ready to bite that off. At least not yet.
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Here's a switch... LJ is working fine and snappy. Google+ not so much. And it's per device. So no phone. And actually, LJ seems to be the only thing that's snappy. Weird. Totally worth the $5 as a test. Probably not going waste the $$ next time.
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There's a chance I have cracked Betty's poop problem. The freakin' litter. I set up that spare box - a very small one and dumped in the cheapest litter I could find (clay) and this morning there were two poops in it. Crap. I love that World's Best - but, it looks like she does not. At all.
I think she got most of her antibiotic down this morning. I mixed it in a couple of tablespoons of her favorite food and she ate half. Then I mixed in some cream cheese and she polished off most of the rest. She'll be happy for a couple of days off, I think.
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This little chromebook is a perfect size for the airplane. Small enough to use and maneuver and large enough to see. I forgot to pull out my earbuds and they are not positioned in the suitcase in a place where I could wrangle them out easily so I'm happy to have the computer diversion.
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My brother left me a message that he had cleared security. He has a longer trip than I do - from Austin, TX. I'll get to LV about an hour before he does. We should get to the hotel about an hour before check in. Maybe we can hit the pool for a swim while we wait.
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I discovered that the NYTimes has a GREAT chrome app. It is even more readable than the phone app. Totally worth the $5 extra EXCEPT... I discovered that if upgrade my subscription, for tablet and chrome app, I lose the phone app and getting all goes from $15 to $30 a month. I'm not ready to bite that off. At least not yet.
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Here's a switch... LJ is working fine and snappy. Google+ not so much. And it's per device. So no phone. And actually, LJ seems to be the only thing that's snappy. Weird. Totally worth the $5 as a test. Probably not going waste the $$ next time.
Day 1 nice
Jan. 7th, 2013 08:45 pmThe trip here was nice. I really like Southwest Airlines and today, they did not disappoint. My brother got in 15 minutes early - I didn't even have time to get my phone and computer recharged. It took about 45 minutes to get through the cab line and then another 30 to get to the hotel.
There was no mention of waiting until 3 pm check in time. We checked right in. We asked for a room near the elevator and we got the first room off the elevator on the 20th floor. It is a beautiful view. And it's beautiful hotel. We're at the Encore. I meant to get a room at the Wynn but screwed up and I think I'm glad I did. The Encore is closer to the convention center.
The pool is at the Wynn but we can use it. Tomorrow.
We had a wonderful Asian dinner and my brother is snoozing in front of the football game.
The room is luxurious. The Wifi is expensive but OHHHH so fast. Sprint has about 2 spits of a signal into this room which is really annoying. The Wifi is per 24 hours, per device. But, honestly, it's so so fast and dependable, I think I'm just going to mentally pretend the room is that much more expensive and very worth it. Tomorrow I think I'm going to buy it for my phone and then set it up as a hotspot for me and my brother to use. It will be worth a try. If it doesn't work, I'll just pay and be grateful for the option.
The concierge said that the convention center was too far to walk 'it's a mile or more!'??? We're going to give it a try tomorrow. If it's too far, we'll fall back on shuttles or cabs the rest of the time.
Now it's time to rest up for CES tomorrow!
There was no mention of waiting until 3 pm check in time. We checked right in. We asked for a room near the elevator and we got the first room off the elevator on the 20th floor. It is a beautiful view. And it's beautiful hotel. We're at the Encore. I meant to get a room at the Wynn but screwed up and I think I'm glad I did. The Encore is closer to the convention center.
The pool is at the Wynn but we can use it. Tomorrow.
We had a wonderful Asian dinner and my brother is snoozing in front of the football game.
The room is luxurious. The Wifi is expensive but OHHHH so fast. Sprint has about 2 spits of a signal into this room which is really annoying. The Wifi is per 24 hours, per device. But, honestly, it's so so fast and dependable, I think I'm just going to mentally pretend the room is that much more expensive and very worth it. Tomorrow I think I'm going to buy it for my phone and then set it up as a hotspot for me and my brother to use. It will be worth a try. If it doesn't work, I'll just pay and be grateful for the option.
The concierge said that the convention center was too far to walk 'it's a mile or more!'??? We're going to give it a try tomorrow. If it's too far, we'll fall back on shuttles or cabs the rest of the time.
Now it's time to rest up for CES tomorrow!