CES Virginity? I scoff at it. Consider it officially lost. My feet are aching and my legs are like spaghetti after 10 hours of chatting with PR, bulldozing my way through crowds, navigating the massive show floor, and barely keeping myself properly nourished, but I took everything that Vegas and CES threw at me and batted it out of the park. At least today.

Thanks to CES Veteran Sarah Anderson, who was the Obi-Wan to my farmboy Luke, I came correct. I wore (somewhat) comfortable shoes, booked appointments at booths that were located (relatively) close together to cut down on the zig-zagging, and kept all of my 16 meetings brisk; after 15 minutes with a vendor I was off to the races yet again.

There were some roughs moment, though. During my lunch break I made a mad rush to Best Buy after taking some photos at the Audiovox event and realizing that there was no way to get the photos off of my SD to my notebook as my MacBook has no memory card slot. About a hour later, of course, my digital camera completely and utterly gave up the ghost. The lens refused to extend and I received a “lens error” message whenever I would power it on. Panic naturally ensued, but in the big scheme of things I suppose it no huge loss as I made every appointment on time; quite a few ahead of time. To my fellow former virgin, I say rest easy. The second time around should be a ‘lil less painful (but not for your feet).