Comments on: CES http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:12:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JonBStrickland http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-168518 JonBStrickland Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:30:06 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-168518 Just now getting around to popping by your blog, but wanted to say it was nice chatting with you at CES. Thanks for stopping to make small talk with a fan, even though it was obvious you were on your way somewhere. Just now getting around to popping by your blog, but wanted to say it was nice chatting with you at CES. Thanks for stopping to make small talk with a fan, even though it was obvious you were on your way somewhere.

]]> By: Hepcat http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165854 Hepcat Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:00:47 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165854 I'm surprised they let you fit 11 people into a limo! There are strict laws in Vegas about how many people you can stuff into a cab -- even one of the mini-van cabs -- which is how my friend and I ended up hanging out at the Howard Johnson with the wedding chapel and the coffee shop which is an awesome Cuban restaurant for an hour or so waiting for the cab company to send a second car. But it was worth it because we learned much fine information from our cabbie like the real (??) story behind the Siegfried & Roy cat mauling (note to self: don't wear civet perfume when going to live tiger performance), and the fact that you -- or anyone -- can be just like Carmen Elektra and Dennis Rodman and cancel your Vegas wedding in 3 days. (I mean, isn't marriage a decision at least as important as buying a refrigerator or siding?) I’m surprised they let you fit 11 people into a limo! There are strict laws in Vegas about how many people you can stuff into a cab — even one of the mini-van cabs — which is how my friend and I ended up hanging out at the Howard Johnson with the wedding chapel and the coffee shop which is an awesome Cuban restaurant for an hour or so waiting for the cab company to send a second car.

But it was worth it because we learned much fine information from our cabbie like the real (??) story behind the Siegfried & Roy cat mauling (note to self: don’t wear civet perfume when going to live tiger performance), and the fact that you — or anyone — can be just like Carmen Elektra and Dennis Rodman and cancel your Vegas wedding in 3 days. (I mean, isn’t marriage a decision at least as important as buying a refrigerator or siding?)

]]> By: Dan ad nauseam http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165813 Dan ad nauseam Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:31:42 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165813 (Makes a note: Huge success.) (Makes a note: Huge success.)

]]> By: jack http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165759 jack Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:56:45 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165759 Jonathan, It's a bit off-topic, but since I didn't see any mention of your PennyArcade "We're Right:" award for Best Soundtrack, I thought I'd say "congrats!!" Even the silhouette/icon rendering of you is cool: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/12/28 That's a *big* deal. Gabe and Tycho can be brutal in their criticisms (and frequently are) so praise from them is, well, precious and rare. P.S. Come back to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC !! The legions of nerds in Research Triangle Park grow restless... Jonathan,

It’s a bit off-topic, but since I didn’t see any mention of your PennyArcade “We’re Right:” award for Best Soundtrack, I thought I’d say “congrats!!”

Even the silhouette/icon rendering of you is cool:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/12/28

That’s a *big* deal. Gabe and Tycho can be brutal in their criticisms (and frequently are) so praise from them is, well, precious and rare.

P.S. Come back to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC !! The legions of nerds in Research Triangle Park grow restless…

]]> By: Brian http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165729 Brian Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:16:42 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165729 It was great to meet you at CES! Sorry you had a minibar in your back and rear in that limo. Next time i'm in one i'll take that seat to try to somehow karmic-ly offset that. I hope you'll be able to play in Denver in 2008 and that you can stay in Positivland. It was great to meet you at CES!

Sorry you had a minibar in your back and rear in that limo. Next time i’m in one i’ll take that seat to try to somehow karmic-ly offset that.

I hope you’ll be able to play in Denver in 2008 and that you can stay in Positivland.

]]> By: Mark Gordon http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165391 Mark Gordon Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:33:12 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-165391 Dare I ask how tall Lady Miss Kier is with the hair? I realize it's pre-eighties hair, but it's still the first thought that came to mind. Dare I ask how tall Lady Miss Kier is with the hair? I realize it’s pre-eighties hair, but it’s still the first thought that came to mind.

]]> By: Lesley http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164921 Lesley Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:22:43 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164921 So, totally random. But my boyfriend just spoke to your... assistant, I guess? And extended your hotel stay. Nutso! So, totally random. But my boyfriend just spoke to your… assistant, I guess? And extended your hotel stay. Nutso!

]]> By: randal http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164824 randal Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:50:37 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164824 We get it--you don't like barbecue. Maybe if it had been a Filet-o-Fish? We get it–you don’t like barbecue.

Maybe if it had been a Filet-o-Fish?

]]> By: selene http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164694 selene Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:51:31 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164694 were you drinking corona??? were you drinking corona???

]]> By: Mazzix http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164640 Mazzix Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:45:52 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164640 Thats awsome Thats awsome

]]> By: SevinPackage http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164610 SevinPackage Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:11:29 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164610 *Ahem* I mean, did you get your hands on A COPY of the panel, not the physical laying of hands on other panelists... ....but if you did touch Lady Miss Kier's beehive, could you also tell us how it felt? *Ahem*

I mean, did you get your hands on A COPY of the panel, not the physical laying of hands on other panelists…

….but if you did touch Lady Miss Kier’s beehive, could you also tell us how it felt?

]]> By: SevinPackage http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164608 SevinPackage Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:09:27 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164608 So, did you manage to get your hands on the panel you participated in? I'd still love to hear it... So, did you manage to get your hands on the panel you participated in?
I’d still love to hear it…

]]> By: eliannrad http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164599 eliannrad Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:34:04 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164599 Eleven? I think you could get at least fourteen people in those things. Sounds like you were the one stuck on the floor. My condolences if that was so because I've been through similar situations, and isn't it illegal to be in a car without a seatbelt? Or are limos exempt? I've never been in a limo. I had to watch something about CES in class today. I was actually looking for you in the video, but I KNEW that website wasn't cool enough to mention you. Eleven?
I think you could get at least fourteen people in those things. Sounds like you were the one stuck on the floor. My condolences if that was so because I’ve been through similar situations, and isn’t it illegal to be in a car without a seatbelt? Or are limos exempt? I’ve never been in a limo.

I had to watch something about CES in class today. I was actually looking for you in the video, but I KNEW that website wasn’t cool enough to mention you.

]]> By: bangfalse http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164578 bangfalse Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:39:13 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164578 11? That's ridiculous, it's not even funny. 11? That’s ridiculous, it’s not even funny.

]]> By: AverageJon http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164529 AverageJon Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:27:33 +0000 http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2008/01/10/ces/#comment-164529 Somebody needs to get a camera with red-eye reduction. Gary Shapiro looks down right scary in picture #6. (OK, maybe I'm just bitter that I didn't get to go to Vegas and see all the neat gizmos). Somebody needs to get a camera with red-eye reduction. Gary Shapiro looks down right scary in picture #6.

(OK, maybe I’m just bitter that I didn’t get to go to Vegas and see all the neat gizmos).

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