Last year I competed in Tiger Direct’s PC Race for charity. It was a lot of fun and the food was great! So when they asked me to do it again I agreed! The PC race for charity is sponsored not only by Tiger Direct, but by companies like AMD, Microsoft, and Acer. All of the people in the race are members of the press, so it is a good event to meet other people that do the same as you. The event also gives all of us members of the press some time to relax, enjoy some drinks (open bar) and just have some fun.
This year’s theme was sort of like a baseball theme. Each contestant was given a baseball jersey with a corresponding number. Then before the event they called us up by number and had cheerleaders cheering for us. Also each guest at the event was given a number to cheer for, and if their number won they received a free gift. The top 3 contestants to build a PC the fastest will be given money toward their charity. The charity I chose was the Mario Lemieux Foundation. Well I did not get in the top 3, I finished 7th. This was much better than last year, but I would have done better if I had not made some mistakes. Oh well it was a lot of fun, and I did beat John!! Can’t wait to do it next year!
Wow finally some time to do a post! On Sunday night we had out party with FutureLooks and The TechZone. We invited all of our friends that would be at CES and all of our sponsors. We did not announce the party at all because last year over 200 people showed up! The only people that were to know about the party were the people invited.
The party was held at the MGM Skylofts, which if you haven’t seen them they are badass. The party was sponsored by OCZ and Big Foot Networks. We had a ton of food (which we ate the rest of at 2AM), a live DJ, and of course an open bar. Even though Stephen made fun of me and John for drinking Smirnoff ice, because he thinks it’s a girly drink.
The party was great and we stayed there till 2AM! I got the chance to meet Rick from OCZ and he is a really cool guy. I also met a lot of other really cool PR people that I have not met in person. It was nice to see a lot of the same people that I only met for the first time last year. The party gave everyone a chance to meet and just relax because the next day is the first day of CES and that is just crazy. I am glad I did the party this year with Stephen and John.
Well damn it is crazy here! This is the first chance I have had to really sit down and write. Well we got into Vegas and we had to wait about 40 minutes for our bags. Once we got there we went to our hotel, got checked in, which only took about 10 minutes then we got changed and went to CES Unveiled. It has been like that the entire trip, one big rush!
The plane ride was not that bad, we took a direct flight which took about 4 and a half hours to get from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas. We took Southwest which I took last year, which was not bad. It was Ashley’s first time flying so I let her sit by the window. Here are a few pictures she took while we were in the air.
I will try to update again when I have time. We had our party with TheTechZone and FutureLooks and it went very well. A lot of people showed up and I finally met a lot of company reps that I have not met yet. I will post pics and more when I get some free time. Make sure you check out our photo gallery, as we will be updating it each day!
Well I expected this year to start off like any other just writing reviews and getting prepared for the trip to CES. Well to my surprise the review of the ASUS WL-500W Super Speed Wireless Router made it to the front page of Digg. It was a surprise because it has been increasingly harder to get stories to the front page, and even if you do sometimes they would get buried very quickly. 2 previous stories, the Tom Bihn Super Ego Laptop Bag, and the Holiday 2006 PC Case Buyer’s guide both made it to the front page of digg, but where buried within 15 minutes of hitting the front page. Because of the dig we had a huge spike in traffic and also the Shopping.com product ad got clicked 3x what is usually does. That is a CPC ad so it made me 3x of what I would normally made. So the year has started off well!
You may have noticed I have not updated my blog in a few days. This is because I have been preparing for CES. Right now I am sitting in the airport waiting for my flight. Getting through security was much easier than last year. I was through in 5 minutes and I did not have to wait in any line! I am really excited for CES! Hopefully they do not loose my bags!
There are a lot of things you learn when venturing into starting your own business. From taxes to what type of business to register under. You are usually out on your own when it comes to these things and they are really a pain to research. Some things can really bite you in the ass like taxes and know what to take out of each payment you get from Google or Yahoo. Last year filing my taxes was such a headache and I learned a lot of things this year that will help me save more. When you own your own business it is always good to know about business laws, money spending, and of course taxes. I have found one site that has free advice for small business owners. This site does have a lot of good information on it, and they already have an article on Tax Law Changes for Business in 2007, which could be very helpful for a lot of people. I just learned that the Standard Mileage Rate has increased to 48.5 cents. So that means the cost of operating my car for every business mile driven is 48.5 cents. There is a ton of other interesting information so check it out!
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