Tikkabik

Sorry for the dearth of updates lately.

I flew into San Francisco on Saturday for my annual pilgrimage to Macworld Expo, which technically started today (with some conference sessions), but really kicks off tomorrow (Tuesday) in high gear at 10AM when Steve Jobs presents his keynote address to the throngs of adoring fans.

Some people will line up outside the convention center starting at around 3:30 or 4:00 AM to make sure they're the first in line to get inside for the keynote. That's how obsessive people can be about it. That's a bit weird, but whatever.

So far my trip has been quite busy even though there hasn't been a huge amount of work to do. Over the weekend I got to spend a night at a friend's place in San Mateo, and then I met my father and his significant other for a great dinner at a very modest Salvadorean restaurant in the outer Mission District. Monday was a work day, and while I started the day writing some articles, most of the day was spent either in the office or down at the convention center, getting my press and exhibitor credentials squared away and seeing colleagues who just happened to be hanging around the same areas I was.

The house lost power -- I got a concerned call from Bonnie first thing this morning. Turns out that some high voltage line somewhere went down, and left them without electricity for hours. That's unfortunate when that sort of stuff happens, but I did what I could to make sure that we at least knew what was going on.

Tonight I plan to turn in rather early, because I should be up and out very early tomorrow to make sure that everything is working and in place before the show gets started.