Pocketables

01/26/2026

01/19/2026

recovering from still, unpacked and caught up on a week plus away from work and site bored cats while I'm putting up stuff.

01/13/2026

Trying to pull out some contact information I got at CES. I have run into a problem. So anyway, if I told you I would contact you. It's on the cat's terms now.

01/10/2026

The original infinity x1 5000 lumen and the new 7000 lumen Infiniti X1 flashlights that you find at Costco. In case you are wondering what the difference is, the 7000 is just a little bit shorter. Has a different button set up and has a slightly wider beam. I tested this last night against the 5000. It is definitely a lot brighter but you cannot adjust the beam width to the same as the 5000. basically turns night in to day. Same weight, mostly same body.

01/08/2026

CES 2016 was the longest two months in four days I've experienced so far in my 13 years of coming. Biggest fail this year was many companies throwing their voice AI at people but not getting speakers that could be heard over the dull roar that is CES.

Security seemed much better than in the past as I was finally, after 13 years of coming on and off, stopped for not having a badge completely visible. Not complaining. Felt more secure other than that now there are fighting robots that can't balance themselves everywhere.

I got to speak to a couple of people I was so far unable to without being in person, and made some contacts, learned my site traffic is respectable. That last bit might just have been pity though.

Fun times. Good show.