Ad Tech Is A Zoo (Again)

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I've never seen Ad Tech so healthy. At the same time, many of the exhibiting vendors are of the "Got Traffic?" variety. I got the chance to swing by today, but not yesterday. We're much too busy. Tomorrow I'm spending a good chunk of my day there. My morning panel is with Esther Dyson, Ari Schwartz and Trevor Hughes and we're talking cookies, which might just be the most boring subject in the history of anything.

The parties last night got some good reviews. I might go out tonight, but I can't stay out late with the panel coming up in the morning.

It's Official: I'm Addicted To "Lost"

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Anyone who knows me well knows that I often avoid watching new television programs because I don't want to get addicted to them. I cannot survive without my Sopranos fix, and I pretty much avoid all the "new" and "hot" TV shows, lest I get reintroduced to the idea of "appointment TV." Yeah, I know I should just get a DVR. But my cable bill is already up to $200/month, given the number of boxes we have in the house, the cable modem, the VOIP and all the damned "on demand" movies my family buys in the average month. A $250/month cable bill is something I wouldn't like to see in my lifetime, thankyouverymuch.

So I was at the Sony Store this past weekend, looking for something cool for my PSP and I came across a disc with the pilot episode of "Lost" on it. Since I wanted to get something I hadn't seen before to test the PSP's video capability, this seemed as good an idea as any. Wrong.

I watched the episodes on the train. And I got addicted. I then ended up buying the first season on DVD and watching the first half-dozen episodes or so. I can't wait to watch the rest.

This is one of the reasons I avoid television. ;-)

Soft Drink Wars, Part 46

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Apparently, Vanilla Coke and Diet Vanilla Coke are going away, soon to be replaced by Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, respectively. Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke will compete with Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper in the "Cram As Many Flavors As Possible Into A Diet Drink" category.

The question remains, when will the ultimate soft drink finally emerge from deep in the bowels of America's chemical laboratories? When will we finally see "Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Mr. Pibb with Lime (Sweetened with Splenda)," huh?