Ugh, Las Vegas is so dry. Seriously - why didn’t anyone happen to mention that it’s in the middle of a desert? I didn’t realize what it was like - even within all the buildings, the air is so dry that you constantly have a drymouth, your eyes dry out and your hands hurt.

Enough complaining - this conference has been awesome. Besides from some of the sessions that weren’t so great - the networking opportunities alone have been well worth it.

Our WebiScope dinner last night went off beautifully. Everyone had a great time, and I was able to put a lot of faces with names I’ve known for the last six months. Absolutely fantastic and I can’t wait to do it again.

So I’ve seen the dancing fountains every night I’ve been here. If you ever visit Vegas, make sure you hit up O’Shea’s. $2.50 guinness drafts. This is probably the cheapest decent beer available in Las Vegas.

Be heading back tomorrow, I’ll be looking forward to getting some moisture back into my life.

This is absolutely great. The Layer Tennis match for today has commentary by Heather Armstrong of dooce.com. If you haven’t ever been to dooce.com, get off your butt and do it. She’s an absolutely brilliant writer, and she’s got a great sense of humor. To see her commenting on a match of Layer Tennis will be fantastic.

Leaving for the Internet Healthcare Conference tomorrow. It’s being held in Vegas this year, so I get to stay at the Venetian. How rad is that? Pretty rad, if I do say so myself.

So, check out some Layer Tennis (if you’re into that whole sort of thing), and say hi in the forums, it’s usually pretty rowdy in there (what with it being Friday and all - most of us cracked out on caffeine, and waiting for the clock to hit 5:00).

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Perfect for using as a template or if you’re have a rough time coming up with how to lay out a document.

-Via Lifehacker

I watched this for probably 20 minutes yesterday. Hilarious shit by Picnicface - and you can find the original here.

Powerthirst! IT’S LIKE CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN.
POWERTHIRST IS CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN.

POWERTHIRST IS CRYSTAL METH!

Lmfao ftw.

Also: HUMP - CATTING (SIMILAR TO BEAR-BLASTING!)

Last time I looked at one aspect of what Google did right with their very intuitive and fun to use Reader.

This time, I’d like to focus on the group management and collaboration software: Basecamp.

Designed and built by 37signals. They really hit the nail on the head with a easy to use and intuitive product. Today I’ll be looking at a specific aspect that really made me go ‘wow, that’s so simple - why doesn’t everyone do that?’

more…

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Read more about it at Randa Clay.

Check out this really easy to use plugin and start following!

I’ve been quiet these last couple of weeks, and for that I apologize.  It’s not really my fault you see, it’s the evil space monkey’s that have been staying in my living room. They’re really pushy and, well - see they love to play Bioshock and Rainbow Six: Las Vegas. I tried telling them that I had shit to do, but they would have none of it.

I finally figured out I could get rid of them by driving them to a wild grove of bananas and sneaking away while they basked in the banana induced orgasm. (Wow, that sounds a lot more dirty than I meant it to…)

Anyways, I’m still here.