Ultimate Bedside Lamp

 

Over the years, I've tried dozens of different bedside lamps and alarm clocks.  None were perfect... some were simply too bright for a dark bedroom at night.  Others were too difficult to read from bed without glasses.  Some had "jarring" alarms or buzzers that shocked you awake.  Few had any integrations that could be used in automations. And the list goes on.  So I decided to build my own version of the Ultimate Bedside Lamp and Alarm Clock.

CES: First Time Attendee Experience

 

CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) is one of the world's largest conferences with around 140,000 - 150,000 attendees.  It is the largest conference hosted by Las Vegas each year.  It is covered, in depth, by every major technology news outlet along with thousands of content creators.  In fact, if you are reading this article, you've probably already watched or read dozens of articles or videos covering all the new, cool and bizarre tech coming down the pike. There is likely nothing that I could show or describe that hasn't already been covered by a dozen others.

So, instead, I'm going to provide you a first-time attendee's experience... the good, bad and ugly... from the registration and arrival process through check-out and departure.  I'll talk about what we did wrong (a lot), what we did right (very little) and how much you might expect to spend ($$$$) should you decide you want to attend yourself at some point.