San Diego

Some stuff to report from the con:

– Good presentation on the Lord of the Rings movie from the guys at TheOneRing.net.

– Interesting stuff on the next Star Wars movie from Steve Sansweet of Lucasfilm. There’s an article about the “Star Wars: Connections” presentation on StarWars.com. Also, there are a few other con-related articles at the site.

– Samurai Jack ought to be really cool. The folks from Cartoon Network showed the movie which kicks off the series. Pretty strange for a regular, commercial TV show. Long sequences were almost entirely wordless. It has a very odd style to it. I’m looking forward to it.

PC Expo

Not much interesting to report from PC Expo this year.

Stuff that just wasn’t there this year:

  • Dot-coms.

  • Linux.

  • Dell.

Stuff that was:

  • Palm, Handspring, and Pocket PC stuff. And lots of it.

  • Lots of wireless stuff — service providers, hardware, devices.

  • Ott-Lite. These guys make nifty lamps. Okay it doesn’t sound exciting, but really, they’re nice lamps.