Andy McCaskey and I have been on the phone a couple of times this week getting everything set to go out to the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. Email this week has been over the top in interview request, and after show invites to parties and dinners.

The 2007 show for those of you that have been reading the site was a huge success in that the video content created that featured well over 100 companies reached over 12 million viewers in the six months following the show.

The impact was so significant that companies featured have been calling this week trying to get us locked into seeing them again. But Andy and my approach to CES is different.

We actually walk the floors and look for the things we think are cool and innovative. A interview last year does not guarantee a interview this year as we want to find the hottest items that we think you will want in your homes.

Your participation last year helped drive our post wrap up shows to record levels and we want to break the 3 million view mark this year on the 4 daily wrap up shows and single blooper reel. As we get closer to  CES we will have detailed instructions on how you can support our efforts at getting the word out.

We bring the show to you in a perspective that few others do. If logistics work out we may even live stream from the floor this year and you can travel along with us for the 4 days and watch the action live.

More information as we get it hammered out. We are still looking to get invites to showstoppers so if you have a contact there that can help us out drop us or them a line.

These are the famous words of the customer support call that I just went through hell with “One Moment Sir” after 101 minutes on the phone they determined they may be having a issue with their tower, this is after I had done about a 100 steps to “prove” it was not my hardware after telling the guy that I had connectivity with the same machine through my cable provider.

Now I am waiting to see if it is indeed my tower and will have to wait 3–5 hours to see if I need to call back and go through tech support hell again. No customer should have to spend 101 minutes on the phone to finally find out that their may be a issue on their tower

I’m a Geek I cannot imagine a non-geek having to endure this, the amount of time I have wasted this morning with these folks is beyond ridiculous.

Makes me want to just order a second cable modem and tell them where to shove the Clearwir