I've had a very relaxing vacation with stays in San Francisco and Carmel Valley. Lots of movies, but none were really outstanding - just entertaining. Monday it's back to work.

CES kicked off with Bill Gates' keynote. The best part was the comic video of Bill's last day on the job done in the style of "The Office."

So far, none of the CES product announcements has excited me - plenty of new HDTVs, PCs, Cameras, media players, etc. I'll keep looking this week.