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There were a lot of slot machines in the airport. I lost a dollar to one!
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The Palms Casino Resort: home sweet home for the next 5 days.
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The room at the Palms was very nice, although this giant pair of eyes over the beds was a tad creepy.
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I went a bit picture-crazy walking around the casino floor - so much to see! Here's one of the places to bet on sports. Texans are 18/1 to win the Super Bowl!
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One of the better-stocked bars that we hung out at a lot.
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A computerized craps game.
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We visited the MGM Grand for a meeting, and there was an awesome gold lion in the lobby!
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...but not as awesome as this Clue game! Sadly, we were just walking through so I didn't get to play. Next time!
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Not a great picture, but from the hotel room we could see Excalibur! (I kept trying to get a good picture of it, and failed every time)
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My new business card! It is adorable.
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When I wasn't helping people during the hackathon, I worked on Know Your States (coming soon!)
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Near the end of the long day, dinner and a glass of wine helped me code :-)
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A view of the Strip from the top of the Palms. Taken with my Nokia Lumia 920 and unaltered - isn't it pretty?
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Another view of the Strip from the top of the Palms.
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The Palms has a decent food court containing a very snazzy McDonalds. (that's open 24 hours!)
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Seen in the elevator. Legs aside, it makes me very happy to see "apps" for "appetizers", a la Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec.
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Plinko! This slot machine has the honor of being...
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...the first (only?) slot machine I won on! I started with $1, and as you can see I made a whopping 40 cents. I'm sure the person at the redemption window thought I was strange.
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Most of the dev summit sessions were held in the casino cinema(!)
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Nokia hosted an 8-bit party after the dev summit. It was awesome! There were cool looking things projected on the ceiling.
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This was my favorite ceiling projection - the sky gave it a very nice effect.
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Another great view of the Strip, taken with the Lumia 920 and unprocessed :-)
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There were 8-bit games to play, and look, I'm the best at Galaga! (this did not last long)
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Nokia hired some 8-bit artists to do pixel portraits of people. They were very popular!
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The DJ had this futuristic-looking see-through touch display!
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After the Nokia party was The Killers concert. We had a decent view :-)
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I won a little bit at craps! It was fun. Here are my chips on the way to turn them in.
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Me at CES!
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This booth had a giant iPad.
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The Toyota/Lexus booth.
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There were lots and lots of people at CES. Lots!
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I had no idea Technicolor still existed!
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Nokia didn't have a booth, but they did have a truck and some colorful chairs.
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The Verge was there! Although I couldn't go inside.
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Parrot was showing off their flying AR Drones.
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Woot!
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Fitbit was showing off the Fitbit Flex, their new wristband. (there's a wall of them there)
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Sculpteo makes 3D-printed phone cases, and they were showing off a big matrix of them :-)
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Steam!
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Felicia Day was there on CNet!
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More Felicia Day.
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The ViewSonic parrots were there.
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Paras (a fellow ambassador) in a racecar!
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Stern Pinball
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X-Arcade, which makes cool multicade systems.
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DTS had people dancing inside a tiny house. It was weird.
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On the way back to the hotel, I went through Harrah's and walked by this kind of bizarre statue thing.
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I also walked by Caesar's Palace and the Forum Shops.
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The inside of the Forum Shops. Look at that spiral escalator!
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More interior of the Forum Shops.
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