Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

I saw one of the unmarked 737s mentioned earlier...

Unfortunately my camera refused to work. I suspect the anti-gravity engines...

Another picture from the Grand Canyon trip...

It's like something out of a William Gibson novel. Three resort hotels all designed to look like a different part of Italy. The Venetian, Venice. Caesar's Palace, Rome. The Bellagio, Lake Como.

Enter their shopping malls, and it's into a maze of fake streets and tromp l'oeil skies. Lights take you through a day in an hour, projecting moons and stars on the infinite blue ceilings.

( Enter a fantastic Italy that never was... )

...do people staying at the Luxor ever need to buy new razor blades?

Dinner last night was on the 106th level of the Stratosphere Tower, with a wonderful view of the city laid out around us. The restaurant gently rotated, while an endless stream of helicopters flew below us. The food was good, the company better, and the desserts were chocolate.



After dinner we negotiated the stairs to make the final ascent to the 109th floor. The edges of the open air observation platform weren't really relished by those of us who don't enjoy heights.

However, when I realised there was a roller coaster above my head I started wondering about the sanity of the people riding the spiralling ride... Is there a rating higher than "white knuckle"?