I made it! To Kansas City, that is…

So much for my direct flight to Las Vegas and CES. I’m sitting on a Boeing 757 and although I can’t see the "speedometer", it’s a safe bet we’re traveling at zero miles per hour. Yup, we’re sitting at the gate in… wait for it… Kansas City! I’ll be adding this location to my personalized "Been there and tested EV-DO" map.

Turns out that some bad wind conditions in Las Vegas this morning grounded bunches of planes so there’s quite a backup going on there. We left Philadelphia on time but the airline is concerned about our fuel level in the case of having to circle Vegas, so we turned down Pit Road here in KC. This isn’t a 12.7 second pit stop just to top off the tank either; no word on how long we’ll be here but I’m hoping under an hour. If it is, there’s an off-chance I’ll make the Keynote where Bill Gates is speaking. If not, well… maybe I’ll actually get some work done!

Speaking of work, CES isn’t just about walking the floor. There are tons of press releases and announcements of things you’d miss if you just kept wandering the show. That means ample RSS reading continues and I’m really coming to appreciate using Google Reader and my iPhone. The combination allows near-instant access to scan feeds and mark them for later review in practically any situation. The added benefit is that I don’t have to pull out the Samsung Q1P or the Asus Eee PC and "waste" their battery just for quick info consumption. The iPhone battery paired with EDGE acceess makes for a tremendously effective RSS reader using Google. OK, gotta run… we’re taking up a collection for the gas bill.