Living In A Digital World...

Back from a quick weekend side trip to Sin City. On the flight back home, I realized how much technology really does surround us.
I first researched for tickets to Celine Dion's show, "A New Day," which was great by the way, on Ticketmaster.com, bought a flight and hotel package online from Expedia after researching for a few days on which package I should hit SUBMIT to. Then I printed out all the tickets there were emailed to me.

Arrived at the airport, took the automated walkway from the parking lot to the terminal, skipped all the human interaction and went straight for the Kiosk to print out the boarding passes.
Inside the casinos, gambled with my "club" card that recognizes your gambling patterns, duration of stay at a table or slot machine.
After hitting the cash out button, instead of coins, you receive a ticket to redeem your money instead of hearing the classic clinging of coins on the dish below the machine that they simulate with a sound that doesn't quite do the trick.

Our room inside had wireless internet along with a flat panel screen and an internet ready station if you did not bring your laptop with you for $9.95 per day fee.

Although none of this is very new to us, its still quite amazing when you sit back and think about how much technology has affected our lives. Too bad the technology cannot get rid of turbulence.

posted by: Unjustjust