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Welcome to our atomic bomb party! There will be mushroom cloud fashions, 1950s atomic optimism, snazzy cocktails, blind patriotism and a high-energy mix by DJ Frank Sinatra to usher in the pre-dawn nuclear detonation. Enjoy it while it lasts because there’s one hell of a hangover waiting on the other side.

Yes, back in the early 1950s Nevada, atomic tourism was in full swing: atomic cocktails, showgirls in mushroom cloud headdresses and — we are dead serious — break-of-dawn bomb parties so you could down some drinks in the stunning glow of the atomic blast.

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The other day, I was chatting with a co-worker about The New York Times’ list of “31 Places to Go in 2010.” We agreed that Sri Lanka sounds like lovely place to see, but that — seriously, after Tightwad 2009, who has the cash for that kind of trip? After I got back to my desk, I was tooling around the Web and came across an amusing retaliation list: “10 Places Not to Go in 2010,” which includes Pakistan, Scranton, Pa., and my personal favorite, Rotorua, New Zealand, a place that, because of its geothermal activity, reeks like “cheesy feet.”

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This morning, I’m recovering from walking the massive show floor at the 2010 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Nev. I’ll be heading back out for day two in a couple of hours. While I’ve only seen a fraction of what the show has to offer, several trends are already noticeable.

Most of the trends come as little surprise. We knew that tablet computers would be popular (though there aren’t as many on the show floor as I had expected). Amazon’s success with the Kindle pretty much guaranteed we’d see more e-readers this year. Netbooks have a strong presence again. As far as televisions go, it seems everyone has 3-D and Internet-capable sets to show off. And technology that either lets you pretend to play music or actually teaches you how to play is huge.

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