Leo’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-05

At the Luxor airport for a flight back to Cairo. Today it’s the famous Cairo Museum of Antiquities. We fly home Sunday. #

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Leo, Dickie D. says he’ll be attending CES and that you’ll be covering MacWorld. Is there any chance you two will get together for a video Daily Giz Wiz or two?
Best,
Shane Shellenbarger

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