Postcards From Computex Taipei

Photos that celebrate the lighter side of hanging out at the world's second largest computer fair (behind CeBIT), where over 1,700 exhibitors--spread over four mega halls--have been showing their wares this week.

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Just getting to the show can be an experience in Taipei?

?where scooters rule the roads.

Main Entrance: Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1

Keeping things cool using liquid nitrogen at MSI's Booth?

...while promotional models do their best to heat things up again?

...and not fall.

What's a hardware maker to do during the lunchtime lull? Why, build a house of RAM chips of course! Jenga it ain't.

A real life Gigabyte M528 Internet Mobile Internet Device! Great costume?

?and the device itself is worth a look, too. The M528 has a 4.8-inch touchscreen (800 by 600 resolution), excellent Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HSDPA and GPS connectivity--all powered by an 800MHz Intel Atom CPU running Ubuntu Mobile. You'll need to check Gigabyte USA's Website for pricing and availability.

Taipei has some of the best, most diverse food in the world and I've definitely sampled lots of it! But I also couldn't resist trying some local McDonald's while here. *Hide*

Gastronomical curiosities aside, the city is also home to the Taipei 101: one of the world's tallest buildings with 101 floors reaching 1,670 feet into the the sky.