Live Blogging the Grammys and Other Feats of Strength

Beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, I will be live blogging the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be broadcast live on CBS. I’ll be offering frequent updates on winners and commentary on the various personal victories and plotzing that takes place at these events, and will certainly be hoping that the Winehouse stays suitably corked during her performance.

I’m taking the rare opportunity to make some personal comments, mainly to shed light on how technology makes it possible for something like tonight’s  live blog session to happen when, just a few years ago, it might have been impossible or too cumbersome to undertake. Two weeks ago, I had some outpatient surgery that, while minor in terms of surgical speed, has a difficult recovery. Then, to compound the problem on Thursday, I caught the virus that nearly everyone has right now, some kind of monster flu that reduces everyone to quivering masses. By Friday, I wondered if I would even be able to make the live blog happen, and NewsOK stopped promoting the event.

But, thanks to antibiotics, wi-fi, and the ever-increasing portability of technology, I am able to do this live blog tonight with a great assist from TiVo, which will help me get the quotes just right and manage my time codes. Even a couple of years ago, I would have had to schlep over to my home office, move a TV in there and try to approximate real time reporting while not feeling exactly peak. And without the current level of tech, there is no way I would have filed as many stories, reviews and posts as I have in the last two weeks, many of them from a decidedly horizontal position.