Off-Keynote Speaker

I received an email invitation to an Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose this April.

While that isn't anything interesting in and of itself, I thought it very odd that the keynote speaker that is heavily advertised in the email (register early to get priority seating!) is Al Gore.

Now, this isn't just a conference about general technology, like CES (the Consumer Electronics Show), it's specifically about embedded devices/systems. It would already be a big stretch to associate Al Gore with general technology even, but what the heck does he have to do with embedded devices? My guess is that the event organizer is a liberal global warming fanatic who wet himself at the very notion of getting to meet Mr. Inconvenient Truth himself.

Speaking of Al Gore, I read some interesting articles lately about global warming and will maybe post my thoughts on the topic sometime soon. I'm guessing that subject will generate some interesting comments.