If you run into Mike Ramsay at the Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 7, don’t be surprised if he’s sweating. That’s the day the TiVo Inc. CEO will take the podium to convince the faithful at the annual gadget fest that his company will assume a defining role in the next big thing — becoming the Google, as it were, of television.

I’m planning to be there – it should be interesting.

OK. I know there are some people who would love referral points, and you can’t refer yourself if you get another TiVo under the tree. (Don’t bother trying – it’ll let you, but you never get the points.) I don’t want the community turning into a request for points, but on the other hand I don’t think it is so bad to share points if you don’t know someone personally who can use them. (I recently swapped points with a friend – he got a second TiVo so he gave me the points, then the next time I got someone to buy a TiVo I had them give *him* the points. Win-win.)

So I thought about it – and I figured I’d start this thread. If you’d like points reply to this post with your referral address. If you have points to give, just pick someone from the list. I’m not posting mine (it is in the community info already anyway), I’d rather community members get something. Please keep it here and out of other threads. Thanks.

I’ll add this post to the community’s ‘memories’ too.