Meanwhile, those of you who aren't blessed with the geographical and/or financial wherewithal to catch the Stevenote in person (or you just don't think you can drag your lazy butt out of bed that early to get in line), don't fret-- there are plenty of options whereby you can get your RDF fix remotely. The most obvious one is to fire up a browser tomorrow morning and aim it at Apple's own streaming QuickTime webcast; if you're lucky enough to grab a stream while thousands of other madly clicking Mac fans are fighting you for bandwidth, you'll be treated to the Miracle of Steve-- a teensy, blurry, low-frame-rate Steve, but Steve nonetheless-- right on the screen of your very own Mac. What could be cozier?

Answer: watching Steve on your big-screen TV while curled up on the couch. If you've got a satellite dish, this beautiful dream can become a reality; all you need are the satellite coordinates for the broadcast, courtesy of MacNN. Those of you without a dish but with a compatible cable TV service might also be interested to know that TechTV has announced that it's going to broadcast the keynote live to your living room as well. Either method, we suspect, is a bit easier than actually lugging your couch into the convention center-- and cheaper, too, considering the staggering amount of cash you'd probably have to bribe the guards to let you bring in your own furniture in the first place.

For those of you twisted health freaks who actually like to get off the couch every once in a while, unless you're actually going in to see the real thing, we figure you've got three options. The first is to try to sign up to visit one of Apple's official satellite downlink locations at various Apple centers scattered across this great land; we haven't a clue if it's too late for that, though. Another is to try to find a local reseller that's hosting a keynote satellite event you can attend. The only one we know of offhand was sent to us by faithful viewer John Gettler, who notes that Twin Cities denizens can catch the keynote live at Murphy Hall at the University of Minnesota, courtesy of FirstTech. It's in room 130 at 206 Church Street SE, the keynote starts at 8 AM CDT, and you don't even need a reservation-- just show up and cram in.

The last option only applies to those of you fortunate enough to live near one of the only two currently open Apple retail stores. About a week ago we predicted that Apple would take advantage of those nifty giant screens in its stores' "Theater" sections to broadcast the show live to excited storegoers. Of course, that was before we realized that the keynote is starting at 6 AM Glendale local time-- but evidently Apple doesn't care. Faithful viewer Myke Olson informs us that both retail stores-- yes, even Glendale-- are indeed scheduled to show the keynote live. So if you're not averse to visiting a mall at a ridiculously early hour to hang out with a bunch of similarly obsessed Mac nuts and watch Steve do his little song and dance, more power to you; heck, if you're a working stiff, thanks to the time difference, you'll probably even make it to the office on time. So happy keynoting, everybody!