Apple CEO Tim Cook is among the well-heeled, well-connected invitees to the annual Allen & Company media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. And for the 29th consecutive year, my invitation got lost in the mail. Were we liveblogging the event, our updates would no doubt include scintillating bits of information like "fabulously wealthy, powerful people are hobnobbing over hors d'oeuvres" and "fabulously wealthy, powerful people are now hobnobbing over mixed drinks."