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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[will anybody PLEASE sell me thiers? i will pay reasonable asking prices.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bryce]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 4th 2008 8:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[crazy insane writeup.  but who is interested in recreating this?  This effort could have gone towards showing us how to rip hd dvd, or setup bit torrent port forwarding, build a nas, create an olpc, boil water or something a bit more practical. Anyway, great effort Ben.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 1:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Whoa! Learning curve! While I looked at Part 1 and scoffed, now I'm scratching my head at Part 2. The instructions are too vague, and are hardly step-by-step: what kind of computer connector did you use, can you just show us the pinout diagram for the AV plug, why not give us the exact distance between the LEDs in the sensor bar that you used? More diagrams, less vague "just put the thingy in the vicinity of the other thingy and do what this poorly shot picture kind of shows"-esque descriptions. I appreciate the effort, but come on: you're Ben Heck! You made the 360 Laptop! Can you maybe put a little more time into this, so that we can all benefit from your obvious greatness (without needing engineering degrees?)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Special_K]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 1:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know about you, but for my first projects I did simple things like buzzers and modifying cheep electronics.  After I got some practice there I was able to move to more complicated projects.  A rich knowledge of the topic will allow you overcome problems in the design.  If you need the step by step directions, I suggest you do other stuff before ripping apart a $300 system.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mikey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 1st 2007 3:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ben, that looked a lot more like Bryce Canyon than Monument Valley.<br>However, its understandable you would mistake the two of them, I wouldn't expect you to spend much time at national parks at the rate you crank these portables out, you must not leave the workshop much I expect. As always, great job keep it up buddy!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[F13ND]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 1:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Adobe Illustrator.  Well, as Nelson would say: HA HA!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[flabby boohoo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Guys, can you just let Ben do his writing in first person and not edited as if to be representative for all of Engadget?  As it is, it feels very unnatural, plus we get conflicts like, "If we ever got around to building our own CNC machine we could do much more complex stuff but again, time is against me."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Considering all of the immaculate detail in the planning stages, you guys do a pretty ghetto-fabulous job of actually putting the thing together with all of the electrical tape on the inside. I know it's convenient, but come on; Where's the love for your newly created masterpiece?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 3:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dude... you da bomb!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 3:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dude... you da bomb!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 31st 2007 5:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[hey any1 going 2 sell theirs when their done? i want one but am not a tecchie so i dont really understand these instructions]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2007 8:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Very cool, but I definately dont wanna mess up my wii.  I'm not done with twilight princess yet, or Ultimate Alliance.  Plus, my hands aren't coordinated to do this.  I can hardly put the needle down on a record w/o scratching it, let alone solder some chip to another.  Thanks though]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Logan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 1st 2007 1:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[special_k: instead of building an exact replica of Ben's laptop, why don't you actually design your own. I think thats more the idea here.<br><br>And come on... google!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[slayer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 1st 2007 1:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[I like the idea of only putting one controller port back on, on a screen that small I seriously doubt you'd get much multiplayer action. But maybe to streamline the design even more you could just integrate the receiver unit of a wavebird and use it wireless like the wiimote. You could even permanently solder in a memory card making it a Wii/GC laptop.<br><br>Ahhh, so many ideas, so little technical know how XD ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daisjun]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 1st 2007 8:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sure you get a lot of people telling you how you're doing this wrong, and I don't want to do that.  If I may however offer a suggestion, in the past I have made a few portable things and integrated car units, and I've found a cheap source of LCD's to be eBay.  They have both the lilliput variety that is cheaper and has a lower resolution, but you can still remain in the price range of AEI and get at least VGA if not XGA res.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 1st 2007 12:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well I AM going to tell you that you're doing this wrong. Maybe.<br><br>If you look at the picture showing how to wire up the Gamecube port, it LOOKS like C and D are shown as being connected to the wrong two pins of the port.<br><br>Considering that the port itself was once a thru-hole part on the motherboard - the wires coming off the motherboard should be wired to the corresponding pins of the port, but in the picture you point to C and D as being connected one pin to the RIGHT of the matching pin-holes on the motherboard.<br><br>So either I'm missing something funky with how game-cube ports are wired, or the diagram has it wrong.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smilr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 1st 2007 7:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[Jeez you guys. You should be bowing down to this guy instead of railing him as you are. Stop saying things like "you are doing this all wrong" and "you need to put up better instructions." This guide is meant as a GUIDE, and you should not be wanting to do this project if you cannot improvise a little on your own. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 2nd 2007 12:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[OK guys, stop with the "you need to change this" & "that wont work"<br>Its meant to be a guide just so you can get the idea and parts placement if your going to build your own, not a detailed assembly manual.<br><br>so be nicer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[junk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 3rd 2007 2:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[I want to go the opposite direction. I'd like to play tennis and basketball on my Dell E1705 laptop like the Wii does. One thing I have is an Interlink  bluetooth remote control. Is there anything available or on its way? Thanks]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LeoD]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 4th 2007 11:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[i just want to kno one thing, where do u get the custom designed casing made? it seems impossible to be home made so is there any perticular factory or company that can do it for u?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tomtom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 12th 2007 10:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've actually been tempted to start entering contests (that don't involve holding my...wii) to get an extra console to try this out.  Why not try it with my own?  A) my roommate, who owns 50% of the Wii, would kill me.  Slowly. B)I'd DEFINITELY fuck it up.  Which I wouldn't feel so bad about with a free Wii.  Anyone looking to donate so I can try? :-)  If so, please disregard any comments where I guaranteed I'd fuck it up<br> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[(01)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 6th 2007 3:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[great idea but a hell of alot of work<br><br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.wiiyou.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wiiyou.com</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wii]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 11th 2007 3:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[im steady sayin fuck ya'll              i stabb bitchez with a chainsaw]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[juggalo scrubb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 19th 2007 4:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[i have a wii i can donate  itz kinda beat up^ on the outside but it still works great]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[juggalo scrubb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 19th 2007 4:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on How-To: Make a Wii laptop, part 2]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/how-to-make-a-wii-laptop-part-2/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would rather get the portable screen I saw today at target. It probaly costs less to buy it than make this and will probally look better. All you Really need is a Car outlet plug to Dc plug adapter.<br><br><a href="http://www.ddrgame.com/wii-accessory-lcd-portable-screen.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ddrgame.com/wii-accessory-lcd-portable-screen.html</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 5th 2008 1:13PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
