The Engadget Show returns Sunday, December 20th!
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted December 15th 2009 4:41PM
posted December 15th 2009 4:41PM
The last show of the decade will be dedicated to just that: the decade. We're going to be talking about the most important gadgets of the past 10 years -- both good and bad -- and we'll be joined by the perfect guest. Peter Rojas, the founder of both Gizmodo and Engadget (and now gdgt!) will take the stage with Josh, Paul, and Nilay to discuss what has been arguably the most important 10 years in gadgetry.
We'll also have a few surprises, as well as some giveaways, so don't miss it -- you'll be sorry if you do!
The show takes place at the Tishman Auditorium at Parsons The New School for Design. As you may already know, we film live in front of an audience once a month -- but if you can't make it, don't worry. We're bringing the video back home to Engadget (and as a free download here, in the iTunes Store, or the Zune Marketplace) for your viewing pleasure.
The beautiful venue (which you can see in a photo after the break) is located at 66 W. 12th Street between 5th and 6th Aves. Seating is limited and tickets will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis -- which means if you want to join us in the audience for the show, you'll have to arrive early and be prepared for a little wait.
Here are the facts you need to know about the show:
- The show is graciously sponsored by Sprint, and hosted by Parsons The New School for Design
- The total show length will be around an hour
- There is no admission fee -- tickets are completely free
- The event is all ages
- The venue seats just over 450 people
- Parsons students are welcomed, and we encourage them to come!
- Tickets will be available for pickup at the Tishman Auditorium at 2PM on the 20th, and we're strongly encouraging people to get their tickets and not stand in line -- if you have a ticket, you'll have a seat!
- You'll need to hold onto your ticket stub to be eligible for the giveaways
- You cannot pick up tickets for other people -- if you want your friend to get a ticket, bring your friend!
- The show begins at 5PM, and doors will open at 4:30PM
"The last show of the decade will be dedicated to just that: the decade."
Mind = Blown
00's flew by...
@CarpeD1em500
I feel old now... spongebob is like 10 years old, but it feels like it just came out a year ago...
Thank you, but why no uStream anymore?
Does anyone have the link that takes you to the Engadget site that looks like the old one? I can't enjoy Engadget like I used to with this new layout.
@LADodgersFan88 Install this on Chrome http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62407
If you are in firefox, download Greasemonkey first.
@Hosain Thanks man, works great!
What happened to Nokia sponsoring?
@tux2005
You beat me to it. Honestly, I didn't see the Nokia sponsorship lasting long anyway because Nokia probably expected to get less criticism in return when instead Engadget told it like it is. I'm sure Engadget is more comfortable with a Sprint sponsorship. I know I would be.
@tux2005 The Nokia sponsorship ended, and Sprint bought into the next run of shows. Sorry conspiracy theorists!
The Dreamcast died this decade. R.I.P. =/
This is going to be the best one yet.
"Presented by Sprint"
Oh.Snap.
@Needsahaircut
Okay, you can't bash us everyday and still expect us to sponsor you, you know.
... er ...
This ends here.
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2 minutes later
It's okay Josh, we got your back...
And so begins a new era of Engadget Shows.
NoooooooOOOOOOOOOooooo
Why does there always have to be a show 3 DAYS before i get home!!
Does anyone know if there is going to be another show btwn December 20th and January 20th? Because I leave the country for 6 months on January 20th and would LOVE to go the show of the blog that I've 50 times a day for the past 5 years!
can't wait for the show...but please stream it on ustream!
I hope we'll have Steve Jobs on that stage someday, come on you've already had Balmer as a guest :D
I thought that a month spacing between shows was going to be a long wait but its really not that bad at all. Engadget show rocks!
I've enjoyed every episode so far.
One point of constructive criticism: This is still supposed to be journalism, no? New medium, same high standards of communication. While it's a conversation with your buddies, really bad habits of speech grate on the listener. Saying "you know" a shit-ton when you are not actually asking or telling someone if or what they know is not a part of professional audio broadcasting, as far as I know. You know, I don't think you know this.
jeez are we still suffering from 'cantcalculatedecadestartandendpointitus' ????
Or . . . is this the last engadget show until january 1st 2011?
The decade ends on December 31st 2010.
You can say 'the last show of the '0' if you want.
As recap. We wait until a year is up before we clock a number onto our age. When it comes to years we clock the number from the first day/hour,minute/second so Jan 1st 2010 is the first day of the last year of 'this' decade'.
Change it to 'the last show of the penultimate year of this decade'.
@(Unverified)
Depends on how you define decade: It can go from 00-09, or from 01-10. When people mention, say, "the 50s" or "the 90s", they go based on the first digit (i.e., from 50-59 and 90-99, respectively).
It's no less valid to define decades based on your method, because, let's face it: Measurement of time is, in many ways, arbitrarily constructed by people. Don't take these things too seriously.
@jupigare
You are wrong.
If society wants to choose another messurment system then they can but so far, and despite it probably being off by a number of years, we date things from the 'percieved' birth of Jesus. Jesus maybe have been called 'one year old' 'after' a year but from the moment of his birth we recon it as year one.
Don't bother getting into a debate about whetehr he exited or not, that's tedius.
You messure a dacade from year 1 to year 10 then you start again with the next decade and guess what; 201 decades later nothing has changed. We don't deviate in this for naming millenia, centuries, months or days so why should we do it for decades. You are just adjusting logic to fit people's mental confusion.
@(Unverified)
My point is: Arguing semantics here is pointless. Who the hell cares whether we say the new millennium started on January 1st, 2000, or 2001? It's not like everyone even celebrates the New Year on the same day anyway (solar versus lunar calendars).
@(Unverified)
1. Oxford dictionary. dec•ade: a period of ten years, especially a period such as 1910-1919 or 1990-1999
2. Cambridge dictionary. decade: a period of ten years, especially a period such as 1860 to 1869, or 1990 to 1999
3. Longman dictionary. (Unverified): dim-witted user who doesn't know what he's talking about and is not happy until he's shown everyone his ignorance
@gp
decade definition dec·ade (dek′Äd′; also, and for 3 usually, dek′əd, -id; Brit also di kÄd′, dÉ™-)
noun
1.a group of ten
2.a period of ten years; esp., in the Gregorian calendar
a.officially a ten-year period beginning with the year 1, as 1921-1930, 1931-1940, etc.
b.in common usage, a ten-year period beginning with a year 0, as 1920-1929, 1930-1939, etc.
b. is to 'the proof is in the pudding' what a. is to 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'.
gp: I'm not a believer that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit as it's actualy the second lowest, cliches that are the lowest form. Your reply though somehow manages to combine both. Ooooo a dictionary quote with a made up sarcastic dictionary quote also. Gosh, you really zinged that one didn't you?
Talk about 'dim witted'. You can't even read. You are so blinded by vacuous thinking and dictionary clinging that you just assume that if something is in the dictionary it must be supporting your point. You kind of missed the phrase 'such as'. It coud easily say 'such as 1994 to 2003'. Those dictionary quotes 'only' establish the meaning of the length of a decade and in no way seek to assert the true beginning and end point of a decade. Weak minded fool that you are though you see what you want to see in them.
Dude, as with many fools you mistake data retention for intelligence and cliche for wit.
You need to learn to think rather than compute.
@(Unverified)
Yup - I usually rely on the dictionary for the definition of words. So your argument is that because the dictionary says that 'especially a period such as' (I guess the word 'especially' escaped your half-brain) my point is not supported. Right. Do you realise how moronic that is? No, of course you don't, because you're wrong again, this time about the lowest form of wit. You know what it is? Yours, numskull.
@gp
Oh thats sharp. 'The lowest form of wit is yours' haha did you think all day to come up with that zinger dude? ;)
Again, thank's for helping me out in showing what an idiot you are. You admit that you use the dictionary to get the definition of 'words' yet rely on it to tell you what a 'concept' such as a decade is. I think you need an encyclopedia for that. Maybe you got mixed up somewhere so I'll let it slide.
Human thinking and communication is rife with ingrained errors and they usually stay ingrained because lazy thinkers like you are happy to live with the errors rather than switch your brain on and correct and train them out. That's the reason that as well as my pudding example, 99% of people say 'pronounciation' when they should be saying 'pronunciation'. There are thousands of examples of messed up thinking from the trivial to the deadly serious. It's losers like you the waste billions of dollars and man years as space probes overshoot other planets beause 'hey, cm or inches it's all the same'.
Ok so most people threw a party a year early thinking they were actually in the new millenium on Jan 1st 2000, so most people get the decade thing wrong too and dictionary staff who's job is to define words not intangibles such as concepts just go along with the error of the masses and thats good enough for you isn't it. If most people think something it must be correct eh.
Dude you are a smug, mental midget. You are practiced in nothing except the use of disdainful tone in service of reinforcing your sense of self importance. I guess i can keep expaining this elementary stuff to you but you are gonna have to take a brave step. You are gonna have to engage your dusty brain rather than just scouring the net for quotes that fail to make your point.
@jupigare Sorry, but there is no "difference in definitions" about when does a decade starts. For a decade to start on 2000, there should have been a year zero. There wasn't, after year 1 B.C. came year 1 A.D., under the Gregorian Calendar we use on western countries. So the next decade will start only on January 1st, 2011.
This is not an opinion, it's a simple fact. If you disagree with that, complain with the Pope.
Hahaha.
Rojas. I'll be glad for the interview, but I was so used to the calibre of Ballmer and Rubinstein.
Good luck!
I, for one, am looking forward to your chat with Peter Rojas. If anyone knows the last decade of gadgets, it's him, so I expect some great insight.
I guess Nokia got tired of paying money to be kicked in the teeth.
Can't say I blame them, although I respect engadget's independence from advertisers.
I wish they had good enough products that wouldn't require such derision.
I hope this next show won't be an hour long of bickering like the last!
I am planning to go. Does anybody know how early you need to line up before the 2pm opening to get tickets?
Hey joshua, is it possible to get some luv here in southern cali and present an engadget show of OUR own?
The Engadget Show/Engadget Podcast drinking game:
Take a shot every time Nilay says "right".
this is a rip off discussion from gadget show on channel 5 in uk :S
No stream...??? Oh well. I own neither a Zune nor an iPod and I refuse to infect my PC with iTunes.
@Barkus
You can just download the copy from the website. You don't need to use iTunes.
Lucky people of new york.. and especially parson students.. I wish I could be there! :(
When are you going to get the CEOs of Google on?
I bought bus tickets so I can come, hopefully I will get a ticket