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HP's 11.6-inch Pavilion DM1 gets unboxed on video {Engadget}
Nov 13th 2009 12:27PM ION cannons are still too expensive for netbook/notebook hybrids.
Sony's VAIO Bluetooth Laser Mouse pictured in the wild, almost as ugly as last week's OpenOfficeMouse {Engadget}
Nov 13th 2009 10:15AM It's like an Apple Mighty Mouse and a laptop clicker had a lovechild with downs.
Boxee boxes available in 2010 {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 12th 2009 6:37PM Has anyone found a good use for boxee beyond (sometimes working) Hulu? The social thing is kinda meh (can't even keep up with the stuff I already want to watch, would probably never get to stuff other people are watching).
The XBMC engine for local content has limited options (vs a full-blown XBMC install), and the other online stuff seems like it's got excellent niche content, but nothing worth a ~200$ box to the general public.
I want to like boxee, but I don't know how. Keeping fingers crossed for a 200$ Hulu Desktop + Plex or XBMC box.
Vestax Spin might just be the USB-based DJ rig of your dreams, only shinier {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 4:57PM I agree, if the DJ is moving the crowd, they could be using a pair of walkmans for all I care. I just like taking the piss :)
Vestax Spin might just be the USB-based DJ rig of your dreams, only shinier {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 3:43PM How bout this then: If you can't beatmatch without looking at wave forms on a screen, then you ain't a real DJ :)
BlackBerry Storm2 hands-on and impressions {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 3:37PM http://bit.ly/swpl-grammar
Vestax Spin might just be the USB-based DJ rig of your dreams, only shinier {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 2:08PM You should start a boycott and refuse to comment on any engadget article ever again.
Boxee inks deal with first hardware partner: a 'Boxee Box' is coming {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 2:04PM How about a Hulu desktop player? That is the core of Boxxee's appeal IME, and with the cat and mouse game between Hulu and Boxee, what guarantee is there that Hulu won't find a 'permanent solution' to block Boxxee?
/still waiting for a Hulu Desktop + XBMC combo player.
Police Wii Bowling team issued stern rebuke {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 1:57PM Heck, they should have taken all the meth, and bowled until their hearts exploded.
Vestax Spin might just be the USB-based DJ rig of your dreams, only shinier {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 1:39PM A pair of 1200s, a 2ch Vestax or Rane mixer, and turntablelab.com for your tunes. don't buy the cheap gear - it's cheap for a reason. The brands I mentioned have extremely durable gear and high resale value - Gemini, behringer, and numark equipment may have more 'features' but don't get suckered (like I was - instead of buying 1200s, I thought I'd save 500$ by getting Geminis, ended up having to buy the 1200s within a year, along with a Vestax mixer wasting the money I spent on the unreliable Gemini decks and numark mixer).
For content, I highly recommend starting on Vinyl - get a few hip hop and few house tracks, and get a feel for beat counting and matching. Or, you can jump straight into Serato Scratch Live (Skip Final Scratch aka Final Crash - another 300 bucks I wasted going with the cheap option first), which will let you spin any track on your computer as if it were a 12" single. Turntablelab is the shiznit for finding anything and everything to do with DJing.
Sure, there are laptop-only setups, and laptop/controller setups, but if it looks like you're checking your email when you're DJing, you ain't a real DJ :P
