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Rock Band and Guitar Hero now for girls, too {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2008 2:06PM I'm not sure if I'm offended, but I do drive a black Cobalt LT2 coupe. It was an affordable new car with good acceleration and handling, passable fuel economy for a domestic, and good crash-safety ratings. Parts are cheaper and easier to find than they were for my old Volkswagen, which is nice because I do my own maintenance and minor swaps. I'm not sure if girly girls would really like it though, because the visor mirrors aren't lighted. It also has tons of trunk space, including plenty of room for my real guitar, banjo, and horn. (Will they ever make Horn Star? There are tons of killer horn solos out there.)
On the controls, I think these things are aimed at the Hannah Montana set...who else would even know who those girls are?
Bandai's Luminodot: 1,600 glass pegs for your child to swallow {Engadget}
Sep 15th 2008 11:21PM J-pegs.
Hands-on with Samsung's Rant and Highnote {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 10th 2008 10:06PM I've been using the Centro too, and only recently started having the same problem. Has it been ongoing for you, or just in the last few weeks?
Hands-on with Samsung's Rant and Highnote {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 10th 2008 10:04PM Watch what you say, or it might crash a car into you.
Samsung UK exec says Blu-ray "has five years left" {Engadget}
Sep 3rd 2008 7:51PM Blu-Ray's hurtin' like a warehouse with no room to spare?
Worn out pants collection to show mobile progression {Engadget}
Aug 18th 2008 10:32PM I will admit I laughed at that.
Cowon's 5-inch P5 touchscreen media player brings the haptic happy sauce {Engadget}
Jul 23rd 2008 11:04AM The "luxury hairline metal" makes me wonder if Dokken is the only kind of music file it will support.
Evidence mounts for August Eee PC carnage with $299 Dell E launch {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 12:10PM Well, I regularly pull my Eeepc from my clearance-rack Jansport with Smokey the Bear patch.
It had nothing to do with image for me. Instead, it was about looking like less of a target during my 2 mile walks home through West Philadelphia at night after my graduate classes let out. Not having to worry about finding a bag that would accommodate a full-size laptop and not scream "hey, I'm carrying a laptop!" (or being weighed down by said device) seemed like a pretty good idea. I have a computer at home, and there are computer labs at school to cover needs outside the basic range of functions (word processing, pdf reading, etc.)
Plus it actually fits on a tiny college classroom desk, and removes the chance of grabbing the wrong notebook on the way out the door.
For the right person, they're actually very practical little devices.
Philippe Starck shows off "Democratic Ecology" wind turbine {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 11:09PM Those who laugh, wait 'till this becomes our generation's version of the rooftop satellite antenna.
"Hey, we lost the signal!"
"Yeah, it was a pretty still day....where are you going?"
"I'm just going to go spin the turbine for a few minutes."
"Well, please don't fall off the roof...."
Local public school students get assigned Zunes {Engadget}
Jun 29th 2008 11:00PM Actually this is a pretty common thing with my classes (granted, my schooling is graduate level coursework in a major university); there are video recorders placed in most of the classrooms in my building which allow students to review a video or audio version of the lecture. It's really helpful for days when you can't be in a class, or when you want to review for a final exam.
I could also see tech-friendly and highly dedicated instructors using it as a supplementary option to the basic curriculum material. A recorded exam review saves paper and can be played back while the student is doing something else. Or, they could do brief discussions on related topics not able to be worked into an extremely tight lesson schedule.
