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Playlist challenged? Try Cimio

The folks over at Scratch DJ Academy hooked me up with a trial of their beginner level beat matching software, Cimio, that allows you to create playlists from songs with similar beats per minute (BPM) and song structure.

It’s practically a fool-proof program, and they make no apologies for their three-step, elementary approach: “Cimio was [...]

Coosh Headphones Stay Put

BuzzParadise mailed me a pair of new Coosh headphones to review.

Compared to the three headphone options most obvious to me: 1) cheapo headphones, 2) ear buds or 3) expensive and giant Bose headphones, Coosh headsets are a fairly unique design. However, it’s pretty simple — they are essentially buds with a nylon loop that [...]

SXSW Interactive Day: 1

What an insane day at SXSW Interactive Day 1. I honestly could go home happy after just this one day.

I kicked off the morning hosting breakfast with Rick Calvert, CEO and Co-Founder of BlogWorld, Jim Turner, Chief Managing Partner of One By One Media and Nathan Wright, Founder of Lava Row. There was some [...]

Blu-Ray here to stay, but digital downloads/on demand is really the future

I’m quoted in today’s Pioneer Press about the death of HD DVD. Our DVD/VCR combo crapped out months ago, but we postponed buying anything to avoid a trap.

Although we have a large library of DVDs, I’m still not convinced digital downloads and on-demand streaming isn’t the future — especially given the new high-capacity fiber optic [...]

iPod Touch’s $20 firmware rip-off, horrible customer relations

This is what I just sent Apple:

I owned the first iPod, 3rd generation and 5th generation. Now I own two iPod Touch players.

One is three weeks old. One is one week old.

It’s poor customer relations to release a firmware update with new applications and charge users $20 — let alone a customer who purchased a [...]

Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker : CES 2008

As if pretending to play the guitar didn’t already make you a lame-o, check this out.

It’s the Guitar Hero brand Air Guitar Rocker from Jada Toys, with a GH-branded belt, wearable amp programmed with 10 songs and special pick you strum in front of the belt. It also has an output for external speakers. Songs [...]