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    Moby Gives a Tour of His Incredible Drum Machine Collection

    Keystick Keyboard: The Hypochondriac's Data Entry Tool

    The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard

    Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever

    Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard Has More Purple Lights Than a Discoteque

    Piggy Flu Mania Means Vioguard Keyboard Is Your Best Hope For H1N1 Avoidance

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    Now All the Alienware m17x's Keyboard Needs is a Unicorn

    OCZ Sabre OLED Keyboard (Unofficial Codename: Optimus Budgetus) Priced at $135

    10 Ways to Make Your Keyboard Slightly Less Disgusting

    Lenovo on the Slow, Painful Evolution of Keyboards

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    OCZ Sabre Does OLED Custom Keys On the Cheap

    iHome's iConnect Keyboard Combines QWERTY and iPod Docking

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    Reversible Econo-keys Keyboard Features Keys and Trackpad On Opposite Sides
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    Image of lankysob lankysob
    12/21/09

    In reply to Moby Gives a Tour of His Incredible Drum Machine Collection
    When "Play" came out, it blew my mind. That doesn't mean I'm a huge Moby fan, but I respect the hell out of he and his work. But, in the video, he says he'd rather use drum machines than plugins - then later admits he doesn't even use the machines, but has pre-recorded samples of everything they do. So he only uses them once.

    [serious question]
    I've long wanted to mess around with drum samples and create some of my own mixes just for fun, so: how is that different that using pre-packaged plugins (other than the fact that he created each sample himself)?
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    Image of doompod doompod
    12/21/09

    @lankysob:
    I don't think I fully understand you're question, but I'll give it a shot.
    Having original material is what makes a person unique. If you make combinations that haven't been made before, you could have a major piece of work in your hands.
    Every single song I write has influences, whether it be from vocals, guitar, or drums. I collaborate everything I have heard and try to make something new. You can't put together something if you have nothing. Every single sound will influence your music in one way or another.
    Pre-packaged plugins may not have the same rhythm or sound as some machines.
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    Image of lankysob lankysob
    12/22/09

    @doompod: Whoops, sorry...looks like in the editing of my own question it became a bit garbled. I was trying to ask this: how is not using pre-packaged sounds, yet still using standard (as in, unchanged from the drum machine) pre-recorded sounds any different?

    I guess, if I'm understanding you correctly, it's that he's recording sounds from machines that the standard mixing programs don't currently have samples of...thereby giving him a wider library of effects due to creating original material beyond the usual in-program canned beats.

    [I think I've talked myself in circles enough for one night]
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    Image of darkshaddow42 darkshaddow42
    12/13/09

    In reply to Keystick Keyboard: The Hypochondriac's Data Entry Tool
    Does anybody know what the "Fn" or function key actually DOES?
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    12/13/09

    @darkshaddow42: I do.
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    Image of liveinabin liveinabin
    12/13/09

    In reply to Keystick Keyboard: The Hypochondriac's Data Entry Tool
    All of us have been using dirty bacteria laden keyboards for years with no marked increase in ill health so it's all demonstrably fine.
    While general cleanliness is, of course, important, it's becoming a bit ridiculous and lots of kids are getting all sorts of allergies as a result of needless overprotection.

    As for H1N1 - of course it's real, it was just dealt with quickly and professionally by some really great people.
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    12/13/09

    @liveinabin: I keep the clorox wipes near my desk. and I am still contemplating taking the h1n1 virus vaccine.... check out video.
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    Image of blasphemicvinegar blasphemicvinegar
    12/13/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: If she talks backwards would that allow her to not sound completely retarded?
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    Image of Sabbatai Sabbatai
    12/13/09

    @blasphemicvinegar: How horrible.
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    Image of erikheppler erikheppler
    12/13/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: That cheerleader story was a lie, look it up.
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/13/09

    @blasphemicvinegar: damn you sir... damn you for making me laugh.
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/13/09

    @erikheppler: it actually turned out to not be as bad as they thought... it wasnt a lie it was just she needed oxygen therapy to recover.
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    Edited by PN - gooapplesoft at 12/13/09 8:44 PM PN - gooapplesoft was starred PN - gooapplesoft was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/13/09

    In reply to Keystick Keyboard: The Hypochondriac's Data Entry Tool
    Its got a Windows key so won't that make it more prone to virii?
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    Image of BrianE BrianE
    12/13/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: **viruses
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/13/09

    @BrianE: See. My comment was already infected just writing about this thing..
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    Image of TuxBobble TuxBobble
    12/13/09

    In reply to Keystick Keyboard: The Hypochondriac's Data Entry Tool
    What the hell? What kind of keyboard has an offset directional up/down? For that reason alone, I welcome swine flu...

    Alright not really. But come on, were they thinking at ALL on that one/ I'd rather an arrow-key-sized shift key, than an offset up/down, personally. There's always left shift which seems monstrous in comparison anyway...
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    Image of orijimi orijimi
    12/13/09

    @TuxBobble: Ya, that thing really sucks.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    12/13/09

    In reply to Keystick Keyboard: The Hypochondriac's Data Entry Tool
    Man, that swine flu is no joke. I am just recovering from an H1N1 subtype. I was so wiped out, I couldn't even watch movies or play xbox. I am not sure a cleaner keyboard would have made any significant change in my likelihood of contracting the bug, however.
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    Image of zensflare zensflare
    12/13/09

    @The Lab: H1N1 is bullshit. I don't believe in it.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/13/09

    In reply to Keystick Keyboard: The Hypochondriac's Data Entry Tool
    I could see how something like this could be useful for spies who need to keep their keyboards hidden deep within their least conspicuous orifices, usually a hotbed of bacteria.
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    Image of Mad as a Hatter Mad as a Hatter
    12/13/09

    @frigg: oh haha very funny Lois, a poop joke?
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    Image of Michael A. B. Michael A. B.
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    I believe that the Disney "D" might be copyright or trademark property. It is what is used as the favicon on their website, if nothing else. Correct me if I am wrong about that.

    They are no Monster Cables when it comes to trademark lawsuits, but they may jump on this.
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    Image of deciBels deciBels
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    Isn't it supposed to be R, S, T, L, N, and E?
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    Image of fuzzymuffins fuzzymuffins
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    never mind the bollocks, here's your keyboard
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    Image of Araam Vafai Borhanian Araam Vafai Borhanian
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    So why would they type Romans a lot?
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/09/09

    @Araam Vafai Borhanian: Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
    Brian: It says, "Romans go home."
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/09/09

    @met2art: Who orders the house romaine anyway? How can you even tell the difference? Was it fertilized by the chef himself?
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: It's special because the Romaines lettuce watch the Caesar dressing...
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    Image of mercury_marine mercury_marine
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    so easy a nihilist would use it.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    The spacebar looks kind of stabby.
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    12/09/09

    @Nathan Obbards: ow
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/09/09

    @RT100: I see what you did there.
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    I keep rubbing my screen thinking there's a random hair caught on it. ._. What is that? <_<
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/09/09

    @sonicsurge: It's a hole in a plastic cover.
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    12/09/09

    @Nathan Obbards: You see, now I feel stupi-- That keyboard wants me to touch it.

    I can safely assume that this keyboard is a pervert.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/09/09

    @sonicsurge: Come now, it just wants some love.
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    12/09/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Are you kidding? It wants me to touch its "D." ITS "D."

    That's not love. That's commitment.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/09/09

    @sonicsurge: No, no, you're reading it all wrong. See, the letters it is surrounding are F, D and R. Take out the commas and the and, like you see on the keyboard, and you have FDR. What's really happening is that it's a socialist keyboard and is asking why you can't give it some love like everyone did FDR.
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    12/09/09

    @Nathan Obbards: My God. This keyboard's a freaking Ouija Board.
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    Image of Deckard Deckard
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    "I have your cat"

    "There is a bomb on this rollercoaster"

    "Apple Tablet Release Date is April 1, 2010"
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Edited by Deckard at 12/09/09 9:08 PM Deckard was starred Deckard was unstarred
    Image of opazhman opazhman
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Letters R, A, N, S, O and M are Going To Be Worn Out On This Keyboard
    is this suppose to be like the riddlers keyboard or something?
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/09/09

    @opazhman: No, this is the Riddler's keyboard...
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/12/09

    In reply to Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
    I have a feeling I know how we will be typing sans-keyboard in the near future.

    Recently they have been experimenting with detecting the position and flex of muscles in the body, particularly of the fingers. The example they used was playing Guitar Hero with an air guitar (it worked, was quite cool).

    With some miniaturized sensors (they are already pretty small) this tech could easily be applied to typing. It would require adapting to your typing style, but fairly quickly I bet people could get used to making typing gestures with their hands in any position. The computer would just need to learn how you move your fingers for particular letters (you would have to know how to touch type of course).

    This would eliminate wrist strain, eliminate the need for a keyboard, and allow for typing while doing numerous other things.

    This could also easily apply to moving a cursor around. #singularity
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    Image of gregwhat gregwhat
    11/12/09

    In reply to Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
    I strongly disagree on one part of your note: screen resolutions. Most of the time, when you look at printed material, you're looking at dots. And it doesn't hurt your eyes. Quite the opposite in fact. I think 110ppi is not "too much" but "not enough". The day our eyes won't be able to discern the pixels is when the strain will stop (and us designers will be very happy with our 300ppi screens!).
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    Image of MMBman7171 MMBman7171
    11/12/09

    In reply to Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
    Umm I am cool with avoiding the cyborg thing. I appreciate the fact that this kind of thing could help disabled people.....but seriously it is scary enough that your compy or lappy can be hacked. Just think if your freakin BODY got hacked! Ummmm can you say "Oh, Snap!!!!" #singularity
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    Image of Kirkaiya Kirkaiya
    11/12/09

    In reply to Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
    In the longer-term, assuming that direct-to-mind computing is indeed coming, interfaces might not be really "visual" at all. It's known that both dolphins, and people blind from a young age, are able to conceptually build 3D "maps" of areas, in ways that are distinctly different than the ones we build using our vision.

    So maybe, just as I can type this sentence without thinking about individual letters, or keys, or what finger is doing what (because my brain was "trained" in typing class in 10th grade), we'll be able to train our brains to use some "conceptual" interface that is a hybrid of visual and non-visual, or a completely non-visual, but "think-able" way of manipulating information.

    In the shorter term, look for fudges like flexible, foldable or rollable displays, retina-projection displays that clip onto sunglasses, and smartphones that are literally "all screen" (sort of like HTC's Touch HD2, but more so). We can squeeze another decade of progress out of the "edge-to-edge touch-screen" paradigm, by refining the UIs that are used. Palm, Apple and Google have all been slowly pushing that envelope. #singularity
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