Freddie Bain
Put Away Your Precious Vinyl and Mix Digitally!
Rane and Serato have teamed up to create an amazing DJ rig! Scratch LIVE is the ultimate software and hardware solution for bridging the analog world of vinyl and the digital world of computer audio files. Using regular turntables or CD players, you can scratch and mix files from your Mac or Windows XP computer's CD or hard drive: add in a live mic input for scratching, mixing, and even bypass to standard vinyl if you wish. Scratch LIVE is the complete digital solution for the vinyl junkie -- take your entire collection wherever you go and leave your precious vinyl at home!
Lee Gerstein
I want the DVD to "She's the Man", that Amanda Bynes teen movie based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Bynes masquerades as a boy to get on the soccer team, so that she can beat her ex-boyfriend and make him cry. Really. There's lots of pop-punk music montages, a catfight, a debutante ball, and, for much of the movie, ridiculously cut supposed high school students in various degrees of undress.
Techno Crat
One of the most famous Steinway piano ever made, the original Alma-Tadema Art Case Steinway - with fine-art decorations by world-famous artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema in 1887 - has been described byChristie's in London as "the most artistic piano ever produced." In 1997, the original Alma-Tadema was sold by Christie's at auction for $1.2 million, setting a record for a piano sold at auction.
This Alma-Tadema re-creation took more than 20 months to complete and was one of the most elaborate and expensive projects ever undertaken by Steinway & Sons. The grand piano features an intricately hand-carved case, lid and legs. It is encrusted with mother-of-pearl inlays, and above the keyboard is an elaborate rendering of Edward J. Poynter's The Wandering Minstrels topped by an arched brass lyre.
Priced at $675,000, the Alma-Tadema re-creation is an exacting re-creation of the original piano created more than a century earlier.
Tim McCanless
Along with World Peace, It would sure be nice to go on a cruise. Queen Mary 2 has been awarded a maritime Oscar from Berlitz in their 2005 guide to Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships. The famous liner's Queens and Princess Grill accommodations were awarded five stars ranking Queen Mary 2 seventh out of more than 260 ships and besting the luxury vessels of Silversea, Crystal and Radisson Seven Seas.Michael Pleasants
Breakfast Butler --
Weekday mornings, when every second counts, wouldn't it be nice to have breakfast ready when you get out of the shower? This space and time saver toasts your English muffin, toast or bagel while it poaches your egg and warms up your ham orsausage patty - all in under four minutes. Its integrated timer ensures that everything will be done at once. All you have to do is assemble your sandwich, wash it down with a cup of coffee and you're out the door.
In addition to being a full-functioning toaster, the Egg & Muffin Toaster can simultaneously: 1) toast the bread, 2) cook an egg, and 3) warm a pre-cooked slice of ham or sausage--or any combination of these three functions in addition to boiling up to four eggs. The Egg & Muffin Toaster features: Wide toasting slots. Auto shut-off for individual toasting and... more poaching options. An easy-to-clean control touchpad and light to dark toaster settings. Removable crumb tray for easy clean-up and cord storage. The toasters Egg/Toast function directs cooking of both items simultaneously to complete at the same time.
Mike Macharello
Bet you'd agree that belts are an ultimate fashion accessory in this day and age. Why should you adorn you waists with something so universal and typical when you have the choice to display your personal identity just below your navel on Egokast belt buckle. The Egokast , portable media player encased in a stainless steel case is small enough to be mounted onto your belt clip. Fashion and function has ceaselessly blended to soothe our desiresand fantasies! The EgoKast features a 3.5 inch 320x240 pixel screen that can double as a belt buckle to display the true you in video format at 30 fps for up to five hours.
Who couldn't use a new computer?? So, I'd also like Santa to bring me yet another gift, The new 17" MacBook Pro from Apple, with a revolutionary Intel Core 2 Duo which packs the power of two processor cores (up to 2.33GHz) inside a single chip. Nice for us people on the go.
Now, can I download images to that new belt buckle want?