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« What's with the pants obsession? | Main | Emotion and polarization » Friday, February 2, 2007DJ kit of the 21st century?Wow. So it looks like a few short weeks into the Nintendo Wii era, someone's already hacking their wild and wildly popular movement-based remote control, which is the killer feature of the new gaming system. (Does anyone know what Wii is even supposed to mean? I for one think the name is a wii bit stupid.) Here's the coolest new use, unless someone can name another: a DJ mix controller called the dj Wiij. (The Web site helpfully explains the pronunciation: "dee-jay Wee-jay.") Ever since the dawn of excellent laptop DJ mixing software at consumer-level prices, turntable have been dying out a bit. Even turntables are now sometimes controlled remotely by laptops. (This is very cool; I've seen it.) Is the world ready for a DJ wielding a device made for kids? A DJ friend isn't sure: "Wonder if you would have any street cred after showing up to a gig with this." My tentative answer: no. But soon, Obi Wan... By the way, bonus remark for this post: speaking of the Nintendo era, check this out. Posted by Evan Hughes at 06:15 PM
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