What you'll require here is about 30 minutes' endurance, a $10 budget, and a good reason why you'd want to swap some good old versatile wall plugs in for USB-only power outlets. Once you've got all that sorted, it's a quick skip to the source link, where you'll get step-by-step instructions on converting to "the future" of power distribution. And hey, just to help you justify all that expenditure of effort, we've got a whole category devoted to the cornucopia of most awesome devices you can power via USB. Kudos gained for clever design, kudos lost for relatively redundant outcome.

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Fresquecito! Every 2nd Saturday @ Club Anton 428 3rd St. Oakland. Starting December 12th!!!

TIMBA-SALSA-TIMBA-REGGAETON-TIMBA-CUBATON-TIMBA!!!!!

Con Los Exponentes de la Timba:

-Dj WaltDigz
-Dj Antonio
-Yussef Breffe

*Guest dj's & surprise entertainment!!!

*Dance class @ 9pm w/ Yussef Breffe

*10 cañitas all night ($10 cover)

SalsaCrazy New Years is Back, at the HOT W Hotel!
Join us to Ring in 2010, with FOUR Rooms of Fun ...
(and of course a dedicated Salsa/Latin Room too)

Get your Tickets now - It will Sell out!
http://www.SalsaCrazyNewYears.com

The countdown begins NOW ...

Come TOUR THE WORLD with us at The Magnificent "W HOTEL"…
We are taking over 3 floors and creating 4 Separate Dance Floors in ONE Hotel...

W San Francisco
181 Third Street
San Francisco
www.whotels.com

Dance your way from the Euro House Room to the Latin Room, or from the Middle Eastern room to the House Music, Top 40 / 70's & 80's rooms…

> An Enormous Balloon Drop at Midnight
> Fabulous Dancers & Amazing Drummers
> Red Carpet Treatment, Party Favors, and Much more!!!

This events sells out WEEKS in advance!
The Ticket prices goes UP as the date gets closer ...
The Cheapest Tickets are RIGHT NOW ...

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/488673636

Please purchase your FRIENDS & FAMILY discount tickets now
while last and be part of the absolute BEST!

SCHEDULE:
W Milan & W Dubai
FrenchTuesdays.com Room:
DJ AYKUT
DJ DR T

W Puerto Rico
SalsaCrazy.com Room:
DJ EDWIN CORNEJO

W New York
House Music Room by Matique SF:
DIRTYHERTZ

W Los Angeles
TOP 40 / 70’s & 80’s Room:
DJ BRUCE

MUSIC:
Euro House, Latin, Top 40 Dance Hits,
Middle Eastern, Brazilian, 70’s & 80’s and More!

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKETS?
http://www.SalsaCrazyNewYears.com

From Jesse:

Hello Salsa Peeps

EMAIL US YOUR MUSIC REQUEST FOR SUNDAY, POST A COMMENT ON THE AD FOR ANY TROPICAL SONGS YOU WANT TO HEAR!

I will be Guest DJ'in in Santa Cruz on Sunday @ Salsa By The Sea.

I will be DJ'in from 2pm till 5pm, which gives you time to hit any after-party Salsa spots. Its a FREE EVENT!

if you are looking for something to do on Sunday, then come on down.

Most of you have been waiting for this!

We'll, it's happening!

For one time and ONE TIME ONLY, so do not miss it!

An all-out Bachata Dance Party at the famous Jelly's Pier 50!

"In the Heights" won a Tony for best musical even as it broke new ground for Latino culture.

For a limited time only -- and you should be able to guess how long that is -- Japanese SonyStyle customers can order up the TX1 in the especially wintry attire you see above. Already available in a choice of five colors, the cam will also let you choose between black, silver and pink for the engraved models, and we also hear these snowflakes are part of a wider range of engraved designs. Options titled Safari, Race, and Heart are also available, and you can even add your own message to the front, or just tag it with your name if you're feeling narcissistic. Either way, you can see the other color options after the break, or try out all the different looks using the interactive skinning tool at the source link.

Acer loves it some Google. And unless Google's trying to stamp out your revenue stream, who doesn't? Now Acer chairman, JT Wang, says that he expects to be first to market with an official Chrome OS netbook -- sometime in the second half of 2010 according to DigiTimes' sources. In fact, JT says that Acer's been working on a Chrome OS device since mid-2009. This despite admittedly weaker than expected demand for its dual-boot Android netbook, the Aspire One AOD250. Guess even the Google halo isn't enough to shoehorn its smartphone OS into a market dominating position on cheap ultra-portables. It's worth pointing out that DigiTimes' moles aren't saying anything new with the launch time-frame since Google's target for its gold Chrome OS build has been 2H of 2010 ever since the lightweight OS was announced. Not that the timing matters too much since we'll likely be seeing plenty of Chromium OS netbooks flooding the grey market long before the second half of 2010.

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STUART — Want to learn to dance a sensual dance that is the most danced dance in the world? Learn to dance Salsa and other Latin dances from Jack Valerio and Thany Lim.

Soundmatters made a few (sine) waves last year with the introduction of its awfully cute foxL Bluetooth speaker, but for those preoccupied with other matters, there's nothing wrong with snagging v2 in order to catch up. The pocket-sized (5.6- x 2.2- x 1.4-inches) speaker sports new BT circuitry that allows for 3x better reception than the prior version, and it also automatically pairs and searches for Bluetooth devices. Users can now answer and terminate a call from the speaker itself, and as expected, you'll also get a bit more volume out of this one compared to the original. The rechargeable battery will keep the jams spinning for five hours on a full charge, and if the international charging prongs weren't enough, there's also the option to regenerate over USB. It's set to ship later this month to jet-setting music junkies for $199, while a wired (read: non-BT) variant will go for $30 less.

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