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The Dorm Room of Your Dreams
For a dorm room that looks like something out of MTV's Cribs, pick up a few of these cool gadgets
By James K. Willcox
In all likelihood, if you're headed off to college this fall, you're armed with a notebook computer, an iPod, and dreams of a social life worthy of the Real World. But how is that going to happen when your dorm room is filled with people and all you can offer them for entertainment is a 2.5-inch video display and a pair of crummy speakers?
Don't sweat it -- help is on the way. On the slides that follow are a handful of great new gadgets that can turn almost any boring dorm room into a veritable pleasure palace. Best of all, most of the items are fairly inexpensive, so you won't have to sell all your meal plan tickets to afford them.