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Yamaha: Hitting The High Fidelity Sweet Spot
Perhaps high definition video isn't your thing - hey, we understand. However, there's no doubt good sound is something one cannot pass on, and Yamaha knows this. They're going retro with their new hig...
Green Ideas: Energy Seed A Lamp Powered by Recycled Batteries
We all still use alkaline batteries and we usually just throw them out after our high-powered devices hunger for more. Using rechargeable batteries is one way to go, but what about all those other bat...
How To: Mount a Flat Panel TV in the Corner
We have a flat panel TV and the first thing we did was to mount it on the wall. Now our installation was pretty easy because we had an open wall space without obstructions or features we needed to wor...
In Case You Missed It: Easel HDTV Stand
Kyle over at AT Boston found a great idea that we find absolutely amazing; a way to effective "humanize" an extra large television in a middle of a serene space - by means of a custom made easel....
Roundup: Top 5 Uses For Obsolete Computers
We went to our local recycling center in California today to get rid of some old receivers that we knew didn't belong in our apartment dumpster and we were blown away to find how much computer hardwar...
Product Re[al]view: Acoustic Research AV100b Tabletop Radio with iPod Docking Station
We love tubes. Yes indeedy we dooby doo. Any time we can talk about tubes, build with tubes, read by tubes, light up a room with tubes- we do it. When we heard Acoustic Research was sending us thei...
Survey: Fraud Prevention Overload
Over the past few days, every time we use our credit card we get a call from our bank's fraud prevention hotline to verify our transactions. We've never had them verify transactions in the past, and w...
The Flat Pack Office: Revisited
We featured a post a little while ago about two cool pieces of flat-pack office furniture. Little did we know, those two tables were park of a huge undertaking between Because We Can designers and the...
Electronic Faucet from Frattini: Making a Simple Task Complicated
What could be easier than turning on a faucet to wash your hands? Not much, unless you count the old British style sinks where there are actually two separate faucets in the same sink, one for hot and...
Close-Up: Turning a Hearth into a Media Room
Name: Amanda Johnson
Location: North Canton, Ohio
Years Lived In: My brother moved into the house in February of last year, and I moved in at the end of May.
What's your philosophy on integrating te...
DIY: How To Make Your Own Subwoofer
There's nothing more satisfying than building your own stuff. It's not always easy, but it's always fun to do so, even when it's a challenge. The rewards always outweigh the effort. Dan McGrath has pu...
Décor the Vote: Register to Vote Today!
No matter who your fave candidate is, it's beyond important to vote this November. Time to register in many states is coming to a close, New York's last day is today, so please remember to register i...
Closeup: Concealed Office Storage by Jeremy Levine Design
How do you keep a home office completely free of clutter? One, you are either a true minimalist and don't really keep anything. Two, you hide it in a closet or three, you fake it with clever storage ...
Couch Camping: The Next Big Thing?
After we found this silly picture from Nick over on Flickr, curiously named "couch camping gear," it got us thinking. Seeing as gas prices probably won't drop below $3 any time soon, it's probably bes...
Unique, Self-Made, Wall-Mounting Twin Hideaway Desks
To be honest, I never was into the whole wall-mounted fold-down desk thing. I know it saves space, but I just don't fall for the, "Nobody will know what it is when you fold the panel up" thing. Just l...
How to... Piss Off Everybody at The Sports Bar
Step One: Buy a TV-B-Gone universal remote control.
Step Two: Buy a baseball bat.
Step Three: Wait until the last two minutes of the neck-and-neck NFL game at your local Hooters, then activate said T...
Final Frame: Sound Wave
The 'Second Lives' exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design. If you are not trying to store them, it sure doesn't hurt to turn them into something interesting to look at. The first thing that comes...
Inspiration: Using Dark Walls To "Pop" That Wooden Desk
Fall colors don't always have to be super bright - just look at Kenneth's walls of his living room/home office. He's been spending weeks painting one of the walls a dark blue and we must say, it does ...
Wireless Headphones: Best Way To Keep Wires Away From Your Ipod
We've all had the problem. Either the cord is all tangled up, or it's just mixed up. Wires are bad, and nowhere is this more apparent then when you are on the go with your iPod playing your favorite t...
5 Best Desk-Computer Combinations: What Desk Goes With My New Computer?
It's not always easy finding the right desk. This search is always compounded by what your computer looks like. Sometimes, some desks just don't go with certain computers or laptops. We've put togethe...
Wooden Desktop Accessories: A Sustainable Way To Decorate Your Desk
Ideaco & Muku is a Japanese company which has come up with a beautiful and sustainable way of decorating your desk. The wooden desktop accessories are made in Vietnam from German beech wood. Wood is a...
DIY: Building A Cheap Stereo Tube Amp
Only the rich and foolish drop $1000's of dollars on fancy name brand tube amplifiers. Have a few minutes? Feel like risking your life a little bit? These instructions will put you halfway through ele...
Thursday Giveaway: Target Red Hot Shop Canon Selphy Giveaway
Product: Canon Selphy CP770 Compact Printer
Value: $149.99
Description: This is a complimentary tech addition to the giveaway happening over at Apartment Therapy Los Angeles, sponsored by the Targe...
Momentoitalia: Wall Units Galore, We Pick Our Favorites
There's always been an association with flat screen televisions with wall units and wall-mounted shelving. We can't seem to figure out when or where that happened in the path of home theater design, b...
Look! Using Sidetables as Shelves
When Sait Alanyali got tired of his home office, he went to Ikea and grabbed some standard fare, to be used in not so standard ways. His new set-up uses two white Lack side tables as shelves on his l...
Flickr Finds: The Impossible Office?
We spotted this office on Flickr and were immediately in love. The retro phone! That elegant lamp! The pops of black in the cream-colored space! Beautiful. We realized the space worked so well because...
Unplggd's Sales Calendar: Microsoft 20% Live Search Deal
When the going gets tough, we got your back. It's no secret there are some troubles with the economy right now; every cent counts and Craigslist is now everyone's best friend. However, eBay wants to b...
Pixelnotes Wallpaper Makes Office Fashion Meet Function
Pixel-inspired looks have been popping up everywhere. Pixel-patterned Wallpaper showed up, followed by a Colorful Pixelated Couch and Pixel Drink Coasters. We love all of those for their creative use...
DIY: How To Turn Your Old Cell Into A VOIP Skype Handset
Who hasn't got an old cell phone lying around? Almost all of us do, since we change cell phones every other year. There are programs by service carriers to recycle phones, but there are other things t...
Dream CAPTCHA: If Native Americans Worried About Spam
We love, love, love it when we can integrate techie inside jokes into home decor—this is Unplggd, after all. The Atmostheory Command Posters now have a permanent home in our office because we ju...
Final Frame: Spectral Lights Keep Us Up Late at Night
An LED art installation in the UK lights up the dim hall of a gallery, reminding us that even though we can't see wireless signals and radio waves, our visible color spectrum remains pretty darn cool....
WoodStation: Wood, Clock and Weather Station
At first glance, the WoodStation just looks like an ordinary block of walnut or maple. However, its internal motion sensor makes the wood light up from within, displaying the time, date, outside tempe...
How To... Rig a Custom Doorbell "Dingtone"
If you're sick of hearing your doorbell ring, followed by your dog barking of course, you don't have very many options. You can buy a custom doorbell ringer which lets you choose from a handful of one...
Green Ideas: The Ovetto Recycling Egg
The Ovetto Recycling Egg is an object that is supposed to meet the needs of domestic waste separation and help us recycle better. The Ovetto Recycling Egg is the brainchild of Italian interior designe...
Look! Working with White
Most work areas are never truly clean because of all the paper traffic that continuously goes through them. And while we always push to be as organized as possible, you always need to stop somewhere a...
Blogging... New York Times Looks At Living on a Student Budget
As we enter a recession (yes, we said it), the New York Times has published an article looking at inexpensive and creative solutions from students in New York City. There are so amazing ideas here, l...
Carry a Little Lightbulb in Your Wallet with the Pocket Light
We're not really sure how this works, and since it's a concept, I guess it really doesn't have to. But for now, we'll just look at the pictures and say, "Whoa, Cool!" The Pocket Light is designed to b...
Conof: Japanese Minimal Industrialism
After posting about the U shaped USB desk lamp yesterday we dug a little deeper into this mysterious manufacturer named Conof that we were not familiar with. Turns out Conof is another Japanese brand...
AirG for Wii's Pop Star Guitar
This is right up Unplggd's alley: We love playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band. But being Apartment Therapy fans, we have to have some solution for storing all of those massive components—because y...
BeoSound 3: Transistor Radio Receives A Futuristic Makeover
Combining a portable radio with a clock, digital playback abilities, and an integrated Class D amplifier to power its full-range loudspeaker, the BeoSound 3 is not just another iHome wannabe. Powered ...
Remock: Keyless Entry for Your Home
If having the lock to your front door connected and operable through the internet is still a little too tech savvy for comfort, then perhaps something that isn't so accessible but still as convenient...
Turn Car Trips Into Your Own Custom Arcade Game
Carcade is a concept created by three students at Berlin University of the Arts for an in-car videogame which captures the passing landscape, like trees and buildings, and creates a game stage based o...
Powewise: A Table-Like Docking Station
Powerwise is a neat little docking station designed by by Johanna Strand and Asa Elmstam. If you have a lot of gadgets to charge, a docking station is the best way to manage them. In one compact space...
Humpday Fun: A Video Camera's Graveyard Shift
If you have cats, you have probably been sent Simon's animation of how his cat wakes him up in the morning. Well, as if to prove the point that all cats enjoy this type of annoying wake-up call, a Yo...
Sony Vaio JS Series Aims for Mac Market
We've already told you that Sony VAIO was going to be taking the Apple approach to life and begin marketing all-in-one desktop computers. We even told you you'd see the first one in October. Well, fol...
The Orbit LED Pendant Lamp
This pendant lamp was designed by Lucie Koldova and she named it the Orbit Light for apparent reasons. The lamp has a spherical shape. The LED diodes line the inside of the structure and cast a omnidi...
U Shaped USB Desk Lamp: Task Lighting and Charger in One
Beautiful, simple and practical. Three good things when you are looking for a task lamp for your home office. While the 270 degree swivel enables you to easily direct the light source where you need i...
The Healing Leafs from Sega Toys
Taking talking to your plants to a new extreme, this interactive plant toy from Sega is designed to take note of your tone of voice and then respond by taking the appropriate action. They say that if ...
Antec Announces Scary-Looking Skeleton Enclosure, Just in Time for Halloween
So, what exactly is it? The same question crossed our minds when we first saw Antec's new Skeleton case. Well, it's not really a case, but more like something from a horror flickr, packing a unique to...
How To...Make Your Own Propaganda Poster
You may have noticed a few people in your life and on this site who own some version of the British World War II era "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster. Whether it be reprints, originals, or cheeky reim...
Schlage LiNK: Open Your Front Door Through the Internet
Part of us thinks this is cool and part of us is freaked out about the concept. While there are concepts for keyless residential doorlocks and the more familiar combination residential door locks, Sc...
Gmail is Doing Their Part to Stop Drunk Emailing
Following in the footsteps of breathalizer phones is this Gmail add-on from The Official Gmail Blog called Mail Goggles. When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to...
Behind the Blog: Grain Edit
Curious about where your favorite blogger works? Send us your nominations for a Behind the Blog interview and we'll try out best to get them to open their doors to take a peek.
Oakland blogger David...
Flickr Finds: When Home Offices No Longer Make The Cut
After reading about bringing the office out into the open, we were reminded about Perke's perfect table he found on the street in NYC. Though upon inspection, it looks like he's recently decided to br...
Analog Digital Photo Frame: Your .jpg in Wood
The digital world continues to blend seamlessly into the real world. Continuing on the same theme as the Windows window we brought you earlier, designer Irina Block makes the familiar .jpg window phy...
How To... Hide Your USB Drive in The Wall
If you're a secret double agent for the CIA, or if you're a government conspiracist, or if you're a former Wall Street CEO that needs to hide your bank records, have we got the solution for you! This ...
The LEGO Home Office
LEGO bricks have always been one of our favorites toys growing up. They are still very popular and still come up with innovative products. However, we were wondering if it would be possible to assembl...
Making Music With Your Coffee Maker
First we found someone who takes photos of autopsied home appliances. Then we found someone who designs robots out of obsolete home gadgets. Now we've found a mid-90s album techno record made entirel...
IntelliTunes Digital Jukebox
For those who like to entertain, we mean more like the beer-and-pizza crowd in their basement rather than the champagne and caviar folks on a yacht, a compact home system can't get much better than th...
Final Frame: Nerdbots Robots Made Out Of Household Items
Nerdbots are lovable robots created out of household items. They are created by Nicholas and Angela from Kansas City, Missouri. This idea came from a strange obsession with all things robot. One day, ...
Hot or Not? Dedicated Music Listening Rooms
We've all seen them before. Huge behemoths as speakers, dedicated subwoofers with fancy wires sprawling about, and a big fancy one-seater in the middle of the room - all to enjoy the highs and lows of...
Embody Chair by Herman Miller: One of the Best
14 years after creating the Aeron chair, Herman Miller designed the Embody, supposedly one of the ultimate experiences for your posterior. The Embody chair is one of the most comfortable and ergonomic...
Woven Light: Fabric by Day, Lighting by Night
We all know that the right lighting can make a huge impact in a room. While traditionally this has meant floor lamps, wall sconces, and overhead lighting, we have seen that it can also include wallpa...
Handsewn Apple iPod Shuffle Case is a Throwback
We found the "Applepod" while searching Etsy for homemade iPod cases. A throwback to the old Apple logo, this case is handsewn upon order and can be customized in your choice of colors. (Although we'd...
iSleep: Using Your Laptop To Wake Up In an Analog Way
iSleep is an innovative concept by the German designer Ivonne Dippman. It combines features of your laptop that you wouldn't think about combining. The basic concept is to provide users with a useful ...
Look! Ross McBride's Time Table
Tokyo based designer Ross McBride is fascinated by time pieces. He came up with this great table that doubles as a digital clock. What's really amazing is that the clock takes up the whole table. Thes...
Plus Minus Zero: Stylish, Compact Heating From Japan
As the breezy Fall weather begins to creep up on us, it's good not to forget about staying warm and avoiding that flu that's going around. Check out Plus Minus Zero's cool little heaters from across t...
Obsession of the Moment: New York Public Library Digital Library
Did you know that the New York Public Library has a digital archive of 600,000 illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, and printed e...
The Gun O'Clock: If Duck Hunt Spawned a Clock
Another one of those you-better-effin'-wake-up-or-I'll-annoy-you-awake clocks. A cross between your everyday alarm clock and the retro gaming favorite Duck Hunt, this clock sounds an alarm at wake-up...
German Techno: Made of Braun Gadget Samples
1960's Braun industrial design has been credited with inspiring many of Apple's current hardware design. We can see that. What we would have never realized is that music can also be inspired by these ...
Pinel & Pinel's Home Entertainment Trunks
We've all certainly know of the term "home theater in a box", but how about a luxurious home theater in a trunk? Inspired by the 1930's style steamer traveling trunks, luxury brand Pinel & Pinel has c...
Magnetic USB Hub: Are Magnets and Tech Like Oil and Vinegar?
We've always known not to mix magnets and stored data. True story: After a long night out in Las Vegas, we returned to our hotel room unknowingly with a disabled key, all because of our tripmate's ide...
Fine Woodworking Index CD: Wish Our Favorite Shelter Mags Went Down This Route
We currently have stack of Dwell magazines sitting at home. With each month, that stack keeps getting bigger and the space to store them smaller. What to do? While we love these examples of built in ...
Tactile Cabinet: Jaw-Dropping Design, Price Tag
It's possible the price tag alone may cause ambivalence or immediate "run-for-the-hill" syndrome during these times of economic peril, but the Tactile Cabinet remains one of the nicest media cabinets ...
Handshoe Mouse: An Ergonomic Mouse That Isn't Ugly
You've asked about stylish ergonomic mice before, and we think we've found a great contender for you. In addition to saving your wrist through a slightly rotated and more natural position, it doesn't ...
Flickr Finds: Two Glass Table Imac Setup
Guillaume Laplace has got a really nice home office setup. Two glass desks form a 90 degree angle in a corner. We usually see this setup with wooden tables, but it just looks better with glass. For so...
Inspiration: Rich Colors Surround an Apple Workstation
You may remember Yokoo's home office from both our best home office roundup and our best use of color in techentric rooms. Well, Yokoo's changed things up since we last posted and we just had to share...
Retro Clock Radio iPod Dock
We can see why some would claim Apple is becoming a monopoly. All of you must have iPods and iPhones because we see tons of iPod Docks everyday. We see some with four charging slots. We also see tons ...
Hot Posts 10.07.08:This Week's Hot Posts
What a week. The stocks plunged, the senate and the house couldn't agree on a bailout until Friday, and Biden and Palin went head to head in one of the most watched veep debates in history. Well goll...
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