Attending CES reminded us a lot of our earlier years when we worked in the video game industries, during the hey days of E3 excess and visual/information overload. And despite the economy there s...
Most media centers are small and black, which is kind of drab. It's hard to tell them apart since they just all look the same. Well, almost the same. Media center PCs are perfect to plug into your hom...
Check out a few of these photos from Apartment Therapy Los Angeles' most recent house tour from India, showcasing an architect's own 500 sq. ft. apartment which includes this very sleek and smart kitc...
Another one bites the dust. Circuit City has announced plans to immediately begin closing all 567 stores, discounting all merchandise starting tomorrow. Sad news, as we actually liked our local Circui...
While it's hard to find laptops these days missing the standard WiFi card already built-in to their motherboards, there are still a number of devices out there that probably still require the magical ...
Shelving is one of the things that can be easily improved in any home. It's something that most people just forget because we all have so much to store. You can either get rid of your extra things, if...
Traveling can make you a headphone nut. Flying, hotels, limousines, Rolex watches, and conference centers- lot's of time in no man's land where you need a little something to do. We are currently on...
Does anybody else share my fond memories of chalking up the sidewalk outside your house on Saturday mornings? All the neighborhood kids would get together and draw pictures and play four-square and ho...
Electronics manufacturers made it clear this CES that home electronics were being designed not just technological solutions, but as decor friendly pieces that would add, rather than detract, to our ho...
We honestly can't even handle how many amazing readymade objects are in this Apartment Therapy Chicago home tour. Marcel DuChamp would have been proud. Patrick Foisy's loft, in Montreal not Chicago, ...
We've never really liked track pads on laptops. That is until we got ourselves a MacBook Pro, with its huge, glass surface, multi-digit gesture trackpad that is so responsive and pleasant from a tacti...
We all struggle sometimes with keeping a clean desk, some more than others. Me? I'm having an impossible time. I bought a great looking desk not too long ago, the only caveat being that it has no draw...
Who's to say you need an extra box for your home entertainment center when you can use one you already have? YouTube has kindly introduced a new portal service easily accessible from your Playstation ...
I wish I knew about this restaurant the last time I was in London. Located on Wardour street in Soho, Inamo is oriental fusion with a technological twist. You order your food tby touching the illustra...
No lie, I've still got an old Sega Genesis up and running to play games on. Sure, the XBOX 360 is a fun console to play—and I don't need to tell you about the Wii I don't have that I desperately...
We must average at least 10 hours of our day staring at our computer. That's enough time to seriously risk eye strain (and the reason we take breaks away from the computer on the weekend). San Diego c...
We have found that desk real estate is something that evaporates quite quickly in our work places, either at home or at the office. Stuff just piles up and you always need more space for newer things....
Speaker design and function is something that is quite important. Most of the peripherals that we use need some form of speakers or headphones in order for us to hear them adequately. Not all speakers...
Last Friday we got to sit down with Dennis Peng, Vice President of Product Management at ooma to discuss their current and future line of VOIP technology. After several weeks of using a review unit of...
While we're not experts here at Unplggd, we have had some exposure to a various hand signs to know what C++ looks like when we see it. Or wait... is that Erlang?
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Although we love mornings, we do not like being woken by the alarm. It just makes us grumpy. A gentle shake by the sun or a kiss on the cheek, yes. The insistent buzz of a clock? Well, it makes us...
Kids are precious cargo. We strap them down and wrangle them in everywhere we go, with the really paranoid among us controversially tying their kids the the other end of a leash. So in the case of our...
Projectors are great substitutes for televisions because they're a bit less invasive than say a 50-inch flat screen. You can easily hide a projector amongst books on a shelf, but that screen... Unles...
Sure, we have fond memories of our early 80's ghetto blasters bumpin' out Kool Moe Dee and Suicidal Tendencies, but do we really wanna take it back old school like these Lasonic TRC-931 iPod Ghetto Bl...
Besides super thin displays, the most fun we had at CES was noting the technological steps forward in the realm of 3D displays. Manufacturers such as LG, Samsung and Sony showcased various models of d...
We're still slugging our way through January, but we can't wait for Spring, when we can start gardening again. We have a yard that's filled with concrete unfortunately, so we do all our gardening in ...
Olly Moss, a 21-year old UK artist, is probably best known for his popular t-shirt designs which have virally spread all across the interwebs (We posted his awesomely accurate AV T-Shirt a few months ...
With the new House Call series just starting to take off at Apartment Therapy, we're already seeing tons of great submissions from our readers. We found Celeste's simple, yet elegantly implemented wor...
Now here is something a little bit different, an "injury avoidance" keyboard. I don't know about you, but "injury avoidance" just doesn't jump out and grab me like say OLED or frickin' lasers. So I a...
I'm proud to be of the generation that remembers my family's first home computer. I'd imagine that I'll tell my kids about seeing and experiencing that beige plastic box the first time that now-infamo...
The Keybag...a DIY craft inspiration to use some of the parts from all your non-working keyboards (you know, the ones you repeatedly spilled your morning coffee on)....
We like iPod docks, since we have to have them at home in order to play our tunes. However, docks should always come with speakers, since we like to have a all-in-one solution. That's why I thought th...
What do you get your pixel pushing, computer obsessed friend who also enjoys some behind the stove time? How about some oven mitts in 8-bit glory for those vid game inspired cupcakes for your next Wii...
Not much information about MisoSoup Design's K Workstation, but the surface winding design speaks for itself, incorporating a near continuous wall mounted surface that provides desk space and overhead...
We all have problems with cables. The problem is that there are just so many of them, it's so easy to get the infamous cable octopus and not know how to take them apart anymore. It's a mess, and the o...
From the brokers over at Alvhem, we were able to catch a glimpse of a beautiful property in Göteborg, Sweden, filled with Scandinavian influences aplenty. We've held many examples on how to go white ...
Remember the scene in Pixar's Toy Story with those broken, weird Dr. Moreau selection of outcast toys? Play Coalition's Phototrope plant maintenance robot is sort of like those weird-fascinating creat...
Our car lease is about to expire in a couple of months and we're considering going without a car for a bit while we sort out the possibility of going hybrid, high efficiency diesel or just economy. Th...
So... we don't often talk about urine on Unplggd—in fact, the only other time we've posted anything concerning urine was a post about living on the moon that mentioned recycling sweat and urine ...
Last year Gregory posted about a set of Mac OS dock pillows. At the time the pillows were super limited edition – like they weren't for sale. Since then Roberto, the man who made these, has teamed ...
As Ryan ponders whether 512 megabytes is enough storage for him on the surprisingly masculine flash drive wristband, we have to wonder who in their right mind could need the two terabytes of space tha...
We've talked about the costs of ink a few times here on Unplggd. With all of us tightening our belts, any trick to save on ink is worth checking out. The other day we read up on eco-font, a typeface ...
Did someone say consolidation? Oh yes, and it's a mighty fine thing we must say. Sharp's new BD series, a branch from their high-end AQUOS lineup, features a completely built-in side-loading Blu-ray p...
Now here is a flash drive that I could actually see myself carrying around....because I wouldn't actually be carrying it, but wearing it. While there is no shortage of flash drives masquerading as lip...
Hi my name is Taryn and I am a desktop-aholic. Sometimes it seems like I can't go a week without changing the backdrop to my cyber-life. Sometimes it's pictures of friends and good times, sometimes it...
The Chrono-Shredder follows the passing of time by slowly shredding the day's sheet over a 24 hour span. And with that idea, we bid the day and you adieu!...
LEGO is a favorite of ours. Most of us have played with the bricks when we were children, which is why we still love them. There are a number of things that are available in LEGOs, from computers to s...
USB flash drives come in all shapes and it's hard to find shapes that won't fit a USB drive. We've seen plenty of different ones out there, but there is nothing like making your own to suit your own n...
Rarely does Sony introduce a product that's aimed toward the budget crowd. Though priced a little higher most of the time, we've found their digital frames, laptops, and all-in-one PCs to all contain ...
After weeks of nowhere to go, we finally had an opportunity to put the Acme Made "Clyde City" laptop bag through the stresses of a trade show while lugging around a 15" laptop, a DSLR, iPhone, press m...
When convection ovens were first introduced to the home market, they were heralded as the ultimate time saver: "Perfect roast chicken in a third of the time!" But is convection technology really a sho...
Typographers rejoice! There is a watch for even the most font-obsessed among you. It's screen is essentially a tabula rasa—clean slate— for you to play upon with your very own ideas of col...
All you need is an HD-ready TV, a converter box, and a digital antenna, but still it seems there are tons of people who aren't ready for the switch from analog broadcast to digital. And now president...
Despite not being a completely brand new product (updated in 2008 with additional features), the Panasonic EP30005U massage chair found itself to be a popular product amongst the thousands attending C...
Did you miss the post about iPhone cupcakes? If you did, go check it out now at this link—that is, unless you're starving because you haven't eaten lunch yet or your new year's resolution was to...
For those who don't know, we're big fans of multi-purposing home tech here. Whether it be a DIY project turning your pencil eraser into a USB thumbdrive or creating a free media streaming hub from you...
In the past we've oohed and aahed over vintage gadget décor. From old school cameras framed on the wall to Urban Outfitters mainstream selections to obsolete Macs as bookshelf fodder. Well, Pottery ...
Many people don't realize that many of our favorite cyber-spaces have real-life homes, which means that running websites has a real-world environmental footprint. Files are stored on servers, viewed b...
Some fun Post-it pixel wall artwork reminds us that art doesn't have to cost very much.
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Phones are becoming more and more part of our modern lives. There are no two ways about it, you need one. However, there is one trend that is really good to know. It's the trend of disposable cell pho...
Tucked into a quiet corner of their CES booth, Samsung had a couple of their premier brushed metal clad fridges in a faux kitchen area setup (reps ignored us, standing around talking amongst themselve...
There is no doubt that using old technology as an inspiration to do new stuff is really cool. That is to say that nothing is more cooler than using old video games. The Atari joystick is the epitome o...
Last week, we saw how well stripes played in with the half-home entertainment half-kitchen design at Innerspec's Swedish home, so why not make it a tad more dramatic by washing out all the colors and ...
Last week the Consumer Electronics Show rolled through Vegas bringing with it hundreds of thousands of new product releases. One of the big trends of '09 seems to be the competition to develop the thi...
Taking a cue from the popularity of the Nintendo Wii, Hitachi's engineers showcased a motion-gesture remote control system that brought flashbacks of Mr. Miyagi telling Daniel-san to "wax on, wax off"...
Off all the technological advances we laid our eyes upon during this past week's CES show, it was Panasonic's prototype 1" thick plasma display, the TC-P54Z1, mounted onto a motorized bookshelf that i...
On a recent trip out of town with a friend, we both knew we needed almost constant access to our respective email inboxes. It was no problem for me; I always bring my Blackberry everywhere I go. But f...
While CES 2009 is all but over, we're undoubtedly placed in a position to scrutinize whether the gadget makers there actually brought something more useful than a set of flatter LCD monitors and a bun...
Amadana hasn't been around for that long, since 2002 to be exact, but they definitely have design in their DNA. Everyday objects like cordless phones, iPod docks and electric juicers have received th...
Our first computer was a Macintosh Classic, which had a similar build to the original Macintosh of '84. It was a hand-me-down from a family friend who realized that our luddite folks would never bring...
When I subscribe to catalogs and magazines, I make sure to use a fake name. It's not for any privacy reasons, really. It's just to keep track of who's giving out my address. For example, I recently re...
Our first week into the new year of posts was a good one. We're feeling positive, despite the grim outlook on the economy, because luckily creativity is one thing that doesn't run dry in these hard t...
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