Hot Posts 02.07.09: This Week's Top Posts
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Do it Now! The February Jumpstart Project
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What's your project going to be?
This month we're doing it again - inviting all of you to join us and the can-do folks at Etsy as we each tackle one household project and get it done now. We're als...
Final Frame: Save Bookmark
We love Icoeye'a online-inspired bookmark idea. Download your own here (PDF)...
LG's Cute Keyboard: The Equivalent of a Bluetooth Headset
Typing and texting on your pitifully small phone isn't a pleasant experience for some people. Unless you're a 10 year old girl who can text as fast as I can touchtype, some people would prefer to text...
The New Desktop Computer Before it Becomes Obsolete
Does anyone still buy desktops? I've been asking myself this question. In an age where most computer programmers are starting to work off laptops, is the era of the desktop finally over? I don't know,...
The Perfect Washing Machine: All Within Reason
I've always found washing machines to be so much more complicated than they should be. They're suppose to simplify your life, not complicate it. This is why I am embracing Austrian economist Joseph Sc...
Good Questions: "Shock Absorbers" for Media Stand?
Here's a Good Question sent over to the editors at AT San Francisco having to do with "shock absorbers" to prevent damage to hardwood flooring: We own a Min Media Stand (purchased from DWR). It sits o...
Tweet-a-Watt: Twittering Your Home Energy Use
Just when we were finally getting the hang of Twitter and, simultaneously, considering one of those Kill-a-Watt gadgets, someone goes and slaps the two together.
And, although it is technically way o...
Tech Tour: David's Tribute to Apple, Ergotron and Screenrecycler
click for more picsName: David Linke
Location: Germany
David wrote in after seeing our recent DIY Mac mini Mount post, making an argument that Mac mini's are not meant to hide at all: "I think a...
LED Silverware: Some Things Are Best Left Analog
Really? I mean, we love tech as much as the next blog... but when is it time to say 'that's enough'? We're wiring up the most unnecessary products and putting LEDs on everything imaginable. Next in li...
The Living Room On Wheels: An Interview With Nissan
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We here at Unplggd really love our home electronics and so forth, but what happens when your home is more mobile? In this day and age, we spend so much time in our cars that ...
Marcos Madia "Growin' Up" Speakers
Marcos Madia, a 4th year industrial design student at La Universidad de Buenos Aires, has come up with a modular solution for home audio which addresses the desire for more sound, but with less A/V c...
Cassette Tape Turned Tape Dispenser
We've seen a resurgence of re-purposing the design of old, outdated technology into new and still useful things. In fact cassette tapes—you know the plastic case with magnetic tape inside that p...
In Case You Missed It: Nicole's Living Room Update
There's nothing like seeing a living room updated to accommodate another life - in Nicole's case, her preparations for the baby. Not only does the right choice of furniture make the space look absolut...
D/A Clock: Digital Look With An Analog Feel
New school and old school at once. When I first saw this clock, I instantly had memories of clock radios from my childhood. On one hand I remembered bright red LED's and on the other hand, old flip cl...
The Giving Tree: Outdoor Panels Provide Shade While Harvesting Energy
During the hot summer months in Brooklyn we like to spend as much time in our backyard as possible, but without a large tree to shade ourselves under there are some hours of the day that are just unb...
A Unique USB Drive that Does Something Practical!
USB flash drives can be really handy to have around. You can store important info on them to have at a virtual arm's reach (the list of important lists to keep is a good start) or you can use it as a ...
Skullcandy Holua Wooden Earbuds: Let Everyone Know You're Green
There are no two ways about it. Wood is good. Using this sustainable material makes everything look good, from USB flash drives to laptops. It's just a shame that there aren't more products out there ...
Joven's BIGMac: Better Integrated Ghetto Mac Mini
A DIY Mac mini Mount
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Joven just sent us his impressive DIY project, which he calls the BIGMac (Better Integrated Ghetto Mac Mini). Inspired by the Sonnet MacCuff Mini mounting system, Joven create...
Contact Lens Case Small Parts Tray
We don't know about you, but we have a small tool collection of tiny screws and other miscellaneous parts from hard drives, disassembled printers and other accessories. On occasion, we've even lost so...
Mozilla Phone: The Ultimate Phone
It looks like Crackberry addicts are going to get their perfect phone. It combines OLED keys, like the ones on the ultimate keyboard from Art Lebedev, the Optimus, and a Blackberry. The designs are st...
The Case of The Dying Roomba
So I jumped on the Roomba wagon about a year ago and up until now, I've actually been fairly impressed with the little guy. I mean, it really forced you to keep up with a clean apartment - meaning any...
For the Rich Couch Potato: Athena Multimedia Sofa
$15,436. That's how much it will set you back to enjoy the multimedia experience of the Athena Multimedia Sofa by Artanova of Switzerland. No doubt, it's a nice looking modern couch, but ouch, $15k+ f...
Martha Stewart Addresses the Rumor Mill
No, she isn't Obama's pick for head of the FDA
Remember when we reported on Martha Stewart's minimal office upgrade at her new location in Manhattan? Well the domestic goddess herself has decided to correct the rumors both on her site and her sho...
Look!: Techie Grafiti
Check out this gallery of found street art over at Kontraband, all with some tie to the geek world of computers, software and video games. Some are clever, some are cool and others are just there to m...
A Curiously Strong DIY Project... Do You See It?
If you were scrolling down the page just now, looking at the pictures to see what catches your eye but not really reading the words, then you must have bad breath or just be a fan of really minty mint...
DIY: Turn Your NES System Into Something Spectacular
Since we're going full-speed into our DIY month here at Unplggd and the rest of Apartment Therapy, I wanted to highlight one of my all time favorite DIY guides ever made, courtesy of the folks over at...
The Relationship Saver: Lower That Toilet Seat Automatically
It seems we have a bit of a thing for toilets here. Self cleaning ones, add on bidets and for the burrito and chili lovers out there, deodorizing toilet seats. The thing with all of these toilets seat...
Roundup: 10 Best Green Concepts
Greener Gadgets Design Competition
The Greener Gadgets Conference, which happens in New York on February 27th, is hosting a design competition through the 20th. They've compiled fifty concept products that you can vote for on their si...
No Need For a Tanning Bed Anymore...
This might be more applicable to the summer months when everyone's not buried under mountains of snow, but here it goes: Everyday, you make the unconscious (or maybe conscious) choice to sit inside an...
The RITI Printer: Uses Leftover Coffee or Tea As Ink!
click for more picsJeon Hwan Ju's RITI printer concept is a caffeine addicts dream come true, using the leftover grounds of your last cup of coffee or tea to provide the "ink" in his printer desi...
OVO: The Washing Machine From the Future?
For most people, it seems like washing machines haven't changed in 50 years. Sure they're more energy efficient and green, but basically, it's the same type of machine. Back in the day, people thought...
Bass Produced "Monsters", Geek Love Gifts, Easy to Install Energy Monitors, and The Future of Books
Unplggd Slinks for 02.14.09
A video of speaker produced creatures promise to mesmerize, PopSci's geek girlfriend V-day guide inspires, the ONZO energy monitor impresses with its easy installation, and Kyle Bean's Future of Books...
Hot or Not? Downloading Rug by Richard Hutten
Inspired By Dial-up Speed Image Downloads
Aaron over at AT New York just posted about Richard Hutten's Playing With Tradition carpet design, a flooring solution inspired by retro-14.4, dial-up modem speed image downloads. We'd also like a m...
Is Toshiba's New Phone an Iphone Killer?
Clearly, the iPhone is the phone to beat. It has been so ever since it came out. Unless you're a Crackberry addict, the iPhone is the phone to get. With rumors floating around that another version of ...
Orb Audio Announces Stylish, Slim-Line Speaker Stands
We're always a little hesitant to go the speaker stand route these days due to advancements in flat wires, the introduction of new sound bars that readily emulate the surround effect, and the simple a...
FIOS, So Fast It's Slower?
Verizon One' Home Command Center for FiOS
When we first moved into our apartment we were immediately bombarded with offers for DSL service, offering modest speeds for a modest price. Since we weren't ...
The Lifespan of a Web Site
Lately, like a kid who just lost a favorite pet, we've been thinking about mortality. Don't worry—we're not getting that deep. We've been thinking about the life and death of our favorite Web si...
How To: Instantly Give Your Photos a Vintage Look
The year was 1973. Nixon was in the White House, Deep Purple was on the radio, Hawaii Five-O was on the tube, and the mini skirt was all the rage. Man, this photo brings us back - back a few weeks tha...
Gift Show 2009: Boynq's Computer Peripherals
click for more pics Over the past few days we've been taking a look at some of the cool gadgetry shown at last week's New York International Gift Fair. We've perused the goods at Kikkerland, sono...
LendAround.com: Helps You Borrow DVDs from Friends
I got an email last week about a new online service that helps people lend things to one another. It's called Lendaround.com and was founded by Tim Jackson, who is a "venture capitalist, entrepreneu...
Colorsonic Codes MP3s by Color... Wait, what?
If there's one thing we love more than stylish and sleek tech gadgets, it's color-coding. Ok, maybe that statement was a bit inflated—but we really do get a little excited when we can organize b...
Solar Blinds: Stores Power By Day, Shines By Night
Here's a "bright" idea if we've ever seen one: Take your standard Venetian blinds, attach some thin solar panels on them, and let them store energy on batteries during the daytime and allow them to gr...
'Got Milk' LED Lamp
We love our LED's here on unplggd, for both the energy efficiency and the fact that you can do cool things like light up balloons or create a pixelated analog clock. Now you can add the 'Got Milk' li...
Eek! iPod Shuffle Thrown in with the Wash!
We got an email from a friend of ours about a laundry mishap with their iPod shuffle. He made some interesting points about the construction of both his iPod and Shure earbuds we thought you guys wou...
Lists to Always Keep On Your Flash Drive or PDA
With the insane amount of space that we can have constant and portable access to these days (Hello 2TB memory stick!), there are opportunities to really make good use of portable memory—whether ...
Greener Ideas: Recompute The Green Computer
I can't count the amount of computer related junk that I've had to throw out over the years. From old 486s to HDs that were just no longer useful. Now multiply this by a planet and you'll see that we ...
Steelcase Leap Chair in the Test Lab
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Product: Leap Chair
Designer: Steelcase
Price: $850 - $1600*
Rating: Strong Recommend**
Though our recent Test Lab experience with Herman Miller's Embody Chair was a succe...
Portable Security: The Old School Wedge Alarm
So maybe you're not a big fan of turning your home into a car alarm system, investing in a wireless solution that still requires you pay a monthly fee, or building a security camera disguised as a bir...
Apple Patents Tablet-like Device
One of the biggest rumors that's been floating around this year is the possibility that Apple would release a form of tablet PC. Since the device wasn't announced at MacWorld, it seemed like they were...
Kaffe Matthews' Sonic Bed
Here's an art installation that combines the form of a bed with an subsonic audio immersion experience (think huge laying down on a huge subwoofer and putting it up to "11"). It's hard to tell from vi...
When the Lamp Becomes the Shade
In a recent stumble across the internet (You know, when you just go aimlessly clicking link to link to link and end up somewhere far from where you started...it can also happen within the confines of ...
Gift Show 2009: Lexon's Collection of Clock Radios and Calculators
Lexon is no stranger to Unplggd. We've featured their innovative clock design and fun portable radios a handful of times. At this year's New York International Gift Fair the company showed off s...
Using a Document Organizer as a Laptop Stand
It seems like everyday more and more people make the switch to laptop computers. That's great for the mobile business travelers If you're not in an airport or sitting in bed, you should try to elevate...
How To: Test If Your ISP Is Throttling Your Internet
After hearing all this hubbub about Comcast's violation towards net neutrality with BitTorrent throttling, we had to take a closer look into the matter. Using Google's new tools, located at Measuremen...
Illustrator Pixelates his Bathroom
Christoph Niemann writes the blog "Abstract City" for the New York Times. He often uses his illustrations in his posts to make observations about life, whether it be his kids' obsession with the New ...
Final Frame: A Truly Interactive Desktop
Nomoon Agency's stop motion video has us dreaming for true "drag and drop" GUIs one day....
The Very Iconic Speech Bubble Speakers
I've seen these floating around last week and was pretty interested by the design and the way that they look in general. They are perfect for our new modern world, filled with computer icons. It's bee...
A Home on Wheels: The Toyota Roadtrip Mobile
This is sort of like a real life Transformer, except instead of turning into a gigantic laser wielding robot of destructive power, this Toyota van's cube cabin mechanically converts into a miniat...
Elton John's Sparkly iPod Nanos
Everyone has got an iPod. You mom, your grandma and your little sister most probably. The thing is that they all look alike. There has been a trend of trying to make your iPod looks unique and distinc...
Good Questions: Techy Gifts for Valentine's Day?
Dear Unplggd,
I'm looking for a clever gift for my girlfriend this Valentine's Day, but I'm not looking for diamond rings or candles - I want something that's personalized and memorable. Any ideas?
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Photoshop- and Illustrator-Inspired Magnet Boards
What do you get for the graphic designer who has everything? You know, the guy that lives his life on a computer screen? Well, every once in awhile, he will need to keep a real business card or ink-an...
Would You Replace Your TV With Your Laptop?
When a friend was about to move into her new studio apartment last weekend, the first thing she did was get rid of her (very) old television set. This move was prompted by not only the "going digital"...
Wall Mounted Origami Speaker Cabinets
There are plenty of strange speakers out there, as we saw last week, but occasionally people think outside the box in a more subtle way. Etsy seller Jonathan Gomez Whitney has come up with a unique w...
Floating Speakers for the Garden Party You Won't Have
In case you didn't hear, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter for us! And the annual groundhog day news comes just as we were getting excited for the possibility that we could be seein...
2009 Gift Fair: Sonoro's Desktop Stereos
click for more pics Last week we checked out the New York International Gift Fair. Today we're looking at Sonoro's line of desktop radios and stereos. This TK-sized stereos feature sonoro's 360-d...
The Offices of Studio AV Incorporated
Let's take a lesson from Studio AV Inc., a high-end audio/video/security/control systems integration firm in Bozeman, Montana. If you're going to make work a part of your daily living, you gotta bring...
A Surprisingly Stylish USB-powered Lamp
The power strip behind, under, or attached to your desk is probably packed. With your laptop, iPod speaker dock, phone charger, camera charger, computer speakers and printer plugged into it, how could...
Hot Posts 02.01.09: This Week's Top Ten Posts
We're still totally creeped out by that mannequin speaker. Are you? We feel like this guy (link NSFW) is the only person who'd be psyched to be pumping that in his house. After the jump, a few of the...
Do You Have a Home Office Ritual?
Home office setups are very much a topic of interest here at unplggd. We have seen offices carved out of walk in closets and even offices that used to be closets. For the very small space dwellers o...
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