Couple Digs Deep to Put Basement Theater in 1886 Home: very cool piece over at Electronic House about couple's hands-on renovation converting a basement into an admirable home theater, complete with a...
As more and more netbooks are released, the market is slowly becoming saturated with a ridiculous amount of mobile computers. You can now choose from netbooks, laptops, and desktop replacement noteboo...
Even though I take baths from time to time, I've always been a shower person. I take showers everyday and they are part of my morning routine. Usually, if I don't shower, I don't really wake up. Since...
click for more picsEver wonder what it'd be like to take a bunch of IKEA LACK components, get hack-crazy, and build the greatest home theater you can imagine? Well, that's pretty much what Johan ...
Nissan Cube in our apartment in Miami
Miami. Nissan Cube. Epic Hotel. Jan Hammer. Put them all together and what do you have? The perfect test drive, that’s what. Last week we were flown to...
Remember when Apple took the leap to stop producing those black and white plastic MacBooks and start producing aluminum unibody starter laptops? Well it looks like they might be taking the same path w...
It's supposed to be our day off (Just. One. More. Post. You know the workaholic deal), but we're still here chugging away, mostly because we really wanted to share some of our own favourite sightings ...
ATNY has a great house tour from an architect who designed and/or built almost every aspect of her loft. We absolutely love Kimberly's living room, which features a low profile shelf that her flat sc...
click for more picsIndustrial Design blog Core77 is hosting a competition on its forum that is chock full of creative and inspiring entries: The site asked its readers to make something useful an...
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It's hard to live without a coffee table. Where would you put your glass of wine? Or rest your legs? But we here at Unplggd like it when some of our furniture multitasks and ...
Straight from our own Small Cool 2009 contest going on right now over at our city sites, comes a noteworthy contender from the heart San Francisco, California. With such a small space to work with, Br...
For us here at unplggd, a vintage Herman Miller brochure pic is as good as a stretched Marimekko fabric. Easy on the eyes and wall worthy. Weird huh? There is just something so inviting about this ima...
GeekSugar comes to the rescue of frantic chicken-with-its-head-cut-off busybodies everywhere with a tip to store your laptop in a pillowcase before you jet out of the house to prevent scratches. While...
Although interesting and certainly a lot of fun to play with, we're not sure if the BumpTop really provides a superior UI experience. Add this to the iPhone, Touch, Microsoft's Surface, or a gesture c...
Personally, I think that distinctive case modifications are great when they are well done. I mean, you can have a bazillion LEDs on there and it might still look bad. My own rig has a no-nonsense alum...
This just in from our friends at Social Workout:
The A.P. reports that Nintendo has donated Wii Fit consoles to five New York public schools. So, 25 students in the Bronx are "spending four hours a w...
Unplggd reader TheGreenCat writes in with a lighting question:
I've got a cheap touch lamp with 2 bulbs in it. This is a generic on/off lamp and not one that is dimmable or has several levels. A fe...
Finding the right chair for your living room or home theater room isn't always as easy as it seems. First, you need something that will fit in with the rest of the room. Then, you'll need to consider ...
We've seen wall mountable docks before, but never anything like this awesome wall charging station from Ballard Designs.The clever organizer features six docking stations for cell phones and PDAs and ...
One of my spring cleaning tasks is to tackle my nightstand because right now I'm pretty much using my low-and-large table as an impromptu vanity. I've got almost all my jewelry, a hair brush, tweezers...
The Gadgets Grand Prix: So this is why we can't find our gadgets where we left them!
Former Apple designer turns to grills: Former Apple designer Robert Brunner turns to the realm of outdoor cooking ...
click for more pics The bummer of working at an office, other than the commute and the occasional annoying co-worker, is that it's hard to make your cubicle really feel like your office space. Ye...
The weekend is almost here, people. To help you waste as much time as possible at work today, we wanted to share a brilliant site that should keep your scrolling through those conference calls. Oh Cra...
Just yesterday, Data Robotics announced their latest release of the DroboPro, a business class storage solution, which features a monstrous allowance of hard drive bays - 8 to be exact - catering to a...
Phil works with BackGarage blogger Katherine Raz at her day job as the marketing director for a Chicago theater company. When he discovered her side project he began obsessively keeping track of Kath...
Commercials are the bane of our TV-addicted existence. They stink so much to watch that somebody had to go and invent TiVo so we didn't have to sit through one more rugged SUV bouncing over rocky terr...
GUTEN TOUCH from Multitouch Barcelona: the progression of the Nintendo DS and iPhone/Touch into a concept for full wall-size home entertainment?...
Skype and VOIP type communication methods are rapidly becoming the dominant way to talk with others. It's a perfect way to use the internet to cut costs drastically on your long distance plan, if you ...
Got an ugly or boring refrigerator that you want to customize? Sure, you could paint it or adorn it with a the hodge podge of magnets your granny has on her Whirlpool. But if you wanted something uniq...
When you are trying to find a computer for your home theater system, you try and find something that's pretty discreet and not too box-like and big. The trouble is that most computer cases are quite ...
Tired of a normal romantic, candlelit dinner with your significant other? Yeah, we feel you. Talking is so overrated compared to watching high definition movies on your flat screen. Ah yes... a candle...
Last year you helped us give thousands of dollars to Habitat for Humanity, your non-profit of choice. This year we're asking you to help again. For three years Apartment Therapy has been teaming up wi...
Typography is popping up everywhere in artwork lately, from the curious and giant "5" artwork to the watercolor typography illustrations by Alberto Seveso. As you should do with most art trends, take ...
click for more picsMaybe you grandfather has one of these old wood console TV's in his garage or up in an attic somewhere. Or maybe you'll be fortunate to find one at a flea market or garage sale...
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Even craft rooms need tech to stay on top of their game. Above we have the impeccable space of Megan from Crafty Intentions. We couldn't believe how highly organized this spac...
Necessity is the mother of invention, right? The subliminal message that shouts in every hacker's ear as he crafts some custom solution to a common problem has struck again as a Lifehacker reader buil...
Yeo from Switzerland asks:
Greets Unplggd!
I've been a PC user for the longest time and I've always had to reinstall the OS every few months because of the leftover registry residues. I got fed up -...
click for more picsThe age old argument about whether speakers are acceptable in the living room or not is ended...if your decor can handle a 70's retro lamp that is. You could go the DIY speaker...
Here's a minor tech pet peeve of mine that maybe some of you relate to: The Finder Bar on my Mac will only show the time and never the date. To display the date, I've got to select and hold the time t...
Name: Wågensjö / Herberger
Location: Geneva suburb (France)
Size: 2,368 sq ft + 40,000 square foot garden
Years Lived In: Since March 2005
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With new hard drives coming out in greater and greater capacity, it's no wonder that you have a mounting pile of electronic junk on your desk. There are only so many hard drives that you can pack into...
With times getting tighter many of us have looked for ways to cut corners in monthly costs. We've ditched our Netflix account, cut our landline phone service and have looked for alternative low cost s...
At first, when I read reports on the new Trent Reznor NIN iPhone app, I was skeptical. What could this free app from the iTunes store really do for us? Other than mimic nin.com and present us with dif...
Back in October, we presented a roundup of the perfect IKEA media storage solution, the IKEA PS media cabinet. Even now, we can't seem to find a contender that offers such a good price, flexibility in...
Gaming Consoles must be cursed by some strange voodoo warrior. They have complete control over your life with the power to take over your money, your time and your living room. Seriously, all the peri...
Do you have a sneaking suspicion that somebody is snooping on your computer? Whether it's your girlfriend, boyfriend, mom or kids that you think are hopping onto your machine and tracking your none-of...
One of our favorite posts from yesterday was the lovely inspirational post regarding the use of school desks as side chairs from Danielle at AT:SF. While some may find the look a bit cumbersome or a r...
So is this what we mean when we say a design has an organic feel to it? Maybe the real question is 'what in the world is a hyoutan'? A hyoutan is actually a kind of japanese cucumber......that apparen...
Remotes are hard to figure out as an adult, so we can only imagine how frustrating they are for toddlers. One dad built a basic and large remote for his kid, so he could control videos on a PC. Pops ...
You stop eating when you're full and you stop buying beautiful furniture when you've run out of space. But there is still at least one thing in life that everyone wishes they had a little more of: Mon...
We love this home office setup styled by the folks over at Ivanka Concrete, both for the vertical concrete/planter organizer and the decorative-flora. We don't want to copy...we want to steal this set...
You know how it is. Usually, water and sound don't mix very well. We've always been told to be careful with electronics around the pool or the bath. But what if you want to have a swinging pool party ...
Taryn and Anthony recently jumped (gave) in and finally joined Twitter, maybe because they read that even household cats are twittering their comings and goings these days. Cat owner and programmer Ki...
Bookshelves are fun. I have so many books that they usually overflow any type of bookshelf that I use. They can also hold CDs, DVDs and all sorts of media as well. The trouble is that most people have...
While most of us are OCDC when it comes to stowing away our wires, but until everything goes wireless, we might as well embrace it. Or at least, that's what the team at Verpan Lighting has done with t...
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We're always trying to advise people from placing their flat panel up above their fireplace for both ergonomic and picture quality issues (though we're fond of the idea of usi...
You can thank those across-the-pond folk for bringing the Beatles, Coldplay and TV show The Office over here to the states. Whenever something's a hit in England, you can believe that we Americans are...
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There are more than 25,000 apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. That's insane. You can ID colors you find in your everyday perusals, you can price match on the fly, and you can...
So, I buckled and joined Twitter this weekend. The personal jury of me, myself and I are still out on whether or not Twitter is an innovative social medium or a way for attention addicts to get their ...
While there are a million and one laptop coolers out there, from cushy and effective to recycled cardboard, heating always tends to be the issue that comes back to haunt us, even with the most fancifu...
As we've mentioned before, bringing a little color to the walls of your media room can really transform a place from Best Buy showroom to unique and inspired living space. But painting your walls isn...
Hot damn! David's minimal mid century modern desk got a lot of love last week, but thanks to our lovely reader kimmiller, we were pointed somewhere we have never been before....and we are sure glad th...
Guess what's on display at Rockefeller Center in New York City throughout the month of April? If you guessed 51,324 Legos in the shape of the new camera-equipped Nintendo DSi, then you're exactly righ...
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