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Readius Pocket E-Reader: Folds Right Up Into Your Pocket
Amazon just released the second version of their popular Kindle e-reader. They have also announced a large-screen DX version. The only trouble is that Amazon uses a very restrictive platform for their...
Computing While Standing, High Tech Toilets, Punch Card Notebooks and New Surround Sound Format
Unplggd Slinks for 5.15.2009
The Handcrafted Standing Desk - Lifehacker: There are plenty who think working while standing is better for posture and general health (aka bottom spread). We're pretty sure this might be true if you'...
HD Envy Invidia Flat Panel TV Frames
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Not everyone wants to go the DIY route of framing a HDTV, so Josh Farrell of HD Envy sent us the heads up about his company's line of LCD and pl...
Stackable LEGO USB Hubs: Stack As Many As You Want!
We love LEGO bricks and we know that you love them too. That's why we always look for LEGO devices. Maybe it's because we loved LEGOs when we were kids. Maybe it reminds us of those hours spent assemb...
Flickr Finds: Aaron's Maximized Glass Workbench
During our discussion held yesterday about whether or not having a glass desk was a good idea, Unplggd reader Aaron shared with us his own take on the transparent situation - a customized IKEA desk wi...
The Perfekt Desk is Apparently Emo
What is the perfect desk? Does it have plenty of desktop space? Lots of storage space? A great cord-management system built-in? Technology-appropriate clean lines and modern touches? What if the perfe...
Making Sense of World Plug and Sockets Around the Globe
My better half departed off to London and now Cornwall for a 2 week sojourn a few days ago, a journey along the craggy British coast. Like me, she tends to be joined at the finger tips to her laptop, ...
Friday Funnies: The AWESOME Sound of Music Vest
We don't know about you, but we're ready to order!...
Typeface Portrait of Steve Jobs
Apple fanboys and typographers, this one's for you. Florida Designer Dylan Roscover created this portrait of the Apple co-founder using only lines of type. It get's extra geeky when you realize that t...
How To: Have the TV Play a Smaller Part in the Home
We've always been a fan of keeping spaces minimal when it comes to incorporating tech into our homes. This means a lots of planning has to come into play before and after designing a space for that's ...
Can You Decode This Tweet?
Some tweets are semi-brilliant thought-provoking statements, like "Wondering if illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup." Some other tweets are, well... not. They're the kind of tweets ...
Final Frame: 70's Futuristic
"Japanese consumer electronics catalog from the early 1970's" via The Cutting Edge of Retro Tech...
BeoSound 9000 Vs Muji CD Player
Are CD players still relevant? When was the last time that you actually used a real CD player, not the combo drive on your laptop? I can't really remember, but it seems that these devices are still us...
Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player Makes Us Reconsider
We've got a standing gentleman's bet with a friend in regards to the state of Blu-ray as a medium and technology. To be blunt, we think it's going to fade into a niche market after a few years. Our fr...
DIY Project: The $8 Aluminum Laptop Stand
Most of the time, we work with laptops on our desks or on our laps. But sometimes, you just want to find a stand to shelve your laptop conveniently. Laptop stands come in all shapes, sizes and colors....
Behind the Blog: If It's Hip, It's Here
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Laura Sweet is a Los Angeles blogger whose presence online has quickly seeped into our daily reads thanks to her keen eye for relevant content related to design, art, decor, f...
Hot or Not? Glass for Computing
Glass desks have been around for ages (and you know we've covered the heck out of them), but for some reason we've never asked that million dollar question - are they really that hot when used as your...
No More Starry Skies: Change Your Mac's Login Image
So you're a technologically astute, self-proclaimed 'aesthetite,' huh? You spend all your time and effort making sure that everything in your tech world coordinates. You have a go-to color for all you...
The Recycled Cardboard Paper Sony Vaio Laptop Cover
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Grzegorz Kozakiewicz sent us details about an intense DIY project where he cut individual pieces of recycled cardboard paper to cover each and every key surface of his Sony Va...
Ultrasound Cell Phone App Lets You Check in on Your Embryo While Waiting for the Bus
From the WTF?!? files.
Remember when Tom Cruise bought an ultrasound machine to check in on little Suri in womb? Well, now you can copy TomKat without having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Department of Com...
Your New Business Trip Companion: A Card Scanner!
If you're the kind of guy who thinks business cards are silly and would rather just trade info with a connection by typing on your Blackberrys, you might also be the kind of guy who has a small, lid-l...
Good Questions: Vista - A Mysterious Black Hanging Screen of Death?
Hey Unplggd,
It goes like this: my Vista system occasionally boots up to a black screen with a mouse cursor. That's it, no rest of the user interface, no nothing to do. It also does this sometimes whe...
Notebook Computer—Literally
We're not sure where the term "Notebook Computer" originated, mostly because it's not on Wikipedia yet. But if Urban Dictionary is to be a legitimate source of knowledge, then "Notebook is the term yo...
Wattcher Electrical Use Monitor: Save Money Easily
Times are tough and we are always looking for ways to save more money. There are a bunch of devices on the market that promise to help you do this by cutting down on wasted electricity. Most of use le...
Recycled Cardboard USB Flash Drive: Go Green!
If you ever wanted to have a green USB flash drive, you'll want to have this one. It's a USB flash drive that's actually made out of recycled cardboard. Now, when technology evolves, you can just recy...
Close-Up: Miper's High End Touch of Classy
click for more picsAh, man pads. How we love them despite their sheer impracticality. Everything including the high end B&W speakers, turntables, and drool-worthy Hi-Fi equipment keeps us all scr...
Tony Alleyne's Star Trek Bachelor Pad
It's been three years since Apartment Therapy first posted Tony Alleyne's Star Trek themed bachelor pad — Bachelor Pad Report: Bliss is a Room Without Wires. With the newest Star Trek mak...
Wear Your Geek on Your Feet With XBox Nikes
click for more picsGeek fashion has come a long way since taped eyeglasses and pocket protectors were the nerd gear of choice for Hollywood directors. Now you can flaunt your love for online ency...
Bryan's DIY Antique Phone Doorbell
Bryan Zimmer emailed us this fantastic retro-themed DIY hack, a most timely submission as we just revisited the noir art deco-science fiction classic Dark City and we think this would have perfectly f...
Using Bookshelves to House Home Office Peripherals
This home office led us to think that Ikea's Besta bookshelf could be a great piece to store your home office gear. Like in the photo above, the $90 Besta shelf unit is tall and narrow so it doesn't ...
DIY Project: MyBook Receives Leather-Bound Treatment
Ever thought about Western Digital's MyBook line of external hard drives and wonder to yourself, "Man, these things don't look like books at all." It appears you're not the only one as Spaceman Spliff...
Hot or Not? Demy Digital Recipe Reader
Here's a question for all of you in unplggd land. We have seen people repurpose old laptops into kitchen computers before. While the typical email checking, casual web surfing and even playing back yo...
Look! Large Picture Frame Turns Flat Screen Into a Work of Art
Call us crazy, but we're really digging this wallpaper and picture frame décor happening around this flat screen. It looks like something the store Anthropologie would come up with for their store.....
College Students Forced to Cut Into Beer Money for iPhones
Remember when Duke University gave each member of its incoming class of freshmen in 2004 a brand new iPod pre-loaded with freshman-orientation information, an academic calendar and even the Duke fight...
Final Frame: Lofty Gaming Decor
A loft mural designed by Ramya Black for a friend takes it back old school....
Real Life Flip Clock: Walking Around on Legs
We know that you know all about the iPhone flip clock. That iPhone app is probably the coolest clock app in the iTunes store. Well, now that it's become so popular, manufacturers have caught up and ar...
Good Questions: Suggestions for Basement Man-Cave
Dear Unplggd, I am moving into my first house with my wife at the end of this month. I was looking for suggestions on the man-cave which I will be using the finished basement for. I want to try to set...
Nilox Vintage: Turn Vinyl Into MP3s
Have you ever wanted to encode that old record collection your father has lying around? Maybe you've found some gems in the attic and wanted to sample them. It's not easy to listen to records nowadays...
Roomba Alternative: This Creepy, Gel-Lookin' Thing
Despite previous informal studies done have proved that Roomba's do in fact hit every spot if programmed correctly, we're still a bit bummed that ours died within a year, so we've been looking for oth...
Nest Box with IR Camera Lets You Be a Peeping Tom
We're in a bit of a dilemma here, as a pair of pigeons have taken to nesting within an opening inside our apartment building. The last time we called the management, despite asking them to wait, the w...
iPhone is Not Happy, iPhone Wants to Go Inside
We here at the Apartment Therapy sites get a lot of flack from you all, our readers, for our writing style that often includes the grammatically incorrect first-person plural use of "we" when referrin...
Behind the Blog: Poketo
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Name(s): Ted Vadakan, Angie Myung
Location: Los Angeles
Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung are about the nicest couple we know, the dynamic duo behind Poketo (pronounc...
Close-Up: A Toronto Rental Gets an Overhaul
Before & After
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Jason Simmons recently moved into a 680 square foot apartment in Toronto and updated it with his own personal flare. As many of you renters already know, myself included, the...
Email Habits: Round-The-Clock Clicker or Day Tripper?
Somebody who was paid to watch 3000 Europeans and 122,000 Americans send emails for 83 days and two years, respectively, figured out that most email users fit in to one of two categories depending on ...
Inspiration: Iynque's Doubly Organized Workspace
It's officially beautiful out (hooray!), so there's no better time than to get organized and clean up that desk to match! No worries, we've got some ideas to get you started (in addition to a few we'v...
CCTV Birdhouse
Now we don't live in a part of town that warrants a fake security camera or even better, a security camera disguised as an owl. We do however, live in a part of town that would warrant a bird feeder. ...
A Media Set-Up With a Softer Side
We're always on the look out for cool media set-ups. This is one of those set-ups. We're big fans of decorating around a flat screen mounted on the wall. In this scenario we especially like the vases...
Online Shopping: Is it Better Than the Real Thing?
Online shopping can be a blessing and a curse. I recently got some great deals on a book and a cell phone silicon case from Amazon.com third party sellers. I've never had problems with the Amazon Mark...
Final Frame: Keyboard Wall Graphic
Keyboard Wall Graphic ready for you to "command+c"! ...
Incredible Looking Styrofoam Chandelier: Uses Something From Apple
I don't know about you, but I've never really thought much about Styrofoam. I mean, sure it's perfect for packaging fragile stuff and we all know that it's something that we need to recycle. Sure, kid...
Issey Miyake x Dyson Hand Vacuum Collaboration
The limited edition Dyson DC16 (also known in some circles as “The Wind”) was designed by fashion icon, Issey Miyake, and in exchange Dyson tried their hand at fashion. It's certainly one differe...
Colorware Does the New Kindle: Looks Better Than in White
People love to customize their laptops. Now that other devices are becoming very popular, they too will be customized. It's sad when a company only offers their devices in one color. The Kindle has sl...
Good Questions: How To Set Up Network File-Sharing Between a PC and a Mac?
Dear Unplggd,
I'm looking to buy a Macbook to complement my home PC and using the PC for my main file storage. Is there an easy way to sync the folders or share files from my Mac to my PC (and vice v...
Steal Entire Facebook Albums with FacePAD
If you're on the side of those who are in favor of de-digitizing your life's memories for future generations, get a head start by downloading every picture on all your friends' Facebook photo albums. ...
The Hotel Gabriel: High Tech Detox
click for more picsLooks like the trend these days in travel accommodations is downsize the room but upgrade the tech amenities. In similar fashion to the tiny but tantalizing UK Lux Pod (where o...
Hot or Not? Louis Vuitton's Mobile Theater
You know Kanye's got one.
We're not the type to buy luxury goods from labels like Louis Vuitton, but we do like turning to them for inspiration. This custom-made trunk, made for a customer in China, features a portable DVD pl...
How GPS Should Work: A Horizon-less Manhattan
This is pretty cool: London creative design consultants Schulze & Webb wanted to explore the best way to visually navigate through dense cities. What they came up with is now called "Here & There," an...
Look! The Offices of Mamute Design Studios
Aside from having a kick ass commercial mural on the main wall, the offices of Mamute Design are just the perfect blend of functional chaos that seems to be a hit or miss when it comes to churning out...
Proof That a Roomba Does Hit Every Spot
I have had a Roomba for a little while, and as far as I can tell, it does a pretty good job of cleaning up. Sure, some people have Roomba's so that they can turn them into a real life Pac Man or a rid...
Roundup: 7 Tetris-Inspired Goods
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Do you think when Alexey Pajitnov designed Tetris back in '85 he realized it would become such a cult classic? Not only have millions upon millions of people wasted millions u...
The Downside of a Digital Life: Leaving Memories Behind
Even though we're the most connected generation ever, I can't help but feel like we might also be the generation to leave the least behind for our great grandchildren. Today, we have photo albums and ...
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