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Laptop Thief Taunts Victim Via Her Facebook Artwork from Old Cassette Tapes Close-Up: Katy's Tidy Brooklyn Home Office Distilled Water is Best to Clean LCD Screens...

Final Frame: Coolheure Magic Mirror

Coolheure Magic Mirror projects the time in colourful fashion....

Newest Cordless Phone Trend: LCD Screens?

While linking your cordless phone to your cell is cool and all, what about adding a 7" LCD touchscreen? Mix in a bunch of nifty functions and voila - instant industry revamp! ...Or is it?...

Best Product: CyberPower 9-Outlet Intelligent LCD UPS

Seeing as many colleges seem to still be in the process of upgrading their power grid in the midst of all the incoming freshmen, we wouldn't be surprised if the power decided to cut out once or twice ...

Green Ideas: Flow 2 The Living Kitchen

Kitchens haven't changed that much in the last 50 years. Sure, some appliances have been updated, but most things remain the same. Can the kitchen as a whole be made more sustainable and productive? I...

Look! Restoration Hardware Brings the TV Easel to the Masses

We've posted about TVs on easels a few times here on Unplggd. There was the DIY version and then the concept version. Now we have the to market version......

Re(al)view: Acoutic Research ARIR200 Internet Radio

We are very into internet radio. It is a great way to hear music you might never have chosen on your own, but that you end up loving anyway. No matter how much music you own, the collection e...

Guus Oosterbaan's Rock Radio

The second in Guus Oosterbaan's cement-audio-series, the Rock Radio is intentionally cracked because the designer discovered it could not receive radio waves fully intact! Check out the connections in...

iPhone Dock From an iPhone Box

If your iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod and iPhone sitting on your desk don't already scream "Apple-head!," try this on for size: Make an iPhone dock from the box your iPhone came in for a completely over-App...

Energizer Xpal: Cheap and Effective Power Pack

It's a given that at some point your fancy smartphone will run out of power. These devices tend to suck a lot of juice, which is why there are so many different power packs available to recharge them....

Etsy Find: Wool Laptop Case

We're always looking for sleek and innovative ways to store our electronics; we've only seen wool used a few times for this purpose and they always seemed to work. So why not use wool again, just a...

Stealth Tech Tricks: 5 Ways to Hide Your Wireless Router

If you have the luxury of more than one cable or phone line around the house, that means you have options for router camo. Because who likes looking at detracting flashing lights during a movie night,...

Patrick Runte's Video Game Photography

There are two kinds of people in the world: Those that hang pictures of family and friends on the wall and those that like to hang fine art photographs in their 'home galleries.' For techies who...

Craigslist: Buy vs. Best Buy

As people are busy keeping up with the Jones' they leave a wake of discarded technology behind them and more often than not those things are ending up on Craigslist. Everyone loves a bargain, but ...

Aegis Secure Hard Drive: When Security Software Isn't Enough

If there's one thing that needs to be secure, it's your data. Sure, some of us don't have any essential information on our computers, but lots of people store valuable data on their hard drives. It's ...

dieCollection's Media Stand Keeps Your TV Upright and Doing the Twist

In our studio apartment, we often take advantage of our flat screen’s swivel feature. For the most part the TV faces straight on towards the couch, but when we’re feeling extra sleepy, we turn the...

Neverlate Executive Alarm Clock by American Innovative

As a night owl married to a early bird, I was resigned to the idea that we would always have two alarm clocks in the bedroom- one on each nightstand. Imagine my delight therefore when I found this ...

Power Strip Diversion Safe

We're used to a power strip protecting our electronics from sudden power spikes and surges, But we've never heard of one that can protect our jewelry, small valuables and extra cash......

Final Frame: Visitor Stats Doorbell

Love Dominic Wilcox's Doorbell concept with a visitor stats display, even if it's just meant as a joke....

Green Tip: Schedule Cell Phone Charging Times

Here's the ugly truth: Your plugged in cell phone charger cord left in over night eats away at your phone battery life and wastes electricity. The easy and cheap solution to counter this evil power va...

Mastering the Rental: Ideas From Maxime at AT

We couldn't help but fall head over heels for Maxime's heavily customized rental unit in Manhattan featured yesterday at AT. Aside from the near perfect mix of budget pieces and splurge accessories, w...

Toshiba: A Great Back to School Laptop at Walmart

With a lot of students heading back to dorms and apartments, we know that budgets will be tight. That being said, it's safe to say that almost all students need laptops. It's an essential tool to work...

More Photos of Joey Roth's Ceramic Speakers

We convinced Maxwell to send over more photos he took of those beautiful Ceramic Speakers seen at this year's NY Int'l Gift Fair. Take a look. We're still totally into them, just not into their...

Progress Bar Clock: How's Your Day Loading?

To a techie, waiting for the day to end can feel like a dial-up download progress bar. Funny then, how MintPass decided to take that analogy and make it literal. Check out the Progress Bar Clock...

Re(al)view: Rain Design mStand for MacBook Pro

I've been suffering from some mild symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome in last month or so, and I knew part of the problem was how I had set up my laptop in front with an additional LCD monitor on the ...

Look! Yamagiwa Moonbird: Exquisite Hand Carved LED Lamp

We tend to think of LED lamps as being modern and sleek, as well as mass-produced in some factory in China. That's a shame, because we think that hand crafted lamps and furniture are well worth the ef...

Roundup: Novelty Nerd Pillows

At first we had wanted to showcase the new social media icon pillows we found (that are seen above), but the more we thought about it, we decided it would be a great time to showcase, exactly h...

Pylones' Flashlight Projects Constellations for Each Day and Hour of the Month

So, we're heading out to the White Mountains of New Hampshire this weekend to do some hiking and camping. We're beyond excited about camping, but one of the things we're really looking forward to is ...

QLOCKTWO: A Reading Lovers' Way of Telling Time

If you're looking for an eye-catching wall piece in your home, perhaps the ultra-modern QLOCKTWO (Strange name, ain't it?) digital wall clock might just be up your alley. That is, if one of your life ...

The Share TV Could Save Marriages

What's the number one subject couples fight about? Television. OK, so we're sure that the answer is actually 'money,' but 'TV' has got to be way up there. But where there's a problem, somebody's...

Ionic Closet Purifier by Smartek

We have some not so fond memories of the lingering odors that seem to inhabit so many college dorm rooms, so we thought the time was right to feature this ionic closet purifier designed to eliminate...

Good Afternoon Clock: Hands Made Out of Light

Most clocks tend to use either digital or analog technology. Some have large displays and others are just plain fascinating to see. We've seen funky clocks before, but this is the first clock that we'...

Verizon Fios to Offer Sample Episodes from Premium Channels

In an interesting move from the cable giants, Verizon introduced some new upgrades to its FIOS TV service this week that seem to be moves in the right direction. DVICE reports that the new upgrades p...

Go Dog Go Automatic Fetch Machine

OK, this product is definitely not designed for small space living, but if you have a big yard (or a big dog park where you take your pet) then you might be interested in this machine that launches ...

How to... Makeover with Appliance Paint

Have you been over to The Kitchn to see the $30 Kitchen Makeover (above)? What was once a dated 1950's kitchen is now retro-chic, thanks in no small part to a little bit of appliance paint......

Final Frame: Apple Scented iPhone Soap

For the true Mac addict: Macintosh Apple Scented iPhone Soap....

Introducing... ThiPhone, The Cellphone Thigh-Strap

Necessity or complete fail? It's hard to tell, given how we can easily imagine two friends sitting around at Starbuck's Coffee fathoming such an idea, but we now officially have a thigh-band that esse...

Inspiration: Vintage Braun Tech

When we think of the German company Braun these days, the first thing that comes to mind are their heavenly electric toothbrushes (nowadays they're known as Oral-B). But before all that, they were ren...

TwoFold: The Portable Laptop Stand and Sleeve

If you use your laptop a lot, you'll definitely want to get some kind of a stand to make things easier. Most of the stands that we see aren't made to travel around. Kensington has come up with a reall...

Free SwedeShop iPhone App Aids Your IKEA Shopping Experience

Finishing a walkthrough at IKEA often feels like waking up from a dream and remembering only certain parts, while other remain hazy. You remember the cool new chair, but forget which pillow complement...

Sound Carpet: Surround Sound and a Lounge

When I was a kid, there was nothing better to me than turning on the radio and laying on the carpet between my two stereo speakers. But now, even though I've upgraded to better music and better speake...

Logitech Mice Will Now Work on Glass Surfaces

As long as optical mice have existed, it's been known that they don't work well with glass surfaces. That's always been a shame, since there are some really nice glass desks out there. Well, you won't...

The USB Banana Charger

We're always looking for unique items to add to our office and we're pretty sure we need another battery charger. Especially because this one looks like something that would normally be found on ou...

Unplggd's Sales Calendar: Pimp Your Dorm Room

THIS WEEK: ONGOING Bing/Live Back-To-School Cashback 2X Week! - Click here (5-50% through eBay, Eastbay, Newegg, and many more!) Walgreens is 7-days of deals (w/ coupon codes) - Click here (Items...

Make a MacBook Stand From Its Packaging

We love it when we can save stuff from a life in a landfill and use it to make our lives better, more beautiful or more efficient. Apple knows this better than anyone and consistently puts out great l...

Hot or Not: Virtual Home Staging

Any Realtor will tell you that a staged house will fetch significantly more than an empty one - but consider the work involved in staging a house: hanging pictures, moving sofas, etc. A few com...

Concept: Philips Incredible Linked Biosphere Home Farming

When you are living in the suburbs or the country side, it's easy to grow your own food. Veggies like tomatoes and some fruits like apples tend to grow quite easily. However, the closer you move to a ...

Dr. Whippy Serves up Dessert Based on Your Mood

Ok, this could be the best or most dangerous thing to have in your home. Dr. Whippy, an art project by british artist, Demitrios Kargotis, is an ice cream machine that serves customers based on their...

Vision One Computer Workstation

Handmade in the USA, this egonomic computer gaming station aims to replace your home office with one compact package. If the orginal chair is too big for your space, you can choose the smaller...

Distilled Water is Best to Clean LCD Screens

No fancy and expensive chemicals, no crazy contraptions. This LCD-screen cleaning method is all about the right (natural) materials, a clean cloth and great technique......

Final Frame: The Light and White Home Office

Beautiful home office from Francesco's Well-Curated Flat house tour, over at Apartment Therapy Chicago. ...

Playstation 3 Gets Slim, Receives Welcomed Price Cut

We've always been reluctant to recommend the PS3 as a purchase for Blu-ray or as a game system alone. Heck, even those two features weren't enough to justify the $399 base price tag. Luckily, Sony's f...

Laptop Thief Taunts Victim Via Her Facebook

It sees bad enough that this poor victim had to lose all of her irreplaceable photos on her laptop when it was stolen last week, but now Victoria, a woman in the UK, has to deal with an even more inva...

Hot or Not? Sylvia Vibrator Chandelier

Sundayland Sylvia chandelier, made with silver plastic vibrators. ...

Green Ideas: A Great Kinetic Charger

Running out of juice is always a problem if you move around a lot. Sure, you can take your charger with you, but what if you can't plug in? Well, there are always other ways of powering up your gadget...

Look! Ceramic Speakers

This may look like just another concept, but these ceramic speakers are actually being manufactured by designer Joey Roth -- he also made the plushy mouse we posted about. Each speaker can only pump ...

Use Spiral Notebook Binding to Manage Wires

What do we have here? Well it looks like a simple solution to a common problem using only stuff you've probably already got collecting dust in a closet somewhere. We'll file this one under "Why didn't...

IKEA GALANT and Pegboard Desk Modification

Friend and hiking blogger extraordinaire Kolby Kirk of 100hikes.com sent us his IKEA desk hack which utilizes pegboard and zip cords as a way to counter tech clutter by attaching hardware like a USB h...

DIY Project : Convert Freezer into Super Efficient Fridge

One of the appliances that eats up a lot of power is the fridge. By its design, it's terribly inefficient, since once the doors are opened, all of the cold air seeps out. Cold air tends to stay lower ...

Arkeg: The Kegerator Meets Gaming System

We love things that multi-task. Seriously, we do, it could be energy generating toilet paper, or dishwashers doubling as storage. But we're not so sure about this gaming meets kegerator combo. W...

Stat Key Helps You Locate the Right Opener

Icons have been helping us for decades, if not centuries. From street signs (Deer X-Ing) to desktop folders, we look to icons to tell us information in quick and concise ways. It only makes sense tha...

Incase Goes Retro with Fall 2009 Collection

Summer is on its way out and its time to switch things up once again. Incase’s Fall 2009 collection comes with a host of protective solutions for everything from your iPhone 3GS and MacBook to your...

Friction from Your Mouse Can Keep Coffee Hot

Are you a workaholic? A coffee-holic? Are you both?! Wouldn't it be great if your two vices could help each other out?...

Krumnikl Environment

We love when we purchase furniture and it ends up being the absolute perfect fit in our home. An even better love is when all of our electronics and gadgets are also perfect fits. Unfortunately, s...

Camouflaging Home Tech in Complete Chaos

For the most part, we all want to hide our gadgets within our homes. One of the ways to do this is to simply hide them, in cabinets, consoles, behind paintings, and in closets. Another way is to...

Future of Lighting: Super-Efficient OLED Lamps

We all know that LEDs are become more and more popular, thanks to their low-power needs and their brightness. Frankly, it's inevitable that LEDs will finally easily surpass traditional incandescent li...

LEGO Clock Radio

OK, so this clock radio doesn't have a CD player or an iPod dock, but it does have a fun retro style! LEGO remains one of our favorite childhood toys, and we love the touch of nostalgia this clock ...

Geeky Graphic Computer Key Coasters

We know a cold drink is the best thing to help us reboot and escape. But now the reboot and escape key commands can also help us to a cold drink. Check out these coasters......

Final Frame: Tame Convergence Notification Device

Tame Convergence Notification Device: an appropriate concept considering we're actually on vacation at the moment (though still posting...of course)....

GPush Helps You Get Your Work On... 24/7

If you're Gmail-aholics like us (and love to work all day until the wee hours of the night..), then you'll love GPush. The new notify application on the iPhone store acts similar to the way you receiv...

Good Questions: A Student-Friendly Budget Dehumidifier?

Q - Hey Unplggd, I just moved from California to Indiana for grad school and MAN IS IT HUMID HERE! I can't take it! I walk around and my pits start to soak. Like immediately. Please help! I'm a stude...

PetSafe: Wireless Fence to Perimeter Train Your Pets

If you have a large yard and you want to make sure that your pets don't just scamper away, it's a good idea to use an electronic fence. It saves you from building a high fence and these types of techn...

Verbatim InSight Hard Drive Displays How Much Space Available

Despite the small army of hard drives we own, we're always a little concerned how much space remains ever since we switched from a multi-drive tower to a laptop that requires an external drive for med...

Electric Radiator Incognito as a Coffee Table

Face it: Radiators are ugly. Well, most at least. There's always the occasional designer radiator that makes us go "Ooooh!" with it's sleek lines and gorgeous color, but to see a radiator that c...

How to Keep That Laptop Locked Away from Nosy Roommates

So, you're moving into a new place with roommates. Even if your roommate seems nice, do you really trust him/her completely, with all of your belongings? We think that trust is earned and in a communa...

Solar Powered Tent

We know that going camping can be extremely therapeutic and calming. No technology means you have no distractions from the gorgeous views and spending time with your loved ones. Although, not ever...

Look! More Globes in Home Offices

Ever since we posted about Nikol's Wisconsin home office decorated with world globes, we've got an itch for these. ATSF did a roundup of homes that use globes as a prop back in January and we couldn'...

Incipio iPhone Shells: Light as a Feather

Halfway between a standard shell and a fitted rubber skin, Incipio iPhone Feather shells for the iPhone 3G and 3GS may just be the tightest kids on the block for those looking to spruce up their iPhon...

Some Tips to Get a Little Extra TiVo Space

Is your nasty habit of TiVo'ing everything under the sun racking up a gross amount of entertainment debt? Here's some tips to make sure that you're optimizing your TiVo space......

High Quality & Low Cost DIY Record Cleaner

After living in our recent loft space, our records seem to be dustier than ever and we've been on the lookout for a way to give them back their original shine without high overhead costs. We needed ...

Hot or Not? DNA Helix CD Rack

We know a lot of you ditched the CD for digital, but for those of you still buying these little discs, here's an interesting way to store them. ...

Zanussi: A Stylish Compact Dishwasher for Smaller Kitchens

Compact appliances are great for people who have less space in their kitchens. From compact fridges to compact dishwashers, there is a solution to everything. We've seen quite a few of counter top dis...

Hot or Not: Cromoterapia Shower

The Cromoterapia Shower by Mamoli uses embedded LED lights to create a sanctuary of light and color in the bathroom. Users can choose from standard programs of color, light and water pressure to cr...

Lifehacker's Five Best Apartment Search Sites

Finding the right apartment can be a daunting task. But thankfully it's one of those tasks that can be made a little bit easier with the good old internet at your disposal......

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