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We at Unplggd are pretty big fans of digital picture frames. They are a great way to display prints and make nice gifts for loves ones. Some of our loved ones still have many pictures that are not in digital form, the JOBO ScanViewer solves the problem of how to display these in a quick and easy way. This high resolution 8" multimedia digital picture frame comes with a built-in photo scanner!

Riding your bike is a great way to save on transportation costs and avoid subway congestion. We at Unplggd fully endorse the use of pedal power to get from point A to point B, so when a new product comes along that helps to brighten that journey we are all for it. The makers of the dynamo Dynolight recently debuted, at the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show, a super bright new Light On! tail light created by Brian Engelen.

The smooth and sleek design of the Milky Way by Henrik Amberla allow this device to serve two functions, as an alarm clock and as an art object for your nightstand. With an innovative design and interesting interface, this is truly a product we would not mind having in our home. We at Unplggd are suckers for unique functional design, which means we just could not pass up the opportunity to blog about this clock.

We at Unplggd are no stranger to Etsy. Etsy is a great source for wonderful and unique items for your home and a neat place to find some fun geek accessories. With a variety of items and price points we hope you will find this guide useful in kick starting your holiday shopping.

For many of us travel is a big part of the holidays. With delays at the airport not being uncommon, having free WiFi access can make passing the time at the airport a bit more pleasant. Just in time for the holiday season, Google has announced that they are offering free WiFi in 47 airports across the country until January 15th.

There is nothing like the old school, especially when you are talking about the neat telephones that one used to talk to their neighbor using a very long string and two cups. Behold the Cup Communicator by Duncan Wilson, walkie talkies designed to look like that very same paper cup telephone.

Looking at the Sound Egg Chair reminded us of some great retro images we saw from the 1979 construction of the anechoic chamber that McIntosh Laboratories used for testing their audio equipment.

A little over a year ago, our sister site the Kitchn extolled the virtues of the kitchen scale. I had, like the author of this post thought that kitchen scales were something for calorie counters and that I was quite alright baking using my measuring cups. After reading this post and taking a few pastry classes at culinary school, I began to feel the need for a little digital kitchen scale of my own.

As an avid home baker with a penchant for recipes found on blogs, we frequently bring the laptop into the kitchen. We try our best to avoid spills, and getting our beloved MacBook Pro covered in flour fingerprints, but have often toyed with the idea of having tech that was built specifically for the purpose that our laptop now serves in the kitchen, tech that we would not be afraid to get dirty and could handle the rigors of our baking regimen. So when we spotted the Qooq today, we were immediately intrigued...

After recently covering the Cyberbike title for the Wii, we were thinking it was time to look at the other weight loss games for the Wii and roundup the top ten. In some of our picks the fitness goal is explicit, but not always. Our focus was on games that could promote weight loss whether through strength training or the cardio that happens while dancing up a sweat.

The Titanium ID mouse by Intelligent Design aka The Apple Magic Mouse's sexy Dutch cousin sports a slick design and a price point that unfortunately puts it safely in the aspirational category, for most of us. The Titanium ID mouse is a Bluetooth mouse made out of hand-formed grade 1 titanium and comes in white or black.