We're not really materialistic or all about "the gimmies," but with Thanksgiving and family get togethers right around the corner, relatives are sure to start probing for things that might be making our holiday wish list. In hopes we won't find any coal in our stocking, here's a few things from the last year we've been secretly spying on.
It's a well documented fact that kids greatly enjoying taking things apart to see how they work. Columbia University in New York has made it their mission to create a camera that not only carries the capability to be assembled and dismantled, but created a product that could be used as an affordable platform for education.
Rob Higardea had an old Via Epia motherboard hanging around the house that needed a purpose. Combining his love for odd cases and enclosures, Rob's travels led him to the most unusual of places—Hobby Lobby. He can browse the web or use it as a home server, but best of all, it's hidden in plain sight!
Currently we have tech for our bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices. There's obvious uses for technology such as cell phones, security systems and home theater set-ups and newer energy efficient ways in the kitchen and laundry room. That said, we're curious to see which parts of your home you think should stay tech-free. Share your opinion this way...
We've talked about tilt shift photography before with a snazzy iPhone app, it helps with selective focus and miniaturing subjects in your photographs. But, buying professional gear to make it work isn't always cheap—this diy hack made from a discarded grill cover and hockey tape looks like it's right up our alley!
We love wooden accessories, especially when it comes to cradles for our favorite pieces of technology — cell phones and mp3 players! The only problem is, our pocketbooks don't always allow us the luxury of the purchase...
We love the look that large format printing can bring to a home and large artwork in general. Though, we've previously struggled with the need for a specific format, size and resolution — which isn't always convenient when the most awesome photo ever is on your iPhone, a friends Facebook page...
The best part about home decor, and more specifically the display of technology in our home, is that there's no need to reinvent the wheel. There's only so many ways to contain and present certain items so we've taken a stroll back through past tech tours and rounded up a few ingenious ideas we'd like to steal for our own home...
Think of the Burke 115 chair as the cousin to the more traditional favorite, the Saarinen Tulip Chair. Similar in shape, but sporting a different base and slightly different back, this chair is a perfect candidate for a makeover — Star Trek style!
We've moved enough times in our life, to highly value an object's ability to be flexible. What resides in our home office one day, might need to end up in our living room the next. With the Moss sound system it's not only a possibility, it can be a design choice as well. Details after the jump...
Now, lets pretend for a moment that the idea of mounting a laptop to the dashboard of your car is a good idea. And in this pretend world if we liked to keep things thrifty, we'd suggest to you, this ultra inexpensive and super secure laptop mount...
Home offices are so personal, that when viewing spaces belonging to others, it's not uncommon to say, "Neat, but I'd have to change _____ & _____." We've searched high and low and found 10 great work spaces we could pull up a chair in and get to work. See which ones made the cut and why...
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 how do you know when to turn to Craigslist versus your favorite online retailer or you local Best Buy?
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 how deep your nerd (or geek) can run when it comes to your home decor. Can't you just see a whole sofa full of these?
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.
We're all for cabinet arcade style video games, complete with their tall space sucking cabinets and we do like keeping our adult beverages chilled, but do they really need to be done together?
Sure, it saves the space of having an additional separate fridge somewhere, but for the extra large price tag of....
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