Product Review: The Sensual Singer Curvy
Sewing is something we spend a lot of time doing here at the Unplggd Asylum. We have a number of machines but they are generally what one would call... purpose-built. Ok, let's face the hard truth: ...
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How To...Synch Verizon’s Blackberry Curve 8330 with your Mac
When I bought the new Blackberry Curve 8330 from Verizon last month I figured the smartphone’s syncing capabilities would be similar to Cingular’s Blackberry Curve – meaning, I wouldn’t have a...
How To: Keep Web Surfing Private
You're not paranoid if they're really after you. A recent New Scientist story brings our attention to the fact that more and more internet service providers are selling data of what sites you're visit...
How To: Emulate Gestures On Your Firefox
While hanging with some friends last night, I ended up using one of their laptops to search for music. It was then that I stumbled upon this wonderful Firefox extension for web browsing that literally...
How To: Turn Your iPod Touch Into an e-book
I have been seriously considering an Amazon Kindle even though the industrial design is far from pleasing and it can't really replicate the feel of a book. The funny thing is, the Kindle has a very Mo...
How-To: Turn an Ikea Headboard into a Projector Shelf
If you own a projector you know how hard it is to figure out where to place it in a room so that it doesn't become the focal point, but it still beams a great image onto your wall or screen. Small Coo...
How To: Geotag Your Photos
Geo-wha? Geotagging. What geotagging is, is a way of attaching information about location to the digital photos that you snap. This will let you organize them and search through them in ways that woul...
How To: Take Great Nighttime Photos
Wondering why all those night pictures always turn out too dark, blurry, and ugly? Unfortunately, many compact cameras don't have the power of a full professional dSLR, so we've thought up 5 simple st...
How To: Copy Music from Your iPhone or iPod to Your Computer for Free
We get this question alot; you'll get two different sets of answers depending on who you ask. If you ask one of those Genius guys at the Apple store, they'll tell you your music on your iPod stays enc...
Apple's OSX Leopard Gets Boosted To 10.5.3
For those who haven't already noticed, Apple has rolled out a new version of their already optimized operating system with a slew of small fixes including increased AirPort reliability, Time Machine/T...
How To: Turn Your Vinyl Figure Into Speakers
Novelty speakers tend to be just that, novelties. Tinny sound, lo-fi audio, and the inability to get the party started right. Instructables user, fungus amungus, hacked his own $25 Kid Robot Munny f...
How To: Use Your Membership Cards Without Having to Carry Them
I have a big pile of club cards that I don't carry with me because they would make my wallet about three times as fat as it is now. Sure, I don't need to carry all of the cards all the time, and have ...
How To: Spend Your Economic Simulus Check on Sustainable Eggs
Chicken coops tend not to bring thoughts of high design and innovation. The introduction of the Eglu in 2004 by British company Omlet changed the way urbanites think about raising hens. With economi...
How To: Cram an Office into a Pax Wardrobe
We have seen a home office hidden in a Pax wardrobe before but it is always good to see other interpretations of an idea. Keeping with our May theme of organizing, Ikeahacker shows us how a Pax ward...
How To: Clean your Keyboard
Warning: Stop reading if you're eating breakfast. A new study has found that your keyboard may be five times as filthy as a toilet seat. Yes, you could be typing away on the equivalent of butt germs! ...
Can You Imaginge? Tech Support to Use a Phone
And by phone we mean rotary dial telephone. "Make sure to allow the dial to complete it's rotation before dialing the next number". Gotta love the evolution of technology. Now we buy phones so that we...
Look! Minimalist Desk With Tons of Space
This great DIY project comes to us via Design*Sponge. While the desk as shown seems to be used for storage and crafts, this could easily be modified to be an office desk or TV stand......
DIY: How to Make VERY Simple Speakers, Part 3
Hello again, are we ready to finish up? Last time we assembled the boxes and filled in screw holes. Now we will wrap it all up- really easy to do, just follow along. Since we basically have two se...
How To: Organize Collectables On Your Computer Desk
We here at Unpluggd haven’t forgotten about our toy collectors. Keeping a growing collection controlled on your office desk isn’t an easy task. Here’s some solutions that may help you stay clean...
How To: 3 Step Prep To Get DTS-HD On Your PS3
If you have a Sony Playstation 3 and an A/V receiver with HDMI 1.1 and up, you now have the option to tap into the console's new DTS-HD option. With a few clicks of a button, crisp 7.1 sound from your...
How to: Two Ways to Convert Your Vinyl Collection to Digital Formats
We were perusing Fred Flare after we got an email announcement that those awesome 500XL GIANT earbud speakers are now available online, when we also noted that they've reduced their Vinyl Archiver, wh...
Reverse Engineer: How To Feel Up Your Monitor
Y'all ready for your first Reverse Engineer project? This one's easy. We promise. On Monday we wrote about a series of adorable laptop sleeves made be a French duo. We thought, why not take their ide...
How To: Research an Unknown Online Retailer
If it's too good to be true, it probably is. But how do you know for sure? While shopping online at Amazon.com can feel just as secure as walking into an actual bookstore, there are those sites th...
How To: Make the Most of Time Machine and Aiport Backups
I just purchased a nice big external hard drive to plug into my Airport Extreme base station to function as a network drive and central backup spot. While I have yet to upgrade to Leopard, it is likel...
How To: Shoji-Style Table Lamp
This project from atarax is a real bee-yoot. We might all benefit from a little Zen in our lives and this lamp will help silence even the most stubborn internal dialogue. Building it yourself will p...
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