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The $250 Flashlight

Ok, well, it's more than a flashlight, really. This piece of tech has some features you won't find on the spare emergency light you keep in the kitchen drawer....

Get Away from Home Easier with a Digital Luggage Scale

Gearing up for the holidays? Have you booked flights to see family yet? With as much pride as we take in our homes, it's tough to leave them, but we've found some tech that might help you on your way ...

Digital Measuring Tape Helps With DIY Projects

Incorrect measurements are always the glitch in our own DIY construction projects. We always "measure twice, cut once," but things can still go horribly wrong. Here's a little extra safety net when yo...

The Sawstop: Put Your Finger Where Your Mouth Is

Does that title make sense? Maybe put you money where your finger is? Anyways, woodworking is a bit of a hobby over here at unplggd and with that comes power tools and sharp, spinning discs of steel...

Black & Decker's Thermal Leak Detector

There is nothing the least bit scientific about how we check for leaks in our own home. For example: It often feels cold near our windows -- we assume there is a leak. See what we mean? But what abou...

Does Anybody Use Handheld E-Dictionaries?

The writer in me wants to fly to Japan to shell out the Yen for this electronic dictionary. The rest of me, however realizes that I haven't owned or used an electronic dictionary since grade school. T...

3-in-1 USB Flash Drive Laser Pen

One way to de-clutter your desk is to have your desk necessities multi-task. Two-in-ones, like a lamp that's also a pencil cup or a letter sorter that's also a clock, can add to that prime desktop spa...

Top 5: iPhone Tool Uses

So you can't live without your iPhone and it is with you wherever you go? Why just use it to make phone calls and surf the web. Pull out that iPhone level and get building....

iPhone: That's One Pricey Level

Yes, yes it is. After recently finishing some pretty extensive renovations I wouldn't even think about using my mobile phone as a level. The number of times I had dropped my real level make this a tra...

Milwaukee M-Spector: See What's Behind Those Walls

I am into tools as much as I am electronics, so just reading about the M-Spector by Milwaukee makes me want to run out and add this to my collection. Why would I need this? ...

Sales Alert! Sharper Image Liquidates Stores

On June 1st, 86 Sharper Image stores began liquidating their goods. The company, who filed for bankruptcy in mid February, will be shutting down all of its stores. An era has come to a close people. ...

Some Humpday Fun

While surfin' the net for more appropriate things to post about we came across this Geek Gang Signs poster. It's based off this actual gang signs poster that illustrates the sign language used on the ...

10 Worst Gadgets of 2007

What does the Palm Foleo, Husky combo drywall saw, Apple TV and Ironman vibration trainer have in common? Popular Mechanics has given them four of the 10 spots on their Worst Gadgets of 2007 list. Be...

Floorplanner.com

We used the free Ikea kitchen planner when renovating our kitchen and we found it to be a useful tool in visualizing how the space would ultimately look, especially the 3D walkthroughs. While it was f...

Thursday Giveaway: Lexmark X4550 Wireless Printer

Cut the Cord to your printer/scanner/photo printer/copier with Lexmark's X4550 Wireless All-in-One--and we want to give it away to a great reader-reviewer. If you're up for the challenge--and want to ...

Slinks: Gamercize - Gamer Gut Be Gone!

Exercise while playing your favorite Play Station 2 video game with the Gamercize. If you stop moving on the Power Stepper or Endurance Cycle when it's plugged in, the game dies; but resume your move...

Time for an Old Book

Have an old book you like the looks of, but don't necessarily care to read? Recycle it into a stylish clock--this how-to guide goes as far as using an old cookbook for the kitchen clock! The how-to ...

Privacy Scarf

A not so subtle way of saying do not disturb. Designed by grad student Joe Malia, this looks like an extremely warm and stuffy way of making sure no one sees what is on your screen. If you ask us, a n...

ATOMdesign Hammer

The basic hammer with a new spin. The handle is old school, but the head is where the high tech look and function is. The goal of this hammer was to reduce the stress placed on the arm, wrist and hand...

Multi-Tec Took Kit by Richartz

Sure, it's just a tool kit. And yes, it has tweezers. But we thought it could come in handy when you're working on your computers, or any other tech-related setup in your home. Not only does it mat...

Porsche Design Hammer Drill

A Porsche drill? And not just a normal power drill, but a hammer drill. Prosche design has teamed up with Metabo to create this new take on the hammer drill. Made of carbon fiber, aluminum and a uniqu...

Lifehacker: Build Your Own Car Charger (Sans Car)

What to do when you have a solder, batteries, a car charger, but not a car? You build a portable DC accessory jack, of course! 105 of you (at last count) told us you have iPods so we know for cer...

Best Product: Firefox 2

Check this out - Firefox 2 spell checks as you type your emails, or, in this case, my post for this afternoon. We wouldn't have a clue we misspelled something if it weren't for spell check; and as a...

Look! RocketFish Travel Mouse

We were asked to review the RocketFish Wireless Twister Laser Mouse. Until we had read this detailed review on Epinions, we hadn't realized that RocketFish is a Best Buy in-house brand. In any case,...

8 in 1 Screwdriver

Multi bit screwdrivers are nothing new. In fact, they are so common that most of them are designed in the same way, with a handle and a bunch of seperate bits that clip onto the end. No matter how har...

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