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Hot Posts 08.10.08: This Week's Top Ten Unplggd Posts

Last month's green ideas left their mark on us, as we continued to discuss eco-friendly gadgets (composters, washer that flush, and Ikea's delve into the solar panel market). We also talked wires, bo...

Hot Posts 07.26.08: This Week's Top Ten Unplggd Posts

We went to the farmer's market today and saw John Tuturro. Just thought we'd share. After the jump a list of this week's hot posts. Some came back from the dead (throws up geek gang signs) and other...

Flickr Finds: Touch Screen PC in the Kitchen

A while back, we asked whether you used computers in the kitchen. The majority said yes so when we came across this touch screen PC in Flickr we had to share. Nicely recessed into the wall, with a wir...

Dell Sees Green and Produces Energy Efficient PCs and Screens

If you think about it, we're all on our computers a lot. We know that for us, our computers are on pretty much 24/7. Sure we put our laptop to sleep in the evenings, but that's really not a HUGE powe...

Roundup: Top Ten Steampunk Hacks

Recently the New York Times wrote about the popularization of Steampunk culture. With that we thought it was about time to roundup the ten coolest Steampunk hacks we've seen... ...

How To... Haggle in Asian Technology Markets

Here's Range again, giving us the scoop on shopping for cheap tech in Asia. This time he goes into the art of haggling... ...

How To... Take Advantage of Technology Markets in Asia

One more introduction. Range is trying out to be our special correspondent from Asia. He's a Canadian splitting his time between Taipei, Taiwan and Quebec City, Quebec Canada. He has a photo project o...

Broken Powerbook Powers Up to Arcade Console

This gaming hack reminds us of Gerald's PS3 DIY cabinet, but you know...a paired down version the rest of us can get our heads around. Rather than dumping his broken Powerbook as e-trash, Frédéric ...

Hot Posts: Top Ten Unplggd Posts 07.05.08

Happy post 4th of July! Hopefully you pyros have all your digits today! We knew someone long ago who lost a few fingers playing with fireworks and became the subject of a Rescue 911 episode. Not some...

PC Mod Sees Spots

Modding PCs and customizing peripherals is a thing we love here at Unplggd, but when we saw this leopard PC mod, we thought, when have you gone too far? While absolutely impressive in its craftsman...

Acme Made's iCovers

With three cats it's almost a second job to keep hair off all our gadgets -- we won't even show you what was happening under our keys when we scrubbed down our keyboard. That's why we think investing ...

Concept Projector Replaces Computer Monitor

Last week we showed you Optimo's new handheld projector, but what we're really coveting is a concept from Won-Seok Lee. The B-Membrane features an omni-directional lens that lets you project onto any ...

Dell's New 2709WFP 27" LCD Monitor

Following up from last year's 2707WFP LCD monitor comes a revamped and redesigned 2709WFP for the new year. Featuring the same monitor resolution as a 24" LCD (1920x1200), the 2709WFP also features 30...

Unpluggd Weekly Top Ten: 06.13.08

This week some great posts caught your attention, including our new section Close-Up as well as some oldies but goodies, like that streaming PS3 How To that keeps on clickin'! Lets take a look at wha...

Roundup: Multiple Monitor Homes

We've discussed multiple monitors multiple times here on Unplggd. Our own Gregory swears by two monitors (and occasionally swears at them), we've surveyed the correlation between multi-monitors and pr...

Flickr Finds: Clean Wall Mounted Apple Rig

Clean, clean, clean. I wish my desktop looked like this. By mounting the monitor, laptop and hard drive up on the wall, Flickr user Brendan is able to use an Ikea Docent bridging shelf as a desktop b...

Microwave PC

Now here is a creative case mod. It's too bad that the microwave doesn't actually work. The monitor is built into the front door, the microwave interior wallpaper is a nice touch, and the rest of the ...

LG Super Stretch Display

We all dig Gregory's space with his side by side portrait monitors, but imagine that setup with these stretched 38 inch LG bad boys....

Look! Unplugged Editors Are Just Like Us

Over at AT:NY Maxwell visited Unplggd and AT:LA's editor, Gregory, at his Silverlake home. He got these great shots of Gregory slaving away in front of his double monitor, complete with Kozyndan panor...

Look! Laid Back Surf Chair

Designed in 2000 for the Intenet Collection competition at the Scandinavian Furniture Fair, the Surf Chair was nominated "Best Product," but never made it into production. Thought up by students Lei...

Look: Windows 7 Multi-touch Demo

Video: Multi-Touch in Windows 7 Anyone already with an iPhone, Touch, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air will find this pretty familiar already, but Microsoft seems to be making a concerted effort to step ove...

Good Idea: Carrying Paint Chips When Gizmo Shopping

We were perusing Real Simple today and got stuck on one of their clever ideas. The editors suggested stashing paint chips of your recently redone room in your wallet in case you find a piece of furnit...

LowKey Stand Keeps Your Mac Setup Tidy

Very slick, Macessity...very, very slick. The LowKey Stand is a powder-coated platform that perfectly compliments your aluminum sheathed iMac or Apple Display, providing a measured cubby slot to tuck ...

UV Plus+ USB Video Cards: Add an Additional Monitor on the Cheap

We're all about multi-monitor setups...once you go dual, single feels a fool. But if you're on a laptop, or don't have any slots available for another video card or just are on a budget, then an exter...

DIY Project: Options for Eye Catching Monitor Stands

As I continue planning my move from vertical to horizontal workspace I've been trying to figure out how I want to raise my computer monitor. This image from Monica, one of AT:SF's Small Cool 2008 entr...