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Posts tagged “storage”

The Teeny Tiny RAID NAS: Perfect to Start Backing Up

If you're like most people, you probably don't do many backups. Sometimes it just seems ludicrous to do so. But since computer hard drives can easily malfunction and burn out, using a NAS HD is probab...

The NerdCart
Helping Keep Your Tech in Order & Relationship Intact

Jared has a lot of home electronics gear. Enough that it was enough of an issue between him and his wife to do something about it. And from this common dilemma was born The NerdCart, a mobile conver...

Google Makes Moving Data Into The Cloud Even Easier

If you aren't using Gmail as your main email client, this new Google announcement might change your mind, as moving stuff into the cloud has never been easier. Google has announced more storage for le...

Storing those Rock Band Instruments

I love Rock Band, despite having only played it for a couple hours. What keeps me from going out and buying it for my own? The space it requires to store all the instruments! Here are a few options ...

Frigidaire 66 Bottle Wine Cooler

Aimed at oenophiles, this 66 bottle capacity Frigidaire Wine Cooler provides ample space for everyone except the most extreme wine drinker. Specs include frost free cooling, interior light, electronic...

Robern Uplift Cabinet Lifts, Defogs and Entertains

Lea Bogdan's Uplift Cabinet for Robern is a multitasking storage solution that throws in just about everything besides the bathroom sink. The aluminum and glass cabinet opens up to reveal an assortmen...

Today's Modern Collectionist Uses External Hard Drives

Do you happen to be an avid media collector? Perhaps purchasing a few matching hard drives may be just the perfect alternative to attempting to hoard all your LPs on tiny little shelves. Plus, we thin...

Xbox and Wii Aspect Gaming Towers

The hard part about being a gamer is being a gamer who loves their apartment aesthetics. So, we find ourselves coming up with solutions to store away all of our gaming peripherals (or to shamelessly f...

How Do You Store Everyday Bathroom Tech?

This one might resonate better with the ladies of Unplggd, but here goes: You use your hair dryer, curling iron and flat iron often, right? (Everyday, for some of us) But where do you keep 'em in a sm...

Could an iPhone Case Replace Your Landing Strip?

A go-to Landing Strip by the door to your humble abode is quite possibly the greatest feat of organization we've ever seen. A place to grab all your necessities before you walk out the door......

8 Ingenious Ideas We're Totally Stealing
From Unplggd Tech Tours

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 ...

Store Controllers On (Or Under!) the Coffee Table

We spend so much time trying to hide all of our home gaming peripherals. What would happen if we embraced XBox controllers and Wii-motes as part of our lives once and for all?...

Look! Appliances Hidden Behind Faux Backsplash

We have a toaster in the cabinet above the refrigerator, a griddle in the built-in oven drawer and a mixer below the sink. Our appliances are strewn about the kitchen in an effort to hide the things w...

Flickr Finds: Pieter's Turquoise Home Office

Oh, home office spaces... how we love them so. It's where you get into the "zone," as we all like to call it. Where we get our most frustrating moments and our most spectacular ones. Toss in high ce...

Why Not... Use an Antique Fridge as a Bookshelf?

OK, this trend is officially blowing up! First we see people busting out the screens of vintage TVs for storage and then dissecting the insides of a radio for a safe keeper. Now, a fridge stays (mostl...

Why Hide Lesser-Used Appliances?

I recently spent far longer than I needed to standing in the kitchen appliance aisle at my favorite home store trying to pick out the perfect toaster. Then it dawned on me: I am just going to hide it ...

Old DVDs Hide Secret Storage in this DIY Project

For those of you with valuables to hide, we've shown you how to hide a 'safe' inside of a vintage radio. Here's another DIY storage solution that will make you feel like James Bond......

BackPack Keeps Maccessories Off Your Desk

This thing is far more sophisticated than our wire-hanger-made DIY cord wrangler, but it follows the same general principle: Want to hide stuff on your desk? Do it behind the monitor!...

How Many External Hard Drives Do You Own?

Yeah, that there is the small community of external hard drives I use to backup or store files; a few files are saved in triplicate because of their importance, while one of the drives is never used b...

Neat and Tidy Video Game Controller Storage

Los Angeles crafter and self-proclaimed nerd Anjali's gaming control storage solution is a smile-inviting setup comprised of an IKEA CD shelf which has been dubbed "The Hutch", making it a perfect spo...

Survey: What Do You Use Your Media Console For?

Whether you're hunting for the perfect media cabinet or simply in the market for one, everyone's got their own special approach on how one should function around his or her apartment design. Some pref...

Make Your Vintage Tech Display Do Double Duty

We've been seeing a trend of using old tech as a kind of sculptural art piece. So if it's going to sit there taking up space, why not make it do double duty, like this vintage radio does for one Instr...

Muro Media Storage for Flat Panel TVs

Here's a case of a great design, but at a price that we're not sure is warranted considering the materials used. The Muro Media Storage from DWR is a very smart design which allows for custom paint or...

The Laptop Tower by Ursula Maier

Yesterday we posted about someone's standing computer workstation, a DIY setup using a desk and some risers. Here's a more polished, modern compact standing office designed by Ursula Maier, a space-...

Bamboo Hard Drive: Uses Wood to Cool Down

We've learned by experience that not having any fans on external USB drives is a bad idea. These HDs get very hot. If they have no way of dissipating the heat they generate, they break. It's an easy p...