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Famicom Controllers as Business Card Holders

Are you one of the few people who see the world in the eyes of a gamer, with every promotion seen as leveling up your character and each new LinkedIn connection as experience points? Well, we don't be...

Look!: "News Desk" Plays B&W Against Silver

We'd all love one of a kind pieces in our homes that speak perfectly to our personalities and decorating tastes. But unless your last name is Gates, you're probably buying some stuff at big box stores...

BatMac: Hangs Down From Kicthen Cabinets

We spotted this image on Lifehacker of their reader Kurt's kitchen workspace. We love the Campbell's Soup cans as pencil cups, especially because the repetition and the green color block behind them m...

DIY Project: The $8 Aluminum Laptop Stand

Most of the time, we work with laptops on our desks or on our laps. But sometimes, you just want to find a stand to shelve your laptop conveniently. Laptop stands come in all shapes, sizes and colors....

Aluminum DVD Shelves for Budding Cinephiles

There seems to be two schools of thought when it comes to DVDs -- flaunt or conceal. Some of us like to show off our wicked taste in the cinema. Others like to hide their copies of Real Cancun and Sl...

What Does a Unibody iPod Mean For Us?

Remember when Apple took the leap to stop producing those black and white plastic MacBooks and start producing aluminum unibody starter laptops? Well it looks like they might be taking the same path w...

The Most Moving Parts Ever in a 'Digital' Display Clock

Does anybody else remember/still have one of those PinArt toys? You know, the little thing made of plastic that had a million little pins sticking loosely through it, letting you forever (until you mo...

Hanger Skype Phone: Great Design Helps Tech Stick

We have a friend living in London temporarily, but long enough that she got a new London cell and a new London phone number. Both of those things make it a pain (an expensive pain) to call her up in t...

The Mac Market is Hot and Targus Knows It

It's no secret (at least not to us here at Unplggd) that Mac-heads will stop at nothing to make sure their peripherals match their beloved MacBooks (read: they'll shell out loads of dough). It's that ...

El Ultimo Grito Turns Drab to Fab

Anybody who has a bare lightbulb hanging from their ceiling knows what a pain it can be to deal with. If you don't want a regular shade and would rather go for something that resembles a permanent fix...