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DIY Painted XBox Controller with a Touch of Pink

We wish we could have included this pink XBox controller in our pinked-out home tech "Technicolor" roundup. But it's not available in stores, just a well-done DIY project from somebody wanting to get ...

Pantone Color Library App for iPhone

Looking for the entire selection of Pantone swatches all in one portable, user-friendly solution? Yep, there's an app for that. In addition to having the entire color library at your fingertips, the m...

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...

Elecom Webcams Get the Skittles Treatment

So you've got your matching pink shoes, laptop skin, and favorite color iPod Nano. Oh, but no webcam? Don't fret - Elecom's got you covered. Sporting 3 megapixels of USB camera goodness and 4 differen...

How to... Color Dye Plastic Computer Parts

When we asked if you have a go-to color when you're picking out gadgets, we found that most liked their gadgets to remain neutral, but modern. Black-, white- and silver-colored stuff took the stage. B...

Colorware: The Way to Make Your Gadgets Unique

If you are looking for a distinctive way of decoration your new gadget, look no further. Colorware will customize your new toy and make it look extraordinary. It will be unique. We doubt that anyone n...

All-Black Wii Console Gets A Japanese Release Date

Remember when we asked if you have a go-to color for gadgets? Well if your go-to color was black (as many of you said it was), you've probably had your reservations about adding the super-popular Nint...

Whirlpool Duet Washer and Dryers Bring Color Into the Laundry Room

The laundry room (or garage, where a lot of people keep their washer and dryers) can be a drab and uninspiring section of the home. But that's changed in recent years, where people have spent thousand...

How to... Paint a Ceiling Speaker Grill

So you're finally the proud owner of a home and you're ready to set up the most rocking home theater that anyone on the block has ever seen. You've installed an enormous pull-down projector screen and...

Look! Home Tech Gets The Swedish Touch

click for more picsProfessional real estate stalker Jo from Desire To Inspire recently stumbled onto this wonderful space done by a group of interior designers for a show called "Finally Home" on Chan...

Another iPhone Decor App: Sherwin Williams ColorSnap

Last week we posted about the upcoming (in June) iPhone app from Benjamin Moore, the Color Capture. In response, we heard from the folks at Sherwin Williams......

Colorware Does the New Kindle: Looks Better Than in White

People love to customize their laptops. Now that other devices are becoming very popular, they too will be customized. It's sad when a company only offers their devices in one color. The Kindle has sl...

Wired Magazine Eye Candy

The bright colors and graphic elements of the spines of Wired magazines are put on display in this photo of the Wired conference room — it's a reminder that I miss my old magazines (I was quite ...

Another Fill-In LCD Product From Yellow Owl Workshop

Remember the draw-on LCD display cards from Yellow Owl Workshop we posted on Tuesday? Well the Yellow Owl Workshop is actually a small operation (Everything created, made and packaged by husband-and-w...

Now We've Seen Everything: Indoor LED Sundial

click for more picsLeave it to a geek to take something that is, by definition, a completely analog concept and—without changing the way it operates at all—infuse it with tech know-how. We...

Do You Have a "Go-To Color" For Gadgets?

Ever since iPod marketed the iPod Mini back in early 2004 with an option to purchase in silver, gold, pink, blue or green, all kinds of gadgets have gotten a lot more colorful. Apple still rocks with ...

Colorsonic Codes MP3s by Color... Wait, what?

If there's one thing we love more than stylish and sleek tech gadgets, it's color-coding. Ok, maybe that statement was a bit inflated—but we really do get a little excited when we can organize b...

Pantone-Colored Engravable Flash Drives

Pantone, the world authority on color, has inspired many home decor idea with their famously square-shaped color chips. This staircase and these coffee mugs come to mind. But who says tech can;t get i...

Make Your Christmas Tree Even More Green

Is it December already? If you're decorating for Christmas this year, have you started? We haven't. Only because stringing up Christmas lights is one of the most tortuous and frustrating of holiday ta...

From Living Room to Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club?

We have to admit that if we had a time-travel fantasy, our destination would be 1960's London as portrayed in the Austin Powers films, complete with mod colorblock dresses, go-go boots, men with awful...

Roundup: Top 10 Uses of Color in Tech Centric Rooms

As Ryan noticed last week, bringing color to a room monopolized by a computer can keep your workspace looking more like a home than an office. After the jump, we take a look at the top 10 home office...

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...