Aloft: The Affordable Tech Hotel
This past weekend Emily and I found ourselves traveling across I-10 eastward from LA to Phoenix (actually Mesa and Tempe to be exact) to celebrate my birthday with my best friend and to hike up to t...
Posts tagged “tech”
How Picky Should You Be About LCD Tech Specs?
When you're shopping for a new LCD screen for the media room, you'll have numbers flying at you left and right. If you're the average consumer and have no idea what a pixel response time is, you'll pr...
Shop Goodwill Online For Tech Steals
If you have ever shopped at a thrift store for deals, you know that it's a hit and miss operation. Some stores have great selection while others don't. But what happens when Goodwill moves its invento...
Are You Planning Techie Halloween Costumes?
With less than a week until that costume-fest that is Halloween, you should have your costume all lined up. It's easy to go for a sexy cop outfit or to be the thousandth guy that's dressed as 'Swine F...
OS X Dashboard Widgets For the Home Cook
I've rounded up a collection of useful widgets for the home cook that uses a Mac. From measurement conversions to reminders, you're sure to find these useful. Best of all, they are free!...
Technicolor: Blue
As retro as red goes, blue still does it for me. Blue like the ocean, the bright skies, and the color of my first Nike kicks. Oh, how I loved those shoes. In honor of childhood memories and the good o...
The High-Tech Ritz-Carlton Vue Lounge
Home design has been taking cues from hotel design for years. But only recently have we seen technology incorporated into the mix.... ...
Retro Roundup: Typewriters
Looking to contribute to that modern "shabby chic" style everyone seems so ga-ga about in your own home? Consider adding a touch of old school word processing in the form typewriters (or maybe some vi...
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 ...
What's Your Longest-Lasting Appliance?
When you grab the cheapest toaster in the home good aisle, you know it's probably not going to last long. But some appliances we buy with investment in mind and the intention to keep them forever......
Would You Split a Big Buy with a Friend?
Just like you share custody of a kid or a book, you can share tech with your besties. In fact, having a parter going into making a big, fun purchase—like a Video Game Console—makes it imme...
Inspiration: Vintage Braun Tech
When we think of the German company Braun these days, the first thing that comes to mind are their heavenly electric toothbrushes (nowadays they're known as Oral-B). But before all that, they were ren...
Flickr Roundup: Kids & Their Home Tech
Parents are very adamant about their views about technology in the home. Some say there's no TV until a certain age (although sometimes online videos count) and likewise, there's those who keep co...
GRID-IT Helps Keep Your Tech Glut in Check
We like to consider ourselves pretty clean and organized by any standard. But there's an issue that plagues us regularly: tech clutter. It's part of our job to plug this in, route that around, and t...
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...
Look: Luxury TVs Are Already On the Outs?
It's funny how technology dissappears. One day you're trying to collect the entire Star Wars collection on VHS tapes, and the very next day it seems like you can't even give away tapes. Our local libr...
Tip: Put Subscriptions On Hold Before You Travel!
Going on a trip is already an expensive venture—if you're early in the planning, just wait until you get back your credit card statement with the plane tickets and hotel reservation charged up&m...
Metal in the Microwave and Other 'WTF?' Tech Moments
Moving into my apartment, I was perplexed when I checked out my appliances. The stainless steel fridge and dishwasher were great upgrades, but the microwave made me pause. I spotted a rack inside, jus...
Panasonic Ups the Ante with Greener CRT Recycling
We've covered a variety of methods when it comes to recycling our old CRT TVs (heck, you can even turn them into pots). But it looks like Panasonic's about to up the ante when it comes to the actual m...
Ensci Small Space Tech Kitchen Concept
Living with a small kitchen (we're talking one person at a time, lest one stabs or burns the other), we're always looking for space efficient kitchen ideas. And that's exactly what this space-saving...
What Are Your Tech Travel Neccesities?
July is travel month at Unplggd and I'm happy to tell you that I'm leaving for Boston in the morning and spent last night packing. In an effort to save some cash (read: I'm broke), I decided not to ch...
Inspiration: Sleek Tech Ideas from a Copenhagen Penthouse
Taking the black and white theme to overdrive, the Danish bunch over at NORM architects have created a modern space that's subtle with tech, but heavy on ideas. From recessed lighting, TV mounts, and ...
Does Tech that Go Bump in the Night Keep You Up?
If you've got gadgets that stay on even while you rest; like the computer, a modem or even the television; you've probably battled the dreaded 'standby' light. It has the ability to fill an otherwise ...
They're Never Too Young: A Yoshi-Themed Nursery
When it comes to raising your little ankle biters to grow up to be techies, it's never too early to start infusing them with the best that technology has to offer. Try to get your newborn hooked on ga...
Modern Tech Fossils
click for more picsEver wonder what our generation would leave behind for societies thousands of years from now? Well wonder no more. Artist Christopher Locke has projected the future and designed ox...
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