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Green Ideas: Your Own Carbon Neutral USB Flash Drive

We've always felt that wooden accessories are great. They are partly made out of sustainable materials, and wood is just plain good looking. Since USB flash drives are so small and can get taken apart...

Hide Your USB Drive next to Your Toothbrush and Soap

Sensitive information? Why don't you try hiding it to camouflage with products for sensitive teeth? Yep, that's right... hide your USB drive into a travel-sized toothpaste tube. We've seen flash drive...

DIY Project: The USB Lipstick

USB flash drives come in all shapes and it's hard to find shapes that won't fit a USB drive. We've seen plenty of different ones out there, but there is nothing like making your own to suit your own n...

Cover Your Stuff in Hot Glue Like 2nd Grade
Flash Drive Edition

Remember the first time you figured out you could make a second skin by covering the palm of your hand with a thin layer of creamy, sticky glue? Remember when you first realized that your hand is the ...

The Condom USB: Protecting Your Flash Drive From Harm

USB flash drives are becoming an essential part of living in our modern times. I can't remember the number of times that I've used mine. They are also getting bigger and bigger, meaning that they are ...

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...

EasyBloom: Small Space Gardening for Dummies

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you felt like a supernatural force was dropping subtle hints into your life? Well if you've been reading Unplggd, you know that I (Taryn, the "we" doesn't re...

DIY Kit Shows You What Life Would Be Like If House Plants Could Type

Here at Unplggd, we're all about talking in first person plural how technology can help you manage and enjoy a beautiful and welcoming home. And if you read the post about the creepy Plantbot that m...

How To... Hide Your USB Drive in The Wall

If you're a secret double agent for the CIA, or if you're a government conspiracist, or if you're a former Wall Street CEO that needs to hide your bank records, have we got the solution for you! This ...

How To: Save Your USB Drive from Certain Death

We love getting great tips on how to use common household items in unintended ways. This tip comes from James Fallows at The Atlantic. After a dramatic ordeal with replacing missing files on a lost US...

USB Thumb Drive is Really a Thumb

Well, not a real thumb, but let's just say it's a great accessory to your Bloody Stump Wrist Rest. Whoever designed this USB storage device obviously had a dark sense of humor and a very literal mind ...

Bullet-Shaped USB Flash Drive

Here's another one you don't want to mistakenly leave in your carry-on bag at the airport. A USB Flash Drive shaped like a machine gun bullet. It's the perfect gift for the guy who has everything but ...