Replug

Not too long ago, I was sitting across from a friend in a coffeeshop who, upon spilling a scalding cup of coffee all over his groin region, jumped up so fast from his laptop that he forgot his headphones were still attached to both his ear canal and his computer’s audio jack. This (of course) sent everything crashing off the table and onto the tiled floor, causing the monitor to partially crack and detach from its hinges, rendering it totally useless. If this sound like something you’d somehow manage to do, I suggest you invest in a Replug, a universal attachment that will work with your iPod, your laptop and/or the Discman you’d never admit to owning, so when you decide to scorch your nether regions and neglect to remember you’re wearing your headphones, it’ll merely detach from the jack, saving everything from a miserable demise. A solid investment, and absolutely worthy of its Design Distinction award in this year’s ID Magazine Annual Design Review, don’t you think?