It's snowing here-- and that means it's time to clean out the fireplace and get the JavaLogs ready. Wintertime for me, for whatever reason, also means drinking plenty of tea and eating lots of toast. We'd be very happy if…
Continue Reading →Remember those ODM Watches I blogged about back in November of 2004? If you're just tuning in, probably not. Either way, the original watches were a huge hit-- winning the prestigious Red dot design award and the IF design award…
Continue Reading →Bleu Limited is Hong Kong-based company that does great design work in the realm of consumer electronics, lifestyle, and household products. Bleu Ltd. caters to clients who make the consumer electronics that eventually reach us in the marketplace--they are kind…
Continue Reading →The guys over at Mimoco recently announced these Darth Vader Mimobot Flash Drives-- to be released in January '07 in a limited run of 3,500 units. As usual they'll be available in a few different sizes: 1GB, 2GB and 4GB,…
Continue Reading →Lizz Kannenberg! Congratulations Lizz, for being the lucky winner of our 'Name this Rockstar, Win a Pentax W20' contest. Lizz was one of our many readers who correctly guessed Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips to be the pink-boot-wearing, frizzy-haired…
Continue Reading →We've always been a big fan of Naoto Fukazawa's minimalist design, and his brand, in collaboration with Japanese toy maker Takara, Plusminuszero is one of our favorites. It's now in its third (gorgeous) collection-- but good luck finding these in…
Continue Reading →DigitalLife is coming up this week, October 12th-15th at the Javits Center in NYC. I've never been, but they claim it's 'the ultimate consumer technology, gaming and entertainment event of the year.' In the past, tickets have been $15, but…
Continue Reading →We are still a couple of years away from electric cars totally catching on, but the Tesla Roadster is giving us something to look forward to. The folks at Tesla have shifted their focus beyond the gas-electric hybrid platform that…
Continue Reading →Around 86% of your answers were correct. Yes, the backside photo of the mystery rock star is indeed none other than our friend (we wish), Mr. Wayne Coyne, front man for The Flaming Lips. I guess it was the pink…
Continue Reading →We reviewed the Pentax Waterproof camera (The W20) at this years Austin City Limits Festival-- declaring it Party Proof. While we were there we used our press credentials to creep around back stage (yes, we were stalking Ben Kweller) when…
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