Archive for July, 2008

Lexie Barnes creates brightly colored laptop bags

Friday, July 18th, 2008

lexiebarnes1 300x225If you’re looking for some feminine laptop bags without them being bright pink and stamped with Hello Kitty, then these Lexie Barnes bags are perfect. The nice thing is that she doesn’t sell just one type of bag either.

She has sleeves, over the shoulder bags as well as book bags, all of which would hold your laptop nicely. She has a few different color schemes as well to give you some options. Each color scheme has several different accessory options to go with it too.

For example things like a luggage tag, or a small pouch for paint brushes, pencils or knitting needles. The laptop bags will hold a 13”, 15” or 14” and a 17” or 15.4”. The prices range from about $30 (for one of the smaller bags) up to $100 which is about what you’ll pay for one of her laptop bags.

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soft and snuggly sound: diy stuffed animal headphones

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Instructables contributors never cease to amaze me with the wonders they conceptualize and create. We may have reached the craftastic zenith with these DIY stuffed animal headphones. I myself have never felt the urge for my ears to cuddle up with my headphones, but maybe I’m missing out.

stuffed animal headphones

The project was posted by the aptly named Wurlitzergirl (who presumably cranks old-timey organ music through those those cuddly koala bears.) She says that all you need is one pair of cheap headphones, two stuffed animals (preferably the type with a seam up its back,) a seam ripper, needle and thread, and some quality music- and she claims you can make ‘em in only 10 minutes. Not too tough. Of course, this is all assuming you want to have the Princess Leia-style look in which the cinnamon bun thingies are replaced with rather large plush animals. Which you probably don’t. Still, A+ for creativity and for having the cojones to wear this out in public.

On another note: do you think all that stuffing and fuzz has noise-canceling properties?

Peep the project at Instructables.

The very pink iPod Nano Case

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

pink ipod nano caseI apologize, but it’s apparently a pink day. This does happen on occasion, it’s usually a sign that I’m about to be very ill. I can never decide if I’m writing up more pink stuff because I’m running a fever or if the pink stuff causes the illness. I’ll get back to you on that one.

Well this latest pink gear is a Nano case that even features a cute little face, as if the pink weren’t sweet and innocent enough. They of course had to add ears and that whole bear face. On the back of the case is a spot to wind the earbuds cord around, which is convenient, but it’d make it difficult to fit into your pocket.

At least it comes with a lanyard though. Maybe we can get a review unit of this in too and Vincent will have yet another thing to make poor Ann wear. The case itself is from Focal Point Computer, but beyond that there aren’t any details on the product.

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The brightly colored JBL Spyro 2.1 Speaker System

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

On occasion I do get sucked in like most women, into falling for gadgets that are disgustingly feminine. These speakers would happen to be one of those things, but in my defense it does come in colors besides pink.

JBL Spyro 2.1 Speaker System

The speaker system, JBL Spyro 2.1 Speaker system doesn’t give a whole lot of details. That is besides mentioning it has a subwoofer and two flower shaped speakers. However, the manufacturers seem to think that it presents rich and crisp sound quality.

JBL Spyro 2.1 Speaker System

Which if true, would be nice. No girl likes having a set of speakers that are pretty, but only as powerful as that of a squeaker toy you hand to Fluffy. It comes in white, black and of course, pink and is being sold for $110.19.

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Heart USB Drive from the Solid Alliance

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

It has been a while since I’ve managed to dig up a story involving the Solid Alliance, I was worrying that my favorite seller of overly shiny USB devices had given up.  Without the Solid Alliance, who would I have to bash on over and over?!

heart usb drive

Alright, so I’m going to say this and we’ll see if Hell happens to freeze over.  I actually don’t think this one is all that bad.  Is it safe?  Alright, looks like the world doesn’t end when I’m actually nice to the Solid Alliance.

heart usb drive

This 2.0 USB drive features 2GB of memory and weighs a 20g, despite its heavy look.  It measures 32×32x6mm.  The drive also locks with the dainty little key that comes with it.

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