Brewed as a collaboration between two San Fran neighbors—Timbuk2, a company founded to produce sturdy, stylin’ bike messenger bags and accessories, and Mission Cycling, a “neighborhood-based cycling club that aims to bring people together through the shared experience of cycling”—comes the Mission Cycling Wallet. It’s been designed to do double-duty. On one side, it features [...]
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New from STM is their Velo laptop messenger bag. Packed with lots of organizational features, yet spacious enough to just toss stuff in. The Velo could be a solid daily commute bag for your laptop, tablet, accessories, jacket, shoes, hat, raincoat, keys, journal, pens, water bottle, lunch, manicure set… OK, maybe it won’t hold ALL [...]
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Environmental friendliness and sustainability are pervasive topic these days and “green” is a term that is being applied in countless areas. How about your computer? Recompute has developed what they call the “eco friendly computer workstation.” And it’s made of cardboard. Blasphemy! you scream? Brilliant! you squeal? Either way, it’s an interesting concept—check out this video for [...]
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Does your MacBook double as your desktop workstation, requiring you to manually plug in a full-size monitor, keyboard, printer, external drives and other peripherals every time you sit down to use it? Henge Docks has come up with an elegant solution. Slide your MacBook down into the Henge Docks Docking Station and bam, you are up [...]
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To utter the words, “There are a lot of knives on the market,” would be a pointless understatement. So many have similar visual style that it can be difficult for a company to design one that cuts through all the others as both eye-catching and offering something new to the potential buyer. Thumbing through my [...]
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Had it with packs that can’t hold up to real, down-and-dirty use? Have a look at GORUCK. The name is a combination of “go” which implies movement and “ruck” (short for rucksack, a military word for backpack) which implies action, energy and purpose. GORUCK’s products are designed by a former US Special Forces (AKA Green [...]
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Tired of all those look-alike leather portfolios to haul your notepad and business cards? For something a little more tactical than predictable, have a look at the Maratac Manfolio Organizer from County Comm. The Manfolio features a large inside compartment for all of your paperwork. It also contains inside organizer for business cards, pens, and other [...]
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Oh, the references abound. Ice world of Hoth. There isn’t enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser. Frozen in carbonite. My joints are almost frozen. Now you can have just the right addition to your cantina cocktails for that Jabba the Hutt party you’ve been planning with the Han Solo in [...]
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From Timbuk2 are three brand spankin’ new laptop backpacks. From left to right they are the Amnesia ($89), the TRACK II ($79) and the Superbad (regularly $60, currently on sale for $49). All made of ballistic nylon, all with lotsa smart organization features and all available in a multiple color schemes. Which one’s your favorite?
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Billed as “The manly solution to an unsightly fanny pack,” is the Gadget Shoulder Holster from ThinkGeek. Looking very undercover cop-ish, it holds your phone, keys and other gear within “quickdraw distance” and can be worn over or under layers of clothes. Fits up to a size 44 chest and made from a super-stretchy [...]
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Earbuds. The little buggers are all over the place, aren’t they? Hanging out of people’s ears everywhere you look. Because we need ‘em to connect to our portable digital music gizmos, they’ve become essential gear for many of us. And there are droves of earbud models, many that look virtually identical. The Moshi Moonrock stood [...]
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We’ve had no shortage of Lego Star Wars-related clocks ’round these parts. So in honor of Father’s Day, check out this clock in the image of the “Dark Father” himself, the Lego Star Wars Darth Vader Minifigure Clock. Except that this “mini” figure is not so mini, as he’s a whopping 9+ inches of menacing [...]
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I consider myself a personal electronic device transportation solution enthusiast. OK, I have a gadget bag fetish, alright? Like many of us, I’m constantly on the lookout for a better way to haul my must-have gear. When I stumbled upon the Transport “urban bag” by Setgo, my interest was piqued. With its low-profile, over-the-shoulder design, [...]
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