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iPhone 4/4S Case Made Entirely of… Trash

re case

The Re-Case is made of 100% recycled trash. The actual material is called POLLIBER and is a combination of reprocessed rice husks, a by product of rice farming and post-consumer thermo-plastics. Wow, that’s a mouthful! In addition to your phone, this case can also hold 1 credit card stored under the phone. The Re-Case is […]

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Purchase (S)mythology in eBook or Hardcover and Donate to Breast Cancer Awareness

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(S)mythology is the story of Sophie, a little girl with magical super powers, told as a whimsical, young-adult tale of true love that mixes pop culture with Greek mythology.  This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Jeremy Tarr (the author) and the Keep a Breast Foundation have joined forces to raise money for breast cancer awareness.  For

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A Virtual 150″ Movie Screen – Sony Personal 3D Viewer Head Mounted Display HMZT1

Sony HMD 3D glasses

First seen at CES 2011, Sony Websites around the world are now showing the HMZT1 Personal 3D View Head Mounted Display for preorder.  Using dual OLED HD screens , virtual 5.1 Surround Sound and TruBlack displays, the headset’s designed to immerse you into movies and games in the intimacy of your own personal cinema. “Get the equivalent of

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Skunk Juice Magnetic Earbuds Solve Age Old Earbud Sharing Dilemma

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We’ve all been there… You’re listening to a cool tune and want to share it with your buddy, but don’t want to let them listen through your earbuds… eew! You could play the tune through speakers, but that’s not always convenient either. What do you do? If only you could allow your friend to connect

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LG DoublePlay Will Offer Split Keyboard and Dual Screens

LG DoublePlay

The dual-screen Kyocera Echo didn’t have much success in the market, and Nokia abandoned the split keyboard design they had with the Nokia e70 and the Nokia 6800 family. Unlike the Echo and the e70, the DoublePlay from LG, exclusively available from T-Mobile, will have a 3.5” main display and a split sliding keyboard with 2” display. The 2”

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evo.pen – The Remedy for Chronic Hand Pain when Writing

evo pen

Julie’s recent posts about erasable pens and mechanical pencils has woken my own office-supply love.  I found a really unusual looking pen that’s designed to reduce hand pain when writing.  The evo.pen is said to be the remedy for hand pain when writing due to arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, repetititve stress syndrome, and writer’s cramp.

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The Quick Guide to Trick-Or-Treating Candy Nutrition (or lack thereof)

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There are only 7 days till Halloween, one of our most celebrated holidays, where we have an excuse to act like a kid again by eating our weight in chocolate and candies. I personally don’t indulge since I am a diabetic, but for those of you that have a mouth full of sweet teeth and

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Softbrew Coffee Maker Makes a Less Bitter Cup of Coffee

softbrew coffee maker

Many people say that the French press coffee maker is the perfect equipment to make perfectly brewed coffee.  Many other people think that coffee made in the French press is too bitter and has a lot of sediment in it.  The Softbrew Coffee Maker from ThinkGeek helps you get the rich flavor of the French

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Leather Pencil Caps – Stuff you don’t need, but want anyway

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The Kanda Misako Leather Pencil Cap is a cool way to protect the tip of your favorite pencil (and maybe some pens). It’s available in a large selection of colors that include: Black, Navy, Turquoise, Orange, Camel, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Wine, Red, Chocolate, Purple and Green. You can see more images at Pencils.jp. Although they

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Do you REALLY love your gadget bag? – Protect it with Workiture El-bagped

wpid el bagped

So you’ve spent all that money personalizing your new gadget bag, forked out for that rare once in a lifetime  unobtainium material. What’s the last thing you want to do? Put your new best friend on that dirty, icky floor. Worry no longer, Workiture has you covered. Their el-bagped stand (shown with a Timbuk2 bag) is

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Audyssey Lower East Side Audio Dock Air Announced

Audyssey LES Audio Dock 4

The one thing I really missed from the Audyssey South of Market speaker dock I recently reviewed was Apple’s AirPlay technology (plus no headphone port, but I digress). I was so sure that the next version of that speaker would have it. I was wrong – sort of. Audyssey has released an AirPlay speaker. It’s just

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Rapoo E6300 Bluetooth Ultra-Slim Keyboard from Brando

brando rapoo keyboard

The Rapoo E6300 Bluetooth Ultra-Slim Keyboard from Brando is small enough to fit in your gear bag.  At about 8″ X 3.2″ X 0.5″ and 5.4 ounces, you’ll hardly know it’s in the bag.  It has 80 keys and a QWERTY layout; it even has some special iPad hotkeys.  The keyboard features scissor-key structure and

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Untitled Jersey City Project – A work in progress TV drama. Will you watch?

This post brought to you by Untitled Jersey City Project. All opinions are 100% mine. Is it just me, or do most of the television shows these days seem to follow a cookie cutter plot of whatever happens to be the current fad? That’s why we have several Witch, Vampire and other creepy dramas on

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Bring out your dead – Amazon Kindle Trade-in

Love the new Amazon Kindle lines but just can’t justify upgrading to the latest version because your old version still does the job perfectly well?  Now you can trade your old Kindle (or other e-reader that that matter) using the Amazon trade-in program.  Just enter the model and condition of your old faithful friend and receive a gift card ranging from

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Biodegradable iPhone Case from the Guys at iBend

ecoSnap iphone case

Ever give a thought to what happens to all those cases and accessories you bought for a gadget after it’s been replaced?  Well, the guys who brought us the iBend stands for iPhone and iPad have given it some thought, and they’ve designed a fully compostable and  biodegradable case for the iPhone 4/4S.  The ecoSnap case

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Dress your Macbook in a warm and cozy V_Neck Sleeve

computer clothes

We dress ourselves. We dress our kids. Those of us who are a little on the kooky side even dress our pets… So it shouldn’t be that unusual to dress our iPads and Macbooks too right? Computer Apparel is now offering the V_Neck Sleeve for iPads and 13″, 15″ and 17″ Macbooks. The V_Neck Sleeve

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