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boombox bag with built-in speakers doesn’t play cassette tapes

ghetto-blaster-bag-1

As if its throwback looks weren’t flashy enough, this boombox bag also has built-in speakers. Plug in your MP3 player and you’ll really grab everyone’s attention.

Unfortunately we don’t have specs on the speakers, but judging from the picture I don’t think we can expect top-quality audio from them. The yellow-green bag pictured above was…

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September 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets geek art + craft just plain fun media players mobile tech retro

messenger bags for old school gamers (and everyone else)

super mario bros messenger bag

Certain images from the classics of gaming are burned indelibly into our brains; they are so iconic that they are recognizable not just to gamers, but to nearly anyone who has paid attention in the last couple of decades. And if you have to put something game-related on a messenger bag, it might as well…

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August 27th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft video games

roll up your own handbag of holding

diy d20 handbag

Dice are important for gamers of all types, not just fans of tabletop RPGs, so why not make a dicebag to carry your dice in? It sounds like something from Pimp My Ride, but really, it’s just a nifty project you can undertake yourself.

Neat, huh? There are step-by-step instructions, but you might be better…

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July 31st, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: design geek art + craft just plain fun

anti-paparazzi clutch bag fights flash with flash

anti-papp-purse

New York University graduate Adam Harvey created a product designed to protect and empower one of the planet’s most abused lifeforms, The Celebrity. The Celebrity is hunted worldwide by marksmen popularly known as The Paparazzi. To counter The Paparazzi’s flashing weapons, Harvey fitted a light sensor and 3 microcontrolled-LED lights in a clutch bag. The…

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July 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets hacks + mods mobile tech strange + wonderful technology

puffy stereo backpack: take the spirit of 1998 with you

fydelity_stay_puff_stereo_backpack

Fydelity’s Stay-Puff Stereo Backpack is just begging to bust out some Beastie Boys or Q Tip. Equipped with a 3000 milliwatt amplifier, the backpack’s built-in speakers can play music for up to 8 hours on 4 AA batteries. It’s equipped with a standard 3.5 mm input jack, so you can plug your iPod in, but…

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June 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets just plain fun media players mobile tech retro

transformers backpack is both more and less versatile than other backpacks

transformers backpack

A Transformers backpack is a pretty cool project on its own. When said Transformers backpack is created out of seatbelts, however, then you’re on a whole other level.

The backpack is a thing of beauty, with buckles and all, as well as an interior lined with Transformers fabric. Creative–and appropriate–repurposing.

Can you believe this has…

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June 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: design geek art + craft strange + wonderful

adorable girly bags and math-love are not mutually exclusive of one another

geeky math bag custom diy

Girls love math too, despite popular culture’s continuing efforts to prove otherwise! And that doesn’t mean you can’t also be girly, ladies; the craftster contingent, thankfully, always seems to be on hand to remind us that it’s totally feminine to be geeky–these adorable math-loving bags are part of what is becoming a fine tradition.

Perfectly…

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May 11th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft

adorable bags sexily swaddle the amazon kindle

handmade kindle bag wristlet amazon borsa bella etsy

If you have a Kindle, odds are you’re keenly interested in protecting it. It’s not like they’re cheap, after all, and that big, beautiful screen deserves to be covered up when not in use. If you’re a traditionalist, you can always go with Amazon’s leather Kindle cover, but if black leather isn’t your speed, handmade…

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April 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: gadgets geek art + craft technology

tote your rings in this sonic bag

sonic tote bag sega

It’s a well-known fact that fans of Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog often need to haul things: rings, outdated Sega consoles, lunch, petitions about voice actors… and luckily, all of those items will fit into this sweet Sonic-themed tote bag (though maybe not all at once; the Dreamcast was pretty hefty).

This bag, available from…

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February 18th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft technology video games

ladies: disguise your gaming gear as makeup

thrustmaster bag ds case handheld gaming accessory makeup

In a perfect world, there wouldn’t be any female gamers, but instead, just gamers. Instead, sadly, we live in this world, and someone thinks girl gamers feel the need to disguise their gear as clutch bags and makeup. That’s the knee-jerk reaction for most geek chicks, anyway.

But manufacturer Thrustmaster just may know what they’re doing…

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December 25th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: video games

pac-man on my shoulder makes me happy

Pac-Man Messenger Bag

I’ve got this boring black bag that my laptop came with, and now I think I’ve finally found a replacement. Maybe I’m stuck in the 80s, but I still think that Pac-Man and his ghostly pals are in fashion.

Created by Rockza, the PacManiac series of briefcases is the perfect way to carry around a…

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November 12th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun retro video games

twist and shake: the etch-a-sketch laptop carrier

You could carry your laptop around in a boring old bag, or you could be really cool and tote it in awesomely retro style with this Etch-A-Sketch laptop carrier.

Crafter Betz White made this one for her brother Roger’s birthday, so she called it a Rog-A-Sketch. The cool carrier is made from wool felt with Velcro…

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August 18th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro

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