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rewind your headphone cord with a microcassette tape

fred_rew_cord_caddy

Hate all that excess cord you end up with when you wear your headphones? This fun little accessory lets you hide that spare cord with wit and whimsy.

Designed by Jason Amendolara for Fred & Friends, the »REW cord caddy looks like an old-school cassette tape (or more like a microcassette, IMHO), and lets you…

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July 14th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun media players

grassy lawn charging station keeps your gadgets juiced up, requires no mowing

grassy_charging_station

I’ve been waiting a really long time to buy some sort of box for concealing all my gadget A/C adapters and cords, and I think I’ve finally found the one that I want sitting on my counter. This has to be the best looking electronic gadget charging station – ever.

The Grassy Lawn Charging Station…

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June 5th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design gadgets just plain fun mobile tech technology

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

electric man power strip: this little guy actually enjoys 110-volts running through his body at all times

electric_man_power_cord

This electrical dude has got to be my favorite power strip ever. All other power cords in the universe should immediately be destroyed and replaced with an army of Electric Men. Do your part and head over to Urban Outfitters start plugging them in everywhere.

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February 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun quickpix technology

flexicord cables: the slinky evolved

flexicord cable audio video usb wire cord

The main reason why I’m looking forward to a wireless future is because wires and cables are really messy. I can set things up fine, I know how to use color codes and to match shapes and to match the male end with the female end, but the way they sprawl all over the place…

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January 21st, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio computing home entertainment technology video

a charge cable for the person who has everything

brando charge cable nintendo sony psp ds dsi gba

If you can’t exist without the weight of several handheld gaming systems tugging at your pants, Brando has a new product that will make your downtime a little easier: the 7-in-1 USB charge cable. With this cable, you can use one USB slot to charge any Sony PSP or Nintendo GBA, as well as all…

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January 4th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: technology video games

ninja bunnies keep your headphone cords in check

Ever get your headset wires snagged on your clothes or your bag while you’re on the move? Here’s a fun way to keep your cord from getting tangled as you saunter down the street to the sounds of your iPod.

This wouldn’t be the first time that I’ve seen a cord wrap for headphone wires,…

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September 12th, 2008 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun media players

atmos 561 clock powered solely by temperature changes

The Atmos 561 mechanical clock, designed by Marc Newson, is powered by changes in the temperature, so you never need to wind it up. Oh, and also, it’s encased in a big block of crystal.

This design marks the 80th anniversary of Atmos clocks by the Swiss maker Jaeger LeCoultre (try spelling that 10 times…

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July 22nd, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: timepieces

sanctuary keeps cables organized and gadgets charged

Sanctuary Gadget Organizer Charger

If you’ve got a ton of portable gadgets, you know how much of a pain it is to keep all your cables and chargers in order. This simple and elegant gadget organizer aims to bring order to all the chaos.

Bluelounge’s appropriately named The Sanctuary gives all of your portable electronics a single, tidy home…

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June 3rd, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets media players mobile tech

zvbox: puts your pc on all your hdtvs

ZvBox PC to HDTV Localcast Box

Hot off the press this morning is the ZvBox from ZeeVee. The box is a PC-to-TV video gadget that lets you send any and all video content on your PC to any digital, cable-connected TV in your home.

By using a technique ZeeVee calls “localcasting”, the ZvBox uses your current in-house cable TV network to…

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May 1st, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets home entertainment video

woofy the cable dog hits the party circuit

Woofy the Cable Dog

Designer Gabriel Nigro couldn’t stand the rats’ nest of cables that were strewn about his floor, but didn’t want some industrial-looking cord management system. So he created everyone’s new best friend, Woofy the Cable Dog.

Woofy conceals cables inside his belly to keep all your wires nice and tidy. But Woofy is much more than…

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September 1st, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun

universal cable charges ds, psp, ipod, pda

Universal USB Charger Cable

If you own a bunch of portable gadgets like me, you know how carrying around all of those chargers can be a real drag. Now you can grab a single cable that charges many of them from your computer’s USB port.

The Universal USB Charger Cable can charge the Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, iPod or…

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July 4th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets mobile tech

tivo finally coming to comcast

TiVo on Comcast

After what seems like an eternity of waiting, Comcast has finally given the “green light” to TiVo’s software for release on their DVRs.

The two companies reached an agreement way back in March 2005 to offer TiVo’s applications running on Comcast hardware. The most significant integration combines TiVo’s best-in-class user interface with Comcast’s substantive On…

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June 28th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment video

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