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The Notebook Tote by Carga
  • AESTHETIC 4
  • FUNCTION 3
  • VALUE 3

You’re probably thinking, “What’s up with all this wool felt crap?” Well, let me let you in on a little secret: people are doing some amazing things with this stuff.

The Notebook Tote by Carga is no exception. Made of industrial wool felt and held together by sturdy aluminum rivets, this bag flaunts a patented leather strap and drives the message home: people are doing some amazing things with wool felt.

Nook by Barnes & Noble
  • AESTHETIC 5
  • FUNCTION 4
  • VALUE 4

Just days after the heavily lauded Kindle Wireless, Barnes & Noble has released their own kind of e-reader, the Nook. Let’s just say things are going to get difficult for Amazon.

The Nook’s slim body houses a 3.5″ color touchscreen LCD, to find your favorite titles, as well as a 6″ e-ink display screen to read them. Sharing some specs with the Kindle Wireless, such as Wi-Fi & 3G purchasing and 2GB of internal memory, the Nook trumps with the ability to load & read PDFs, borrow friend’s e-books, customize the rear cover and expand the memory up to 16GB. The Nook has a tizzy of features that will make the choice of which e-reader to buy pretty simple. Hint: It starts with an ‘n’ and doesn’t rhyme with ’spindle’.

Keyboard Shortcut Skins
  • AESTHETIC 3
  • FUNCTION 5
  • VALUE 4

From Photoshop to Final Cut, the Keyboard Shortcut Skins for the Mac has every little hidden shortcut you would ever need to know. Fits any Macbook on the market and makes typing look intelligent. Man, I love cheating.

The New iMac
  • AESTHETIC 5
  • FUNCTION 5
  • VALUE 4

As Jony Ive confidently said it, “There’s not a detail there that doesn’t need to be there. There are no interruptions…everything is about the display. Therefore, everything is about your content.” So as you may have imagined, the new iMac is the fastest, cleanest, and most minimal iMac (and Mac) that has ever existed. From the stunning 21.5″ to 27″ LED screen to the world’s first multi-touch mouse, this quad-core processing premium computer has revolutionized the desktop computer as we know it.

So, let’s go over some specs, shall we? Wireless mouse and keyboard as a standard? Check. Firewire 800 and SD card slot? Double check. Up to 2TB of hard drive space and 16GB of memory?

Um, yeah. We’re buying this one.

Lamy Noto Pen
  • AESTHETIC 5
  • FUNCTION 4
  • VALUE 3

Guru designer, Naoto Fukasawa, is no stranger to modern design. His philosophy is based around building functional, attractive products that everybody can afford. He has far from failed us with his latest work of art, the LAMY Noto pen. Outfitted with a sleek design and matte surface, this intriguing pen was made for the modernist in mind. Fukasawa, again, proves his way to the top with the LAMY Noto cooly secured to his person.

HIVE Band Bracelet
  • AESTHETIC 4
  • FUNCTION 2
  • VALUE 2

The HIVE Band Bracelet is simple. Made of felted wool with hexagonal cutouts and stylishly fitted for both the guys and the gals, this unique accessory has that special flare that sets itself apart. The only buyer’s remorse you might have is when you find out you’re allergic to wool. Which, according to the internet, doesn’t feel so great. Available in five snazzy colors (magenta, green, teal, white & grey) and three sizes.

Albert Hammond Jr. for Confederacy
  • AESTHETIC 5
  • FUNCTION 4
  • VALUE 3

Albert Hammond Jr., the guitarist of Strokes fame, is one hard working dude.  From his pair of solo albums to his new line of Albert Hammond Jr. for Confederacy suits, he seems to never sleep. Available in eight different styles these fitted suits will cost you a cool $2,400 depending on which suits (ha!) you best. Hey, we didn’t say looking this good is cheap, now did we?

Kindle Wireless
  • AESTHETIC 3
  • FUNCTION 3
  • VALUE 3

Slimmer, stylish, and more robust than previous entries, the latest Kindle from Amazon is shaping up to be the powerhouse it was always meant to be. As “thin as most magazines” and weighing in at 10.2 ounces, the 3G wireless-enabled Kindle holds up to 1,500 of your favorite books and can last up to 4 days on a single charge. If you were waiting for the right Kindle for you, than wait no longer. The perfect model has arrived.

Xbox 360 Blue Blood Controller
  • AESTHETIC 4
  • FUNCTION 3
  • VALUE 3

Refuse to be content with the bevy of Xbox 360 controller options currently available? Slap down $30 and you’ll be one step closer to being envied by all. The Blue Blood Xbox 360 controller kit enables you to mod your bland controller into a glossy blue shell wrapped in a glowing light show sure to make anybody jealous. As cheesy as a controller outfitted like a Lite-Brite may sound, this mod boldly proves us wrong. Now if only FPS skills could be purchased at such a low rate. Oh, yeah. Headshot.

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