Not only is the Apple Thunderbolt cable a bit on the pricey side, it's also a bit on the long side — 6.5 feet to be exact. If you've got a Thunderbolt drive stationed at your desk and are unsure what to do with all that extra cable cluttering your workspace, or if you've picked up a portable Thunderbolt drive and are…
A USB 2.0 flash drive in the shape of Einstein. Lift the cap and you get the "Albert" side. Or, if you'd prefer to transfer your files via a different white-bearded wise man, there's also an Obi-Wan Kenobi flash drive.
The folks at Bellroy were kind enough to lend me one of their Note Sleeve wallets for a while. It's the first bifold wallet I've used in over a decade and I like it. Most traditional wallets are plain and lifeless. They have the expected layout for your cards and a spot for your cash and receipts. The Note Sleeve has these…
My thanks to Minigroup for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. An Atlanta design firm uses Minigroup to work smarter and keep its clients happy. Braizen uses Minigroup to manage projects and collaborate and communicate with their clients. A minigroup is a private, secure online space where members communicate with posts and comments, share large files, and manage projects. Braizen uses one…
The Information Diet is a book for the modern man (and woman). Through television, movies, newspapers, magazines, Websites, apps, ads, Twitter, Facebook, RSS, and email (to name a few) we are barraged and inundated with continual information. Clay Johnson's book is aimed to help us consume content better. Though I personally am not a fan of the phrase "consume content", it's likely…
There is no shortage of iPad keyboard accessories. I personally use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and the Incase Origami Workstation. However, there are lots and lots of folks who want a keyboard accessory that turns their iPad into a laptop-type of rig (the ZAGGfolio being a prime example). This new iPad keyboard from Logitech looks very clever. It uses the same sidebar…
Dark Sky is a new weather radar app that was born on Kickstarter and is now available for your iPhone and iPad. It does just one thing: forecast the next 60 minutes of weather. It does this by taking all sorts of data from the NOAA and running it through a lot of custom code. Moreover, Dark Sky animates its radar to…
My thanks to Viper Comics for sponsoring the Tools & Toys RSS feed this week. Inspired by true events, World War Hack is a graphic novel that tells the story of how the U.S. Government gathers top computer hackers from around the country, under the guise of a hacking competition, to unknowingly help solve a pressing national security crisis. Little does the…
We all know the pit you get in the bottom of your stomach when the excitement of using your new iPad is extinguished by the sad reality that you can't actually print from it. You could replace all the printers and copy machines in your home and at your work office with AirPrint-enabled printers. Or you could install 3rd-party software. Or you…
These would only be cooler if you could reliably throw them into your cork board.
It's big. It's bulky. And it's got a dual-USB 2.0 port. But the Das Keyboard also makes a splendidly soothing clickety clack that tells you, your co-workers, and the guys down the street that you are getting some serious work done. The Das Keybaord uses German-engineered mechanical gold-plated key switches that give both a tactile and auditory feedback to your typing. The…
Speaking of clocks, there's a new line of digital clock radios from Braun that have the latest technologies on the inside and Braun's classic, attractive look on the outside. Aside from the great looks, perhaps the Global Radio Alarm Clocks's coolest feature is — you guessed it — its Global Radio. A gadget that allows the clock to synchronize with the atomic-clock…
Sometimes you're lucky enough to find that color of paint which you love so much you can't stand to cover it with wall decorations. Yet the dilemma arises: without a clock, how will you ever be on time to anything again? Well, this bamboo wall clock could be the solution to your problems. There is no clock face, but simply a center…
With the warm weather now upon us (at least in the hemisphere which this website is written), camping, too, is upon us. If you're looking for an alternative to the $20 camping chair you get at Walmart, then this classically-inspired camping stool may be just the ticket. The seat is made from English bridle leather and the legs from hardwood Ash. It's…
My thanks to Byword for sponsoring the Tools & Toys RSS feed this week. Modern writers don't just sit at a desk and write. Sometimes it's great to be able to write, edit or proofread when and where inspiration strikes and not be restrained by a single device or location. Byword makes this kind of workflow easy by integrating iCloud and Dropbox…
This is, so far as I can tell, the first portable Thunderbolt drive — and it's an SSD to boot. The Lacie Little Big Disk likes to pretend its portable by being small, but it still requires a power adapter to work. The Elgato portable Thunderbolt SSD drive is just a small, external enclosure with an SSD inside. It measures 5.2 x…
My thanks to the One More Thing Conference for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Interested in the design, development and business of iOS apps? At One More Thing, our goal is to get developers confident, psyched, and ready to move from dreaming of making apps to just doing it. Learn from awesome developers & designers such as: Loren Brichter (Tweetie/ex-Twitter) Neven…
The perfect accessory when you're using your iPhone to navigate a shady part of town. (Thanks, Chris.)
Graphic designer and fellow snowboarder, Jeff Sheldon, brings the majesty of the mountains to a hoodie — Ugmonk style. It's a simple, abstract design but isn't without meaning. I'd wear this.
My thanks to PopClip for sponsoring the RSS feed this week. — — — When Apple announced they were bringing iOS features "Back to the Mac" with OS X Lion (and doubled down on it with Mountain Lion), the iOS implementation of copy and paste was not included. PopClip is a clever Mac app that brings iOS-style copy and paste to OS…