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Posts tagged “audio, video & computer”

Crosley Portable USB Turntable at Urban Outfitters

A while ago, we wrote about our love for the"new-stalgic" look of Crosley's radios and turntables. Now the AV manufacturer has teamed up with Urban Outfitters to create a portable USB turntable in a...

House Tour Roundup: Hard Working Home Offices

This week, we dug through our House Tour archives for the best of the best of home workplaces on AT:Chicago. As someone who works full time from home, I know it's not always easy to incorporate a good...

Roundup: Not Entirely Ridiculous Items from SkyMall Magazine

Known for its collection of eclectic wares, SkyMall Magazine can always be counted on to alleviate in-flight jitters. As we flipped through its pages, however, we realized that some items aren't pure...

Old-School Turntables and Radios from Crosley

If you love old-school radios and turntables, but you don't want to sort through broken models in a thrift store, Crosley still makes the real thing, just newer. They dub the CR221 Solo radio (shown...

How Do Stereos/Music Affect Your Furniture Choices?

While the nuts and bolts of music equipment and technology at home are surely an AT:Unplggd issue (or plugged, yes), we recognize that music equipment, cds, records, speakers, etc. really affect how ...

Clocks at Home?

We live in a home with virtually no clocks (in the traditional sense). With a cell phone alarm system, and digital time shown on our computers and stove, we really have no need for a wall or desk cl...

CHI Good Questions: Which Console to Buy?

Adrienne is looking for suggestions: I just moved into an apartment and have bought a key pieces for my living room- including a coffee table that I LOVE pictured here. I have ordered the Room & Board...

Belkin CushTop

Life changed yesterday after we purchased the Belkin CushTop laptop platform. We've needed to raise our laptop level for a while, and finally found the perfect item. Meant for increased comfort when u...

The Movable Home Office

Offi Overlap Tray, $99 - $139 at Design Public The home office is changing. We recently got a wireless connection in our home (I know, a few years behind the curve). Since we went wireless, we've b...

Shinggih S. Kartono's Magno Wood Radio

This Kartono designed Magno wood radio has amazing style. We spotted it featured in last week's Time Out and did a little web browsing to find out more. A highlight earlier in the summer on Treehugger...

Silent Revolution - Tektonik Laptop/Messenger Bag

We've done quite a bit of travel this year in which we couldn't leave work and our "connection" behind. And each time we pack up the laptop and all that goes with it, we yearn for a more stylish, comf...

Free (Desktop) Wallpaper

We all know that wallpaper has made a resurgence in the home but what about desktop wallpaper? Squidfingers, a graphic designer from Tennessee, supplies 158 pretty and FREE patterns for your compu...

So far, so good: Switching to Vista

We are blogging away today from an entirely new set up. Over the weekend we switched out our old PC and are now running at super speeds on Windows Vista. It was kind of scary to make the leap - trans...

Cool Techy Thing: Slingbox

In the latest issue of Time Out Chicago we saw a quick write up on the Slingbox. The box essentially loads your TV/Tivo/On Demand content to the internet for you to play back, control and watch any...

Nintendo Wii: So much fun

Wii are so nerdy. After getting a hot tip that more Wii's would be available on Sunday, we waited in line last week to buy the brand new video game system. Amazingly were at the exact spot to get the ...

Philips Digital Photo Display

Digital frames, especially set for slide shows, really are a great idea for showcasing all those photos that might otherwise remain hidden in your computer for only you to see. This digital photo dis...

Wooden Calculator by Takumi Shimamura

When it comes to big multiplication and big bills, we're still a bit old school - we never use the calculator on our computer or phone. Instead, we like to have our desk clear, a big calculator with b...

The Gorillapod by JOBY

Since AT:Chicago launched in April, we've been taking more photographs than ever. We've always loved snapping things up, but we are constantly trying to steady our hands and get as much insight from ...

Oooms: USB Memory Sticks

We like these for two reasons: they are funny and good looking. Why not have a USB Memory Stick that is a real stick? The end result of high tech hardware clashing and communing with the natural m...