We've recently spotlighted the humble shipping pallet in various DIY iterations: a wall-mounted desk, wine rack, daybed, and even an outdoor hanging chair. Their affordable availability makes shipping pallets, new or used, a perfect DIY canvas for an assortment of projects, such as this upcycled rustic beauty of a desk...

Lemon Wallet
• FREE
• iPhone/Windows Phone/Android

I'm personally looking forward to the day when our phones eliminate cluttered collections of credit cards, receipts, business cards, and cash stowed away into already overstuffed wallets. Actually...you can do it now! The Lemon Wallet app allows users to digitize copies of an assortment of identification and payment cards – ID, insurance, loyalty and credit cards – for use and safe keeping. Everything is encrypted, with a security PIN required to access/use the virtual counterparts of your wallet (if you lose your phone, you can remotely unlink it from your account from your computer), with the ability to photograph and store receipts right from the app for easier budgeting. The question is, who amongst us is courageous enough to ditch the wallet altogether?

Six years ago, Gavin Froome set out with friend Mike Bernard to explore the Pacific Northwest coastline — and its legacy of modernist architecture. The result is “Coast Modern,” an independent documentary that’s been featured in festivals across the globe and is about to show again on June 4 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Between touring for the film and his work as a freelance art director and music producer, he showed us around his bright, clean-lined Vancouver studio.

Back in April, Gregory posted Everything You Need to Know About Google Glass, and just recently at this year's Google I/O I had the opportunity to try on Glass myself. As someone excited about the potential of a minimally intrusive, easy-to-wear, augmented reality experience, I was still a bit wary. My time wearing Glass revealed all of my best hopes and worst fears about the technology...

The highly anticipated Xbox One was announced this week and with it arrived Microsoft's big push to commandeer your living room as the hub of all your home entertainment needs well beyond just video games. The keynote notably highlighted the console's ability to understand voice commands such as, "Xbox, Watch TV," "Watch HBO," "Xbox, Go Home", switching between options almost instantaneously. But the question that arises is, does anybody really want to be talking to their devices?

I have a nephew who loves Minecraft. Ben obsesses over building virtual structures and fitting them out almost as much as his Aunt loves actual decorating. Which got me thinking: wouldn't it be cool if he could have Minecraft in the real world? If his virtual bedroom could become a reality?

Memorial Day is an opportune holiday weekend to get the jump on some great deals on larger items like HDTVs and home office and media furniture. We've collected a few notable discounts from Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel for home office furnishing and accessories, while also finding a few hefty discounts on last year's models high-end HDTVs from Samsung and LG. And how about a handful of free eBooks over at Amazon?

Shooting outside on a bright, sunny day can yield some great photos (especially during magic hour). But if you’re using your DSLR’s LCD display to judge the quality of your photos while you’re out in the field, you’re probably not getting the most accurate preview of what your photos will eventually look like. What you need is a LCD hood or viewfinder...

It's funny to think that it wasn't all too long ago when consumer audio was a wholly mechanical and analog experience. Designer Neil Stevens series Don't Forget the Cassette takes us back to a time when sharing music was all about pressing "play+record".