Headphones as fashion

Darice de Cuba — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:53:09 +0000

Now that iPods are mainstream they don’t turn heads anymore when you walk around holding one. If you want to draw attention to yourself you can do that with striking headphones. In an era that even tech must be fashionable you need to have the right headphones.

You can go with geeky/kid by getting animal earbuds, these are earbuds with animals on the outside so it looks like there are animals sticking out of your ears. There are a total of seven styles of which one is not an animal but a diamond or in other words, bling bling. I’m not sure I would want to be caught walking around using these earbuds, I already look young for my age, these earbuds would make it more obvious.

If you also want more sound quality then you have to go with UrbanEars which are totally retro looking. The UrbanEars has a remote and microphone on it that is compatible with the iPhone and other phones. While with earbuds you can easily let a friend listen with you by sharing one of the earbuds, the UrbanEars have a “Zound plug”. This plug lets your friends plugin their own headphones into your earcap to listen along.

I like the UrbanEars more, they are simple, retro(they remind me of “That 70’s Show”) and actually functional. The animal earbuds costs 15 dollars while the UrbanEars costs 68 dollars. Whichever your preference the choices of headphone styles are endless.

Animal earbuds page
UrbanEars page

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Dora — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:36:25 +0000

Hands down, this wearable geeky gadget wins the Dept. of WTF award for this week. There is no such thing, perhaps, but who’s to stop us from creating such an award? Just take a look at that picture and you don’t even have to wonder why….

Well, just in case you are indeed wondering, let’s take a look at this quirky summer accessory that you might want to leave at home when you hit the beach in the summer. While the cap looks just like any other baseball cap, the solar powered fan hat aims to keep you cool during the hot summer months. It does so with the small fan attached to the middle of the bill, which has a built-in hole. The dumb ingenious design is such that the fan blows air right onto your forehead. (If you’re wearing contact lenses, I have this feeling that they will dry right off of your eyes and fall out.)

And hey, to complete the geeky aura, instead of using AA or AAA batteries, you get your very own solar panel! You will not miss it – no one can miss it! – as it is stupidly conveniently placed right atop of the hat, to catch the sun’s rays to the fullest.

Oh my, I am at a total loss for words now. I cannot think of anything else to say about this hat except, WTF were they thinking???

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Headphones as fashion

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