You may not [care to] remember the 80s... but you have to admit the time had a certain charm. Like B-Boys walking down the street with their boom boxes listening to pre-bling hip-hop. So much has changed in 20 years.... Giant boomboxes have been replaced by miniscule iPods (with color screens), and hip-hop (not real hip-hop, but the popular 'Dem Franchsize Boyz' brand of music), is slowly ensuring its own demise. In the 80's those who had computers saved information on 5.25" inch floppy disks which (I'm told) could hold like, one document... now we have flash drives the size of our fingers which can hold entire case files. Crazy!
Why all this talk about the 80s? To celebrate the 06' throwback from LifePod
, of course. Their line of retro/ stylish purses, wallets, and backpacks are specially designed to blast sounds from your iPod, satellite radio, Sony PSP, or CD player (you can buy them direct from LifePod or look for them on one of my web favorites My Own Space). This great bag/boombox concept comes in many designs... definitley check them out!
Another cool sign of progress (which rides a fine line between super-dorky and very cool) is the Swiss Army USB. The sleek pocket knife contains everything an urban-survivalist needs: a USB flash drive, LED light, manicure essentials, Swiss Army knife, and a ballpoint pen. Check them out along with other cool gadgets at ThinkGeek.com (I know, I know, you're not a geek. In fact you're faaabulous... the site is great though. It'll be our little secret).
