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As we make the transition from the breast cancer awareness month of October to the mens-oriented Movember (a month-long celebration highlighting men’s health issues - specifically prostate and testicular cancer), we wanted to share an amusing way to show your support via your computer screensaver…

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The holidays are just around the corner, so it might be an appropriate time to discuss staying or getting into shape in preparation for the extra calories most of add on during the fall and winter months. Here's a look at ten fitness games for the Nintendo Wii that may help you get fit in the comfort and privacy of your own home…

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Klaas Jan Guchelaar loves music. So much so that he's found a career as a concert photographer in the Netherlands. When he's not snapping priceless moments at Living Colour concerts he's sitting back in his living room and soaking up the sounds from a very impressive DIY theater, with a 42” Panasonic plasma for visuals, Prima Luna Prologue One valve amplifier, Denon and Cambridge Audio for audio, and an Apple Mac mini for his computational needs...

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Kevin wrote in to share this this "reinterpretation of quintessential Southern California courtyard houses", a coastal remodel designed with home technology and energy efficiency at the core of its character. The technology rich home employs a wide assortment of smart design choices to reduce energy (-65%) and water consumption (-55%), while making an aesthetic impact indicative of the modern architectural movement toward eco-minded construction...

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Here's our latest tech tour over at Unplggd, showcasing Andrew's tri-monitor home office. The great DIY features really set this home office apart from all of the rest, with cable and wire hiding faux wall, a mission control center console to hide and store peripherals, and of course, those three huge monitors...

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We love Rainn Wilson. His Dwight on The Office is amazing. Ah-May-Zing! While his character works in one of the most blah working environments at Dunder-Mifflin, Rainn has quite the nice home office set-up with an iMac (but where's the keyboard and mouse, Rainn?) and a fairly modest flat screen above his fireplace with his AV/gaming gear nicely organized and displayed nearby...

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Brrrr...autumn arrived in unexpected fashion here with cold northern gusts knocking down power lines, snapping cables on the Bay Bridge and dropping temps 20 degrees overnight. We also had to pull out the extra blanket last night, and we're sure a lot of us may need some extra warmth now that autumn has truly arrived, so we've collected a few heating pad options to warm up the bedroom...

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These handsome 100% felted merino wool and leather iPod cases from etsy seller Byrd & Belle look like an offering from J. Crew rather than the typical DIY wares seller, but priced at a very reasonable amount, making them a great iPod or laptop fashion accessory…

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As Microsoft's lead in user experience quoted recently, "Windows' point of view is about adding value and solving distractions." But the buck doesn't just stop at productivity - there's much more to Windows 7 than meets the eye. We list our top 10 favorite features in Microsoft's newest addition to the Windows family

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Ever wanted to track the cleaning efficiency of your Roomba? Or just create cool photographic image? One Roomba owner discovered his cleaning robot's artistic potential with a little DIY hardware upgrade to unleash the vac's inner Jackson Pollock...

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Name: Jeffrey
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Type of Home: single family home

Color Inspiration: My home color choices are inspired by my friends who are artists. Having acquired a significant number of their best works over the years, I've selected paint colors and furnishings to complement their vibrant colors and engaging subjects.

Karim Rashid has always remained a divisive figure in design, bringing out extreme words of praise or dislike in almost equal amounts. We've loved and hated his designs in equal amounts throughout the years (perhaps indicative of his tendency to go for broke...or just half-step), but we're going to put his newest kitchen appliances designs for Gorenje in the positive response category...

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Here's a video showcasing some of the future technologies dreamt up by telecommunications giant, Nokia, including gaze tracking home computing eyewear (makes reading Apartment Therapy while washing the dishes an easier proposal) and an interior window embedded display with email messaging…

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There are a bunch of ways of getting the skinny on what your energy consumption is. The trouble is that most of the time, these figures are displayed in numbers, or if you're lucky graphs. We think that if this information were displayed in a more visual fashion, it would actually help you keep your energy usage down.

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