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DIY Aged Leather-Bound Hard Drive Is At Total Odds With Your Slob Lifestyle

Dan Nosowitz — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Sure, this mod looks great. But sooner or later, somebody’s going to ask about the contrast between this classiness and the seven pizza boxes on the floor.

Created out of some beautiful leather upholstery, this mod takes Western Digital’s “MyBook” theme to its logical conclusion. The vents, for those who are wondering, are on the back side and are still left exposed. [DeviantArt (bonus news: DeviantArt still exists!) via Engadget]

Gokukawa Leather Keyboard Provides Buttery Soft Typing Experience

Jack Loftus — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:00:00 +0000

It was just last month that our mouths were agape at the sight of a leather-wrapped Asus Eee PC. Now, dammit, they’re agape again after viewing the buttery soft Gokukawa leather keyboard.

The $US548 asking price is kind of a kick in the teeth, especially since there are no labels on those smooth, silky keys. However, for $US603, you get letters etched into the leather. Lucky you. Not so for the cow. [Wazakura Koubou via technabob]

Cow Dies Needlessly to Coat Eee PC in Horrid Leather Modding

Kit Eaton — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000

There’s just no excuse for this leather-clad Eee PC 901 mod. No excuse at all. No—not even the fine workmanship which means it’s got an arguably professional-grade finish. A cow died needlessly for this, remember. Daisy, I think she was called. And it’s just a tiny, crappy netbook. If you’re going to mod anything into a leather-clad version we want to see a 150-inch plasma TV in shocking-pink nubuck. That would be a worthwhile use of skin. [EEEPCNews.de]

Poufman Luxury Leather Seats Are Like Pac-Man Biting Your Bum

Kit Eaton — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:20:00 +0000

Pac-Man-like padded seats, kitted out in leather and with accompanying power-pill-like stools…sounds like a fabulously retro way to pay furniture-y homage to the ’80s arcade game. The Poufman seating sets come in a bunch of colours, but retro gamers keen to dot them about their homes had better have made lots of dollars in the time since the ’80s: the price of these things is unknown, and not listed on the maker’s website. And we all know what that means. [Product via Technabob]

iMac Thinks It’s a Laptop Inside Reinda Leather Transport Bag

John Mahoney — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:30:00 +0000

When the Feds are at the door and it’s time to rip and run, what better way for the style- and safety-conscious hacker to make a protected getaway than with this all-leather handmade iMac Transport Bag (or apfeltaschen, as Reinda says) Then again, if you’re that hardcore, why are you using an iMac? Guess this is for the regular folks who need to move their all-in-one, all the time. It’s €90 ($150) for the 20″ and €96 ($160) for the 24.” [Product Page via Cool Hunting]

Mercedes Benz Makes an iPhone Pouch…Wait What?

Jason Chen — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0000

It’s Mercedes’ Swarovski Elements iPhone pouch from their GLK collection, which holds your iPhone the way that only a gaudy piece of leather can. Only 40 are going to be made (as of now), and will be raffled off in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin to people who are rich enough to attend. More gaudiness after the jump. [eMercedes Benz]

Orbino Aria MackBook Air Case: Was Rumourware, Now Real, Luxurious

Gizmodo US Edition — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:36:00 +0000

Remember the MacBook Air case that was announced even before we knew for sure that the Air was real? Well, the Aria from Orbino is now a real product (meaning the 50% of you who voted it to be rumourware were wrong!) and it’s pretty darn luxurious. Aircraft-grade aluminium, hand-folded calfskin leather… and that’s just the start.

It’s got a spring-loaded latching mechanism, removable leather shoulder strap, and a padded “alcantara” exterior. It keeps its Air-matching shape by having all your accessories (read: power brick) in a removable external pocket, which is a little clunky but not too bad. It’s made entirely by hand, machined from a single block of aluminium, and it’s in premium hand-stretched leather (with exotic skins available on special order.)

I, for one, think it’s not a bad-looking way to carry your Air around, and was worth the wait to see it make it to reality. But, of course, there’s just one tiny sticking point: its price. Starting at US$529, it costs nearly 30% of the entry-level Air. Ouch. [Orbino]

Vaja Ivolution is Leather Protection, Not Gimp Suit for MacBook Air

Gizmodo US Edition — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:37:00 +0000

A close-fitting leather suit, complete with cutouts for your precious Air… that’s roughly what the Vaja Ivolution Leather Suit case is. Sure it adds to the bulk of the skinny Air, but it snuggles it in protective leather when open or closed and gives you access to power socket and connector drawer. I vaguely worry about air circulation inside it, since even sitting naked on the table my Air is cranking out a blaze of heat… but I guess that’s why there’s that mesh fabric segment where the vents are. It’s a hand-crafted affair so there’s over 1,000 colour combos to choose, and that means the price starts at US$280. [Vaja via LikeCool]

Leather Keyboard from Japanese Artist, Only For Expert Touch-Typers

Gizmodo US Edition — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:44:00 +0000

Remember the beautiful gold and flowers keyboards from a few months back? This new keyboard from Japanese artist Kazuharu Sakura should probably go in the same “typing nightmare” category. Because it’s handmade, and leather is a pretty unusual thing to have your keys made from… but they’re missing something important. Legends. So, if you’re into conversation-piece leather-gimp peripherals, and you know your way around a keyboard better than you know how to aim safely for the toilet in the dark, then this might be the one for you. There’s no info, though, on how much this piece of luxury may cost—I imagine quite a lot. [Akihabaranews]

Leather Manila Macbook Air Sleeve Resurrects Old Joke In Style

Gizmodo US Edition — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Though nothing quite says “I have the thinnest computer in the world” like a manila envelope, the tan paper sleeve doesn’t add much in terms of protection… or ostentatiousness. Perhaps it’s time to upgrade to this leather version, which will keep your Macbook Air snug and (supposedly) safe while still giving a knowing wink to a promotional gimmick that got old ages ago. Priced at US$38.50 and available imported from Japan from Bird Electron. [UberReview]