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Peripherals

Bring the Sweet Stench of Death to Your Desk With More Gothic Peripherals

8:41PM Gizmodo US Edition | This week’s bad-taste webcam has been joined by more goth gear—this time a keyboard, mouse and mouse mat combo. Using the same recipe (take a perfectly ordinary set of computer stuff, liberally sprinkle with skulls, bones, rocks, random greenery and snakes) this time Evergreen has upped the gravestone action. Definitely one for peripherals-of-darkness fans, and any of you whose vehicle has the sticker: “If The Hearse Is Rockin’, Don’t Come Knockin’” displayed on its rear end. [Akihabaranews] More »
Peripherals

Sensory Lamp Concept Brings Garden to Mousemat

1:31AM Gizmodo US Edition | If you couldn’t escape to experience the Great Outdoors because you were stuck in an office cubicle, or happened to be living through a rain-lashed Summer, then this ambient light mousemat complete with mini-lawn might be a tiny desktop alternative. Sara Rossbach’s concept has a patch of grass curling around your mouse, and lights the pad with a cycle of cheery colours. The good: nurturing the grass might distract you from day-to-day office grind. The bad: no automatic water sprinkles. The worse: more bugs for your computer. [SaraRossbach.com via Elit Alice] More »
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Uses for an Old Mouse Mat #462203 – as a Nail Cushion

10:07PM Addy Dugdale | Here’s one of the Village People demonstrating how to protect your digits from a good hammering, courtesy of an unwanted mouse mat. My question is: what do you use if you’re a klutz to protect your fingers from the box-cutter when slicing up the mat? [MetaCafe] More »