Fetish changes every other Wednesday (seven days
left).
Pinch the Salt
The poor saps in the
back
of the plane are happy to season their "food" with salt and pepper that
comes in
little paper envelopes, but Virgin Atlantic's upper class passengers expect
something better for their gourmet meals. They use a matching set of
miniature
chrome-plated planes designed by Fitch: a jet-engined pepper shaker and a
prop-driven salt shaker. The 1-inch-high sculptures are too cool not to
keep,
and the airline knows it - the bottom of each shaker reads: Pinched from
Virgin
Atlantic. Upper Class Salt Shaker and Pepper Pot: Free if you steal them.
Virgin
Atlantic Airways: +1 (212) 242 1330.
The Petrified Desk
Are desks a thing of
the
past? The Fossil Faux Desk, designed by artist Marcia Stuermer looks like
it's
straight out of the Stone Age. But if you look closely, you'll see that
along
with the carvings of prehistoric fish, the desk has electronic components
embedded into it. Look even more closely, and you'll discover the desk is
actually
made of hand-carved wood. Stone Age accessories: a stony bed, chair, lamp,
and
clock. Yabba dabba doo! Fossil Faux Desk: US$2,000. +1 (415) 861 1933.
Puckish Wrist Relief
Using a padded rest
at the base of your keyboard is better than nothing, but the spongy slab
encourages you to keep your wrists in the same place no matter where your
fingers
may roam across the keyboard. PC Pucks were designed to go under your
wrists and
slide across the desk, thereby keeping your wrists in a neutral position
while
you type and operate the mouse. Not only will PC Pucks decrease the stress
on the
tendons in your wrists, they'll also give you groovy '70s-style air hockey
flashbacks. PC Puck: US$20 pair. Back Basics, Ltd.: +1 (201) 402 4968, fax
+1
(201) 377 7963.
Multimedia Hoopla on a Laptop
Next
time
you make a multimedia presentation, leave the slide projector, video
camera, and
transparency projector at home - bring the VID-P11 along instead. This
Sony-built
hydra has a video camera with a 10-power zoom, a backlight, adjustable
fluorescent sidelights, video output, and an RS232C interface so you can
control
the whole show with your laptop. Now you just need to come up with a good
idea to
it show off. VID-P100 Presentation Stand: US$3,500. Sony: (800) 472 SONY.
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