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Gresso USB Flash Drives K Is…

Kristopher — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:25:11 +0000

Wanting: Gresso USB Flash Drive – Labyrinth

How’s this for a trip back to the future: Gresso is a Russian luxury company that pimps limited-edition gadgets that sell for twice your mortgage payment, before you hit the fine print. So it’s Dorian Gray of me to want a USB flash drive crafted out of 200 year-old African blackwood and diamonds — at least this Gresso “Labyrinth” USB flash drive has a memory of 192GB…

Using: Gresso USB Flash Drive – Pandora

Made of African red- or blackwood, 18K gold, and a ruby or diamond that pulses with LED light, the coolest part of this Gresso “Pandora” USB flash drive is that its 64GB memory is protected with a fingerprint-scanning detector…

Hating: Gresso USB Flash Drive – New Years Collection

There’s a balance between form and function, and this Gresso “New Years” USB flash drive is tipped. It’s as absurdly luxurious as the other Gresso USB flash drives, only its use of 200 year-old Royal Mahogany wood isn’t matched by equally exceptional technology…

Leica DigiCams K Is…

Kristopher — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:11:33 +0000

Wanting: Leica M8.2 Rangefinder DigiCam

Camera-crafter Leica has history as an innovator, and still Leica digital cameras are built with weight, unlike most throwaway, plastic-brick digicams. And by “weight,” I mean price — this Leica digicam weighs in at $5,995. You were going to skip paying your mortgage anyway…

Using: Leica C-Lux 3 DigiCam

My little bro’s the photographer, but I can’t take a bad photo with this Leica digicam. Mostly because I’m in every photo — yep, I’m a middle child! — and I’m hot. Bah-dump chhhh…

Hating: Leica D Lux 3 DigiCam

Why the hate? Because this Leica digicam isn’t mine — yet…

Sexy LaCie Hard Drives K Is…

Kristopher — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:45:47 +0000

Wanting: LaCie Monolithic Hard Drive

Backup, backup, backup. My whole life is in my Macbook, so I back up everything onsite and off. LaCie makes sexy hard drives that sit pretty on your desktop, and I love the matte black of this LaCie Monolithic hard drive…

Using: LaCie Porsche Hard Drive

I’m a sucker for Porsche design. I adore my Carrera’s classic clean lines, and this LaCie Porsche hard drive has the same elegance of economy…

Hating: LaCie Golden Disc Hard Drive

I like the unusual design of this LaCie Golden Disc hard drive, but the waves of mirror gold is a little Lady Gaga for me…

Porsche Lighters K Is…

Kristopher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:20:24 +0000

Wanting: Porsche Torch Flame Lighter

I go Gidget for Porsche gadgets, blame my being a Cracker Jap (one-quarter Tokyoite, three-quarters Euro mutt). Porsche design is just so choice: flawless form fused into function, for meaningful minimalism. Carreras are of course classic, and so are little Porsche lighters like these…

Using: Porsche Electro Quartz Lighter

Before I bought a beetley black 911, I bought this Porsche lighter because I needed something to light my Jimmyjane massage candles. This lighter looks just as sexy lying on your nightstand…

Hating: Porsche Laser Flame Lighter

Porsche products are all designed in house, no licensing, so I’m sure the burgundy ribbing of this Porsche lighter echos some obscure part of a Carrera. I just prefer the clean, cold colors Porsche usually plays with…

Hot Girl iPhone Apps K Is…

Kristopher — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:53:40 +0000

Wanting: Pocket Pinups iPhone App

Get a Dita’ish dame in your pants for less than a buck — Pocket Pinups iPhone app is an exclusive collection of hundreds of vintage pin-up pics, including everything from rare burlesque shots to that go-go girl next door…

Using: Hottest Girls iPhone App

Hottest Girls is an iPhone app that gives you 1,500+ hand-picked pics of beautiful broads. You can even request certain types of chicks — Megan Fox with her mouth shut? — for the next Hottest Girls update, which is free. If I was a dude, I’m not sure I’d bother dating anymore…

Hating: Corvette Girls iPhone Apps

I’m supposed to get excited about girls in Corvettes? A chick driving a Porsche goes from a six to a nine, a new rig gives her plus two, but cruising in a Corvette? Minus four…

Lapàporter iPhone Sleeves K Is…

Kristopher — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:51:31 +0000

Wanting.

I’ve never been into iPhone condoms — the sex appeal of the iPhone is its sophisticated simplicity — I like it raw. But then I saw these Lapàporter iPhone sleeves, which echo the elegance of the economy of the super-smart phone’s design: a simple sliver of skin becomes extra choice as the shape highlights a rich python…

Using.

I love that Bottega-like basketweave. Bags are a last resort for me, so this Lapàporter iPhone sleeve is great — I can slip a credit card in here for a quickie. Errand…

Hating.

We just chatted about how choice rich minimalism is, and here’s a useless bow…

iPhone eReaders K Is…

Kristopher — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:11:40 +0000

Wanting.

People talk about how they love the feel of paper in their hands; they can’t read a book any other way. Please. Unless the book is beautifully bound, who cares? It’s about the mental movie playing in your mind. I need to download Kindle for iPhone so I can enjoy more Ayn Rand…

Using.

I used eReader on my Palm Treo, years ago, in school — it was a great way to get around lugging the books I never bought to class. Now I used eReader on the iPhone, and it’s so good — it’s connected to ManyBooks.net, a site full of free ebooks. I’m always re-reading Ibsen, Edith Wharton, and How to Use Your Mind (though why a chick would need to know how to think, I’m not sure)…

Hating.

I downloaded Stanza on the iPhone. It’s not that Stanza is awful — it looks and e-feels just like all the other iPhone ereaders. It’s more about how hard it is to get books on your iPhone…

Vertu Phone, Ascent

Kristopher — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:03:28 +0000

Though your tempted to compare your fav arm candy, your Jim, with your fav arm candy, your Jimmy Choo, your boy is more like “Ascent” Vertu phone.

Classic like Cary Grant, he’d dig Vertu Ascent’s hand-stitched leather.

With his iTunes breezing between Jay-Z and Mozart, he’s all sophisticated ears for Vertu Ascent’s advanced Yamaha polyphonic hardware.

And like Vertu Ascent’s modem support and PC synchronization, your boy’s in sync with your digital daze and days –

Though your K’s not sure the phone would also remind you next time you step out in your leopard Loubies and Dolce & Gabbana slip that, besides brunch with your BFF, you’ve a later meeting with your boss lady.

� Ascent Vertu phone $4,900 via Barneys

Gold Dolce & Gabbana RAZR V3i

Kristopher — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:10:53 +0000

Gifting yourself a gold Dolce & Gabbana Razr V3i -

Though the Dolce & Gabbana gold RAZR is styled with Class 1 Bluetooth, a 1.23 megapixel digicam, an audio player, a dedicated web browser, and air plane mode for your jetset.

- Would be a touch much.

But buying a Dolce & Gabbana RAZR V3i for your BFF, who just happens to buy you a Dolce & Gabbana RAZR -

You’re like a pair of six-inch Christian Louboutins to each other.

- Is simply sweet.

� Gold Dolce & Gabbana RAZR V3i $599 via Neiman Marcus