I’ve always hated iPhone condoms, and I imagine Jobs Almighty’s intelligent, perfect design makes them sinful. But the iPhone 4 — for which I waited an eternity for in line at Apple’s Soho store — feels too holy to roll around naked in my Hermes Herbag. When the Barely There iPhone 4 case with credit card slots is back in stock, I’m buying one.
Or maybe this is a sign from Steve…
I just received Vivienne Tam’s “Butterfly Lovers” netbook (thank you, HP). Vivienne Tam’s latest digital clutch is as light as its butterfly looks but heavy with features, making for the double happiness (双喜) stamped on the keyboard. Glowing in brushed gold, the netbook’s as charming and smart as Ms. Tam, whom I had the luck of latte’ing with months ago.
So how is it I’m left wanting?
I need to Hackintosh it…
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Wanting: Louis Vuitton Gadget TrunkThe only Louis Vuitton worth having is bespoke. And whoever ordered this Louis Vuitton gadget trunk — with a solar-powered TV and coffee maker — knows. So my favorite cheese is Humboldt Fog goat — I dig LV-flavored, too… |
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Using: Louis Vuitton Gadget CaseLouis’s mostly lame — but I’m a sucker for the texture of their epi leather, so I gave into this Louis Vuitton iPhone condom… |
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Hating: Louis Vuitton LighterYikes… |
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Wanting: Gresso USB Flash Drive – LabyrinthHow’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… |
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Using: Gresso USB Flash Drive – PandoraMade 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… |
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Hating: Gresso USB Flash Drive – New Years CollectionThere’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… |
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Wanting: Leica M8.2 Rangefinder DigiCamCamera-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… |
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Using: Leica C-Lux 3 DigiCamMy 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… |
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Hating: Leica D Lux 3 DigiCamWhy the hate? Because this Leica digicam isn’t mine — yet… |
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Wanting: LaCie Monolithic Hard DriveBackup, 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… |
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Using: LaCie Porsche Hard DriveI’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… |
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Hating: LaCie Golden Disc Hard DriveI like the unusual design of this LaCie Golden Disc hard drive, but the waves of mirror gold is a little Lady Gaga for me… |
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Wanting: Porsche Torch Flame LighterI 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… |
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Using: Porsche Electro Quartz LighterBefore 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… |
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Hating: Porsche Laser Flame LighterPorsche 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… |
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Wanting: Pocket Pinups iPhone AppGet 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… |
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Using: Hottest Girls iPhone AppHottest 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… |
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Hating: Corvette Girls iPhone AppsI’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… |
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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… |
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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… |
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Hating.We just chatted about how choice rich minimalism is, and here’s a useless bow… |
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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… |
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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)… |
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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… |
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