But things have changed in the past decade or so, as glasses have become more of a fashion statement, and therefore cool. Even reading  glasses can be cool. As an example look at  the  PO3007V 24 by Persol. Look cool, professional and smart, even if you’re not.

$139.95 at SmartBuyGlasses.com

Fall is almost here and it’s time to pull out the fire pit, grab some Irish Coffee, and sit around the fire. And you can be stylish too, with the Revolver Solid-Base Fire Pit from Fire Sense. Which comes with a heavy grill grate for grilling, as well as a domed fire screen coated in temperature-resistant paint.

On sale at Amazon for $167.91.

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Whenever the apocalypse comes, this trailer will give the roaming hordes the impression that this is just another rusted ransacked trailer. But in reality, you’re living comfortably on the inside.

Tumbleweed has changed their tiny house offerings, by creating  the Popomo. An eight by six movable home made from hot rolled corrosion resistant steel siding, weighing in at approximately 7500 lbs. Plus, including the hitch, the trailer is approximately 24′ long. So you can tow it on most any road.

Buying one will cost you $44,997. Or you can build it yourself for a mere $20,000 ($16.99 for the plans only.)

This 3-in-1 solar powered charger from Chinavasion for $27.94 not only charges your gadgets, but can play MP3’s, and acts as a FM Transmitter as well. The charger comes with a free 2GB microSD card, but it can hold 32GB. Pretty cool, plus your helping the environment. Winning!

via Ubergizmo

The  YouRock MIDI Electric Guitar is a full-fledged MIDI controller, which are usually in keyboard form. This is great if you’re a pianist, but not so great when you are a guitar player trying to get a riff from your brain into your computer. Now just hook the YouRock to your multi-track recording or sequencing software, and output MIDI data directly.

Some of the features of the YouRock:

 
• 25 guitars, 50 synths, 25 tracks, and 50 drum tracks all in one package.
• Never needs tuning
• It’s a full-fledged MIDI controller
• It’s a synthesizer in guitar form
• It’s a Rock Band controller

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Home media players are becoming somewhat inexpensive with more and more features. However it’s tough to decide which one is for you. Streamingmedia.com has made a nice chart of current digital media players, and what each offers.

Home media players are becoming somewhat inexpensive with more and more features. However it’s tough to decide which one is for you. Streamingmedia.com has made a nice chart of current digital media players, and what each offers.

For the love of Etsy these recycled cufflinks are cool. Made from rare 1000 typewriter keys, they have polished and stuck to sterling silver backing.

You are probably saying, yeah they might be cool, but I don’t wear suits buddy. Well, someday no matter how anti-establishment you are, you’re going to a wedding, funeral, and most likely some other shindig where you’re going to look like a douchebag without a suit. And these cufflinks are going to provide the cool factor.

$19.99 at Etsy

Got an iPad and a love of the sound of old vinyl records? Great, because now you can download an app call VinylLove that takes your, as close to the studio as you can get, music and fills it with pops and clicks. Basically making sound as if it’s playing on an old record player. It also has a feature where you can thumb through your virtual albums in a virtual crate.

Although I like my music clean sounding, I can understand the attraction to the warmth and feel of old records. But to make it even more real life, they should make it skip once in a while. Or the needle could skip across the album as they sometimes did. I guess that wouldn’t be a good selling point. $4.99