It seems like everybody and their entrepreneurial uncle has released a docking speaker system for the insanely popular iPod, so Tuesday Apple announced it has followed the trend with the iPod Hi-Fi. Who knows whether this will sound the death knell for the boombox, but that’s what this clean, nifty device replaces. Buy it directly [...]

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Thought we’d take just a minute to show you this item for the harried, perpetually late — or overly laidback — person on your gift list. This clock is not for the time watcher, but rather for the time disrespecter. Comes in “Whatever” style or, for those who feel more guilty about their impromptness, “Oy [...]

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Our Shopperati featured site TreeHugger offers a “bright idea” this week. To reduce CO2 emissions, save energy and money, replace your incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). But how to avoid that creepy green glow of some fluorescents? Buy “warm” light CFLs with color ratings of 2000-3000 Kelvin that replicate incandescent tones. The [...]

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Eye on the time in Beijing, Beirut or Boston? You’ve got it at your fingertips with this unique timepiece. Roll it so the city you are watching is on the top to get the correct time. Includes all 24 global time zones. For stockbrokers, globetrotters, folks who like cool things on their desk and the [...]

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Banana Republic continues to have its own makeover as the retailer takes a new direction for ‘06. For one thing, don’t go in expecting a large selection of wrap dresses, as Mary Dixie Carter humorously noted in her bridalblog. Instead there is this whole Bohemian-Chic thing happening that, while quite attractive on its own merits, [...]

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Over at Luxist, Marsha Reid found a real power statement for the coming season. Check out Kate Spade’s Cantara Espadrille, with its 3 1/2-inch bright green lacquered cane heel set against a sleek slope of pink and accented by sequins. Let’s be very clear: this is not a shoe that speaks in subtleties. So step [...]

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Ok, it’s a frying pan. What’s the big deal? Well, if it’s Le Crueset, it’s just about the best hand-made cookware you can own. These French pans are heavy, heat evenly, can be used in the oven and come in great colors like cherry red and kiwi. Whee! And they’re sans Teflon, if that latest [...]

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