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The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 that earned our Editor’s Choice award earlier this month is now available in aMac version replete with all the familiar keys you’d find on Apple keyboards–music and brightness controls, command keys, and an eject key in the corner.
Of course, it’ll still have all the features that had us hooked the first time around, most obviously the dual solar panels that sit on either side of the logo on top of the keys. the ML2032 manganese button-cell rechargeable batteries draw perpetual power from artificial light sources, so it’ll replenish itself automatically, even if you don’t work in an office with a window.
Logitech also adds sartorial flare with four bright colors along with the standard black chassis: Classic white, electric blue, eco-green, and fluorescent pink. Finally, Logitech also provides a Mac OS version of the Solar App desktop software that shows the remaining battery life and other charging details.
The Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard is available for a special pre-order price of $60. Click through for more pictures.
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Boulder is no stranger to top-10 lists. when publications compile lists of the best cities to start a business, the most physically fit towns or the places with the priciest perms, Boulder tends to leave other locales wheezing in its wake.
Thus it was a severe blow to the ol’ municipal ego to see our bubbly slice of heaven listed among GQ’s list of the worst-dressed cities in America.
GQ, which stands for Gentlemen’s Quarterly, recently called out 40 cities for crimes against fashion — among them, Portland and Nashville. Boulder made the list at No. 40 and drew the ire of GQ’s writers for flagrant abuse of Patagonia, Crocs and wheatgrass shots. (I don’t understand how shots of wheatgrass count as apparel, but you’re not supposed to question men who are quarterly gentle, I guess.)
I should clarify that the point of this column is not to disagree with GQ’s findings. They’re absolutely right. Boulder sucks at getting dressed in the morning.
No, I am more concerned with Boulder’s well-dressed geek population getting unfairly lumped in with all the sad-in-plaid turkeys in this town. Geeks dress smartly and sharply — like a syringe wearing a graduation cap. It isn’t our fault that most Boulderites can’t dress themselves, yet we are disparaged right along with them.
Perhaps there’s a chance that I can right this ship with a bit of wardrobe wisdom. having been named “The Best-Dressed Fellow in the Room” by a former roommate (who was recovering from Lasik surgery at the time), I feel I am obscenely qualified to help Boulder dress better.
Let’s start with shirts. look at your shirt. Where did you get it? a store? Burn it. Burn it and cackle as the ashes float skyward, carried on a breeze that whispers my name in tones only hungry kittens can understand.
The only shirts worth wearing are those acquired for free from tech companies that no one’s ever heard of. you can find plenty of them at conferences and local launch parties. Startup T-shirts are unbearably soft and, dare I say, dotcomfortable?
Moving on, let’s talk about pants. Specifically, let’s talk about pantular bulges. The more your pants bulge, the more fashionable you become. Pant bulge (or “pulge,” as they say on the streets of Milan and Milongmont) is a desirable addition to your bodily silhouette. The more devices you can pack into your pockets, the more your thighs will swell and resemble low-flying clouds.
People are drawn to pulge, so stock your pockets with chargers, extra batteries, instruction manuals and anything else that will give you irresistible nerd curves.
Lastly, pick your accessories with care. there are plenty of shops in town that will sell you bracelets, earrings and beaded necklaces. Ignore those trinkets, and wear Post-it notes instead. Specifically, write down your completely unimportant tech milestones on them and stick them on your shirt.
When did you join Twitter? who did you take a meeting with in San Francisco? How many Facebook friends have hidden your updates and not told you? These are all things that strangers are dying to know, so scrawl them on Post-its and hit the streets, baby.
Don’t dress to impress. Don’t dress for success. Do make like a pest, and dress to infest.
Ef Rodriguez writes about pants bulges once a week for the Colorado Daily. Email him your geeky questions and rants at .