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Display Name: JessieAnne
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For the curious - http://bluelinecity.com/projects/kitchenet/


Apartment Therapy Unplugged | DIY: Turn an Old Laptop Into a Kitchen Computer
4/3/09 2:32 PM

I understand, I'm actually more into techy stuff than home design/decor, fwiw - but if the focus is the incorporation of tech into the home, well, it just seems that the article should stick to discussing that incorporation rather than discuss/critique the specs/age of the machines being incorporated.


Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Go White! The Monochrome Nook
4/2/09 3:20 PM

Okay, I'm a bit new to Unplugged, coming over from the Kitchn and AT in general...

Can someone tell me why each "house tour" here needs to include a description of what model MacBook the owner has? One of them done last week even went so far as to mildly insult the owner for having an older model...why do that?


Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Go White! The Monochrome Nook
4/1/09 10:54 AM

Agreed with Shirley-Temple-Of-Doom and StudioStarter and others - for me it was the "I don't EVEN HAVE a television" (emphasis added). If there weren't some TV snobbery at play there either would have been no statement regarding his TV ownership at all or simply "I don't have a television."

I always find television disdain curious, especially when it is coming from people who spend a lot of time online. The internet is full of content controlled by others just like television. Sure, you may have a bit more say about the what, where, and when of that delivery with the internet, but with choice of cable channels and DVRs, you can have that much control over your viewing as well. And yes, you can also contribute more to the internet, but I'd venture to say that most of us spend more time taking in what the internet has to offer than publishing. Even among those who publish online, you still spend time surfing for those links, reading others' sites, etc.

More on topic - that bedroom installation looks like it is going to be too low to be viewed from bed (and it seems like that is the point, since the tv is just beyond the foot of the bed).


Apartment Therapy New York | How To: Hide Your TV Monitor with Style
3/31/09 11:29 AM