Tech Eye: Of fashion and misshapen heads
Although most fashion is deplorably low-tech, Techeye appreciates certain aspects of the apparel industry - the wonderful fecklessness of haute couture, for example. We're not terribly fond of argyle anything, but the svelteness of pleather garments is worthy of admiration, and who doesn't love French maid outfits? Or their saucy-yet-surly cousins, Russian maid outfits?
Techeye's personal relationship with fashion has been long and troubled, primarily due to the unfashionability of nudity in public eateries. The acute asymmetry of our ginormous head doesn't help much either - it doesn't matter what you wear if strangers tend to stare and say things like "look, Morlocks do exist!" or "may I use your forehead to open this tin of beans?"
The unfortunate truth is that society is extremely prejudiced against those who look different or choose to dress atypically. This is doubly infelicitous for Techeye since we often wear brashly eccentric vestments in order to distract attention from our misshapen noggin. Last year when we visited the Louvre while wearing our patented "Squeak-Harness" (a shoulder-mounted set of poles from which enraged squirrels adorably pendulate) we nearly caused a riot. And even our faithful reader would be shocked by our "Spark-o-matic Codpiece," though it serves its purpose admirably.
However, we're a bit tired of being stared and pointed at - not to mention graffitied upon - so we're trying to interject some "societally acceptable" style into our life. Thus we've picked up Aliph's Jawbone Bluetooth headset for mobile phones. A shiny and prepossessing little gadget, the Jawbone is designed to "greatly reduce background noise and improve speech signal." It is apparently "made from medical grade plastic to provide a soft and smooth feel on the skin," but this doesn't impress us much. The last time Techeye was in the hospital for our annual intestinal probing, medical grade plastic didn't feel particularly soft or smooth.
The Jawbone comes in silver, black or red and comes together with a wall charger, USB cable, four earbuds and four earloops. It was designed by Yves Behar, who was also closely involved in the design of the $100 Laptop, and it sells for around $120 (zł.296).
