New futuristic, minimal watches

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 03:33 Written by Liz McLean Knight Thursday, 12 May 2011 06:49

We’ve added a bunch of new watches, and also a few versions in a smaller form factor for women. All the LED versions stay off until you press the button on the side to turn them on.

Here’s a video that demos one of the Ibiza Ride versions:

“Less Than Three” Necklaces are back in stock, and there’s a new Ferrite Ring Necklace

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:13 Written by Liz McLean Knight Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:04

Our popular silver <3 necklace is back in stock!  This time there’s a removable 2″ extender with a cute little heart charm at the end of it.

Ferrite Rings are basically noise filters, and you might have seen them as little black cylinders attached to power and USB cords. Our new Ferrite Ring Pendant Necklace uses a big one as a pendant, and we’ve only got one of them so grab it now if you want it!

Sonic the Hedgehog Candy

Last Updated on Monday, 21 March 2011 11:53 Written by Liz McLean Knight Sunday, 20 March 2011 08:41

You can have your very own collection of chaos emeralds without the need to curl up into a ball and zoom around a 2D side-scrolling environment. There are about 1.5oz of apple and cherry flavored candies shaped like gems in each metal tin. Great gamer gift, especially for the die-hard Sonic fans. Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos Emeralds Candy$3.25

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Apollo Cockpit Tie

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 February 2011 10:48 Written by Liz McLean Knight Thursday, 17 February 2011 10:48

There is a learning curve to tie-tying, but here’s a case when putting on a tie really is rocket science: The Apollo Cockpit Tie featuring a stylized version of the Apollo controls in the cockpit.

The designer, Detroit-based outfit Cyberoptix, came across a whole bunch of de-classified NASA documents, and this design comes from, specifically “Command Module Main Control Panel” – from the Apollo Operations Handbook Block II Spacecraft, 1969. You won’t be able to really get acquainted with the actual interface, however, because the layout has been stylized to fit the shape of the tie.

Great for space-nerds, rocket-geeks, and sci-fi dorks.$30 – $40.

Circuit Board Ornaments and “Punchcards” Blank Greeting Cards

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 06:35 Written by Liz McLean Knight Friday, 10 December 2010 05:25

Circuit Board Ornaments – $6.00 each

Need more geeky tree-adornment action? Check out these ornaments made from real, dead circuit boards.

“Punchcards”$12

These blank greeting cards are handmade from real, vintage used punch cards and feature a brief description on the inside blank sheet. What’s a punchcard you ask? Well, in the 50s and 60s programs and data could be executed and stored on paper with punches representing characters. Programmers would write out code on a coding sheet and then hand it over to a keypunch operator where characters were encoded by punching out the character needed, to be read and executed by the card reader. Retro!

Robot Ornaments and Circuit Board Heart Necklace

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:55 Written by Liz McLean Knight Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:55

Robot Ornaments – $2.50 each

Feel like decking out your tree with cute, sparkley robots? Now’s your chance. Grab each of the four characters for your tree, or as cute stocking stuffers.

Circuit Board Heart Necklace – $95 – $123

The perfect gift for any geek girl on your list, the Circuit Board Heart Necklaces features a real circuit board encased in a sterling silver heart shape. There are two necklace options — either the black rubber with a sterling silver clasp, or a sterling silver Omega chain (for an additional charge).

Lots of new stuff and a brand new redesign

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:18 Written by Liz McLean Knight Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:17

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us, but we’ve been working on completely redesigning Fractalspin.com.  You can read about the new features and tell us what you think on our redesigned blog.

Benoit Mandelbrot,the creator of fractal geometry died at the age of 85 last week. Fractals are a visual representation of an equation that is   self-similar and based on recursion, and just so happen to mimic an  incredible array of natural processes and formations, from mountain ranges to coral reefs. Since we named our store after his creations, we designed a free paper robot toy in hishonor: Benoitbot.

More free stuff! If you like glitchy, melodic electronic music, then you’ll dig the free compilation by subVariant called Robohustlin.

You can’t have enough bags or shoes, and we can definitely help out in the bag department. We’ve added a bunch of laptop, gear, messenger and DJ bags with a cool military edge. Check out the latest ones here, and we even added a new handbag.

iBallz are a cool-looking shock absorbant harness that protects tablet devices like the Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader and others.  Check out this video of a drop test and be impressed.

Robot Soap

Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2010 09:19 Written by Liz McLean Knight Monday, 25 October 2010 09:19

Cute little robot-shaped soaps available in three different color + scent combos.

New site design and features

Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2010 07:03 Written by Liz McLean Knight Monday, 25 October 2010 06:58

We’ve got a brand new design at Fractalspin! Here’s what’s cool:

• Realtime currency converter. Canadian Dollar, GBP,  Euro, Yen, Australian Dollar.
• Wishlists. Share your lists with a public link and create private wishlists as well.
• Facebook integration. “Like” products and link to them on your Facebook profile. Shop on our Facebook fan page.
• Product RSS feeds.
  
• Custom search RSS feeds.
  
• Recently viewed products.
  
• One page checkout with Ajax.
• Easy one-click reordering.
• Online message center.
• Product reviews.
• Nifty detailed products image brower.
  
• Brand new blog.
  
• Sweet new Flash featured products banner.
  
• Earn store credit when you send us a photo or video.
  

You will need to create a new login if you registered more than two months ago.

So what do you think?

DJ & gear bags and new messenger bags

Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2010 05:44 Written by Liz McLean Knight Friday, 22 October 2010 05:44

We’ve added a bunch of new bags! The Musette DJ Bag is modeled after WWII rucksacks and can fit records, with two strap options that let you carry it over your shoulder or as a backpack. The Musette Live PA bag is the same as the DJ version but slightly larger. Both of these are made by a company that makes military-spec bags and clothing, which is pretty cool. These funky, edgy-retro-ish Map Case Messenger Bags have a kind of dystopian techno future quality about them, and are still pretty functional and eye-catching for everyday use. If that’s not your style, we have the Classic Messenger Bag (large photo above) available in black or olive drab with a more minimalist look with a slight military edge.

Finally, if you’re pocket-obsessed, you will love the M-51 Engineer’s Field Bag, modeled off another military bag, featuring a plethora of pockets, slots, and even a water resistant clear document slot. We’ve also found them to be a good size to tote around an iPad or netbook with extra room to spare.

Protect your iPad with iBallz

Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2010 05:11 Written by Liz McLean Knight Friday, 22 October 2010 05:11

iBallz is a “one size fits all” shock absorbant harness that protects and enhances the appearance of template-style computing and “e-reader” devices such as Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader and others.

New Compilation from subVariant: “Robohustlin”

Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2010 05:06 Written by Liz McLean Knight Sunday, 3 October 2010 11:14

I put together a compilation of melodic IDM / deep techno called Robohustlin for my label, subVariant. I put out an open call for submissions in July and got an amazing collection of submissions. I decided to go with minimal techno / melodic IDM since that was submitted the most. Hope you enjoy!

Chaircrusher’s “Crow Beat” and Milipede’s “30,000″ take a somewhat dark, harder approach, while tracks like Diarmo’s “Details” and Matt Wolfe’s “4:09am” hover somewhere between hopefulness and melancholy, held together with intricate rhythmic programming.

In keeping with subVariant’s tongue-in-cheek, music-as-consumer-product design aesthetic (see Subvaritrax, Exception AM), Robohustlin‘s digital cover lists the individual artists as separate “cures” in a packaging style based on the popular cough & cold medication, Robitussin.

1. Chaircrusher: “Crowbeat“
2. Millipede: “30,000“
3. Digital Gnosis: “Ruins“
4. Redun: “Splt“
5. Tapage & Stan Verberkt: “Modular“
6. CitizenGreen: “Ob“
7. Matt Wolfe: “4:09am“
8. Michael Una: “Aleph“
9. Elijah B Torn: “oooEight“
10. JahWarrior: “The Mad Piano“
11. Codebase: “Duel“
12. Diarmo: “Details“
13. Glen Stefani: “Over it Already v2“

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