A wise man once said something along the lines of "if you don't waste stuff, you won't want stuff." I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea. For example, that handy box that your iPod Nano came in? I hope you didn't throw it away.

If you didn't, you can use it to make a sweet speaker for your portable music player. A kit, available from Bird Electron, is a fun, easy DIY project that'll let you turn what was trash into something you then won't have to go out and buy. I mean, after you buy the kit, but you know, that's way cooler than just buying a speaker off the shelf, right?

+D IT Media, via Trends in Japan