Seeking Green Striped Headphones

Our friend Rebecca picked up a pair of these fun green striped Zumreed headphones during her last trip to Tokyo. Unfortunately they were just destroyed in the hands of an adorable yet mischievous toddler. Anyway, I'm putting a call out to see if any of you know of a venue, on-line or in the physical world, that sells these and will ship to New York. …

Flip Flap

Urban-dwellers seeking to balance the person-to-tree ratio will find a friend in Flip Flap, a petite plant that looks and moves like a cartoon. Waterless, batteryless, and sunless, it's waving leaves may be the lowest cuteness-to-maintainance ratio out there, but you're not completely off the hook – the packaging requests you "please grow your Flip Flap in your mind and bloom your own special flower." …

iPod Subway Maps

Our latest addition to the "why didn't we think of that?" list is this package of subway maps for the iPod. It's a simple and genius concept: upload the maps into the iPod's photo albums for easy access in times of underground uncertainty. The maps work on all color-screen iPods (formerly iPod Photo) and are absolutely free. New York, D.C., Boston and Hong Kong are …