15 years of Wired Fetish. That’s 442 pages of obsessive gear lust. We were bound to make a few bad selections... Virgin Atlantic Salt and Pepper Shakers Jan 1996 Free (if you steal them) We regret advocating theft. Richard Branson is still pissed.
RowBike =
description Mar 1996 $699 Travel gently down the trail. 
Urban Decay Cosmetics =
description July 1996 Nail Enamel: $11 Novelty wore off before the polish did. 
Truth Phone =
description Sep 1996 $3,900 Are you lying now? Are you lying now? 
SecurID Card =
description Sep 1996 $34 This was before your IT people started yelling at you for losing these things. 
Sound Spider =
description Oct 1996 $N/A Replaced the less evolved Sound Slug. 
Minolta Infonium Universe Simulator =
description Dec 1996 $1,556,000 The most expensive item ever in Fetish. 
Brother Kitchen Assistant =
description Feb 1997 $349 Just like recipe cards, but with a tiny screen and awkward keyboard. 
Defcon 1 =
description Jun 1997 $49.95 110-dB laptop-protecting alarm foils thieves, enrages neighbors. 
GPS Reporter =
description Jun 1997 $12,230 Camera + microphone + GPS + computer + cell phone + backpack = nerd. 
Harmony Sleep Companion =
description Sep 1997 $59.95 It will wake me when I start to snore. Isn’t that what my wife does? 
Power Pez =
description Oct 1997 $6 When a regular Pez dispenser isn’t enough. 
LaserBlast =
description Dec 1997 $39 Fake damaged PowerBook case from Mythbusters’ Adam Savage. 
Flying Saucer =
description Feb 1998 $60 Remote-controlled Mylar balloon launched a thousand X-Files jokes. 
Radar Ball =
description Mar 1998 $34.99 A boon for orthopedic surgeons, as fathers tried to impress their sons with a fastball. 
Pop-Up Toaster =
description Sep 1998 $50 How could you ever eat such cute breakfast food? 
Mobile Assistant IV =
description Sep 1998 $4,995 This wearable computing thing will be huge. 
Fingertip Stylus =
description Oct 1998 $19.95 Because nothing said 1998 like a PDA stylus attached to your finger.
