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So my Gelaskins finally arrived. Here’s a picture of my iPod with one of them applied:

A whole new iPod for $15. Pretty damn cool.

San-Francisco-livin’, T-shirt-wearin’, software-programmin’ hipster-wannabe, I’ve spent some time and effort in the past months, consciously or unconsciously, on improving my nifty T-shirt collection. This is not as easy as you might think. Some big retail stores have been known to sell good T-shirts, but part of the whole nifty T-shirt mystique is that it’s got to be relatively unique. So you can only get so many interesting tees from Old Navy—though I have to admit that they are my favorite big retailer when it comes to finding well-designed T-shirts. You’re better off going to small boutiques or resale shops like Buffalo Exchange. And of course, if you are on a quest for the holy grail of cool T-shirts, Threadless is your best friend.

But I recently found another cool T-shirt store, called Fabric8, that, much like Threadless, sells artist-designed T-shirts. It’s different from Threadless, though, in that it features work by local San Francisco artists, and it doesn’t manufacture shirts; the artists are responsible for that. Best of all, its storefront is only a few blocks down the street from my new place. I haven’t actually bought anything for myself there yet, though I have for my sister, who was very happy with her present. Check it out!

Today’s FreshArrival features what is possibly the coolest product I have seen in a while:

There are more iPod cases, skins, bags, and tubes, wraps, and socks on the market that you can shake a stick at – each one uglier than the next. GelaSkins take a new stab at the iPod protection market with a novel idea: utilizing people that might know a thing or two about aesthetics, actual artists.

GelaSkins are thin adhesive vinyl coatings that are easily applied to your iPod 4G, Shuffle, Nano, or Video. The adhesive is residue-free, meaning the skins are easy to remove and will not hurt your pod. This is a good thing, because if you order the Snakes on a Plane skin now, you can easily replace it with the Snakes on a Plane 2 skin next year. Every skin also comes with a screen protector.

And what’s more, they run only about $15 + S&H. They’ve got a buy 3, get 1 free promotion going on right now, so of course I got 4 of them: this one, this one, this one and this one. Game ON.

Threadless is having a secret sale. Don’t tell anybody! I won’t. (Via FreshArrival)

did I not know about these before I finished almost all my Christmas shopping?! And why is Panic selling them? (Via Drawn!)

Have you ever heard of Threadless? I hadn’t, before a week ago. It’s an online t-shirt store, but with a twist. All (or most) of the t-shirt designs are user-submitted. The most popular designs then get printed on t-shirts and sold, and the designer gets a small kickback. Cool, huh? There are some really great designs there, and I recently went nuts at the store and ordered this one, this one, this one, this one and this one. (Via Drawn!)