There is something to be said for being unique. But how unique can something be before it is so niche as to be nearly useless? I refer to cars a lot, and while I am not a big sports car guy I grew up building hot rods with my grandfather, everything from T-buckets with blown out 302’s to ’66 Charger Fastbacks with 383 big blocks. That being said I have always tried to find a balance between awesome and functional. There are a lot of cars out there that simply could not realistically be used on a daily basis; of course those cars are the ones that turn heads. But really who could justify driving a Lambo around Dallas or something? The car would be torn apart by city streets. The other side of that is that most cars that are great for daily use are so bland and boring that no one even notices.

The same can be said for custom computers and especially ones that are heavily modded. When I go to shows like QuakeCon and see some of the gorgeous builds that people bring I always wonder if that is also their regular PC that they use at home every day. It seems like it would be difficult to maintain and swapping parts out could be downright unfeasible. I am the kind of person who really goes for utilitarian looks. Form follows function. But I do also want to have things, cars, and computers, even furniture and stuff that looks great.