By now, you surely must know of computer skins. These temporary stickers are available in all sorts of designs so you can give your laptop a new look overnight. You can even customize the design.

Computers aren’t alone. Skins are available for iPods, cell phones and now … routers! D-link routers that is. And just after I learned about the routers, I found out that Western Digital has also offered some skins for its MyBook external hard drives.

The company behind all these skins is Skinit.com, which has really become the skinner for gadget manufacturers. On its site, other skins are available for TiVo’s, Garmin’s GPS digital organizer, satellite radio devices and, of course, various computers.

Purely superficial, yes. And not that cheap — the WD skins are $20 while D-Link’s skins start at $14.95. But it’s cheaper than buying new and you can also upload your own photos and art to get a custom look.

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