Last-Minute Halloween Guide

Hand-sewn costumes, homemade popcorn balls, and bobbing for apples are all so last millennium. It’s time to get with the high-tech late Aughts, our fair readers, especially since Halloween is upon us. If you still haven’t settled on a costume, or done anything ghoul-related, then take a look at our high-tech DIY guide to all things crafty and creepy, and get your spook on this Halloween.

COSTUMES

Do you still have no idea what you want to be for Halloween? Download the Halloween Costume Generator iPhone app for $1.99 from the App Store. After you enter your gender, what kind of party you’re attending, and other details about yourself, the app will find the perfect costume for you. If you’d rather be something literally from the Apple store, you’re not alone. Saturday, you can expect to see iPod and iPhone costumes everywhere, including the adorable earbud couple’s costume.

The more one of these costumes functions like its inspiration, the better it is. Reko Rivera and Bobby Hartman (pictured above) took this idea all the way, spending $2,000 to rig up LCD screens and car batteries in order to display the info from their actual iPhones. Of course, you don’t have to go that far. Hiding a cheap speaker inside your earbud costume, so that you can play music on demand, will still mightily impress your techie friends.