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Acoustic Thriller
Musician Kent Nishimura takes on Michael Jackson’s creepy classic, “Thriller” with another captivating acoustic guitar performance. The original’s infectious bassline, funky rhythms, and haunting melody translate beautifully to Kent’s intricate fingerstyle arrangement. His ability to blend bass, rhythm, and lead parts simultaneously is a joy to behold.
Art + Design
How to Draw Book Series
In this world of AI-generated imagery, it’s important for us humans to remain grounded in creativity. Author Kale James’ How to Draw book series teaches artists to illustrate 40 designs using a 12-step drawing system. With a bent toward tattoo artistry, the books include skulls, superheroes, anime, animals, monsters, and more. Each includes a free
Art + Design
Roll-out Cacti Chess Set
Bring some desert flair to game night with this Cacti Chess Set designed by ForgeCore and sold by AllyandOlly. The 3D-printed succulent unrolls to reveal a chess board, with tiny cactus figures standing in for game pieces. A flower-topped queen, branching king, and bunny-eared knight are a few of the standouts. Available with or without
Living
Buri Utility Knife
Gear Aid’s versatile drop-point knife is ideal for outdoor adventures. It has a titanium-coated 3″ steel blade with straight and serrated edges, plus a glass breaker and bottle opener at its rear. Its full tang construction means long life, and it comes with a quick-release sheath that can be mounted to webbing or a belt.
Tech
Making a Tiny Windows PC in a Walnut
Miniaturization has made it possible to put computers in very small spaces. But putting a Windows PC inside of a walnut shell sounds crazy. Dr.Kun Dániel shows how he crammed a fully-functional microcomputer inside of a hollowed-out nut shell. It has a tiny IPS display in its top half, a simple 5-key keyboard, and a
Tech
Shuttle SLK4800 KPC
Hot on the heels of Dell’s Studio Hybrid, Shuttle’s SLK4800 ($300) steps up from the value K4500 ($200) with the addition of an optical drive and dual VGA/DVI outputs. Standard: Linux; Vista +$180.
Games
Dice Hoarder (Game Trailer)
This chill organizer game puts players in charge of a shop that only sells one thing – dice for role-playing games. The problem? The place is a mess and now thousands of dice are a mixed up mess. Your job? To pick them all up, identify them, and sort them back into their proper bins
Luxury
Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR
The 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR is a rip-snorting muscle car that you can’t help but love. Not for Sunday drivers: a massive rear wing, scalding side pipes, and an 8.4 liter V10.
Fashion
Ross McBride Normal Watch
Ross McBride’s Normal watches are anything but normal, with an inverted hour hand; the laser-cut opening rotates as time goes by. Available in different combos of black, white and silver.
Music
Where Popular Vocal Samples Came From
After digging into some of the most reused sound samples in music, Synthet, narrows his focus to vocals in hip-hop, pop, and dance tracks. If you’ve ever wondered where that familiar “Hey,” “Woah,” “Aw, Yeah,” or “Ahhh” sound came from, this video has got answers for you. A music-only version is also available.
Art + Design
Sculpting Godzilla
Artist David Mokso shows how he made a huge bust of Godzilla. It took him nearly 600 hours to create the monster using a metal frame, layers of foam, hand-sculpted clay, and 3D-printed resin accents. This Kaiju doesn’t just sit there and look pretty; its chest doubles as a display shelf. We got worried for