Take down aggressors in style with this handy, wallet-sized weapon kit Protecting yourself was never so stylish. Look good whilst messing people up with Hoang Nguyen and Anh Nguyen’s Tha Business, a designer self-defense kit.

I’m thrilled to be able to share the new website of Jazz and Improv legend Fred Kaz . For the better part of my life Fred’s wisdom and music have been a guiding force in the lives of hundreds of the most creative people on Earth. As a young man Fred played with many of the greatest names in the Chicago Jazz scene where he was introduced to improvisational comedy. He then spent nearly 30 years as the Musical Director of the Second City in Chicago deeply influencing many of the funniest people in the world

If you’re like us, you spend most of your waking hours attempting to figure out a way to enjoy your vinyl collection on the go. Feats Per Minute offers a simple and handy solution, incorporating a turntable onto the rear wheel of a bicycle — you spin the record player as you ride, and the sound plays out of an old timey horn on the back. There were a few obstacles to overcome: like getting the record to play vertically and making sure the needle skips as little as possible while riding the thing. As evidenced in the video below, the team managed to overcome these problems

[ Video Link ] Brian from the band I Fight Dragons generously made a tutorial that explains how to create your own chiptunes (music made on old videogame soundcards). Many of you have asked how we do what we do, so now we’re starting a series to explain the inner workings of our tech for those of you who wish to make chiptune and/or program controllers too! Forthcoming Tutorials: -Little Sound DJ (gameboy) programming -MidiNES (nintendo) programming and usage -rarer chips programming and usage (Commodore 64, Atari 2600) -Chipsounds (plugin) programming and usage -How to hook up videogame controllers as music controllers -Recording and Mixing with Bill and Stanley And possibly more! We’ll try to do one every week or two from here on out! Here’s a video of I Fight Dragons performing “Money.”

This is the Plattan from Urbanears, and it is designed to be a classic looking set of headphones. Right now, I am listening to them now, and I’m pretty pleased with their performance. The style seems to shun the rubberized look of most cushioned headphones, and the cord has a 47 inch tangle resistant fabric cord. The top is also full of fabric as well, and it really is nice.