A Yakuza-class bulletproof case for the iPod

What do you do when you accidentally destroy your treasured glossy media player from the Apple? How do you recover from having your iPod bludgeoned to death by being jammed against the handrail on a subway train? You make a bulletproof case, of course. That's at least what one fellow from the Kanto region of Japan decided to do when his iPod Photo was destroyed on his daily commute.

The case is 5mm thick all around, said to be strong enough to survive a .22-millimeter bullet. Of course, if the sniper has such perfect aim as to strike the click wheel or color display, then you're pretty much SOL anyways. The aluminium A5052 case is held together by beefy M3 hex bolts for good measure. Dubbed the "Armor Plate for iPod Photo", this crazy chromy yet powerful protector (Terminator?) tips the scales at nearly half a kilo (446 grams), making it 2.5 times the weight of a new iPod Photo.

Now I wonder if anyone would do something like this for the more contemporary Nano...
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Talk Show Mishap

This guy must have smoked a huge joint before going on the air cause he has a laughing attack while taping his talk show.

MacBook Pro Disco Keyboard

Our friends at techeblog found an interesting way to take control of your keyboard. Someone named Alan used an iTunes visualizer plug-in to make his MacBook's backlit keyboard flicker to the music.

"Using an iTunes visualizer plug-in... I dimmed the backlight on the screen for better visibility of the keyboard, but the plug-in can also flash the screen backlight with the music."

Here's a video demonstration on YouTube.

Sound like fun? Do you want your MacBook's keyboard to flicker like the dance floor in Staying Alive?

1. Download the plug-in called iSpazz.
2. Uncompress the zip file and copy it to your Home directory's iTunes Plug-ins folder (Library > iTunes > iTunes Plug-ins)
3. Open iTunes
4. Press the "i" key to toggle the flicker on and off
   

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IPOD ART COVERS BY GELASKINS

Gelaskins is a new company who specialize in commissioning various artists to design iPod skins. The range is incredibly diverse and feature some stunning original concepts which give your pale old iPod a colorful new tan. With so many iPod accessories being a little generic in their appearance, an artist designed iPod skin is a great way to get your iPod to stand out from the 47 others in your train carriage every morning.
Via thecoolhunter.net by Andy G.