Get that stretch out of your system with this week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist. It’s fashioned up, ready to make you pull your shoulder blades back and knock out another week of meaningful work while you bob your head to the beat. Whether you’re in the shop milling aluminum, sketching the latest product prototypes or modeling up a 3D storm, consider these tracks as a tool for your process. This week on SolidSmack Radio we’ll get the groove going with “Where Your Mind Wants to Go” from Blonde Redhead before diving into irresistible tracks from Gorillaz, Dirty Projectors, Chromatics, James Blake, Fever Ray, and others before wrapping up with “Hold…

… Anything computer-related, that is. If the computer’s spiel has any truth to it, this may be one of the most powerful portable supercomputers out there. Powered by AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 SoC processors, the UDOO BOLT can handle everything from ginormous 3D CAD models to triple-A computer games. Depending on which version of the BOLT you prefer (the V3 being a slightly lower-end version of the more powerful V8), the computer can have upwards of two to eight cores running. While the V3 runs on an embedded AMD Ryzen 1202B processor, dual core/quad thread cores with speeds of up to 2.3 GHz, and an AMD RADEON VEGA 3 graphics…

For those who spend their days slicin’ and dicin’ material—be it for rough prototyping or simply just opening up all those Amazon purchases—having the right utility blade is an absolute must. While we love the simple and old-fashioned X-Acto blade, we’ve found them to be better for precision cutting versus all-around, at-the-ready utility. When it comes to the right tool that gets the job done time and time again, the OLFA 18mm Rubber Inset Heavy-Duty Utility Knife is never far from our back pocket. This grippy heavy-duty cutter makes use of OLFA’s unique snap-off blade system, so you’re never without a sharp blade at the ready. And with an anti-slip…

Oh, if your food could talk. “You can’t mix those foods and expect to live.” “I will produce a mold that will make you wretch five ways from Sunday.” “The omelette lump and I were three weeks old when you ate us–relocate to the bathroom asap.” Perhaps food that actually speaks (after you’ve eaten it?) isn’t the best way to prevent future psychiatric care. But, what if your food storage could tell you (in not so many words) with a quick glance, and in a most elegant way, that you have food to eat or suggest recipes based on what you already have. That’s Ovie Smarterware. Ovie set out to redefine food…

Anyone can impress their friends and family by playing a musical instrument, but a real musician knows when to break the mold and crank it up a notch or five. Justin Johnson has played his fair share of guitars over his career, so it only made sense for him to make one no one else has played before. His 3-stringed shovel guitar is exactly that: a hand-wired shovel with frets, pickups, strings, and the capacity for a hard-rocking good time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g Three tuning knobs are drilled into the handle of the shovel, while the strings run down the shaft. As for the pickups, Johnson makes these specifically for the shovel…

Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track. Welcome to The Monday List. Every Monday, we link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you to get your week started on the right foot. Be sure to check in each week for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight…