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If you read as many tech and gadget blogs as I do you come across some unusual devices. Some are useful, some amusing, some just plain weird. Most of what I follow focuses on the Apple universe, but every so often something outside that is so compelling I feel the need to share.

So my friends, courtesy of New Scientist I bring you the Play-A-Grill, the MP3 player that  comes too late to capitalize on ANY demographic. The device is a bizarre mashup of electronics and urban fashion; mixing an MP3 player with a gold or silver colored metal teeth veneer. The device is controlled by the tongue, sound is relayed through the teeth and the bones of the skull to the eardrums (if played loudly enough, others will be able to hear the music from the user’s open mouth). No mention is made of the Play-A-Grill’s (or would that be Play-A-Grillz?) technical specs, but to be honest they hardly matter; anyone who would invest in prosthetic metal teeth that can relay music through your skull isn’t likely going to be shopping around for a device that offers the most capacity or widest variety in audio formats supported.

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Those of you that have been using iTunes for a while to manage your music and video libraries like I do have probably come across an issue that I’ve deal with from time to time: how best to add content to your library?

If you obtain content from iTunes this problem doesn’t arise; iTunes does a fine job of storing it away and managing it without you ever having to manually deal with the files. iTunes can be set to add content to it’s library when played, but while this is helpful I’d rather not end up with files scattered across various folders and volumes. What to do then with those downloads you pick up from all those non-Apple sources?

OSX Daily recently published an article advising users how best to solve the issue- create a folder that automatically adds anything in it to your iTunes library. The tutorial isn’t terribly complex and is much more elegant than my prior solution of manually copying downloads and rips to the appropriate iTunes folder. Bear in mind this tip is for Mac users- it IS from OSX Daily after all. Click through for the full article. 

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