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101 Uses for an AOL CD?
Richard C asks: "I've just seen, for the first time, the newest AOL advert on UK television. One section depicts a man phoning AOL to ask for a free CD. As he speaks, he picks up his coffee mug, to which an AOL CD is stuck - he's been using it as a coaster. "Oh, don't worry - I've already got one" he adds. The irony of this amused me, to say the least, thought probably not in the way AOL intended. In any case, and in the true '101 uses for a dead cat' style, I thought it would be amusing (if not productive) to ask the Slashdot readership for their '101 uses for an AOL CD'. Be imaginative!"
You could throw the CD at idiots who make a big deal out of getting the first post.
Send them to Alan Ralsky !
Most interesting one I've ever heard of...get a blowtorch and melt an even ring in the middle so it droops down, let it cool, and you have a flower pot. It even has a hole in the middle for drainage. :)
I'm sure it takes a while to perfect the art of flower-pot-making, but hey...we all have plenty to practice on, right?
What? You want a sig?
I'm sure this hasn't been covered by people who want to make fun of AOL's CD spamming policies. In fact, I'm sure using a major search engine would fail to produce any results
One of my favorite things to do with CD's after I don't need them any more is to make the lovely soup in the following recipe (it's a kind of minestrone).
CD Soup
Ingredients:
4cupsvegetable soup stock
2 clean, discardable CDs, preferably newish (unused AOL CD's are perfect!)
2(14.5 ounce) cansstewed tomatoes
1largepotato, cubed
1onion, chopped
2stalkscelery, chopped
2carrots, chopped
1large headcabbage, finely chopped
2tablespoonsItalian seasoning
1(15 ounce) cankidney beans
3cupsfresh corn kernals
1largezucchini, sliced
1cupuncooked orzo pasta
salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
1. In a large soup pot combine the vegetable stock, the undrained tomatoes, potato, onion, celery, carrot, cabbage and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer for about 15 minutes.
2. Stir in the beans, corn, zucchini and pasta; simmer for 10 to 15 more minutes until the vegetables are tender. Kill heat, add CDs and stir vigorously for about three minutes.
Allow to set for five minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
Note: The CD's are not edible.