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Roll Your Own iPod Stand
An anonymous reader writes "Everybody seems to enjoy accessorizing their iPods, most of all coming up with ways for it to stand up on its on feet. Unstatisfied with commerical offerings, some intrepid souls are making their own iPod stands, using everything from foam core, to LEGO bricks, to a simple CD case, to a converted picture frame!"
All of todays news has been, uhm, below average.
It may be another SlashBot typo, but I LOVE it!
I'm UNSTATISFIED!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Well you gotta admit, the language for this incredibly irrelevant story does its best to pump it up.
intrepid souls
converted picture frame!
Woo hoo! Converted picture frame?! Will this wackiness never end? Please! My sides are aching!
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Hey, everybody! Fox has cancelled Firefly. Here's what Joss Whedon wrote about it in a post to a message board this morning:I know a lot of people didn't like Firefly, but it still had a loyal, if outnumbered, following. It'll be missed.
I write in my journal
You should repost your submission in your Journal. At least some of us would read it.
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
Oh, yeah! I forgot about that. Thanks!
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An open cd case for an iPod stand. Who woulda thunk it. Someone run out and patent it.
Probably get more comments there than a thread jacking of this topic anyway ;)
Just FYI, to those of us who skim rather than reading carefully, the phrase "jacking of" takes on a whole new meaning. ;-)
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everything I like is being cancelled this year: Firefly, Futurama (well, the F's I guess). What is it with networks and good sci-fi?
It's not that I'm Anti-American - I'm Pro-Freedom
The Firefly news is far more serious but this development makes perfect sense (see sig for clarification...)
It's not that I'm Anti-American - I'm Pro-Freedom
And then you need to enable posting so that we can abandon this thread :)
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
everything I like is being cancelled this year: Firefly, Futurama (well, the F's I guess).
Don't forget Farscape. Can Friends be far behind? (God, I hope not.)
I write in my journal
Being an iPod owner I see the need for a stand, but none of thesse creations (or commercial offerings that I've seen, for that matter) come close to matching the the iPod aesthetically. Why is it the modders can cut holes and put windows in cases (and even hard drives), but we can't come up with anything remotely good looking or cool for our iPods... as I re-read this I guess I don't want windows anywhere near my iPod
This is my sig. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
-dunar
Consider it done. Hey, when did comments in journals become disabled by default? I don't recall having to enable them before.
The journal article is here.
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oh yeah - damnit - forgot Farscape too! fscking fox...
what is it with this century - every day life becomes a little less worth living...
It's not that I'm Anti-American - I'm Pro-Freedom
I think you set the defaults at http://slashdot.org/journal.pl?op=editprefs
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
my article about today's announcement that Firefly has been cancelled was rejected five minutes after I submitted it.
Aw crap. Insult to injury, that is.
I don't own any CDs
iPod--->shirt pocket...duh!
Only Windows iPod owners use stands......might as well make a cardboard sign that says "I own the most expensive mp3 player on the market!!! - Look at me!!
I own one, but I don't slog it around like a piece of jewelry...
Oh please, oh please, oh please cancel Friends.
I've hated it ever since everyone started singing "Smelly Cat," and it's just the same unfunny crap they had on Seinfeld.
I know I'm blaspheming, and yes, Kramer was funny. At least, the first thousand times he did the running through the door thing.
Thank God Seinfeld knew he wasn't funny and quit before everyone found out.
We should all have our prefs set to mod Offtopic at least +2.
Not to mention the Geocities link...
Not only do they post boring crap no one cares about, but they have to make sure that only like 3 people will be able to know what boring crap theye're talking about...
I know lots of things. Most of them are wrong.
But how is Modpod inferior to homemade stands? This thing is awesome. My friend has one, and it simply rocks. For $29.99 this is a bargain.
So no. I don't see a good reason to cut up foam or picture frames, when there is something so cheap on the market already. I'm ordering one for Xmas.
Oh yeah, iPod is the single greatest thing I've ever purchased. It even beats my Radeon 9700 Pro in terms of satisfaction.
I primarily use my iPod when on the go, and so it became most important for me to have a stand of some sort in my car.
When I first got it, the only good place to put it was in a slightly wider than iPod space between the driver and passenger seats (next to the e-brake lever). Unfortunately, it would often slide under the e-brake lever and be hard to get to. The sliding was also scuffing up the back.
So, I decided to make a stand that is custom molded to the odd shape of this place between the seats, and also hold my iPod at a reasonable viewing angle. (Although, I do tend to pick it up and hold it in front of me when manipulating, so one eye can be on the road!).
After a some thought, I decided to make my stand out of (of all things) a Cheerio's box. This was mostly because I considered it a prototype, and was planning on using 1/8" thick plastic for the real thing.
Now you would think that the cardboard, being so thin, would break. However with an X shaped support in the interior (and properly located to give some support to the middle of the iPod mating surface), I found that the thing is very surprisingly strong. I've had the stand for almost a year now, and it is still in wonderful shape. I guess I never will get around to making a plastic version -- no need to.
-Jeff
The pictures of the CD case stand has a PC laptop next to it with the friggin stickers still on it! Where's the "R Type" decal for the iPod itself?
Sound waves should be free!
http://www.the-istand.com/
I like mine. Looks a little nicer than the cd case. Not as expensive as any of the other stands I've seen sold.
Move along, no sig to see here.
Linking a 'limited edition' 1000 run stand as an example of the "comercial offerings" is intersting. afaik this is the ONLY commecrial stand out there and is aimed at the kind of poser who'd use it in the first-place.
me? I keep mine in my pocket where it belongs.
Voila.
iPoddy.
...yeah, 1200$ for a stand is expensive.
It's called a desk.
But, there's plenty of space on it to put my 2 17" LCD, a lamp and all the mess I need!
I ordered the iPod stand from PodShop. It's a very cool design, and it's a good price. Their site also says they offer free shipping until Christmas.
I just read about this in this month's Wired:
The Oyster Dock
It looks pretty cool. Has a built-in USB hub, for super-easy "docking" experience.
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