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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!"
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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The Firefly news is far more serious but this development makes perfect sense (see sig for clarification...)
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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
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Unstatisfied: adjective
1) The state of being unsatisfied with statistical analysis or merely statistics in general.
2) Insufficiently contributing ones general practices and habits to the formation of population trends.
3) Prone to customisation of Apple products...
It's not that I'm Anti-American - I'm Pro-Freedom
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...
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.
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