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iPod Mini Custom Installation In A Ford Explorer
Johnny Mozzarella writes "MacWorld has a nice write-up on Jesse Melchior, an amateur special effects artist and filmmaker, who used his skills to create a custom installation that is worthy of an iPod mini. The article outlines the materials he used such as latex, plaster and dental acrylic to create an integrated dock complete with blue LEDs and Apple logo in his Ford Explorer."
Once this is done, the Explorer becomes like the iPod. When the car's battery runs down, you replace the whole car.
What next - an iPod Mini?
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"I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing and it was everything that I thought it could be."
with a shitty tin spoiler bondo'ed onto the body?
latex, plaster and dental acrylic
This guy uses all that stuff intimately with his car and gets on the front page of slashdot.
I mention using the same stuff intimately with my girlfriend and she runs away.
pfft.
You should see my custom cupholder/cellphone mount.
Really, guys, is it THAT slow of a news day?
Cool. Now you can grove to some cool tunes while you're waiting for the tow truck.
Between the faulty mini ipod's (as /.'ed a few days ago) and the ford's faulty fuel system and steering column, I think I have been odds with a two bullet russian roulette.
Maybe they should've coupled the mini ipod with the OTHER mini; the mini cooper.
he's a mac user. shouldn't he use BBEdit?
sulli
RTFJ.
Could this guy have bought a smaller MP3 player to put into a bigger vehicle?
Let's put an MP3 player the size of a chicklet in an army tank! That way I hav to take my eyes of the road for 10 mintues (potentially destroying several small villages) just to figure out it's doing!
Seriously, am I they only one who find the whole "tricked out SUV" fad retarded?
What's the next fad going to be? Big rigs?
Are we going to se idiots driving around 1000hp diesel trucks with 15 speed gearboxes and no trailer? Of course it will have 36" chrome rims too....
Life is too short to proofread.
you would be better off just buying a cheap computer, a very large hard drive, and a touch screen LCD off of ebay
Unless you want to get out of your car, walk away, and still be able to listen to your music. (No, I'm not suggesting bigger speakers in your car).
The term 'ground effects' typically refers to the fiberglass spoilers and skirting that (if done properly) induce downforce under the car to hold it down to the road at high speeds, similar in design and function to that found on Formula 1 racers.
The correct term for neon lights under your car is 'a waste of fucking money.'
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
If you're going to do something this fancy, why hamstring yourself with the 4GB mini?
Even more, if you're going to do something this fancy, why hamstring yourself with a Ford Explorer?
All of that just to listen to Bone Thugs? What a waste.
The Tools Of Ignorance wanna be a tool?
... your Quadruple Venti Mocha Turtle Cappachino... one big bump and BAM--unhappy iPod mini coated in sugary goodness... ;-)
It also looks like it would be too easy to accidentally bump it out of the little holder while driving.
You mean, it would most likely be "thrown" from its holder when the owner goes off-roading because, I mean, why else would you buy an SUV righT??
When modding "Informative", please make sure it both has a source and IS actually informative.
Those damn blue leds are everywhere arggg!!!!g!
Geez, I could never imagine filling up 4 gigabytes of space with music. Don't forget to figure in the $1000 for buying 1000 songs off the Apple iTunes store! That stuff adds up quick. I just don't understand how people can afford to have huge collections with 10,000+ songs in them. They must spend every penny on music, no wonder they hate the RIAA!!
I think he'll regret this whole project when his iPod stops working, his Firestone tires fail and his Explorer rolls.
Who am I to blow against the wind? -- Paul Simon
The iPod lounge forums has a shitload of these. Some ranging from hacks to good, professional jobs like this story. Of course you could just get a Smart car, since it has an iPod option. Of course it is only for Europe, which is crap since I really want one, and it is kinda an antithesis to the Explorer.
Is there anything better than clicking through Microsoft ads on Slashdot?
Even more, if you're going to do something this fancy, why hamstring yourself with a Ford Explorer?
Because Escalades only play pr0n on 15 different screens?
More likely to become disloged when the Exploder rolls over.
Unless you want to get out of your car, walk away, and still be able to listen to your music
That's why they invented extension cords.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
You're absolutely right. I had to stop driving manual transmission cars because I couldn't deal with the complexity...having to press a pedal AND move a lever? All while braking or tapping the gas?
But then, I didn't find automatics much better. One pedal for stopping, one for going? Aaaaa! What insane trickery!
Please help metamoderate.
--- The American Way of Life is not a birthright. Hell, it's not even sustainable.
Is that a subtle way of saying "I live at home with my parents, so it's easy to afford music"?
So, if I submit my photos of my '04 Grand Marquis, wherein I have not ONLY added a 30G Neo35 MP3 player, but a Kenwood dual-band transciever plus two extra speakers for it, the antenna for the Kenwood, a second battery, extra power points, a battery isolator to charge the secondary battery, a second power distribution panel, would that make the front page?
No.
Not only has he invalidated his car's warranty (for unauthorized modifications), and he's gonna get sued by Apple for unauthorized use of their logo, but now he's getting slashdotted.
this was recently the subject of a funny april fool's joke.
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