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Working iPod Halloween Costume

Posted by timothy on from the and-what-were-you-this-year dept.

Jrod1080 writes "I decided to be an iPod for Halloween this year. I didn't just want to be walking around in a box, so I made it a fully functional costume. I finally found a good use for a tablet PC, and used that for the display. A rewired USB mouse served as the 'Forward,' 'Reverse,' 'Play/Pause' buttons, and a bit of Java code played and displayed the MP3s. Some battery powered speakers provided the sound. It all worked out well, and I even won the costume contest!"

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  1. Idea for Apple? by fembots · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe Apple can place a couple of these iPod "kiosks" in shopping malls, what's the better way to experience iPod mini with a giant iPod?

    On a more serious note though, a real scary Halloween custume is Death framed inside a blue-tinted Window.

    With so many images on one page, this guy obviously didn't read the Do-Not-Slashdot ACT 1996, here's a coral link just in case.

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  2. I like this one better... by unwiredmatt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/ipod-costume-02455 5.php I like this one better

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  3. nice costume, but by geekoid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    it seems to me you went as "Guy with Giant iPod around his neck.".

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  4. why iPod costume? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever wondered why that chick in the picture has her legs on the other dude, and not you????

    1. Re:why iPod costume? by therevolution · · Score: 5, Funny
      Ever wondered why that chick in the picture has her legs on the other dude, and not you????

      I pity the fool.

    2. Re:why iPod costume? by ender1598 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Mod me down all you want, but it only illustrates your own self delusion.
      Wouldn't you need to be modded up first?? :-)
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    3. Re:why iPod costume? by bool+morpheus() · · Score: 5, Funny

      Shouldn't you be moving your cubicle down to Storage B about now? We have some new people coming in, and we need all the space we can get. So if you could go ahead and pack up your stuff and move it down there, that would be terrific, OK? Thanks Milt.

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    4. Re:why iPod costume? by StarKruzr · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You should continue to qualify that statement with "hot women," though. And it IS just a generalization.

      Typically, the range of women presented to your average geek is:

      sane, hot, intelligent, available, nice

      Pick any four.

      Not only that, but typically, girls who are hot just don't have to be nice. Or intelligent, or pursue any kind of intellectual pursuit. And the ones that are hot AND intelligent usually have something seriously wrong with them emotionally/mentally. Something about being attractive and knowing you're attractive, and being told you're attractive and getting your way because you're attractive for most of your life, drastically messes people up.

      There are exceptions, of course, to these rules of thumb. But the exceptions always have boyfriends. Who aren't you, by the way.

      Not much has happened in my 25 years of life to ever shake me from this analysis of the situation, but I'd be very interested in the opinions of anyone who thinks otherwise.

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  5. The RIAA wants royalties by jlefeld · · Score: 5, Funny

    They want royalties for playing their songs out in public. Oh sweet costume by the way.

  6. Extended Warranty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope he has an extended warranty, because he is going to get the crap beaten out of him going out like that.

  7. Mirror by Rufus211 · · Score: 5, Informative

    As the site's dead and mirrordot hasn't pulled a copy of it, I managed to mirror it:
    http://rufus.hackish.org/~rufus/www.eecs.umich.edu /~jwinick/Halloween2004/

  8. I decided to be a web server this year by The+Wing+Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    I decided to be a web server at University of Michigan for Hallowe'en this year. I didn't want to walk around in a cardboard box, so I used some smouldering rags to provide the smoke and flames effect.

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  9. Re:Not only by almeida · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this was the virgin model.

  10. In other news... by cuteseal · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In other news, local man dressed as an iPod was found inebriated and trying to hump a boombox speaker, after a wild night at a halloween party. The man has been referred for counselling."

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    1. Re:In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I saw him P2Ping on someone's lawn.

  11. I didn't want my homework anyway by thedillybar · · Score: 5, Funny
    Way to slashdot www.eecs.umich.edu...

    I didn't want to do my homework today anyway. :-)

    1. Re:I didn't want my homework anyway by Punto · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess "slashdot effect" is the new "dog ate my homework"..

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  12. Obligatory Triumph Quote... by Moridineas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which button calls your parents to come pick you up??

  13. coralized link is working by blackburnrovers · · Score: 5, Informative

    coralized link to eecs server is working.

    i am amazed that the umich server went down. i was in ann arbor from 1996-2002, and the worst outage i ever saw was when the main data center caught on fire. university-wide, e-mail was down for about 15 minutes when the backup unix boxes kicked in and everyone began to breathe easy again. i would bet the eecs server will be back up shortly. they use the real-deal unix boxes, not linux on intel's.

  14. saint pauly girl should have won! by that+_evil+_gleek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interesting, but I like the girls costume better ;-] RECOUNT!

  15. Here comes the Apple... by vwjeff · · Score: 5, Funny

    lawyers in 3...2...1...

    I guess it's not like he could get caught infringing on Apple's trademark. The only way he could get caught would be to post a description and links to pictures on a well known website. He shouldn't get in any troub...oh, nevermind. Good luck.

  16. Re:I'll be the first to say it... by cryptor3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think that's nerdy? Check out this picture I dug up of this guy I know. He went as a TI-85, back when they were "new."

    TI-85 Front
    TI-85 Back

    ha! beat that!

    Just for the record, my name is not Seth.
    (original article)

  17. Protection by HedonismBot · · Score: 5, Funny

    He'd better be careful; I've been hearing a lot about iPod killers lately.

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  18. Best costume idea ever. by WoBIX · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was going to go as a Wireless router, but I couldn't get the doc to prescribe Viagra for antenna maintenance. :( Maybe next year.