Rich Anderson is an instructor at Dunwoody College. He loves teaching, digital photograph, canoeing, backpacking, and rock climbing.
He’s also put together this gallery of humorous images showing a “wild and crazy hacker utilizing his IBM laptop in weird ways.”
Warning: using your laptop in any of these ways is likely to damage the laptop.
Drape a Gladwrap roll over your head and tape it to the laptop to work in the rain.
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Duct tape an empty toilet paper roll to the laptop’s hot air exhaust port and use it as a hair dryer.
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Place a toilet seat on the laptop for a portable camp stool.
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Cover your face with the laptop and take a nap during your lunch break.
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Duct tape a vacuum hose to your laptop’s air intake and a plastic bag to exhaust port.
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Insert the laptop into a plastic bag and tie securely. Attach a rope to the bag and toss into water for a handy canoe anchor.
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My IBM laptop makes a great cutting cutting board!
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Use your laptop at the Minnesota State Fair with the old “will work for carnival food” scam.
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Attach the laptop with bungee cords to make a portable lectern.
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My IBM laptop makes a great snow scraper!
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Put a scary mask on your laptop and scare trick or treaters on Halloween.
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Turn on the laptop and sit on it to keep you warm during cold ballgames.
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The IBM laptop makes a perfect portable birdhouse.
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Serve your friends beer in style with your laptop serving tray.
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Serve your friends champagne in style with your laptop serving tray.
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Listen to MP3’s or watch MPEG’s while mowing your yard.
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Use the laptop screen to express your views!
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My IBM laptop makes a great veggie squeezer!
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The IBM laptop leaf pusher
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The IBM laptop makes a great rain hat!
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The IBM Laptop Frisbee. The laptop is compliments of Harry “the axe” Willicox.
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An IBM laptop makes a good canoe paddle.
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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
