Hack your Wal-Mart Singing Santa
By Paul Miller 
posted Dec 15th 2005 7:30AM
posted Dec 15th 2005 7:30AM
We know you're already regretting that impulse buy of a certain Saint Nick that is currently ho ho hoing up a storm
in the corner. Well redeem yourself with this sweet hack to get that perennial chuckler laughing to your lame
Christmas slogans. The hack a day reader responsible modded his Santa up with
drunken antics — be sure to peep the videos — but surely you wouldn't be so coarse. This is not a hack for the timed or
weak minded, but we're sure there are certain inherent qualities in anyone brave enough to bring a 5-foot animatronic
Santa home to the wife.
[Via hack a day]
What can I expect from this? Can I program my Wal-Mart Santa to say "Ho ho ho, grab me some beer bitch!" ???
Man, he should do that, and then return it to walmart.
There's this restaurant in my town (Iowa City) that has this guy in front of it. But the volume is so loud that when you activate it by walking by, he screams so loud that he scares people away. I've also seen people walking dogs and the dogs have tried to attack it.
If you hear me BoJames, take down the santa dammit!
timed? or do you mean timid...
this guy may be a smart hacker, but he has absolutely no sense of humor. lame
Ha Ha, returning it reprogrammed is a great idea. Maybe you could add some quotes from the Chucky movies to really freak the next customer out.
There is a comment in the hack-a-day link that points to an even creepier hack for the Santa. Seems this guy made a hanging man for Halloween. Looks like a guy really kicking while being hanged. Sheesh!
http://www.hauntershangout.com/home/santahangman.asp
#4 and #7:
This is just like the Yes Men (http://www.yesmen.org/).... They bought a stack of Barbies and her boyfriend Ken, hacked the voices and switched them from body. They returned them with some semi-political message for the kids. Really funny.
Should see the documentary if you can find it. I good laugh about how they fight the globalisation....
- Unomi -