plankton's nailed USB drive: perfect for handymen, frustrated computer owners

Be honest with yourself: has there ever been a time when you felt like taking a hammer to a computer of yours? Yes, of course. Apparently some of the clever minds at plankton figured out a way to let people live out that fantasy without totally destroying their partially functional machine. The "nailed" USB flash drive features 2GB of internal storage, an unmistakable design and a rather huge head to ensure that even novice nailers don't miss the target. Of course, it doesn't take any responsibility for damage incurred by inserting said drive in the previously referenced manner, but a few light taps should suffice in most instances. Pick one up now in galvanized or blued (okay, not really) for €29.50 ($46).

[Via technabob]

[ShadowKain @ Jul 30th 2008 7:56PM]

Ah yes, random objects turned into usb drives...never ceases to amaze me what some people do with theirs...

[Bob @ Jul 30th 2008 11:48PM]

A USB drive that size should be able to hold over 10 times what it does... What a rip off.

[xenon87 @ Jul 30th 2008 7:58PM]

I'd hit it!

[andres @ Jul 30th 2008 8:01PM]

took me a while, but i laughed.

[quomen @ Jul 30th 2008 8:09PM]

I got it immediately, but didn't laugh.

[phanbouy @ Jul 30th 2008 8:20PM]

quomen: i think they have seminars for that kinda handicap

[quomen @ Jul 30th 2008 8:23PM]

phanbouy: Who needs seminars to cure handicaps when you can use a baseball bat to induce one?

[Bleck @ Jul 30th 2008 8:54PM]

With a hammer. A USB Hammer that is.

[phanbouy @ Jul 30th 2008 9:02PM]

i see, so you're really really angry. thanks for the update.

[Graham @ Jul 30th 2008 9:09PM]

I dont know, I dont think im desperate enough to nail my computer.

[quomen @ Jul 30th 2008 9:10PM]

No, I love the world. Stop trying to portray me as the enemy.

[Eorlas @ Jul 30th 2008 9:45PM]

haha

[Ricardo @ Jul 30th 2008 7:59PM]

Unless that's a 3" laptop this thing is huge! I mean, look at the VGA connector next to it!

[chemisus @ Jul 30th 2008 10:37PM]

thats what she said!

on another note, i think a better comparison would have been the hammer that is off to the side of the picture.

[Jubei @ Jul 30th 2008 8:05PM]

Not on my Mac. On my DELL and Gateway, sure I would love to hammer these substandard products.

[d @ Jul 30th 2008 10:04PM]

here here.
and yes, that counts even on boot camp
at least for me it does

[Metkis @ Jul 30th 2008 8:06PM]

Well, it gives us geeks a way to say we nailed something at least. :P

[Bleck @ Jul 30th 2008 8:46PM]

Oh snap!

[phanbouy @ Jul 30th 2008 8:21PM]

didn't Frankenstein's monster have a nail sticking out of his head? that is very important.

[Bleck @ Jul 30th 2008 8:46PM]

As much as I really dislike the massive amount of redundant iPhone posts, lets be realistic now. Engadget is a website.. websites for the most part want traffic. Engadget at the moment is one of the bigger gadget websites and a new popular gadget just came out with a new revision..

They are posting updates for it that are likely gathering them a very large amount of traffic. Why would they stop just to please the people who are too lazy to scroll or download a Greasemonkey Firefox script? Get real. If any of you guys (or girls) had nearly as much traffic as I bet Engadget has right now, you would be orgasmic.

[Bleck @ Jul 30th 2008 8:48PM]

OMG! Please ignore this guys, Roboform somehow loaded up a previous post of mine.. ignore this.. thanks.

[marcelo @ Jul 30th 2008 8:58PM]

WTF?

[Shadyman @ Jul 31st 2008 1:08AM]

LOL Roboform.

At least it didn't load up a list of passwords? (Darn!)

[Mile @ Jul 30th 2008 9:02PM]

While kind of funny, I think I would not like it in my pocket, no sir.

[Shadyman @ Jul 31st 2008 1:09AM]

Is that a giant-usb-nail in your pocket, or are you just...

[Rich @ Jul 30th 2008 9:08PM]

Is there any significance in the fact that the head of the nail is positioned off the table? It looks to me like it wouldn't fit properly and would cause the laptop to rise a few millimeters off a flat surface if you tried to insert it without it sticking out into clear air.

[Embassy Pro Books @ Jul 30th 2008 9:16PM]

That's hillarious..and a great little gift for our it staff.

[Richard @ Jul 30th 2008 9:19PM]

Did anybody else look at it and consider using it for cord management? Just me?

I'd run my power cord and other usb cables over top of it so they don't hang down and pull on my mouse or power brick.

[Darren @ Jul 30th 2008 9:28PM]

Any laptop that places its USB port back behind the screen deserves to be smashed.

[chefgon_ign @ Jul 31st 2008 11:25AM]

This is actually the EXACT laptop that I use at home, and those three USB ports are the only three on the entire machine. It is a huge pain.

[Jhongerkong @ Jul 30th 2008 10:18PM]

You might look like a tool having this

In fact, I might just bolt out and buy one

If it fails though, ill go nuts

[Bob @ Jul 30th 2008 11:48PM]

Clever.

[Colin Potter @ Jul 31st 2008 12:20AM]

you need to make like a pile of bricks and get laid.

[davep @ Jul 31st 2008 10:15AM]

http://www.worldwidefred.com/hacked.htm

[karmaghost @ Aug 1st 2008 1:04AM]

That is one old, low-end Dell laptop. I should know, my household owned one for a while.