The DIY DumbGuy laptop stand: so easy, even a dumb guy can make it
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Oct 24th 2008 5:58AM
posted Oct 24th 2008 5:58AM
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I think I messed up. It's bend hanger then....???
Gotta love clank.
Go ahead and vote down for relevancy. Secret Agent Clank will avenge me.
@jared
Let me help you a bit...
A) Bend Hanger
B) Contemplate existence and every single nuance that adds to the immensely complex system of interacting forces.
C) Bend a bit more.
the spoon- err, i mean hanger isnt really there...
"Bend hangar"... Isn't a hangar something where you park your airplanes in? Not that easy to bend, I guess??
hehe yeah, that's why the picture is very misleading and it's not an easy DIY... :P
You'd understand if you were a "genus".
Hey you guys, stop being a bunch of "morans"
You had me at Chuckles
Unless you're a hurricane or a tornado.
I dunno, I heard that "The steps *too* build this ergonomic laptop stand are dead simple"
Hey, they just pay these guys to write, not to proofread.
Good Good... you standard wire hanger is about $0.10,
If this was branded Belkin it would probably have a 30,000% mark-up
Gotta love the certified Apple accessory tax.
This guy may be a creative and technical genius, but I wonder if he protected his intellectual property rights with a patent on this invention. Unlike Erno Rubik, I bet he's kicking himself now...
I see the spell checker was broken when this article was being written.
The misspellings are part of the joke. Get it... dumb guy... geeesh.
Thomas
I defended Ricker's grammar/spelling in the Wii homebrew post, but this is just ridiculous.
At least he spelt 'genus' correctly.
Ah, thanks for clarifying Ricker. Perhaps less subtlety would have been in order?
But getting grammar and spelling goons worked up into a tizzy on a gadget blog is half the fun.
Thomas Ricker
You seem to be treating this like a big joke. It's disgusting.
If you don't change your attitude I'll take my custom elsewhere, then you'll be laughing on the other side of you're fase.
*in a stage whisper* Its working Ricker!
Hey guys (or gals); Ricker was the one who wrote it. I think he can speak for himself on why he misspelled it, and he did.
Ian,
Thanks for pointing this out.
j_g_puff.
So, Thomas, what you're saying is that, like this "hangar", you're also a bit of a tool.
Got it. Insult the readers that you so desperately need. That's called "smart business".
Im laughing at all of you. Thanks for starting my day off whith awl of dis nonsense.
Besides being funny, this post has accomplished one thing at least.
We now know that Salsa Shark has no sense of humor. Or someone stole his dog this morning.
Engadget publishes article, forgets spell checker.
Yeah, the misspellings are part of the joke. You're just playing dumb...
I agree with the grammar police this time. It looks like my 7 year old son wrote this article.
Simple and effective but i wouldnt trust a metal coat hanger to hold up my expensive notebook by thin metal already slightly weakened by bending.
The author here needs to find a new job. I won't even get into the subject matter to keep this post short. Wrong use of the word "to" right off the bat, then spells "hanger" wrong. Then just to prove he wasn't the victim of a typo, does it again. My personal favorite though, has got to be the part where he spells "genius" wrong. Engadget, when you're ready for a real article, I'll be waiting.
engadget has been outsourced to India to cut costs, this is the best we'll get for a long time :/
Oh, in that case it's quite good. All the words are in the right order. +2 points to Indian translating services.
First you dimwits don't get Thomas's joke.. then, you use it as a chance to make fun of people that (for the most part) speak very good English, albeit with an accent.
Kudos.
wow, if only all my hangers weren't made of wood or plastic.....
denied
1) bend hangar
b) stop bending hangar
q) ???
?) PROFIT!
Oh My Word, thats... Difficult, i cant seem to get it right, i have gone through three laptops.... help Tech Support!!!.....
Welcome to the Lucid Dream Tech Support, oh thank goodness, here i thought reality was dreaming.
:)
Does ANYONE proofreads their stuff at Engadget before they're posted? Ever?
I hope you did that on purpose.
Spam, before you go complaining about engadget and the toothpick in their eye, please get rid of the telephone pole in yours. Thanks! :)
Actually I'm referring to the comments, not so much about the "news postings". You know, "he who has not sinned casts the first stone... blah blah".
But thanks for pointing it out to me. Sometimes I don't get my own jokes.
He never states that this is the 15.4" model only. When is he going to bring out a 17", or in my case 18.4", version. Just cant find a coat hanger big enough! And I'm probably going to be low ranked for this one but... Will it bend?
They bent the spellings rather than the hangers.
Too true, too true.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wont this put extra strain on the hinges?
"A genus (plural: genera, from Greek: Γένος; Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender") is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species"
And you thought he doesn't know spellings.
@Thomas Ricker
Making a wimsy attempt at a bad joke and then go around calling people dumb because they don't appreciate it? How dorky are you? If you try to be funny, at least put some wit into it and refrain from insulting people that do not share your taste. It doesn't make you look smart.
Oh, come off and chill a bit! Why are you so aggressive, dude?
I always try to be nice, but a handful of things, among them certain attitudes such as the "0mfg, u dident get mah 1337 jokeh, ur st00hpid!" one, simply set me on fire, when I see editors of renowned science and tech sites display them.
But I think it was not that bad at all. And anyway, I don't think you can say bad joke, since everyone has his own humor.
Ahh where did he insult anyone? Are you referring to the "...dumb guy..." thing? Well, I hate to tell you, but he was referencing his own post. Try reading the title of it.
I think everyone complaining about the spelling should cancel their subscription immediately and demand a refund. Oh wait...
My comment below is grammar related, not spelling, so we're still friends, right?
"The steps too build this ergonomic laptop stand are dead simple"
Dont you hate it when people use the wrong TOO/TO ?
What a hideous stand. It just might suit my desk :)
Does not work with 17" laptops....
that's ingenious. now i finally have an idea about how to get my decorative dinner plates to stand up on their shelf in the kitchen (without wasting $10 on a plate rack).
I don't see any twisted-up aircraft storage facilities in the pic. :(
OK so it's a great idea, but what do I do with my Portege R500 which won't open itself up 180 degrees? Do I have to buy some sort of optional accessory? :P
fyi that rubiks cube is a custom edition. its a DIY rubiks -_-
Do you guys seriously trust your laptop 'in' one of these?
And what's with the typos on such a short post? I miss the old times already.
Also, just guessing, but does not work with 42" plasma displays. Do not try this.
The hangar is ok, but using too instead of to is not cool.
I refuse to respawned to any of these comments.
"The steps too build this ergonomic laptop stand are dead simple: 1) bend hangar, b) stop bending hangar"
1... b... good job engadget
I have never seen a hanger made of wire that thick anywhere...
there is no hanger
I won't try. I still want to use my laptop.
Yeah, i don't know how heavy that Gateway is (in my experience, they are pretty heavy) but if the hanger is the only thing that holds the lappie - i'd say it's structurally unsound. One little blow and laptop is down, pulling along with it any media you may have hooked up to it (preferably a >500GB hard disk while it's actively reading or writing). I am not doing this with my Inspiron 1720 ... that big ole fat monster. And what the hell are they making hangers from in China? Industrial steel?