I'm thinking safe storage of my laptop in the backseat of my car with the door that doesn't lock

January 4, 2005 3:13 PM

I see Johnson has brought his pizza to the meeting again.
posted by angry modem (27 comments total)

::shakes her head::

I was hoping for real pizza.

[but it is nifty]
posted by kamylyon at 3:20 PM on January 4, 2005

It is not often you see
Technical
and
• Corrugated cardboard pizza box
in such immediate proximity.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:25 PM on January 4, 2005

Hmm. See also the Slashdot article of same, currently on the front page. Seems like a stupid idea to me, but YMMV. Now, find a way to hide a laptop in a KFC bargain bucket ... that'll impress me.
posted by kaemaril at 3:29 PM on January 4, 2005

See my thinking would be that some homeless person would feel pretty tempted to grab dude's pizza and run away with it, thinking no one would ever go through the process of sending the police after someone over a stolen pizza..
posted by Space Coyote at 3:32 PM on January 4, 2005

That seems like a really stupid idea to me. I bet that multiplies possibility of theft fivefold.

"Mmm, pizza! Oh. Mmm, laptop!" <scurries away>

or

"Who left this old box here?" <tosses it in trash>
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:33 PM on January 4, 2005

The best idea on slashdot was to disguise it as a Pauly Shore DVD collection instead.
posted by weston at 3:43 PM on January 4, 2005

Seems like a lame idea: who doesn't want to steal pizza slices? It should be in a box labeled as "tax forms" or something... something nobody wants...
posted by miss lynnster at 3:47 PM on January 4, 2005

Oh yes, Pauly Shore... now THAT'S what I'm talking 'bout!
posted by miss lynnster at 3:48 PM on January 4, 2005

But nobody would believe you had a Pauly Shore DVD collection! Unless everything else in the environment screamed "insufferable hipster."
posted by furiousthought at 3:50 PM on January 4, 2005

In my mind, this thing is already a failure. Just like certain fake security cameras, it will be easy for thieves to spot, because it's not a _real_ pizza box- it has a design distinct from the major chains.

In fact, if i were a thief, I'd watch for just this box and grab it. Just like the white in-ear ipod headphones.
posted by fake at 3:55 PM on January 4, 2005

Why is this pizza hooked up to a color printer?
posted by papakwanz at 3:57 PM on January 4, 2005

...in case someone else wants a slice?
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 4:01 PM on January 4, 2005

Wouldn't it be more than a tad strange to see someone carrying a pizza box vertically?
posted by O9scar at 4:09 PM on January 4, 2005

Started keeping my digital camera in a large jar of mayo but now the lense is really screwed up and it keeps slipping out of my hand.
posted by Cancergiggles at 4:40 PM on January 4, 2005

A friend of mine pointed out quite rightly that the cardboard box would get ratty and dirty over time, and thus it would become obvious that there was something other than pizza in it, because pizza places don't send out pizza in dirty, shabby, beat-up pizza boxes.

Except in some parts of northern New Jersey, Brooklyn and Queens...
posted by zoogleplex at 4:41 PM on January 4, 2005

"Waterproof: Need to go out in the rain? Putting your PowerPizza in a carrier bag will not only increase the level of disguise - it'll keep it dry too. "

These guys are geniuses.

The price is nearly $25 U.S. Even if I thought this was a good idea I could get a clean box from any pizza place in town and make my own for next-to-nothing.
posted by spock at 4:46 PM on January 4, 2005

OK.
I get it now.
posted by spock at 4:49 PM on January 4, 2005

As a theft deterrent this is useless, because if anyone leaves a pizza box out, one's first instinct (even if it's not your pizza) is to open the lid and at least check out the toppings.

However as a tool for corporate espionage, it can't be beat. Just sneak in disguised as the pizza man, then head straight for the server room.

Of course, if that's the kind of person you are, you can probably get free pizza boxes at your corner pizza place if you ask nicely.
posted by BartFargo at 4:56 PM on January 4, 2005

Hmm. See also the Slashdot article of same, currently on the front page. Seems like a stupid idea to me, but YMMV. Now, find a way to hide a laptop in a KFC bargain bucket ... that'll impress me.

In much the same way you don't watch TV, I don't read Slashdot regularly anymore.
posted by angry modem at 4:57 PM on January 4, 2005

I like to keep my laptop in Liza Minelli.

No one has stolen it, and it gets me out of a lot of meetings early.

Well, it's true!
posted by Darkman at 5:17 PM on January 4, 2005

Wait - someone relates Pauly Shore in some way to the word "hipster?"
posted by Kirth Gerson at 5:50 PM on January 4, 2005

On the Pauly Shore tangent, I actually had the opportunity to see him at the Comedy Store in Hollywood. Joe Rogan was headlining and was the comedian friends and I had actually gone to see.

In a comedy stand-up routine, Pauly Shore, is incredibly depressing and sad. He makes squealing noises which are quite distressing.
posted by Colloquial Collision at 5:55 PM on January 4, 2005

The post's first line would make a great New Yorker cartoon.

*starts reading every MeFi and memepool headline for more cartoon ideas*
posted by NickDouglas at 6:16 PM on January 4, 2005

I like to keep my laptop in Liza Minelli.

No one has stolen it, and it gets me out of a lot of meetings early.

Now that's funny.
posted by bdave at 6:23 PM on January 4, 2005

I see you've brought your Johnson again. (can't resist reference to big sausage pizza.com)
posted by rxrfrx at 6:23 PM on January 4, 2005

Ethereal Bligh, that comment made my day. Thanks.
posted by Stunt at 7:05 PM on January 4, 2005

I am relieved to learn that this is an art site. Note the section on "Fictional Products." While they do seem to actually be willing to sell the PowerPizza, I doubt they think it's really a practical laptop accessory.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:37 PM on January 4, 2005