What should I get engrave on my iPod

November 12, 2007 11:03 AM

Suggestions please, on what to get engraved on brand new iPod.

I decided to splurge for the a new pod, probably an 80gig classic, as opposed to buying a refurbished one like before, which means I can have something engraved on it. I don't want just my name or it doesn't even have to have my name on it, but I'm looking for ideas for something extremely unique.

I've read the suggestions here and while "Don't Panic" is close it still falls flat to me due to being more of an injoke, albeit a popular one. "Pussy Wagon" is kinda in the ballpark for its combination of words and ideas, but it's offensive and only funny in a movie character.

I'm not looking for a specific quote per se, though that would be fine if it was extremely good, rather for the idea of something. Example: "Artist X always had interesting things to say about Y, maybe look up some of his quotes."

It can only be two lines long and can only have 22 characters, including spaces, in each line.

Ideas?

posted by Brandon Blatcher to technology (42 comments total)

I've always used a favorite, definitive song lyric.
posted by Soup at 11:06 AM on November 12, 2007

Favourite band lyric?
posted by brautigan at 11:18 AM on November 12, 2007

Apparently also listed in that previous thread, but I used:

I am a consumer whore!
And how!
posted by Mrmuhnrmuh at 11:22 AM on November 12, 2007

Four years later, I'm still happy with the engraving on my third generation iPod: "There are many like it / but this one is mine."
posted by SemiSophos at 11:22 AM on November 12, 2007 [5 favorites]

From a previous askme with a similar question:

Screw the RIAA
posted by hydrophonic at 11:22 AM on November 12, 2007

What Jules had written on his wallet in Pulp Fiction.
posted by The World Famous at 11:23 AM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

"This machine kills record companies."
posted by The World Famous at 11:24 AM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Drat, didn't see you linked to the previous thread.

How about going retro with "Smash the PMRC"
posted by hydrophonic at 11:25 AM on November 12, 2007

The cake is a lie.
posted by bondcliff at 11:27 AM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Ceci n'est pas une iPod
posted by kimota at 11:29 AM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Nothing. Engraving seems a bit lame and tacky, like personalized license plates.
posted by 6550 at 11:30 AM on November 12, 2007

Note that if you engrave it you vastly reduce its value on the second-hand market.
posted by Mwongozi at 11:32 AM on November 12, 2007

Note that if you engrave it you vastly reduce its value on the second-hand market.

Not an issue.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:33 AM on November 12, 2007

Y2K Compliant
posted by The World Famous at 11:33 AM on November 12, 2007

My son's has "####'s Ipod. Touch me & you die."

You can do simple things, like your ipod's name: Sexy Ipod, BB's Mash-ups, Mefi Mixes, etc.

Since 22 characters doesn't really leave much room for an entire song lyric, you could go with the first few notes of a favorite song, like: EDCD EEE, EEE, EEE (Mary had a little lamb)
posted by misha at 11:34 AM on November 12, 2007

I am not young enough
to know everything.

[Wilde]
posted by dyoneo at 11:36 AM on November 12, 2007

REWARD IF FOUND - PLEASE CALL XXX-XXX-XXXX
posted by tristeza at 11:44 AM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Can you think of a short quote relevant to an interest or hobby of yours? I knit, and I just had the Holly Golightly quote "I may be knitting a ranch house" engraved on my iPod. The iPod is always in a case or sleeve, so I'm the only one who knows it there, but it still makes me smile when I do see it.
posted by LiliaNic at 11:48 AM on November 12, 2007

I put my name and gmail address. Lame I guess, but I couldn't think of a two line quote that I would definitely positively like to have associated with the device for as long as I have it.
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 12:01 PM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

I wonder if you could do something funny with ASCII art.
posted by DMan at 12:17 PM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

I wonder if you could do something funny with ASCII

No. Do not want.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:21 PM on November 12, 2007

Yes, my music is yummy
Please do not eat me!
posted by weirdoactor at 12:27 PM on November 12, 2007

I'M SHOWING YOU MY IPOD
LOOK AT IT! LOOK AT IT!

(I went the boring route of my name and phone number in case of pocket mishap. Or complicating a mugger's pawn shop plans, either way.)
posted by Drastic at 12:27 PM on November 12, 2007

Good Karma!
[e-mail]
posted by lannanh at 12:32 PM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

DO NOT PANIC

^_^
posted by odinsdream at 12:32 PM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Do what thou wilt.
So mete it be.
posted by trim17 at 12:45 PM on November 12, 2007

(Ha ha. How weird - well for me)

Two days ago I was given an engraver so I've been putting little kitty prints across everything.
The trick to it is a little in the detail but mostly it's just the placing of them.
posted by mu~ha~ha~ha~har at 12:48 PM on November 12, 2007

iPod, uPod, weallPod
for my iPod!

or:

Everything was beautiful
And nothing hurt.
posted by ORthey at 12:53 PM on November 12, 2007

After a CD player was stolen from my car, I engraved "stolen from drezdn" on the next one, and doodled some designs in the cover with a Dremel, ensuring it'll have no resale value. Granted, you could only do part 1.
posted by drezdn at 1:23 PM on November 12, 2007

Stolen from Your Name - I engraved this on my husbands new ipod after his old one was stolen. Always gets a laugh.
posted by bhkart at 1:36 PM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Mine says "Andy Harwood's magical iPod". I thought it was funny when I got it, now I'm no so sure.
posted by Andy Harwood at 1:53 PM on November 12, 2007

For two of my iPods, I went with very short quotes from books.

My pink one has: "Not all who wander are lost."
My purple one has: "After all this time? Always."

Is there a book you really like? Maybe you can pull a short quote from it? :)
posted by Zarya at 2:05 PM on November 12, 2007

B A D N L T H R I C E
R N O B A C E B T H S
posted by cashman at 2:13 PM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Music - "A magic beyond all we do"
Albus Dumbledore
posted by mysterious1der at 2:24 PM on November 12, 2007

Haiku on iPod
Cool idea, but too few lines
posted by Jabberwocky at 2:44 PM on November 12, 2007

First name. Mobile phone number. Also put a readme.txt file in the root directory with the same info. Otherwise if you lose it, you can pretty much forget it ever existed.
posted by aeschenkarnos at 4:32 PM on November 12, 2007

I always put my name and email address on my iPods. I imagine that for the finder of a lost iPod, there must be a conflict between the temptation to keep it it, the will to do the right thing and try to find its owner, and the inertia of it not being one's problem, just leave it where it is. I'm pretty sure that a name and contact details right on the back of the thing would tip the balance towards the second option.
posted by nowonmai at 5:06 PM on November 12, 2007

Maybe something hifalutin', e.g.

As screw is to scrod,
iPoo's past part: iPod.

See also related AskMe question, with similar constraints.
posted by rob511 at 7:03 PM on November 12, 2007

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

(Nietzsche)
posted by cosmic osmo at 7:18 PM on November 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

No Beach to walk on.

It's a completely random quote from the Naked Now episode of Star Trek TOS.
posted by blue_beetle at 10:35 PM on November 12, 2007

My other mp3 player
is a Zune.
posted by markdj at 2:12 AM on November 13, 2007

None of the above suggestions impress me, so just engrave:

METAFILTER FAILED ME
posted by nineRED at 6:22 AM on November 13, 2007