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DS Daily: Swiss Army Pocket DS

LOLfunThe DS plays games. It is the prime directive. Yet, the budding engineers inside us call for creative ways to use said device. There are simple things: using the twin suns also called screens to illuminate dark areas, or as a convenient excuse to ignore that annoying dude on the bus. Sorry, man, I'm busy being a male cheerleader.

What have you got for us? How creative have you gotten? Doorstop? Protractor? SCI-embedded finite state machine? Yeahhhh we're nerds.

(The above picture has very little relevance, we know. We just thought it was funny.)

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1. That picture is indeed funny. I just use DS for games.

Posted at 9:21AM on Mar 6th 2007 by hvnlysoldr

2. I've used it as a stand, to prop things up for pictures.

Posted at 10:46AM on Mar 6th 2007 by JC Fletcher

3. I use mine to spread mayo on sandwiches.

Posted at 11:33AM on Mar 6th 2007 by JM

4. My DS Phat now serves as a hole-punch. Two angled holes drilled in the bottom flap, two sharp(ish) metal spikes fixed to the top. The paper straightener passes under the bump between the bottom screen and the microphone/power lights, where the 'Nintendo DS' logo is. Heartbreaking to use, but aesthetically pleasing.

Posted at 11:55AM on Mar 6th 2007 by Mainman

5. I taped my phone to the back of my Lite and use it to clip onto bags and clothes.

...But I thought everyone did that?

I use DSOrganize to jot down game notes I need to remember on the go, and I've found it's address book to be invaluable in a pinch on a few occations.

Posted at 4:33PM on Mar 6th 2007 by spinthelights

6. I put my phat in a sock and threaten people with it.

Posted at 5:19PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Crazylink

7. Wallet. If I'm in an airport, and prefer not to whip out my wallet filled to the brim with cash (LIES. I'm poor! Not really, that too was a lie, but like, I never have a cash...) I just shove a coupla bills in the DS...

The picture's good. One time, some friends tied up one of them... Completely duck-taped her, then left her on the side of the road. Only her mouth was uncovered.

Posted at 6:28PM on Mar 6th 2007 by Chii

8. "The picture's good. One time, some friends tied up one of them... Completely duck-taped her, then left her on the side of the road. Only her mouth was uncovered."

That's so cruel. Then she can't play ds

Posted at 11:50PM on Mar 6th 2007 by NeverSage

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