Technobabble

Flying Monkey?

Posted by on Nov 30, 2008 | 46 Comments

Is the Flying Monkey the Best Stocking Stuffer of 2008, as the latest unsolicited commercial email that invaded my inbox (ever.so.strongly) suggested? Oh, it looks like a barrel full of fun … until someone pokes an eye out, as will inevitably and sadly happen.  (When the Flying Monkey lawsuits begin, will there be a manufacturer there to sue?)  The Flying Monkey isn’t just a slingshot … it’s a screaming furry slingshot. One that’s bound to knock off table lamps, smash heirloom vases, and scatter cherished knickknack across the globe.

The Flying Monkey is bound to tick off your pooch and make your cat crazy … not that you would terrorize your pets … but your nephew will.

Want to score points with friends and family?  Bring a six-pack of Flying Monkeys!

Or not.

  • http://azbubba.com Bubba

    I got a couple of these things from woot.com. They’re hilarious, and everyone I’ve shown them too love ‘em.

  • Ashley

    I think it would be a good idea for younger kids or maybe even preteens. But we all know flying monkies arent possible and may not even be amusing to people over 18.

  • http://twitter.com/no_substitute Kim Nilsson

    To only in the last paragraph insinuate that clean, safe nuclear power is the only way to go, is to me a bit vague. I’d have appreciated a stronger stance earlier in your text. Right up until then, I was sure you were against use of nuclear power altogether. Maybe I should say “against current use of nuclear power”?

  • Jeff DuVall

    I’d use it to create background audio for podcasts, import into home movies and to exercise my creativity muscle.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1450386088 Jack C Nicolas

    I used DJay for mixing songs but I’d try this app for more features

  • http://twitter.com/silnan Shane Tilton

    I could see either teaching digital music in one of my classes or using it to create music for video projects.

  • http://twitter.com/Livegeek The Geeks

    Whell, i would make a little song for my mom since i forgot her birthday a few days ago, i had it too busy doing my job

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alex-Clover/100000591838217 Alex Clover

    I would use it to make wonderful dance songs for my friends to mob to.

  • DJ Frankis

    i would use it to make music for my record company!

  • Anonymous

    Hey lockergnome. This looks amazing. I am a dancer a performance artist and a programmer and have been playing with new ways to mix music creation and movement, via the arduiono platform and other such fun. I would love to use this music playground to expand these possibilities and write some interesting plugins if all goes well.
    Deimos

  • ben ullman

    Definitely could make some cool soundtracks for home videos & mtn biking videos!

  • http://thetechzonelive.com Anthony Di Iorio

    I would use this app in a live set to add some loops to the music I’m DJing with my real turntables.

  • Anonymous

    I would use it for my videos i make.

  • Anonymous

    Hey Matt,
    I would use this with our non-profit KID’z program called Diabetic KID’Z 4 LIFE. An organization that helps kids with diabetes realize they can do anything they wat to do in life in they just try. This would be perfect in working with some of the school kids in band and the performing arts that do videos for our organization.
    Thanks for the chance
    Mark

  • Anonymous

    I would let my cat run over it and create feline music.
    I would of course film this and it would go viral since I have a cute cat…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NVLZLS5JKOKZ6AYQJXAGCCDAMQ Melvin Bowman

    I just paid $22.87 for an iPad2 (64GB) and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $674 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.com

  • Ian Manubens

    I would use it for entertaining guests, or heck, maybe even trick a record company in to the thinking I’m a boss with music, before you know it, i’ll be crankin’ out a 6 album record deal with Universal, and doin’ more drugs then Ossy Osborune….. Just kidding I’m only 13…. =(

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Constantius-Solvang/649470195 Constantius Solvang

      I would use TableTop to try to create music fore my animations and cartoons.
      I study Animation an interaktiv media and it is always a pain in the ass to find Music fore my projekts

  • http://twitter.com/Toastmaster7727 Zack Stamm

    I would use this app to create deep emotional electronic music.

  • Lansing Pugh

    I would use it to create a simulation for people of what the world sounds like to people like me with normal hearing in one ear and an acoustic neuroma (tumor) distorting audio in the other ear. Sometimes what I “hear” is actually pretty funny and other times dangerous or annoying. Any kind of deafness tends to be isolating, because you want to avoid having to keep asking people to repeat themselves.

  • http://www.leblog.se PeterNilsson

    I would try to learn how to make music :)

  • http://twitter.com/windogtx Doug Boehner

    I would use it to entertain my sister (and myself) while we go through her chemo treatments. They can take HOURS! Then later, I can share our creations with my nieces… they can add their input. Then after that, we can enlighten (torture) my parents with our final songs.

  • daryl siosan

    i love music. itd be cool if i could make my own =D

  • Anonymous

    Hi! I’m currently enrolled at Berklee Music’s online school, and I feel like I have a lot of musical ideas in my head that I can’t quite express through electronic equipment, because I am a little tech-challenged. This app seems right up my alley. I feel like TableTop would get my creative juices flowing, and give me the freedom I’ve been looking for. Thanks for your consideration. Oh, as much as I’d like this app, the diabetes, chemo, and ear tumor-related posters should get it before I do.

  • Robert Echten

    I wouldn’t, because I don’t have an iPad, but I would give it to my parents (65+) to see what they can do on the iPad I gave them. Sounds like a lot of fun! :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-Speller/1166529842 Carl Speller

    i would use it to make sound tracks for finalcut pro x

  • http://twitter.com/DonQTX DonQTX

    As a new iPad user I will use it to for my children school projects. They love to use their Apple products and create interactive projects. It may come handy in including music or music fusion…

  • http://twitter.com/hzsurfer hz .

    I Would start making music to travel the world with just a single tablet on my hands.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=872530166 Eduardo Gomez

    I would write and write and write Dub Step/House for people around the world; while still being able to play Metal. which tells everyone that I love music, all kinds.

  • Pedro Visoso

    I would give it away to my nephew edeer hes 21. He works
    with a lot of youth in need. he a musician him self “drummer”
    him self n I know him n his kids would have a blast making music
    for there youth christian band. thanks

  • Anonymous

    With this app I would be able to put the ideas in my head down immediately, whereas now I just have my recorder app where I can just sing the tune in my head…not very useful if I have multiple tracks running in my head lol. This is my music studio on the go and wherever I am, because my iPad is attached to my body!

  • Jeremy Wyrick

    I would use this app to create songs like rebecca black’s Friday!!!

  • Danton Dubier

    apps like this are why I have an iPad

  • http://twitter.com/DipolarFish Manmit Mitbawkar

    I would mix sound recordings of my year old nephew with some cool effects and gift the final cut to my brother for my nephew’s second birthday.

  • Christopher Rubarth

    I would use it to create hipster pretentious body-gyrating electronic music.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001604021497 Vladimir Chrome Chomeini

    I would go to the zoo and play a monk to the elephants

  • Steven Hibbs

    I would use it to create original music for my YouTube videos. That way I wouldn’t get flagged for copyright infringement.

  • Dexter Belgrade

    I’d use it to create music to end all music! Tiesto made a return to Ibiza so he’d get inspiration for In search of Sunrise 6, I’d make music on Ibiza’s beach, how’s that for inspiration!

  • Ethan LaFreniere

    I would use it to create mixes that i can use to play at shows!

  • http://twitter.com/rgritt Ryan Gritt

    I would use it to brainstorm musical ideas wherever I am :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/Martini1986 Ian M. Mitchell

    I would use it to create music, to get my creative juices flowing

  • Clifford Miller Jr

    I would use it to create music for local plays that cannot afford pay for such things. It would be very much appreciated.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S54JCFQ4SBVSX6OW4KWK2LOJOQ Joe Randini

    I would start making music. I have always wanted to make some house, or Drum&Bass.

  • http://twitter.com/WuzzAppDoc WuzzAppDoc

    I would use it! ;)

  • Jim Buchanan

    I would use it in my live music. It would be onstage with me. I’m a bass player, so basically i do nothing anyway. My bandmates would LOVE to have samples and “transition” music; this app would definitely let me do this. It would also allow us to add that “missing piece” in some of the cover tunes we do.

  • Sam Shobaki

    I would plug myself as a module