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Desktop Oven

Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' from the oven.
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A small oven, discreetly disguised as a stack of CDs in their cases, in which one can bake a very small batch of cookies, right there at your desk for the ultimate morning snack to go with your coffee. Comes with an 8-digit security code, to prevent cookie burglars making off with your morning snack.

Drive your workmates crazy. The smell of cookies baking at your desk would be... well, indescribable.

UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008

Baked(!) http://www.thinkgee...uff/41/ezbake.shtml
The description suggests you can make "caffeinated meatloaf" in it. [hippo, Jan 28 2008]

Not Baked(!) http://www.thinkgee...&cart.x=32&cart.y=5
It's an April Fool's joke from the same crew that brought us SnuzNLuz alarm clocks, probably snatched from our very own Penalty Alarm idea. [UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008]

desktop microwave Popcorn_20Microwave
Basically I like your idea, and want mine to sit right next to yours on everyones desk [evilpenguin, Jan 28 2008]

The pizza version http://web.archive...._2f4_20Pizza_20Oven
Gone in the crash of '04, but caught in the Internet Archives [lurch, Jan 28 2008]

Pentium 4 Easy Bake Oven Pentium_204_20Easy_20Bake_20Oven
[RayfordSteele, Jan 29 2008]

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       I'd be frightened to leave my desk, come back 30 minutes later and it's empty.
skinflaps, Jan 28 2008
  

       Fixed. Security feature added.
UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008
  

       Smile and wave to the autoboner, boys and girls.
UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008
  

       This is crazy and cool, so get me one and I'll bake your bun at my desk (+).
MisterQED, Jan 28 2008
  

       "Caffeinated meatloaf"! WTF?
UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008
  

       One of the wedding shows did an episode where the guy loved Mountain Dew so much, he had Donut filling made from the syrup. I can only imagine caffinated meatloaf uses similar strategy.
MisterQED, Jan 28 2008
  

       I think this would drive me as nuts as my coworkers. I don't need to be smelling cookies all day, and attracting attention to an oven in my cubicle would get me in trouble. CD stack would fool no one.
phundug, Jan 28 2008
  

       A while back I had a coworker who baked cookies at his desk. He did not hide his little oven, though. It was a great pleasure to pass by his desk, and if you happened to at the right time, he was not indisposed to sharing his delights.   

       Needless to say, we all miss him. No one else seems to have the temerity or something to carry on his legacy.
globaltourniquet, Jan 28 2008
  

       What happened to him? Was he sacked, baked, electrocuted, beaten to death, cooked and eaten... ?
UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008
  

       He moved on to bake his cookies at another job with greater opportunity and higher pay.   

       You know, I will have all of his old friends for the price of a mini-oven and much cookie dough. I wonder if they are worth it.
globaltourniquet, Jan 28 2008
  

       One way to find out.
UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008
  

       I want the desk next to yours... better tell me the code though... umm... in case you're out and the cookies start burning... yeah that's it.
FlyingToaster, Jan 28 2008
  

       USB controlled?
DenholmRicshaw, Jan 28 2008
  

       Hook it up to an Acajoom autoresponder, so it notifies a selected mailing list when they're cooked.
UnaBubba, Jan 28 2008
  

       I need the construction model. Disguised as...uh...um, toolbox maybe.   

       //The smell of cookies baking at your desk would be... well, indescribable.//   

       Here, let me try. Smells like, let's see now, baking cookies? Hmm, yes, I think that's pretty much spot on.   

       [+]
theleopard, Jan 29 2008
  

       Wow, you are sooooo imaginative!
UnaBubba, Jan 29 2008
  

       Thanks! I'm always here to lend a paw.
theleopard, Jan 29 2008
  

       [+] I like [DenholmRicshaw]'s idea for USB control, but I don't think USB would provide enough power. Better make it a SCSI device mounted in one of your computer's disk drive slots. When you click the Cookie icon on your desktop, a little tray slides out.
AO, Jan 29 2008
  

       Can't we just convert my work pentium box into an easy-bake oven?
RayfordSteele, Jan 29 2008
  

       //When you click the Cookie icon on your desktop, a little tray slides out.//   

       Isn't that for your coffee mug?
UnaBubba, Jan 29 2008
  

       <obligatory pun that everyone already thought of but couldn't be bothered to say because they knew everyone already thought of it, but some of us have more free time than others>But I've disabled cookies on my system </opteatobcbbtsbtkeatoi, bsouhmftto>
globaltourniquet, Jan 29 2008
  

       Hah! Thanks for the laugh, [gt].
UnaBubba, Jan 29 2008
  

       I would put this next to my little desk top microwave oven disguised as a paper stack, my desk top refrig, disguised as a second computer tower, my desk top sink, disguised as a small table lamp, my desk top gas range, disguised as a box of tissues, and my desk top toaster, disguised as a computer speaker, next to my handy larder, disguised as a filing cabinet. Of course, I am a micro-chef disguised as a computer draftsman.
Blisterbob, Jan 29 2008
  

       [Blisterbob] and your Inbox cleverly disguised as a wastepaper basket.
FlyingToaster, Jan 30 2008
  

       And a mat under your desk, which doubles as a bed?
UnaBubba, Jan 30 2008
  

       and the desktop itself, which everything's glued to, flips over and becomes a pool table...
FlyingToaster, Jan 30 2008
  


 

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