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title: "[ot] Devil Duckie"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/17/ot-devil-duckie.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/6/17/ot-devil-duckie.html"
published: "2004-06-17T08:26:00"
updated: "2004-06-17T08:26:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "No - I do not have better things to spend my money on. I want this: can you guess yet? it's the USB Devil Duckie Drive , of course. “ Once you reach your destination, plug in your Devil Duckie Drive and put him to work.…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# \[ot\] Devil Duckie

By Roy Osherove June 17, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 17, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

No - I do **not** have better things to spend my money on. I want this:

![](https://osherove.com/img/wb/e7b9aa61_www.thinkgeek.com_images_products_front_devil-duckie.jpg)

can you guess yet?

it's the [USB Devil Duckie Drive](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/6a29/), of course.

“_Once you reach your destination, plug in your Devil Duckie Drive and put him to work. His expressive (and often hypnotic) eyes will blink as he reads and writes your data. “_

(thanks for the tip, [Avner](http://weblogs.asp.net/avnerk))

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