Tee-r-up Golf Aid

watching on the 7th tee.

old folks are shaky, bad knees, cant bend, arthritis

still want to golf. but cant too up.

drop from waist height. self righting. weeble wobble, weighted base

2 possible opening mechanisms; petal opening that cradles ball when closed, or tennis-ball can like sleeve that collapses once setup.

how does it open? options could include:

• 10 seconds timer
• belt remote
• accelerometer
• mercury direction switch.
• switch hit with club?

pick up with club?

low profile so swing is not effected.

carbonfootprint.com

A simple site to calculate and track your carbon footprint.

Include articles on how to reduce your footprint, product advertisements and reviews, and a community discussion board.

And, of course, a blog.

artRental.com

For a simple $4.95 per month per picture, rent world class art reproductions from the Masters, or high-quality originals from up and coming artists.

If you really like a piece of art, you can buy it and keep it.

To change your artwork, or just change the frame to match a design change, send it back and within 4 days receive a new piece to fit the same area, or choose a different shape or medium.

Include instruction on styles, good articles on decorating with art, accessories like hangers and lighting, and art for sale. Include a swap meet where people can sell or trade artwork.

wakeupcall.com or 1-800-wakeupcall

I would love to see a service that I could register at, that would place all call to my cellphone at a predefined time. And that would ring again in 5 minutes, and then again in 5 minutes, if no answer.

It could either be a paid service (2 bucks a month?) or paid for by making the wakeup call a paid ad (“Wake up! Have a good morning and drink Pepsi.”)

Dog Poo Police

Gary’s idea: do what other people dont want to do.

Monthly fee, like $24.95, show up twice a month and clear it all. 10 minutes per yard, twice a month, is about $75.00 per hour.

And people will love you.

The Unsigned

I want to watch a twist on the show “The Next Great American Band”, where the really good bands disappear over time, and are replaced by new bands. An everfresh show that always has new talent.

• Any unsigned band could upload one or more videos to a website (think youTube).
• The public votes on the songs, as well as industry experts (whose votes count higher).
• The top 10 bands by vote on the web would compete each Saturday night on TV.
  Bands can be signed at any point by record labels.
• Once a band is signed, or their song/album sells 50,000 copies, they are removed from the show. (Of course, they then get moved to a “winners” site.)
• The website pays the ASCAP/BMI charges for the use of cover songs.
• At set times of the year, a “best bands” compilation CD would get released. (Christmas, 4th of July patriotic, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, etc)
• Of course, all of the videos would be available on iTunes Music Store.
• The songs and bands can be broken down by genre subsites
• Merchandise would all go to the bands.
• Concerts would be promoted. Lalapaloosa-like traveling shows could be created.
• There could be a “trainwreck” section where the worst are noted and discussed.
• Bring in a local venue tie by letting venues have “tryout nights”, where bands can go play, and get their video produced.

Leaf compactor

Our landfill is stuffed full of leaves each winter.

Would it be possible to make a trash compactor for leaves that would produce logs or small bricks that can be burned in a fireplace or stove?

Custom compilations

Many people or organizations create compilation albums of favorite music and brand the compilation with their organization’s logo and message.

This is currently a nightmare for companies to manage, costing as much as $75K or $100K.

iTunes should add a feature to their interface to allow people to create custom compilations, upload cover art, and then resell the compilation with branded message both on iTunes as digital downloads and as a print-on-demand CD delivered throught the mail. The compilations would cost a dollar or two more than the typical $9.99 album. The person or entity that made the compilation gets the $1 or $2 dollars extra.

This would encourage radio stations, corporations, local churches and chambers of commerce, all kinds of non-profits, wedding planners, and even budding DJs to make compilations as fund-raisers, as holiday booty, and as a reminder of an event.

WhereIveBeen.com

A very simple website allowing a person to note date and time and city or gps location.

Posters can include a short blog post, and links to flickr or picassa galleries of images.

Posters can pre-post where they _will_ be.

And finally, they can publish and share “where ive been” maps, either with family and friends, or publically.

The overall site will notice people who have reached milestones (all capitals in Europe, all continents, etc), and let visitors see who else has visited a town (for travel ideas, curiosity, see who has been to your town, etc)

magazineBank.com

A monthly rental service or individual issue purchase service to rent magazines, returning them through the mail and receiving more.

The magazines sent are not actual magazines, but reprinted copies.

The magazine (and newspaper) inventory includes back issues, as far back as possible.

If the service only has a black-and-white reproduction created from microfiche, the website will provide a note.

One of the reasons for the huge Netflix success is that they produce the DVDs themselves, don’t pay the studios for the media fees, and produce them cheap enough they don’t mind losing them occasionally. And the movie companies love it because they get money for absolutely no work.