The MiniGod limited edition speaker is a cool gift for grizzled archeologists with a fetish for olden gods of yore carved the walls of ancient civilizations. Powered by a nine volt battery, the thing pumps out tribal chants to seem more like squeaks. Hence I surmise this toy is this is meant as eye candy and not for audiophile fancies.

The speaker goes for $120 a pop- far more than what a decent Altec Lansing would go for. If you like playing HD games or listening to music a spot better than standard Britney fare, you’ll have to skip this one. It’s definitely no good.

Here’s what I would use it for, though:

• Give it to my mother in law so she’ll see what she looks like in rollers
• Give it to my girlfriend- so she’ll avoid rollers
• Plant it in my front lawn to scare away kids and dogs.
• Keep it on my disk. I’ll hit it on a bad day.