I worked for Staples for a while back when the “That was easy” campaign started, and the Easy Button ads started airing. People started showing up in the store wanting an Easy Button, and finally Staples started selling them. (Staples is a great company to work for, and I had an awesome boss, and they are giving at least part of the proceeds for the Easy Button to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Yay!)

Needless to say, if something has batteries and a button and does something, it will be hacked by geeks. Here’s a quick roundup of interesting Easy Button hacks found on the web. Buy one and hack yours!

• Change playback speed of pre-recorded message (and a custom message mod)
• Replace circuit with custom recording module
• Easy Button Escape Key (this guy also made a giant (non-functional) SD card)
• Another custom recording circuit on Instructables

I’d like to make something like an office WTF? counter with an Easy Button, actually. What other interesting things can be done with a giant red button?