Hey Tiki Dude, hold my phone and how about charging it up too?

I don't usually do holiday posts, but this one seems kinda fitting, so happy Halloween. Boo!

I recently upgraded to the iPhone 4S, and I love it.  But just like my older iPhone, it's tough to make it through the day without recharging the battery.  So I keep a wall charger at work.  I've been looking for something that might make a cool, stylin' holder for my phone at work, and I think I've found something pretty unique.

I was looking around on ebay for vintage tiki items when I found this guy.

He's in a crouching position, and in front of his feet is a leaf-shaped trough which looks like it was meant to be used as an ashtray.  Now who would want a WOODEN ashtray?!?

Well, Uncle Atom doesn't smoke, but he wanted a wooden ashtray.  And he got it.

 I was the only bidder on this guy, and he recently came in the mail.  Now I have to tell you, I did have a little guilt when I decided to put a hole in the ashtray part so I could run a charging cable, but, I got over that and decided that giving this tiki dude a job would be good for his self esteem.

All I did was stand the phone up so it would lean against the tiki's chin, then I traced around the base of the phone and marked where I wanted the cord to be.  A little masking tape, some drilling, chiseling, sawing and sanding, followed by a little tung oil, and I was done.

I also cut a channel to run the charging cord underneath.

So here's the end result: one less tiki dude on the unemployment line, and a unique phone charging stand for pretty cheap!