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noted that there was a Cool Case contest over at QuakeCon. The
winners included a machine built entirely in a suitcase, one with a glowing skull inside, and of course, one built from PVC pipes. Imitate at your own risk ;) I get nervous putting a Powerpuff Girls sticker on my case. *grin*
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Well said! :-)
Dexter's Lab is almost as good though...
In my neighborhood, you'd get your ass kicked for dissin' the PowerPuff Girls like that. Never underestimate the wrath of 10 year-old girls. ;-)
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The logical extension would be a water cooled system that doubled as a water pipe, no?
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The fan is a house fan... those things aren't loud at all! :)
The power supply and Golden Orb are the loudest fans inside my PVC II case.
>Is it really anything more than a really inconvenient laptop made out of non-miniaturized parts?
If it has a real 3D video card like a TNT or 3dfx (which I assume it would, this is QuakeCon, afterall), then yes, it probably plays quake like no laptop can ever hope to.
There is much cruelty in the universe, John.
Yeah, we seem to have the tour map.
Actually since I just got a cat the fans have proven their worth. Bitch all you want about loud computers, My cat won't go within 2 feet of the CPUs (I was worried she'd figure out the power/reset buttons since she likes the keyboard already.)
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"We're talking about a planet of helpdesks."
-Jaron Lanier
OTP, but this entire thread has given me a wicked case of deja-vu. I know that I have seen these posts before, in this order. I even remember seeing the spelling error in the last post.
Maybe I'm just freaking out!
Bite my yammer.
You can view the website in my user profile header to see more pics of my case. It's plexi'd up and is pretty much finger proof (unless you're really determined). I've zip-tied all the wires down do they don't move.
I also added a vibrator to it as well..
You better not try to market that. I'm afraid it's already been patented.
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GMM : :)
hahahaha that was basically the point I was poking fun at. Everyone was cutting holes in their cases and saying "I have this much and this much airflow going through my case blah blah blah". So here I am with a big box fan sitting beside my computer
You can see more pics of my PVC II computer case in the URL on my user profile header above.
For me, boxes that are more efficient, that need less fans, use less power, make less noise, are far more appealing.
Funny, you just described an iMac.
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You wouldnt have to worry about over heating....but what about a splash of coffee or soda..I'd be a little nervous with THAT much internal exposure! But thats just me...the case definately will make you do a double take
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I find my CPU fan a little loud. I can't imagine how the guy who has the house fan put in the PVC tubing case can do anything. I like the case, but the fan would be annoying. Great for coolness points, however...
You're right, they rock. Why did superheroes always have to be these lantern-jawed, so-sure-of-themselves, tights wearing steroid cases? I think the idea of kindergarten aged girls who can kick ass is cool. And besides, as characters go, they are pretty cool.
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Now that's a good idea... instead of making machines look more modern, go retro!
Now I think maybe I'll build my next box into the case of a PC-XT, or (even better) and Apple IIc!
I can see it now:
Yeah, here's my new computer, isn't it kewl?? I overclocked an Apple IIc to 800Mhz!! And it runs Linux!!
Any other cool old computers we should stick an Athlon Mobo in?
Well, I'm 5'11, 220 lbs, can lift 300+, have won trophies in heavyweight kung-fu contact sparring (e.g. not points) competitions (open tourney) and happen to have had a childhood where I was a bit of an outsider, so I've had quite a few runins with people and groups of people who don't like people who are different. Yeah I grew up hacking and watching Doctor Who and Star Trek, but I hufted weights and learned to fight, too.
I'll put a Powerpuff sticker on whatever I want.
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I've been trying for months to figure out how to mount a motherboard in this wondeful (free standing) porcelain toilet I have. Oh, and I need to figure out how to get the hard drives, etc. in and set up a cooling system. I figure once I get that done, I can connect the power switch to the handle, and [flush!] "Welcome to Windows!"
"Stupid Patty and stupid Selma!"
I am a compE... dont like all that EE stuff... Power--FAH gimme DIGITAL!!! Of course I am getting dumber over the summer by doing web design... doesn't help the chip design ideas all that much... heh.
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You're right, that would look cool ... maybe some sort of motherboard 'bulb' for it would work, with a nice big air hose to put drives in.. dunno how you'd do the cards though. Sounds like a funky idea for a project anyway :D
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Funny, I was just building my own case this weekend... I read this book by william gibson called Idoru, in which the lead character has a computer called a sandbenders which is made out of stones, etc in an indian style... It inspired me to work on a case for a portable desktop... I have an old 233 board with builtin vid/sound, so I chucked it into a plastic box about the size of a mainboard (maybe 1.5 inches high) It looks good, except for the large metal power supply box sitting on top... And the hole for the processor fan... Anyone got solutions to the power supply problem? Maybe one of those cute 120 watt E-machine power supplies--but I don't trust anything that comes from E-machines...
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To solve the radiation problem, couldn't you put a conductive screen around the outsides of the case, which is then connected to the ground? (next to the plexiglass in the PVC Case) Microwave ovens do that sort of thing to prevent the user from being nuked when they're looking in the window, and i'm sure that technique could be adapted to mostly transparent radiation protection.. just an idea..
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With the case you would have to never worry about overheating agian
I remember back in the day when my commodore computer user group had contests for the best painted case. Some of those folk probably spent more time painting their computers than using them.
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Yeah, that was a great book, and makes the whole concept much more human. Why is it that we always buy cases when we could really just shove all of the components into a custom made one. Maybe I will take all of my computer's guts, and make a nice redwood case. Now, all I gotta do is cool it.
Eh...
The "suit-case" looks very much like a desktop computer with a laptop monitor connected.. Does anybody know where I can find some information on this kind of thing? Flatscreens are neat, and a wrecked laptop is a lot cheaper than a flat VGA screen..
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how about the original COMPAQ 8086? Its got 2 FULL HEIGHT drive bays, so you can fit 4 IDE devices in it, plus the old mainboards were so huge you could probably put 2 ATX boards in there... I tried to do it to mine, but I didn't want to mess with the rather large capacitors in the power supply, hence my post above about a plastic case...
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Most new CD-ROM drives have tabs at the edges of the disc tray to support the CD if the drive is sideways. I have my definitely-not-intended-for-it IBM workstation at work on its side under my desk, and the drive works fine. Just look for little tabs.
Be careful though-- if they aren't there and the disc slides off the tray, it can jam the mechanism closed. I did this once to an old 486!
(If you use one of these to cool your computer, please use it in a well-ventilated area.)
If that's not enough for you, Moffett Field has the world's largest wind tunnel right in Silicon Valley. Somebody with NASA connections ought to put an open PC in there just to take a few pictures.
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Yeah, but turning on the wind tunnel doesn't sound like such a hot idea. Perhaps put some sensors on the computer's boards to see when they're about to bust, and bolt the sucker down the the floor. Hehe =)
Eh...
Have a look at http://www.applefritter.com for some interesting case hacks...
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The Power Puff Girls is an ironic work of post modern genius. If you think its juts for kids, then you've missed the point.
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How do you avoid the drastically increased magnetic noise that a fan like the one in the PVC case must generate? I would expect that a motor like the one in most of our window fans (about the size of a large sandwich) could probably throw off enough interference to erase your hard drive! Is the fan shielded, or is it a low-noise motor, or what? This would be truly awesome, but I'm hesitant to try it because of the noise issue.
OK, from what I hear from those who've researched it, PCB can take an extreme thermal change about once fairly reliably. Also, CMOS can go twice as fast (ALL of it) if you chill it to liquid nitrogen temperatures (I think that's 70K, anyone know for sure?). SO, if I want to win this next year, can I just bring in my liquid nitro vat with computer in it? Is there any survivability requirement? I mean, I put it together, double the clock speed (need to think about this here... what can I OC? CPU, yes. graphics, yes. memory, yes. FSB, maybe. HDD, probly not... seems tough.) and produce out-of-this world frame rates. Of course, it costs $2000 for the computer, which dies as soon as I decide I can't afford the liquid nitro it needs. Also, liquid nitro is great because it doesn't conduct electricity but conducts heat quite well. Also, if we are just doing it for the contest, we can let it boil off, which provides VERY efficient heat dissipation...
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I don't remember what processor it was, but years ago a SUN admin I know used the box for his SPARC as the case. Pretty cool.
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For that real retro PC look I've taken an Original IBM PC Case and with a little modification (a few mins. with a hacksaw) squeezed in a K6-3 mobo and dvd drive etc. No floppy required (- but windoze does not seem to recognize this fact). Sprayed the whole lot black and it sits under the telly ready for watching DVD's.
A little noisy, but what can you expect from a PSU that must be 16 years old!
The surgeon general does not recommend smoking through PVC.
Sounds like it should be Microsoft's slogan...
If you like the industrial look, nothing beats aluminum thread plate!
A)bort, R)etry or S)elf-destruct?
cool idea. if you have lego mindstorms you can even build a little cd-jukebox thingie. then you could just have a little roboter arm that can take out cds and put them in a little box, take outr a new one and put it in the drive... or hand you a beer from the nearby fridge... the possibilities are endless... I need to go and buy some bulk lego bags :)
(yes, I know it was a joke.)
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I wouldn't sweat it - the radiation is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. So while the cell phone pressed against your head - about an inch from your brain - might be a worry, an unshielded PC is dozens of inches away from your 'nads.
For equal signal strengths at the source, twenty-four inches away is 1/576th the strength of one inch away.
If you're still worried, get some tin-foil underpants...
as the builder of this madness, my standard reply to "why not just get a laptop?" is "have you ever seen a SMP/192MB laptop that runs linux? Neither have I.. so I built my own." (actually, its not finished yet)
The defunct Cray 3 used this approach, except for the part about the ATX. The making of the Cray 3 has some pretty cool pictures. And Seymour Cray wasn't afraid of pouring big bucks into cool case design.
The Cray 3 dissipates 88 kilowatts of energy with the help of flourinert. The ultimate cooling solution:
I dunno, there was a big fan on that case... Cute idea, but does it run? If it does.
MAGNETIC OUTPUT!
and HEAT FROM IT'S MOTOR!
Eh...
Oh heck, I wish I hadn't.
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I'm feeling very, very afraid.
"The question of whether machines can think is no more interesting than [] whether submarines can swim" - Dijkstra
we had like a 20 minute discussion on this one night. and we came to the conclusion that the coolest case would be one that was made entirely out of legos........
Youll miss me when im dead....
So... I have this old, dull gray looking laptop. I was thinking of jazzing it up somehow, but can find precious little information on the net on what I could do to it. The closest thing I found was some Mac website that showed pictures of some Mac laptops from Japan that had been painted. Of course, these sites were in Japanese, so I can;t get much information out of them.
I suppose I could disassemble and paint the thing... except I don't have access to a well-ventilated place to do painting (apartment life, ya know). I heard, somewhere, that in Japan they have some sort of vinyl covering that you can apply with a heat gun. Has anyone run across something like that here? Seems to me that applying this sort of finish is A) easier and B) faster than painting. I suppose some other sort of covering (wood veneer?) would be cool.
Anyhow, anyone tried this?
Is it really anything more than a really inconvenient laptop made out of non-miniaturized parts?
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Granite is a terrible heat sink. Heat sinks are designed to conduct heat and take it away from the critical component. Granite make a nice insulator which would hold the heat to the critical component.
Now that's a proper pissing contest. Forget about over-clocking, how hot can you get your box?
"Well Bruce, I've recently added a three bar electric fire to mine, it now runs at a toasty 90 degrees C. Oh and I've had to underclock the processor by 90%."
Or maybe I've been given some moderators crack by mistake...
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Not exactly. Craig McCracken created the Powerpuff Girls, and does extensive art stuff for Dexter's Laboratory. They're both hillarious shows.
I remember in an industrial tooling shop I was in, they had to make something in a nonconductive bath - which if memory serves me right, was kerosene.....
which would be pretty good looking, (maybe combine it with that email security from earlier - aerate it and give it a spark......
A computer produces an huge amount of electromagnetical radiation and an open unshielded case can't stop it. You can have quite a lot of fun watching TV close to such a computer.
But also any other device that produces electromagnectic ration (e.g. a cell phone) may cause trouble.
I've even heared reports that HDDs were making funny noises when a mobile phone was lying on the top of the case (a proper one)...
CU,
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This is a case that wouldn't look too out of place at my mother's house. Maybe not not the coolest case, but definitly one of the classier custom cases.
Yes, that's funny and all (thinking not a bad idea) EXCEPT for the PVC pipe. PVC is bad for bongs, progressive smoking accessories, whatever. It releases carcinogens slowly over time, or something. I'm not especially sure, but it's bad, mmkay?
The really nice thing about 'going insane' is that it's always a short trip, and you are pretty much assured of having plenty of company along for the ride. Of course, they are all insane, but....
Bite my yammer.
wrighty. :)
(this *is* getting OT
I've run lots of computers with the covers off. As others mentioned, the intensity of the radiation drops off exponentially with distance, so as long as you don't sit with your jewels hanging right over your Athlon's fans, you should be fine.
This doesn't answer my question though. Has anyone here actually been busted by the FCC or any other agency because of EMI from their machines? I doubt they would care unless you were broadcasting a LOT of noise.
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Well, since we know most of these guys have there boxes overclocked and generating way too much heat, why don't we try using that to our advantage? I sufficiently hot CPU should be able to be used as an element in a vaporizer. =)
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A computer, running as mailserver, inside an empty can of spam would be nice too.
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You could try a slot drive CD/DVD Rom. I have a Pioneer slot loading DVD and it works great.
Sure, but the box is massive and has a high specific heat. As long as it isn't up 24/7, the heat from a PC will never appreciably heat the granite..
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I remember an issue of a Commodore64 magazine years ago (10? 12?) that had a contest of who could make their c64's look the coolest..one guy who was in the air force had his done in a camo pattern...
"Leave the gun, take the canoli."
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Wow, what kind of awesome virus does that page have?
Even with all features (Java and Javascript included) turned off, it brings Netscape to a slamming halt on my P2-400!
Netscape users, beware...
I think this is a finger in the eye of all those who claim that geeks are overly left-brained linear thinkers who lack creativity. Wasn't it Voltaire who said that art is not confined to its medium?
For geeks, the computer case is a ubiquitous unnoticed presence. Turning the everyday mundane into the dramatic was a technique popularized by Warhol (remember the Campbell's Soup Can?). It indicates an artistic maturity unrealized by many who claim to be serious artists. Of course, these so-called serious artists continue to toil with the limited tools of paint and brush. The paint and brush is what makes them feel serious.
Here we have artistic expression coming from an unexpected outlet. That makes it all the more exciting and effective.
I think this is proof that geeks are far more artistic and dynamic than most people believe. It's unfortunate that mediums such as source code don't get displayed in public museums. Perhaps they should. Maybe these cases are a step closer to the day when the Linux kernal source is framed and on display in the Louvre.
If the lameness filter actually worked, would you even be reading this?
You know what cases are really missing? Hydraulics! Then you'd really be kickin' it old skool -- take your case to pimp conventions, hop them side by side. Add burled walnut with gold and mahogany trip. Pimpin'!!
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My friend up at school and I were going to paint our cases. If this website I am working on takes off, maybe I'll come up with a really cool case design. A lot of the iMac inspired cases are cool... The G3&4 cases are cool, but not the iMac ones (ICK!). I dislike that one penguin case, looks like a kids toy. Gotta love the iMac fishbowl though.
Eh...
...Is so extraneous... But so damned cool. I've always wanted a funky case for the beast, but the only things I come across in shops are wannabe imacs that don't even use nice colour schemese. YUCK!
The problem is, I don't have the tools nor the materials to make my own, and frankly, if I did, I'd be making stuff for my car anyway.
I've seen a couple of sites offerering funky cases, but IIRC they never made it past the "ordering coming soon" stage.
Any pointers?
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http://www.virtualhideout.net/ is a good starting point for Case Mod ideas.
The Cool Case Gallery has pictures of 161 mods (to date).
I think we have to give credit to gamers for driving the cool case idea a while ago (like the unreal case) but they've been left behind now by hardware nuts who don't care what runs on the computer, just how fast, how cool and how it looks.
0daymeme.com: Great stuff.
i don't think i've had the case on my computer since the day i built it.
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Hehe.. everyone seems to think I was trying for a laptop. The point of the whole exercise was to have a server that would be a single unit. It would be quite cumbersome as an everyday machine.
As the builder of the suitcase server, let me clarify my intentions: Its not a laptop, nor was it intended to be. It would be quite cumbersome as an everyday machine.. its goal is to be a server (a reasonably powerful one.. SMP/192) that is a single unit. I go to many lan parties, and I always hated having to carry an extra monitor and accessories to have a dedicated server. With this, I can carry it in with one hand.. much more convenient. Sorry I don't have a website or something to direct anyone to, but if you have further questions I'm at grantr2@home.com Teucer PS the name mentioned on pq is Tanj because I was home sleeping when the contest was going on, so he entered for me.
I really think those guys (and the judges) should get out more - haven't they heard of laptops???
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http://www.envador.com/Photos/PVCII/Index.html
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Very cool pics
Rob
Powerpuff Girls is my favorite new cartoon. Genndy Tartakovsky's (the head guy for both Dexter's Laboratory (sadly, it seems that no new episodes are going to be produced) and the Powerpuff Girls) cartoons draw from Chuck Jones' (my favorite cartoon director) cartoons, both stylistically and in terms of humor. This resemblance to Chuck Jones cartoons is most obvious in the episode of Dexter's Lab in which Dexter is on a bike (with various modifications) and trying to catch Dee Dee on rollerblades. Halfway through the cartoon, Dee Dee does a road runneresque "beep beep" causing me to laugh violently. Tartakovsky's parody/celebration of anime, comic books, and American action cartoons is also great.
Droopy: Tex Avery never did too much for me. Some of his stuff is good but I think he is far overrated. I like Chuck Jones because his cartoons have a sort of logical illogic to them (eg the laws of physics conspiring against Wile E. Coyote) as opposed to the illogical illogic of Tex Avery.
Bullwinkle: Have to agree with you there. These cartoons were brilliant. I see Rocky and Bullwinkle as a precursor of the Simpsons in terms of being a satire on American society.
I notice he still has EMF shielding on the outside of the case. If he just put a layer of that between the fan and the case, he'd still get just as much cooling, and the noise from the fan would be blocked.
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Am I the only one to think that the guy just reinvented the laptop computer but with a much more bulky case?
Oh well...
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear"
Sure these look neat, but most of them will have serious problems complying with FCC regs on electromagnetic interference. Moreover, the EM generated by these things has got to be scary and generally not a Good Thing for one's person. Let's see--cell phones might cause brain cancer. Unshielded cases are generally located under the desk, so that means... I don't think I want to risk getting cancer THERE. :-O
Hell, I get nervous hanging around in the server room too long, and that stuff is all properly shielded... I hate to be a stick-in-the-mud, but has anyone thought of this?
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." --Groucho Marx
I was disappointed when i saw the "Entirely PVC" box. I thought it would be some cool Fank Lloyd Wright-looking computer contained in a bunch of PVC pipes of various widths. Keeping this sort of thing cool would be a breeze with a couple of fans. Too bad I'd need a ten-inch pipe to hold my MoBo.
I'd rather have someone respond than be modded up.
Around 1979, Australia's own Techno-Geek Entrepeneur Dick Smith built an outdoor office that included a computer in a tree stump. The Stump opened up and included copier, phone and filing cabinet as well.
Dick Smith bought cheap 6502 based machines to Australia at a time no-one could afford a PC or an Apple ][. One of them, the 'Cat' was a 6502 based machine that could be switched to Apple Compatibility mode on the fly..
Dick was also behind the scheme to tow an iceberg from Antartica into Sydney Harbour for an April Fools day joke. The 'berg melted, so he hacked together a simulation out of styrofoam. Talk about hacking on a big scale!
I'm waiting for the day when the case tips over and in advertently becomes a hover craft, or maybe the cat walked by a little too close and voila hello mr bigglesworth
one day im just going to go out and buy a bulk load of legos. i think i heard somewhere that lego was selling off bulk lego block in diffrent colors. i dont know if thats true but you cant beat makeing a 8 foot tall, watercooled, techno colored logo box.
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Fur? Try a feather boa.
Pink Hello Kitty Laptop
I still regularly get mail from users on AOL with names like KyutGrrrl or SparkleChick who want to know where they can buy it.
http://www.envador.com/Photos/PVCII
Some Q&A is also at the bottom of that page. Thanks for your comments :)
I'm looking for a tiny tiny motherboard (preferably by abit or asus) - maybe MicroATX, Flex ATX or NLX but must also have an AGP slot. Any suggestions? I'm designing PVC Jr. and it's going to focus on size this time.
They have this stuff the you can paint anything with to make it look like granite. They also have a spray on stone-like finish. I just wish I could remember brand names.
So, you could build a cool case from scratch, or you could modify an existing one. Personally, I kind of have this idea to make a computer case out of flat stones and PVC that would also be an indoor fountain...
Well, okay, maybe that's pushing it a little.
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if you're talking about a regular putty-colored PC case, let me give you some tips. (I painted one for my then sys-admin a couple years ago.)
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1) Rough up the finish first. Sandpaper, rock tumbler grit, etc.
2) Wash it off with water and dry it thoroughly.
3) Spray paint, fabric paint, whatever you use, it needs to dry completely between coats, especially if you're going to be painting over the same area 2 or 3 times.
4) When you're done give it a coat of spray sealant.
5) And for crying out loud, if you paint the front, detatch ALL the buttons and lights first. (Boy what a mess I made...)
Have fun!
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So what would be the ultimate cool cases , 'coz lets face it, grey or beige boxes are just _so_ dull
- Wooden box, or hollowed out tree stump
- Old black and white TV with the innards removed, and monitor substituted. Finished? just close the doors.
- Hand carved granite case (good heat sink as well)
- Or just cover your existing case in fur, or feathers, or bamboo, carpet or other ludicrous covering
Great fun. Anyone wants to start carving I'll have one in pink and black Shap granite please, imagine, a machine made from thisI want an old TI-994/A PEB box. It already has the slots, 2 5 1/4 drive bays (can you use a CD-ROM drive sidewys?) and a cooling fan. ONly downside is that it just weighs a TON, but it would be SOO retro.
A friend of mine made a case from scratch with transparent plastic. Works nicely, but he's going to paint it a rust color.
No pics available, sorry .... but I've seen it in more than a few computer stores ... nothing they're selling, though ... just for show :)
Good god, am I ever an otaku. . .
Though I enjoyed seeing what others did to their computers, I am rather annoyed by the models uniformity.
I don't mean the look itself but rather the fact that they all seemed to share the same dimensions.
This would have been cool to see an exagerously flat (carputer = carpet + computer) or small (Liliputter = Liliputt + computer) or huge (roomputter because biuggest than a room, I wouldn't dare) computer box, no ?
Hope this will give ideas to someone...
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Powerpuff Girls are OK, but I'd take a good Jonny Bravo cartoon any day:
"Uh, ha, huh, oh mamma!"
Jonny ROCKS!
Bite my yammer.
ABS (basically black PVC) is ok.
Cheers,
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Even the samurai
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Even the samurai
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Hey! I'm 26 and like all the cartoons under discussion.
My wife last night, after leaving the room to use the restroom, came back to find me watching Jonny Bravo. Her response: "I can't leave the room for a second! Can I?"
Never grow up, it's not any fun.
Bite my yammer.
Regret for the past is a waste of spirit
Powerpuff Girls ROCK! The best show on Cartoon Network, except for Droopy and Bullwinkle re-runs.
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Something similar has already been done here, albeit with a rather expensive non-conducting liquid and liquid nitrogen for a heat pump :)
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Of those at the contest I especially liked the water cooled model, although most pumps are pretty noisy as I recall from my aquaria days. I wonder how stable that giant fan is ...
Since the PC manufacturers have consistantly ignored the design side of computer cases (I've been sick of the PC design for years as have many others). Compaq has come out with a couple of pretty cool designs, especially if one is into toasters. IBM and NEC have both come out with a couple of designs for suits, but for geeks there's been little activity. Then again, most geeks build their own boxen so ...
:wq
Some friends of mine built a wooden case for that "vintage computing" look =)