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Bubble-Plexi Case Mod
sandv!per writes: "If you want to spruce up the front of your case a bit, and those lighted case badges don't seem like enough, check out Matt's guide on making a "bubble-plexi" mod." There are disclaimers and warnings all over the place about
injuring yourself while attempting this mod, so have fun but don't bitch if
you lose a thumb ;)
I see one post and I already can't get at the site. Anyone care to make a mirror who has it in their cache?
today is spelling optional day.
I wonder if the article was taken down in anticipation of their server getting smashed flat by /.
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Could we please get a category for casemods....so those of us who think the whole thing has been done to death can filter...
TODO: Something witty here...
...strike me as a bit, hmmm, useless. Unless, of course, it's for something necessary, like piping cooling water (or liquid N) for cooling. Sure, some of the blinking/neon lights are kinda cool to impress the friends and all, but my techno friends are generally more impressed by cool hardware/software implementations (real hacking) and generally consider the other trappings to be a bit frilly. The most impressive 'case mod' I've ever done was to actually install all the panels and properly close up the case on my wife's computer so it looked presentable. My own computers, on the other hand... hell, I can't even find the side panels, musta thrown'm out. I've got too much external hardware, ribbon cables, protoboards, etc, dandling out of most of them that I couldn't possibly even button up the case, let alone fancy it up with super-cool visual effects. oh, well, too each their own.
All things in moderation.
I managed to get the first 3 pages up before it conked out.
Basically it's a mostly standard case mod, but he took a piece of plexiglas and melted it either over something or by cutting a hole in something and letting it sag down through it while warm. (Hadn't gotten to his description, just the pictures.)
A neat idea, but nothing totally amazing.
That said, I very well may take this new concept into consideration when I attempt my first real mod this summer. Try it again later when it's less slashdotted if you're into case mods.
Otherwise, just suffice it to say that he made a little dome out of plexiglas.
"You worthless post!"
-Shakespeare, 2 Gentlemen of Verona, 1. 1. 147
I'll take first pass, I scramble it up and I get:
I pled, "Lux me, Bobbi!"
personal attacks hurt, especially when deserved
ididthesamethingandmademyowncaseusingBubble-Plexib ut
nowicantusethespacebarsenceilostmythumbs
Here's Google's cache.
Case mods can get a little immature. I am all for being able to put the most air through my computer, and OC it alot, but really- isn't it just easier sometimes to just buy something a little faster? No that isn't the creative way, but the lights and all just get to me after a while. At first they are cool, but then I think that you should really be working on keeping you box(es) running fast in the first place. Think about expandabilty and useablity of lights and stickers. Now some case mods (like switchable fans) are acutally useable.
./ers in general think about case mods.. Do you have any? Are for for/against them? Think they are a waste of time? Good use of creativty?
I would like to know what
Tibbon
tibbon.com
Does anybody know where you might find those case LEDs (the ones with the pair of wires and the motherboard connector) for sale without having to buy the whole case (or a lot of 10,000)? I looked forever for those (I have a case with a few ATA cards in it and I wanted to connect up the LEDs to so I can see which chains are busy and what card is causing the occasional problems).
You'd think those LEDs would be everywhere, but so far all the ones I've managed to find have been scrounged from old cases. Even Radio Shack doesn't carry them (and I even looked through the catalog).
I read the internet for the articles.
The most creative case I've seen was made out of one of those tupperware storage bins you can get at walmart. Holes were cut out for all the connectors as well as intake and exhaust vents.
Take a look!
Go here
-- Adam
It is amazing how much /.ers can say without even having read the article...
so it can withstand the power of the /. effect.
I think he needs a beowulf cluster of these bubble mods and maybe his site wont get slashdotted so quick.
I have a B&W G3. When I want to add something, I pull the ring and swing the side down. Everything is open and easy to access. 2 seconds. A child could do it. And my G3 is over 3 years old.
I have yet to see a PC case out there that approaches the ease of access that Apple had 3 years ago. Am I just not up the market? I know that alot of manufacturers were adding colorful plastic sections to their cases. I've seen the neon additions and clear windows from the modders. Why hasn't even one manufacturer tried to make the case an easy thing to work with?
Thank you for not wasting bandwidth by equipping this smiley with a nose. FYI, a web page should be up within the next few days for the Denoser script, that automates the process of denosing smileys.
This little perl script has already been making the rounds in the hacker community, and there is a lot of excitement about it. Be sure to keep an eye on the Denoser project page, as activity is going to really pick up once the word gets out.
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WTF don't we see some cases that go for function mods, rather than these ugly image mods? Something as nicely built as Apple's G4 towers, or as quiet and small as the cube of theirs. Most computers totally suck when it comes to easy of putting it together and taking it apart. Look at an SGI O2 as a hugely high standard when it comes to case design. You can take the thing apart and put it back together in under a minute.
Of course most of these are beyond the ability of a typical case modder, who is just out to make their ugly PC even uglier.
Oh well, a geek can dream, right?
I happened to be bored, so I grabbed all 6 pages and posted them here:
http://pages.simpli.biz/casemod
The "Next" and "Previous" links have been changed to point to my server, but everything else remains identical.
I am collecting browser statistics on this page. I'll post them in my journal within 24 hours. I'm donating my bandwidth because I'm really interested in what browsers Slashdot users use. If you don't want your statistics collected, don't click on the link.
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They are, they are totally useless and I wasn't going to do it.
..and I understood that sometimes I have to put away my higher education seeking prudishness and say "oh, pretty lights."
Then my girlfriend said "oh, cool."
A l33t c4s3 m0d would be to trick out your system with lots of armored cable and black shit so it looks like the Borg. Then you could run Windows on it and it would feel like home.
It looks like an interesting way to burn yourself. Seriously. The bubble looks kind of warped, and the hole he cut out cetainly looks home made, especially with the bubble on because they are not exactly the same size. He should have just taken a dell case that has a similar bubble already made that actually looks nice, and modify the bubble instead of making a half-assed crappy looking bubble himself
I like case mods, but to make it onto slashdot, i would expect it to be somewhat impressive, not a "why the hell did this make it to slashdot" kinda thing.
http://66.34.96.9/bubmod/bubmod.htm
I'll keep it up for a few hours.
yup. it sounded intriguing, but, uh, it's just tacky.
HAIKU:
Case mods on slashdot
Blinkenlights, doodads, plexi:
Does anyone care?
LIMERICK:
There once was some plexiglass from Ace
that was decked out with white frilly lace
tossed a mobo in there
and athlons, a pair
and when finished we'll call it a case!
DOUBLE DACTYL:
Bubbly Bobbly
Slashdotter Sandv!per
"Gee this is ugly"
lamented the klutz
"Uber-Case Moddery,
surely impressed me, but...
pseudo-geometry
is driving me nuts!"
SONNET:
To be continued.
http://66.34.96.9/bubmod/bubmod.htm
I'll keep it up for a few hours.
"credit to Davzing for his l337 modeling tekniq"
That since the webadmin hisself submitted this (booo) he'd have his server issues yoked out. Apparently he was more interested in how the case -looked- than how it ran?
i cant believe it! a machine more l33t looking than mine!
;)
MUST GET BUBBLE WINDOW, DO SOME CUTOUTS AND GET MULTICOLORED LIGHTING!
(i thought a blue LED, a few backlit lcd screens and a nice paint job would be sufficient!)
time to bust out some tools and get to work!
Is it just me? or is half the fun of having a pimp machine making it that way?
p r m t h s
This article is useless. The mod doesn't look good when finished and is a really silly way to accomplish the objective they had (which was trivial in any case).
Why are you reading this anyway?
:)
Hi. I wrote the article, thanks for your input. I refuse to buy dell cases because they're made specifically for DELL OEM motherboards afaik. I am no professional - this is only meant as a how-to. If you would like to try to do this better, please do.
--NovaScorpio
Matt
How exactly is someone who is imitating cmdr taco 'informative'? or worthy of a +4.
I can understand replying to an imitator, but moding one up as anything (except funny) is just plain insane, and most of the time they don't even qualify as funny. Ah well...
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
For buying:
Hosfelt
For info
Don's light site
LED museum
Slow news day. Rumors (not news) about James Doohan, and now this. ...
Anyway, have you seen some of the other "articles" on that site? "How to clean your mouse"
Give me a break.
If bad puns were like deli meat, this would be the wurst
yeah
His site is working fine, so I'm removing my mirror.
Mirroring it took about 3gb of bandwidth in the last day.
The access log for the last day is about 23mb.
Actually, my post was factual, expressed a real opinion and, perhaps, a differing view on the topic. It was not in any way a troll, flamebait or off-topic.
As for the nick, what is it they say about "the most sincere form of flattery"?
In fact, having reached the karma cap with only 94 posts under another name, I decided to try again, this time with a self-imposed, specific (presumed) handicap. I do not intend to troll under this nom de plume, but I eagerly anticipate reactions, such as yours, which are targeted not at the content of my posts, but at the nickname alone.
All things in moderation.