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Old PowerBook + Hot Glue = Cheap Digital Picture Frame

Posted by timothy on from the no-subscrption-required dept.

option8 writes "Have an old laptop gathering dust? Here's another fun hack from Applefritter - this time utilizing an old Mac laptop (a Duo 280) but could be applied to pretty much anything with an LCD, and turning the guts into a cheap, flexible digital picture frame. Now, off to the flea market to pick up one of them cheap Duos I keep seeing..." As the author points out, this isn't a new idea -- but it's a great step-by-step.

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  1. Fuck! by mike3411 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Fuck! My picture frame crashed!

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    Mod me down, and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
  2. Slow news day??? by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Picture frame? Save the dollar they cost at a garage sale.

    Slow news day, I guess. Didn't anything important happen in the entire world of computing?