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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. Bridge the digital divide. by Perdo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Before you turn your laptop into a picture frame, consider giving it to a student or child that will never have a computer of their own without assistance.

    How did your first computer change your life?

    Would you be where you are today without having had it?

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