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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. yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yay, fp!

  2. Its my birthday by Whistler's+Mother · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Happy Birthday to me.

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  3. First post. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mooo ha ha. What in the hell is this post about anyhow? :-)

  4. HERE WE GO PATRIOTS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Super Bowl Champs are off and running motherfuckers!

  5. Just to get it out of the way... by copponex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Regular Joe: THIS IS RETARDED! Who would waste their time like this when people in the world are starving!!

    Ultra Geeker: STFU n00b! Hackers are cool!

    Stereotypers - Unite!

    -Dean

  6. first post? by tweakt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    fp yay!

  7. BUSH ON 9/11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Lucky me! I hit the trifecta!"

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