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Beautiful Case Modding
Miles S.F. writes "Thought you guys might appreciate this little project I've been working on.
This is what happens when the left and right brain get bored and start talking with each other." Excellent case mods, entertaining reading, good ideas, and a solid site design. Worth a read if only to see the case modded to include a furby.
Wake up: the web is about communication. If you conform to open standards, you aid communication, because it means that anyone can reach you. HTML, PNG, etc., all conform to standards (such as those produced by the W3C and IETF). Gratuitous use of non-standard formats is worth complaining about, because when enough complaints get made, the websites either stop using the nonstandard format, or convince enough people to create a standard for it.
- David A. Wheeler (see my Secure Programming HOWTO)
The side-window mod is so mainstream now that it can only laughingly be referred to as "hot-rodding". Several suppliers now build cases with those nice, EF-emitting windows standard. If you're going to be cutting into your case, you could have at least put a little design into it. Hell, a checkerboard pattern of lucite/metal would have been more interesting.
And on the subject of design: your front page would be a hell of a lot better if you did it in HTML. It's a static page -- nothing's moving around, no music (not that this is a bad thing). You could design a page in HTML with images that looks exactly the same, would be smaller, faster to load, and viewable by those without the Flash plugin. You don't need a forklift when you can just use your hands.
In the V3 mod, I really like the CD-ROM modification. I've seen many case mods, but I haven't seen this before.
Basically the CD-ROM runs open, painted nicely, and under a plexiglass opening in the top. You can watch the disc spin. Very nice, something I will keep in mind if/when I get around to doing a case mod.
I also like the heavy use of those $6 rope-lights. Much cheaper/more flexible than neon, though they do get warm (I have one, it's like 35 watts and runs on house current)...
NGWave - Fast Sound Editor for Windows
Speaking as a SCA fighter, who used lexan as anti-arrow face protection, the man's right. You don't want the wrong one, unless you really feel like picking shards out of your face when it shatters. ;)
The most impressive thing is what he did to his monitor
Except the fact that it now has like NO ventilation. Well very little anyway.
There is a way to turn it on and off at will via shortcuts (in win200), it works well.
I made the same comlaint a wile back, and someone told me how. Unfortunatly, since /.'s search engine leave much to be desired. I can't find the origonal post on how to do it. Hopefully someone will post it again.
well lets see... ~300k or so for 15+ pictures including thumbnails, and you get them all at once with no server CPU time other than transferring the file.
/. effect. instead of download 10k thumbnail (server request), click (server request), view 90k image, close, repeat 15 times, you click once, download 300k (1 server request total) and you're done.
i think flash probably REDUCED the
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Plexiglass is actually better for case windows since it's a harder, and therefore more scratch resistant substance.
Somehow I doubt plexiglass is good for a computer considering the amount of static that stuff has. The plastic wrap you see on it isn't wrapped around it, its held on each side due to static cling.