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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.
Case modding is slowly becoming more mainstream. While trawling the TV at an ungodly hour last week, I saw an ad for a PC ("Tomorrows technology today" was the catchline, which was funny, given the fact they were using an old ATI Radeon in it...). The side of the case was carved out, had plexiglass fitted, and had neon lights inside. WAY cool looking machine.
I think case modding is rapidly becoming to computers what hot rodding is to cars. More and more people are customising their systems to add some individuality, which is hardly surprising given the prevalence of beige...
I remember those cases from back in the day. Acer had those. They had this wierd handle on the front that flipped down to open the case. Wow, those things were a bitch to take off!
Ah, the last peanut -- overflowing with the oil and salt of its departed brothers. -Homer
Seriously, why does every case design done like this have to have a window and neon? I mean seriously guys, it has been done.
How about a wood case? How about a leather clad case to match your wife's purse? How about a faux fur case? How about a carpet case to match your floor? How about a Shoji-Screen type case? How about a pyramid case? A dice-colored case?
Or how about a case that doesn't slowly cook their users by emitting massive unshielded electromagnetic radiation?
Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
The world is neither black nor white nor good nor evil, only many shades of CowboyNeal.
It's actually a mediocre mod at best. The most impressive thing is what he did to his monitor.
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I don't know of any great pictures off by heart, so here are two random links:
http://www.coolcasemods.com/gallery.php?p=50
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It might be worth waiting until the website repairs their site into something standards-conforming. HTML + PNG preferred.
Actually he probably should convert all the images to ASCII so that someone with Lynx can see it. Common, the site isnt Broken cuz its flash. If you dont have falsh installed your missing alot of funny and interesting stuff on the web.
"All I can tell the "lesser of two evils" folks is that if they keep voting for evil, they'll keep getting evil."-Lp.org
Excuse me for being a bit of a troll but what is this got to do with slashdot. There seems to be a gradually detoration of some of the stories posted. Try to keep the news relevant. Funny stories are great but this is just too lame!
seriously - check out www.mini-itx.com for some greate case mods. they use the low power, how heat via mini-itx motherboards and look perfect for interesting case mod projects. not high power work stations, but just right for pretty media boxes or advanced routeres, even a nice quiet workstation.
No, I'm not going to "just install flash"
The major reason to not install it: How the hell do you make it go away? Why can't I disable it, or get a pop-up "Would you like ot view the Flash content on this webpage?" After installing Flash, I see lots of stupid ads that never bugged me before.
Flash was cool like five years ago when gabocorp.com was making us cream our jeans. Now it's basically a glorified pop-up ad, and I don't have the patience any longer.
But seriously, I think Slashdot submitters should make sure the linked information is on the web. Flash doesn't count.
A tip for Mozilla users:
-- or wherever your plugin directory is. It works with other Mozilla-based browsers such as Phoenix and Galeon. It stops the browser asking if you want to get Flash every time you load a page with a flash file on it. You will get just one more annoying pop-up, on which you can tell it to stop bothering you about plugins.
You can use a special separate instance of Mozilla for when you want to use plugins. It's much less trouble than dealing with them all the time when you're just trying to browse the web.
These case mods are all very nice, but they're all the same: take case, add colour, cut the side out, fit see-thru plastic, stick in a neon and mount an extra fan.
When will the modders move away from using a rectangluar box as the base? Where are the really innovative cases?
More impressed by the monitor mod...
This Guy!
Opening up your monitor should always come with some sort of DEATH IS EMMINANT warning. And running your power supply with the cover off? What the? Especially with little kids around, sheesh.
On a more intelligent note, does anyone have any background or experience with removing the shielding on cases? I remember visiting an engineering firm where they field tested new electronic devices to see if they met FCC requirements for emissions - they noted that they have tested computer equipment and cases before, although they mainly stick to car radios and whatnot, and that they have rejected many test subjects. Most case mods involve some sort of window that I would tend to think would cause interference with adjacent electronic devices. Any thoughts on this, or anyone know of problems setting modded cases next to your monitor/speakers/TV/entertainment equipment? Perhaps all the other devices' shielding is enough to protect it.
I'm not making any judgements, just making an observation.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
No - the SCA is middle ages recreation.
I fight in armor, and in the kingdom I'm part of, we have archery on the war field, and use lexan face protection (as well as the heavy guage bars) to prevent arrow splinters from getting into our eyes.
The arrows themselves had "markland blunts" on them - rubber tips about 3/4ths of an inch across, and a maximum draw weight of 30 pounds at 30 inches.
Lightweight, and soft hitting - but shards or the butt end of an arrow could still ruin your day. The lexan needed to be tough because it was taking blows from rataan swords that were NOT light, and would cause lesser plastic to shatter.
Not only that, but you risk damaging the monitor. If you try to discharge it that quickly you could do serious damage to it. Not to mention sticking 25kV into the grounds probably illegal :)