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Helmet Paint Job iBook Mod

Posted by pudge on from the looks-faster-than-it-runs dept.

joesao writes "Remember that beautiful red iBook from a while back? So Pbsource has a post about a guy who hired a French helmet painter to scrape the lid of his iBook and turn into this. I wish somebody would start doing art replicas. Van Gogh, anyone?"

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  1. Oh Great... by Big+Sean+O · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that somebody figured out how to paint the lid of an iBook, we're going to be assulted with Slashdot stories on all types of Lidart:

    Including Pinup/Nose Art, Graffiti-inspired Art, and even 70s Van Airbrush-inspired art.

    Here's a thought... Somebody draw the daVinci of the naked guy and put the apple over the naughty bits.

    Ulp. I guess the same thing could be done with Mr. Goatse.

    Idea withdrawn...

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    1. Re:Oh Great... by NeuroKoan · · Score: 2, Interesting

      How about this one?

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  2. Potential Money Maker by Whatchamacallit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apple should consider making the iBook case easier to remove and offer a variety of high quality skins. i.e. have some artists design say 10 different designs and offer them installed at the apple store.

    Then again, they just patented some funky light based color scheme, theme that can change. So it's possible that the exterior of an iBook in the future could change colors on it's own. Hummm a retro 60's tie-dye in motion like the iTunes Visualizer reflecting on the exterior case would be awesome!

    1. Re:Potential Money Maker by Soul-Burn666 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Like the success of changeable skins on Nokia cellphones!

      Could be cute!

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    2. Re:Potential Money Maker by soupforare · · Score: 5, Informative

      Apple already had 'skinnable' laptops with the Powerbook 1400.
      You could get "Bookcovers"(tm) from Apple and others. Apple had(s) a template on their ftp you can download to print your own.
      I seem to recall an actual useful Bookcover, a solar panel to recharge your battery, if I'm not mistaken

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    3. Re:Potential Money Maker by Secret+Chimp · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If you remember the original G3 Powerbooks, the ones with the green glowing apple that was upside-down when the lid was open and kind of swoopy dark black plastic surrounding a lighter gray column in the center with the gloApple on it, I believe that you could actually print out and attach "skins" to the two swoopy sidepieces of on the back of the lid by folding the edges into some seams or something like that. I remember MacAddict including a few of those "skins" on their CDs for a few months back when that G3 PB case design came out. However, there was an article on /. a few weeks/months ago about Apple requesting a patent for something like case designs that can dynamically change their appearance, so perhaps "case art enabled" notebooks and desktops aren't that far off.

    4. Re:Potential Money Maker by Big+Sean+O · · Score: 3, Insightful

      That's because they were both ugly.

      I know someone who wanted an 'old style' (clamshell) iBook, but she refused because the only two colors available were blueberry and tangerine. She waited until the graphite iBook came out. Macs have a reputation of being the 'pretty' computer. Once you make that a selling point, people get personal about aesthetics.

      If there was a way to (easily and safely) change the lid on your 'snow' iBook to your own design, I'm guessing it would sell nicely.

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    5. Re:Potential Money Maker by elemental23 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Actually, I understand the Flower Power iMacs were huge in Japan. Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

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    6. Re:Potential Money Maker by BigBir3d · · Score: 3, Informative

      Already in the works by someone else:

      MacSkinz

  3. covered before by agdv · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was covered at /. so long ago, it's probably a rerun instead of a dupe.

  4. French Helmet Painter? by spRed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Umm, is something lost in the translation or is 'Helmet Painter' really a profession in France?

    Most requested Helmet themes:
    Welcome Germans!
    I *heart* cheese [or mimes or Jerry Lewis]
    Does this scarf make me look gay? good.

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    1. Re:French Helmet Painter? by speechpoet · · Score: 2, Funny

      Umm, is something lost in the translation or is 'Helmet Painter' really a profession in France?

      Yes. And in German, it's someone's name.


  5. case mods by prichardson · · Score: 4, Informative

    For sweet case mods chack out www.applefritter.com

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    1. Re:case mods by jo_ham · · Score: 2

      My girlfriend sent me this link earlier today:

      http://www.kodawarisan.com/ug/iBook/clear/clear1 .h tml

      Remember those transparent personal stereos where you could see all the working parts?

    2. Re:case mods by miguel_at_menino.com · · Score: 4, Funny


      My girlfriend sent me this link earlier today

      That's the difference between Mac geeks and non-Mac geeks.

      Mac geeks have girlfriends.

  6. My favourite mod yet.. by henele · · Score: 3, Informative
    For the nicest mod, and possibly most accessible mod I have seen for an iBook check here.

    Its also one of the nicest designed and filled sites I think I have ever seen...

  7. Patent by Peer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hmmm... didn't Apple patent 'devices capable of dynamically changing their ornamental or decorative appearance' recently??

    Maybe we can expect such things from Apple soon (maybe even on the fly ;)

    1. Re:Patent by Peer · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No, it's not that. See the pictures that come with the patent request.

  8. I'm only after her for her firewire port... by jo_ham · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remember folks, if your girlfriend smokes after sex, slow down or use a lubricant.