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Design-Your-Own Computer Case Kits
lord black writes "I was walking the aisles of the local Fry's and discovered a nifty computer-case-erector-set-thingy. Made by Aero Cool, the Lubic kit is basically a bunch of aluminum rails, acrylic panels (for mounting hardware to), and misc. screws to connect it all, for constructing a unique computer case. They have a gallery of example cases. BTW, Aero Cool also makes neat CPU coolers."
Case modding is cool among the same kind of morons in the geek community as the morons in car enthusiast communities that Rice things up.
I know a guy who has a nissan skyline with flames up both sides, a yellow stripe over the roof, stickered-out headlights, a body kit that looks like it was made for a car twice the size, and wheels with low profile rubber and suspension so hard that going over the smallest bump throws the car around and gives tall passengers a very real possibility of neck injury from bumping heads on the roof. Not only that but a stereo that's so loud its painful to listen to, and a rear wing that intrudes badly on vision out the back.
What's his computer? a goddamned neon-covered blue-LED bestowed box with more fans than you could possibly need in anything this side of a 256-way POWER4 box, windows, UV stickers and a paint job that looks like it was applied by a 4 year old with out of date paint and a worn out paintbrush.
I find it hilarious when faced with the fact a far cheaper machine runs quieter and faster, he uses the excuse of being an individual and putting his own 'mark' on what he owns. Pity both the car and the case mod look like every other ricer and unoriginal case mod out there.
RST