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Recycling Gone Wrong: The AOL Throne

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the off-with-their-members dept.

igrp writes "Ever get annoyed with the seemingly endless stream of AOL CDs that make their way to your mailbox? Instead of just tossing them, you could collect about four thousand of them and build yourself an illuminated throne."

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  1. This is like the ACPG! by GabeK · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Pointless, but cool! http://www.aolcdroms.com/

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  2. OR... by domenic+v1.0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    you can so kindly donate those unwanted AOL cd's to this cause...No More AOL CD's

    1. Re:OR... by xSauronx · · Score: 5, Interesting
      my urk is that Ive gotten an aol cd in a plastic DVD case and it was free...but a number of new games come out and use paper sleeves after I shell out $40 or $50 for a copy. I remember buying UT2k3 new and with all the cds the damn game came with, with the money i paid for it...they couldnt put them all in a jewel case or 2? I bought another game a few months ago and it was in a printed cardboard sleeve...thanks alot. A huge box, a pitiful manual...and I get a cardboard sleeve to protect the $45 i spent.

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  3. Remember the DVD Cases by nev4 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I used to go to Circuit city and raid the AOL CD stand because back then (~2 years ago) the CDs came in standard DVD style cases. Now whenever I need to give someone a CD, I just toss it in one of the DVD cases...

  4. Slow news day by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 3, Interesting

    These kinds of things are posted on Collegehumor.com all the time. As a recent college graduate myself, I have seen a good number of AOL CD sculptures.

    Since we're so interested in slow news, it started snowing today. And I went to the dentist for the first time in four years.

  5. AOL gardening by Fortran+IV · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My grandmother used to hang aluminum pie pans on string over her vegetable garden to scare the birds. Now we use AOL CDs for the same thing. They're not as big, but a lot shinier.

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  6. AOL CDs harnessing spectral goodness by GeorgeTheGiraffe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or you can harness the power of the Sun for a nice prism effect...

    ..note that the pattern should look something like this.