Creative use for empty whiskey bottles

Japala writes "You might have seen computers built inside of toasters, radios, garden lamps etc. As motherboards keep getting smaller and smaller the possibilites on where you can embed then increases. As it turns out, you can get them to fit inside an empty glass bottle. Whisky PC for a whiskey lover that needs a small and silent server."

Comments

Re:Any more info on the motherboard?

[TubeSteak]

SBC stands for: Single Board Computer

3.5" and 5.25" seem to be standard sizes.
Of course, 3.5" doesn't really mean 3.5"

The specs I looked at (first google result)say that the
3.5" SBCs are actually 5.75" Length x 4" Width (146mm x 101.6mm)

Try one of these

[nurb432]

http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.83/it.A /id.369/.f

I bet it would fit just fine.

But a breakable glass case? While it looks cool, no thanks...

Re:There's always a good use for empty bottles

[Average_Joe_Sixpack]

I've been meaning to put a fish in there for a while now.

I'm assuming this is a joke, but juuuuussssssstttttt in case it would be a bit cruel to stuff even a Betta into anything less than 4 gallons. And a goldfish should not be put into any tank smaller than 10 gallons with an extra gallon for each additional fish. I can't stand the attitude of fish being disposable pets.

Re:There's always a good use for empty bottles

[TheRaven64]

A fish in a bottle would likely suffocate in a short time. Bottles taper towards the top, and so there is almost certainly not enough surface area to get enough oxygen into the water from the air.

PSU

[TubeSteak]

On Page 3 he tells you he used a 60W mini-tix PSU.

Since you can see (Pg. 4) that he's using a powerbrick, he coulda gone with the PicoPSU

Wouldn't have been as cramped in that bottle.

Whisky. Not Whiskey.

[macpeep]

A Scotsman who spells
Whisky with a n 'e',
should be hand cuffed
and thrown head first in the Dee.

In the USA and Ireland,
it's spelt with an 'e'
but in Scotland
it's real 'Whisky'.

So if you see Whisky
and it has an 'e',
only take it,
if you get it for free!

For the name is not the same
and it never will be,
a dram is only a real dram,
from a bottle of 'Scotch Whisky'.

Stanley Bruce.
20th April 2004

Whisk(e)y spelling...

[ari_j]

Just in case anyone is interested...

The article blurb gets it right once and wrong once. I checked TFA and he used a Ballantine's bottle. Ballantine's is a Scotch, which is a type of whisky (without the E). Other whiskies/whiskeys use different spellings:

Scotch whisky
Irish whiskey
Rye whiskey
Tennessee whiskey
Canadian whisky
Bourbon

And now you know the rest of the story. ;)

Re:There's always a good use for empty bottles

[Fishead]

Makes me wonder if a fish would survive in whiskey-colored cold tea, to add to the effect :)

Check out http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_discus.php

From the link: "The water the discus comes from looks like a well brewed cup of tea from the large amount of wood and leaves releasing tanins into the water."

Throw in a discus while it is small, then take good care of it until it is large. You then can do what Bob and Doug did with their mouse in the beer bottle and see if you can get a case of wiskey because you found a fish in the bottle.

Your main problem would be figuring out how to filter the water to maintain quality. Assuming you had a big enough bottle, your discus might be quite happy in there.

*goes to tell wife he needs a big bottle of wiskey and $30 for a discus*