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Ye Olde World Charm
The Solitaire brings us a link to Datamancer, where Richard R. Nagy shows off his Steampunk Laptop. The attention to detail and the creative style, which includes a copper-plated keyboard and speakers shaped like violin f-holes, make this an impressive case mod. From Datamancer: "This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. The machine turns on with an antique clock-winding key by way of a custom-built ratcheting switch made from old clock parts."
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This was proven to be a hoax why dredge it up now?
When the warm fire of faith is getting a little too toasty it's nice to open the window and let in some of the bleak certainty of reason to get things back to a nice temperature. Similarly, if it's getting a bit too bleak in the certainty of reason, it's nice to have the warm fire of faith to keep things comfortable. Only the fool who understands the true nature of neither would find either exclusive.