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Austin Case Modders Take Their Exotic PCs and a Giant LAN Party to SXSW (Video)

As a nexus of both computer programmers and other creative builder and maker types, SXSW (and Austin generally) is a great place to witness the overlap. John Zitterkopf and his pal Red, while helping to run the giant (and charitable!) LANFest at this year's event, had on hand for display a few of their own modded computer cases. John and Red are both part of Austin Modders, which helps Austinites swap tools and ideas (in-person, and via forums) for creating the kind of enclosures that computer makers simply can't — they're too time-intensive and too personalized for that. It's especially fun to see the effects that the newly widespread availability of laser cutters makes possible. (C'mon, O'Reilly, isn't it time for another Austin Maker Faire?)

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  1. Re:Losers. by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't they know they're all dinosaurs? I'm going to mod my iPad, with glitter and rhinestones!!!

    I think that's technically a vagazzle, as you sound like a right c...

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  2. Re:Get a better camera guy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    what you don't realize is the ten gallon hat on his 2 gallon head is actually housing a sun spark workstation cooled by guacamole