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."

Good TImes

[SteelFist]

So basically you get to drink a bottle of whiskey before building your computer. Does that sound like a good idea to anyone else?

I have a better use for empty whiskey bottles

[Anonymous Coward]

I fill them up with more whiskey (and then empty them again).

Cheat!

[LiquidCoooled]

I thought they were going to try and rollup the motherboard and unfurl the memorysticks and processor once inside.

Instead they just cut a hole in it.

Re:Good TImes

[FinestLittleSpace]

wwWWWoeorkss ffdffoooor meeEEEEEEeeeeeeee

for what?

[Quixote]

for a whiskey lover that needs a small and silent server.

Because, as we all know, a noisy server can exacerbate a throbbing hangover ...

There's always a good use for empty bottles

[TubeSteak]

Put a fish in it :O)

I've got an empty 1.75 liter bottle of Jack Daniels that one of my alky loving friends gave to me. I've been meaning to put a fish in there for a while now.

What's with the hole?

[Phat_Tony]

They cheated! They cut a hole in the side of the bottle.

They should have done it ship-in-a-bottle style.

Wow!

[Anonymous Coward]

A chip in a bottle!

Re:Good TImes

[SillySnake]

Can't forget that he had to do most of the work at night while his newborn son was sleeping. Perhaps if he hadn't drank enough of those bottles to come up with the idea of putting a computer in one, he might not have the son and could have built the computer during the day. :)

Re:Good TImes

[FidelCatsro]

A tower case filled with 24 year old single Isla Malt sounds like a nice companion project

Re:Good TImes

[mrjb]

> For the project I selected a 1.5 litre Ballantine's bottle for case.
> That was the proper size and shape for the task at hand.

As the project was a success, I'm guessing his next project will be the 3 liter bottle.

A whisky server...

[ToteAdler]

Would that make it a bar tender?

Ballentines?

[Anonymous Coward]

No...! Nothing less than Single Malt is good enough for my computer. Make that a cask.

Cooling

[smilingman]

I like the concept, but cutting holes for fans was cheap. Everyone knows that whiskey bottles belong in the fridge.

Re:Nice

[Deitheres]

For a small fee, I will drink the whiskey for you... giving you a perfectly usable emptpy bottle! You may then mod to your hearts content!

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

[mrjb]

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

PC in a bottle

[ikejam]

aah, now i know why windows is acting drunk..

Re:The perfect PC for a slashdotting!

[tourvil]

And if it does go down, hey, its only passed out, and not burning in flame.

Unless you forget to clean out all the remaining alcohol...

Re:Hey?

[windex]

How do you think he keeps his son quiet at night?

Form A Band

[slashbob22]

Fill the bottles to different levels, form a band, and recreate Windows theme sounds.
While your at it, rebrand Windows Vista:
"Windows Redneck" with the slogan "You ain't ever seed Windows this clean(tm)"
"Windows Whiskey" with the slogan "Computing, soo you cann drinnk at the sssspeed of your buss, busi, work.(tm)"

Re:for what?

[ToasterofDOOM]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!!! Hangover + droning buzz == OMFGLOLWTFBBQ pain!

What to do with the whiskey?

[bk4u]

It's not a true whiskey-computer till that sucker's whiskey-cooled!

Companion mod

[bill^2]

Next step: Wrapping a flask around a mouse.

Re:for what?

[HTL2001]

as can using words such as "exacerbate"

Re:Try one of these

[oculuses]

If you're that worried about dropping your computer hard enough to break the glass, then perhaps you should lay off the wiskey. :)

Re:Good TImes

[Gil-galad55]

Did you see the Tokaji in the last picture? A modder with exquisite taste in beverages... who knew!

Right...

[no_barcode]

"I tried to cut and drill couple of similar bottles at home but I realized that my tools are not good enough for it, then finaly a professional glass grinder man prepared the whisky bottle for me."

Right. Your inability to cut holes in the bottle couldn't possibly have had anything to do with your method of emptying the bottle, could it?

And when the Whiskey Server* gets Slashdotted...

[bobdotorg]

Flambe!!!

*Bananas Foster not included.

And in other news...

[therage96]

AP News (12:44pm - EST) - Tragic Death of Geek

Tragically a young geek lost his (albeit lonely) life last night after starting a fire in his room of his parent's house. It would seem that the young and impetuous geek decided after reading an article on the technology news website "Slashdot," that building a computer out of a used whiskey bottle would be a good idea. However, upon emptying the bottle (and his bladder several times), the poor geek forgot to wash the bottle out and promptly started a fire the moment he turned his new "Whiskey PC" on and sadly, perished in the blaze.

Memorial services will be held in your MMORPG of choice in that "one zone."

Re:Good TImes

[iezhy]

if I would have made home server for every bottle of wiskey i drank... i would be running pretty powerfull boewulf cluster by now :)

Re:portable, and tastes nice too...

[Anonymous Coward]

well, it is certainly more portable

Make sure you keep it in a paper bag, though.

Re:Ballentines?

[hunterx11]

The first attempt was done with a Laphroaig bottle. Although he managed to cool the computer adequately, the whisky set him on fire.

Re:PC in a bottle

[Anonymous Coward]

aah, now i know why windows is acting drunk..

Damn. Got the Johnie Walker Blue Label of the Death once again! I hope my virus protection was working last night.

What about when you get pulled over?

[Otto]

"No officer, I'm not drinking, I'm analysing radio signals to help in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence."

Re:Ballentines?

[errxn]

He should have use Jack Daniel's or Jim Beam. That way, when the computer dies, he can just put it up on cinder blocks in the front yard.

Next Project...

[Anonymous Coward]

...PDA in a hip flask.

Re:I have a better use for empty whiskey bottles

[macdaddy357]

An empty whiskey bottle is good for hittin' arseholes over the head when they call us Irishmen a bunch of violent drunks!

Re:Good TImes

[mrm677]

So basically you get to drink a bottle of whiskey before building your computer. Does that sound like a good idea to anyone else?

My last computer build started at 3am after coming back from the bars completely hammered. I was completely wasted. In the morning, everything still worked except one case fan was backwards.

Re:Good TImes

[iphayd]

So, you work for Gateway, eh?

Next on slashdot...

[game kid]

"How to fit a mainframe (pimped with blue lasers on the bottom!) into one of Snoop's 40s." ;)

(Fo'shizzle, Seymour Crazizzle.)

Re:portable, and tastes nice too...

[Scarletdown]

well, it is certainly more portable and better looking than your average tower. I think that there could well be a market for these things, in all different types of bottles or shaped glass cases... If you wanted to go all out you could put a plasma screan on the side... set it to show the original label as a screan saver if you want to go all out

He should probably patent or trademark the design, or whatever. Otherwise, I could see someone at Apple snapping it up for the next iMac.

Re:for what?

[iamlucky13]

Why do you say that? Exacerbate is a perfectly cromulent word.

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

[Hieremias]

Ten gallons for a bloody goldfish? Geez, the thing's little more than a vegetable with fins. He can't even remember long enough to swim the length of the tank.

Re:portable, and tastes nice too...

[object88]

Otherwise, I could see someone at Apple snapping it up for the next iMac.

iDrink?