Case Mod Collection 112
Let's clear out a few of the case mod submissions which tend to pile up in dusty corners of our submission bin: MarkCC writes "An incredibly bizarre sort-of case mod: someone recreated the computer terminals from Terry Gilliam's Brazil, using an old Mac and a 1923 underwood typewriter." We mentioned some Mac case mods the other day. And remember, if it looks fast, it might as well be fast.
but why? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:but why? (Score:1)
Re:but why? (Score:2)
Small and efficient (1 liter engine), with awesome fuel economy (20.8 kilometers per litre), and also the most inexpensive new car you can get here.
I use all the money I save in gas to pamper my two loves, my computer and my wife... not necesarily in that order!
Re:but why? (Score:2)
it's starting to take more and more of wits to come up with a good casemod these days..
but this is it imho. absolutely kewl, cool and shisbang.
I Love it! (Score:1)
Dude, after making the computer, why not put it on the Standard Government Issue Sliding Desk
Now I'm looking at the third monitor in my 3-headed setup and thinking of stripping it out of its case. Would that constitute a fire hazard in a carpeted apartment?
Re:but why? (Score:2, Insightful)
Keep in mind the 'why not' factor has been the cause of far stranger human activites than case-modding.
Mirror (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Mirror (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Mirror (Score:1)
Re:Mirror (Score:1)
Apprarently not too fast (Score:2, Redundant)
I guess those mechanical keys can't keep up.
apparently I can't spell either (Score:2)
Re:apparently I can't spell either (Score:2, Funny)
Mod Parent up (and me too ;-)) (Score:2)
Lighten up everybody (Score:5, Funny)
this is flamebait, but... (Score:4, Insightful)
The obvious explanation regarding the boring rectangular PC case doesn't even merit going into...
Maybe I should mod my Cube... }:)
Re:this is flamebait, but... (Score:5, Interesting)
I'd like to see more extreme-hidden-wiring tricks, curves, chrome mesh, and really nice murals. Yes it's very 1970s van culture, but that didn't hurt anyone first time around
Re:this is flamebait, but... (Score:2)
Re:this is flamebait, but... (Score:1)
Re:this is flamebait, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Here's a pic, anyway.
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/hotboxpix/pantiesbond
Re:this is flamebait, but... (Score:2)
Re:this is flamebait, but... (Score:2)
Re:this is flamebait, but... (Score:2)
all the PC mods are a few holes
Obviously you haven't seen the Hellraiser cube case [sheff.com], my all-time personal favourite. There was also one I saw a few months ago that had been given the full-on pimp treatment, and the case window had a tiny strip club inside with a Barbie pole-dancing. Unfortunately I can't find a working link to that one, though.
Riced out ./'ing (Score:1)
Maybe that NOS sticker I tacked on my AMDXP1600+ doesnt improve performance? Oro?
Re:Riced out ./'ing (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Riced out ./'ing (Score:2)
>scrap yard and heisted some badges. Now my Linux
>box has a "Turbo Deisel" badge from a 70's Volvo.
Cool. Do you have a picture available somewhere?
Re:Riced out ./'ing (Score:1)
Re:Riced out ./'ing (Score:1)
I wonder, is that a sign that I am the Anti-rice?
We need a Slashdot Case Mod Topic (Score:5, Insightful)
I've said it before and I'll say it again: there is a huge opportunity for Slashdot to create said topic. For chrissake there are more and more Apple-related topic, and even one legacy Internet Explorer [slashdot.org] topic (hand-picked among a dozen other esoteric ones), yet no Case Mods......?
Ideally, in case we refer to a low-bandwidth site loaded with graphics, the topic could benefit from a temporary Slashdot mirror of the page (say, 1 week, to help the sites whistand the Slashdot effect).
Editors, please hear my plea :)
Re:We need a Slashdot Case Mod Topic (Score:2, Insightful)
-josh
Re:We need a Slashdot Case Mod Topic (Score:2)
Re:We need a Slashdot Case Mod Topic (Score:1)
Re:We need a Slashdot Case Mod Topic (Score:2)
>mean does it really matter what the case looks
>like? I only ever look at the monitor and
>occassionally the keyboard (when I spill coffee on
>it...).
Well if you don't like case mod stories, you should hope they break these stories off into their own topic! That way you could auto-ignore them via your preferences.
Slashdot is just dying (Score:1, Troll)
They're the kind of people that glittery casemods attract, and they're the exact people slashdot should NOT cater to, as they're alienating their core audience, and old timers with low uid numbers are leaving the site in droves.
Re:Slashdot is just dying (Score:1)
I find these fascinating. The things people will do to destroy perfectly good hardware. It's like a road crash.
It's a sad commentary (Score:1)
At least I wish I had something better to do than browse
Re:It's a sad commentary (Score:2, Funny)
Well, for you it might be in the middle och the night. But in Europe it's the middle of the day. But no, I don't have anything better to do in the middle of the day.
And as the greek saying goes (Score:1)
Here's an idea... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:5, Insightful)
http://www.apple.com/powermac/expansion.html
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:1)
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:1)
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:2)
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:2)
Note that I have also found that the aluminum versions of this case, although very light, are absolute shit for shipping. They fall apart. Trust your shipping needs to steel!
~GoRK
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:2)
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:1)
Once again, you'll be wanting an Apple [cube-zone.com].
Re:Here's an idea... (Score:2)
CPU Monitor On LCD (Score:2)
I think the G4 mod is very functional. The G4 is already a functional box. I would love to run a CPU meter on the face LCD he added then you could run it headless with useful feedback.
Case mods = destruction (Score:2, Insightful)
You could never expect fragile computer parts to survive for more than a week inside a typewriter, a pumpkin, a cardboard box, etc -- it's only for show and has no practical purpose, and obviously the hundreds of dollars worth of computer parts is of no value to the spoiled kids who build these things. It's ironic that many of them are leftists -- one cheap $500 computer today that they throw into a pumpkin or a typewriter is more than what a third-worlder makes in an entire year.
"Casemodding" has gone too far, and all it shows is just putting easily-assembled PC parts in strange objects for fashion's sake.
All these casemods do not deserve front page news here.
Re:Case mods = destruction (Score:1)
Computer hardware is a lot less fragile than you seem to believe. Okay, it probably wouldn't work well in a pumpkin (moisture), but I don't see how a cardboard box or typewriter would be a problem, other than the grounding problem for a cardboard box. Obviously steps will need to be taken to make sure there's not too much dust accumulation on exposed parts, but then most people don't have dust filters on their intake fans anyway, and the insides of their boxes are covered in dust.
And I should finish my entire meal because there are children starving in Africa. Talk about comparing apples to oranges. Sure, third-worlders may make the equivalent of $500USD, when the exchange rate of their currency is compared against dollars, but within their local economy, that $500USD is equivalent to probably $20,000USD. These people aren't buying computers, fancy cars, etc (they've got other problems they need to deal with first).
I do agree with the comparison between the case-modding community and the "boy racer" or "rice racer" community (not to be confused with "sport compact enthusiasts", who I would define as caring more about the actual performance of the car rather than just the looks). However, if these people want to spend money on idiot mods for their cars/computers, good for them. The mods may be completely worthless (or worse -- they could even hinder performance), and they almost always look stupid, but it's not affecting me in any way so what do I care? (Well, it doesn't affect me until a boy racer tries to get me to drag him at a stop light, which is just plain stupid. I usually just laugh at him, play along, and then turn when the light goes green, rather than actually racing.)
I wouldn't go that far. They do, however, need their own topic so that those who don't care to see case-mod topics can easily filter them without losing any interesting hardware stories.
Case mods: a liberal myth (Score:3, Insightful)
With all that bizarre off-topic ranting, and the coup de grace about starving children, I think you meant to submit that to Kuro5hin. This kind of politibabble is common there.
Case mods can be a good thing, and can look really cool if done right; however, many of these new "extreme" case mods are just a waste of parts that flaunts the money that these spoiled kids burn on trying to look cool to their friends, just like non-geeks do spending their money at Hot Topic or on Tommy Hilfiger.
You could never expect fragile computer parts to survive for more than a week inside a typewriter, a pumpkin, a cardboard box, etc -- it's only for show and has no practical purpose, and obviously the hundreds of dollars worth of computer parts is of no value to the spoiled kids who build these things. It's ironic that many of them are leftists -- one cheap $500 computer today that they throw into a pumpkin or a typewriter is more than what a third-worlder makes in an entire year.
"Casemodding" has gone too far, and all it shows is just putting easily-assembled PC parts in strange objects for fashion's sake.
People have hobbies. People like to talk about their hobbies and show off the resulting concoctions. People spend a portion of their income, or their parents' income, on unproductive tasks that please them. So what? Tell me one good reason this actually hurts humanity.
Case Mods Bitching = Pretentious (Score:5, Insightful)
Your assertions that '"extreme" case mods are just a waste of parts that flaunts the money that these spoiled kids burn' is completely off base and not even worth touching on, anyone who knows a casemodder will tell you this picture you're trying to draw is false.
Your "vast left wing conspiracy" is quite confussed, and leads to some pretty concerning questions about your sanity and maturity. I am trying to think of any alternative explinations, but none come to mind... Let me see if I've got this straight.
Let's say I'm a socialist (as left as it gets) and pay 50% of my earnings in taxes so that government social programs can flurish and no man, woman, or child goes hungry or homeless (See Also: Sweden) it is selfish of me to spend $500 of my remaining income however I chose instead of feeding the hungry.... how?
Your whole premise is lacking a clue, and if you really want to find a reason to spread this politically motivated hate you're going to need to aspire towards some sort of education.
I am truly left to wonder how this got modded up, probably by yourself on multiple
left wing conspiracies (Score:2)
Re:left wing conspiracies (Score:2)
Why bother? (Score:5, Funny)
So why mod it? What's the point? Your friends won't see it, chicks won't see it. It's like trying to design the inside of your closet. How pointless.
Re:Why bother? (Score:2)
Worryingly enough, there are people who will not recognise this as sarcasm.
Re:Why bother? (Score:2)
Re:Why bother? (Score:2)
Right on! (Score:2)
And the Mac mod looks kinda cool too
Mirror (Score:4, Informative)
http://s218a.studby.ntnu.no/www.ahleman.com/Ele
Brazil? Try 1984 (Score:2)
Re:Brazil? Try 1984 (Score:2)
[1] Decided against opening the chapter with my real opinion, which was "Speech is the worst built-in feature to enable on your Mac unless you live and work alone, and it should only be reserved for shoegazer albums by Radiohead and that ilk." [2] The editors would have just deleted it.
[2] Don't take that badly, I like Radiohead. Their use of the "Fred" voice on _Ok Computer_ was the reason I referenced them.
Practical Case Mods (Score:1, Interesting)
My old Amiga 3k desktop was case-modded to:
Accomodate a Video Toaster
Accomodate a 5.25" drive (Syquest)
Accomodate 2x 3.5" full-height hard drives
Accomodate 2x 3.5" half-height hard drives
Oh, and HD floppy
Accomodate a second power supply to run all
those drives
Accomodate all of the above at once.
The case as designed held three 3.5" drives. Nothing more. And Commodore wasn't selling anything else (except the 3k tower, which also had to be modded (we called it hacking, then) for a VT). This was a major power improvement over the stock machine, not a cosmetic one (my boss, another Amiganaut, said my machine was the silliest thing he'd ever seen). Where are the power case mods?
The best they do now is a few more fans. Whoopee.
Slashdot editors rip off memepool.com (Score:1)
Re:Slashdot editors rip off memepool.com (Score:1)
Re:cooling the case down (Score:2)
I thought they were Apple II's (Score:3, Interesting)
Casemod stories need their own icon (Score:2, Insightful)
Not that I find them entirely stupid, but it's a bit like if music news site reported new musicans' hairdos: funny for one time or two, but childish and boring if done on a regular basis.
Slashdotting (Score:1)
But that prop guy is truly amazing... Check out his other work when to page come back. I mean i'd buy his racer helmet with race google if he made more of them (and even that computer)
cheap source of parts: state surplus (Score:2)
Universities, at least in my area, also have surplus warehouses of gear they sell cheaply. If you're doing something a bit (or a lot) retro, check them out.
Details, details... (Score:1)
Re:Details, details... (Score:1)
I've seen something like this before. (Score:1)
Awesome but dangerious!?! (Score:3, Interesting)
My feeling is that this mod may be dangerious - the exposed CRT means you can put your hand in the wrong place while it's turned on. Perhaps add a glass dome/enclosure to it? Does anyone know more about the innards of the mac CRT and safety?
Last Post! (Score:1)
There are lots of phrases. My favorite is `nitwit' -- and the rationale
is the Internet philosophy has always been you have extremely bright,
non-partisan researchers look at a topic, do world-class research, do
several competing implementations, have a bake-off, determine what works
best, write it down and make that the standard.
The OSI view is entirely opposite. You take written contributions
from a much larger community, you put the contributions in a room of
committee people with, quite honestly, vast political differences and all
with their own political axes to grind, and four years later you get
something out, usually without it ever having been implemented once.
So the Internet perspective is implement it, make it work well,
then write it down, whereas the OSI perspective is to agree on it, write
it down, circulate it a lot and now we'll see if anyone can implement it
after it's an international standard and every vendor in the world is
committed to it. One of those processes is backwards, and I don't think
it takes a Lucasian professor of physics at Oxford to figure out which.
-- Marshall Rose, "The Pied Piper of OSI"
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Re:Slashdotted... (Score:2)