Exotic Wood Computer Cases

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Logging on to A Walnut Wood Computer

Logging on to A Walnut Wood Computer 11/05/2003 08:39 AM
Scotsman Online Nov 5 2003 7:51AM ET

Exotic Travels

Exotic Travels 06/05/2005 11:56 PM

I promised a friend to take her for an excursion by private airplane to a foreign country where they speak a strange tongue unknown to 97 percent of the world's population.  She readily agreed.  We folded ourselves into the four-seat propeller-driven single-engine Cirrus SR20 and entered the clouds above Hanscom Air Force Base near Boston.  We didn't see the ground again until about 600' above a long runway amidst a cold rain-soaked landscape.  "Welcome to Quebec City," I said to her.

[Tip for dogless travelers:  the Auberge St-Antoine is truly a fine hotel in the old city.]

Really Exotic Plants

Really Exotic Plants 03/27/2005 04:56 AM
common dickweed .. mmm squash

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PHP Magazine: Five Exotic PHP Extensions

PHP Magazine: Five Exotic PHP Extensions 12/15/2003 09:18 AM
In a new posting over on PHP Magazine's website this morning, there's an article about some seldom used PHP extensions had how they can benefit you.

Intel's exotic adventure

Intel's exotic adventure 02/18/2004 12:05 PM
ZDNet Feb 18 2004 3:24PM GMT

CIA museum showcases exotic spy gadgets

CIA museum showcases exotic spy gadgets 12/26/2003 05:25 PM
Boston Globe Dec 26 2003 4:04PM ET

CIA Museum Showcases Exotic Spy Gadgets

CIA Museum Showcases Exotic Spy Gadgets 12/26/2003 04:18 PM
AP via Newsday Dec 26 2003 3:16PM ET

Exotic dancer comes out on top in
lawsuit (Reuters)

Exotic dancer comes out on top in
lawsuit (Reuters) 01/06/2005 08:15 PM
Reuters - An exotic dancer will get nearly $20,000 (10,660 pounds) from city officials who moved to shut down her lap dance parlour in this historically easygoing Florida town known for its drag clubs and clothing-optional bars.

"Programming with libxml2 is like the
thrilling embrace of an exotic
stranger."

"Programming with libxml2 is like the
thrilling embrace of an exotic
stranger." 02/18/2004 11:58 PM
libxml2 causes unrelated subsystems to fail, unless you threaten to debug it .. Feed Parser3.0 beta 18 is out. .. Beware of strangers

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"Almost anything that was wood is gone"

"Almost anything that was wood is gone" 11/02/2003 08:44 PM
One of the many casualties of the California fires was the unique and lovely s tudio and residence of artis t and architect James Hubbell. Hubbell is a proponent of Architectur e of Jubilation and his living and working quarters reflected many of his ideas about organic designs and sustainable building. The artist and his family and co-workers are fine but his one-of-a-kind house is not.

norwegian wood, 1st day

norwegian wood, 1st day 10/29/2003 12:13 AM
we have been at concert of Dave Gahan :) he was so cool as usual;) you can see pics here...

wood for the trees

wood for the trees 02/07/2005 01:37 AM
Wood for the trees. The Forest Cafe in Edinburgh , a volunteer run , eco - friendly , creative space thats worth a look.

Wood that will not bend

Wood that will not bend 01/07/2004 02:57 PM
Resonant chunks of pop culture, plus vaults, dailys, a panorama, and Sir Tim to you.

Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood 04/25/2004 04:41 PM
Whilst the world reels to the unlikely news that Princeton considers 24 American beers in 24 hours to be some form of binge, rather than, say, a refreshing breakfast, over on this side of the pond the partying is a...

Lowe's Uses Web for Wood

Lowe's Uses Web for Wood 04/15/2005 03:18 PM
The company will allow you to buy lumber over the Web. What will it think of next?

Wood-fired hot tub

Wood-fired hot tub 01/17/2004 10:57 PM
The Dutchtub is a wood-fired hot-tub that exploits convection to create heat and bubbles. It's portable and can fit in the back of an SUV. Li nk (Thanks, Ivy!)

Surf the Net on a wood PC?

Surf the Net on a wood PC? 06/03/2004 02:00 PM
Electric New Paper Jun 3 2004 5:34PM GMT

This Mac Server Sports Wood

This Mac Server Sports Wood 09/24/2004 12:03 AM

Wood Block Clock

Wood Block Clock 08/12/2004 09:20 AM

Despite what you might think, this clock is a solid piece of wood with a faux cord running out of the back, designed to purposely confound you into ignoring the fact that the only method in which a block of wood could display the time is if it were impelled by dark, heathen sorcery. If this were not the case, why would the burning red numbers show an hour to have 66 minutes twice a day?

It's either that or there is a thin veneer front that shows light through it from behind. I say we burn it anyway. (Thanks, Martin!)

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Building with wood is eco-friendly?

Building with wood is eco-friendly? 09/22/2004 08:30 AM
David Pescovitz: A new research report shows that wood is one of the greener materials that can be used to build homes. According to the report, prepared by the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials, the environmental impact of fabricating building materials and actually constructing a home is more intense than most people realize. And while the industry has slowly moved away from wood, the use of dead trees may actually be better (well, less bad) than other products and techniques. From a press release about the report:

The research showed that wood framing used 17 percent less energy than steel construction for a typical house built in Minnesota, and 16 percent less energy than a house using concrete construction in Atlanta. And in these two examples, the use of wood had 26-31 percent less global warming potential...The growth of wood in renewable forests works to "sequester" and remove carbon from the atmosphere, and fewer carbon emissions are created in the processing needed to produce wood products than their steel and concrete counterparts.

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PC + Fridge + Wood == Tubby

PC + Fridge + Wood == Tubby 05/17/2004 01:29 PM
It only took four power supplies, nineteen 80mm, six 120mm, and one 90mm fans (not to mention the better part of a year) to create 'Tubby,' a homebrew custom wooden computer that happens to also squeeze in an integrated refrigerator. (Thanks, Elrond Hubbard!) Read [Gruntville]...

Roger Wood sunburst clock

Roger Wood sunburst clock 02/05/2005 09:25 PM
Cory Doctorow: My friend Roger Wood is a brilliant sculptor who combines kitsch junk, industrial detritus and other bits and pieces to make working clocks/assemblages. Here's his latest, which combines a class Sputnik-style sunburst clock -- I'm speechless with desire. Link

Roger Wood wall-clock

Roger Wood wall-clock 07/29/2004 01:31 AM
My friend Roger Wood is a genius clockmaker who builds clocks into assemblage sculptures made from found objects, antiques, rust, and vacuum tubes. He publishes an irregular newsletter showcasing his latest creations, such as this one, which is similar to one that I bought from him before I moved to London, which was the first piece of decor I put up in my new flat after moving in. Every place I've lived since I left Toronto has had a Roger clock in it, and it wouldn't feel like home without one. Link

Wood File Cabinet Icons 1.0

Wood File Cabinet Icons 1.0 01/22/2004 03:05 AM
Icons: Antique Wooden File Cabinets.

JVC SX-WD10, SX-DW505 Wood Speakers

JVC SX-WD10, SX-DW505 Wood Speakers 04/06/2005 11:31 AM

JVC knows how to make fancy looking speakers. The new "SX-WD10" and "SX-DW505" do that, too. There must be something about wood and speakers that people like. But what's this? "Copper Clad Aluminum?" It seems to me speaker manufacturers just sit around and come up with the most exotic materials they possibly can, and claim it produces higher quality sound.

Press Release [JVC]

Idea of CAW (Creation of Attack Wood)

Idea of CAW (Creation of Attack Wood) 04/19/2004 03:02 PM
kincses zoli (Apr 18 2004)

Rugby: Wood backing Dallaglio

Rugby: Wood backing Dallaglio 03/30/2005 05:47 PM
Keith Wood believes Lawrence Dallaglio should be in the Lions squad to tour New Zealand.

Re: Idea of CAW (Creation of Attack
Wood)

Re: Idea of CAW (Creation of Attack
Wood) 04/20/2004 06:18 PM
Magosányi Árpád (Apr 20 2004)

Roger Wood clock with laundry

Roger Wood clock with laundry 03/30/2005 04:32 AM
Cory Doctorow: My old neighbor from Toronto, Roger Wood, is an assemblage sculptor who builds whimsical clocks out of old junk. He has a little mailing list for fans of his where he posts photos of today's creation -- and the latest edition really struck my fancy: a wheeled clock with a pastel-tinted laundry line. Gorgeous. Link

Roger Wood documentary footage

Roger Wood documentary footage 09/08/2004 08:06 PM
Cory Doctorow: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Zed show has done a segment on my pal Roger Wood, the mad assemblage clockmaker.

Roger Wood creates with time in mind. Yet even though the clock can be a consistent element of his work, it's often secondary to its creation. Whether it's a curious timepiece or a unique assemblage, Wood thrives on working with an immeasurable array of findings from the tarnished and forgotten to the odd or intriquing. He is a devoted collector of usual and unusual objects with one thing in common, a history.

The source of his inspiration lies in the hundreds of curiously labelled drawers and boxes brimming with artifacts of all description that line the shelves of his Toronto studio. Wood orchestrates an arrangement from his myriad of treasures until the precise moment that it feels right. Then he quickly glues them all down so they can't escape.

Playful, wondrous timepieces emerge that take flight on cherubic wings, float and sway on fine wires, or appear frozen mid-explosion with flying springs and cogs that bounce at the touch.

Link

Silvery Roger Wood clock

Silvery Roger Wood clock 11/15/2003 07:52 PM
I love coming home, firing up my mailer and finding a new Roger Wood clock in my in-box. Link

Digital/Analog fusion art: Justin Wood

Digital/Analog fusion art: Justin Wood 11/12/2003 01:29 PM
From the online portfolio of artist Justin Wood: "neuro.case," shown at left (2002) is "an illustration element for a book based off an excerpt from William Gibson's Neuromancer; mainly a portrait of the main character, Case. The book, antique future, was published by the artcenter college of design.... 25"x23" digital/acrylic/housepaint on paper."

Link to artist's online portfolio, which also includes this Gibson-inspired image. (Thanks, Invi sible Cowgirl!)

My nemesis: a 1'-high wood-and-steel
platform

My nemesis: a 1'-high wood-and-steel
platform 04/02/2005 01:49 PM

My third flight in "Sky 12" became unexpectedly challenging when the GPS receiver for the microwave uplink failed.  Normally the transmitter automatically aligns itself to point at the TV station and send them a feed from the helicopter's camera.  It can't do this alignment if it doesn't know where the helicopter is and without its GPS the only solution is for us to aim the transmitter manually.  My supervising pilot was Rob Roberts, who has been doing this for 9 years and is an expert in every facet of the operation (see earlier story).  Nonetheless if the helicopter changes its position or orientation the transmitter will need to be reaimed.  So we are forced to do all of our filming from an out-of-ground-effect (mid-air) hover, which I establish about one minute before our signal is due to be broadcast.  Rob doubles as "talent" and is one of the two pilots qualified to be an on-air reporter, for which we have a small camera pointed inside the helicopter.  About 45 seconds before we go live, the guys back at the station say "we're receiving your feed; don't move!"  This turns out to be one of the cruelest things possible to say to a helicopter pilot.  Inset into the camera monitor on my side of the machine is a little window showing the actual broadcast coming out of the TV station and into homes.  The little picture and the producer's words serve as a constant reminder that "any kind of screw up and the screens inside 100,000 Richmond homes will go blank.  This kind of reflection turns out not to be conducive to good flying.

For the rest of the week I was able to handle most aspects of the job without too much fear or incompetence.  However at the end of every flight the fearsome dolly would be waiting.  If we just landed on the ramp it would be too hard for the maintenance guys to pull the Jet Ranger into the hangar.  So we land on a surprisingly small dolly, about 1' high, which they then tow with a golfcart-style tug.  The dolly is a few feet wider than the Jet Ranger's skids and a bit longer fore-and-aft so it shouldn't be all that tough.  However, the one thing that you are taught as a helicopter pilot is never to look down at the ground when you're trying to hover.  You always look off into the middle distance.  Looking down leads to overcontrol and wild oscillations.  Another problem is that the skids of the Jet Ranger are not easily visible to the pilot, unlike with a Robinson R22.  Finally there is the issue that if you get the helicopter into a position where it might fall off the dolly, or at least half off, there is a serious risk of dynamic rollover and having to go out and buy another $1 million helicopter.  This is the bit of knowledge that makes the whole thing hard.  If there were just some painted marks on the asphalt and the consequence of missing them were being embarrassed and picking the machine back up or buying lunch for the line guys it would be easy.  But the consequence is spectacular destruction and this ruins almost everyone's concentration.  Apparently there is an expert instructor at the Bell factory school who refuses to land on a dolly.  He doesn't have to do it regularly so he sees no need to add this kind of stress to his life on occasion.  Sadly at HeloAir one does have to do this after every flight and it turns my knuckles white.  At the end of the week I'm able to do it with only a bit of help from Rob but I would not want to try it by myself.

Silicon Valley techies target B wood

Silicon Valley techies target B wood 04/20/2004 12:18 AM
Economictimes Apr 20 2004 4:32AM GMT

Report confirms Yarl's Wood abuse

Report confirms Yarl's Wood abuse 04/30/2004 07:52 AM
The Prisons Ombudsman has found that allegations of racism and violence at Yarl's Wood detention centre were true.

New Efficient and Smaller Herlt Wood
Gasifier

New Efficient and Smaller Herlt Wood
Gasifier 08/16/2004 02:49 AM
Advanced Biotechnology Inc. announces the new PowerFRED HN-13 HERLT Gasifier from Germany. [PRWEB Aug 16, 2004]

Swedish company making wood computers

Swedish company making wood computers 05/05/2004 07:52 PM
Boston Globe May 6 2004 0:41AM GMT

Conal and Matthew Wood at the Yorkshire
Grey... [Flickr]

Conal and Matthew Wood at the Yorkshire
Grey... [Flickr] 04/02/2005 10:56 AM

Listening to Wood Helps Termites Choose
Food

Listening to Wood Helps Termites Choose
Food 03/14/2005 05:40 PM

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The Caseless Computer

The Caseless Computer 07/01/2004 04:58 PM

Would it be possible to create a computer than didn't have a case? I was tooling around power supplies over at Xoxide, and some of them almost looked like they were external. Is there such a thing as an external power supply?

A few weeks ago, I went on a rant about how cool external hard drives were. Taking this a step further, just go buy motherboard with built in Ethernet, Firewire, and video. Now go buy a FireWire hard drive (can you boot from FireWire?), a keyboard, a mouse, and a monitor. Now figure out how to get power to it -- if you just plugged in a power supply to the motherboard and the wall, would it work?

Joe and I talked once about building a computer that we nailed to a piece of plywood. We joked that you could pay for an upgrade whereby we would stain the wood for you. But maybe this wasn't such a joke after all.

Could you just lay all the various bits of hardware out on your desk, connect them up to each other, and expect them to run? In a larger sense, let's think for a minute about what functionality the actual computer case provides. A power button? Anything else?

Just wondering.

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Vintage computer docs under the hammer

Vintage computer docs under the hammer 04/06/2005 08:34 PM
The Register Apr 7 2005 12:26AM GMT

Cthulhoid casemod

Cthulhoid casemod 07/28/2004 04:12 AM
This lovingly detailed Lovecraft-inspired casemod is great -- it's the Necronomicase!

* Fully textured outer case
* Necronomicon Glyph window, with 114 cuts...
* ...Lit by two 12" CCFL tubes
* Elder Sign & Cthulhu Runes etched window, lit by...
* ...8 superbright green & 8 superbright yellow LEDs attached to...
* ...Hard Drive activity flasher circuit.
* Power button in monster mouth
* Reset button in right eye
* Light switch in left eye
* Sculpted tentacles set on left side around window.
* Textured fan cowling inside
* Front bezel eyes lit with 2 superbright LEDs
* Front lower part lit with two 4" CCFL tubes
* Fully textured CD & floppy bezels
* Decorated semi-clear pull-down front cover
* Two extra Stealth Fans
* Glow-in-the-dark rounded IDE cables
* Split sleeve & mesh wire covers
Link (Thanks, George!)

Doom 3 casemod

Doom 3 casemod 03/14/2005 05:29 PM
Cory Doctorow: Check out the amazing craftspersonship in this Doom 3 casemod, complete with exhaustive build-notes. L ink (Thanks, Brandon!)

Goatse casemod

Goatse casemod 11/19/2003 08:08 PM
If you've hung around the Internet long enough, chances are you've encountered the Goatse guy (he's not hard to find -- google it if you're curious and want to be lastingly revulsed, but don't say I didn't warn you). Slashdot has added whole volumes of code just to keep users from tricking each other into opening this photo.

That said, this casemod -- an obvious homage to Goatse -- made me laugh aloud. Link (Thanks, Soninlawofsam!)

HalfLife casemod

HalfLife casemod 05/25/2004 03:43 AM
This HalfLife-inspired casemod is jaw-droppingly cool. Link (via /.)

Reverse Casemod

Reverse Casemod 09/20/2004 12:28 PM
Xeni Jardin: BoingBoing reader D says, "Have an old computer case? Or, perhaps you're doing a casemod for your computer, so you don't need your old case. Enter, The Reverse Mod; turn your old computer case into a bookshelf!" Link

Hamster cage casemod

Hamster cage casemod 07/06/2004 11:58 AM
The Extreme Tech crazy casemod winners are online -- including this case with an integrated hamster cage that has hosted a live rodent for years now. Link (via Wonderland)

Orac^3 -- Not Your Everyday Casemod

Orac^3 -- Not Your Everyday Casemod 06/15/2004 12:09 AM

Wedding cake casemod

Wedding cake casemod 01/24/2004 03:36 AM
A casemodder proposed to his girlfriend by building her a wedding-cake PC with a miniature bride and groom, a secret ring-tray, and ribbon-wrapped, illuminated internal connectors visible through a cutaway transparency. Link (Thanks, Jay!)

Philco Predicta Casemod

Philco Predicta Casemod 08/09/2004 04:57 PM

Is this the best case mod ever? It's pretty damn close to the top if it isn't. This hollowed out Philco Predicta television set was already a thing of beauty, but when stripped clean and rewired with the latest in PC hardware - including matching peripherals and a monitor with masked, rounded corners - it becomes something approaching a work of art. Or just really, really hot, I'm not sure.

I infer from the machine specs and the software shown that this may not be brand-spanking new, but it's the first I'd seen it, so deal. This picture hardly does it justice.

Look - Review [Onomy]

Toaster oven casemod

Toaster oven casemod 06/28/2004 04:44 PM
Great casemod: a PC built inside a toaster-oven. Link (via Waxy)

Every Nintendo in a polished wooden box
casemod

Every Nintendo in a polished wooden box
casemod 07/26/2004 01:59 AM
This guy deconstructed a NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, and GameCube, then built this beautiful polished wood enclosure for all of them so that they could coexist in one incongruous box. Link (via Waxy)

German national casemod champs

German national casemod champs 04/19/2005 06:16 AM
Cory Doctorow: Here's a Der Spiegel article on winners of the German national casemodding competition, with a gorgeous gallery of fantastic, imaginative mods. German Link (via Make Blog)

TIE fighter casemod wins contest

TIE fighter casemod wins contest 06/05/2005 11:42 PM
Cory Doctorow: This year's ExtremeTech casemodding competition theme was "science fiction," and the first winner has been announced: a Star Wars TIE Fighter mod that cost $300 (not including computer components)and took four months. Link< /a> (via Wonderland)

Crazy casemod which look like a Panther
Tank from WW2

Crazy casemod which look like a Panther
Tank from WW2 04/26/2004 07:06 PM

Hellraiser casemod with glowing embedded
Pinhead

Hellraiser casemod with glowing embedded
Pinhead 03/24/2005 04:51 PM
Cory Doctorow: This Hellraiser casemod (complete with red-glowing embedded Pinhead) is stupendously badass. Even the mouse has heads embedded in it. Link (Thanks, Arlen!)

Asia Carrera's hothothot barely legal
casemod

Asia Carrera's hothothot barely legal
casemod 07/12/2004 07:15 PM
Retired porn superstar, geek, and mom-to-be Asia Carrera whipped up this nifty casemod. More on the lovely Ms. Carrera and her homebuilt PC here.

A year in viruses It's been a vintage
year for malicious computer viruses

A year in viruses It's been a vintage
year for malicious computer viruses 12/31/2003 05:02 AM
BBC Dec 31 2003 4:53AM ET

Vintage Tech

Vintage Tech 07/24/2004 04:19 PM
The Douglas Self Site is an eclectic mix of web oddities including The Museum of RetroTechnology, some les s than successful audio projects and the truth about Roswell. The RetroTech Museum is full of forgotten mechanical devices like monowheels, pneumatic networks, gyrocars, and optical telegraphs. (via dm)

A Drink? The Ice Is Vintage

A Drink? The Ice Is Vintage 05/31/2004 05:31 PM
To a good scientist, everything is a question.

Vintage Poster Art

Vintage Poster Art 10/29/2003 09:22 PM
Vintage Poster Art.

Vintage Alcatel

Vintage Alcatel 05/03/2004 11:37 PM
Is this the year to buy Alcatel?

Web Zen: Vintage Electronics Zen

Web Zen: Vintage Electronics Zen 04/18/2004 07:01 PM
pocket calculator show
commodore 64 heaven
vinyl data
world of spectrum
amiga forever
video synths
dot matrix synth
atari coin op flyers
seeing double
web zen home, web zen store, (Thanks, Frank).

Vintage Microphones are Hot.

Vintage Microphones are Hot. 04/19/2004 05:41 PM
Amazing vintage microphones. Stumbled into this site looking for reference photos...what I found instead was detailed technical specs, vintage advertisements, old time photos, bios of audio pioneers....and lots of microphone tech-pr0n photos. Beautiful. This guy knows more about this than I will probably ever know about Anything. This page explains why it was built...and I think it is a great example of why the web works as a brainfood potluck.

Vintage Tub Cleans Up on Web

Vintage Tub Cleans Up on Web 03/28/2005 06:39 PM
The clawfoot collection site is catching on after taking a bath on its first e-com attempts.

Vintage Rebirth?

Vintage Rebirth? 12/18/2003 06:19 PM
A new Probe Droid has just been launched; this week we're searching for your opinions on the recent vintage re-release news. It appears Hasbro is set to bring back a few of the classic Kenner figures, or possibly create new ones in that same vein. Now is your chance to weigh in on the topic, look for the new Probe Droid ballot now and cast your vote today!

"Vintage Vandals"

"Vintage Vandals" 02/05/2005 09:45 PM

Vintage GDM Theme 1.0

Vintage GDM Theme 1.0 12/16/2003 04:06 PM
A theme with a 50s feel.

Exotic Wood Computer Cases

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