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Get it? ‘Cause it’s a radio made of wood and okay you get it. Seriously though it’s an absolute beauty of a computer case, an old Delco wooden “tombstone style” radio that’s been gutted and fitted with computer hardware. It’s a perfect complement to the soviet TV pc. While it’s not as beautiful inside as…
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September 2nd, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: computing design geek art + craft hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful technology
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Western Digital may plaster the name “My Book” onto a line of hard drives, but that doesn’t mean they are actual books, or really, that they even resemble books. But that doesn’t mean they can’t, so long as you’re willing to apply a little elbow grease. Artistic talent seems to help, too, if you want…
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May 12th, 2009
stumble it! digg it!
author: alisha k.
filed under: computing hacks + mods
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Here’s something that the LXG would greatly appreciate: hardware modder/antique & scuttlefish lover/ potential Cthulhu worshipper Paradox has created what he calls a “Neo-Victorian keyboard”; he also modded a widescreen monitor to go along with it.
Paradox said that it took him well over a month to modify a 12.5″ x 6″ mini USB keyboard…
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December 25th, 2008
stumble it! digg it!
author: lambert v.
filed under: design geek art + craft hacks + mods retro strange + wonderful
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When I first spotted this dot-matrix numbers on this clock I thought it was a modern-day blue LED display. But lurking beneath the surface of this timepiece is something far more interesting.
What we actually have here is a very rare Russian relic from the early 1980s. The Elektronika-7 (Электроника-7) clock was built using vacuum…
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November 5th, 2008
stumble it! digg it!
author: technabob
filed under: retro timepieces
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The first thing that pops into my mind when I hear the word “candelabra” is The Phantom of the Opera. The second is Liberace. The third is an old episode of Scooby Doo involving a haunted mansion. I’m reasonably certain that the words electronic and modern aren’t anywhere on the list. Of course, I’ve been wrong…
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July 18th, 2008
stumble it! digg it!
author: technabob
filed under: design retro
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This amazing laptop creation by Datamancer beautifully melds old world style with modern technology. Under the hood of this lovingly handcrafted wood case is a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 notebook computer, running Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux.
The system features intricate clock mechanisms below a glass top, brass details, leather wrist pads and even claw feet. The…
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November 1st, 2007
stumble it! digg it!
author: technabob
filed under: computing design hacks + mods
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This amazing clock may have been constructed almost 400 years ago, but it’s just as bone-chilling as it was back then. To tell the time, just crack open his skull cap, and the clock is where his brains should be.
The skull and crossbones automaton clock has a mechanical moving jaw, and snakes that dart…
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October 28th, 2007
stumble it! digg it!
author: technabob
filed under: strange + wonderful timepieces