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worst casemod ever: ubuntubox cardboard pc

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | just plain fun

Ubuntubox Cardboard Casemod

This computer has to be the biggest hunk of junk I’ve ever seen. Cobbled together from cardboard, red duct tape and embellished with a Sharpie, the UbuntuBox V1.0 certainly won’t win any awards for build quality.

According to the builder, the guts of the old Pentium 3 tower are being used to power this Ubuntu Linux computer…

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posted: December 19th, 2007 stumble it! 8 comments author: technabob

speakers not worth the paper they’re printed on

filed under: strange and wonderful

Xenics Music Cube Cardboard Speakers

Now I’ve seen some cheap speakers in my days, but even the chintziest ones I’ve seen were at least made out of plastic. Not these. These ones are fabricated from thick paper stock.

Xenics Music Cube M speakers offer up some truly low-fidelity sound thanks to their flimsy cardboard construction…

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posted: November 30th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

cardboard mini arcade for the psp

filed under: just plain fun | video games

PSP Mini Arcade By Suck UK

Now you can have your own tiny arcade machine anywhere you take your Sony PSP portable gaming system. These arcade cardboard stands make your PSP look like it’s an arcade game cabinet (in miniature of course)…

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posted: August 12th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

cardboard boom box really works

filed under: design | media players

Cardboard Boom Box by Suck UK

This boom box has everything you’d expect in a portable stereo: an amplifier, speakers, even an iPod dock. But this one is made out of cardboard.

While most portable stereos aren’t particularly waterproof, this one doesn’t stand a chance in a rainstorm. The Mini Cardboard Boom Box comes folded flat and ready for assembly…

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posted: August 1st, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

technorobot: the paper automaton

filed under: just plain fun | robotics

TechnoRobot

Sure, you could go spend hundreds of dollars on one of those fancy robot kits, or you could be a cheap bastard like me, and pick up one of these.

At just 12 bucks, you can’t expect much. The TechnoRobot kit is a do-it-yourself robot that’s made mostly out of cardboard and held together by scotch tape…

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posted: May 3rd, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

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