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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…
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December 19th, 2007 by: Technabob
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This automotive-inspired casemod embeds a complete high-end PC built inside an alloy wheel from an SUV.
The liquid cooled SLI-Machine Wheel PC is loaded into an 18-inch wheel from a Porsche Cayenne, then wrapped up in a Bridgestone Dueler H/P radial tire to round things out.
An intense green neon…
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December 18th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Need a second computer to run some basic tasks like hosting a website or a file server? Want to spend less than one big bill on it? Then look no further than this compact system from Data Evolution Corporation (DEC).
The decTOP computer system was originally released by AMD as…
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August 17th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Text-to-speech software meets alternative music with this strangely compelling computer which has been programmed to sing.
Mr. Hopkinson’s Computer sings covers of everything from Radiohead to Portishead to The Stone Roses… in his computerized drone.
In the video clip below, he even does a little sassy monologue and sings The
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August 13th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Given all the recent challenges I’ve been having with my hosting environment, maybe it’s time for me to pick up one of these puppies. It’s a compact computer that’s totally ready to go for you to host your own dedicated server.
The $399 Square One Personal Internet server is a…
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July 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob
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Wow, here’s a way to really crap up your PC…
The Haro PC case is a big green blob that encases your computer and attempts to give it a personality. The weird looking creature holds small computers (like the Mac Mini) with ease. When connected, it the case provides animated…
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May 24th, 2007 by: Technabob
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While it’s certainly not the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, you’ve got to hand it to this casemodder for his gumption.
This supremely modified Nintendo Gameboy has become host to an entire Windows XP computer. The system uses that new EPIA Pico-ITX mobo I was telling you about a…
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May 9th, 2007 by: Technabob
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Sure, we’ve seen toast with images of Elvis, Jesus and other famous cultural icons, but this device lets you create any image you’d like, in toast form.
The computer controlled toast burner uses a specially modified CNC fabricator with a hot air gun in its carriage. As the system moves…
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May 2nd, 2007 by: Technabob
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Check out this rare DELTA-C vintage Soviet computer (if you can call 1991 “vintage”) that I found over on eBay. It’s apparently a clone of the classic Sinclair ZX personal computer, but it sure looks like something you’d find down in a Dharma station on LOST.
I especially like the…
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March 19th, 2007 by: Technabob
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The Sony VAIO TP1 reinvents the wheel (literally,) by placing the latest in media center PCs in a case that’s shaped like a wheel. The TP1 features all of the requisite media PC bells and whistles, such as an HDMI port, a DVD burner, memory card slots and built-in Wi-Fi.…
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January 7th, 2007 by: Technabob