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floppy disk gift labels perfect for wrapping geeky gifts

filed under: computing | geek art & craft | retro

Man, 3.5-inch disks. I still can’t believe that just a decade after the demise of the floppy, a pocket-sized iPod Nano can hold than 11,378 times more data than a single 3.5-inch disk. How far we’ve come. Still, there was something so tactile about working with floppies back in the day, so I sorta miss them…

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October 22nd, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lacie 5big network drive looks like hal 9000’s brother

filed under: computing | design

Designer Neil Poulton got the inspiration for the domed glowing light on the outside of his latest hard drive design from the red light on the face of HAL 9000, the infamous computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The new LaCie 5big Network storage array is designed for small and medium workgroups looking for a ton of storage at a reasonable price…

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October 12th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

led hard drive clock lights up the night

filed under: hacks-mods | strange and wonderful

Hard Drive LED Clock by Ian Matthew

Hardware hacker Ian Matthew decided to see if he could turn a hard drive into a clock. But this isn’t one of those lazy designs where you just stick some clock hands through a hard drive platter. On the contrary, Ian went way over the top.

A narrow slot cut into the platter allows a set of flashing colored LEDs to show through as it spins…

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August 3rd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

best hard disk clock ever

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | timepieces

Harddisc Uhr Mod

In my travels, I’ve seen a few clocks made from old hard drives. They’re typically made by stripping out the guts of an old hard drive, slapping a cheap $2 clock mechanism through the platters, then call it a day. On the other hand, here’s a hard disk based clock hack that really is an engineering marvel…

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September 16th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

compact discs come in all shapes and sizes

filed under: design | just plain fun

Baba Akcja CDs

While digital players have put a major dent in the CD business, there’s something about having your tunes stored on something a little more tangible.
To shake the old CD up a bit, the designers of Poland’s Baba Akcja have taken the boring round disc and turned it into something far more visually interesting…

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July 1st, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

sony confirms 80gb ps3

filed under: video games

Thanks to some images that were floating around on the FCC website, rumors have floating around for a while that Sony was working on an 80GB version of the PlayStation 3.

Well, it turns out the 80GB model is real. However, for now, it’s only coming out in South Korea…

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May 21st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the end of the hard disk: solid state drives hit 160gb

filed under: computing

Adtron 160GB Solid State Disk

This week, Adtron announced the availability of a new solid state drive (SSD) that’s capable of storing a record-breaking 160GB in its flash memory. The drive will be available in IDE and Serial ATA version.

As storage size is rapidly approaching that of decent-sized hard drives, it would seem that these drives are really the future of computer storage…

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February 24th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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