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DIY Star Wars Toys from Old 3.5″ Disks: The Floppy Strikes Back

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Got some old floppy disks lying around? How about a little spare time? Are you a Star Wars… fan? If you answered yes to all three of those questions, here’s the perfect project for you – a Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter and Death Star cobbled together from old floppy disk

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May 21st, 2012 by: Technabob

Floppy Disk Coasters Made from Wood, Not Floppies

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Even back in the day I’d sometimes use an old floppy disk as a coaster for my can of soda, but it’s not like it was particularly good at absorbing moisture. These coasters are modeled after old school floppies, but are made from wood instead – so they should do…

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March 19th, 2012 by: Technabob

Floppy Disk iPad Case Has Massive Capacity

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If you’re looking for a fun way to dress up your iPad while protecting it, look no further than this slipper case designed to look like a giant 3.5-inch floppy disk.…

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February 2nd, 2012 by: Technabob

5-1/4″ Floppy Disk Wall Sconce: Storage at the Speed of Light

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Celebrate old school computing with this awesomely geeky wall sconce, made in the shape of an old 5-1/4″ floppy disk. Man, I haven’t used one of those in years – and I can’t say I miss it. Even with a double-sided/double-density floppy, I can’t even begin to fathom the number…

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December 23rd, 2011 by: Technabob

HxC SD Card Drive Emulates 3.5″ Floppy Disks

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If you ever wanted a better way to get tons of data onto an old gadget that used floppy drives, I might just have the trick. This nifty little gadget replaces old 3.5″ floppy drives with an SD/SDHC memory card reader.…

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May 29th, 2011 by: Technabob

LEGO Mindstorms Rig Copies Floppies

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Eli Carter’s grandfather was an accomplished nerd – he worked on software that was used on fighter aircraft, on the Apollo missions and even wrote the first software that could operate a nuclear reactor. When his grandfather passed away, Eli was tasked with archiving the 443 3.5-inch floppy disks that…

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May 9th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Phantom of the Floppera: Floppy Music x4

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We’ve heard floppy drive music hacks before, but never on this grand of a scale. By wiring a few floppy drives to a  microcontroller, YouTuber FunToTheHead cranked out this beautifully musical floppy drive hack.…

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February 28th, 2011 by: Technabob

The USB Floppy Disk

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A while back, I told you guys about some CD-R disks that look like old 3.5″ floppies. In the story, I said that I’d much rather have a 3.5″ floppy USB drive, and Technabob reader Charles Mangin of Option8 has now indulged us with one.

In order to pull off…

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November 14th, 2010 by: Technabob

Floppy Disk Sticky Notes

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I remember my first 3.5-inch disk. It was a copy of MacPaint on the original Mac 128k, and it was so amazing compared to the 5.25 and 8-inch floppies of my youth. Eventually, I had boxes and boxes of the little hard-shelled floppies, each one with various and sundry Mac…

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October 10th, 2010 by: Technabob

Floppy Disk Fridge Magnets: Ironic, Ain’T They?

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When I first saw these floppy disk refrigerator magnets, I thought they looked kind of clever. Then I thought about the simple fact that they would never be able to hold any data, thanks to their self-destructive magnetic properties.…

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August 5th, 2010 by: Technabob

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