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James Bond Theme Played on Floppy Drives: Double-Sided, Double-Density, 007

Conner Flynn — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:00:56 +0000

If you enjoy music and have a bunch of old floppy drives lying around, why not turn them into an instrument of sorts. For instance, you’ve probably always wanted to hear the James Bond theme played by some old floppy drives, right? Well, here is your chance to see and hear it.

In this video you will see not one, not two, not even a trio of old floppy drives playing the 007 theme, but eight. This project was built for display at Purdue University for the Association of Electrical Technologists club during their Technology Week.

It sounds awesome. In fact, it’s exactly how I imagine a cyberpunk James Bond theme would sound. There isn’t anything floppy about this tune. Put this in the new Bond movie now! It could be the work of some laughing DIY villain and is the perfect way to start the movie.

[via Geekosystem]

Microsoft Offers Special Holiday Lights Themes to Finish Your Geeky Christmas Desk

Shane McGlaun — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:24:28 +0000

This time of year, geeks all around the country start to pull out their decorations at home and some even decorate at the office. You know who we mean, that person in the cubicle next to you that has flashing lights and all sorts of decoration on their desk. If you are the Clark Griswold of your office, Microsoft has a new Windows 7 theme that you can download to help finish off your decorations.

The theme has a bunch of different wallpapers that are all based on Christmas lights. I really like the one with the decorated tree out in the woods. It reminds me of Rudolph and his pals trekking through the woods looking for people that will accept them.

The themes are free and you can download them now. Most geeks will be more interested in the theme tipped for next week for Halo fans. It will have concept art form the game franchise and sounds really sweet.

Bphone: Blackberry Mimics iPhone Ui

Technabob — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:35:20 +0000

While many of the BlackBerry models out there are arguably more capable than Apple’s iPhone (i.e. GPS integration, not locked to AT&T, etc.), most would agree that the iPhone user interface is a bit more slick. The bPhone theme for BlackBerry lets you have your cake and eat it too.

The theme installs on BlackBerry 8700, Pearl, Curve and 8800 models, assuming you have at least OS 4.2.1 installed.

While the icons and interface aren’t identical to those on the iPhone, they’re similar enough to give you the same general look and feel. Even the battery and signal strength indicators are stylized versions of the iPhone UI elements. For areas where there wasn’t a clear parallel between iPhone and BlackBerry Mac OS X design standards were used (like using a beachball for the “busy” indicator).

Sorry, no multi-touch display or motion sensor is included.

[via methodshop]