On Thu, 05 May 2005 15:12:30 GMT, the inscrutable pyotr filipivich
spake:

I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner
wrote back on Wed, 04 May 2005 15:02:44 GMT
in rec.crafts.metalworking :

If you are selling the high-end stuff, you logos incorporated as part of
the "cool factor" might make a little bigger investment worth it. Geeks
do seem to like spending on the flashy lights/"billet machined" look to
impress the other geeks. Hell, there are even people spending big bucks
for machined wood mice and wood computer replacement cases fabricated on
a CNC mill.

Koz (who starts wondering if the junkyard look of old pallet scrap wood
would make an interesting computer case)


It actually does. A friend made a case out of old wooden dynamite
crates. Looks pretty cool. Ill see if I can get a picture.

There are sites out there which will show the occasional "odd mod".
The dual boot system which is housed in the box for Linux and Win XP. The
Manual Typewriter. The PC in the monitor.

OOh, shiney stuff: http://www.mini-itx.com/projects.asp#project0046

Your link led me he Now THAT is a computer case! domg
http://sae.cside.com/sae/kat/pc/ern0...ture/11-43.JPG
The whole buildup sequence:
http://sae.cside.com/sae/kat/pc/ern002/emaya.htm

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/ern005pc/ Maid to Order.
Whatta hoot!

Someone posted a link to a coffee-maker/computer a year or two ago
but I can't find it in my rebuilt bookmark file.


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