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Building an ION powered HTPC with XBMC October 10, 2008
The "Cambridge Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 2008" September 12, 2008
"Florian", the DVD burning robot September 05, 2008
The "i-EPIA" May 22, 2008
The "GTA-PC" April 14, 2007
The "Digg" Case January 19, 2007
The "ITX-Laptop" December 07, 2006
The "Tortoise Beetle" October 02, 2006
The "DOS Head Unit" August 31, 2006
The "Janus Project" |
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The "Leela PC" June 26, 2006
Nano-ITX in a Football May 17, 2006
The "EPIA Alloy Mod" April 11, 2006
Neatorama's Collection of Case Mods February 18, 2006
The "Rundfunker" October 24, 2005
The "ITX TV" October 06, 2005
The K'nex-ITX August 05, 2005
The "Waffle Iron PC" July 21, 2005
The "Supra-Server" July 18, 2005
The "Mega-ITX" July 07, 2005
The "Encyclomedia" May 25, 2005
The "Accordion ITX" May 16, 2005
The "FileServerRouterSwitch" May 15, 2005
The "Mini Falcon" May 13, 2005
The "Bender PC" May 11, 2005
The "BBC ITX B" May 10, 2005
The "Frame" April 20, 2005
The "Jeannie" March 09, 2005
The "Cool Cube" January 30, 2005
First Nano-ITX Project? |
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The "iGrill" January 15, 2005
The "Gumball PC" December 15, 2004
The "Deco Box" December 03, 2004
The "TERA-ITX" October 06, 2004
The "Coealacanth-PC" September 17, 2004
The "Gramaphone-ITX-HD" August 26, 2004
The "C1541 Disk Drive ITX" August 25, 2004
The "SEGA-ITX" August 13, 2004
The "Quiet Cubid" August 06, 2004
The "BMWPC" July 14, 2004
The "Moo Cow Moo" July 02, 2004
The "Mini Mesh Box" June 17, 2004
Jukebox ITX May 24, 2004
The "ERN005PC" (KANA) March 13, 2004
The "Underwood No. 5" February 04, 2004
The "Humidor CL" January 23, 2004
The "Attache Server" January 22, 2004
"Racing The Light" January 21, 2004
VIA's Flat Panel DevKits January 20, 2004
The "Ambulator I" Full alphabetical archive on right hand side of page... |
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The "Humidor II"
By Jeffrey L. Stephenson - Posted on November 21, 2002
Introduction
Style and elegance has
never been used to describe a computer until now. Desktop
humidors have been gracing the desks of the worlds most ambitious
and successful for generations. Regardless of your thoughts
on smoking, the wooden decorative box is a hit on any desk.
Thousand dollar French humidors, Chippendale, original pre-embargo
Cuban-made and the such. I think it's possible to re-make
one of these beautiful boxes into a stylish and elegant office
tool. They were originally designed to occupy desk space and
make a statement about the owners' life-style and aloof-ness.
They still can.
This glasstop variety
is an exercise in the excess that is case modding. Solid tops
can come with a key so it won't accidentally expose it's raw
tech. How many people out there see three suits with their
hands behind their back peering down into the glowing abyss?
Enjoy!
Posing in our
"go to work attire". Opportunity to quote amazing
details:
- 12 Volt DC motors (3)
- 2 ft of 1/4" cable mesh
- 1 1/2 ft of 1/2" cable mesh
- 40mm finger guard (chrome)
- 60mm finger guard (chrome)
- And lots of other gruesome details.
Posing with our
skirt over our head. The small green circuit board attached
to the lid are the guts of an Orinoco USB Silver Client. Yes,
802.11b shooting through the glass-top. I installed the Windows
XP Pro software with the wireless hardware attached. After
the install, the equipment was working perfectly with my home
WLAN. The aromatic scent of Spanish cedar hits the senses
as the lid is opened.
Close-up of Vantec
ThermoFlow. Serious overkill, but I like it. The speed of
the fan is automatically controlled by temperature sensor
on the outlet side of the fan. It is working as an extraction
fan. I mounted the fan inside out by attaching the fan to
the outside of the mounting bracket on the PSU. The original
fan was much thinner and mounted inside the PSU. Got a chance
to play with cable mesh including the Velcro variety. I like
the look as opposed to those brightly colored candy twists
you see in most case mods.
Nice inside shot showing the Logitech wireless base station
removed from on top of the PSU. Velcro of course. First step
in the PSU removal sequence.
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