DIY Techno-hacksOld hard drive platters make wonderfully good drinks coasters - they look dead smart and expensive and you've stopped people reading your old data into the bargain.
Have you taped all your remotes together, peep-show-style? Have you wired your doorbell to the toilet? What enterprising DIY have you done with technology?
Extra points for using sellotape rather than solder.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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Not a real DIY storyBut we're in 2009 and i'm using floppy disks (yes, the 1.44MB ones)
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Winchester DrivesHi, I'm Ed Winchester and I still use Winchester drives as a tumble drier
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The first hard drive I ever saw was a 20mb Winchester the size of a small suitcase.Twenty years ago. I was in absolute awe. Now I carry 32gig flash around on my keys.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 14:30,
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