Floppy disc drives, and me
Rebuilding an (obviously old) PC and I notice the following:

- I am le tired
- A floppy drive in a PC case under a desk in a bedroom in Scotland is rather dark and hard to see
- The guide plastic, which would normally determine which way up the plug goes in, has fallen off

Do these things deter my lazy, 15-year-old brain? They do not. Do you know what happens when you plug a floppy drive power cable in upside down and turn it on? FIRE. FIRE FUCKING HAPPENS.

Luckily it was just a flash of hotness and some smoke, which was no match for me killing the power and opening a window. Drive was buggered, obviously, but everything else survived.

As for the SECOND drive I incinerated with this method, I have no excuse.
( Iki I think my camel is dead., Tue 29 Jul 2014, 13:18, 8 replies)

Spares...
I have about Twelfty dozen spare if you need any... along with lots of useful IDE CD drives and other such stunning technology.

I am now tempted to repeat your experiment. I have no idea why I still have heaps of these stupid old bits of kit.
( Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Tue 29 Jul 2014, 17:07, closed)

You
might need em one day. That's what I tell myself anyways.
(yeswehavenopasties, Tue 29 Jul 2014, 22:52, closed)

That's what I told myself
And that's why I had two spares. But, y'know, I set 'em on fire and all that.
( Iki I think my camel is dead., Wed 30 Jul 2014, 9:07, closed)

I often look at the parts
Like the little motors. Or the lasers in the CD-ROMs. And wonder about some use for them. There must be a way of rigging a dozen CD-ROM drive motors to deliver beer from my fridge to the sofa.
( Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 18:05, closed)

Best I ever done
was a mediocre hard drive mirror wind chime thing. EDIT:

Sayin that if your easily amused, like I am hard drive mirrors and a laser pen is quite fun.
(yeswehavenopasties, Thu 31 Jul 2014, 3:41, closed)

It always feels such a shame to throw away perfectly working, quite incredibly constructed and beautiful technology.
But the unfortunate truth is that, due to the relentless march of progress, its pretty much useless and worthless.

Better that it gets sent to a third world country where it can be melted down by child labourers to extract the small amount of valuable metal.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 19:49, closed)

Unless...
...it can be made to play music.
( Iki I think my camel is dead., Wed 30 Jul 2014, 23:23, closed)

The Green Society
carefully looking after our precious resources...
( Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination, Wed 30 Jul 2014, 23:55, closed)