
Old 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.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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My fridge is hot-wired. The thermostat in the fridge section conked out, but rather than spend wonga on a new fridge/freezer, I hot-wired the fridge sensor through to the freezer thermostat. Been working fine for over a year now.
My second hand laptop only works because the graphics card connector was fixed using an old milk-bottle top.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 13:09, Reply)
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