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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.

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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Here is my geek lab!


Lets see, in this picture you can see:

An Oscilloscope,
Bench Power Supply,
Multimeter (with PC interface)
PIC Programmer.

Here is a selection of some stuff I have built:



I also have a soldering iron, and a cupboard full of electrical components.
(I helped save b3ta! Squiggy Alloria makes theme parks., Fri 21 Aug 2009, 13:40, 12 replies)
you can also see
a horrid taste in wallpaper
(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 13:50, closed)
The early 90s at it's best!
I have just been too lazy to change it!

What would you suggest?
(I helped save b3ta! Squiggy Alloria makes theme parks., Fri 21 Aug 2009, 13:51, closed)
buy
a job lot of hardcore feaces porno and stick it up.

It'll give you something too look at and you could always play spot the sweetcorn when your bored.
(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 14:04, closed)
...
got any nutty ones?
(Mr.Dog was in love again on, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 14:50, closed)
I'm afraid not
I primarily dabble in corn on the cob type pornography
(NuffMuff fucks shrubbery, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 14:53, closed)
Well, that's very nice
But have you made anything with it?
(I helped save b3ta! gareth_alien will be human again at, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 13:54, closed)
This:


Just a selection of what I have built so far.
(I helped save b3ta! Squiggy Alloria makes theme parks., Fri 21 Aug 2009, 14:11, closed)
Ooooh...
Buttony...

Does it go 'beep' like in the movies when you push the buttons?
(I helped save b3ta! gareth_alien will be human again at, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 14:21, closed)
Geek lab
An Oscilloscope how cool, as a teenager I had 2 old 70's models. Not being very clever I plugged my stereo in to them and watch the wavy lines.
(Free pens 100, 101, 102 is still counting on, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 14:20, closed)
Cool
I have done that too!
(I helped save b3ta! Squiggy Alloria makes theme parks., Fri 21 Aug 2009, 15:19, closed)
I thought this was techno-hacks
not 'look at my rig/toolbox/expensive toys' etc.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 22:10, closed)
I though that too
I guess just one story of "I designed and, with appropriate hardware and an apparent eye for detailing, built a perfectly adequate solution to a problem I wasn't having" isn't going to destroy the QOTW is it
(I helped save b3ta! uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 23:50, closed)

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