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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Mr Quar'd been itching to get his hands on my ipodand take it apart to see how it worked.
So I bought one from a car boot sale for £2 - apparently dead, no cables with it, just the 'pod itself.
Couldn't get it to start so handed it over to 'imself. He quickly reduced it to a pile of bits and then, curiousity satisfied, re-assembled it, to find that it worked except for the screen.
The screen lights up but no text appears on it. So I fiddle about until music comes on and then click 'next' when each song ends.
He's happy, I'm happy, the 'pod's happy, everyone's a winner.
(, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 9:42, 2 replies)
buy a new screenless than a tenner ?
www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.24897
(, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 11:05, closed)
He reckons it may be a programming faultas some people've had the problem after downloading upgrades and then replaced the screen to no avail.
Ta for the link though, we thought the screens were a lot dearer than that ! I'll show him and he can have another play with it. He'll love that!
(, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 12:01, closed)
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