From the How Cool Is That? Department
I like to post “lighter” articles on Fridays, and I have been saving this one for today. By now, your eye has glimpsed the picture of nightstand. And, maybe, you’re wondering why a piece of furniture is being shown on a Tech website..
Well, the reason for that is that this chest of drawers is interesting.
(Yes, Paul. Fine. But, interesting how?)
This nightstand (or.. whatever) is not really a chest of drawers at all, but is – in reality – a Media serving computer.
Really!
While “researching” the latest high-end Gaming Rigs (read “goofing off”) the other day, I decided to take a look at what people had submitted lately in the way of case mods.
Mixed in with the usual assortment of glowing, multi-fanned, custom painted, hard-core, high-performance gamers was.. this. And by contrast alone it caught my eye.
(I have never mentioned this here before, but old Tech Paul has watched the New Yankee Workshop a time or two.)
A fella by the name of Kyle Shipp took a bunch of old computer parts, and assembled them inside this $20 chest he found at Target. He has posted a webpage describing the process.. and it has a bunch of pictures of the stages. You can see how it was done, here.
Very thought provoking, and I bet it looks good in his living room.
Today’s free download: 360Desktop (This is one you should look at, because I really can’t describe it..)
* Get more desktop space for everything you like to do
* Take your favorite content from across the web and put it on your desktop
* Choose from an endless selection of 360° wallpaper you download, create & share.
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I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
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Pretty cool article Paul! I have a media center just sitting out in my living room. I need that to make it look better. :)
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Dominic–
Yes, I thought that was very clever — disguising the PC as a piece of furniture.
I was pondering the possibility of using BlueTooth or wireless and eliminating the wires…
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My current media center has a wireless connection to the internet and it works great. I watch video from netflix and hulu with no problem. I only need 2 wires from my pc to my tv for video/sound.
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Dominic,
That’s very efficient, and the newer “N” type of WiFi should handle the bps.
I have installed some home theaters that used wireless speakers for their surround sound.. with what I consider to be mixed results. (some speakers were excellent)
Now.. to get the video feed and sound feed there wirelessly (and eliminate ALL cables)…
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Neat!
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That is a really neat idea that took some thought and hardware know how!
Oh, your “free download” 360D Desktop is awesome. It is like having a rotating desktop… Good find!
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Rick,
I like the ability to grab ‘live’ snippets off the web and display them (kinda like widgets) .. things like sports score tickers and traffic maps.
I still can’t figure a really good description.. it really has to be seen.
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This blog’s great!! Thanks :).
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