The Gold Microprocessor Bling Necklace

We by no means encourage a wardrobe crafted, however cleverly, from spare or used parts, but if you happen to be down with wearing t-shirts shirt that say something in r337 sp33k or, alternatively, have DeCSS written on 'em, at least spice it up a bit with some bling on CPU. So clean yoself up, son, that fat Mercedes logo on your gold chains is over.

[Via I4U]

[Logan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

First. :)

Anyway it's pretty cool, I guess. I would never wear it, though.

[Jake T @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

If I NEEDED some bling bling, I wouldn't mind wearing that.

[Ray Skinner @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

Maybe I found something to do with my old CPU's. I can sell them to jewelers. :)

[mushroom blue @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

so, uh. to be "bling", the metal needs to be platinum.

this is merely a gold chain.
good job showing how white you are, though.

[Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

Well I've had a PPC 603ev CPU on my keychain for like... ever. All you have to do is cut the pc board around the chip of your choice and leave a little 'ear' for the key ring.

Since I'm bored at work, I suggest a keychain inventory here to waste time. I'll start:

VW "switchblade" key for my car
VW valet key for my wife's car
Key to my office
Key to my house
Key to my parents' house
PPC 603ev 180 mhz CPU (from a Powerbook 2400)
Xserve key
Small green glowing Tritium tube. (been glowing for 5 years so far)
White Photon light

[Travis @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

Wasn't this on wierd al.. in the All about the Pentiums video?

[popeye @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

Looks like a gold plated chain, or worse gold-tone. Gimme the schnitzel please...

[yuppicide @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

I don't consider anyone who says "First" in their remark to actually be first. Therefore #2 you get my vote for first comment.

Anyway, I think it would be cool if they also had a spinner one..

[James @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

"Bling" is not a word exclusive to platinum. Rappers didn't even come up with it, it was lifted out of late-90s dancehall songs by the always original *cough* mainstream NYC rap axis a few years ago but actually refers to anything shiny and expensive.

MTV isn't a very accurate source of cultural knowledge.

[BlackAdam @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

My old key chain...

Pentium MMX 233MHz

http://www.blackadam.com/misc/keychain01.jpg
http://www.blackadam.com/misc/keychain02.jpg

[jake @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

too funny.. while packing for my move this week, i found this athlonxp 2600+ lying around, just the cpu itself, and considering i had no uise for it whatsoever (don't even know if it still works), i considered for a sec the silly idea of turning it into a pendant

but i dropped the idea, "that's just too stupid", ironic.. :P

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

wiggidy wack y'all

[Tim @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

re: mushroom blue

since when is being white a bad thing?

;)

[Yet another matt @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

I have one of those processors, i stuck a huge heatsink on it and now its a door stop, works brilliantly!

[skmetal7 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

how wearing about a hard disk platter!!! or maybe a cd, or a cooling fan. y dont i just wear the whole friggin computer around my neck??!!

[meunierc @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

Used to have a 80186 mounted on my keychain, during pretty much all the 1990's. Pretty cool form factor ( http://images.google.ca/images?q=80186&num=100&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=wi ), and an excellent conversation-starter if you're in a geek-out contest.

I wonder if the critter would still work after all the abuse it took...

Christian.

[SuperQ @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

I made a neclace out of a Motorola 68020 CPU. This wasn't a Mac either. It came out of my Sun 3/60 many years ago. I just bent a few of the pins over a nice piece of cord, and used a dremel to take the rest off, and polish it up nice.

For those who have no idea what a Sun 3/60 is.. here's a URL:
http://questier.com/Sun3-60/

[Ed Tapanes @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

Dear sirs, I'd like to take a moment to point out a slight error in your original posting. The colloquialism you were looking for is spelled "phat", not "fat".

By the by, this website is the shazziznit dawg! Ahem, thank you.

[illwafer @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

this would look tight with my ram knuckles.

[xvariable @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

Pimpin' it... Geek style?

/me thinks this is perfect for the failed geek (read "dork") kickin' it curbside with his hommies. :-P I mean seriously, can you picture it? I'm thinking white ribbed muscle shirt (covered w/food stains, of course), big-assed dorky Coke-bottle eyeglasses w/tinting, rhinestones, and little wings, red fedora, a 40 of Bawlz and, instead of a clock around his neck... a PDA! (or maybe a Penguin clock, hm...) (Sorry, I'd be more elucidative but I'm at work ATM so my attention is divided. I leave it to your imagination to fill the character and scene out. =P )

[doraemon @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

what about an old-fashion G5 IBM power pc chip for the apple-boys?

[sine~language @ Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM]

reminds me of a phreak crew I once knew, who wore processors as badges, pinned to their shirts. very 90's indeed..