The Moleskine disk enclosure: a moveable geek feast

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 26th 2007 at 8:51AM

Ever welled in bohemian romance at the sight of a second-hand Penguin Classic casually slung from a rear pants-pocket? If so then you'll understand the avant-garde glory of the Moleskine disk enclosure. At $25 or so, this homemade 2.5-inch SATA enclosure costs less than a bottle of your favorite wormwood elixir. Sure, it might fry your disk without proper ventilation, but your soul at least, shall be redeemed.

[Via BoingBoing]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Storage

Tags: disk enclosure, DiskEnclosure, hack, mod, moleskine

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Michael Schmitt @ Apr 26th 2007 9:01AM

Hehe... good call, Thomas. MY first thought was that sucker was gonna get hot and you'll have a pretty looking hard drive that don't work too!

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nule @ Apr 26th 2007 9:31AM

That's sweet. I do all my writing in those. (And it's Moleskine, not Moleskin...)

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Tony C @ Apr 26th 2007 9:31AM

Oh boo... Slashdot'd... Or is that BoingBoing'd? Engadget'd? Anyone have a mirror or cache link?

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Tony C @ Apr 26th 2007 9:54AM

His Flickr photo set (more reliable than the blog site):
http://flickr.com/photos/sd/sets/72157600099153271/

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Mystic Alpaca @ Apr 26th 2007 10:03AM

I would like to try this with a 1.8" drive, they should run a lot cooler.

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strider_mt2k @ Apr 26th 2007 10:24AM

I might try this with my 1.8" drive enclosure, but it's faux leather cover is pretty cool already.

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chris fredette @ Apr 26th 2007 12:57PM

I had a similar idea doe a ipod case like 3 years ago but my 20GB at the time would not fit. A nano or new 30GB probably would though. Basically a thickness problem. I believe my 60GB or 80GB wouldn't fit either.
Could someone get cracking on this please?

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Joel @ Apr 26th 2007 1:52PM

As cool as that is, why not just stick one of those super-slim usb drives in the pocket?

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bprichard @ Apr 26th 2007 2:18PM

papa would be proud!
if only those ex-pats could have
seen the word-processing world...
actually, then i suppose this little
gem of a journal may have gone un-sung...

could be an 'A Sound of Thunder' spin-off
pitch: could hemmingway or margaret mitchell
have changed the face of literature if they
had been tapping away at a laptop rather than
writing in long-hand...? hmmm...

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shoeshine @ Apr 26th 2007 8:56PM

I love Moleskin notebooks so much. Probably more than I should. Could be turning into a fetish.

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sundiverdb @ Apr 27th 2007 12:30AM

What you need to do is write a combo of this with the SATA-CF card you wrote up a couple of days ago - that should run a little cooler shouldn't it? no where near the capacity though I guess.

Is there any other solution for the heat? this could be loads of fun.

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benjamin @ Apr 27th 2007 6:37AM

solution for the heat... open the book & let the heat escape..

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