The duct tape server
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Jun 28th 2007 2:46PM
posted Jun 28th 2007 2:46PM
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Eww.... Link spam. And what's wrong with duct tape? You can fix any thing with it!!!!
My monitor cable, being 5 years hold, has an issue where at the end where it connects to the PC, it has to be bent at like 180 degrees, or else the monitor displays a whole rainbow of unnatural colours. My solution was to duct-tape the cable to the side of the PC case after bending it backwards. It works like a charm.
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Oh really, can duct tape fix my marriage?
Oh, man. I'm sorry.
Only you can do that.
Chris - if applied to the correct place ... (:-X)
This would nice sitting next to my duct tape sword, duct tape shield, and duct tape chestplate.
^Look
and to think i only made a duct tape wallet.....
Haha, I said I was going to do this two years ago. I had three rolls of duct tape, but I never went through with it. I did cover my entire keyboard and mouse with duct tape though. Looked hella cool.
Oh those last two words were irritating.
To be honest the HDD could be duct taped onl from the sides and suspended. As long as the tape is strong enough for additional support the non-sticky side of the tape could then be used to suspend it. Should avoid the mess that way.
Looks cruddy, but that's a darn good effort. I'd be curious to see how he mounted the hard drives with duct tape. They get pretty hot and could turn the tape adhesive into a gooey mess.
Yeah I was thinking that too. Wouldn't the heat cause the adhesive to slip?
If the hard disks are truely secured with just duct tape then it will turn into a gooey mess if this really is running 24/7. I installed a hard disk in a old gateway computer since it didn't have the bays to support 2 drives. Opened it up a few months later and everything had totally melted and duct tape doesn't dissipate heat well, the drive was painful to touch.
Actually the type of tape we used seems to be pretty good with heat. I just checked the HDD and it wasn't too bad at all.(as far as overall stickiness)
It was a chance find at the hardware store and I think it made all the difference.
When I say cruddy, I mean the overall finish isn't smooth. It's not backed with cardboard I'm guessing. But believe me I like the mod since it shows imagination. Duct tape is a very useful item.
Old news, saw it on UNEASYsilence yesterday.
Way to go Engadget.
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It's "aesthetic" you no-spelling, spamming waste of space...
Not So ESD safe also
if you cant fix it... duct it
Back in the day, I had cardboard and duct tape speaker boxes in my 71 Impala.
They worked!
Seems that it is just a regular case with a whole lot of tape around it. Just check the side.
Actually, it isn't. It's really pretty ingenious. Check the pictures at the bottom of the Read link.
Neat, but I fail to see how this is related to the iPhone.
They're not putting that iPhone thing at the top of all their stories, are they?
Duct tape is like the force. It has a Light Side and a Dark Side and it holds the universe together [/old jokes]
Could have used Light Window Tint in place of the translucent tape. in an effort to keep with the Adhesive backing theme and would have looked less layered