Not since the epic
P-P-P-PowerBook! saga have we seen an
Apple laptop wrapped up inside of a hardbound enclosure more suited for literature, but this hack manages to actually provide a hint of utility to those willing to undertake it. Upon receiving an
iBook with a non-functioning screen, what better to do than strip the "i" prefix, trim down the inessentials, and wrap it in a hardcover book case in order to create a literal book server? If this sounds like
your bag, the journey only requires a partially destroyed iBook, a bit of wiring knowledge, and a gutted book for it to call home. Personally, we'd pony up for a built-in AirPort card so it could serve media whilst parked elegantly beside
Of Mice and Men, so be sure and give the read link a visit for the step-by-step if you're scouting new reading material.
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posted Jul 6th 2007 7:05AM
Hmm.
Your library tucked away in your library.
I like it!
Well done!
Love the fugly choice of stick on letters, too. Classy.
TK
I was just going to comment on the same thing; had he simply put a smaller Apple logo at the top of the "spine" it would have looked so much better.
I've got the same bargain bin Shakespeare book.
And there goes your bookshelf burning down with the powerbook's overheating issue...
iBook, not Powerbook. And it's a G3-- the same model I own-- which barely ever gets more than warm...even when it's using 100% CPU (which is most of the time, since these things are freaking old.)
oh because its a i"book"...ha. too much free time..
That's so cool...
Check out his Leopard ready HHD
http://www.c-h-a-o-s.com/2007/05/17/c-h-a-o-scom_chaos_leopard-ready-hdd/
I think their volume of Shakespeare is out of date; Oxford is on the Second Edition. (And why go with the compact version anyway? Is Shakespeare better smaller?)
Nice, anybody knows when the new iMAc's will come out?
The common consensus is still "any day now"; it's been almost a year since Apple released the last iMac refresh (September 2006):
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
Useless. Please keep this garbage off of Engadget...
Hey man, hows "the social" working out for you?
haha...
Another iLoser!
I'm a little surprised he didn't use a copy of Infinite Loop...maybe size constraints? It looks pretty cool anyway, but I'd be a little bit worried about heat issues. not as bad as a MBP, but still...
If only I had known about this before spending $50 dollars and 20 hours of taking apart and putting together my G3 iBook (and the reed switch components) to get the display working again... twice.