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Thinking of building your own PC, check this out
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/legobox/
Ive been looking at the mini-itx boards and had been thinking about a
LEGO case but looks like somebody has beaten me to it.
Mark
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> Ive been looking at the mini-itx boards and had been thinking about a
> LEGO case but looks like somebody has beaten me to it.
However, I think someone needs to build a more creative version. The
standard box is nice, but
not very creative. I just completed my mini-itx project (not lego) and it
was a blast. Creating a
computer from scratch using an EPIA M-9000 was a very enjoyable way to spend
a week. A LEGO
version may be my next project.
Steven
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I made a 'cover' for my Shuttle case which, while very nice, is a bit
susceptable to scratches and dents:
http://www.btinternet.com/~hmillington/temp/P3250447.jpg
Huw
"Steven B. Combs" <stevencombs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:HEMw3p.EE3@lugnet.com...
> > Ive been looking at the mini-itx boards and had been thinking about a
> > LEGO case but looks like somebody has beaten me to it.
>
> However, I think someone needs to build a more creative version. The
> standard box is nice, but
> not very creative. I just completed my mini-itx project (not lego) and it
> was a blast. Creating a
> computer from scratch using an EPIA M-9000 was a very enjoyable way to • spend
> a week. A LEGO
> version may be my next project.
>
> Steven
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Slightly related subject... I was given a copy of an article about Google from
the Readers Digest (April 2003, expect to read it in a doctors waiting room in
about 5 years time :-). Larry Page (co-founder) built a working printer out of
LEGO and when Google first started up the drives (111 of them) were housed in
cases made from LEGO.
Mark
In lugnet.loc.uk, Huw Millington writes:
> I made a 'cover' for my Shuttle case which, while very nice, is a bit
> susceptable to scratches and dents:
>
> http://www.btinternet.com/~hmillington/temp/P3250447.jpg
>
> Huw
>
> "Steven B. Combs" <stevencombs@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:HEMw3p.EE3@lugnet.com...
> > > Ive been looking at the mini-itx boards and had been thinking about a
> > > LEGO case but looks like somebody has beaten me to it.
> >
> > However, I think someone needs to build a more creative version. The
> > standard box is nice, but
> > not very creative. I just completed my mini-itx project (not lego) and it
> > was a blast. Creating a
> > computer from scratch using an EPIA M-9000 was a very enjoyable way to • spend
> > a week. A LEGO
> > version may be my next project.
> >
> > Steven
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Mark Palmer writes:
>
> Thinking of building your own PC, check this out
>
> http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/legobox/
I'm not sure about mini-ITX cases, but the concept of a LEGO-encased
computer has been around for quite a while. I can't remember who it was, or
where to find his webpage, but I remember someone coming up with a desktop
computer case that he called the "LEGO PC". He also made a laptop encased
in LEGO, complete with flip-up screen. The webpage goes on to explain how
he approached TLC about getting free bricks to continue his work, and how
the TLC lawyers responded by asking him to stop infringing on their
registered trademark by calling them "LEGO PCs" (it should be noted that
"LEGO PC" is the name of TLC's software division). He then had a big
hissy-fit at them, decided to stop building with real LEGO bricks, and
started courting the "other" brick company. They gave him free (inferior,
of course) bricks, and he started building more cases with them.
Still, I'd have to say that if you're building computer cases with LEGO
bricks, it's a waste of potential to just leave it a plain box when it's so
easy to build decorations onto it. I was highly amused to see the little
pirate scene built on top of that mini-ITX box. You know what would be
really cool, though? Building a computer into some sort of sculpture. That
mini-ITX could probably be built into a Millennium Falcon that's slightly
larger than the officially released set (you'd probably have to make it a
lot taller, which might actually be rather cute), or if you wanted to be
really geeky, you could build a sculpture of the infamous MacQuarium, with a
3D mosaic of the aquarium innards built into where the screen would normally be.
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