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Re: LEGO PC (now also Google)
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Date: 
Sun, 11 May 2003 12:14:58 GMT
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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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I made a 'cover' for my Shuttle case which, while very nice, is a bit susceptable to scratches and dents: (URL) B. Combs" <stevencombs@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HEMw3p.EE3@lugnet.com... (...) spend (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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