looking at my kitchen today i saw there were some appliances that i don’t use, but i could just mod them to have a pc in them and not have to worry about people thinking it’s weird to have a server next to the coffee machine any more. this mod uses a toaster oven as the pc. i think my little xandros box wants to a blender and ftp server.
Toaster oven? Comic book guy says “Stupidest case mod evaarrr!”
Posted at 12:16 pm on Nov 17th, 2004 by acidrain
i’ve seen this done slightly better with a more realistic, stainless steel traditional toaster. might have been four slots instead of two, come to think of it. the CD-ROM drive even came out of one of the slots.
Posted at 5:40 am on Nov 18th, 2004 by crummy
Contructive criticism preferred. If you can come up with cooler stuff, by all means post them. Everyone will appreciate.
Posted at 10:55 am on Nov 18th, 2004 by ST
Bah, the hacks are hacks. If you don’t like em, search the archives. Or make one of your own. I’m not a huge fan of all the bluetooth stuff either. AND I find it hard to trust a man who can’t drink his beer fast enough to keep it from getting warm, but it’s still a kick@$$ site.
Posted at 11:31 am on Nov 18th, 2004 by Angry MOnkey
people should also check out http://www.mini-itx.com for LOADS of very cool mini-itx (that’s a 17cm x 17mb mobo, folks! with processor, audio, video, tv, net, etc.. all on board)
you can put one of these babies in almost anything. I put one in a small camera/flight case. http://blugg.com/kasebomb/
;)
Posted at 11:46 am on Nov 18th, 2004 by kosso
that pc case mod is awesome
cool way to carry around a real machine :)
Posted at 1:29 pm on Nov 18th, 2004 by Jimmy P
heh, people have been building toaster-computers for years. they call em e-machines
Posted at 5:36 pm on Nov 19th, 2004 by brickballs
Ya, I agree with the E-Machines thing. :)
Didn’t the thing say something about Xandros? I love Xandros. It’s the only OS I can find besides windOwS that does what I want it to do (but unlike windOwS, it doesn’t mess up every 5 minutes). I bought Xandros but I could have just pirated it (no I’m just kidding)… (or am I…) whatever…
Ya I’ve heard of people putting those Via “Nano” motherboards into actual toasters. Only they couldn’t put those neon case light things on it and still look like a toaster (hmm… toaster of the FUTURE?)
You need to put the flying toaster screensaver on it and maybe a wallpaper that looks like a piece of toast. Maybe a brown or something color theme? You need to add to this to make it impress people. If you could make the computer control the toasting…
Yes I challenge someone to make and take pictures of a toaster that can still make toast but is alo a computer (that doesn’t have to control the cooking features). Anyone want to accept the challenge? Probably not anyone.
And is that a Gateway monitor? :( Well at least its just a monitor and at least it isn’t Compaq!
Posted at 3:59 pm on Nov 26th, 2004 by HAckre
i’m currently working on a PC case mod in which i make a computer take up most of the space inside a hard-case breifcase, with a large LDC moniter built into the underside of the lid. A little bigger than a laptop, and much more powerfull. The main issues right now are cooling and power.
Posted at 11:50 pm on Dec 28th, 2004 by mike
in my last post, i said ldc instead of lcd. i apologize. also, anyone with ides on how to fit in either a cooling system or vents into a briefcase without looking out of the ordinary please contact me at computerkid1212@verizon.net. that goes for the power issue as well.
Posted at 11:55 pm on Dec 28th, 2004 by mike
supplier of small kitchen appliances made in china.
http://www.twinsea-trade.com
Now you need just add a motion detector and a speaker. So when anyone walks by it will play a .wav file to ask if anyone wants toast.
Posted at 9:05 pm on Jul 22nd, 2008 by Craig
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you have showcased some really cool hacks, and there are quite few cool hacks still out there. but the toaster computer and the boombox computer were lame. cute but lame. you should have just put a link to mini-itx.com and be done with it. one was ok two is too much. its just a computer in a funky box, what’s special?
Posted at 7:55 am on Nov 17th, 2004 by K2MAN