Bored with your computer? No need to be. As you probably know, there is a whole culture, perhaps even cult, surrounding tricking out your computer. There is even a journal devoted to the topic (the name of which escapes me at the moment). My favorite example (from that journal) is the "PC in a Fridge" concept, where you build your PC inside a refrigerator or freezer. This lets you "clock up" your processor speed considerably, and keep beer handy at the same time.
Or, you could do a number of other things, such as....
First, get one of these:
Then get one of these...
This is the Optimus keyboard. The keys show whatever you want them so show. So, like, in theory, if you switch to a symbol font, the keys show the symbols. You are looking here at a screen shot of the configuration utility. Only two problems with this keyboard: It does not support linux and the manufacturer has a shitty attitude about this, and it costs nearly 1,600 dollars. Oh, one other thing, according to some reports it is not entirely clear that it exists. So good luck with this.
Then hook up a pile of monitors, like so:
This setup runs a dual-head Linux box in the middle two monitors, a mac on the left, and a windows PC on the right. So, that gives you iTunes on the left, Sim City on the right, and all the important stuff in the middle.
And for your mouse, obviously, this:
Comments
That is exactly the setup I always wanted. With a poster printer and huge scanner.
Posted by: Coturnix | November 23, 2007 6:22 PM
Would it be very hot if you placed the CPU into the wood carving casing (or whatever you call it)? The mouse! The mouse! LOL.
Posted by: pelf | November 23, 2007 10:26 PM
CPU in wood? Amazing lack of imagination...
http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-case-mods/
Posted by: Lassi Hippeläinen | November 24, 2007 3:56 AM
Hmmm, at present I am testing various graphics card & driver combinations for dual-head support under Fedora 8. I have two 22" 1680x1050 monitors going right now. That's almost as much screen acreage as three of those 1280x1024 monitors.
Linux graphics drivers are currently switching over to XRandR for dual screen support. It allows you to dynamically alter your graphics setups, so that you could add another monitor, or a projector, without rebooting.
That last photo: The scroll wheel has got to hurt.
Posted by: Virgil Samms | November 24, 2007 8:51 AM
For an original case-mod, it's hard to beat polyurethane foam.
Posted by: Virgil Samms | November 24, 2007 8:56 AM