Bass-Foo » Computers http://www.bass-foo.com Like kung-foo, only 40 pounds heavier... Weird stuff found on the web Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Cardboard PC Case Sure Is Bio-Friendly http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/10/24/cardboard-pc-case-sure-is-bio-friendly/ http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/10/24/cardboard-pc-case-sure-is-bio-friendly/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Bassam http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/10/24/cardboard-pc-case-sure-is-bio-friendly/


A PC case that is made entirely out of cardboard. You just remove all of the perforated sections, fold along the dotted likes, and presto: One cardboard PC! Just don’t get it wet…

Link – Gizmodo

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Running 288 CPU’s, 144 GB of RAM, and only 11.5 TB of disk space.
Yes, this’ll play Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 quite nicely…

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]]> http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/09/21/this-is-a-big-computer/feed/ 0 How the vi editor would look if it had been made my Microsoft http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/08/30/how-the-vi-editor-would-look-if-it-had-been-made-my-microsoft/ http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/08/30/how-the-vi-editor-would-look-if-it-had-been-made-my-microsoft/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Bassam http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/08/30/how-the-vi-editor-would-look-if-it-had-been-made-my-microsoft/

This is very geeky, and only for die-hard Unix users:
See how things might have been if Microsoft had done vi…

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Before and after pics of Supermodels that have been photoshopped. I’ll never trust magazine spreads again!

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]]> http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/08/22/photoshop-before-and-afters-of-supermodels/feed/ 0 Engadget circa-1985 http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/08/22/engadget-circa-1985/ http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/08/22/engadget-circa-1985/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Bassam http://www.bass-foo.com/2005/08/22/engadget-circa-1985/

What Tech-blog Engadget would have looked like 20 years ago as an old-school BBS. A fun look back at the cutting edge technology of 1985.
“Shoulder-phone” at only 11 pounds? Windows 1.0! 35-inch color TV! Laser printer for only $6,995! Gasp! CD-ROM!!!
I’m in heaven!

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