When and where do we begin building the altar to worship him? On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote:
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The latest stylish addition to his > expanding collection was inspired by the six drive Thermaltake Level 10 > gaming monster and includes VIA's latest Pico board which pumps out 1080p > video, 160GB of solid state storage, 2GB of memory and a DVD burner. > > Jeffrey Stephenson got his first computer in 1983 (a Texas Instruments > TI-99 4/A in black with brushed aluminum trim). He first toyed with the idea > of creating his own case mod when the invasion of the beige began but the > cost of the technology necessary took a good while to reach an affordable > level. With the mantra "it doesn't have to be ugly" in mind, and the timely > release of the VIA mini-ITX motherboard, he managed to fit all of the > necessary components into a cigar box, bringing the Humidor PC to life in > 2002 and starting on an epic journey that's resulted in over 20 case mods > now dotted throughout his Florida home. > Taking it to the next level > > His latest build began in January as VIA announced its new palm-sized > motherboard, the EPIA P820-12L Pico ITX which features a 1.2GHz VIA Nano > 64-bit x86 processor on an integrated VX855 chipset and Integrated VIA > Chrome9 3D/2D AGP graphics capable of 1080p HD playback. Inspired by a > monster of a gaming machine the Thermaltake Level > 10<http://www.ttlevel10.com/>and a custom case mod called Edelweiss, the > Level Eleven has only just now > been completed. > > The flattened upright shell of Level > Eleven<http://slipperyskip.com/page29.html>is constructed from birch ply > covered in Pennsylvania cherry veneer and > contains the Pioneer DVD burner, fan and front-mounted USB ports. Two > similarly finished boxes sporting stylish aluminum detailing (thankfully the > original design, which looked somewhat like a Japanese flag was abandoned) > and vents for airflow contain the Pico board with 2GB DDR2 memory (left) and > Intel X25-M 160GB SATA SSD (right). > > Above the board's container, which is cut away so that the USB, HDMI, VGA > and Ethernet ports are showing, a T&T 11-blade 12V fan draws air through a > silver-painted 35 piece vented box with stacked fins at the top of the unit, > which is where the power switch, power jack and auxiliary audio connections > are found. Below the SSD container sits a similar looking DE box (for the > purposes of creating a tiny bit of intrigue or suspense, the function of > this box will be revealed later). Driving the system is Windows 7 64-bit > edition. > More case mod examples > > Past works have had public showings in museums (the most recent saw the > Mission, Unidyne, G-metric Nano, DECOmputer, Decomatic and Pico Bayard works > shown as part of a Rods and Mods event at San Francisco's Exploratorium) and > technology events, such as six of the last eight CES trade shows. They're > also on display at Stephenson's > website<http://slipperyskip.com/page23.html>and some choice examples have > made it into the gallery here. > > Included here is 2008's Ingraham model, a tribute to the 1946 Stromberg > Carlson model 1110H, and similarly styled Art Deco speakers. The Ingraham > features a VIA VB8001 mainboard with the 1.6GHz VIA Nano processor, 4GB of > DDR2 RAM and a 64GB SSD. There's also the DECOmputer, made from a 1930's > toaster. Looking like a relic from a B-movie sci-fi epic, the cast aluminum > and Bakelite box built in 2005 houses a Kontron board with a 1.8GHz Pentium > processor, a gigabyte of memory and a Seagate 40GB HDD. > > Walking "that fine line between genius and insanity" Stephenson created a > computer within a PSU in 2005. This one sports an Advantech 5820 babyboard > with a Geode 233MHz processor, 6GB HDD and a USB port to the top. My > personal favorite though is the Unidyne. Sitting atop a cast iron mic stand > is an aluminum-painted basswood replica of a Shure 55 microphone. VIA's > mini-ITX board, cooling fan and HDD just slide into the cavity of the vented > frame. > > And finally, for those who haven't worked it out already - the DE box on > the Level Eleven stands for *Decorative Element*. > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
