[Liverpool] Introductions are in order

[Scott Brimin]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:32:27 +0100, David Watson
<david at planetwatson.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 22:22 +0100, Scott Brimin wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I believe introductions are in order.
> >
> > The username I go by is "Two-Zero", I'm a second year Software
> > Engineering student at Liverpool's John Moores University. I'm male,
> > old enough to buy alcohol at a bar. My hobbies are watching anime,
> > reading manga, doing computery things and listening to J-pop.
> >
> > ...
> 
> Thank you Scott, welcome to the LUG.
> 
> >
> > Someone has hinted for me to post something so here goes:
> 
> (whistles, and looks shifty)
> 
> > My most recent computer acquisition has been a Mini-ITX system. For
> > those of you who don't know, the Mini-ITX form factor is smaller than
> > the standard ATX, my mainboard is 170mm x 170mm. I was browsing the
> > web, as you do, and found an EPIA-5000 mobo with the C3 800Mhz
> > processor builtin. So, I just had to buy it and build it into a
> > system, I named her Kokoro, she's now my firewall and downloader. I
> > designed her to be fanless silent, the builtin CPU is fanless and
> > relies on a heatsink and I bought one of those 60W Morex fanless power
> > supplies. The "noisiest" thing is the hard disk and I'll probably be
> > upgrading to a 2.5" HDD soon.
> >
> > Here's a pic:
> > http://www.limilia-network.uklinux.net/temp/20040818%2019.JPG
> >
> > However, the cases for the Mini-ITX form factor are super expensive,
> > more expensive than the mobo itself. So, I had to make my own. I was
> > tempted to paint it black and put a green X on the lid but that was
> > too 3viL. So I opted for this:
> >
> > http://www.limilia-network.uklinux.net/temp/20040818%2011.JPG
> 
> Have you tried using a drive silencer, may keep it quiet.

A drive silencer? Details?

> 
> I am curently working on a case mod myself, details will be on my
> website soon.  All I will say for now is, if you ask your 3.5 year old
> daughter if she would like a PC in her room, be prepared that she may
> answer with:  "A pink one?".  Pictures online when the painting is
> done. :-)

Wow, its been 3.5 years already. Time sure flies when you're busy
flunking out of uni. ( ^ _ ^ ; ;
Pink would look pretty. Maybe like some of the Hello Kitty mods that
I've seen around.

What kind of paint are you using? I use Fast-Dry Enamel Spray paint
but they're a bit expensive, is there a cheaper alternative?


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