Category: Apple

Paint it Black

Non-white Mac Mini

If you just can’t stand the idea of an all white computer, maybe it won’t match your desk or something. Well now you can have it painted for about $100. This reminds me of the company that will paint your Canon D300 black so it will look more ‘pro’ (a little hint, buy a Nikon D70, you don’t have to paint it)

The Mac Mini Colorized

(mac mini, case mod, Apple)

Secret Diary of an Apple Store Mac Genius

Over on Engadget – www.engadget.com I saw this tonight. I have looked at the part time jobs that Apple has to offer and for the most part it looks like a good place to work. Product Specialists are always in demand there, I could more than likely bluff my way in but I have not been to ‘Apple School’ so I’m not yet ‘one of the body’. This (soon to be out of work if history has any say in it) guy has a few problems with the way Apple does business. I would too, but you know what? Apple is in the business to make money (albeit in their own strange way) so you can expect them to charge for what they do. I do it too, not at the rate Apple gets away with but then again I’m not Apple. When you work on computers you tend to think that anyone can do this. They might try, but if you don’t know what your doing your going to break things more than they were before. Anyway, have a read before the guy gets sacked.
Secret Diary of an Apple Store Mac Genius

Apple Powermac LED Clock Hack

G5 Clock

The site has an image of a circuit board that looks to be pretty standard, I can see using these clocks for lots of projects…

Those punched holes in the front of the Apple G5 Powermac’s aluminum case just happen to be the perfect size to hold standard-issue LEDs. Swedish hacker Anders Lundberg built his own LED clock that fits right in the bottom, and I think it’s sort of swell.

Can you think how rad it would be if the entire front panel was one giant LED array?

Apple Powermac LED Clock Hack : Gizmodo