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Some people keep bees, others spend way too much time browsing the global information network - I build stuff. Or at least I used to. Before University I was always making little electronic gizmos that did.. well not that much really.. but it was fun and I want to do it again dagnamit! - and what with writing the thesis and all, I need to do something to keep me sane. Hence when I found this article (yes, I read coding4fun) I knew what I had to do. When I'm on the computer I don't like lots of windows lying ontop of what I'm working on. So I tend to minimise my music applications and get annoyed when a notification pops up. Hence I like the idea of having a separate display that will show and handle all these 'background' tasks whilst I'm working - i.e. an external LCD display. Well you can buy ones that mount in your 5¼" drive bay but it's difficult finding standalone ones for your desktop - so I'm gonna build one... Over the next several pages I'm going to record the build so that I can re-live all the joys of making this.. thing.. whenever I look back at this in the future. Usually updated Wednesdays... Week 1 (8th May 2006): The LCD Week 2 (15th May 2006): The Design Week 2 (still): The Shopping List Week 3 (22nd May 2006): The LCD arrives Week 4 (29th May 2006): The Redesign Week 5 (5th June 2006): Soldering Week 6 (26th June 2006): Plasticfantastic Week 7 (14th August 2006): Painting and Assembly (Part 1) Week 8 (4th September 2006): Painting and assembly (Part 2) Week 9 (11th September 2006): Painting and assembly (Part 3)
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