surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1753
arrow-up1737imageDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldsurfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-squareDomi@lemmy.secnd.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI have like 30 old hard drives laying around and have been thinking about doing a cool art installation with them for a while. Maybe shatter the platters to create a spiky landscape and epoxy them in, or something like that. Any ideas?
minus-squareMedicsOfAnarchy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoTheir density makes them ring like a bell, if suspended by a wire through the center. Good wind chimes.
minus-squareDomi@lemmy.secnd.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWill have to try that, also a good way to one-up my neighbor with those CDs hanging outside. :)
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI use an old platter on my desk as a coaster.
minus-squareDomi@lemmy.secnd.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoAlready have a few of those, always a good party gag for the ones that know.
minus-squareowen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIf you have different types you could do an exploded view hardware showcase
minus-squareDomi@lemmy.secnd.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYes, I’ve got quite a few types, good idea.
I have like 30 old hard drives laying around and have been thinking about doing a cool art installation with them for a while.
Maybe shatter the platters to create a spiky landscape and epoxy them in, or something like that.
Any ideas?
Their density makes them ring like a bell, if suspended by a wire through the center. Good wind chimes.
Will have to try that, also a good way to one-up my neighbor with those CDs hanging outside. :)
I use an old platter on my desk as a coaster.
Already have a few of those, always a good party gag for the ones that know.
If you have different types you could do an exploded view hardware showcase
Yes, I’ve got quite a few types, good idea.