No, because I am worried the NSA may try to collate data from them. In fact, I zero-wipe, drill bit the drives in the platters and the PCB, and drop them off at e-waste for recycling.
I used to make clocks with the platters and give them to friends and family. Michael’s used to sell inexpensive clock mechanisms that looked really cool against the platter background. I haven’t seen them lately, but I’m sure someone sells them online.
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I use them as coffee mats…
I do that with save icons!
The 3.5s make for excellent coasters lol
This is cool, but honestly kind of a deranged question to ask.
Does anybody else harvest the teeth of their victims and put them on a keychain?
Or fashion bow ties from their testicles. . ?
Fair, my home office is a monument to too much free time, a hoarding habit for ewaste, and a wife who works weekends and overnights.
What
Techno-shamanism! I made a dream-catcher made from some plates.
I made a DRAM catcher once.
I made a wind chime once that I really loved. Had to dirty the plates because they could catch the sun well enough to vaporize your retinas
Oh wow!
Dude’s the Predator of the IT world
Pretty sure that title is firmly held by mcafe, even now.
That’s a funny looking Stanley cup.
I don’t have the space to hoard garbage.
No, because I am worried the NSA may try to collate data from them. In fact, I zero-wipe, drill bit the drives in the platters and the PCB, and drop them off at e-waste for recycling.
No
Yes. The magnets are ridiculously strong. Several hold screen in place on my heat exchanger, to keep leaves and lawn debris at bay.
Haven’t figured out a good use for the platters, but skeet shooting has crossed my mind.
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In a distant post-apocalyptic future, the survivors will use hard drive platters as a currency.
I used to make clocks with the platters and give them to friends and family. Michael’s used to sell inexpensive clock mechanisms that looked really cool against the platter background. I haven’t seen them lately, but I’m sure someone sells them online.
That’s very cool, do you have a picture of them?
I use the old disks as costers
I wish I got that many hard drives just so I could do this.