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Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe

by Shawn Morton | 03-05-08

Tags: apple macintosh, apple, off topic, geekend

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One of co-workers was giving away and old Atari 800XL and Macintosh SE case. He had been planning to do a mini-ITX project, but had never gotten around to it. Always wanting an excuse to tinker with something, I decided to take them off of his hands.

Well, as soon as I saw the Mac SE case, I realized that this one had the most potential. So this weekend, I bought a few things at Home Depot and got started making my Apple-powered, wireless, portable toilet paper dispenser -- the iWipe.

The whole project took a couple of hours and cost about $15.
                       

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Too low yooper@... | 06/06/07
This works on so many levels Palmetto | 07/19/07
version 2.0 vtassone@... | 03/06/08
Steve Jobs would be proud bikingbill | 06/06/07
I'm Sure rob.lucchetti@... | 03/06/08
A good one edwin.brown@... | 06/06/07
Love it! YetAnotherAdmin | 06/06/07
The only thing I would recommend... Alfa11 | 06/06/07
Good thing it was a Mac jbenfield@... | 06/06/07
Crapware emfink@... | 06/06/07
re: Crapware jbenfield@... | 06/06/07
version 2.0 ijusth@... | 06/06/07
Macromedia Flush jon.pilgrim@... | 11/24/07
Way cool OO_Dragon@... | 11/24/07
crapware licensing Michael_Knight | 03/11/08
Naturally dvsstvns@... | 03/12/08
SP2? jpc1958_98@... | 06/06/07
Nice manuel_roman@... | 03/05/08
What? You don't remember the iLoo? Arm A. Geddon | 03/06/08
Security option JoeBeckner | 06/06/07
Malicious attacks jon.pilgrim@... | 11/24/07
but... rob.lucchetti@... | 03/06/08
Rocks! laithan@... | 06/07/07
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) nccastle@... | 07/23/07
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) Rande | 11/23/07
The Crapintosh alfred.t.ingle@... | 11/23/07
Portable version jon.pilgrim@... | 11/24/07
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) lawrencejob@... | 12/16/07
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) lawrencejob@... | 12/16/07
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) phin@... | 03/05/08
how fast to replace TP roll? kcameron@... | 03/05/08
Wipe Different! hilleary@... | 03/05/08
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) Amnezia | 03/05/08
Operates with Apple proprietary softwipe only DONC314 | 03/06/08
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) brian.catt@... | 03/07/08
Using Periphrals jwebfoot2togo@... | 03/08/08
how about the Commode-Door? DigitalFrog | 03/10/08
Sorry, that name has been taken... rfolden@... | 05/28/08
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) NamelessFor Now | 03/10/08
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) nhamamura@... | 03/11/08
[groan] grfxelf@... | 03/11/08
it well be comftoble mido88_fatayer@... | 03/12/08
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) bigjake52@... | 03/12/08
Question for Shawn Morton ashleyzimmer@... | 04/12/08
Oh my god!! efairlie@... | 04/15/08
Wouldn't be as funny with an old DELL junkmail@... | 06/16/08
RE: (Give an old Mac new life by turning it into an iWipe) mltlives@... | 07/18/08
Stolen Idea cbarrows@... | 08/27/08

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