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Drake

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HO HO HO!
The Christmas season is upon us once more and the spirit of giving is thriving here at TinkerDifferent!
To celebrate the holidays we're hosting a Christmas photo contest with amazing prizes:
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  1. USB Microscope & Decal pack
  2. BlueScsi & Decal pack
  3. "Dont4Get" 1/2AA -> CR2032 Battery conversion pcb & Decal pack
"Drake, What do I have to do to win such amazing prizes?"
I'm glad you asked. The photo contest rules are simple!

  • Create an image featuring your favorite Apple computer that shows the Holiday spirit, through a display of decorations and/or on screen art!
  • Submit ONE image to this thread with a small description (Machine type, program or props used etc.)
  • Submissions are open Dec.10th - Jan.2nd 6pm Pacific Time
Submissions will be reviewed by TinkerDifferent staff with winners announced Jan.2nd!

Have fun and enjoy, we're looking forward to your creations! Cheers everyone!
 
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My DD is a 2009 2.26ghz IC2D MBP - gift from IT director at work. He knows I like Apple stuff and was going to recycling otherwise. The 20” ACD was bundled with a PPC 2ghz DC pmg5 Craigslist pickup couple years back. Nestled in between is Moms nativity set when she was a kid. The bubble bulbs above were actually throw aways at a catholic charity. I think they’re cool so rescued them the dump. I have TreeTopLights running and picked up neat old timey Christmas card pic on the MBP and modern well done CG Xmas tree on the ACD
 
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MindThreat said:
Ohhh man, I LOVE the bubble lights!!!! :D
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I have two that burnt out so will take a small modeling dremel to them to see if it's something I can retrofit with a normal c7 bulb (put them back together) and keep them going. It really seems wasteful to throw them out if I can get a new bulb in the sealed plastic base somehow. The cheapest I have found them (only at one place mind you) this season is $10 USD for two, so sounds like a worth while effort. Oh man, treetoplights app has frosty flying across my screen like crazy.

Love the holidays :)
 
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My DD is a 2009 2.26ghz IC2D MBP - gift from IT director at work. He knows I like Apple stuff and was going to recycling otherwise. The 20” ACD was bundled with a PPC 2ghz DC pmg5 Craigslist pickup couple years back. Nestled in between is Moms nativity set when she was a kid. The bubble bulbs above were actually throw aways at a catholic charity. I think they’re cool so rescued them the dump. I have TreeTopLights running and picked up neat old timey Christmas card pic on the MBP and modern well done CG Xmas tree on the ACD
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Very nice! Theres something to be said about these MBPs, solid build quality and a joy to use. I have the exact same one given to me by a friend.
 
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I have two that burnt out so will take a small modeling dremel to them to see if it's something I can retrofit with a normal c7 bulb (put them back together) and keep them going. It really seems wasteful to throw them out if I can get a new bulb in the sealed plastic base somehow. The cheapest I have found them (only at one place mind you) this season is $10 USD for two, so sounds like a worth while effort. Oh man, treetoplights app has frosty flying across my screen like crazy.

Love the holidays :)
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Great entries. For the record I actually had three bubblers that broke and I was able to retrofit two with LED bulbs and they still bubble - dremeled them apart and glued them back together with hot glue. I was worried the LED heat output would be too low for the methylene chloride to react but they still make bubbles which is great. Cheap fix/bulb upgrade. 🎄
 
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Merry Christmas!
This photo wouldn't have been possible without the ideas, assistance and support of my lovely girlfriend. 💚
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Sally is on a Macintosh Plus booting 6.0.8 off a FloppyEmu.
Pigpen is on a 512k booting System 6.0.8 off disk.
Marcy is on an SE booting System 6.0.8 off disk.
Lucy is on a Plus with a 2.5MB ram upgrade booting System 7 off disk.
Peppermint Patty is an SE booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI.
Linus is on a Classic booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI.
Charlie Brown is on an SE/30 booting System 7.5 off a SCSI2SD. The SE/30 has a RastorOps ColorCard installed which is driving the Performa Plus Display for the tree.
And Snoopy and Woodstock are on an Apple //c monitor driven by a Raspberry Pi.
Software used: Paint Viewer 1.7, Gif Watcher, and Imageviewer.

Happy Holidays. 🎄
 
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Freshestcream said:
Merry Christmas!
This photo wouldn't have been possible without the ideas, assistance and support of my lovely girlfriend. 💚
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Sally is on a Macintosh Plus booting 6.0.8 off a FloppyEmu.
Pigpen is on a 512k booting System 6.0.8 off disk.
Marcy is on an SE booting System 6.0.8 off disk.
Lucy is on a Plus with a 2.5MB ram upgrade booting System 7 off disk.
Peppermint Patty is an SE booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI.
Linus is on a Classic booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI.
Charlie Brown is on an SE/30 booting System 7.5 off a SCSI2SD. The SE/30 has a RastorOps ColorCard installed which is driving the Performa Plus Display for the tree.
And Snoopy and Woodstock are on an Apple //c monitor driven by a Raspberry Pi.
Software used: Paint Viewer 1.7, Gif Watcher, and Imageviewer.

Happy Holidays. 🎄
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This is truly amazing, well done!! It's like an Apple store display 30 years late
 
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This pic has been driving me crazy :D At first I thought those stringed instruments were basses with the four tuning pegs but the neck seems too thin for that. Are those something like electric ukes or banjos?
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The lab here is also a music studio. All the instruments are on a guitar rack are indeed basses and are mostly Gibson Les Paul's. There's also an upright bass leaning on a piano in the way back. Good eye for noticing!
 
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I am a bassist of 29 years give or take a few months. Now, a LP bass is one Gibson (played a few momentarily but that doesn't count) I have never owned all these years. Man, the neck profile on those looks very thin & fast front to back, almost like a ric. Anyhow, I wanted to try and figure out how to get my basses & gear in my xmas mac pic but all my music gear is in a cave separate from my lair of retrological awesomeness. Maybe next year. Anyhow, thanks for sharing.
 
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