Brian J. Recycles

What to do with that old laptop you’ve got lying around? Well, if you’re me, you….

Laptop mirror

… take a screwdriver, empty the guts out of it, cut down a garage sale mirror down to size, glue the mirror to the bezel, drill a couple holes, run some picture hanging wire in it, reassemble, and hang.

UPDATE: Welcome, again, Instapundit readers. You can see more of my handicrafts amid the book reports about craft books here. If you’re in IT, you might like my blog QA Hates You. Don’t forget my novel John Donnelly’s Gold, about which Professor Reynolds said, “IN THE MAIL:”, is available for 99 cents on Kindle and in paperback.

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5 Responses to “Brian J. Recycles”

  1. Instapundit » Blog Archive » FRONTIERS IN pop-art recycling…. Says:
    July 1st, 2012 at 6:12 am

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  2. glitchus Says:
    July 1st, 2012 at 9:41 am

    My wife still uses that very same laptop…I guess it’s a bit past time to upgrade…

  3. Brian Says:
    July 1st, 2012 at 10:05 am

    I think the mirror is an upgrade.

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    July 2nd, 2012 at 5:22 am

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    July 2nd, 2012 at 1:02 pm

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