[General] General Digest, Vol 42, Issue 9

Mon Feb 13 12:52:27 CST 2012

Here are some quick pictures I took of a few of the flowers. I'm not an
awesome photographer, so these pictures don't really do them justice.
They're almost unnaturally shinny, and you really have to see them in
person to get the effect.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67008802@N07/6870968245/

-John

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> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:05:46 -0600
> From: John Kelly <candleknight at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [General] Hard Drive Flowers for Valentines
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> Hey guys, Candleknight here. This is a bit last minute but I noticed we
> have nothing on the docket for our Valentines day open house, soooooo:
>
> *Announcing Valentines Day Hard Drive Flower making class.*
>
> Yes, tomorrow, 2/14 at 7pm I will be teaching anyone who feels like
> listening how to make beautiful flowers from old computer parts.
>
> I've already gathered most of the materials you will need, but it never
> hurts to bring your own if you have some. Especially the tools, since there
> never seem to be enough of those to go around.
>
> *Ingredients:*
> Hard drives (will be consumed, do NOT have to be functional)
> Computer power supplies (will be consumed, do NOT have to be functional)
> 8-14 gauge steel craft-wire
>
> *Tools:*
> tin snips/aircraft shears
> screwdrivers for taking crap apart
> -need tiny torx bits(the 6 point star ones) to get into the hard drives.
> somewhere around T5-T6. Maybe smaller. Bring whatever you've got.
> wire cutters
> Latex gloves(Or Nitrile. Whatev's )
>
>
> I have 15 hardrives, 5-7 PSUs, 3 pairs of tin snips, two sets of tiny
> screwdrivers, some 14 gauge OOG brand craft-wire, and a box of gloves, so
> feel free to show up even if you don't have your own materials to bring.
>
> See yah there!
> -Candleknight
> (John Kelly)
>
> P.S. I have about 9 of these already made, so if anyone's in need of a last
> minute valentines gift...  ;)
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> From: Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
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> I have 2 dead drives to bring but not much else on the list...
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> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:05 AM, John Kelly <candleknight at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Hey guys, Candleknight here. This is a bit last minute but I noticed we
> > have nothing on the docket for our Valentines day open house, soooooo:
> >
> > *Announcing Valentines Day Hard Drive Flower making class.*
> >
> > Yes, tomorrow, 2/14 at 7pm I will be teaching anyone who feels like
> > listening how to make beautiful flowers from old computer parts.
> >
> > I've already gathered most of the materials you will need, but it never
> > hurts to bring your own if you have some. Especially the tools, since
> there
> > never seem to be enough of those to go around.
> >
> > *Ingredients:*
> > Hard drives (will be consumed, do NOT have to be functional)
> > Computer power supplies (will be consumed, do NOT have to be functional)
> > 8-14 gauge steel craft-wire
> >
> > *Tools:*
> > tin snips/aircraft shears
> > screwdrivers for taking crap apart
> > -need tiny torx bits(the 6 point star ones) to get into the hard drives.
> > somewhere around T5-T6. Maybe smaller. Bring whatever you've got.
> > wire cutters
> > Latex gloves(Or Nitrile. Whatev's )
> >
> >
> > I have 15 hardrives, 5-7 PSUs, 3 pairs of tin snips, two sets of tiny
> > screwdrivers, some 14 gauge OOG brand craft-wire, and a box of gloves, so
> > feel free to show up even if you don't have your own materials to bring.
> >
> > See yah there!
> > -Candleknight
> > (John Kelly)
> >
> > P.S. I have about 9 of these already made, so if anyone's in need of a
> > last minute valentines gift...  ;)
> >
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> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:17:09 -0500
> From: Matthew H <hendrix04 at gmail.com>
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> Do you have a picture of this?
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> On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have 2 dead drives to bring but not much else on the list...
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:05 AM, John Kelly <candleknight at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey guys, Candleknight here. This is a bit last minute but I noticed we
> > have nothing on the docket for our Valentines day open house, soooooo:
> >
> > *Announcing Valentines Day Hard Drive Flower making class.*
> >
> > Yes, tomorrow, 2/14 at 7pm I will be teaching anyone who feels like
> > listening how to make beautiful flowers from old computer parts.
> >
> > I've already gathered most of the materials you will need, but it never
> > hurts to bring your own if you have some. Especially the tools, since
> there
> > never seem to be enough of those to go around.
> >
> > *Ingredients:*
> > Hard drives (will be consumed, do NOT have to be functional)
> > Computer power supplies (will be consumed, do NOT have to be functional)
> > 8-14 gauge steel craft-wire
> >
> > *Tools:*
> > tin snips/aircraft shears
> > screwdrivers for taking crap apart
> > -need tiny torx bits(the 6 point star ones) to get into the hard drives.
> > somewhere around T5-T6. Maybe smaller. Bring whatever you've got.
> > wire cutters
> > Latex gloves(Or Nitrile. Whatev's )
> >
> >
> > I have 15 hardrives, 5-7 PSUs, 3 pairs of tin snips, two sets of tiny
> > screwdrivers, some 14 gauge OOG brand craft-wire, and a box of gloves, so
> > feel free to show up even if you don't have your own materials to bring.
> >
> > See yah there!
> > -Candleknight
> > (John Kelly)
> >
> > P.S. I have about 9 of these already made, so if anyone's in need of a
> > last minute valentines gift...  ;)
> >
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