Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-22 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > Paul Mellors wrote: >> >> Hi Tom, >> >> what about attaching it to a mini-itx board and have something like >> mythtv running on it or some other PVR? >> >> Cheers >> MooDoo >> >> >> > > I'd totally forgotten about mini-itx. I remember looking through the > different pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-22 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
Philip Stubbs wrote: > On 21/04/2008, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't >> really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do >> something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-22 Thread Sean Anderson
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 00:27 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Paint it pink, attach wings to it, drop it into a goldfish bowl and > then send it to the Tate Modern with accompanying literature saying > that it is a testiment to trapped flying pigs in 21st century society. > > Before you know it you'll

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Sean Miller
Paint it pink, attach wings to it, drop it into a goldfish bowl and then send it to the Tate Modern with accompanying literature saying that it is a testiment to trapped flying pigs in 21st century society. Before you know it you'll be being interviewed by The Observer and hailed as the most excit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Paul Tansom
** Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-21 19:51]: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another extern

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 21/04/2008, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another externa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread matt
Quoting Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I'd go for the USB hard drive option, you never know when it might come >> in handy. IIRC you can also get some media players that take laptop >> size hard drives (actually I might have mistaken them with 3.5" hard >> drive players).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Tim Dobson
Rob Beard wrote: > I'd go for the USB hard drive option, you never know when it might come > in handy. IIRC you can also get some media players that take laptop > size hard drives (actually I might have mistaken them with 3.5" hard > drive players). Other than that, you could always sell it o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
Paul Mellors wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > what about attaching it to a mini-itx board and have something like > mythtv running on it or some other PVR? > > Cheers > MooDoo > > > I'd totally forgotten about mini-itx. I remember looking through the different projects a while back and considering doing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Rob Beard
Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another external hard drive, but I don't really ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Dave Morley
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 20:00 +0100, James Grabham wrote: > Give it to me? > > XD > > On 4/21/08, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > > somet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Paul Mellors
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:38 +0100, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another externa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread James Grabham
Give it to me? XD On 4/21/08, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet a

[ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have yet another external hard drive, but I don't really need it. Some sort of custom mad