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RE: Project Bling


  • Subject: RE: Project Bling
  • From: "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 10:23:23 +0100

Looks good Quinten - better value than the =A3545 version at the Smart
Home=
show :-)

BTW, where do you keep finding these cheap laptops?
/me also remembers the "Swedish Chef"

Cheers,

Tim H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quinten Uijldert
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> Also known as a digital pictureframe ;)
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> A few weeks ago, someone asked about this on the list, which=20
> prompted me in action again as I've been meaning to do one=20
> for a long time.  Always planned to use Windows and write=20
> some screensaver software, but the links posted pointed me=20
> towards Damn Small Linux (thanks, whoever it was!) which I=20
> hadn't even considered (or heared off).  Turns out that the=20
> software was already available and runs pretty smooth on an=20
> old laptop (p2 233mmx, 96Mb ram).  So as I no longer had an=20
> excuse to postpone it, I started to take apart the laptop and=20
> transform it into a digital picture frame.  The results can=20
> be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/by3yx
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> Hope it helps someone.
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> Q.



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