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While the computer has come a long way since its rise, the last two decades have proven to be rather uninteresting concerning the case design of most computers. The same old rectangular tower is still the norm for most PC’s. A company named Slipperyskip Computers has been experimenting by putting small motherboards into some interesting cases. Including coolest of all, this retro toaster of old.

Being named the DECOmputer, the original toaster was said to be perfect for modding. Dripping of retro and deco style. The old timer toaster was modernized by stripping it of its original innards and inserting a Kontron motherboard, including 1.8 MHz Pentium M Processor, 40 GB hard drive, and 1 GB of RAM. A very cool project indeed.

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You want a Chumby, you just don’t know it yet. A Chumby is a DIY versatile multigadget that is capable of displaying a variety of options and can be built into literally anything. The Chumby is basically a processor, some memory and a screen, but the lengths at what you can do with these few supplies are nearly endless.

Users can download widgets from the Internet that give the Chumby the capability of doing a variety of jobs. You can set up a widget for a stock market ticker, an alarm clock, a webcam viewer, an MP3 player, a photo viewer, a GPS device, a news ticker, and the list will go on and on.

The Chumby was developed by hackers, so hacking and modding are encouraged. The product’s site even has a “My Chumby” section to share your creations. The Chumby supplies are not yet for sale, but they are expected to be available for about $150 when the company decides to release it. — Andrew Dobrow

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