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So .. with the kidlet growing up so fast, I had to come up with some way to protect the beloved ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. There were only a few criteria:
  • Oliver could play around / on the entertainment center without any fear of damage to it or he
  • Everything be immediately available and accessible w/ our remote controls (both infra-red and BlueTooth
  • It be strong enough to last many years
  • See-thru! Duh!
With that in mind, I made a few trips to the Home Depot and decided that, along with the basics listed above -- it also had to be illuminated in the most gawdy way imaginable. Maybe soon I will attach a movie (the lights are LEDs that cycle through colors .. it's quite trippy)


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So here it is .. the most gawdy and amazingly awesome baby-proofed entertainment center of all time. I took our old coffee table (compliments of Brendan Knox), and removed all of the drawers. I then placed sizable wire racks in each of the two copmpartments to hold up our components.

I then drilled exhaust vents in the back and attached 90mm CPU cooling fans to each side powered by a 300 watt computer power supply. I had to couple two leads in the main plug on the power supply so it would start up (green wire -> black wire).

All that was missing was the cover, which is two sheets of pre-sized Lexan attached with door hinges. A few magnets, handles and horrible ugly lights finished the project


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Mom said...

Cool... way cool
posted: 2008-06-22 10:06


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