New Mac-o-Lantern

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that it is that time of year again, time for a new pumpkin computer. This time it can see via webcam eyes (thanks logitech), breathe through its nose using a case fan, and talk out its mouth with a speaker system. The insides are made of a custom power supply and mac-mini Core Duo system. The lighting is made of neon wiring thanks to Startech.com mutant mods. Check out the last page with a video of the pumpkin in action."

Smashing Pumpkins

[Skidge]

Are they going to leave it out on the porch over Halloween night so the neighborhood kids can smash it?

Re:Smashing Pumpkins

[__aaclcg7560]

You're so old fashion. Why smash it when you can hack it?

Vista Licensing?

[hexed_2050]

I wonder if Microsoft would force you to buy a new copy of Vista if this was done to a PC running Vista? Somehow turning your case into a pumpkin seems like a "major upgrade" to me.

Re:Uhh, wow..

[spyder913]

Or at the very least, it would be nice of them to use iCarve to design a hip looking face. That was very utilitarian for an Apple... er.. Pumpkin.

Don't forget the Jobs-o-Lantern

[synx]

By Joy of Tech, don't forget about your Jobs-o-Lantern:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/8 83.html [geekculture.com]

Scary! Wooo!!

commodity dual core

[mennucc1]

So they need a "1.83GHz Intel Core Duo" to light a pumpkin?

Tradition

[christoofar]

At my office, the pumpkin carving contest has become a tradition. Almost always they turn into mini-ITX computers running Linux (because we can't afford all those WinXP Professional licenses for trash boxes).

I keep the same mobo for it year after year, sometimes buying a new one (the nano-ITX from VIA works good).

Every year the cron job the pumpkin executes gets more complex.

This time in addition to catting out spooky wav files to /dev/dsp at random times, randomly during working hours we had the pumpkin switch on a USB turntable and start playing funky disco music (George Clinton, Avg White Band, etc).

I think next year we might actually slip in a small LCD screen if there's budget money. The pumpkin went 802.11g last year,