Where no disc has gone before...

April 3, 2003 12:00 PM

How to make a model starship Enterprise from an old floppy disk. Tired of the war? Have a 3.5 inch floppy disk you don't need? Do something useful!
posted by soulhuntre (16 comments total)

NERDS!
posted by Samsonov14 at 12:13 PM on April 3, 2003

Mine didn't really turn out, but it was awfully satisfying to rip the floppy to pieces.

Next up, a Saturn V out of an old 5 1/4" disc...
posted by COBRA! at 12:15 PM on April 3, 2003

looks up "geek" in dictionary
posted by Pretty_Generic at 12:18 PM on April 3, 2003

8 minutes from floppy to composition. HERE.

And I'm supposedly busy today.
posted by tomplus2 at 12:21 PM on April 3, 2003

Excellent. Who needs FLASH?
posted by mrmcsurly at 12:23 PM on April 3, 2003

As a mac user, this is the first time in about 5 years I've missed not having a floppy.
posted by mazola at 12:25 PM on April 3, 2003

News I can use!
posted by Shane at 12:48 PM on April 3, 2003

OK, I made one. It's nifty! Next war distraction, please. (Work doesn't count.)
posted by dragstroke at 1:15 PM on April 3, 2003

Ok, now make a RAID with floppy disks.
posted by furiousthought at 1:38 PM on April 3, 2003

One word: cool.
posted by Bag Man at 2:16 PM on April 3, 2003

I had to wait until I got home for this because my local library blocked that site as porn.

I plan to make a few and give them to Star Trek nerds/friends as Christmas gifts. I'll tell them they are special edition Hallmark Trek Ornaments.
posted by ?! at 3:55 PM on April 3, 2003

[this is good]

Now I know what I can do with that stack of floppys collecting dust in my cabinets. Thanks soulhuntre!
posted by jazon at 4:54 PM on April 3, 2003

gawd, but I love the internet, without which joys such as this would not be possible to share.
posted by davidmsc at 6:14 PM on April 3, 2003

I forwarded this to a couple of friends who are, uh, a bit more geared into to Star Trek than yours truly. Within ten minutes one replied: "Guys, With some slight modifications, you can also make a romulan warbird." Voila
posted by donovan at 11:34 PM on April 3, 2003

dear god.
posted by cohappy at 12:57 AM on April 4, 2003

That warbird totally rocks!
posted by soulhuntre at 3:00 AM on April 4, 2003