Tags:









What started out as a joke
March 19, 2001 8:11 AM   Subscribe

What started out as a joke in the late eighties, has transformed into a multi-billion dollar industry (of course, I'm exaggerating). Upgrade that aging Macintosh that's just collecting dust...or take a drive to your local dealer for the custom-built macquarium of your dreams. (And for those who hate the smell of fish food, there is always the macterrarium)
posted by samsara (12 comments total)

Whoa, these guys are nuts: an iMacquarium (fish different?), and an Apple Lisa aquarium.

I guess a Mac can be useful afterall.

:)
posted by mathowie at 8:24 AM on March 19, 2001


He did not say that. Nope. I'm just ignoring that. Mathowie would never fan a platform holy war, would he? ;-)
posted by bradlands at 8:36 AM on March 19, 2001


My favorite is the macterrarium (the ultimate hacker firewall).

BTW, you'll notice broken links on that particular link, they're actually just pointing to the local HD...gotta love FrontPage :) (I hope that doesn't start a holy web-editor war)
Email excerpt to sales department follows:


This page...
http://www.offcolor.com/macaquarium5.htm
...has links to one's own computer....just letting you know :)

Adam

<< Monday, March 19, 2001 11:25:07 AM >>>
Adam,

Yes, I have discovered that. I allowed them to become resellers some time
ago but it was with a different site and NOT the offcolor site. I have
tried to contact them in the past but gave up. I just let the site run and
until something happens it is no big deal.

thanks,

Carl

Ah....they must be "thinking different" :)

Thanks Carl, and good luck!
posted by samsara at 8:39 AM on March 19, 2001


Yah matt, that's kinda mean of you.
posted by tiaka at 8:48 AM on March 19, 2001


tiaka: I think he meant to say "old Macs"
posted by samsara at 8:52 AM on March 19, 2001


He mentioned imacs, imacs are new. Don't cover for him; you're only helping the cause. It's true then, Matt is a mac-ophobe! It's like I've been working for a company for 10 years only to find my boss is a member of kkk or something. :)
posted by tiaka at 8:58 AM on March 19, 2001


In the interest of equal time I offer this:

Finally, someone came up with a use for PCs!

Happy now?
posted by mathowie at 9:13 AM on March 19, 2001


So thats what they mean by a sandbox environment.
posted by Markb at 9:27 AM on March 19, 2001


Oh that was beautiful. *sniff*
posted by annathea at 9:28 AM on March 19, 2001


You have acquitted yourself admirably (as usual), Matt. I still love you.
posted by bradlands at 10:06 AM on March 19, 2001


If you aren't into pets, there's always the KleenexCube...
posted by iblog at 10:09 AM on March 19, 2001


I've got an old Mac somethingsomething (I have no idea what model it is, but it's all one unit and it's not transluscent :-) sitting at home that's waiting for me to get off my ass and Aquariumize it. One of these days...
posted by cCranium at 12:05 PM on March 19, 2001


« Older Alternative broadband delivery systems...  |  No Constitutional Right to Wea... Newer »


This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments