Off-topic: Mac mini hack

In case you were wondering what I do on my rare free time now:

With a little help from Kevin in the “cutting steel” department, I fitted a Mac mini plus a Firewire hard drive into the acrylic chassis of an old PowerMac G4 Cube. I completed it last night.

Final specs:

Core2Duo 1.83, 2GB RAM, 64GB Solid State SATA hard drive. 750 GB hard drive over Firewire, slot load DVD/CDRW combo drive still works. UV lighting in back. Colored lighting on the underside.

In chronological order. Facebook links work even if you don't have a Facebook account. If you’re easily bored, just click the bottom link.

Intro:
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/12/xbVGZ1_0sB8

Dissected:
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/11/8MzPb1CKq6k

DVD window:
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/10/rjHx1HtJLoU

Starting:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268445&l=63e1b712bd&id=749036973

Hacksaw vs. heat sink:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268438&l=4d3820a5aa&id=749036973
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268451&l=a3b8ea8a13&id=749036973

Dissecting a Firewire external drive to fit a 750GB drive:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268456&l=57f27696c0&id=749036973

Hacking the SATA connections to move the drive and provide power to fans and lights:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268458&l=aba58fc2a0&id=749036973
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/4/qnrX_YbGJfg

Cut metal (Thanks Kevin!)
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/5/7Oq31atAAWk
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268460&l=1f4ab18031&id=749036973

Building a metal optical drive chassis and fitting a USB adapter to it:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268462&l=1fa320d184&id=749036973
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/2/omQbFo2w_1A

Mounting the optical drive:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268466&l=8b3a915790&id=749036973
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268468&l=1ea4e34819&id=749036973

Fitting the Firewire hard drive and electronics:
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/1/ZVralQDBxQc

Mostly done:
http://www.youtube.com/thoughtfizzle#p/u/0/GVjeWKYF4io

External bling
Front: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268471&l=770adc8c10&id=749036973
Back: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268472&l=8130f0bf97&id=749036973

Finished product - night shot:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5268473&l=9ccea686f6&id=749036973