cybertron
12-13-2006, 01:45 PM
I'm curious if anyone else here has noticed this about their modding or if I'm just weird.:)
It seems like I'm a lot more oriented toward technical mods - adding LEDs to things, resoldering connections on circuit boards to get a DDR pad to work with StepMania, building my own component cable for my Wii, etc. I've attempted some more artistic mods like repainting my case (thwarted by the weather ATM) but I haven't really successfully completed any. This doesn't really surprise me since I've never been anything resembling artistic. I occasionally make advertising for our LAN party and that's about the extent of my art (and it usually just involves ripping off other people's stuff;)). I still intend to get back to some more case modding, if for no other reason than because I spent too much on supplies to not end up with anything to show for it, but I was struck by the number of smaller technical projects that I've done in the interim.
And since I know everyone here loves pictures, here's one of my hacked together Wii component cable:
http://www.nemebean.com/stuff/Wii06.jpg
Monetarily was it worth the 8 hours or so I spent on trial and error before figuring out a method that worked? No. Do I feel a serious sense of accomplishment every time I look at it? Absolutely.:up:
BTW, I'm not intending to imply that some of the very artistic mods don't have a strong technical element as well, but mine seem to be more technical and less artistic than most.
It seems like I'm a lot more oriented toward technical mods - adding LEDs to things, resoldering connections on circuit boards to get a DDR pad to work with StepMania, building my own component cable for my Wii, etc. I've attempted some more artistic mods like repainting my case (thwarted by the weather ATM) but I haven't really successfully completed any. This doesn't really surprise me since I've never been anything resembling artistic. I occasionally make advertising for our LAN party and that's about the extent of my art (and it usually just involves ripping off other people's stuff;)). I still intend to get back to some more case modding, if for no other reason than because I spent too much on supplies to not end up with anything to show for it, but I was struck by the number of smaller technical projects that I've done in the interim.
And since I know everyone here loves pictures, here's one of my hacked together Wii component cable:
http://www.nemebean.com/stuff/Wii06.jpg
Monetarily was it worth the 8 hours or so I spent on trial and error before figuring out a method that worked? No. Do I feel a serious sense of accomplishment every time I look at it? Absolutely.:up:
BTW, I'm not intending to imply that some of the very artistic mods don't have a strong technical element as well, but mine seem to be more technical and less artistic than most.