Maybe you thought I was crazy to still be using a Sony Mavica digital camera with a handy floppy disk slot, but as Carol Mangis pointed out, I could put all those disks to use some day by building something.
Why not make a bag? This guy did. He found a whole bunch of disks in a dumpster and decided to recycle them. After all, who has a floppy disk drive anymore?
My disk collection is much more colorful--blue, red, yellow, green, purple, and standard black. I don't have enough disks or the patience to make a carrying case, so I decided accessories were the way to go.
Instead of a giant clock around my neck I've got a giant disk. I see an uber dorky version of Flavor of Love in the future. . . Floppies make great earrings too. Even a cool belt or belly chain. Super sexy too, right?
To make the earrings I simply bent paper clips and stuck them in the ready-made holes in the disk. Obviously I would use sterilized findings if I were to really wear these things. For the necklace I used strap from an old press pass and hooked it onto the disk through the same hole. The belt was a bit trickier since I didn't have a real belt in my cube. Instead I tied an audio cable around my waist and attached the disk using a paper clip, again. Of course, once I open my Floppy Disk Fashion Boutique I'll be using silver, gold, and Swarovski crystals.
Do you guys have any more suggestions for what to do with old, useless floppy disks?
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September 28, 2006 1:01 PM
Years ago the folks at the magazine Internet Underground did an entire dress out of AOL floppies (yeah, I'm old, bite me :) ). I probably have the magazine still where and should try and make a scan of it. It was freakin funnier than hell.
September 28, 2006 1:07 PM
Please do scan it and send it to us at Gearlog--we'd love to see it!
September 28, 2006 1:17 PM
When I was a LAN manager for a University Library that will go unnamed I found a brand new box of floppy disks that some one was throwing out. I hung on to them figuring they could come in handy. While camping at my ranch we got a great idea. We clipped the floppies to a clothes line and had some target practice fun. It was a nice challenge to see who could shoot out the hub. It makes a nice bulleye. Needless to say I was scrambling around a few weeks later to find a floppy. I needed to set up a raid array and had no floppy. Karma is a bitch. :P
February 6, 2007 2:19 AM
I gots lots of these!
You just gave me an idea. I am going to make some bag tags for my sons school, activities bags.
Some other ideas I can think of:
(1) door curtain (the type that is just strings of things that you can go thru) -- retro.
(2) use 5 of them to make a cube pen cup
(3) make a taller / broader / both taller and broader versions of (2) for knick-knacks.
(4) make a 3x4 as placemats. Make a even longer one as table runners?
(4) make a belt to go with your earrings?!
March 16, 2007 6:06 PM
I would not call it particularly arty, but the idea itself is a lot of fun. That is something to keep your nieces or daughters busy for a couple of hours! :)
June 29, 2007 1:04 PM
A ref at a fencing tournament had been hard pressed to find his yellow, red and black cards for rules infractions. He used three appropriately colored floppies for the day.