Comments on: KitcheNET

By: painphul

painphul — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:39:19 +0000

Thanks for the great idea ! I had 7 old laptops laying around and managed to combine them all to get 1 working dell Inspiron with wireless, audio and perfect functionality. I ran into a slight problem when iRotate stopped working after having accidentally upgraded the Display Drivers. But after a full reformat and a trip to the store for a cordless keyboard/mouse, all works ! I consider my project very successful ! Check it out and leave comments.

http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f181/2ocenT/KitcheNET/?action=view&current=IMG_0275.jpg

By: Slacker

Slacker — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:22:52 +0000

Man that’s too cool. I plan to have a under-the-cabinet laptop in my kitchen, too, inspired by this article.

Instead of keyboard & mouse I’ll use Gmote (http://www.gmote.org/) for my Android phone to control the laptop.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:44:41 +0000

Can anyone tell me how to invert the screen on a Mac? I LOVE this idea! Thanks for posting.

By: vikoadi

vikoadi — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:59:02 +0000

Its cool man, and i wanna try it too!
Sadly I don’t have any notebook to hung.=D
hhahahahaha.

God Jobs

By: Sallie Draper

Sallie Draper — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:25:11 +0000

Just had to do this! But with a some modifications. We decided to put the monitor closer to the wall, mainly to preserve counter space. This meant that no modification to the laptop was needed. We are rrunning Windows and our video driver allows the image to be flipped. We are using an optical mouse and the Windows Accessibility on screen keyboard. Way cool!!!

Check out my flickr set to see the mounting job – http://tinyurl.com/c9cq55.

The last step is to mount the speakers. Just haven’t bought the velcro yet.

Thanks for the inspiration!!

By: benglish

benglish — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:46:14 +0000

@Matt – LOL, I wondered if I’d get some local fallout from that comment.

I actually used to listen to Banana a lot when Eric and Carson were still on (RIP). I’m not a fan of “NickelPark Creed” and they made it easier to sit through.

The only local station I can really enjoy is WKUF-LP 94.3. ( http://www.kettering.edu/wkuf/ ) and their Tuesday Metal Mayhem.

Otherwise Pandora is my main music “station” because they always play what i like. I know it’s unfair to terrestrial radio but it is what it is.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:42:54 +0000

This is a great idea! Thanks for the inspiration. I’m going to use XP with help from a program called iRotate to rotate the screen without the hardware mod. This program also allows you to rotate the display 90 degrees so you could mount the laptop on a wall and have it open like a door.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:46:38 +0000

Hey dont be dissin the Banana. Its the best station in Flint. What do you even listen to?

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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:12:13 +0000

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By: benglish

benglish — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:45:34 +0000

@Martin – I’ll definitely check this out as well as an internet kiosk-like environment is exactly what i’m looking for.