Theory5 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hi everyone, Its your friendly Internet college geek! I haven't been on in a while due to school work. Which is actually kind of ironic because I am supposed to be working on a speech that I have to give tomorrow :-P Anyways I am bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. BORED. We've all been there at one time or another. So I want to do something interesting. I TRIED dual booting slackware, and its fun, except my wireless card is a BROADCOM and if anyone has ever tried to use a broadcom P.O.S. with linux, its annoying. So I came up with a new idea. I want to design, build, and implement technology, or find fun things to do with existing products. By design I dont mean electrical engineering, I mean doing things with computers, hardware, software, etc. And then blog about it. What gave me the idea was the Ikea Helmer cluster. Unfortunately I don't have any new technology to blog about, or money for new technology, since I am in college. This is where you say "get a job!" and where I rebut with "I dont have enough time for a job that pays minimum wage to get the type of cash I need! Nobody is hiring part time, internship or non-profit! and The economy is still recovering, so no small businesses are hiring that I asked. Plus there are only two fast food places in providence and I think they are using kids from the highschool!"(pick one).So I was wondering if anybody knew of any sites that give funding for personal (and maybe someday profitable) projects. I can think of many ways this would help me, a few being that I learn more about my chosen field. I finally have some quality time with linux. And when nobody is around I can tinker instead of sitting on my but watching TV!I heard about these e-begging sites but they all want me to pay 50 bucks to sign up then 9 bucks a month! So does anybody know of any legitimate websites that fund small personal projects?Thanks,Theory Tormod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theory5 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 actually I just found a good one called Kickstarter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hey there old friend! The Ikea cluster is a really cool idea. Making things and blogging about them is interesting - what sort of things have you thought of doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theory5 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Nothing that I have really fleshed out yet. I was thinking of building a tiny storage server to start off with, or another computer that i could integrate into other projects, a liquid cooled computer that doesnt use hoses etc etc. I don't have many objects to cram computer parts into at the moment, but if I manage to get funding I will have a brainstorming session :-) Oh, and I am going to build my own computer cases.I have found a website that sells motherboards for very little cash, I think the cheapest one is around $18 dollars at geeks.com So I will want to learn how to cluster. Those are just a few ideas off the top of my head. Ill probably think of more tomorrow. Tormod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theory5 Posted October 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 And I found another site called IndieGoGo which doesn't have quite as strict policies for creating a project. In Kickstarter my project was turned down.here it is at the IndieGoGo site http://www.indiegogo.com/Custom-Computer-Designs#share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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