bit-tech News: Mod of the Month - January 2008

[Chierin]

Remember when you were a little kid, and playing house was fun? Everyone here who is living on his or her own is probably now saying "yeah, if only real life turned out as entertaining."

Well, maybe it could. The idea of "bigger boys, bigger toys" reaches almost a meta state with jhanlon303's first project on our forums – cramming a functional media centre computer into a child's toy washing machine. It's time to put the new toy in the old – and have something completely unique in the process.

The toy in this case is a Casdon 379 toy washing machine, which should be just odd enough to whet anyone's appetite for unusual mods. Those of you in the States may not know what this is, as the toy was exclusively sold in the UK. When you open it, the barrel actually spins round and the machine makes noises – great for kids to have a laugh before they learn to despise doing laundry like the rest of us.

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