HO HO HO!
The Christmas season is upon us once more and the spirit of giving is thriving here at TinkerDifferent!
To celebrate the holidays we're hosting a Christmas photo contest with amazing prizes:

1. USB Microscope & Decal pack
2. BlueScsi & Decal pack
3. "Dont4Get" 1/2AA -> CR2032 Battery conversion pcb & Decal pack

"Drake, What do I have to do to win such amazing prizes?"
I'm glad you asked. The photo contest rules are simple!

• Create an image featuring your favorite Apple computer that shows the Holiday spirit, through a display of decorations and/or on screen art!
• Submit ONE image to this thread with a small description (Machine type, program or props used etc.)
• Submissions are open Dec.10th - Jan.2nd 6pm Pacific Time

Submissions will be reviewed by TinkerDifferent staff with winners announced Jan.2nd!

Have fun and enjoy, we're looking forward to your creations! Cheers everyone!

My DD is a 2009 2.26ghz IC2D MBP - gift from IT director at work. He knows I like Apple stuff and was going to recycling otherwise. The 20" ACD was bundled with a PPC 2ghz DC pmg5 Craigslist pickup couple years back. Nestled in between is Moms nativity set when she was a kid. The bubble bulbs above were actually throw aways at a catholic charity. I think they're cool so rescued them the dump. I have TreeTopLights running and picked up neat old timey Christmas card pic on the MBP and modern well done CG Xmas tree on the ACD

Ohhh man, I LOVE the bubble lights!!!! :D

>> MindThreat said:

Ohhh man, I LOVE the bubble lights!!!! Click to expand...

I have two that burnt out so will take a small modeling dremel to them to see if it's something I can retrofit with a normal c7 bulb (put them back together) and keep them going. It really seems wasteful to throw them out if I can get a new bulb in the sealed plastic base somehow. The cheapest I have found them (only at one place mind you) this season is $10 USD for two, so sounds like a worth while effort. Oh man, treetoplights app has frosty flying across my screen like crazy.

Love the holidays :)

>> Certificate of Excellence said:

View attachment 1902 My DD is a 2009 2.26ghz IC2D MBP - gift from IT director at work. He knows I like Apple stuff and was going to recycling otherwise. The 20" ACD was bundled with a PPC 2ghz DC pmg5 Craigslist pickup couple years back. Nestled in between is Moms nativity set when she was a kid. The bubble bulbs above were actually throw aways at a catholic charity. I think they're cool so rescued them the dump. I have TreeTopLights running and picked up neat old timey Christmas card pic on the MBP and modern well done CG Xmas tree on the ACD Click to expand...

Very nice! Theres something to be said about these MBPs, solid build quality and a joy to use. I have the exact same one given to me by a friend.

Classic II - RasSCSI - 10mb Ram
Message using SuperPaint with snowflakes from the program Snow along with my red LED setup in the Mac Museum in the background.

Some of my Macs wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

(Note: the 2019 5K iMac and the 1998 PowerBook G3 PDQ are - the eMac decided that it didn't like my AIO Keyboard/Trackpad and locked up!)

>> haydonbeagley said:

Some of my Macs wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (Note: the 2019 5K iMac and the 1998 PowerBook G3 PDQ are - the eMac decided that it didn't like my AIO Keyboard/Trackpad and locked up!) View attachment 2069 Click to expand...

Made all that much better by the temperamental Emac haha

>> Certificate of Excellence said:

I have two that burnt out so will take a small modeling dremel to them to see if it's something I can retrofit with a normal c7 bulb (put them back together) and keep them going. It really seems wasteful to throw them out if I can get a new bulb in the sealed plastic base somehow. The cheapest I have found them (only at one place mind you) this season is $10 USD for two, so sounds like a worth while effort. Oh man, treetoplights app has frosty flying across my screen like crazy. Love the holidays Click to expand...

Great entries. For the record I actually had three bubblers that broke and I was able to retrofit two with LED bulbs and they still bubble - dremeled them apart and glued them back together with hot glue. I was worried the LED heat output would be too low for the methylene chloride to react but they still make bubbles which is great. Cheap fix/bulb upgrade. [christmas-tree]

Merry Christmas!
This photo wouldn't have been possible without the ideas, assistance and support of my lovely girlfriend. [heart]

Sally is on a Macintosh Plus booting 6.0.8 off a FloppyEmu.
Pigpen is on a 512k booting System 6.0.8 off disk.
Marcy is on an SE booting System 6.0.8 off disk.
Lucy is on a Plus with a 2.5MB ram upgrade booting System 7 off disk.
Peppermint Patty is an SE booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI.
Linus is on a Classic booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI.
Charlie Brown is on an SE/30 booting System 7.5 off a SCSI2SD. The SE/30 has a RastorOps ColorCard installed which is driving the Performa Plus Display for the tree.
And Snoopy and Woodstock are on an Apple //c monitor driven by a Raspberry Pi.
Software used: Paint Viewer 1.7, Gif Watcher, and Imageviewer.

Happy Holidays. [christmas-tree]

Good grief Charlie Brown!!

:)

>> Freshestcream said:

Merry Christmas! This photo wouldn't have been possible without the ideas, assistance and support of my lovely girlfriend. View attachment 2090 Sally is on a Macintosh Plus booting 6.0.8 off a FloppyEmu. Pigpen is on a 512k booting System 6.0.8 off disk. Marcy is on an SE booting System 6.0.8 off disk. Lucy is on a Plus with a 2.5MB ram upgrade booting System 7 off disk. Peppermint Patty is an SE booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI. Linus is on a Classic booting System 7 off a BlueSCSI. Charlie Brown is on an SE/30 booting System 7.5 off a SCSI2SD. The SE/30 has a RastorOps ColorCard installed which is driving the Performa Plus Display for the tree. And Snoopy and Woodstock are on an Apple //c monitor driven by a Raspberry Pi. Software used: Paint Viewer 1.7, Gif Watcher, and Imageviewer. Happy Holidays. Click to expand...

This is truly amazing, well done!! It's like an Apple store display 30 years late

Believe it or not, this IIsi came with Xmas lights already installed by a previous owner. Their other theming choices were not so tasteful! (Think Windows 3.1 hot dog stand.)

>> 68k said:

View attachment 2144 Believe it or not, this IIsi came with Xmas lights already installed by a previous owner. Their other theming choices were not so tasteful! (Think Windows 3.1 hot dog stand.) Click to expand...

Love this pic. The crumpled Sees candies bag makes it extra festive & delicious :D

I hope I win all the prizes all at once!

>> svenvendetta said:

View attachment 2065 Click to expand...

This pic has been driving me crazy :D At first I thought those stringed instruments were basses with the four tuning pegs but the neck seems too thin for that. Are those something like electric ukes or banjos?

>> torbar said:

I hope I win all the prizes all at once! View attachment 2149 Click to expand...

Drake already told me that I won everything because I am his favorite (even more than Stephen) over on the Discord chat.

>> torbar said:

I hope I win all the prizes all at once! View attachment 2149 Click to expand...

It's no contest, I win by default!

>> Certificate of Excellence said:

This pic has been driving me crazy At first I thought those stringed instruments were basses with the four tuning pegs but the neck seems too thin for that. Are those something like electric ukes or banjos? Click to expand...

The lab here is also a music studio. All the instruments are on a guitar rack are indeed basses and are mostly Gibson Les Paul's. There's also an upright bass leaning on a piano in the way back. Good eye for noticing!

I am a bassist of 29 years give or take a few months. Now, a LP bass is one Gibson (played a few momentarily but that doesn't count) I have never owned all these years. Man, the neck profile on those looks very thin & fast front to back, almost like a ric. Anyhow, I wanted to try and figure out how to get my basses & gear in my xmas mac pic but all my music gear is in a cave separate from my lair of retrological awesomeness. Maybe next year. Anyhow, thanks for sharing.