“I have an Apple Pro Mouse that stopped working. I thought I would tear it apart to see how it worked before I threw it away, at the very least I could salvage the LED from it. As I held it in my hand I realized it was the right size and shape to become a belt buckle. With it’s two-layer construction, the design could be custom and interchangeable,” Courtney writes for Instructables.com.
Full article with more photos and complete instructions here.
MacDailyNews Take: And, yet, even today, some still call Mac users “crazy.”
OMG. Fugly.
I’m an apple fan but that doesn’t extend to looking like a prat in order to show it.
Leave fashion to the pros, honey.
that’s really gay
What’s next?
Make a mac mini beltbuckle?
I’m a big fan of this site, and the snarky editorials, but this is a real stretch for a news story!
This guy should audition for the next season of my show “Project Runway” on BRAVO TV.
auf Wiedersehen!
How about how to make a Mighty Mouse WORK?
I think it would have been cooler if it still had the LED in there. that would be flamin, but a light and a cool apple logo would look better than his design. I think I’m going to do that for macworld….
Too geeky for me. I’m out of here.
No, if it was gay, it would be far more
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It would make a much better cup.
Why stop there when there are loads of candy iMacs around!
Uh, “the right size and shape for a belt buckle”??? Only if you are some pro rodeo cowboy or a boxer that just won a title…
Invert and use as a sushi or scallop dish.
Would also look nice as an iPhone.
I hope that’s a chick.
Fantastic! I’m buying another 25 shares!
I thought the Classic NES Controller belt was a stretch, but this is just ridiculous.
MDN Magic Word – Distance. As in stay as far away as possible from this guy.
Just wait, Microsoft will rip-off this idea, and in 5 years we will see Zune belt buckles. They will hang-up and crash, but we will see them…
Tooooooo much time on his hands
… I’ve seen worse, in the 70’s I had a belt buckle the size of a liscense plate.
We showed horses, everyone had large belt buckles, doesn’t make it right, but I’ve seen worse.
Belt needs to be white.
Look closely at the picture, and you’ll see the model has a waistline that you only see on males under the age of 13. So I’m assuming Courtney is female.
I never did understand women’s fashion.
This is going to be one of the gayest things I’ve ever said, but I totally agree with Spark: It would look a helluva lot cooler with a white belt.
Notice how I used “helluva” to offset the gayness of the subject manner.
Yeah, I didn’t think it worked either.
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Shuffle is easier–just clip it on.
ok, don’t get offended, but with a name like “mudflapper” I would stay away from anything you consider making you appear gay.
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Maybe talk about four-wheelin’ or truck accessories…
People can be so judgemental. I was wearing one of these belt buckles and some chick called me a “nerd”! I told her that was the worse insult I’ve heard this side of Seti Alpha five.
Holy crap, what a dork (or dorkette,
whichever the case). Hey, how do we
make a toilet seat out of a Windows
retail box?
Thorin
I just open it…
Why didn’t he stuffed it in his underwear? It’s much easier + bigger impact
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Thorin…..flush it first since it is already filled with crap
There’s no attempt to make the “belt buckle” visually appealing (if that’s possible). The belt itself is black with a white mouse. The belt at least should have been white. It might still look terrible but it wouldn’t clash and look quite as bad.
I did the same thing with my IBM PC JR.
P.S. Did you ever fart so hard you ended up in another zip code?
Thats ridiculous looking! Look at the clothes he’s wearing, looks like Stevie J!
Either white belt or black Pro Mouse. But I Agree with twilightmoon, belt buckles are reserved for Elvis and John Wayne.
Fashion sense so offensive that he/she is too embarrassed to show his/her face.
For the übergeek in you that’s itching to come out of the closet, right?
I appreciate his efforts but it’s just misguided. Of course, there’s always someone who wants this.
“I just open it…”
BWAAHAAHAA!
TowerTone,
LOL. Yeha, I’ve gotten that before. Mudflap was my nickname years ago, but that’s usually taken in the online world so it became mudflapper.
BTW, anyone else think those look like ice-washed Mom Jeans™?
My beltbuckle of choice this time of year has a piece of mistletoe on it….
Although that mouse would look good around my black unitard.
“Yeha?” Think I meant to say “YEAH.”
How Brokeback Mountain of me.
Alright, mudflapper, you’re starting to sound like Tobias Funke.
Just ignore my unitard remark…
Well. This couldn’t be a much bigger waste of time, could it.
Slurp, slurp, and more slurp
What’s next?
Make a mac mini beltbuckle?
No, but a late generation iPod beltbuckle would make a real fashion statement, albeit an expensive one !!
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MDN MW: freedom
as in
Creativity is the freedom to imagine what to do with what would otherwise be useless.