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Test Drivin' the Dymo DiscPainter
This is the first time I've ever experimented with a CD disc painter before and I can honestly say: I'm hooked! If you ever need to make a batch of CDs — as a keepsake from a wedding, birthday, or party — personalizing each disc with an image, text or fun graphic is such a nice added touch! With the Dymo DiscPainter you can quickly and easily label CDs — the handy software it comes with gives you a ton of user-friendly customization options.
Geek Tip: Use Window Cleaner to Fix Unplayable Discs
This tip actually comes courtesy of Netflix, after they were beginning to kill me by sending unplayable disc after unplayable disc. The first offender, (a How I Met Your Mother DVD, if you must know), refused to play in my DVD player, so I pulled out all my tricks to clean it (except for the ol' toothpaste trick, which I was tempted to try, but since I didn't own the disc, I had reservations), to no avail, so I reported it unplayable, and Netflix sent another copy of the DVD.
Would you believe it, the next HIMYM disc they sent would also not play!
Geek Tip: Don't Write on CDs With Sharpies!
If you're burning CDs and DVDs, you probably label them right afterward, and do what I (used to) do, which is reach for a Sharpie. But I caution you, as your friend and gagdet guru: Put down the Sharpie.
The chemicals in Sharpies (and most conventional markers) can eventually damage the data on your discs.
Geek Tip: Fix Scratched CDs With Toothpaste
I've heard rumblings about this tip for a while now, but I was too scared to try it myself. But I've seen and heard recommendations for it all over the place, so here goes. Though most scratched up CDs make me want to just throw them out, it turns out they just might be salvageable .
Turn Your CD's into Works of Art
If you are like me and have a few CD's that you keep out for special occasions, but you don't like publicizing the fact that Britney still holds a special place in your heart, I bring to you these beautiful CD sleeves.
Geek geared by teamsugar user CiaoBella, the CD Packaging Kit from Barnes and Noble comes in four different styles including Petals in Pink, Fauna Mandala, Surf and Turf, and Happy Holidays—with each being created by different illustrators. Every unique kit features twenty-five mix-and-match CD sleeves and labels and 60 matching stickers.
CD Christmas Tree Ornament: Love or Leave?
The results are. Over seventy percent of you loved the Circuitboard Ornament Set, as did I. If you need some more geek inspired tree swag, check out this recycled CD ornament, which will shine and shimmer beneath your twinkling Christmas lights.
CD Chair: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
While I have chosen to decorate my house with more of an understated and modern theme I have a bizarre fascination with intricate furniture with a touch of geek.
While only a concept, this chair made from hundreds of blank cds designed by Belen Hermosa offers inspiration for those of us that have gigantic used CD collections lying around. I can't imagine it's especially comfortable, but it does have a special geek chic flare, right?
Happy Birthday, CD!
The CD is 25 years old today. On August 17, 1982 the very first compact disc, "The Visitors" by ABBA, rolled off the production line at a Philips factory in Langenhagen, just outside of Hanover, Germany.
While the Compact Disc format was originally designed for music storage and playback, the format was later adapted to hold any form of binary data.
Concept Player Makes Use Of Your MP3s And CDs
Just when I thought CDs had gone the way of the Dodo, I learn that designer Yong-Seong Kim has come up with the DMP, a portable music player that supports CD and MP3 files.
You can use the MP3 player normally, or unclip the sides and insert your favorite CD. I like the idea because it might encourage me to whip out my classic early 90s CD collection and the fact that the CD is exposed while playing gives it a bit of a retro, record player appeal.
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