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This is the most clever use of holiday gingerbread ever. I love the details done in licorice and chocolates.
It was posted by “Pab” on 4channel.org. Also found on that site, a Geek-mas tree and a gingerbread laptop, though I think maybe Santa needs to consider a new OS.
UPDATE - This gingerbread computer was created in Sweden. An entire folder of photos featuring Benny, Monica, Anna-Maria and Erik and their gingerbread building party is at monixa.se. They even made a gingerbread violin.
UPDATE - The tree decorations are by Joe, aka JavaMoose. He mailed me an updated image which is now linked above. Thanks, Joe.
UPDATE - Hello, Slashdotters! We’re doing our best to keep up with you. Merry Christmas. love, Kristen
Posted by kuri at December 18, 2004 12:00 AMhahaha, those are great uses of gingerbread :) though i agree with the choice of OS.. switch to mac!
Posted by: gleek on December 18, 2004 01:12 AMThis computer is SWEET!
Posted by: on December 18, 2004 05:40 AM<Homer>
Mmmmm… motherboards… *drool*
</Homer>
I’m not being snide or anything but your gingerbread CPU has everything in it BUT the CPU.. We can clearly see the fan and the heatsink, but there’s no CPU. Your box is obviously deficient (no offense, it really is pretty and all…)
Posted by: ives on December 18, 2004 06:35 AMHow are you supposed to see a CPU when it’s covered up by a heatsink, anyway?
Posted by: Morgan on December 18, 2004 06:41 AMvery cool!
Posted by: pingpoong on December 18, 2004 08:27 AMYummy!
Posted by: Kimura on December 18, 2004 05:35 PMvery very nice
Posted by: on December 19, 2004 07:59 AMI’d like to have that hardware into my PC ;)
Excellent work!
GOD you guys are geeks… haha jesus
Posted by: Evan on December 21, 2004 01:24 AMIn reply to Josh Davis etc…
Those Zif sockets are hard to make when your only material is confectionary based…
Posted by: Eli on December 21, 2004 02:38 AMOlyan ennivalóan édes. Az alaplapra azért ráfért volna egy kicsivel több cukormáz-nyák. De le a kalappal.
Posted by: Bachterman on December 21, 2004 04:33 AMMust be an Abit board .. the caps are swollen !!
Posted by: WT on December 21, 2004 10:55 AMLOL AWESOME
Posted by: on December 21, 2004 12:21 PMSweet Christmas, Does It still exist or did someone already polish It off?
Posted by: zoom314 on December 21, 2004 12:37 PML-eat….
Posted by: Nookie on December 21, 2004 12:45 PMHeyz,
Well, I have no idea why some take it seriously while forgetting the true purpose of this whole thing! ITS FOR FUN! Getting deep into details just makes you look like a moooooo!!!
Hey, I would like to benchmark that system and try HL2 on it LOL, talk about MELTING System :p
Sweety Sweet System no doubt! Well made…
Now I know what I want for my wedding party!
Hopefully we’ll get to see a full computer (Case and all the goodies inside) from these people =D.
Posted by: on December 21, 2004 02:09 PMthe cards are too big for the board(not serious)
Posted by: danne on December 21, 2004 03:39 PMDid you overclock it yet?
Posted by: on December 21, 2004 04:51 PMYummy.
Posted by: Ralph on December 21, 2004 05:30 PMI say go for a silent computer. Further modding should be done to ditch the fans and replace them with milk cooling.
Posted by: Brad on December 21, 2004 11:28 PMNice work, guys. Every detail, right down to the CPU completele with Heatsink and Fan.
Posted by: Zaun on December 21, 2004 11:55 PMUniqueness to the max. And you can eat it when it fails, too :)
Posted by: Daniel on December 22, 2004 02:11 AMSO looking forward to the milk cooling! I wonder if ASUS will have a version of this board out by Christmas… :)
Posted by: Tarun on December 22, 2004 03:39 AMNERDS!!!
Posted by: Tina on December 22, 2004 12:30 PMMILK COOLLLING!! LOL THATS GOLD!!!, why am I the only 1 laughing?… you know instead of water coo… yea im a nerd
Posted by: Edgar Zevallos on December 22, 2004 12:33 PMThe post about this board are almost as classic as the picture.
Posted by: on December 23, 2004 11:49 AMYes, but, does it run Linux?
Posted by: Uman on December 23, 2004 03:36 PMHaha!
You’re getting Slashdotted!
Just saw a mini-itx version of this yesterday - and this one works!
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/gingerbreadvillage/
Posted by: on December 23, 2004 03:46 PMoh my god that’s like soooooo good! Wowsers it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen! Yummy to eat and super fun!
Posted by: Bingo McCreamWad on December 23, 2004 03:47 PMHey, I’ll eat that :).
Posted by: Clete R. Blackwell 2 on December 23, 2004 03:58 PMYes, but does it run Linux?!
Posted by: sf. on December 23, 2004 04:13 PMThat’s awesome! Guess there’s two ways circuit boards can be “baked”!
Posted by: Christmas Pictures on December 23, 2004 06:04 PMmaybe its runs Openbsd
Posted by: 808blogger on December 23, 2004 06:39 PMImagine a beowulf cluster of these
Posted by: on December 23, 2004 06:42 PMMmm, Imagine a beowulf cluster….
Posted by: Mikael on December 23, 2004 06:43 PMBe sure to switch it off before you bite into it!
Posted by: sidster on December 23, 2004 06:51 PMOnce I baked a CPU when the cooler fan died.. now if I’d only left it a little longer it might have become half as sweet as this baby ! Well done Benny, Monica, Anna-Maria and Erik ! (are these guys related to ABBA?)
Posted by: Audioboffin on December 23, 2004 07:34 PMYumm! Ive had one of these before, a baked motherboard!
Posted by: coldFire on December 23, 2004 07:53 PMSo how many more hits is this site getting today? =P
Was going to say “Sweet CPU!” but that gag had already been used. =(
Posted by: MackanZoor on December 23, 2004 07:55 PMCertainly looks good.
Can I have it for making sure it runs my OS :)
Great job guys! The only thing I think you might want to add would be enough room for a very small computer, like the open brick (http://www.openbrick.org). If you created a gingerbread compartment of the right size, you could actually boot up the computer! :-D
Posted by: TrompeLaMort on December 23, 2004 09:11 PMHi, Kristen! Thanks for the extra effort… my wife and I have made several (very tired) comments on how awesome the gingerbread computer is.
What’s it like dealing with the Slashdot Effect? :D
Posted by: Tom Servo on December 23, 2004 09:35 PMIt’s a PC Chips M810. It’s gotta be, as the M810 is a Micro-ATX board, and some of the M810’s have soldered down Durons (read: no ZIF socket).
Also, Abit got their capacitor issues fixed a LONG time ago. VIA is the new Abit - their Mini-ITX boards are doing the capacitor blowing thing ;-)
Posted by: bhtooefr on December 23, 2004 09:53 PMTom Servo: Pretty damned fun, actually!
I hope Monica and the crew in Sweden are holding up to the fame and server load.
Posted by: Kristen on December 23, 2004 10:01 PMbut do you know the muffin man he can upgrade your gingerbread computer ….
Posted by: KaT on December 23, 2004 10:32 PMNice. I guess I’d eat it before too long.
Posted by: Drew from Zhrodague on December 23, 2004 10:40 PMNice. Can you go wardriving with the laptop?
Posted by: Drew from Zhrodague on December 23, 2004 10:40 PMNow That’s a REALLY “Green” PC.
Human Recycled LOL
Coincidentally, it has the same life expectancy of my e-machine.
Posted by: Slorge Gridlock on December 23, 2004 10:53 PMObviously it is a prototype, its still on the breadboard!
Posted by: =j on December 23, 2004 11:00 PMWas the cake cooked with the CPU’s heat?
Posted by: Derf on December 23, 2004 11:40 PMThese computers are known to have a problem where the capacitors blow and leak frosting all over the gingerboard. The computer will certainly get buggy after that!
Posted by: Mike on December 24, 2004 12:16 AMi thought it was a functional computer…
built around gingerbread or a compuer with a gingerbread case.
Did you see the PC inside a Gingerbread village that mini-itx.com posted last Christmas?
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/gingerbreadvillage/
The picture has been stolen without credits from this page:http://www.monixa.se/bilder/blandat/041207%20-%20Pepparkaksdator%20och%20fiol/37_Datorn%20klar!.JPG
Posted by: tlund on December 24, 2004 12:52 AMtlund: hello, read the post…credit was given in the first update as soon as I discovered the source of the photo. I stole nothing and even mailed Monica to let her know we’d been slashdotted. Geesh.
Posted by: Kristen on December 24, 2004 01:00 AMHeh, but does it RUN GNU/LINUX?
::Ducks::
Posted by: Someone Who Shall Remain Anonymous on December 24, 2004 01:18 AMAnd upgrades are efficient too! Just cook up a new board and eat the old one. Mmmm, upgradelicious….
My Office mate asked if it really works. We told him it fails POST and just beeps.
Posted by: Ratdog on December 24, 2004 01:32 AMYou *SO* rock!!! Wish I’d seen this before the Linux User’s Group potluck meeting last week. Am definitely stealing the idea for next year, though.
Great job!
Posted by: cubiclegrrl on December 24, 2004 01:51 AMYou *SO* rock!!! Wish I’d seen this before the Linux User’s Group potluck meeting last week. Am definitely stealing the idea for next year, though.
Great job!
Posted by: cubiclegrrl on December 24, 2004 01:51 AMGreat Job! Very unique and creative.
Posted by: Joe on December 24, 2004 02:40 AMTOTALLY LOVE IT! Great use of food as technology, and yes… you are getting slashdotted! CONGRATS!
Posted by: Jessy on December 24, 2004 02:53 AMCPU = Central Processing Unit
In other words; the chip that costs several hundred dollars which does all of the processing.
So what is illustrated happens to be a motherboard, 3 cards, a heatsink/fan assembly (probably on top of the actual CPU) and some ram.
Valliant efford was made!
Those are some gigantor cards, btw.
CPU = Central Processing Unit
In other words; the chip that costs several hundred dollars which does all of the processing.
So what is illustrated happens to be a motherboard, 3 cards, a heatsink/fan assembly (probably on top of the actual CPU) and some ram.
Valliant effort was made!
Those are some gigantor cards, btw.
Wow — GEEK!
Posted by: GeekMan on December 24, 2004 03:02 AMHmm… Yeah, you need to go outside. (But it’s still cool even with the NERD ALERT)
Posted by: Nooz on December 24, 2004 03:27 AMVery nice.. I like the Violin too.
Posted by: Curtis on December 24, 2004 04:58 AMsweet motherboard! ha! i love it!
Posted by: haHAHA on December 24, 2004 05:29 AMcpulicious!!! i’d love to benchmark it!
great idea! i’m the only one who feels a little guilty to try that sweetness!? :)
Is it made out of that christalized sugar some time ago the cake Billy got in its face ?
both are excellent… :-)
buf over
Must have been created with Spice!
Posted by: arniec on December 24, 2004 08:22 AMTake that sucker to your next LAN party and watch all the geeks drool! Literally.
Nice work gingerbread technicians!
Posted by: webdufus on December 24, 2004 10:42 AMHey Windows Service Pack 2, figgure this out!
Posted by: Scott on December 24, 2004 01:13 PMIll buy it for 100$
Posted by: Jonas on December 24, 2004 01:15 PMThe first time I hunger for a motherboard…
=D
regards,
Arutema
w000000t!
Posted by: on December 24, 2004 03:46 PMI like the Spice comment Arniec, though I doubt many people will get it ;D - I think you would have a really hard time finding model files for M&M Capacitors :)
Posted by: Mr Wolf on December 24, 2004 08:59 PM
