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Floppy Disks: Interesting Ways To Reuse Them.

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:46 AM PST

Floppy disks are a thing of the past, used during the 80's and 90's and nobody uses floppy disks anymore. But that doesn't mean you have to toss them out. Why not turn these floppy disks into something useful!

Floppy Disk Coasters: Brought to you by Supermandolini, these floppy disk coasters have a foam base, vinyl top, and gloss finish.

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Floppy Disk Greeting Card: If you have been looking for a unique card, this might interest you, a turntable greeting card made out of floppy disk. Link.

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Floppy Disk Pixel Art: Mosaic pixel art made from 256 floppy disks.

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Floppy Disks Laptop Stand: To create this one you need 82 floppy disks, a cardboard base, popsicle sticks and glue.

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Floppy Disk Bag: How about creating a floppy disk bag? All the instructions you need to create one are here - link.

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Floppy Disk CD/DVD Case: A good use to 5 1/4" floppy disks; use them to make CD/DVD cases. Link.

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Starship Enterprise: How about making a Starship Enterprise from a floppy disk? Sounds interesting? Link.

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Floppy Disk Sculpture: Created by George Hart, this 3.5-inch floppy disk sculpture consists a five-color pattern of thirty 3.5-inch floppy diskettes put together without glue.

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Floppy Disk Art Car: This Weigand's Floppy Disk Car, a 1998 Honda Civic covered with floppy disks.

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Floppy Disk Pencil Holder: This 3 1/2 in floppy disk desktop pen & pencil holder would make a great addition to any office or home office area.

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Floppy Disk Laptop Bag: It looks really cool, here are the details to make - link.

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Hide Stuff In A Floppy Disk: If you want something to hide (may be a SD Card), none would ever think of searching for it in an old floppy disk. So how about creating one - link.