One of my favorite pastime is to go through old family albums and reminisce with loved ones. However with the digital revolution, we modern day kids have got kind of lazy and often, our pictures never make it across the print shop from the computer.
While the art of printing photos is quite passe, however, same can’t be said about picture frames since they have become digital too. In case you are too cheap or broke to buy an expensive digital photo frame, here’s bunch of ways on how to make them at home!
Hanging By A Moment
Why not display your pictures like they do in art gallery? All you need is an old laptop and then matte it and frame it. Details here.
Be A Cheapskate
No, I don’t mean in literally but you can make a solid yet cheap digital frame right at home. Read all the details here.
How to Turn an old Dell into a Digital Picture Frame!
Turn an old has been Dell computer to a swanking new digital picture frame. Head here for all the details.
How to Turn a PowerBook into a Digital Frame!
If you love tinkering with gadgets then you will like this DIY as it uses an old PowerBook Duo 280c since the matrix display features 1000s of colors and it’s quite compact in size. Details here.
Old Is Gold
Don’t have a Powerbook or a Dell? Well, don’t worry as you can use any old working laptop to make your digital frame. Just go hunting for Pentium 100, 133, and 166 (or similar generation) laptops. Details here.
DIY Digital Picture / Video Frame
Another tutorial that encourages you to recycle. This particular DIY is a little complex but every detailed.
Another Frame On The Wall
Who doesn’t like mounting their favorite images on the wall? This DIY involves a desktop quality LCD screen of a size equivalent to an 11”x14” photograph. Details here.
How to Make Flickr Auto-Updated Digital Frame!
Make a Wi-Fi digital frame that not only gets the job done but also looks fantastic. The frame will be able to display updated slideshow of images from your Flickr account. Details here.
How to Make a Mattel Juicebox Digital Frame!
Make a cool and quirky 2.5″ digital picture frame using a Mattel Juicebox. The best part? You won’t have to spend more than 30 bucks! Details here.
How to Make a Solar Powered Digital Picture Frame!
We strongly believe in the mantra of “Going Green” and simply love this pretty solar powered digital frame.
“At the core is a standard off-the-shelf keychain digital picture frame. It is mounted in a fancy enclosure, in this case a flower that is modeled after a chrysanthemum. On top of that, a solar cell has been added so that the picture frame will run indefinitely when placed in a sunny window! Or, you can simply plug it into any USB port and let it run from there.”
Details here.
Let us know if you were brave enough to attempt any of these frames at home. And don’t forget to post pictures here. Till then, say cheese and don’t forget to frame it.
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