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New technologies are good things, especially ones such as SATA that give us simple cabling, lightning-fast data transfer rates, and new toys to buy. There is, however, another, more unfortunate side to progress. That side is discarded technology. Many times, a SATA upgrade happens because an IDE drive has run the race, done its part, then died gracefully, old and fulfilled. After the drive has finally passed on, it can be all too easy to think of the drive itself wistfully and with a twinkle in our eye, all without sparing a thought for the real victims of this tragedy, the IDE cables. All over our great nation, thousands of discarded cables sit idle and unloved in garages, junk drawers, shoe boxes, and safe deposit boxes, wondering if they'll ever see the light of day and the thrill of usefulness again. This is their story, and this is the beginning of their new chapter of life. They'll rise again, not to stream music or to archive XKCD, but to mark our places in beloved works of literature, Firefly fanfic, or possibly programming command references.
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To start this journey, you'll need one or more IDE cables (the 80-conductor cables are better, as they use finer, more flexible wires), a sharp utility knife, a pair of scissors (maybe not your very best ones, as you'll be cutting tiny wires with them, and they'll probably come away from this process less sharp than they went in), a business card, a sharpie, a couple of different-sized washers, and a ruler (not pictured here).
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I'm using Photoshop CS4 at work and man there are a lot of new features, you should get your hands on a newer version as soon as you can.
Anyway, tx for the instructables, I do not need bookmarks but I like your upcycling idea ;-)