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Love letter hidden inside a floppy disk

Love letter hidden inside a floppy disk
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I made this project back in highschool for a former boyfriend and it´s about hidding a letter inside a floppy disk.

You need:

Floppy disk
Paper and cardboard, I used only paper this time but I suggest using cardboard too(not too thick cardboard though).
a pen
scissors
wire (you can use a paper clip)
(I used white paper but you can use any kind of paper and it looks better).
 
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First you have to open the floppy in one of the sides, not open it completly just enough to pull the thin brown disk out.

Put it on the cardboard and trace around it, cut it and with this pattern trace another 2 circles in the paper and cut them too. In the pictures i just do this on paper but cardboard works best and the paper will be just for decoration.
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15 comments
Oct 24, 2008. 5:54 PMdanimal1234 says:
Dear Unix, I have had an affair with MS-DOS. I am sorry. Things have changed. P.S. (Blue screen)
Jan 25, 2009. 6:33 PMmemyselfand1 says:
oookkkay. and we needed to know that why?
Mar 14, 2009. 9:06 PMIridium7 says:
in a world full of apples, don't ask for a peach
Mar 15, 2009. 1:17 AMmemyselfand1 says:
wtf?
Mar 15, 2009. 7:48 AMIridium7 says:
don't 'wtf' me! you know exactly what it means
Oct 10, 2010. 1:13 AMswilus says:
haha!7
Mar 15, 2009. 11:01 PMmemyselfand1 says:
No, I don't.
Mar 16, 2009. 2:23 PMIridium7 says:
It means don't ask for the answer to a question that no one knows.
Jan 25, 2009. 6:36 PMmemyselfand1 says:
Really good idea. Considering that the humble floppy disk was phased out and overwritten (hahaha) by CD virtually before i was born (1996), the uses for floppy disks appearing today are brilliant. I would have never thought of using floppies like this.
Jan 20, 2009. 2:07 PMSquash says:
Cool idea. I started one immediately and I'm almost finished! Thanks.
Aug 22, 2008. 1:35 AMfrettbottx says:
Thanx a lot!
Jun 20, 2008. 2:31 PMLabot2001 says:
Awesome use for a floppy drive. 4/5 stars and Fav'd.
Jun 19, 2008. 4:15 AMPKM says:
D'awwwwww :)

That's a nice use for a floppy disk- I'm pretty sure most people don't use them for such tawdry purposes as data any more.
Jun 20, 2008. 2:30 PMLabot2001 says:
You'd be surprised how many text docs can fit on one of those most useful contraptions!

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