I'm working my way through Deyan Sudjic's new book The Language of Things right now. It's a powerful examination of how we choose to relate to the objects in our lives. I'm a big fan of gadgets, but I'm also a fan of well-made objects that we can form lasting relationships with. The creative reusers among us know that the two impulses are not incompatible. Remember that bondi blue iMac that you swore allegiance to ten years ago? It's been gathering dust in your closet for eight years?
Mac users have been repurposing their computers for years...most notably, the original generation of Macs make excellent "Macquarium" fish tanks. An eBay user is now selling his original iMac, which has been reborn as a hamster cage. I know there's a joke in there somewhere about the wheel that powers this thing. Does Apple still make a computer that is big enough to be reconfigured into something besides a tie tack or cufflinks?
