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- Title
FROM HOT ROD TO HOT MOD: Customizing Computers from the Inside Out.
- Authors
Hall, Stefan
- Abstract
The article provides an overview on the technological progression in the U.S. It illustrates the never ending drive for customization which transformed into a computer's external aesthetic quality. Modders display the world class quality of their system designs and consider it as another work of art. It cites that the panel of a computer case has changed from a clear plastic window into a wide range of colors and styles. It concludes that creativity has played significant role in expressing oneself through technological innovations.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; HIGH technology industries; CREATIVE ability in technology; SYSTEMS design; CUSTOMIZATION; SYSTEMS development; COMPUTER industry; WINDOWS (Graphical user interfaces)
- Publication
Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 2008, Vol 88, Issue 4, p30
- ISSN
1538-5914
- Publication type
Article