Crafty bastard stunt of the month

I have a ton of CDs lying around that I’ve burned for one reason or another but had no case for. I have them in stacks all over my office, and I hate buying cases because they seem so overpriced. So when I came into three unopened boxes of 5.25″ floppies I had a brainstorm. Here’s how to alter your old Oregon Trail floppies into something useful.

(1) Grab your favorite non alcohol, non acid solvent–I used Goo Gone–and take off the labels if you want. Not mandatory but I did it since some of these had hand written labels on them.

(2) With a good pair of scissors cut about 1/8″ of an inch of material from the top of the floppy. The top, for those of you born after 1989, is the end closest to the ‘hot dog’ with two notches. Be sure to make clean cuts so the insulation doesn’t fray. You’ll also want to leave the insulation (the stuff that feels kind of like a paper towel) inside to protect your CD.

(3) Insert your removable media of choice and marvel at your bastardly craftiness!