Bitcoin

Been playing around with bitcoin and seems like a neat idea. If you like it as well, and have any spare bitcoins or fractions of bitcoins (BTC), please donate them to me at 1KoCVTnB7fbq7QTsQqqB9fcxT4Df31WsgZ and let me know that you have. Or just transfer 0.01 bitcoins to test it works, and I will transfer it right back.

Acquired - One lunch box

Its about 18.5 x 18.5 cm which is only just bigger than the 17 x 17 cm that a mini-ITX board is. So could be quite a tight fit. Next step is the right motherboard. Looking to get a Atom D510 dual core as cheap as possible.

Lunch box Challenge.

The challenge is to build before the end of April a fully functional PC into a standard lunch box, for under £150!

So the the targets are:

Boot Up Time Target 30 Seconds (Time to display a new e-mail sat in inbox not previously downloaded)

DVD Rip Target 10 Mins (USB DVD Supplied if not built in drive)

DVD Convert to MP4 Target 2 hours

CD Rip to MP3 Target Ten Minutes (USB DVD Supplied if not built in drive)

Ten Bonus points for quietest machine

Ten Bonus points for the lowest power consumption (MP4 Convert)

Ten Bonus points for the lowest power consumption (idle)

Ten Bonus points for the neatest (Independent judge)

Ten Bonus points for the best design (Independent judge)

Point for every point under £150

Items not included in the £150 are the lunch box, and all fittings, mountings, buttons etc.

Also, A maximum of 2 eBay purchases.

How hard can it be?