PWEB Portraits 2.0

[Petra456]

My kitten in one of her calm moments... Well, me too.

[ender1]

Look at what I found at the beach, a Fred!

[Gravity Defier]

Yay!

A Fred is the best possible thing you can find at a beach, even beating out a mermaid or a message in a bottle.

*procrastinating*

[Young Val]

when Nicole came to visit New York weeks ago, we met up and spent the afternoon into late, late evening together. i am the laziest person on earth, so i'm only just getting around to posting the picture now.

[ValentineNicole]

Hehe, yay! we're so cute, LOL. I <3 it.

[Dr. Mobius]

Yay!

A Fred is the best possible thing you can find at a beach, even beating out a mermaid or a message in a bottle.

*procrastinating*

How do you know she isn't a mermaid? When was the last time you saw her below the waist? We rarely even see her below the shoulders!

[neo-dragon]

That's actually a very good point.

[Petra456]

Do mermaids wear shoes? ; )

[powerfulcheese04]

Fred, I don't think a picture of shoes is definitive proof of shoe wearing... you could be a mermaid who stole someone's shoes in order to take a picture of them.

(We'll ignore for the time being how a mermaid would use the internet... as really, she shouldn't get her computer wet, they don't like that.)

[ender1]

I can confirm that she isn't a mermaid, sorry guys.

[neo-dragon]

Of course you'd say that. She may have bewitched you with her mermaid magic.

[Petra456]

Shhhh! You're going to give me away!

[Dr. Mobius]

Fins instead of feet would go a long way towards explaining your general clumsiness on land.

Though even a pair of legs wouldn't be definitive proof. Disney made sure of that.

The fear of fish thing is kinda weird, but I guess even mermaids are allowed a little craziness.

And Kim, if they can make waterproof cameras, it shouldn't be too much to assume they can waterproof other kinds of electronics too.

[Petra456]

Alright, some new pics : )

On our way to see Jersey Boys (Awesome!) in San Francisco.



And then me and my seal Ruff.

[Mich]

Not quite a portrait, but a project a friend and I did today, and I'm super excited about it! Feel free to comment upon my brilliance (I came up with the idea on Tuesday).

[Petra456]

... But what does it do?

(seriously though, is it just a phone or can you play games?)

[zeroguy]

... But what does it do?

No... I can't.... just no.

[wizzard]

... But what does it do?

That's the beauty of it! It doesn't do anything!

[Petra456]

I'm sorry, but I had to.

[Mich]

That's the beauty of it! It doesn't do anything!

Oh, but it does do stuff. It does. It just does less stuff than it seems it ought to.

[eriador]

post a step by step please
i'm really into this kind of stuff

[Mich]

If I had a digital camera, I totally would have taken pictures of the process and posted it online. However, since I did not, no complete documentation exists, so you'll have to go with an "I think this is what happened most likely, maybe" general sort of idea.

1) Open up GameBoy, remove all electronics. Save A, B, and Start buttons.
2) Open up cell phone's bottom half, remove battery, remove back cover.
3) Detach top half of cell phone from bottom half.
4) Open up cell phone's top half, take out both ring and call speakers, and vibrator.
5) Using dremel saw, cut a hole in the GameBoy's faceplate where you wish for the cell phone numpad to rest. This can take a while, as you want it to be a flush fit; cut too much, you'll have a hole.
5.5) If necessary, also cut into side of faceplate or bottom, to leave room for side buttons and power socket.
6) Glue the numpad in place using superglue.
7) Reattach battery plug-ins in a manner that fits.
Glue cell phone screen to GameBoy screen where you wish it to rest.
9) Drill small hole just above GameBoy screen for the phone's speaker.
10) Using hot glue, attach the various speakers as such:
A) Ring speaker where GameBoy speaker was
B) Talk speaker under hole just drilled
C) Vibrating speaker along back of GameBoy
11) Make sure there isn't anything you or I haven't forgotten.
12) Cover everything that you can inside the GameBoy with hot glue, to hold it in place.
13) Using caulk, fill in any holes or cracks you might have left.
14) Screw your new PhoneBoy back together.

I'm pretty sure that's what we did, but, really, it was all pretty intuitive, as long as you were careful. And I'm planning on going to Lowe's and having them color-match the GameBoy so that I can paint over the numpad.

[eriador]

What do the A and B buttons do?

And you might consider getting an insert for the screen that looks like a game, and then making the wallpaper on the phone match the part of the insert that it's in.

I <3 this!

[Mich]

The best part about the A & B buttons is that they do nothing!

And my friend who helped me a lot with this says he would be willing to do it again, but he would require payment. And your own GameBoy.

[eriador]

Haha. I'd do it myself, but thanks!

[Claire]

I got my bangs cut! Sorry the picture is so dark. The lady who cuts my hair kept dropping hints that she thinks bangs and long hair are juvenile and it will be hard for me to get a job if I keep my hair like this...but I don't believe her, I like it!

[Young Val]

i love your bangs!!!!!

i'm sooo envious of girls who can do side-swept bangs.

you look lovely!

[Petra456]

Very cute!

[daPyr0x]

Claire you look very pretty.

On that note, here are some examples of me looking anything but pretty :-p

My brothers getting bored with my cameraphone...


and

[Petra456]

You're pretty too cam.

: )

[shadow-petra]

Me vancouver trip![/img]

[wizzard]

heehee, silly Canadians.

[neo-dragon]

You know, I was just waiting for someone to have that reaction. You just had to take a picture between a bear and a moose in mountie uniforms. Could you have picked a bigger cliché? It's almost offensive!

[Rei]

Where exactly were those shots taken?

[VelvetElvis]

Canada! That's all that matters! I said Canada, now laugh!