The “problem light” joke may sail right by those of you who aren’t Venture Brothers fans, but you could re-purpose this for almost any kind of stylish indicator you require. In fact, we’re thinking about making one as an “on-air” light to keep the riff-raff out while we podcast. Thankfully Patrick Kovacich posted a whole collection of photos on Flickr to show us the way.
Problem Light (Steampunk Edition) [Flickr] [via]
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[...] If you got a kick out of the steampunk-inspired “problem light” we posted a while back, you’ll enjoy this similar monitor mod. After ditching the boring black plastic case, this guy discovered that the whole monitor was encased in stamped sheet steel. A little metallic-gold Rustoleum plus some brown Krylon crystal color — and a lot of scavenged brass components from clocks and other stuff — yield what you see above. [...]