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1) Get a computer that's a decade old -- there are plenty of these lying around, they're easy to acquire. You can't even check your email or surf the web with these dinosaurs anymore, the most they can be used for is a paper weight.
2) Prepare a slide show of about 100 images on a CD-rom. These images can be anything you want -- photographs, pictures of paintings, anything -- but remember that they will only be viewed for a few seconds each, so keep the text to a minimum.
3) Appropriate a corporate newspaper vending box. You may need industrial-strength loppers to cut the cable that keeps the box locked down in place. Loppers can be purchased in any old hardware store. You'll also need a new lock for the box.
4) And while you're at that hardware store buying loppers, pick up a small portable battery pack with regular electrical outlets, the kind that's used for camping trips. Charge it up, install it in the bottom of the vending box, and plug the computer into it.
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OR 3) Find an old garbage can or oil drum. To make it heavy so it can't be easily moved, fill the bottom of the bin with bricks or concrete blocks. Get a plate of plexiglass to cover the top of the container, and screw it down with L-brackets. 4) Instead of a battery pack, buy a 50-foot extension cord that's suitable for outdoor use. Drill a small hole in the bottom of the container, and feed the extension cord through it and out to the closest outdoor electrical outlet on your property. 5) In the center of the vending box, where there was once a stack of newspapers, install the computer monitor. If the computer itself is a separate component from the monitor, install the computer at the bottom of the box, then install the monitor. 6) Decorate the outside of the vending box to reflect its new use. You may use the DIYTV logo freely, if you wish. Take the vending box to its new home, start up the slide show to repeat indefinitely, and lock up the box. Voila! REAL People's TV. 7) On the back of the box, make it clear to passers-by that there is no television inside the box, only an old computer pushing the double digits, of no use to anyone. People are always leaving old TVs out on the street nowadays, anyways. 8) It's also important to allow people to give you feedback. If you can, cut a slit in the back of the box so people can leave you messages. Let people know that you are open to their feedback, and leave them one of your e-mail addresses, as well. |