Meaning of Macquarium | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Macquarium.
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2. An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer.

Examples

“Matt’s MacQuarium page could glue you to the screen, especially if you’re avoiding an odius^([sic]) chore. […] The MacInTouch Home Page and EvangeList are the most useful, but my favorite is Matt’s MacQuarium Page. Turning my old Mac SE into a fish⟳ tank has always seemed like⟳ a neat idea.”

“Perhaps his [Andy Ihnatko’s] greatest accomplishment is his 60-page manual on the building of a MacQuarium, a functioning 2.5-gallon fish⟳ tank made from a converted classic Mac.”

“Then he [Andy Ihnatko] produced detailed instructions so that others could create⟳ “The Original MacQuarium.” Immediately upon reading these instructions, Ihnatko’s girlfriend announced, “This is what you’ve been working on for the past two months!”, and dumped him. [Terry] Spicknell, who teaches music at Edward Hand Middle School, says his wife recently had a similar reaction after hearing that he might continue⟳ making MacQuariums based on Ihnatko’s instructions. […] Spicknell has turned seven old Mac computers into MacQuariums. […] There are few things on this earth that are funnier than a MacQuarium.”

“You may want⟳ to join⟳ the MacQuarium movement, launched in 1992 by Andy Ihnatko, a columnist for the defunct MacUser magazine. […] Now there are MacQuariums everywhere!”

“The last⟳ time I bought something on EBay,^([sic]) it was the old Macintosh I turned into a MacQuarium.”

“Trusty old Mac computers never die⟳, they morph — into MacQuariums.”

“Unwanted Mac computers can be transformed into MacQuariums, fish⟳ tanks made out of old “compact” Macintoshes. The Web site http://www.theapplecollection.com has instructions on how to build⟳, set⟳ up and outfit a MacQuarium with various fish⟳.”

“Still, an iMacQuarium isn’t the same beast as a MacQuarium. When I developed the original MacQuarium plans, Mac Classics were good for little more than becoming fish⟳ tanks.”

“The plan⟳ was to make⟳ the MacQuariums and give⟳ them back to district elementary and middle schools to inspire⟳ other students in the field of technology. […] [Jim] Knapp convinced his students, who were four years younger than [David] Fish⟳ and [Brett] West, that they could make⟳ a MacQuarium, too. […] The class ended up with 20 MacQuariums.”

“Some have⟳ taken their old Macintosh computers, filled them with water and goldfish and turned them into “MacQuariums.””

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