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February 6, 2007 8:45 AM PST

Desk + Mini = Mini Desk

by Caroline McCarthy
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(Credit: Uncrate)

I'm guessing this contraption is geared toward the burgeoning demographic of well-moneyed executives who loved their race car-shaped beds when they were kids and still haven't gotten over their affinities for automorphic furniture. This little gem of a desk is shaped just like a Mini, although the dimensions of the desk actually look more spacious than those of the pint-sized novelty car that inspired it. There's even a stereo in the "dashboard."

You can customize just about everything: desk top, color, tires, and license plates. For that last one, I recommend "CORPRT HO."

(Via Uncrate.)

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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Sweet! Needs Mac Mini with Mini iPod though.
by VegasOnline February 6, 2007 9:27 AM PST
Maybe use a reverse fuel pump, load the fuel tank with your favorite beverage, then add a spout to the tank opening.<br /><br />Replace the bland laptop with a Mac Mini complete with iPod Mini, and this is a killer set up.<br /><br />Maybe an app that syncs the Mini's lights to the beats played thru iTunes?
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The reverse fuel pump
by caroline.mccarthy February 6, 2007 3:47 PM PST
is SUCH A GOOD IDEA! :)
It **is** a Mini
by Jim_Cooper April 16, 2007 11:50 PM PDT
This desk is not shaped like a Mini, it actually **is** a mini. It was first done by the people restoring an old waterworks on a show in the UK :<br /><br /><a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/houses/C/chesterfield.html" target="_newWindow">http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/houses/C/chesterfield.html</a>
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