After the cube case, I realized it's not good if you're like me and you move every few months. I set out to make a more standard case, constructed of wood to be strong and durable. Unfortunately I didn't take finished pics, but now that I'm past it's use (I used it for 2 years) I still have it in my closet at home. I'll try to take some pics next time I'm there, I'm sorry I won't have any pics of electronics in it, but it was spectacular.

My pristine piece of plywood!

Radial arm saw angle 1.

Radial arm saw blade.

Radial arm saw angle 2.

Gross pieces of the case I originally cut.

Formation of the box.

Marking the bay shelf distances on the chassy wall.

Measuring out the width of the chassy shelves against my hard drive chassy.

See, it fits pretty!

Dad helped me a ton with the cutting, since I only had about a week to make it.

From this pic, you can see the first mock up of the case.

Front view, notice the 6 5.25 bays and the 2 3.5 bays.

Rear view, with the power supply and the card slots, before putting the duct hole in.

Wood split when cutting out the card slots, but I ended up ditching this piece anyway.

The shelves between the drives were holed out for ventilation.

How I made those holes, with a 2 inch hole saw.

Second mock up with all the edges cleaned up.

You can see that I cleaned up all the holes and made more chassies for the power supply and stuff.

Another angle, it's sweet.

The cleaned up rear end.

Inside of the chassy wall with the grooves and screw holes drilled.

Detail of the 3.5 inch bay wall.

Duct slot in the back of the case so a duct to the CPU is getting fresh air always.

Optional plug for the duct hole, in case I don't like the duct (which I never ended up using).

Duct and plug.

Detail on back of the plug.

Side of plug.

All pieces laid out ready for staining.

Half on pieces. . .

. . .and the other half.

Beginning of the white stain process, I stained the inside white.

The stain.

Unnecessary picture of an intermediate point.

Stained chassy being glued together.

Stained wood and it's looking good! The white really popped, and lights will reflect color from inside.

The finishing nail gun which held the project together in conjunction with some wood glue.

Gluing and nailing the chassy in place, using the clamps to hold stuff in place.

2 details to notice in this pic, the 1/4 round that was used as the edging on the inside and the beginning of the border on the front to level it off.

Bottom border on the front.

Acrylic wall and door hinged by tape.

Open.

Front view with the completed border in the front with is level.

Check the screws holding the acrylic on, and the edging inside the case which is nailed and glied down as a frame. It's strong as heck.

Stained edge pieces.

Late pic of cutting the window.

Inside pic of good frame pieces.

More structure.

Front structure.

Ok, I've decided that this site needs new focus. It needs new direction. I know I'm kinda boring, I know not many of you care, but I've decided to now make an all out effort to go out, find things on the internet that are interesting, and present them to you. I swear, I will turn this site into the next Yahoo!!! All you need to do is tell people to read, and tell me if you like the site. So, without any further ado, I'm going to present my usual rantings, and then get onto the good stuff.
  So, here's what's been going down in the last few days, yo. As far as the computer goes, I'm working on the decorations. 'Nuff said. My dad and I like took apart my car, he was ocnvinced we could find what was wrong, but instead he just powerwashed the inside of the engine and replaced some of the fluids, and now the fan belts squeal. Great. Now my car just sucks. I redeemed it a little by taking off the bumpers and fixing them and putting them back on (I got hit once and Meg got hit once, they're ok but coming off a little and had messed up paint) So it's done. What else? I took apart the tuner I bought a year ago for 12 bucks, an ONKYO TX-38, which has CD, phono, 2 tape, 2 VCR control with AM FM and 16 preset memory, 4 55 watt channels, and a whole lotta sound, and tuned it up, there was a few things I didn't know how to work on it which I figured out. Man, lemme tell you people something. Buy broken stuff. I got this because it was supposedly broken, and when I got it I had it fixed in 5 minutes. Then, the camcorder I'm fixing. 15 bucks. When I got it, it had no picture coming through the viewfinder. Now, it has picture, but in putting it back together I messed up the record mechanism. When I fix that, I'll have a cool new toy. And the 10 buck 5 CD changer. And the 10 buck VCR. And 4 speakers I got from a stereo someone gave me to fix and abandoned. See? Cool stereo, less than 50 bucks. Beat that. Anyway, it works completely now, and I'm really happy. I'm working with Jason, my Ex roommate, on building an acrylic case for him, and that's gonna start tomorrow. What else? I was selected as a peer advisor at Muir, so that's really, really cool. I'm really excited and honored, so if you chose me for that, thanks, whoever you are. I'm all packed up to go to school the 12th, I'm going down for transfer orientation and bringing a bunch of stuff to Jenn's apartment, and storing it there until I move into mine. I don't get the key to my apt til the 20th, so I need to put my stuff somewhere while I'm there from the 16th. I have been busy here ripping DVD's and building new computers, otherwise I don't have much going on. If this whole dialogue seems a little disjoined, it's because I've been watching Lexx this whole time. Good show, I'll link you to the site soon.
  So now, onto the good stuff. First, as I promised, Lexx's Website Why is this show cool? It has all the geeky elements of your classic sci-fi drama: Space, space ships, aliens, the dead, computers, and explosions. But the thing that makes this show stand out is that it's go tmore girls in skimpy clothes than you can imagine. And the innuendos are charming. For instance, the dead in the show live off of protoblood. When the queen of the dead were about to kill Kai, the protagonistic dead, she is doing it to drain his blood for herself. She makes sure to tell him, "I plan to suck up every last drop of you." Every drop of protoblood, people. See? Cool show, dead killing other dead. OK, now onto the next cool thing. Like movies? So do I. That's why I like www.DarkHorizons.com.. It's got all the info on new movies, and a lot of other cool stuff too. I used to do movie reviews for the school paper, and this is where I did all my research. Two thumbs up. Good site. Ok, last site for the day. DO you like to mess with things at home? Blow them up? Make smoke? Then go here for some home experiments. You'll like them.
   So that's it, have fun people, and I'll talk to you soon. Later fans.

Ok, jsut a small entry today, with some updates on stuff. Here's the new cell phone I got: Samsung SPH-460 It's awesome. Umm, the case is up on several great websites, Virtual Hideout and www.fast-mhz.com. Check them out, see how I'm doing, and if you know of any other places that feature mods, tell me, jgullo@ucsd.edu. And show other people my case site!!! Umm, what else, Alfred and I have been going around finding the ends of streets around here, jsut driving and celebrating when we find the end. It's fun. A lot of streets end right by me. We may make a documentary about it. I've been working on the case and the lights, so we'll see how they work. Umm, what else? Making plans to move back to SD, working with a friend to get him a gf, he's desparate, and designing more cases. Not much other stuff. TTYL, adios.

Here I am again, yes, I'm sorry, I am still writing on this site, they haven't fired me yet. That would suck, it's my site. So, we gave my dad his gifts today, since it's his B-day, that was fun, and I made him a cake, and it fell apart. Yea. Not happy. Um, I got a new cell phone, the Samsung SPH-A460. I's freaking awesome, everyone should get one. Ok, new stuff. I found this website, it's got an offensive name but has some really funny stuff, www.kissmyass.com. I recommend the "funny laws" section. It's a riot. I'm trying to hit you with all my links, just do you start reading again. ALLRIGHT, I'M SORRY, I KNOW I DIDN'T WRITE FOR A DARN MONTH, I'M SORRY, AND I KNOW YOU ALL HATE ME, SO I'M TRYING TO WIN YOU ALL BACK WITH THE WIT I FIND ON THE INTERNET!!! POKE THE BUNNY!!! OK, I'M SORRY!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!! I'M SORRY!!! LOVE ME AGAIN!!! AGGGHHH!!! ::Joe passes out:: ::Joseph Gullo was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:09 AM on September 3, 2002:: ::Joseph Gullo was taken to a better hospital where his condition was upgraded to alive at 1:10 Am on September 3, 2002:: Hey everyone, sorry about that, I get touchy sometimes. I'm coming to the end of my latest 200 CD movie wallet, time to start on the next. I'm excited. Umm, not much else news. Hang on, lemme check my favorites to look for more funny stuff. Nope, none. Night.

Holy crapoli, this has been a long tim esince I updated the site. Well, first I'll update you on what I've been doing this summer. After summer session, I was here, in Villa Park for a week, where I worked on the Orientation CD and got it finished. Afterwards, I went to San Jose to visit Jenn for 10 days. In that time, we went to Raging Waters and went camping for 7 days. It was fun, I have pictures here. Her dad and brother taught me to fish, and we caught a lot. I mean, 2 the first day (1 was mine) 8 the next day (2 were mine) and 12 the last day (4 were mine). I was excited, they said it was probably the most they ever caught in one trip. Umm, I got a big knife too for dicing fish up, it's nifty. Hmm, so I came home, and began work on the case you've all read so much about. I worked on the dang thing from 9 in the morning til midnight every night for a week, and it's finally done. Right, look at some pre-completion pictures here. Wow, and what a project, more pictures once my digital camera is sent back to me fixed. Hmm, so it's all built, and I had some extra parts, and I decided to try to make another computer. I needed some other parts, so I went to the swap meet near LAX, and what a gold mine. AGP 32 meg TNT 2 for 5 bucks, 10/100 network card for 3, a 5 CD changer for 10, a huge toolbox for 12, and, the best deal, a Targus palm pilot keyboard for the Jornada for 25. Wow. I was also looking for a KVM for nest year for 2/3 computers, but they are expensive and tough to find. Anyway, Ed and I are talking about actually making these computers to sell, he thinks he has a way to get the acrylic cut so all we have to do is glue it an fill it with parts. Good idea, but I need more time than during school. ok, what else? Umm, the 2nd is Jenn and my 11 month anniversary, coming up on a year!!! I'm excited! And, the 2nd of this month is my Dad's b-day, and we went to Disneyland today. That was interesting. To say the least. Let's jsut say it was 104 out, and my parents don't like rough rides or long lines. Or heat. Hmm. Umm, I've been thinking of stuff to get Jenn for the anniversary, and at Disneyland today, I had an epiphany. I know what to get her. And she'd love for me to tell you right now, since then she'd read it and know. I don't think so. Wow, I'm really tired, you can tell. I've been up sonce 7, and it's 2. And I went to Disney. Long day. Hmm, I learned this month that Dave Thomas died, you know, the guy from Wendys, and I was sad. Apparantly it was a long time ago, but I'm kinda out of the loop and didn't know. So, I figure we should have a moment of silence for the guy, since he was so great, and I didn't know when he died. K, moment over, just don't forget about him, he ruled. Ok, other beef I'm having lately. I have found new artists to hate. I repeat, verbatum from the MTV VMA's: "Man, I'm way too drunk to be getting an award." Yes, that was brought to you by Pink, as she won an award. then Michelle Branch, upon winning Video of the Year, announced she was drunker than Pink. Clearly, since they won awards, they are popular, and it follows that they're role models. What do you have to say about that? That's America's youth's role models. And Ludacris, as long as I'm on a role, has a song about "Ho's in different area codes," indicating that he cheats on his clearly many girlfriends by keeping them far apart. Now, males are always portrayed as the chauvanistic sex, but this song has changed all that. Men, who in the song are portrayed as propogating women's naive carnal servitude, are merely expanding on this stereotype, which should disgust any women who ever believed in sexual equality. But, my friends, I tell you now, I have seen the niavete in today's society, and I have seen women unkowingly (Or more terrifying, knowingly) reduce themselves back to sex slaves by supporting the song and the artist. Furthermore, I have seen, and people, I tell you I have seen women actually celebrate the song in the dorm of dance. WOMEN DANCE TO THIS SONG. Sad, it's all I can say. K, now I'm all worked up, I'm going to sleep, night ya'll.