Ever found yourself with 70 decommissioned SCSI hard drives and an awful, awful lot of free time on your hands? If so, and you’re bursting with holiday spirit, perhaps you’ll choose to do the same as an apparent sys admin who goes by the name of Trigger. He took those drives from RAID arrays destined for the scrap heap and, rather than perform the DoD wipe that would have otherwise been required, chose to build this lovely — if somewhat askew (see below) — “tree” from the bevy of mirrored platters within. In fact the geeky holiday decor was made entirely from the bits and pieces within the drives, the lone exception being a nut purchased for $.39, making it a far more affordable project than yesterday’s OLED tree. It’s impressive to behold, but given the amount of personal data within, we think it’s probably more likely to spread lawsuits than cheer this season.

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