MacQuarium

MacQuarium (plural MacQuariums)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Macquarium.
   • 1997 January 2, James Cook, “On the Internet: Pining for a Bookmark Housekeeper: Which is worse: taking down the tree, or cleaning your list of favorite Web sites?”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 119, number 2, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Get Out: The Entertainment Magazine of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch” supplement, page 40, columns 2–3:

     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.

   • 1998 August 27, “Online Chat”, in The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C6, column 1:

     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.

   • 1999 October 26, Jack Brubaker, “What to do with that outdated computer? Why not turn it into an aquarium?”, in Robert J. Kozak, editor, Lancaster New Era, 123rd year, number 38,357, Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Newspapers, →OCLC, page A-14, columns 1–4:

     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.

   • 1999 December 22, Alex Beam, “Computer skeletons in our closet”, in The Boston Globe, volume 256, number 175, Boston, Mass.: Globe Newspaper Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page F1, column 1:

     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!

   • 2000 July 3, Stephen Jacobs, “Gadget Boy: E-commerce gets up close, personal”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.: Gannett Rochester Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3F, columns 3–4:

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

   • 2000 July 20, Sam Vincent Meddis, “The Net: New & notable: It was a dark and stormy night …: Your Mac sleeps with the fishes”, in USA Today, Arlington, Va.: Gannett Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3D, column 2:

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

   • 2001 February 26, Michelle Johnson, “Just bought a new PC or Mac? Give old, unwanted personal computers new life”, in Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3A, column 4:

     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.

   • 2001 March, Andy Ihnatko, “MacQuarium Revisited: What Can You Do with Your Aging iMac? GO FISH!”, in Andrew Gore, editor, Macworld, San Francisco, Calif.: Mac Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27, column 2:

     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.

   • 2003 May 29, Susan Baldrige, “Technical schools: These fish are finding new homes in old computers”, in Ernest J. Schreiber, editor, Lancaster New Era, 127th year, number 39,470, Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Newspapers, →OCLC, pages B1–B2:

     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.

   • 2006 April 8, Ellen Lee, “An Apple Today: Fans share one thing in common – the preference for a certain brand of computer”, in Northwest Herald, volume 21, number 98, Crystal Lake, Ill.: NorthWest News Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8E, column 5:

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