A broken PowerBook, an IKEA cabinet, and a guy with an Allen wrench walk into a bar…

Spruce up your next cocktail party by giving your guests the full cocktail bar experience.  Blogger Frederic Sebton describes how he turned a regular glass-top IKEA RAMVIK sideboard into a full-blown cocktail arcade cabinet using a busted PowerBook and a bit of elbow grease.

So call up your friends on that new iPhone, turn the lights down low, and plug in Galaga… it’s time to party!

Ken Fager posted the mod of the week on his Flickr stream with his Nintendo DS running Mac System Software 6.

Ken gave TUAW the gritty details of how he achieved the mod.

"First, grab a DS flash card and install MiniVMacDS onto its root directory.

Once that's done, place the Mac Plus ROM into the "vmac" folder along with a System 6/7 install disk (you can make a blank disk image using Disk Utility).

Finally, turn on the DS and select MiniVMacDS. It will boot the disk images. From there, install (minimal) System 6 onto the blank disk image."

Well played Ken, well played. 

Check out the DS keyboard after the jump. 

Case modder, Hideo Takano, placed his Mac mini into a custom built case that resembles the Mac Pro tower. The side of the case even opens to reveal the enclosed hard drive. Takano also added a USB port and power button to the front of his mini tower.

If you think you have the mad skills to recreate this masterpiece, Takano has posted a how-to to create your own. The original directions are in Japanese, but the power of Google Translate could get a few brave souls on their way.

Our favorite translated step: And this is part of the hole in the earth and many offer a table in the front part.