Those Bright LEDs!
I never thought I’d find myself saying this, but I really think the LEDs I bought are too bright, lol. At least for the portato LED display thing I made for this computer. To actually look at them causes spotty vision, d’oh! I do have these neat half round ‘buttons’ I can place in front of them though which diffuses the light enough to not be blinding. Another option is to use the acrylic ‘tubing’ that I also bought from US Plastics, it creates an interesting tube of light. I’ll figure it out, regardless though it does look very ‘cool’ in a geek chic sort of way.
I finally managed to drill the holes in the sides of the glowpads, whoo! I just went super slow and very carefully. When I finally got to the third one, mine btw, I did accidently melt through a little bit, but thankfully it was on the ‘back’ side and only a minor melt through, so it’s okay ultimately. I’m hoping the 3mm blue LEDs arrive soon, considering how quickly they were shipped originally I’m sure they’ll be here either today or tomorrow… err, well, not sure, but wishful thinking at least.