I hear that. My wife had a fit of inspiration one day a few years back,
though, and covered a bunch of the CDs with wallpaper and some frilly lace.
It really does look at least as good as most other coasters out there and
the wallpaper keeps the condensation under control.
Can't say we use them anymore now that we can afford honest to goodness REAL
coasters :-P
On Wednesday 07 May 2003 06:25 am, James wrote:
> Contrary to popular belief I never found CD's or CD-R's usable as
> coasters. I found the hole in the center of the disc to be a magnet for
> condensation and would produce marks on my tables and desks that were
> just as annoying when I forgot to use a coaster.
>
> On Wednesday 07 May 2003 12:22 pm, Ed Skinner wrote:
> > Cool!
> > The coaster I have on my desk, an AOL 8.0 CDROM, was getting
> > pretty grubby. Fortunately, today the postman brought a new issue of
> > Dr. Dobb's Journal and, included therein, was a Microsoft Server
> > Evaluation CDROM. I've trashed AOL's CDROM and put Microsoft in its
> > place, underneath my coffee mug. Thanks, Microsoft!
>
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