What better way to get your child into Linux than by building this creation. Put simply, a geeky dad used a “Linux box and a custom program to get the CD drive to repeatedly open and close.” Video after the break.

They then tied a string between their kid’s car seat and the drive, and voila, automatic baby rocker.

{via Dvice]

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