I can't eject a disk

I was trying to boot my mini off a Disk Warrior DVD. It only boots to a startup screen but doesn't go any further. Now I just want to eject the disk and I can't. If I shut it off it just tries to boot off the disk but it never gets to the point where I can use the keyboard eject. I currently have the case cracked open but I don't see anywhere that I can use the old paper clip trick. Is there any way I can get this disk out of the drive?

I can tell you how to do it, but be VERY careful and don't sue me if it makes it worse....
if you carefully put something in the disk opening like a credit card...something non metalic...you are going to attempt to just softly nudge the dvd...this should cause the mini to sense a "severe tracking error" and auto eject the dvd.
just noticed the new mini i have added a "eject" button on the unit...thats awesome.

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