I've got to get rid of a bunch of old stuff myself.I know that feeling all too well. Why is it so hard toss old gear? Oh, I know. Cuz ya look at it and say "I paid $xxxx for that, I can't throw it away".
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omnis_audis - May 18, 2008 10:18:06 am PDT #6261 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
megan walker - May 18, 2008 10:23:39 am PDT #6262 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Why is it so hard toss old gear? Oh, I know. Cuz ya look at it and say "I paid $xxxx for that, I can't throw it away".
It's hard not to think that (I have that problem with clothes), but a key thing in getting rid of stuff is asking "What would I pay for that today?" instead.
Of course, some things are naturally easier to get rid of because they are either easily recyclable or usable for someone else and you can feel good about getting rid of it. Tech gear is often neither.
omnis_audis - May 18, 2008 10:53:53 am PDT #6263 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
but a key thing in getting rid of stuff is asking "What would I pay for that today?" instead.
Megan is wise! That will help. Rationalizing, it's a wonderful thing.
Of course, some things are naturally easier to get rid of because they are either easily recyclable or usable for someone else and you can feel good about getting rid of it. Tech gear is often neither.
Ya, the hard drives are the hardest part to just toss. They work fine. It's just they are SCSI drives, and nobody uses SCSI. And 2 GB. As ND said last night, flash drives are smaller with more storage than that.
So? anyone need modems? I think the last one was a 56k.
:: cricket echoing in an empty room ::
ok, then I guess it gets tossed in the pile for toxic recylce.
NoiseDesign - May 18, 2008 11:00:37 am PDT #6264 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I recycled something like 15 56k modems about 4 years ago. The are just useless.
omnis_audis - May 18, 2008 2:40:36 pm PDT #6265 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
ya, that's what I figure. Can't even use it as a fax line, since it has old school connections.
DCJensen - May 18, 2008 3:58:43 pm PDT #6266 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
56k modems are still being used in rural areas where DSL/broadband no longer goes.
Of course everyone who needs one now gets it with their PC, usually.
I have a couple for failover uses and troubleshooting.
DCJensen - May 18, 2008 4:26:13 pm PDT #6267 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Daniel, since my tech goddessyness remains somewhat superficial, I am not planning to put this scary pile o' parts back together. I will let ND look at it, but if he doesn't want it, the pieces will head your way.
I can send you the original 80GB drive, actually, once we purge it. The one I removed was the new 160GB.
So ND, have you had a chance to look at her old macbook, yet?
t he asks innocently...
Pix - May 18, 2008 4:28:59 pm PDT #6268 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.
It's buried in a pile of godknowswhat in a corner of our dining room. It hasn't moved since I disassembled it. I haven't purged the harddrive and would have to find motivation to go through the process of pulling out the 160 GB drive from the casing, replacing it with the 80 GB drive, purging it, and then putting the 160 back. All of which I can do but haven't till this point.
I=lazy
NoiseDesign - May 18, 2008 5:05:02 pm PDT #6269 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
It's on my list with a fair amount of other stuff. Once I can get the data moved to another drive and then wipe that one then I'll take a look at the machine to see if there's a place we can put it to good use, if not we'll probably send it your way.
DCJensen - May 18, 2008 5:17:59 pm PDT #6270 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Aha. No hurry. I was just reminded of it by my conversation with Omnis.
That and spilled soup seems to have recently happened to the top 1/3 of the trackpad on the Powerbook I bought from you for Andi.