[Noisebridge-discuss] more free junk!

[jim]

   i'm for you and everyone else bringing things that 
they think have value. 
   most stuff i assume will be for hacking, and much 
of the stuff will be unused. 
   i'm up for helping regularly to take hackable stuff 
that's been sitting around to the e-waste area near 
the elevator and even off premises to some kind of 
dump. i know there are others similarly willing. 
   to discourage people from bringing stuff to NB is 
to discourage opportunities for somebody's idea of 
treasure. i'd rather welcome opportunities and pay 
the price of weeding out stuff, and i'll put out to 
help out. 
   thanks for the stuff. ignore negative assumptions. 




On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 12:12 -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
> Thanks to the kind help of Peter and other anonymous assistants, all 
> this stuff is unloaded and safely in NB.
> 
> I did hear an unpleasant comment on the way: One of the haulers said 
> "It's all going to end up as junk, so why don't we just throw it out".
> 
> I resent that.
> 
> I've been carefully sorting out the tons of stuff that pass through my 
> hands, selecting items that I'm pretty sure will be useful, and in all 
> cases, asking via email first if anyone wants these items.
> 
> In addition, I always state in my email that if there is anything left 
> over after everyone has picked over the collection, I will take 
> responsibility for  recycling and/or disposing of these items. I fully 
> understand how a place like NB could easily become a dumping ground for 
> everyone's unwanted items, and I have no intention of using NB as such.
> 
> I take the time and energy to store all the stuff until there is a big 
> enough pile, and then load it in my car and bring it over.
> 
> If this is not wanted, I'll stop doing this. But if anyone finds this 
> useful, I would appreciate an apology from anyone who thinks this isn't 
> the case.
> 
> I don't have the funds to support NB with money, but I have brought over 
> some pretty useful material donations, I think.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Michael Shiloh wrote:
> > just in time for the ewaste pickup on thursday and the party today, i 
> > finally loaded up my car with all the stuff i've had collected for you 
> > at the crucible.
> > 
> > i'll bring it by saturday late morning, after the party. since this is 
> > the day after the party, i would like to make sure someone will be 
> > there. please let me know.
> > 
> > included are various items that i've corresponded with people about:
> > 
> > * old tower computers for someone who was more interested in the cases. 
> > motherboards with parallel ports might be useful for alarm and mill 
> > projects.
> > 
> > * old laptops for embedded development
> > 
> > * bunch of pic and other programmable boards, including i think some 
> > cheap radio modems
> > 
> > * motorized mirror disco thing
> > 
> > * a monitor, if nye wants (let me know today, i could dump it on someone 
> > else)
> > 
> > as usual, if none of it is desired, i will pick up the junk and dispose 
> > of properly
> > 
> > ok?
> > 
> > 
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