Binge … purge …
I’m moving in a few weeks. As I’ve done in the past, I’m trying to reduce the amount of crap that I have to take with me. Those of you who have known me for a while should know that I’ve historically been a bit of a packrat, particularly when it comes to computer parts and other assorted gadgetry. The last couple of times I’ve moved, I’ve sold or given away lots of stuff too, but this time I really mean it. I’m going through all the boxes of gadgets and crap in my closet, and everything that I’m not absolutely sure I need to keep is going away. Anything I haven’t touched in a year is getting purged, mostly by offering it for free to my coworkers. It’s incredibly liberating, and I wish I had done this a long time ago. Busted laser printer? Gone. Giant box full of various cables and wires? Gone. 25-year-old camera kit that I haven’t used in 3 years? Gone, and to a good cause. All the extra old hard drives, video cards, scsi cards+cables, microphones, mice, assorted sticks of RAM … ALL GONE. I figure the money I save by not paying for this crap to be moved cross-country again makes it worthwhile to just give most of this away instead of dealing with selling items one at a time. It’s SO GREAT.
I’m even managing to get some money for some stuff here and there. I decided to sell off my trusty G4 tower, having realised that I’d prefer to have a mac mini that consumes 75% less energy and takes up 90% less desk space. Someone’s paying me like $600 for the thing! SO AWESOME!
I should probably think about getting rid of some books, too, considering that they’re roughly as dense as depleted uranium when packed into moving boxes, and some of these I’m pretty sure I’ll never actually look at again.
