We're building a room in our basement. We're not, but it's happening anyway. When it's done, the "den"-type room that holds the iMac, college couch, and my very best books and games will all go into this new "den"-type basement room with the rest of my books and games. The not-as-good ones.
Then we get two kids' rooms upstairs. One for each.
Unfortunately, in order to get somebody besides yourself to build a room, you have to first clean out the area. So this weekend we emptied 80% of the basement (one wing will remain unfinished), and I found some great old technology boxes that I finally sent off to recyclers and dumpsters unknown.
Man, what a lot of box for a mouse! Sure, the Apple // mouse was built like a brake pedal, but it didn't need that much foam and cardboard.
There's a 100% compatible Apple Disk Drive. Note the sale price: $140.
Ah, my first modem.
To answer your question: yes, I threw away the boxes. No, I didn't throw away the object. Maybe in another twenty years I'll feel confident enough to dump the 300 baud Hayes.
I did eliminate one monitor this week, the one that came with my college-era Performa 430. For whatever reason, I still kept the entire Apple // setup, including this AppleColor monitor.
Original Apple-branded styrofoam! And I threw it away!
I don't what to hear any comments about how much this was all worth. It was taking up space in my life, and freeing that up is worth more than waiting for theoretical eBay money.
At least, that's what Hoarders keeps telling me.
Let's jump ahead a few years to the beloved T-Mobile Sidekick. The world's first Awesome Phone.
I'm pouring a beverage on the floor in its memory.
There's our first iPod, a 10gig click wheeler. Here's my 2002 weblog entry where I first mentioned it, which is a pretty funny article because it makes fun of Matt and suggests that I bought an iPod mainly to entertain Mike.
I'm actually kind of annoyed that the iPod box didn't last ten years.
Here's some boxes that I maybe didn't trash. I kept the Wii and the PS3 boxes. That blue iMac box actually still has a blue iMac in it. But the Rock Band box is gone, and I think the Apple //c box is gone as well.
A lot of empty boxes have left my life. Probably a few more still to go. I noticed that a lot of my old toys and books and junk are packed inside boxes that are only half full. And poorly organized, to boot. I bet this project can keep me plenty occupied until the basement room is finished.
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