Comments on: Computer Recycling at its finest http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/ Kickass info re CSS, WordPress Themes, ModX Templates, CubeCart Templates, CMS Templates, WebDev News, and occasional weird personal observations. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: vkaryl http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2149 vkaryl Wed, 10 May 2006 04:19:31 +0000 http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2149 Interesting - out here RS wouldn't touch recycle ANYTHING.... well, neither would anyone else, truthfully. Interesting – out here RS wouldn’t touch recycle ANYTHING…. well, neither would anyone else, truthfully.

]]> By: BJ http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2104 BJ Sun, 07 May 2006 21:00:58 +0000 http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2104 Hmm. Far as I know we have none of those around here. And 'puter equipment goes begging at the thrift shops, ends up getting tossed into landfills anyway, since I'm in a yuppified gentrified area where everyone wants and has newer bigger best . . . Someone suggested to call Radio Shack since they do battery recycling (cellphone, computer, anything lithium or nimh.) Hmm. Far as I know we have none of those around here. And ‘puter equipment goes begging at the thrift shops, ends up getting tossed into landfills anyway, since I’m in a yuppified gentrified area where everyone wants and has newer bigger best . . . Someone suggested to call Radio Shack since they do battery recycling (cellphone, computer, anything lithium or nimh.)

]]> By: vkaryl http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2080 vkaryl Sun, 07 May 2006 14:58:34 +0000 http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2080 Oh, another possibility: the Boys and Girls club(s) in your area - they ALWAYS need usable stuff, even if it's not state of the art.... Oh, another possibility: the Boys and Girls club(s) in your area – they ALWAYS need usable stuff, even if it’s not state of the art….

]]> By: vkaryl http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2071 vkaryl Sun, 07 May 2006 02:10:02 +0000 http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/05/computer-recycling-at-its-finest/#comment-2071 I've always donated usable-but-edging-into-antique stuff to the local junior high through college computer labs. Even if it's dated, it's still usable. Apropos of that: my second machine I bought in 1987. It was a 286 with a 40mg hdd. Nice at the time.... Well, guess what boys and girls? That piece of seriously antique machinery is still running part of the water company system in Mesquite NV. Amazing but true. I’ve always donated usable-but-edging-into-antique stuff to the local junior high through college computer labs. Even if it’s dated, it’s still usable.

Apropos of that: my second machine I bought in 1987. It was a 286 with a 40mg hdd. Nice at the time….

Well, guess what boys and girls? That piece of seriously antique machinery is still running part of the water company system in Mesquite NV.

Amazing but true.

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