Where the frick did all this come from!
This afternoon, I continued to examine and test the tech-equipment I have accumulated over the years. And…yeah……where the frick did all this come from? A lot came from personal purchases that were eventually replaced…and then i didnt get rid of the old stuff. But a lot also came from friends, colleagues, and off-lease equipment that we sold at Lees-McRae. IE: the stuff that we bought from the leasing company at the end of the lease period, and then sold off to faculty and staff for pennies on the dollar.
I guess it’s official ( not like it wasn’t before), but i am a tech-pack-rat. I just can’t seem to let stuff go. It might be broken…it might never be worth keeping, but i’ll keep it “just in case.” I find myself saying that a lot when it comes to getting rid of old technology….i mean…WHAT IF i some day wanted to have 3 machines connected to each other and my television and my alarm clock so they can all play the same song to wake me up? I mean…i probably have the equipment to do that.
I have made the decision though….once this stuff is out of the house, i won’t be letting it happen again. I think it might have something to do with my new iMac being so clean, and the fact that my whole digital life can exist on one iMac and two external hard drives. I don’t need several other networked computers to back the files up to, because i have 3 terabytes of storage sitting on my desk that are doing automated redundant backups for me.
So…..i’m turning over a new leaf. No more old technology, unless i plan on using it within the next month. It will be much like my closet. When i wear clothes, and then wash and return them to the closet, i put them in the middle of the two racks. Then, over time, the clothes that are left on the ends of the racks are explicitly the ones i never wear. This makes it easy to get rid of them when the time comes. I just look at the end, and even if i love the clothes, i know i haven’t worn them in months, so they have to go. I think i might be able to do the same thing with the tech equipment, but on a smaller scale. Once i am down to my main office machine, melody’s yet to be built office machine, and the computers connected to the televisions in the house (2), that will be all.
Still seems like a lot, but compared to what there is now….it’s not. trust me 
