Claire -- this is great. But you forgot about what good coasters they make. And setting a mug of hot coffee down on an old floppy is a pretty good way to erase the data. Lynne On Jun 7, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Claire Spencer wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > fyi - http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/reuse-recycle-floppy-disks.html > > > 10 Ways To Reuse or Recycle Floppy Disks > By Josh Peterson > > > Send them to Greendisk > Greendisk is a company that recycles floppy disks and about any sort > of techno trash that you can think of. That means you, Zip drive. > > > Floppy Disk Bag > > Instructables has instructions on how to build a bag out of floppy > disks. Nothing says "bag made out of floppy disks" like a bag made > out of floppy disks. > > > > Floppy Disk Notepad > > This little gadget from Etsy uses floppy disks as a holder for > notebook paper. It's real useful, pocket-sized and the floppy disk > surfaces can be reused. Gearlog shows you how to make your own. > > > > Use them in a DIY RAID Drive > > You can build a RAID drive out of what is probably considered trash > to most. If you don't like that suggestion, go glue an abacus to > your computer. > > > > Floppy Disk Pen Holder > > Make a floppy disk box. Put pens in. Take pen out. Write on floppy > disk notepad. You did good. > > > > Floppy Disk CD Holders > > I have to get this tip in before CDs go obsolete. You can take those > old, old floppy disks (the actually floppy ones) and cut them open. > A CD or DVD will fit in there. Wikihow tells you how. > > > > Letter Holder > > Mikeups, YouTube contributor, shows us how to make a letter holder, > a pen holder and cubby holes out of floppy disks. > > > > Floppy Disk Dot Com Will Buy Your Disks! > > From FloppyDisk.com: > Recycling Program Extended to December 31, 2009. Send us your old > diskettes and we recycle them for use. It is not necessary to erase > or reformat the disks. We will erase the data and reformat the > diskettes here. > > It's easy. Just send your discs to: > > Floppydisk Recycle Program > 2620 Walnut Ave Unit D > Tustin, CA 92780-7028 > > If you have 500 or more disks to recycle, we pay 2 cents each for > discs. > > Two cents per disk? 501 disks equals $10.02. That's decent money for > what is essentially garbage. > > > Donate them to the ACT Recycling Program > > ACT is a program that employs the mentally challenged. They also > recycle floppy disks. "Lend a hand and get rid of a floppy disk," > that's my motto. > > > > Turn a Floppy Disk into a USB Drive > > Thomas O Connor, managed to turn a floppy disk into a USB drive. > > > Bonus: > > Make a little Starship Enterprise. > > > Claire Spencer > MBA Candidate 2012 > The Isenberg School > (413) 847-1126 > > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Shel Horowitz <shel at frugalfun.com> > wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > At 10:35 AM -0400 6/7/11, Stacy Kontrabecki wrote: > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the > member's area. > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > >Anyone have any use for these? 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