[Hidden-tech] Offer: 3 1/2 blank floppy disks
Will Loving
will at dedicationtechnologies.com
Tue Jun 7 21:53:34 EDT 2011
Really, though, I have a box with several thousand disks. How many coasters
does one really need? Now if we could find a way to compost them or use them
as raw material in asphalt or to replace cinder blocks, then we really be
making progress. I do recall years ago reading about a fellow who insulated
his house with bags of ³perfora², the perforated, tear-off edge paper from
tractor feed dot-matrix printers that people mailed to him...
on 6/7/11 5:17 PM, Lynne Rudié at lynnerudie at verizon.net wrote:
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> 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
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> On Jun 7, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Claire Spencer wrote:
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>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
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>> fyi -
>> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/reuse-recycle-floppy-disks.ht
>> ml
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 10 Ways To Reuse or Recycle Floppy Disks
>>
>>
>> By Josh Peterson <http://planetgreen.discovery.com/author/josh-peterson/>
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Send them to Greendisk
>> 2. Greendisk <http://www.greendisk.com/gdsite/Default.aspx> is a company
>> that recycles floppy disks and about any sort of techno trash
>> <http://www.greendisk.com/gdsite/Default.aspx> that you can think of. That
>> means you, Zip drive.
>> 3.
>> 4. Floppy Disk Bag
>> 5.
>> 6. Instructables <http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/> 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.
>> 7.
>> 8. Floppy Disk Notepad
>> 9.
>> 10. This little gadget from Etsy uses floppy disks as a holder for notebook
>> paper <http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6278790> . It's real
>> useful, pocket-sized and the floppy disk surfaces can be reused. Gearlog
>> <http://www.gearlog.com/2006/10/a_practical_use_for_floppies_t.php> shows
>> you how to make your own.
>> 11.
>> 12. Use them in a DIY RAID Drive
>> 13.
>> 14. You can build a RAID drive <http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm> out
>> of what is probably considered trash to most. If you don't like that
>> suggestion, go glue an abacus to your computer.
>> 15.
>> 16. Floppy Disk Pen Holder
>> 17.
>> 18. Make a floppy disk box
>> <http://www.feelthefunk.com/past_posts.php?sid=144> . Put pens in. Take pen
>> out. Write on floppy disk notepad. You did good.
>> 19.
>> 20. Floppy Disk CD Holders
>> 21.
>> 22. I have to get this tip in before CDs go obsolete
>> <http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/reuse-waste-cds.html> . You
>> can take those old, old floppy disks (the actually floppy ones) and cut them
>> open. A CD or DVD
>> <http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/reuse-donate-unwanted-dvds.h
>> tml> will fit in there. Wikihow tells you how
>> <http://www.wikihow.com/Recycle-5.25%22-Floppy-Disks> .
>> 23.
>> 24. Letter Holder
>> 25.
>> 26. Mikeups <http://www.youtube.com/user/mikeups> , YouTube contributor,
>> shows us how to make a letter holder, a pen holder and cubby holes out of
>> floppy disks
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tjv3Y8b14Q&eurl=http://www.instructables.com
>> /id/Floppy-Re-use_1/> .
>> 27.
>> 28. Floppy Disk Dot Com Will Buy Your Disks!
>> 29.
>> 30.
>> 31. From FloppyDisk.com <http://floppydisk.com/> :
>> 32.
>> 33.
>> 34. 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.
>> 35.
>> 36. It's easy. Just send your discs to:
>> 37.
>> 38. Floppydisk Recycle Program
>> 39. 2620 Walnut Ave Unit D
>> 40. Tustin, CA 92780-7028
>> 41.
>> 42. If you have 500 or more disks to recycle, we pay 2 cents each for discs.
>> 43.
>> 44. Two cents per disk? 501 disks equals $10.02. That's decent money for what
>> is essentially garbage.
>> 45.
>> 46. Donate them to the ACT Recycling Program
>> 47.
>> 48. ACT is a program that employs the mentally challenged
>> <http://www.actrecycling.org/donations/disks.asp> . They also recycle floppy
>> disks. "Lend a hand and get rid of a floppy disk," that's my motto.
>> 49.
>> 50. Turn a Floppy Disk into a USB Drive
>> 51.
>> 52. Thomas O Connor, managed to turn a floppy disk into a USB drive
>> <http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/laptop-accessories/floppy-disk-turned-usb-dri
>> ve-066166> .
>> * Bonus:
>> *
>> * Make a little Starship Enterprise
>> <http://www.asciipr0n.com/archive/0013/bonnie/craft/> .
>>
>>
>> <http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/reuse-recycle-floppy-disks.h
>> tml>
>> 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:
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>>> At 10:35 AM -0400 6/7/11, Stacy Kontrabecki wrote:
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>>>> >Anyone have any use for these? I have dozens.
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