My husband will love this! Gotta find the article. He is Uptight Insulators, retrofitting homes with dense-pack cellulose insulation, aka recycled newsprint. Perfora. Nice! Can we shingle/shake a house with the floppies? Sounds like we have enough? The shingles on the side of my garage need replacing... Stacy On 6/7/11 9:53 PM, Will Loving wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > 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 "perfora", > 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: > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the > member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > <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.html> > 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/ > <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-drive-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.html> > > 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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