DingleBerries Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Saw this on HackADay a little while back and thought it was a pretty neat idea. What do you guys think? LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 GAH! i wont be there til next sept, ill have to call my aunt and see what she can get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 GAH! i wont be there til next sept, ill have to call my aunt and see what she can get wait...what?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkdelauney Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Very cool... I've got boxes of stuff I can't make myself throw away, but will prolly never use. I'd feel better sending it off to a 'good home'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 If you are in the silicon valley area, pick one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Send me a PM so i can get a list together then I will post the rules and what not for it later. If at all possible ill set up a wiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 TGIMBOEJ HAK5 EDITI0N The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk is a mix between P2P and a Flea Market. You will recieve a box full of all types of things, motors, RAM, switches, broken circut boards, ect. Some of these items may come in handy with projects, some may not be so useful. Conditions: 1. You cannot talk about Fight Club 2. Be sure the all the items can fit in a USPS flat rate box. Also be sure its priority mail. 3. Take what you want, give what you can. 4. Please do not send it off with out trying to contribute something. 5. Photograph the box/contents when you receive it and post it to the forums, in the proper section. 6. Be sure to check off your name so that you do not receive the box twice, just to keep it fair. 7. Withing a decent time period, no more than 2 weeks, mail the box back off. Be sure to write down the name of the person you sent it to in that note book from step 6. 8. Purposely left blank. 9. Try to keep the contents off the box a semi-secret. The pictures will be a sort of indicator of whats in there, but do not disclose the items you put in there. This is so that no one is called out for putting to little or to much in the box. EDIT When you get the box there will be a spiral note book inside with the name of a person.. PM them on the Forums to get their address.. That way there isnt a list of hak3rs addresses floating around. PM me if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Calving (Splitting a Box) Sometimes the box gets too full and needs to be split. Follow the basic instructions on How to start a box for the second box. When you are starting off the new notebook, please note which box it was calved from and any donor information that ought to continue with both boxes. Also update the Box Tracking page to add the code name you've assigned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Box is being sent out Monday to the first person on the list. PM me to get a spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuchwun Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Crap i just tossed a bunch of old xbox parts. HDDS, dvdroms. It can still be salvaged though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Box is being sent out Monday to the first person on the list. PM me to get a spot. sending pm. this sounds interesting and i have boatloads of random junk. never thrown out any old pc weather it was broken or not. just salvaged w/e i thought might be useful in the future. just a random question. would things like old pc/os manuals be considered something that could be put in the box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 just a random question. would things like old pc/os manuals be considered something that could be put in the box? I have some XML books i was going to throw in there, but remember it has to fit in a flat rate box.. And Im sure the next person doesnt want the box to be full of books. They want to tinker ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I have some XML books i was going to throw in there, but remember it has to fit in a flat rate box.. And Im sure the next person doesnt want the box to be full of books. They want to tinker ;). true but ive got 2 manuals. one for win95 and one for the pc it came with. maybe they could become a permanent part of the box for a little reminiscing for those that receive it. they are pretty small. maybe 4-5inch tall and 3-4 inch wide. 1-2cm thick. both same size. of course i have other junk as well lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I got a 50lb A+ book fro whoever and netowkring fro dummies i might throw in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I got a 50lb A+ book fro whoever and netowkring fro dummies i might throw in id love either one lol. or at least a chance to read lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 Im sitting on a linux for dummies and C++ book. always handy to have documentation thats not online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Im sitting on a linux for dummies and C++ book. always handy to have documentation thats not online i now have an ubuntu 8.10 cd and stickers lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Got the box and am sending it out in a few days, for now, im in love with it, and am writing in "The Book" (national treasure reference). Pics are available, will put up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ha, great.. Glad you liked it. Do you have the next persons address already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ha, great.. Glad you liked it. Do you have the next persons address already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathdefyer2002 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I want in ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 i dont think i could fit you in a box, and itd be really expensive sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkdelauney Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 i dont think i could fit you in a box, and itd be really expensive sorry That's why you use a flat rate box... now the amount of compression needed to get a person in a flat rate box, that's another story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSenay Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Awesome idea guys, whoever has the box can add me to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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