One man’s junk…can still be that dude’s junk. But oh, it can be repurposed into something functional and amazing!
-As of June 2008, there have been more than 1 billion personal computers distributed worldwide.
-The average American goes through a cell phone every 12 to 18 months, leaving 700 million sitting in desk drawers for a rainy day.
Those are just the appliances you’ve used recently. How about your rotary phone, external modem, parallel port scanner, etc?
Enter the new book 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer (and Other Discarded Electronics) by Randy Sarafan and you can construct an iMac terrarium, RAM money clip, and a scanner compost bin among many useful inventions. I mean, what else were you planning to do with that stuff?
A lot of people buy new computers at the moment of need. See, that’s what “the man” wants you to do…purchase from an uninformed and vulnerable position. You’ll deal with their markup because you’re brokedown.