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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 12
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 12

by Mark Frauenfelder
November 2007
Beginner content levelBeginner
190 pages
8h 3m
English
Make: Community
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Welcome

SPARE PARTS ARE ESSENTIAL

By Mark Frauenfelder

CLUTTER IS A DEMOTIVATING ENERGY sapper. Every couple of months, when my desk gets stacked high with papers, gadgets, and periodicals, and my office floor has accumulated piles of books and packages, I conduct an area sweep collecting the things I don’t have an obvious need for. Mostly I throw them in the trash or donate them.

But I don’t get rid of everything. Some of the things I come across seem to plead for a second chance at being useful: “Save me! One day you’ll be glad you did.” These go into a plastic bin I keep in my storage shed.

What kind of things do I put in my spare parts bin? Anything that seems like it might come in handy one day: toys with electric motors, little speakers, ...

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