Do you have a batch of electronic goodies that have at one time served a purpose, but no longer do? Usually, I think it is a great idea to stay focused in one room. But for an electronic goodie cleanse, I have kind of thrown that rule out the window. I found that sometimes cords, batteries, sound/tv cords end up on various devices and storage areas. By putting all these goodies together, you can more easily spot the excess and later return things to their assigned storage spot.
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| After 20+ years of using this radio, & not using it in last 5, a corroded battery fix that did not work today, and a broken antenna with a wire fix this -- radio is getting pitched today. |
Computers/device?
- Do you have a back up to your back up computer? (if so the back ups, not data backups, are probably good candidates for purging, selling, donating or trashing.
- How many USB or other cables do you really need? Old printers, peripherals, keyboards do you really need those when you have something better? If it is cable or spare how many spares do you really need. One is generally enough. if it is big, such as an extra keyboard, as those tend to last for a long time and seldom become non-functional, I'm tossing my one extra 10 plus year old keyboard that went with a discarded computer out into the trash...
Audio Sound Equipment?
- Do you have audio cables that no longer connect to any electronic device you own that is practical? Toss the cables that don't have value. .
- Do you have radios or iPods that no longer work? I have an iPod Nano, but since it does not have an AM radio tunner I still maintain an old Sony Walkman. In reality that walkman could probably easily be pitched too based on my needs.
- Do you have a duplicate iPod, maybe it is time to get rid of the old?
TV and Video Equipment?
- How many extra remotes, cables or tv related nick nacks do you have? My thought is if it takes up a lot of space, is a duplicate and or does not function well than it needs to be sold, given away or tossed.
- If it is a TV cable and a spare how many spares do you really need? Generally one spare is plenty.
Excess Cord Toss Decision?
If a decision comes down to two cables, equal in quality, and I'm trying to decide which extra to get rid of -- I generally keep the long -- and toss the short. Reason being longer cables cost more.
Bottom line in my quest. Currently I have about two shoe boxes worth of tv, audio and computer cables and equipment (not counting mine or my wife's computer or printer). What is going to get tossed here at home: 3 old hard drives I thought I could fix or re-purpose by running spinrite or other software, but have not been able to; extra cables (7) in total, and one dead radio. I also have one iPod that I'm going to get repaird and one I'll probably give away or trash. The oldest of the two (mostly due to being run through the washing machine) just is stuck on playing podcasts menu and fix the newer that has a broken click wheel (also as a result of being run thru the washing machine).
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