On OFF the Bench This Morning... So, this morning I'm clearing off my workbench to make room for this
and I realize...
I'm Effing 'opeless.Everything in the first pic was bought for no other reason than
"Eh... it's a buck." At the time, I had NO plans for any of it, in fact some of the items I already HAVE one of. I rationalize every single thing; like
"But it's a LASER mouse..." or
"It's 48V@2A..." or
"It's 4 ends to make a modular cable for one of your modular PSUs..." and the refrain is always
"...FOR A BUCK!"And I guess every one of us in here has some bit of that "Tech hoarder" gene; but then I look at the shit in the 2nd pic... all bought because
"Eh... it's 3 bucks." and
I realize that I have not done a damned thing with one bit of it except throw it in a drawer or pile it on a corner of my bench since I bought it. I mean Yeah... I will eventually use SOME of it. I've been looking for a cheap, crunky wireless XBOX360 controller to gut for some experiments. If I ever DO need to do a video conference again, that 720P webcam is a great choice.
"... For 3 BUCKS!" But the fan? I have two more name-brand ones I just took OUT of my PC. And those HID ballasts...?
"No, come on... you know you can get up to SOME deviltry with 35 watts power @23000 volts!!!""Shut UP, YOU!!!"But then... I go online and spend real money ($12 on Amazon) on stuff like the adapter kit in the third pic to GO WITH my junk.
And sitting here, I realize... just this lot of junk I don't really need cost me easily 10% of that 'scope I let slip through my fingers when Arrow was having a sale... or the 3DP I just bought.
Just shoot me now...
mnem