eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
A couple folks lamented missing the last opportunity. The nice folks at Small Dog Electronics have a no-cost event collecting eWaste and disposing of it responsibly. 21 May, 9 Am - 2 PM, Mall of New Hampshire, Food Court Parking Area Details here: http://www.smalldog.com/ewastenh -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
On 05/06/2011 04:19 PM, Ted Roche wrote: A couple folks lamented missing the last opportunity. The nice folks at Small Dog Electronics have a no-cost event collecting eWaste and disposing of it responsibly. 21 May, 9 Am - 2 PM, Mall of New Hampshire, Food Court Parking Area Details here: http://www.smalldog.com/ewastenh I found it humerus that they have a bunch of pics of Mac's on the webpage :-) -- Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:29 -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: On 05/06/2011 04:19 PM, Ted Roche wrote: A couple folks lamented missing the last opportunity. The nice folks at Small Dog Electronics have a no-cost event collecting eWaste and disposing of it responsibly. 21 May, 9 Am - 2 PM, Mall of New Hampshire, Food Court Parking Area Details here: http://www.smalldog.com/ewastenh I found it humerus that they have a bunch of pics of Mac's on the webpage :-) Well, they are basically an Apple shop, so I guess they went with what they had. I will notice that the eWaste in that picture looks a lot newer and better than *my* eWaste. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
On 05/06/2011 05:29 PM, Joseph Smith wrote: On 05/06/2011 04:19 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Details here: http://www.smalldog.com/ewastenh I found it humerus that they have a bunch of pics of Mac's on the webpage :-) Well, they're pretty and colorful and all, but some of those boxes must be 10 years old. At some point, you've gotta let them go. My 1.75 GHz PPC is getting a bit long in the tooth, too... Their Flickr pages have some amazing pictures of the truckloads of stuff they collected, including giant TVs, CRT and projection, and lots of other junk. Better than landfilling them, I hope. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@tedroche.com wrote: Their Flickr pages have some amazing pictures of the truckloads of stuff they collected, including giant TVs, CRT and projection, and lots of other junk. Link: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjsk5w6i -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
Jon \maddog\ Hall mad...@li.org writes: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:29 -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: On 05/06/2011 04:19 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Details here: http://www.smalldog.com/ewastenh I found it humerus that they have a bunch of pics of Mac's on the webpage :-) Well, they are basically an Apple shop, so I guess they went with what they had. I will notice that the eWaste in that picture looks a lot newer and better than *my* eWaste. Well, like you said--they're basically an Apple shop ;) As to the buying- and disposing-habits in the Apple world..., maybe it's telling that the Apple world has a site like http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/. Then, maybe something analogous exists in the GNU/Linux world (or in the `old-fart unix-weenie' world!?), but I've never seen it :) -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:53 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: Jon \maddog\ Hall mad...@li.org writes: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:29 -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: On 05/06/2011 04:19 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Details here: http://www.smalldog.com/ewastenh I found it humerus that they have a bunch of pics of Mac's on the webpage :-) Well, they are basically an Apple shop, so I guess they went with what they had. I will notice that the eWaste in that picture looks a lot newer and better than *my* eWaste. Well, like you said--they're basically an Apple shop ;) As to the buying- and disposing-habits in the Apple world..., maybe it's telling that the Apple world has a site like http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/. Then, maybe something analogous exists in the GNU/Linux world (or in the `old-fart unix-weenie' world!?), but I've never seen it :) I don't know, but their list of things accepted included typewriters, which reminded me that I still have my old SEARS portable, manual (non-electric) typewriter in my closet. Portable because it had a case that closed over the machine, with handles so you could lug it places. The most useful course I ever took was a summer course in touch typing between 12th grade and start of college. I received that typewriter for my birthday present that year43 years ago. I used that puppy back in college to type my term papers, and was good enough at typing even then to get my papers done without having to wake up any young lady to have her do it for me, unlike my roommate and many of his friends. Believe me, asking your SO to wake up at 0100 to type a paper due at 0600 was a great way to end a relationship. Today, most college kids don't know what a typewriter is, the CR key (for Carriage Return) being replaced a long time ago by Enter (What is a carriage, and why does it have to 'return'?) and each day more and more kids think a keyboard is just something that you play music onanything else you touch type with your thumbs. (Grumble, mumble) md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jon maddog Hall mad...@li.org wrote: I still have my old SEARS portable, manual (non-electric) typewriter in my closet. I still have my Corona Model 3 typewriter. Built circa 1920. Just Corona; it was before they merged with Smith. It belonged to my grandfather. It still works. I once used it to type a paper for middle/high school, when my PC crapped out for some reason (I had, of course, waited until the night before it was due). It has two shift keys: CAP and FIG, the later of which does numbers and punctuation. The shift keys actually shift the entire carriage/platen assembly up. Today, most college kids don't know what a typewriter is ... Why, when I was growing up, we didn't even have air! ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
I took a typing class in high school back in the late 60s and was the only boy in the class. Clever bastard, eh? But I learned to type real well and to this day can manage 51 WPM, no errors. Only drawback was that for years of soldier and cop work, I was the designated report writer. And the advantages have been pretty good since. I have long since lost track of, or simply lost, the couple of manual typewriters I used to have, and I am given to understand that Olivetti of Italy was/is? the last manufacturer of them. And back when we were growing up, we not only did not have PCs, the internet, or air, we also had to make our own water and walk uphill both ways to and from school in the worst weather ever in human history while reciting the multiplication table and doing long division with our fingernails on slate chalkboards. Just found this via the Usual Method: *Olivetti Typewriter* Manual Linea 98 *Overview* - Online storeshttp://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=enq=Olivetti+typewriterscid=12623040631025407537os=sellers - Detailshttp://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=enq=Olivetti+typewriterscid=12623040631025407537os=contents [image: Olivetti Typewriter Manual Linea 98] $249 onlinehttp://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=enq=Olivetti+typewriterscid=12623040631025407537os=sellers This is a new heavy duty standard typewriter. Full size keyboard and 13 carriage. New Machine - EBS 800-816-6855 Seems kind of steep and getting close to the price of a PC these days... On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jon maddog Hall mad...@li.org wrote: I still have my old SEARS portable, manual (non-electric) typewriter in my closet. I still have my Corona Model 3 typewriter. Built circa 1920. Just Corona; it was before they merged with Smith. It belonged to my grandfather. It still works. I once used it to type a paper for middle/high school, when my PC crapped out for some reason (I had, of course, waited until the night before it was due). It has two shift keys: CAP and FIG, the later of which does numbers and punctuation. The shift keys actually shift the entire carriage/platen assembly up. Today, most college kids don't know what a typewriter is ... Why, when I was growing up, we didn't even have air! ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
The death of manual typewriters (was: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH)
David Hardy belovedbold...@gmail.com writes: I have long since lost track of, or simply lost, the couple of manual typewriters I used to have, and I am given to understand that Olivetti of Italy was/is? the last manufacturer of them. I think I saw this on Slashdot a week or two ago; but, quoting Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#End_of_an_era: The last factory producing manual, non-electric typewriters[15], Godrej and Boyce in Mumbai, India, was closed down in 2011, after the annual production had fallen below 1000 units. Rapid industrial changes that embrace PC's and laptops also resulted in the decline of typewriters.[16] [...] [15] CBC News (April 26), World's last typewriter plant stops production, retrieved April 27, 2011 [...] [16] Daily Mail (April 26), The end of the line: Last typewriter factory left in the world closes its doors, retrieved April 27, 2011 On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jon maddog Hall mad...@li.org wrote: I still have my old SEARS portable, manual (non-electric) typewriter in my closet. I still have my Corona Model 3 typewriter. Built circa 1920. Just Corona; it was before they merged with Smith. It belonged to my grandfather. It still works. I once used it to type a paper for middle/high school, when my PC crapped out for some reason (I had, of course, waited until the night before it was due). It has two shift keys: CAP and FIG, the later of which does numbers and punctuation. The shift keys actually shift the entire carriage/platen assembly up. Today, most college kids don't know what a typewriter is ... Why, when I was growing up, we didn't even have air! ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jon maddog Hall mad...@li.org wrote: I still have my old SEARS portable, manual (non-electric) typewriter in my closet. I learned to type on a Royal 10 (a 1919 model, I think). I kept getting my small fingers (I was 5 or 6 years old) stuck between the keys. The pain of that taught me accuracy. I used it for decades. Once I switched to a modern keyboard, I went up to 120 wpm. Typing was so effortless compared to the Royal. -- Dan Jenkins, Rastech Inc. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: The death of manual typewriters (was: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH)
The last factory producing manual, non-electric typewriters[15], Godrej and Boyce in Mumbai, India, was closed down in 2011 Uh Oh, I was in Ghana last year and there was a whole raft of people sitting outside the post office with manual typewriters typing up government forms in triplicatewith carbon paper The whole Ghanian form of government is in danger of collapse. First it is the typewriter companies that go...then the ribbon companies, then the carbon paper companies. Hundreds of people will be thrown out of work. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH
Why, when I was growing up, we didn't even have air! ;-) They tell me I had air, but there was no home air conditioning that anyone could afford, and in Baltimore during the 1950s, that meant hot, humid summer nights for a young kid lying in bed, dripping in sweat. Those were the days that you went to the movie theater because It is cool insideyou did not care what the movie was. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: The death of manual typewriters (was: eWaste collection event, 21 May, Manchester, NH)
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: I think I saw this on Slashdot a week or two ago; but, quoting Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#End_of_an_era: Someone on Slashdot commented that it wasn't the factory that was closing, but the production line. Apparently they'd been making more than they were selling, and have a large stock to sell off. I read it on the Internet, it has to be true! -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
