[geeks] Oh my, this is getting serious ;^) (Storage space)

[bill pointon]

sounds like a winner lionel - when youre done my wife would like you to 
come and move all of my stuff out of the house in the same way ;^{P} --- 
billp
On Saturday, August 31, 2002, at 04:32 , Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Well, I broke down today, and rented a storage space to consolodate my
> "kit" (rhymes with $*it) and decide what stays and what goes.
>
> I decided to go for the 10' x 20' space, so I could have plenty of room
> to spread out my "kit" by architecture (x86, SPARC, PPC, Alpha, MIPS,
> PA-RISC, etc...), with each architecure on it's own pallet... Shelves
> will come, but not right away... Need to locate some low-cost
> metro/wire shelving...
>
> My hope is that by physically removing it from the house, then
> selectively re-introducing it into the house, I will determine what I
> need/want, and what I don't...
>
> Any de-clutter advice? I plan on just removing car-loads at a time,
> sorting it when I get it to the storage space, and then bringing back
> the machines when the space is ready for them... (All previous attempts
> were like some bizzare form of "Towers of Hanoi" or "fifteen" puzzle
> ;^)
>
> My goal is a furnished "rec-room" basement, with one-third for the
> "data center", the rest for the family. (My wife actually said to me
> "You know, the plan is *not* to turn the basement into a computer
> center." I just smiled and corrected her - "You mean that is not *your*
> plan.")
>
> Thoughts? Advice? (Yes, the list will get first crack at my
> "excess"...)
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Lionel
>
> =====
> Lionel
>
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