I've been away awhile....too much work....something to ponder on
An article about waste
You Don’t Need The Latest Thing. No, Seriously.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/why-the-lates...ot-be-worth-it/excerpt:
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Don’t Buy; RemakeI don’t need to tell you “geek culture”, whatever that means, has been hijacked – the existence of The Big Bang Theory proves that well enough. At some point, it was decided that being a geek meant buying a crap ton of gadgets. This happens anytime advertisers decide to make something “cool” in order to sell things, and it’s happening now.
But you don’t have to buy into it. Being a geek isn’t about buying technology – it’s about making technology work for you.
To me, installing a custom ROM on your old Android phone is way geekier than upgrading. Learning how to speed up your PC is geekier than simply replacing it. Bringing an old computer to life with Ubuntu is geekier than buying a new one. Setting up XBMC as your media center on an unused machine is geekier than buying an Apple TV.
You get the idea. You can do amazing things with technology otherwise seen as obsolete. You’ll not only feel like you have a new gadget to play with – you’ll also feel like you accomplished something.