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Yes, I agree. I've seen too many melodramas lately, and I guess life starts to imitate art. That, and I was flying home from a visit with a relative who has terminal cancer. It's a dizzying and...

Note: This has nothing whatsoever to do with scrap metal -- just my life dramas...scrap metal has been distant in my mind lately. I'm a victim of my compulsions, and I'm afraid I've developed the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWZY14tGsU

Dead Ringer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pegg

Great breakdown pics and very nice and thorough weights + accounting. I really love these kinds of posts. Extremely informative.

As usual, George Carlin helped to frame my thinking on this topic of stashes, stuff, and my emotional connection to them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac

@JPete,
Thank you for your input here. Those are really good points that you raised. I wondered about precisely that sort of thing. I wonder if these various IC parts suppliers (there seem to be...

@ Thortek. I too am wondering what is the market for these ICs. I imagine there must be a market somewhere. I say that because I've been checking many different ICs from various low grade circuit...

A beautiful pic of your stash.

And yes, I can indeed relate to your feelings. There is definitely some interesting neurochemistry at work: emotions swirling around possession, a comfort derived...

I've been attempting to assign rough values to ICs found in consumer electronics.
To do this, I've been google searching the the IC part #'s and comparing prices on multiple parts supplier sites. ...

Thanks for the additional details.
Before you know it, you'll be ready to claim a seat in London's ring of plush red leather benches:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_5LK8CFIvY[

A few other...

Great video! Thanks for sharing the details of buying and reselling. Very nice advertisement/ebay pictures too.

There is so much here that interests me:
1) the research -- knowing what...

Re: Your purple ceramic and gold plated TRW chips...
Beautiful pictures -- thanks for sharing!
TRW was a pretty major defense contractor (now part of Northrop Grumman) with roles in designing and...

Great video of action at the scrap yard. I can't get enough of those big swinging magnets.

I enjoyed your comments regarding Brass arbitrage. When someone asks what you do, you're in essence, a...

I really enjoy these videos.
You've got natural comedic timing and a great sense for editing. There's a zig and zag quality that keeps the viewer just slightly off balance and always amused.

I...

Nice picture....very pretty chip.

Here is the link (see below) for an EPROM parts supplier selling the same chip shown in your picture.
Price: $6.45/chip (not per pound)

Link:...

In 2010, Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass bought $1 million worth of nickels. They're stored in a bank vault in Dallas. Kyle predicted the US housing collapse and made a fortune during the 2008...

Those are beauties. Nothing brightens the day quite like gold. I've been trying to find old calculators at estate sales, but I haven't had any luck yet. That is exactly the sort of thing I've been...

Regarding: the death of the CRT in the developed world and its relative retention in the developing/3rd world.....wikipedia has some interesting...

@ parrothead
Thank you for your thoughts on this topic. I've noticed that many integrated circuit suppliers seem to be based in Shenzhen, China (when combined with neighboring Hong Kong -- probably...

Many thanks to all for the nice comments.
@ Mechanic688 -- My apologies for not referencing your earlier very educational thread on this topic. I remember seeing it a few weeks ago and it...

I scrapped my first CRT monitor. I know this sort of thing is very old hat for the pros here, but as a newbie, it was a process of discovery.

I took some pictures and thought I'd share them for...

This past weekend, I attended a stunning exhibit of Walker Evans photographs. Evans is perhaps best known for his Depression Era images of sharecroppers in the deep south.
e.g. ...

This 2011 Tsunami video spins me into a disorienting cloud of silence and reflection. The terror builds so gradually -- starting with a mild goodness gracious, the sequence of images relentlessly...

The 2011 Japanese Tsunami sucked 20 million tons of debris into the Pacific Ocean. It's a jumbled mass of houses, cars, boats and belongings; and it's gradually moving across the Pacific Ocean...