The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk

August 25, 2010 1:36 PM

The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk

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posted by MustardTent (13 comments total)

Apparently there are now many Migratory Boxes, each one growing and producing new Boxes on its own. This is probably how the grey goo starts.

Plus it's pretty awesome and I'd never heard of it.
posted by Kadin2048 at 1:45 PM on August 25, 2010

aka, "Pass the Trash."

Do they have a shipping container-sized variant for entire garages full of junk? Just sayin'...
posted by mosk at 1:52 PM on August 25, 2010

I think i could personally provide at least two dozen tgimboejs. PCI modems were apparently popular at some point... and how did I end up with eight soundcards?
posted by sonic meat machine at 1:59 PM on August 25, 2010 [1 favorite]

This is just the thing to help me get Hulu running on my Commodore PET.
posted by Joe Beese at 2:02 PM on August 25, 2010

I love this. My wife often pokes fun at my trusty "wires box," which has grown over the years and is now "wires closet." It is a tangled amalgamation of chargers, plugs, patch cords, adapters, and god knows what from the time I started tinkering. It has rarely failed me when I needed to hook that thingee up to the other guy.

Perhaps a MeFi tgimboej swap is in order. I bet we have particularly fun electronic junk.
posted by AgentRocket at 2:26 PM on August 25, 2010 [5 favorites]

The word "junk" appears on this page (with photos!) 11 times. 'Nuff said.
posted by doublesix at 2:32 PM on August 25, 2010

I could supply a whole barrel full of random wires and wall warts. I don't even know where the actual devices that these things powered went to.

However! I did just find out that Our Fair City will take any and all electronics junk and recycle it. If you've got an overflowing pile in your basement, you should see if your city takes e-waste. I especially like that they're so visible about where it all goes.
posted by backseatpilot at 3:49 PM on August 25, 2010

Does it have a Neutron Generator?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 6:57 PM on August 25, 2010

and how did I end up with eight soundcards?

Do they have joystick ports on them?
posted by pompomtom at 10:01 PM on August 25, 2010

It's like a communist eBay.
posted by Grimgrin at 10:14 PM on August 25, 2010 [3 favorites]

Anybody interested in actually doing a MeFi tgimboej as AgentRocket suggests?
posted by MustardTent at 6:11 AM on August 26, 2010

I would participate if we did this.
posted by selfmedicating at 5:25 PM on August 26, 2010 [1 favorite]

Yeah. I have much stuff like this. Enough for many boxen.
posted by Splunge at 4:06 AM on August 27, 2010