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Anyone have a solution here? Maybe a cabinet you built, purchased, or what
have you? Perhaps some of those storage bins you get at dollar stores?
QUESTION:As some of you know I've got... well.. a ton of RC cars and parts laying
about. I'm currently storing many of my cars on 2, 18X36X72 shelves, and
it's crowded enough that I have to pretty much wiggle a given car to get it
out of the rack without spilling other stuff as well. I've thought of maybe
putting pegs around the sides of the racks, removing some of the cars'
tires, and hanging them from their suspension-- but that's asking to lose
parts.
Anyone have a solution here? Maybe a cabinet you built, purchased, or what
have you? Perhaps some of those storage bins you get at dollar stores? This
is my RC/LAN/Geek Mission control room, and I am almost out of space to the
point where I can't walk around in here.
Also- ideas for stacking or otherwise minimizing the space that computer
equipment takes up is sought after here too....
ANSWER: Most of the area taken up by an RC car is actually open space... you can
save space by crushing them down into a more compact space. That's what my
wife says, at least.
Computer space... that's another issue. Cords take up a lot of room,
especially when they're draped out all over the place. You'll save several
cubic feet of volume by snaking them up into one big knot. You get better
strain relief that way, too.
Save room from your computer by getting rid of the chassis. Mainboards are
actually very thin, and can usually be placed directly under your monitor if
the cards won't get into the way. If you have a bunch of cards and can't do
this, simply bend them over sideways. You'll save quite a few cubic feet of
real estate this way. Other people prefer to reuse other available space...
they stick their mainboard in a small beer fridge that is conveniently
located nearby.
Keyboard real estate is typically a waste... after all, the average keyboard
has anywhere from 104 ~ 120 keys on it, and we really only use a handful of
them. Remove any keys you don't use, relocate the ones that remain so that
they're close together, and then cut off the "empty" portion of the
keyboard. Most keyboards can be reduced by almost 50% (90% in Tim Aimee's
case) by doing this.
Ok, inspiration for this joke has been achieved. I'll stop. Just
remember... don't ever put your mainboard on its side, the TTL fluid will
pool inside the chips and all hell will break lose. And remember to defrag
your drives often, 'cause if the "1" bits aren't evenly distributed, the
drive will become lopsided and chew the bearings... it's amazing how much
heavier a '1' is than a '0'. And don't forget to oil your drive heads once in awhile.
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