Re: (ET) Broken again - ziploc bags and digital pictures - other ideas anyone ?

[Dave <daveb drizzle com>]

well we all have computers....  I like the baggie catalog idea and a 
simple spreadsheet (or a simple notepad file) could keep track of those 
numbered baggies with a short description of what's in the numbered bag. 
you have not only an index but an index searchable by keyword.... 

dave
seattle

Steve & Carol Welch wrote:
> One simple idea (but easier said than done...):
>
> I made a (rare for me) New Year's resolution that this year I would  
> finish old projects (whether by completion or elimination) before  
> starting new ones.  Emergencies are excepted, of course.  If I have a  
> great idea, or something interesting pops up, I'll write it down so I  
> can come back to it later.  With two kids under 5, 3 cars (one old),  
> house, yard, dog, etc, etc. I finally got tired of having dusty piles  
> of stuff waiting for me.
>
> Wish me luck.  I may need a support group!  ;^)
>
> Steve
>
> On Jan 19, 2008, at 1:49 AM, JohnR wrote:
>
>   
> > Thank you to the many guys (David Roden & others) who have made me  
> > feel less
> > alone:
> >
> > I get many projects done in only a week ... of total days ... but,  
> > those 5
> > to 7 days are spread far apart ... over many years ... <grin>
> >
> > I buy my ziploc bags in the 1000 pack now ... (3u5 size for small  
> > parts,
> > resistors, capacitors, nuts, bolts, etc).
> > I cut down (1/4" off 1 end & 1 side) 100 3u5 cards at a time to  
> > slide inside
> > the bags, which makes the bags stand up library card file style, in  
> > shallow
> > drawers and stockroom bins ... easy to label & find when it is  
> > suddenly a
> > crisis to fix something ... problem now is that, with many hundreds  
> > of bags,
> > there are too many to go through to find the one(s) that match the  
> > project
> > ...
> >
> > And I now also take digital pictures of things such as Comuta-Car  
> > dash panel
> > & contactor wiring, Elec-Trak wiring, etc.
> >
> > Any one else have suggestions for keeping all the projects juggling  
> > at the
> > same time ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
> > To: <Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: (ET) Broken again
> >
> >
> >     
> > > Almost everything gets done eventually, but it often takes years.   
> > > By that
> > > time sometimes I've lost the hardware and have to go out and buy new.
> > > Somewhere in my garage the gremlins have a huge stash of ziplock  
> > > bags with
> > > rusty nuts and bolts in them, and they're hiding in the corners  
> > > laughing
> > > at
> > > me.
> > >  ...In recent years I've been snapping digital photos instead.
> > > That way at least I have some general idea of where to find them.
> > >
> > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> > >       
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