The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Against 'Stuff'

Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by jseliger on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @01:34PM (#4444871)

I own more books than can comfortably fit in my apartment, which means one of the biggest motivations I have to rent a bigger apartment

I know the feeling, but a friend showed me the Container Store's "Elfa" shelving, which is pretty easy to install and provides seven to eight individual shelves in a particular space.

You can see a picture of my setup midway down this page: https://jseliger.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/january-2012-links...

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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by mindcrime on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @01:40PM (#4444911)

Cool stuff. My problem is, I don't really have more wall space for shelves. The two remaining walls that would make good candidates for shelving, I use for hanging whiteboards. :-)

That said, I could get rid of some of these books... especially older tech books that aren't relevant, either because they're plain out of date, or because I've made a conscious decision to move away from that technology, or both. For example, I have a lot of older books on various Microsoft / Windows technologies like COM, DCOM, ADO, OLE, etc. Frankly, it's very unlikely I'll ever use that stuff again.

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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by Retric on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @01:59PM (#4444994)

I would suggest dumping all but the very best tech books and buying them again if you actually need them. Sure, they cost's 50$ a pop, but for most tech people that's not really an issue.

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/

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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by mindcrime on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @02:43PM (#4445192)

Yeah, good point. And I am (slowly) starting to transition more and more to e-books. I by dead-tree tech books much less often than I did back in, say, 2001.

> http://my.safaribooksonline.com

I'm definitely thinking about signing up for a Safari subscription soon.

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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by johncch on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:12PM (#4445350)

May I ask what whiteboards are you hanging?

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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by mindcrime on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:22PM (#4445411)

May I ask what whiteboards are you hanging?

Just generic ones from Office Depot. I have four big ones (3x6 or so?) and one smaller one hanging in my living room (which is more of an office for the startup right now, than it is a "living room").

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Re:The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Agains... by johncch on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:38PM (#4445501)

Thank you. I have whiteyboard decals on my wall and it isn't working out so well, so I'm kinda thinking of switching to something else.

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