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Sign of the times

March 18th, 2013

After a weekend clear-out, we’re giving away a couple of dumbbell-type exercise weights, and an old HP Deskjet printer, on our local Freecycle list.

Seven people immediately expressed an enthusiastic desire for the gym accessories.

Nobody was interested in the miracle of modern printing technology.

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Some local DIYer may be interested in the stepper motors from the deskjet. I’ve harvested several printers for parts to make cool things like this:
http://pleasantsoftware.com/developer/3d/spherebot/

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