Re: Component Recycling: Database required?

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Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au> 


>Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
>Further to my recent post on recyling TV components and the salvaging 
>microwave oven posts that crop up every second month or so, I wonder 
>whether it is worth my while setting up an online database for such 
>things.  Fields could include:

In the thirteen or so hours that have passed since my original 
idea/posting, I have had one of my "crazy days", have registered a domain, 
designed a database and written several hundred lines of Perl 
code.  Sufficient to say, this IS happening.

The database will be found at: <http://scisalvage-dot-org> (like the domain?)

I have been inspired by the Pupman lists as an online resource and want to 
contribute something that will complement them.

My original scope for information for the project was really just TC/HV 
stuff, but I think that the resource would be more valuable and of interest 
to more people if I open it up to salvaged equipment for "amateur science" 
in general.

Through this medium, I would hope that we can offer a resource for those 
who cannot access/afford equipment and supplies or who, like me, just love 
trying to improvise with what is at hand, wasting nothing.

As the project is in it's infancy (although most of the coding is done), I 
would welcome comments and suggestions regarding content and, above all, 
people who will be prepared to share their salvaging experiences through 
the database.

If anyone is involved in any disciplines outside of the Pupman lists, 
please pass this on.  The more that we build our online communities, the 
more we can all enjoy our respective hobbies.

It is now time for cider and bed ;-)

Cheers

M

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Matthew Smith
Kadina Business Consultancy
South Australia
http://www.kbc-dot-net.au