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How Do You Store Your CDs?
lxs asks: "Let's face it, CDs are a pain. They are a great way to store your data, but when you have hundreds, or even thousands of CDRs and not much physical space, storage becomes a problem. With the advent of DVD+/-Rs DVD-RAM and Blu-ray this problem will not go away, since we all will collect thousends of those in the coming years. Jewel cases take up too much space; CD folders are better, but still wasteful (and expensive); and spindles are great, but you can't find anything. I've toyed with the idea of buying paper CD envelopes, and fill up a couple of old-fashioned 5 1/4" floppy cases with CDs (those were efficient: 200+ floppies in a plastic shoebox!), but there may be a better solution out there. So, Slashdot: how do you store your CDs?"
Unlabeled, too.
You can start applauding my organisational skills any time now, folks.
they're bootlegs from the streetcorners of hong kong, so it's all good.
"Life is great; without it, you'd be dead." -Harmony Korine
Nakamichi makes a 5 disc SCSI changer that fits in a single drive bay. You could chain 7 of these together to access 35 discs. So, if you put together 6 of these CD-servers, you'd have 210 CD's!
Google doesn't index user sigs, so stop trying to "Google Bomb" with them.
Fungus??
You're not supposed to rub them between your feet!
in vacuum-sealed bags!
No comment.
How does Saddam Hussein store his CDs?
In Iraq!
A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a
How many CDs do you really have???
You make CDs sound like VHS tapes. I current store my CDs in loose leaf binders, with CD sleeves. For example, I have a 2" thick binder, with 16 pages, with each page holding 8 CDs; it can hold up to 128 CDs, not including the booklets that may come with the CDs. I like the CD sleeves, and they aren't expensive if you know how to shop. If you go and buy the premade CD books, that will cost you money. If you get a loose leaf binder, and the sleeves, you will save 50% or more off the price of the premade books.
I'll put it to you this way. DVDs are a better solution, but I don't like their current prices; I'll wait till they come down to the cost of CDs.
What you need to do is.... House cleaning for CDs. That's right, you need to clean your room. Sorry to sound like your maternal one, but it's the honest truth. I have CDs i know I can throw out. When will you ever play that first version of *insert_first_iteration_of_computer_game_here* again? Sometimes, you just have to throw it out.
I have old computer books collecting dust. My book collection is a bit heavy considering. I have books double-stacled in bookshelves through out the house.
You could spend the time putting all the data to DVDs or Harddrives, or just deal with it and clean up your collection.
*now speaking in a motherly voice*
Now stop asking slashdot questions, and go to bed, you have work tomorrow. And brush your teeth, I can smell the cheetos.
on kazaa. it's really quite useful.
vodka, straight up, thank you!
I needed to solve two problem:
a. storage of a lot of CD-R's
b. heat my home
I solved this by
a. creating a large parabollic dish out of the reflective side of all of those CD-R's
b. utting the dish out in my backyard
c. focusing the dish at my rear windows
d. putting a large iron plate inside of the windows to collect the light energy
As a side note, I attached a barbecue grate/griddle to the iron plate and now I can grill meat or cook fried eggs on it.
I'm pretty proud of this invention.