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Inventorying Miscellaneous Computer Junk?
drewhearle continues "Ideally I'd like an open-source solution with the following features:
A web-browser-based system (or something else with LAN connectivity) that would allow me to access the inventory from multiple computers
Something to indicate where each part is, i.e. "under bed" or "behind bookshelf" :)
A way to attach one or more photos to each item
Category organization, like "hard drives," "memory," or "cables". Subcategories would be nice too.
A "notes" field for each item, to save misc. information
Search functionality, so I could search by category or text-search any field.
I'm probably asking too much, but if there isn't [widely available] software out there like this, maybe somebody has developed something similar for themselves and would be willing to share."
my wife.
:)
explaining it like "a green thing, with metal on one end, and little things sticking out of the green part" would gets me close to a nic/video/sound card, i can do the rest myself
Throw it all out. You aren't going to use those 256MB hard drives, or the 1MB SIMMs, or that ISA SCSI card that only works with the HP SCSI scanner that only works with that card.
Now I have only to take my own advice. Anyone need a hundred ISA cards? v.32bis modems, AUI NICs, coax repeaters? How about power cords? I have about 50. Phone cords? 10 year old LaserJets with some toner? No?
The latest Slashdot meme.
Why must you use modern technology when you have the ancient pen and paper that obviously wasn't enough for a lot of people in the 20th century? Not only are they cheap, but they're y2k compliant and they even work when the power is out! You can't do sorting like you can with a spreadsheet, and formulas would have to be done by hand, but it's a tried and true technology!
*Here's hopin the mods have a sense of humor today.*
"Derp de derp."
I've recently come across a great piece of software that lets you organize your old junk.
TrashCan[tm], made by DumpsterCorp(r), enables you to quickly and easily file away each and every one of those things you think might have some use in the future, but never actually do. Retrieval, unfortunately, is a little bit difficult, but I hear they are working on that.
Marriage[tm], from your friendly neighborhood software house, "Wife, Inc.", also helps you sort your old stuff by using a rule-based decision support system with natural language support:
" IF (you havent needed it for the past 5-10 years)
AND (you dont want me to file for divorce)
THEN (you must get rid of your silly junk)
AND (make room for sissy, pastel-colored baby gear)"
I have found that after using these two great pieces of software to help organize my inventory, I have recovered such an amazing amount of space, it's as if I never had an inventory to begin with!
I like to use pen and paper to write down when i have and where i keep it. Cost of paper- 1c Cost of ink- 2c Cost of not having Windows crashing and not losing all files- priceless
I'm selling a lot of my old junk on ebay, you should buy it!
it's a sig, wtf?
You are absolutely correct. I'm going to do mine in Power Point.
Someone hates these cans.
This isn't your wife you're talking to. We're all geeks here and we know that 3/4 of that stuff you're keeping 'just in case'.
;-)
The first step is admitting you have a problem.
I will shred my adversaries. Pull their eyes out just enough to turn them towards their mewing, mutilated faces. Illyria
Get married. She'll tell you what to do with it all.