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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • Fix things and keep them, fix things and sell them on the secondhand market, or fix things owned by friends who have broken things. By applying my technical knowledge to repairing computers, appliances, tools, furniture, plumbing, I’m building my own self-sustainability, I’m enabling others to avoid buying new things and instead spend their money in better ways, I’m networking with people who have skills that I lack, I’m denying the manufacturers the revenue they would get if there wasn’t someone like me to fix their shit, and I’m denying the govt the taxes involved in new purchases and income tax on my secondhand sales, and I’m denying the voracious landfill of its tasty, tasty whitegoods.









  • I recycle ewaste, and so I have boxes and boxes of old hard drives. My proc is single pass dban and then a 10mm hole drilled through the case and onto the platters.

    This is for normal business eol hardware that I get from offices and warehouses, nothing sketchy.

    If the client wants evidence of destruction before leaving premises, I skip DBAN and just drill the platters with a cordless drill.