Yesterday I went to the Montgomery County Waste Transfer Station and recycled an old computer of mine. Old as in 1992. It held some sentimental value to me, as it was the first computer on which I connected to the Internet. *Sniff* It had a 2400 baud modem, a 200mb hard drive and a 33mhz processor. Excuse me while I go get a tissue.

There was a huge pile of old computers and accessories. I was scavenging around for PC100 memory when Annie noticed a sign that said “Scavenging is strictly prohibited.” Hrmph. Too bad. This afternoon, I noticed a computer outside one of my condominium complex’s trash rooms. The tower must have been about two feet high. A monster. I opened the case to find that someone had already cannibalized the memory. Hmm. There was another smaller tower next to it and a 64mb PC100 memory chip was still intact! I took it out, brought it home, and installed it. Bingo! I now have 160mb, a 66% improvement over the embarrassingly low 96mb I had previously.

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