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I stood on my deck, eating an apple picked from my yard. When I finished, I threw the apple core as far as I could. And it landed on my property.

Sure, you could say, you’re a computer nerd, and you throw like a girl. You’d be right. Still — it’s a big yard.

The move went pretty well. I am indebted to the hardy souls who donated a day of their lives and worked tirelessly without complaint to haul my stuff: Patti, Bim, Chuck, and Pete. Thank you!

The crew put in about six hours of difficult labor. Then my wife and I put in about six more… we cleaned the old house, and packed the car (twice) with the handful of items that hadn’t fit onto the truck. Then we began the project for this month, unpacking. This house has more storage space, but it’s all different, and we’re having to find new ways and places to hide all our junk.

I was excited to realize I’ve been socking away all manner of useless electronic crap that I can now donate to the CRC. For example: an external ZIP drive that works great but requires a computer with an external SCSI-2 port. Or: two CueCats, never used, still in their original boxes from Wired. Or, from the scary tangle of wire that filled four boxes: seven ADB cables, thirteen RJ-11 phone cords, fifteen power cords, and a selection of unidentified ribbon cables. It will be refreshing to downsize my collection.