UpCycling
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Project Plan 1.9
So time for a project summary, we now have a total of 5 projects currently;
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USR 1.0
Looking at upcycling the various now obsolete Apple and other tech items I have I then began to list the various products I should look at making, clocks were a good one, as mentioned before a quartz movement can be bought cheaply, with modern or simple hands that suit the design, I shy away from fancy scrolled hands as they don’t suit. The movements often come with a ‘tick’ or smooth sweeping hands, the smooth ones look good, especially with the larger hands, they evoke a sense of quality. The customer I was aiming for was not only the fanboys, and girls, but also business or entrepreneurial types who may…
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Project Plan 1.5
So onto another stream, as I work in IT and particularly with Apple equipment I’ve noted that often we throw out computers, phones and tablets that are obsolete, but look like new. This often doesn’t apply to iPhones but certainly the Macs, open them up and with a quick clean out with the air duster and they’re like new inside. Being Macs they’re often very well made, the components are high quality and the cases often aluminium or brushed steel. They often have good quality screws and catches in too which seem a waste to throw away. There is an anecdote that Steve Jobs decreed early on that a Mac…
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Blog Background
Ok, so this is a dabble in the dark, I’ve got a few savings built up during lockdown, not much but first savings I’ve ever had. I am not money orientated, I probably should be but I’ve always thought there is more to life and family, children etc have played a big part in that so far. However I’m now 50+ and looking at retirement and starting to feel a little slower, a little more tired, a little more like do I want to do this until I’m 67? No! So when I started my current job the retirement age was 62, not for the state pension but the rather…