Comments on: T.G.I.M.B.O.E.J. turns one

By: darkblackcorner

darkblackcorner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:43:02 +0000

Hey, this sounds like great fun :)

By: morehpperliter

morehpperliter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:54:09 +0000

I sent out 8 of these. No one bothered to ship them to the next stop… Sad really. I would have gladly sent those same people a care package if that is what they wanted.

By: shicks

shicks — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:25:20 +0000

This is the first I’ve heard of this project, but it kind of reminds me of an episode of NUMB3RS where a guy uses a shipping company as the equivalent of a “public storage” facility. All of the packages are continuously rerouted. I wonder how much of his stuff is still viable after a year of transfers. http://www.tv.com/Numb3rs/Scan+Man/episode/1233774/summary.html

By: andre

andre — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:27:43 +0000

there are a few doing the rounds on 4hv that I started, if anyone is interested i have plenty more goodies to “recycle”…

By: talr

talr — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:45:10 +0000

I’d totally do it- I may not have noticed, but I don’t think there’s an age limit is there?

By: googfan

googfan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:41:03 +0000

seriously though, ill take it.

By: Windell Oskay

Windell Oskay — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:30:59 +0000

@mlaargh: No need to incubate a box for six months: The TGIMBOEJ project admins can help you find someone who wants it.

Before you send it out this week (HINT HINT HINT), you might want to print out the “new box” forms which have an updated set of instructions.

By: googfan

googfan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:39 +0000

@mlaargh

me!

By: mlaargh

mlaargh — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:09 +0000

I’ve got one that I’ve been sitting on since last Xmas… No one on the list would get back to me when it came time for me to resend it. Must’ve been due to the holidays or something. Well, this has been a good reminder. It’s about time I had another go at getting rid of it.

Who wants it?

By: stinkymonkey

stinkymonkey — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:54:12 +0000

reminds me of geocaching, heck I have a ton of boxes of electronic goodies @ my folks basement, each time we visit I go down to the basement rummage for parts I might need in the near future etc.etc. I just can see throwing something out that could be used one day… when you get an idea your glad you “pack rat” some times and what better place to keep it all “in someones else’s basement” mwahh!

By: kamanashi

kamanashi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:52:08 +0000

I wish the people would actually send the boxes out. I wanted to see what there was.

By: svofski

svofski — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:02:17 +0000

I wish we had something like that here, but we only have bears and polar bears. One can dream…

By: matt

matt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:34:31 +0000

SEND THEM OUT YOU BASTARDS!

By: biqut2

biqut2 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:08:43 +0000

interesting project, been watching this since the inital post, reminds me of the early days of trading software through the mail