[Dprglist] my own tanners

[Patrick R. Michaud]

Thanks for this.  I need to look at PartKeeper, and maybe we can use it for organizing our robotics team materials.   Any comments or guidance on that possibility?

Pm

On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 05:02:34PM -0500, James LeRoy via DPRGlist wrote:
> I run a web based inventory system for all my parts and keep them in
> numbered boxes.  A little OCD, but easy to find it when I need it. It's an
> open source app called PartKeeper.
> 
> On 5/7/20 4:39 PM, David Anderson via DPRGlist wrote:
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > My father passed away in March and Mom, 93,  has been living with us
> > since then.  Their house is only a couple of blocks away and I go by and
> > check on it from time to time, pick up things she needs, water the
> > plants and so on.
> > 
> > So today I went by and was looking for some 20 pin dip sockets. Dad was
> > a Ham, since the 1940s (WK5K) and I found a closet in his radio room
> > full of parts, all carefully organized and labeled in matching shoe
> > boxes.  I took a picture:
> > 
> > http://www.geology.smu.edu/dpa-www/jpeg/dads_ham_closet.jpg
> > 
> > Lots of electronic parts and hardware.  A whole box of metal standoffs,
> > another of nylon standoffs, lots of caps and resistors, a separate box
> > of 1%.  And a box of DIP sockets, including 20 pins.  My own personal
> > Tanners!
> > 
> > I of course have a lot of parts myself gathered over the years, but not
> > well organized.  So finding a particular part really means going through
> > everything.   Which I do, and have done, repeatedly.   I probably even
> > have some 20 pin DIPS somewhere. Same thing with our storage shed.  It's
> > just always been easier to run down to the hardware store than to dig
> > through the shed.
> > 
> > So, any of this sound familiar?  Or is it just me... :)
> > 
> > cheers,
> > dpa
> > 
> > 
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