[this is a neat community event happening in berkely, culled from
boingboing:]

This weekend, MAKE: and the Alameda County Computer Resource Center
(ACCRC) in Berkeley, California are holding a 24 hour event for makers
to build stuff from the tons of fantastic gear collected by the
electronics recycler. BYOT! (Bring your own tools!) Here are the details:

ACCRC in Berkeley, CA and Make have been collecting household
electronics--including old projects, failed inventions, half finished
prototypes. All of these items will be diverted to ReMake, a 24-hour
event beginning at noon on Saturday, April 28.

Come find parts for your new projects and work with others to
create something new from salvaged electronics. ACCRC will provide
internet, sleeping quarters, food, and plenty of toys to aid makers to
encourage us to recycle and ReMake. Bring your tools and anything else
needed to create. You can also bring anything you ReMake to the
upcoming Maker Faire, May 19-20 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, where we
will showcase how a little innovation can make the old, new again.

Where: Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC), 1501 East
Shore Highway, Berkeley, CA 94710

When: Noon, April 28, 2007 - Noon, April 29, 2007

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link:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/27/remake_bay_area_elec.html

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WIRED: "Memory Lane"

Photographer Mark Richards elevates dusty computer artifacts to
stunning objets d'art in his detailed new book, Core Memory: A Visual
Survey of Vintage Computers....

link:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.05/pl_printmem_p82.html
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WIRED: "power house"

[although not online (yet?), the print version has a short piece on
page 62 about the over-powered, under-utilized processors inside our
common, everyday household appliances (toothbrushes, microwaves,
coffeepots, digital cameras, etc.) makes me think of a future when we
might corral that power into a SETI-like project, taking advantage of
cycles when devices are in their chargers and not in use...