Modular expandable stuff; I don't know why I bother!
When I was an IT manager, I noticed something: although you could in theory upgrade CPU, graphics card, RAM, hard drive etc. in a PC, in practice it was normally simpler to repurpose it and buy a new one. What's more, it would normally be a few years before you wanted to upgrade it, by which time compatible stuff would be like hens' teeth and carry a price premium whereas something far shinier would be a fraction of the price. I gave up on PC upgradability.
I'm now beginning to feel jaded about modular and expandable stuff in general.
When I moved into this house, I decided that the dining room should be a library. I bought some IKEA Billy bookcases in a red-black colour that looked nicely traditional, went with my piano and contrasted with the flooring. Then I bought some more. Then I went to IKEA to buy even more, only to discover they'd discontinued that colour. I had to buy inferior ones from Argos instead.
I also bought a Black and Decker Versapak cordless screwdriver, on the promise that this was their new standard in battery packs for power tools and they could be charged and used interchangeably with any other cordless stuff I bought from them. Guess how long that lasted.
It is with a sense of grim inevitability, therefore, that I now want a couple more Keter open-fronted storage bins to stack with my existing ones and discover they're discontinued.
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I'm now beginning to feel jaded about modular and expandable stuff in general.
When I moved into this house, I decided that the dining room should be a library. I bought some IKEA Billy bookcases in a red-black colour that looked nicely traditional, went with my piano and contrasted with the flooring. Then I bought some more. Then I went to IKEA to buy even more, only to discover they'd discontinued that colour. I had to buy inferior ones from Argos instead.
I also bought a Black and Decker Versapak cordless screwdriver, on the promise that this was their new standard in battery packs for power tools and they could be charged and used interchangeably with any other cordless stuff I bought from them. Guess how long that lasted.
It is with a sense of grim inevitability, therefore, that I now want a couple more Keter open-fronted storage bins to stack with my existing ones and discover they're discontinued.
Cross-posted from this Dreamwidth original. If you can, please comment there instead.
DW Comments: Read
or Add Your Own.