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impulse7 | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: I designed a ring binder to organize 1,700 resistors

Very nice, I'm glad you shared. I had a hobby project with the same problem but I took a different approach optimizing for search and retrieval using a Raaco storage cabinet which takes up a lot more space but you have the resistors more easily accessible. It does requires a lot of work folding all the 'compartment papers' so not for the faint of heart. The main benefit for the resistors is that you don't have to take the entire strip out, just cut the resistors loose while they are still inside the drawer.

https://github.com/tonybjorkman/raaco-organizer

I think using existing 'card binder'-sheets would make your solution even easier to make. And adding tabs would make search quicker. I will keep your solution in mind whenever there is a need to catalog large number of flat items, especially if I need to save space or move them around.

impulse7 | 3 years ago | on: Why adults still dream about school

Same experience here and also from Nordic country. But tons of dreams where I'm in school only to realize I'm not wearing any pants.

Guess it's also compensated by the number of dreams where there are car problems and parking tickets of all kinds.

impulse7 | 3 years ago | on: I’m a productive programmer with a memory of a fruit fly

I made something similar to have a key-shortcut quickly show a 'cheatsheet' for whatever application window that is in focus in i3(window manager). If no cheatsheet exists it opens an empty document so I can fill it in and save it.

https://github.com/tonybjorkman/i3-cheatsheet-hot-key