Today I've been clearing up the office, finishing up some of the final touches in terms of removing power supplies and things I don't need (to save those precious watts and lower the electricity bill while helping the environment) and clearing out some old equipment I haven't used in weeks or months.

The list of removed items looks like a list of the last few generations of technology:

• A VCR - it hasn't actually been used as a VCR for years, I've been using it as an input switching device between the digital TV box, DVD player and XBox on one of the TVs in the office.
• A Minidisc player - I loved minidisc, and I still do love the concept, but I moved all of my audio to MP3s and AAC months, perhaps now years ago. I will miss the tiny discs, but not the space they or the player occupied.