My soon-to-be recycled HTC T-Mobile G1 phone
Last week, my Android obsession led me to buy Google’s Nexus One, which meant that I had a G1 lying around. I didn’t really want to go through the process of selling it myself, and I delayed any action until I became sure that my Nexus One wasn’t having the 3G connectivity problems with T-Mobile.
Alas, no issues in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area, so I’m ready to part ways with my old Android friend.
I found an interesting and exciting place on the “series of tubes” called Gazelle. They’re a Boston-based consumer electronics recycling and reselling company.
If you want to get started now, head straight over to Gazelle!
The catalog of technology they will recycle and for which they will pay you is extremely extensive, and the process for doing so is very streamlined.
- Find the item(s) you want to recycle/sell.
- Self-evaluate its/their condition and functionality.
- Gazelle gives you a real-time estimate of what they’ll pay you for it/them (and also the predicted value for it/them in the next few months).
- Optionally, Gazelle will send you a box for the item(s) if it qualifies.
- Otherwise, they will email you a shipping label to print, which you bring, with the boxed item(s), to the nearest UPS.
- They receive your item(s), evaluate it themselves, update you on any price change, and if you accept…
- You receive your payment via check, PayPal, prepaid Visa card, or a few other options.
Of course, you also feel good for not throwing out your old stuff! :)
Gazelle’s got a Twitter account.
If you click the link below and recycle your electronics, I’ll get a $10 referral, and you can in turn refer your friends and colleagues! Enjoy!
Hey civics-oriented people all around,
HANDY CAUCUS STUFF!
Hey, y’all, this is very late as the caucuses are about to get under way in about an hour, but here are a few handy things to read and/or bring with you (this is somewhat biased toward DFL caucus-goers):
Get familiar with the candidates (Democratic, Republican, and Independent) by checking out the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s awesome and inclusive candidates’ profiles.
The agenda for tonight‡. If you stay for the caucus meeting, you will (most likely) approve and follow this to-do list. A few things on it:
‡The file includes a resolution form filled out that supports single-payer health care.
Parliamentary Procedure Pocket Reference (via UC Berkeley). For all you nerds who want to say “I rise to a point of parliamentary inquiry”!
Minnesota Secretary of State’s precinct caucus brochure.
DFL precinct caucus guide.
DFL Official Call — long explanation of rules and procedures — and DFL 2008-2010 Party Platform — things they support or oppose.
DFL resolution form.