From Part I:
“This article is a journal of my participation in the adoption
program at Free Geek in Portland, Ore., where 24 hours of old
computer boxes, blood, dust, drives, and heavy-ass monitors can
earn you a free, GNU Linux box, lovingly referred to as a
FreekBox.“Day 1: Wear gloves, kill mice
“After waiting about two weeks to come up in the volunteer
rotation, I was first called to duty in Recycling, where Jason
pointed out the various, large bins–for metal, plastic, different
wiring, motherboards, power supplies, and drives–and some heaping
stacks of old towers…”
Complete
Story (Part I)
Complete
Story (Part II)