Received my first ever TGIMBOEJ (The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk ) only a few weeks after listing my name on the Wiki.

If your not familiar with TGIMBOEJ, it was started by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories just over a year ago. The premise is simple, but fun for geeks, tinker’s and makers. The TGIMBOEJ is a progressive lending library of electronic components. Boxes are passed from person to person, you take alittle, you give alittle, and document what you can.

Here are some of the contents of the box I received from Dave in Missouri. This box called the “Zanzibar Initiative”:

-Hundreds of various resistors and components
-5.8GHz cordless phone (2 handsets) and answering base station
-Optical mouse
-Misc RF Components
-A few Wall Worts (16v x2 and 4.5v)
-LANCAST 4320 transceivers, Ethernet bridge
-PCI Serial and PS2 holder for PC
-PC Ram
-56k Fax Modem
-Handheld lighted Microscope
-Various pc cables

Below is a picture that links to the Flickr page with pictures of all the contents.

TGIMBOEJ

I think I’m going to keep the optical mouse, and try this project I heard about from
 Hack-a-day, also maybe take apart the cordless phone to check out the components and make some room in the box so I can add some goodies before shipping it along.