In response to the last "one man's trash" post I actually received two emails: the first from Kean Maizels, who ended up receiving the box, and the second from an old friend and former colleague from the UK, Phil Gill, who just missed out. Luckily the Neuchatel office's "recycler in chief", Francesco Tonioni, managed to find a second breakout box (he'd also found the one that launched this whole initiative, of course). A different model than the first, but with similar capabilities. I stopped by the Neuchatel office on Tuesday to pick it up, and I remember thinking to myself…

As Autodesk Neuchatel lurches steadily towards its closure, later in the year, people have started emptying desks and throwing out bits and pieces that have accumulated over the years. I don't like to see usable things get thrown away and so have decided to do a regular series of posts to find new homes for some of the quirkier items. I'm naming the series of posts after the proverb "one man's trash is another man's treasure", as I'm sure there must be someone out there with an interest in or a need for things that would otherwise be ditched. If…