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> The novelty of the college dorm crate style design will soon wear off
> and you will have wasted the resources.

No it won't, and no they didn't. I think if you painted that thing in a high-gloss white it would look sleek and modern for the rest of our lives. It could also be repurposed everywhere from the kitchen to the garage, and unlike a lot of (though certainly not all) IKEA furniture it looks to be practically indestructible.

That looks like an IKEA Lack shelf. If you bolt it to the studs in the wall - assuming you have wooden studs - it'll support tons of weight.

If you don't, well, it's an accident waiting to happen...

What a heinous little corner. Since you're gonna demolish it anyhow at some point, I say paint it at least (simplest, cheapest option). With the radiator right in the way though it seems like the space is too tight for that to be used as a seat of any kind. Maybe fashion some kind of painted, wooden top and place a large table lamp there? Or place a large vase on the top and hang a lamp from the ceiling down into the corner.

Good luck! Although almost anything would be an improvement.

Using a lossless format like FLAC or ALAC has another advantage - they support robust, standardized metadata (title, album, composer, track #, etc.). Uncompressed formats like WAV are much older, and any "standards" regarding metadata are not well-supported across a broad range of rippers, playback software or devices.

The value of used pianos is plummeting - older piano owners are dying off and younger people seldom buy them anymore. Why don't you look into purchasing (or rescuing - many pianos are just being dumped) a good used piano? You probably won't pay a lot of money for it, and you won't have to worry so much about having a "perfect" location for it in your home.

If you're really concerned, try having the insulation in that wall upgraded. That should negate most of the negatives associated with the piano being up against an outside wall (and could help with your utility bills, too).

That yellow tile was vile. Nice job!

After decades of dealing with these damn things - and having ripped every disc to the computer already - I finally gave up trying to store hundreds of discs and their jewel cases. I bought binders, ripped them out of their jewel cases and filed them all. I kept all the inserts in little file drawers but ditched all the plastic (apart from a few unique cases).

One of the best decluttering moves I've ever made, and it made it so much easier for me to move back into a studio apartment a few years ago. I thought I'd regret ditching all those jewel cases. Nothing could be further from the truth. My whole vast CD collection moved in a couple of smallish boxes and took seconds to pack and unpack.

I'm sorta confused as to why *Apartment* Therapy keeps including more and more content that's not really applicable to most renters. There are already a slew of websites dealing with renovation - something homeowners are far more likely to engage in than renters...

These things will revolutionize manufacturing. In theory you could print up something like a television or a car layer by layer instead of assembling individual components. Homes could also be printed this way.

Right now most of these gadgets are limited to using plastics, but it's only a matter of time before industrial models come online that can use materials like metal or concrete.

That's not true, Bruintoo. Apple isn't the only company to pay attention to design. Samsung pays great attention to design - Apple's designs, which it blatantly rips off (right down to the docking connector).

I'm delighted that Apple sued the crap out of Samsung, and hope they take them to the cleaners.

>And let's not forget that Apple's first computer was copied from Xerox back in
>the days...

Wrong. See The Mother Of All Demos. The concepts Xerox was working on in the late '70s had already been around the better part of a decade. Apple paid Xerox for a look at their work, then went off and developed the Lisa and Macintosh based on those ideas, but with major differences, revisions and improvements.

>Apple products are not long-lasting.

When it comes to computers and consumer electronics, I've never found products which last LONGER than Apple's. I have an 8 year old iPod that's still going strong - use it every day. I have friends using Macs that are 10+ years old - you're lucky to find a PC that still works after 5.