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TGIMBOEJ, <B>The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk</B> is a progressive lending library of electronic components.  An internet meme <i>in physical form</i> halfway between P2P zip-archive sharing and a flea market.  It arrives full of wonderful (and possibly useless) components, but you will surely find some treasures to keep.  You will be inspired look through your own piles, such as they are, and find more mysterious components that clearly need to be donated to the box before it is passed on again. 
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Learn '''[[Participation|How to Participate]]''' in The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk.
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*See the people that are '''[[Greedy Participants]]'''.
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Additional Resources:<BR>
 
* [[Box Tracking]]
 
* [[Box Tracking]]
* [[How to start a box]]
 
* [[How to offer a box]]
 
* [[Calving (Splitting a Box)]]
 
 
* [[Box Requests]]
 
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* [[Thank yous]]
 
* [[Thank yous]]
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<B>The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk</B> is a progressive lending library of electronic components.  An internet meme <i>in physical form</i> halfway between P2P zip-archive sharing and a flea market.  It arrives full of wonderful (and possibly useless) components, but you will surely find some treasures to keep.  You will be inspired look through your own piles, such as they are, and find more mysterious components that clearly need to be donated to the box before it is passed on again. 
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<B>Recipient Conditions</B> for The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk:
 
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<LI> <B>Take out and add</B> as much electronics junk as you like (but keep it small enough to fit in a USPS flat-rate Priority Mail box or the equivalent for your postal system). 
 
<LI> Write up, photograph, document or otherwise <B>publish in some way</B> online at least one thing you took out (suggested flickr tag: [http://flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=tgimboej&m=tags TGIMBOEJ], see also: [http://www.flickr.com/groups/851788@N21/ flickr group] ).
 
<LI> There is a little book in the box.  Add a checkmark by your name to show that the box has been to you. Also <B>propose a future recipient</B> by adding their name and e-mail address to the book.
 
<LI> Within two weeks <B>pass the box along</B> to one of the people whose name is in the book.  Before mailing it to them, send them this list and make sure that they want to participate.
 
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More information about this project is coming soon.  In the mean time, you can read about it [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/junkbox here]. 
 
  
 
Anyone can create and edit pages on the TGIMBOEJ wiki, but you need to create a non-anonymous login to do so.
 
Anyone can create and edit pages on the TGIMBOEJ wiki, but you need to create a non-anonymous login to do so.
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''The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk'' is a community service project sponsored by [http://evilmadscience.com/ Evil Mad Science LLC], "Purveyors of fine DIY and open source hardware."
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''The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk'' is a community service project sponsored by [http://shop.evilmadscientist.com/ Evil Mad Science LLC], "Purveyors of fine DIY and open source hardware."
  
  
  
 
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TGIMBOEJ, The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk is a progressive lending library of electronic components. An internet meme in physical form halfway between P2P zip-archive sharing and a flea market. It arrives full of wonderful (and possibly useless) components, but you will surely find some treasures to keep. You will be inspired look through your own piles, such as they are, and find more mysterious components that clearly need to be donated to the box before it is passed on again.



Learn How to Participate in The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk.



Additional Resources:




Anyone can create and edit pages on the TGIMBOEJ wiki, but you need to create a non-anonymous login to do so.




The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk is a community service project sponsored by Evil Mad Science LLC, "Purveyors of fine DIY and open source hardware."