It’s been a moving year. After running our business from the same premises for the last 12 years we finally found a better location and moved earlier this year. Amazing what you accumulate in that time and what is now junk. 

 

Which brings me to the point. Technology

 

12 years ago the web was in its infancy, we had very impersonal computers and if there was anything called social media I think it may have been found on the top shelf of the newsagents.

 

A lot of the aforementioned junk was very expensive high tec. But now you can’t give it away. We had a very nice bit of kit called a digital film recorder. For a start up business, this cost us a lot of money 15 years ago but was worth it as it was the cornerstone of our business. It took graphic images created on the computer and transferred them onto 35mm slide film.

 

When this became redundant because no one was using 35mm slides anymore, we shoved it up into the attic and there it stayed.

 

And out it came in the clear out.

 

Ebay – that’s the answer – there must be someone out there in the digital universe who would like this.

 

It looks nice

 

It used to work beautifully (though I must confess I couldn’t find the software for it) and at today’s prices it would cost about £20,000.

 

In 10 days not one bid. Incredulous so I tried again, in another 10 days still not one bid.

 

Now confined to the skip.

 

R.I.P.