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Honestly, I am super into old computers and have bought antiquated manuals. There are a ton of people into it. Depending upon what you have, I’d actually take them off your hands… like the Java book. I don’t care about Dreamweaver, but someone would. Post them on eBay. If the buyer pays shipping, anything is better than nothing right?
- get some resin and make micarta with them, then sell the micarta or use it in some creative projects
- use them for all your future gift wrapping, especially when giving to fellow nerds
- wallpaper a closet or two
- make a collage on plywood and hang it up as art
- make origami paper cranes
Have fun!
give them to homeless shelters, or any charity, maybe someone will get interested and you'll change a life, even if the book is outdated the main reason I'm where I am today is the 2 programming books I got as a birthday gift at 10 yo
Designate one bookshelf as your "memory shelf". Keep the books on the languages you learned the most from or that remind you of your best (or most horrible) projects, and place them on that shelf.
Display it prominently, and it will be become a conversation starter for every nerd that comes to your home. "OMG, I haven't thought about Dreamweaver in years!". You can then share war stories.
It will only get more fun as the years pass.
> I can't really see there's much demand for Java 1.3, or Dreamweaver 4. Designate one bookshelf as your "memory shelf". Keep the books on the languages you learned the most from or that remind you of your best (or most horrible) projects, and place them on that shelf. Display it prominently, and it will be become a conversation starter for every nerd that comes to your home. "OMG, I haven't thought about Dreamweaver…