Keep track of your stuff

[SideShow Bob]

Ya'll are gettin' old

Laugh now sonny, you’ll be like us someday !

[rondog]

My gun corner in the basement is roughly 8x8, if that. But shit can vanish in that space like you wouldn't believe.....

[Grant H.]

I'm not old, but I fit into this conversation perfectly.

Sometimes it is my wonderful wife moving things, but usually it's just me thinking I'll remember, and then failing.

For all my 80% builds, since I've done so many, I bought a bunch of plastic bin boxes, and once I open the parts for a build, they go in the bin box until it's completed. That alone cut down on the infuriation that occurs from searching for missing parts.

[Skip]

I'm not old, but I fit into this conversation perfectly.

Sometimes it is my wonderful wife moving things, but usually it's just me thinking I'll remember, and then failing.

For all my 80% builds, since I've done so many, I bought a bunch of plastic bin boxes, and once I open the parts for a build, they go in the bin box until it's completed. That alone cut down on the infuriation that occurs from searching for missing parts.

That is smart! I have one bin and use baggies but it's messy. Like a lot of you, I buy extras just in case. Figure I lose it or it breaks, I have one.

Whoever lives in my house after me will have an abundance of take down pin detents! Somewhere...

[iego]

Ya'll gave me an idea of a way to use my new Amazon Alexa Home Voice control devices. It has a list feature. So I can create new lists for things like "kitchen utility drawer" and then add things to that "list" with commands like;

Alexa add envelopes to the kitchen utility drawer list.
Alexa add telescoping magnet to the kitchen utility drawer list.
etc.

It needs some fleshing out, and a search tool, so I can say

Alexa, where are envelopes?

and it will look through my lists and return "Envelopes are in the kitchen utility drawer list."



Geeky, I know...

-John

[Irving]

That is a fantastic resource for an insurance claim if your house ever burns down, and your Alexa survives.

[ray1970]

Ya'll gave me an idea of a way to use my new Amazon Alexa Home Voice control devices. It has a list feature. So I can create new lists for things like "kitchen utility drawer" and then add things to that "list" with commands like;

Alexa add envelopes to the kitchen utility drawer list.
Alexa add telescoping magnet to the kitchen utility drawer list.
etc.

It needs some fleshing out, and a search tool, so I can say

Alexa, where are envelopes?

and it will look through my lists and return "Envelopes are in the kitchen utility drawer list."



Geeky, I know...

-John

That’s genius. I’m sure someone will make millions off your idea.

If you get her trained to find stuff for you let me know. Might justify buying one.

[Gman]

That is a fantastic resource for an insurance claim if your house ever burns down, and your Alexa survives.

The list is "in the cloud". It will work for any Alexa enabled device linked to your Amazon account. I think the 'Lists' can also be accessed on a device that has the Alexa app. installed.

[encorehunter]

You guys are complaining about losing stuff over a period of days? I was installing cabinets the other day and set down my Zipper saw. Fifteen seconds later, without moving from the same spot I lost it. It took about five minutes to find it so I could use it for another ten seconds. I swear, I spend more time looking for tools on the job site than I do working. Most of the time, I have just used them, and I'm the only one working.

[DFBrews]

You guys are complaining about losing stuff over a period of days? I was installing cabinets the other day and set down my Zipper saw. Fifteen seconds later, without moving from the same spot I lost it. It took about five minutes to find it so I could use it for another ten seconds. I swear, I spend more time looking for tools on the job site than I do working. Most of the time, I have just used them, and I'm the only one working.

Same