CD Cake Savers

[Mike Rivers]

I hate throwing things away. Has anyone come up with a good use for
the packages that CD blanks come stacked on? I was thinking it might
be good for carrying a couple of donuts to a session, or keeping a
bagel from sliding off the console and on to the floor.

Any other silly or legitimate suggestions?




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[Jay Kadis]

In article <znr1069168035k@trad> (Mike Rivers) writes:
>
> I hate throwing things away. Has anyone come up with a good use for
> the packages that CD blanks come stacked on? I was thinking it might
> be good for carrying a couple of donuts to a session, or keeping a
> bagel from sliding off the console and on to the floor.
>
> Any other silly or legitimate suggestions?
>

I use them to store backup CD-ROMs and old versions of audio CDs I don't want
to throw away yet. I guess that's pretty obvious.

I suppose you could use them for hamster incarceration, but don't forget the
air holes.

-Jay
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[Stephen Sank]

A place to stick your girlfriend when you're not using her?

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"Mike Rivers" > wrote in message
news:znr1069168035k@trad...
>
> I hate throwing things away. Has anyone come up with a good use for
> the packages that CD blanks come stacked on? I was thinking it might
> be good for carrying a couple of donuts to a session, or keeping a
> bagel from sliding off the console and on to the floor.
>
> Any other silly or legitimate suggestions?
>
>
>
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers - )
> However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
> lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
> you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
> and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

[Hassan]

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:<znr1069168035k@trad>...
> I hate throwing things away. Has anyone come up with a good use for
> the packages that CD blanks come stacked on? I was thinking it might
> be good for carrying a couple of donuts to a session, or keeping a
> bagel from sliding off the console and on to the floor.
>
> Any other silly or legitimate suggestions?

On occasion we use them in a game of Ring-Toss with the CDs of the
previous day's mix (before folding and trashing those CDs). This is a
very, very challenging game (no matter how close you get).

Sometimes somebody lucks out...

On the more practical front, we also use them to store non-critical
backup CDs and DVDs.

Hassan Davis
Lisa Lopes Studios
Atlanta

[Mikey]

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:<znr1069168035k@trad>...
> I hate throwing things away. Has anyone come up with a good use for
> the packages that CD blanks come stacked on? I was thinking it might
> be good for carrying a couple of donuts to a session, or keeping a
> bagel from sliding off the console and on to the floor.
>
> Any other silly or legitimate suggestions?

Mike,
I use mine to store client data & file backups of various stages of a
project (CDR or RW). Organize & stack alphabetically or however is
best for you. I would love to find a source of (or an effective way to
make) paper rings with a 1/2" hole in the middle to act as
preservative no-scratch cushions in-between the CDs. But I don't want
to play 'origami'. Anyone know of a 1/2" hole punch?

Best wishes,
Mikey
Nova Music Productions

[S O'Neill]

Mikey wrote:
> I would love to find a source of (or an effective way to make) paper rings
> with a 1/2" hole in the middle to act as preservative no-scratch cushions
> in-between the CDs. But I don't want to play 'origami'. Anyone know of a 1/2"
> hole punch?

Sure, Greenlee makes them. You could punch a 1/2" stack of 1/2" holes with one.

[William Sommerwerck]

> A place to stick your girlfriend when you're not using her?

Did you _really_ mean "something to keep your girlfriend happy when you're not
using her"?

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I use mine to store client data & file backups of various stages of a
> project (CDR or RW). Organize & stack alphabetically or however is
> best for you.

I could see that, but there isn't a good storage rack for those cases.
I could just see putting each session's backup on top of the previous
one. I have a bunch of old 5-1/4" floppy storage cases (told you I
couldn't throw anything away) and picked up some really nifty CD
envelopes that are double-sided (two disks per envelope) and have a
holder at the top for a slide-in indentification label. I can label
the envelope, put it in the floppy case, and just thumb through the
stack looking for the label I want. These envelopes are from Fellowes.
I picked them up at Micro Center out of curiosity and found them to be
really handy.

> I would love to find a source of (or an effective way to
> make) paper rings with a 1/2" hole in the middle to act as
> preservative no-scratch cushions in-between the CDs. But I don't want
> to play 'origami'. Anyone know of a 1/2" hole punch?

I'm sure you can find a 1/2" "Whitney" punch on e-Bay.


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[Mike Rivers]

Hey! I just had a thought in the shower this morning. I can put all of
those demo and press release CDs that I pick up at trade shows in one.
I probably accumulate the cake savers fast enough so that I could use
one for each show, or at least one year's worth of shows. Mark the
case with the year and put it on the shelf.

I throw away several of those (sorry, manufacturers) when there's
nothing on there but the current advertising copy, but I save the ones
that have pictures of the equipment or useful technical information
just in case I should ever need it for a review, or be enthusiastic
enough to look something up.

Those that come in re-usable cases or plain envelopes (thanks,
manufacturers) get those recycled and the disks just go on a stack on
the shelf.




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[Dan]

My 1 year old twins and my 3 year old all really dig them.
Good for maybe twenty minutes of peace and quiet.


(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:<znr1069168035k@trad>...
> I hate throwing things away. Has anyone come up with a good use for
> the packages that CD blanks come stacked on? I was thinking it might
> be good for carrying a couple of donuts to a session, or keeping a
> bagel from sliding off the console and on to the floor.
>
> Any other silly or legitimate suggestions?

[Noel Bachelor]

On or about 18 Nov 2003 13:33:32 -0800, Mikey allegedly wrote:

> I would love to find a source of (or an effective way to
> make) paper rings with a 1/2" hole in the middle to act as
> preservative no-scratch cushions in-between the CDs. But I don't want
> to play 'origami'. Anyone know of a 1/2" hole punch?

According to the specs, the center hole is 15mm which is a bit bigger than
1/2" (12.7mm).

I'm not sure it would be a good idea to have a spacer over the whole CD
area. CDs have a raised ring on the bottom for spacing them apart when
stacked. Any paper spacer would be flapping around in that space. It
would probably be best to make the outer diameter of the spacer about 35
to 40mm, to keep it within the clamping area, and not be able to touch the
data surface. You'd also want to make sure the paper is acid free if you
want to store it for any length of time.

Just as an aside, and a warning:
I recently had a few CDs sent to me in paper sleeves with cellophane
windows. They sat for several weeks while I was overseas. In the rather
hot and humid climate here, the cellophane stuck to the top surface of the
CDs, and most pulled the reflective layer away from the substrate when I
attempted to remove them from the sleeves. A couple just separated small
areas, leaving a visible pattern on the disc, but one took large areas of
the top with it. Either way, there was only one disc that was readable.


Noel Bachelor noelbachelorAT(From:_domain)
Language Recordings Inc (Darwin Australia)