I recently reorganized a big box of junk and put into smaller various boxes. Behold my amazing junk classification scheme:
- Broken electronics, for spare parts or recycling
- Things that work but which I don't currently have a use for
- Spare Ikea parts
- Ikea tools
- Stuff that I don't know what it is.
- String
- Nails
- Screws
- Nuts and washers
- Screw eyes and pins
- Stickers
- Picture hooks
- Screw hooks
- Rawl plugs (or wall anchors as they are called here)
- Anti-static bags
- Small plastic toys (I'm sure Alexander will have a lot of fun with this box when he's old enough not to swallow the parts)
- Junk (stuff that doesn't fit into any of the other categories)
It occurs to me that the category system on my blog works a similar way (though the category corresponding to "junk" is called "random").