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A couple years ago I realized I had about 5 or 6 years of model railroad magazines, and about 15 years of drumming magazines. I was fed up. So, enter the modern age: I took a razor blade and cut out all the articles I "couldn't live without". This was my favorite layouts, or favorite articles. (In the case of my drum magazine, basically favorite drummer interviews). Then I scanned these into the computer and organized them into a few directories. I name the file by magazine, then date - for example, MR 1988-11, Cat Mountain & Santa Fe would be Model Railroader, November 1988 with David Barrow's layout (I made up the date, so don't quote me on that one). Scanning or some sort of photocopying is the only way to guarantee one article won't end on the same page that another one starts on, and get filed in the wrong place. My drum magazine came out with a digital archive on DVD for $200, so I always knew if I ever felt like jumping off a cliff because I got rid of my old magazines that I could buy the archive. How many times have I regretted tossing the old magazines? ZERO, but I have less "stuff" to keep track of. If you follow the philosophy of "holding onto something because I might need it one day", you will quickly need a warehouse to house all of your stuff. Career stuff, fun stuff, childhood stuff, your own kids' stuff, etc. - it's endless. Now I have a cool digital archive of all my favorite stuff - and I have to thumb through ZERO adds to read it. Nice, huh?
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