Cleaning up my downloads folder

January 27, 2008 | In Random, Technology | No Comments

Earlier today I downloaded a QuickTime video from Tekzilla, a Revision3 video podcast on technology. I watched the 30 some odd minute HD video talking about MacWorld and some of the fun things that were introduced.

After watching it I went to my downloads folder to delete it, finding a folder filled with nearly a gig of PDF files, wallpaper, unused shareware and a few other video files. Generally speaking, the majority of the files fell squarely in the “I don’t need or use these” category.

There were of course a few gems in the rough, which I moved to a more permanent “documents” or “pictures” folder, but for the most part the files that served no real purpose ended up in the trash.

Some of the files dated back to over 6 months ago, many duplicates of HDTV manuals I downloaded looking at feature sets before selecting my Vizio.

It’s an interesting metaphor for life I think, we often accumulate stuff we don’t need and every so often we need to purge ourselves of some unneeded stuff.

That said I backed up all the files, even the unneeded ones, onto a DVD-R. So no, I won’t be getting rid of that second copy of Dogma anytime soon. I’m too much of a pack-rat.