#Techtips - Out With The Old. In With The New. I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to read this month's Florida Bar Tech Tips column. Recycling old tech and electronics? Blasphemy. I never saw tech I didn't like. And, I never throw it away. That is saying something from someone who has spent most of his disposable income on tech and gadgets for the last 40 years. I have cell phones in drawers that are older than most of the lawyers in Florida. My recent experience in stocking an RV for tech travel is instructive. I have collected a bunch of old, no longer used, tech and repurposed it for travel use. There is an old Samsung 18 inch tablet that was sitting around that now serves as an entertainment and web browsing station. There is an old TV that was unused in the RV bedroom. There are cables, and USB hubs and the Lord knows what else interspersed throughout connecting things. An old Smartphone serves as a WiFi hotspot for the coach. My current notebook and its peripherals still come with me for real work, accompanied by a portable printer that was used for travel that became less and less over the years. I could go on; but, I hope you get the picture. So, before you waste time and money recycling old tech, ask yourself this question: how can I use this marvelous technology for a new purpose?