Hiring things...

I guess this is old news, but HireThings is pretty cool. I'm not sure that I want to do it, as every time I do a pick-up for an online auction purchase (furniture etc) I kinda feel odd trudging around peoples houses, and I've given up letting people pick up from me. They're all lovely people (esp. the last French couple) but while I'm outgoing I'm not that freaking keen on meeting J. Random person even if they have/want the same goods as I do.

Anyway, back on topic. I was hunting for a decent, cheap, monitor colour calibration device. The bees-knees ones appear to be the i1/eyeOne/ from xRite (formerly GretagMacbeth?). Suffice it to say that none of them appear to have been on the local second-hand market in recent times, much like cheap Eizo LCD monitors...

But... this appeared which is pretty cool. $35 a day to hire one, and they're not something you use very often. And the same guy seems to have some nice Canon lenses to rent (oops, "hire") as well, including the funky slidey Canon professional one. I'm still not sure what this lens does, I need a physics lesson and a diagram. Probably why I'm not qualified to hire it :-)

Anyway, it is nice to know that HireThings exists, although much like the rental tools at Bunnings I'm not sure how much I'll use it.