Certainly not ideal, I agree. However, in a bag, they'd be in a big jumble in a bag. On my desk, you can't see it very well, but they're sitting on a bit metal plate, which I use for static control.Trag,
Sorry to go off topic, but what's with all the ICs scattered about in that last pic? I think they'd be much more safe inside an anti-static bag or that special type of black foam. Ugh!
Tubes would be the thing, if I had tubes for that size chip...
So big jumble in a bag, or big jumble on a large metal plate. Of course, I never intended it to end up like that. I got to the point where I had carefully organized rows and columns of chips and circumstances overcame me and I never made it back to that project. Over time, carefully aligned rows and columns became a big jumble....
I guess I could post time elapse photos and label it as an Entropy In Action presentation.