It was a sad day today. If you could, please take a moment of silence to recognize my loss.Today I said goodbye to four wonderful zip disks. These little guys have been with me for seven years. Seven years! We go way back, so I'm sure you can understand what a tough day it's been. Whatever will I do without them?
It's been a difficult goodbye, but I will always have those beautiful memories of us saving and storing files together.
3 comments:
Sadness. What happened to the disks? Did the old laptop finally retire? Or did you realize that you can fit like 30 of those disks on one thumb drive?
- Nicholas
I still have a box of 3 1/2 inch floppies. They were such a great advancement over the 5 1/4 variety.
Incidentally, I work in Higher Ed. at Brown University. I currently am involved in Administrative Computing, managing the information used by our admission, financial aid and financial services departments. I first got into Higher Ed. as a collegiate rowing coach. Still found that the most rewarding job, even if it didn't pay enough to buy gas let alone live.
Based on your interests, you should check out the blog of Don Q (aka Lord Chubalot). Follow the link to his profile in the comment above yours. The "Ender's Game" reference jumped out at me. He's also leaving the private sector to become a math teacher.
-JJK
PS: Not sure why the link to my main blog does not show on my profile:
Putting the Man in Manic
I can't do it. I have some 3 in floppies that I just can't let go of for some reason. I need them. They make me complete, in case I ever need my Spanish paper from freshman year of college. I know some day, I will. :o)
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