On February 11th Flattr was announced and stirred up the Internet. Folks who were affiliated with The Pirate Bay explained their plans to change the way the Internet operates. They are seeking to provide the channel for content consumers to easily provide a note of appreciation and monetary incentive to content creators. The site is currently in Beta, but is shaping up nicely. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010-04-01
Sounds of a Dying Hard Drive
I have a co-worker who is very... skilled at duplicating the sounds that a dying hard drive makes. He might leave the office to respond to a request and return with an "errrnnnt-Kssh! errrnnnt-Kssh!" sound to explain the source of the problem: a failing hard drive. This skill was honed a couple years back when we had about 300 hard drives in Dell's that all failed within 2 … [Read more...]