K-Squared Ramblings » floppies http://www.hyperborea.org/journal Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:19:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Last Days of the Floppy Disk http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2010/04/last-days-of-the-floppy-disk/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2010/04/last-days-of-the-floppy-disk/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:00:23 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/?p=8626 Continue reading →]]> The last days of the floppy diskette are approaching: Sony will stop selling them in Japan next year.

No word on how long they’ll continue selling them in the US…but when was the last time you saw a new computer with a floppy disk drive?

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(Digital Fingerprint: bc1c453a98ff79bab5c4fca2d890469d (38.107.191.81) ) ]]> http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2010/04/last-days-of-the-floppy-disk/feed/ 0 Obsolete http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/03/obsolete/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/03/obsolete/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:59:55 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2009/03/24/obsolete/

Obsolete, originally uploaded by Kelson.

Found this 3.5″ floppy disk on the ground while exploring a section of disused railroad track running through an industrial park.

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(Digital Fingerprint: bc1c453a98ff79bab5c4fca2d890469d (38.107.191.81) ) ]]> http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/03/obsolete/feed/ 0 Linkage: On Fx and SFX http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/12/linkage-on-fx-and-sfx/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/12/linkage-on-fx-and-sfx/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:12:34 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/12/20/linkage-on-fx-and-sfx/ Continue reading →]]> VXWorld: Crossing the Uncanny Valley – on the current state of the art of photorealistic computer animation, from Final Fantasy through Polar Express to Pirates of the Caribbean and Beowulf. As pointed out, one reason that Davy Jones worked so well is that he doesn’t look human. (via Neil Gaiman)

Firefox Floppy Disks – remember when software came on 3½-inch floppy disks? Or 5¼″? Just for fun, someone split the Firefox installer across 5 disks, complete with appropriate labels… and even took it a step farther

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