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fastest speed possible?
So I’m now at AMPAS interning and while looking at one of the project files, specifying the requirements of the system they’re building, it read: The system should have the ability to move content at the fastest speed possible and the comments afterward read: The speed of light?
I stumbled upon my teacher’s work
Today I was reading a report on PREMIS since we’re using some elements for the project I’m working on at AMPAS. The report mentioned the LA Times and sounded familiar. I was curious to who had written the report, and it ends up it was my professor last quarter in for IS 289-2 Digital Preservation, […]
NASA Footage Found!
NASA had lost their tapes of the 1969 Apollo moon landing, but has since found them again! It’s amazing how things seem to reappear after 40 years. :] Check the link
Free isn’t a criteria
From Lifehacker.com jsmorley comments Sorry, but I don’t use “free” as a criteria for protecting my valuable data. I don’t use “free” as a criteria for finding a doctor or lawyer either. I use Acronis True Image Home and don’t plan to switch. It has saved my butt many times over the years.
Most Ironic Day ever
So here’s my tale of the most ironic day I’ve had during graduate school. Last quarter I was taking a Digital Preservation class. We talked about data migration, emulation, and some other ways of preserving data. And, sometimes, data just becomes corrupted and nothing works. Rediscovering the need for backups and such, I thought to myself, “I’m […]
First year of grad school
So now that I’ve had somewhat of a break, I can now begin to process my first year in graduate school. Here are some things I’ve learned: 1. I work better when caffeinated. First quarter I drank coffee nearly every day. When I didn’t, I started having headaches: a sign of caffeine addiction. However this past […]