Happy Birthday, Rotating Rust!

Ok, I’m early, but this is a big birthday. Steven Levy, one of the best tech journalists in the business, notes in Newsweek that September 13, 2006 will mark the 50th anniversary of the first disk drive ever shipped, the IBM RAMAC (Random Access Method of...

POHO, POHM: Storage, Access And Music

The Washington Post has a good article about how the internet has rekindled interest in all kinds of niche music. Music used to be pure performance: one or more musicians at a specific place and time. Each performance unique: POHO, Play Once, Hear Once. With the...