menga

Posts from March 2025



skype is shutting down
2025 Mar 4

Skype is set to shut down this year, and this made me think of all the internet specific communications stuff I've used over the decades. Yes, it's decades at this point. In some respects, I miss how internet communications used to be, but it's not like I'd go back to the old ways.

where did the lights on usb flash drives go?
2025 Mar 6

This may be a small thing, but it was mighty convenient. Flash drives. . Easy, cheap data storage, except something is missing that they had before... ...an indicator light.

i bought a yamaha pacifica
2025 Mar 11

If you took a Fender Stratocaster and tastefully modified it for modern play, what you would end up with is the Pacifica. This is the guitar Yamaha can build that Fender can't because they're not "allowed" to. I'll explain.

working with DVD data storage in 2025
2025 Mar 13

Since I started using DVD again for long term data storage, I've had ups and downs with this. Things were off to a rocky start at first, and it took me a few tries (along with several discs that ended up being nothing but "coasters" due to bad writes) before I found out what worked. […]

when 512GB is actually 476
2025 Mar 20

To this day I see negative Amazon reviews from people who bought computer media storage and believe they got scammed - except they didn't. One of the more common ones are people who buy a 512GB flash drive, plug it in to their computer or phone, see a total storage limit of 476, and immediately […]

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