Hello World
I guess as the 6th contributor, I need to begin by worrying about getting into 2 deadly games of cat and mouse in the sewers below Vienna.
Then again, maybe not.
By way of introduction, Wired seem to think I have a problem.
Admittedly, I did make the choice to begin using the Internet to get access to tv shows before they air in Australia, so I wasn’t left months behind discussions in various online forums.
The choice to never delete anything and fill up hard drive after hard drive with information I may never access (sometimes, multiple copies of the same movie/show/album) was all me, though.
But here’s the fun part: I don’t plan to stop. Just like I don’t plan to stop buying books I may or may not ever read and DVDs I may or may not ever watch.
My name is Stuart and I am a packrat.
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So how many gigs are you up to now? I finally sprung for a 250 Gb drive last fall, but that was mostly for archiving photography and my own music in wav.
Also: WOOO first comment ever on the blog!
Comment by Nate — March 7, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
Stuart, do you…. do you have DS9 that I can borrow (steal? get? trade? what is the word for sharing stolen things)?
If you’re to be a packrat, spread the love.
Comment by Jess — March 7, 2007 @ 8:19 pm
I have 450Gb in my machine, a 200Gb device that sits on the home network and outputs to the TV and another 550Gb in USB enclosures (this doesn’t count the DVD-Rs and Cds).
I’m on the verge of needing to get another drive in an enclosure, but I may just buy a new computer instead.
Unfortunately, none of it is Star Trek.
Comment by Stuart — March 7, 2007 @ 8:42 pm