http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/deadmedia Questions tagged with 'deadmedia' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:12:01 -0800 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:12:01 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/42344/What%2Ddo%2DI%2Ddo%2Dwith%2Ddead%2Dmedia%2Dand%2Dold%2Ddiscs The tyranny of data: what should I do with dead media and old data? I've just moved and am trying to boldly face the clutter which came with me. This includes a significant amount of 3.5" floppy discs and zip discs (oh, and some 5.25" floppies -- they're so cute!). I have a zip drive but I don't think it will work on this fancy-pants Mac laptop I have, nor am I sure that I want it to. As a former internet content producer and web freelancer, I've got lots and lots of discs marked Company Logos, Silly Ancient Website for Small Business, Photoshop Images, Pagemaker (!) Files, etc. Not to mention three (PC) hard drives from who knows which machines and who know what's on them. <br> <br> There are a few which are marked as containing family photos which I should try to view and reclaim somehow. But, what about the rest? What do you all do with all this old media, stuff you'll never look at. This stuff might be pretty fun to show around the old folks' home someday (<i>Lookit this here craaazy markup!</i>) but my husband is going to kill me if I try to squirrel these away as some sort of memento. Because, that would be nuts, right? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.42344 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:12:01 -0800 archive deadmedia discs floppydiscs media oldmedia zipdiscs amanda