Setting Henry Ford is credited with saying “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it is black." about customer choices on buying the model T. He wasn’t being a jerk so much as understanding the value of limited choices in delivering a mass produced product in large …

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I previously posted this in 2016 and posting the article again as the details are still valid today. In Atomic Floppies we see how a critical part of the national defense infrastructure rests on 40 year old, 8" floppy drives and disks (I’m guessing the actual disks are a little newer). The first question …

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I previously posted this in 2016 and am posting the article again as the details are timeless. Reading the morning news I saw an article that piqued my interest. I had heard in previous news that the Air Force relied on floppy disks for some of the nuclear launch systems. Today TIME magazine took them to task on it in …

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Working on this blog has been on my “To Do” list for literally years. I spent a lot of time starting the first incarnation. I talked to friends and looked at probably every option for hosting, content creation and management. Over time I wasn’t happy with the options for creation and display to the …

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