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Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige! https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/

To be honest, I'm not totally endeared with beige boxes; I was quite
happy to switch to the black chassis once they started to become
available.** But like many here, my earliest PCs were beige, and
there's an undeniable nostalgia for that old style. Admittedly, I
still have a single beige-box (my rebuilt Windows95 computer) but that
one is buried in the closet somewhere and doesn't get much use. But if
I were to have a beige case _and_ modern hardware? That wouldn't be a
bad thing.

Whether the particular case in question is good or not, I've no idea.
I'm sure it's not unique in its design, and were I to really follow
through with the idea, there are probably similar options. I'm not
sure I'd go with the fake floppy-disk drive-bay covers, though (heck,
if I really were going through with it, I might just look for a real
floppy disk drive... although I wonder if modern motherboards even
have support for floppy disks anymore?*** It's been a long time since
I even looked).

Or, more likely, I'll come to my senses and forget the whole thing.
But say at least one thing for the beige chassis: at least it doesn't
have glass paneling and blinged-out LEDs!







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* I literally do not have enough outlets for the EXISTING PCs!
** that said, all that blackness can be a bit unrelenting. Some more
colors would be welcome
*** I just checked and --unsurprisingly-- no, they don't. But it's
been so long since I even LOOKED that I honestly couldn't have said
for sure. It does still have a serial port header, although those are
actually still useful so it's not really as surprising.

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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Or, more likely, I'll come to my senses and forget the whole thing.
But say at least one thing for the beige chassis: at least it doesn't
have glass paneling and blinged-out LEDs!

That's ricin!

LEDs are silly!
Glad you came around to reason you clown.
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On 2025-07-26, Lane "Stonehowler" Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Or, more likely, I'll come to my senses and forget the whole thing.
But say at least one thing for the beige chassis: at least it doesn't
have glass paneling and blinged-out LEDs!

That's ricin!

LEDs are silly!
Glad you came around to reason you clown.

Now that is my type of case!

Looks pretty good. Plain beige is easier on my eyes than black and
piercing blue LEDs and vanity lights. Bring back subtle LEDs.
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige! >https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/

Beige computers of the 90s are ugly to me, but honestly, the one in
your link looks pretty nice.
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:17:05 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige! >>https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/

Beige computers of the 90s are ugly to me, but honestly, the one in
your link looks pretty nice.

It really depends on the case more than the color, at least for me.
Like the old IBM Model 30 desktop; its compact and angular shape looks
really neat to me and it --and the many clone variants that followed--
have a certain appeal. The typical beige mini-towers are... well,
there's nothing really wrong with them, but they are undeniably
generic and boring. But it was more the styling that made them so than
the color; the beige enhanced the dullness, but didn't cause it.

Case in point: is this the world's most boring tower PC? https://forum.winworldpc.com/uploads/editor/l7/xomkkrrytiw2.jpg
I mean, you could probably make this fucker bright pink with purple
polka dots and it still wouldn't look interesting.

Anyway, most of my furniture these days is black. Beige doesn't really
fit the decor anymore. ;-)




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On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:23:17 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Case in point: is this the world's most boring tower PC? >https://forum.winworldpc.com/uploads/editor/l7/xomkkrrytiw2.jpg
I mean, you could probably make this fucker bright pink with purple
polka dots and it still wouldn't look interesting.

Yeah, *this* is what I think of when I think of 90's boring beige
cases.
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:08:38 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:23:17 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Case in point: is this the world's most boring tower PC? >>https://forum.winworldpc.com/uploads/editor/l7/xomkkrrytiw2.jpg
I mean, you could probably make this fucker bright pink with purple
polka dots and it still wouldn't look interesting.

Yeah, *this* is what I think of when I think of 90's boring beige
cases.

If you hate that one, you'll dislike mine:
https://imgur.com/a/ApPaNPy
(although I don't think it's QUITE as bad as the example above).

In fairness, my beige-box was selected in part BECAUSE it captured the
dullness of PC chassis design in the mid 90s.

Well, partly because of that.

Also because it was the only beige case I had in storage. But with
that build I very specifically didn't want anything fancy; boring
beige was sort of the point. I had other PC cases; this was the one I
picked. ;-)





Also, on a totally and completely unrelated note: a fun story of me
being me.

So, I just got a new e-reader tablet. I needed, of course, to transfer
my books to the device. I plugged in a microSD card into the tablet to
see what was on it (e.g., could I use it for book storage). There was
nothing important on it. Cool. Tried to get the card out. It's in
there tight. It's a bit dark where I am, and since it was a nice sunny
day I go up to the open window to get a better look to see how I can
pry out the card.

(you can probably see where this is going)

So, now with a clear view of things, I press down on the microSD card,
and <<SPROING>> the card shoots out, unerringly right through the
narrow gap of the open window and into the lot below. It's gone; just
gone. The springs on the tablet are, it seems, amazingly powerful. ;-o

All I could do was gawp, then hang my head against the window frame.
It felt like something out of a sitcom.

Such is my life sometimes. ;-)


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On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige! https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/

That one is based on PC98 design. They also have FLP02 in plans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6jdCQzlU
which is more usual. But the power switch (at least as shown in prototypes (?) so far) is kinda not fitting (at least it should be gray).
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:03:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

If you hate that one, you'll dislike mine:
https://imgur.com/a/ApPaNPy
(although I don't think it's QUITE as bad as the example above).

Yeah, I don't like it. But that is ok. You would not like mine either
as it has a glass panel with LED lights. :-P

So, now with a clear view of things, I press down on the microSD card,
and <<SPROING>> the card shoots out, unerringly right through the
narrow gap of the open window and into the lot below. It's gone; just
gone. The springs on the tablet are, it seems, amazingly powerful. ;-o

Ok, that is actually funny. I am now wondering if I would even feel a
microSD card hitting me on the head.
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:01:31 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:03:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

If you hate that one, you'll dislike mine:
https://imgur.com/a/ApPaNPy
(although I don't think it's QUITE as bad as the example above).

Yeah, I don't like it. But that is ok. You would not like mine either
as it has a glass panel with LED lights. :-P

Argh.

Mind you, my primary PC has those too, but not out of choice (the
alternatives were just more expensive). I "solved" the issue by
pasting some black construction paper over the glass ;-)

Also, my previous PC had a tower that wasn't /too/ dissimilar to the
first "ultra-boring beige tower" originally posted... except in
brushed steel and black. Well, minus the feet and the pinhole air-flow openings. Purchased because I wanted a BIG tower with lots of room for
extra hard-drives.

TL;DR: the appearance of my PCs has always been pretty low on my
priorities when it came to purchasing. It's not like I don't just
stick 'em under the desk where I can't see 'em anyway.

So, now with a clear view of things, I press down on the microSD card,
and <<SPROING>> the card shoots out, unerringly right through the
narrow gap of the open window and into the lot below. It's gone; just
gone. The springs on the tablet are, it seems, amazingly powerful. ;-o

Ok, that is actually funny. I am now wondering if I would even feel a >microSD card hitting me on the head.

Heh. I hadn't considered that side of things. "Ooh, it's raining
SD-cards now? Man, climate change is really getting out of hand!" ;-)

[I wouldn't use it, though. Never plug in random media
that drops out of the sky into your computer. You don't
know what's on it or where it's been!]

I'm not sure, though, that you'd actually FEEL it if a MicroSD card
hit you. It's got a pretty big surface volume compared to its mass, so
I don't think it would ever achieve much in the way of velocity. It
would probably lodge in your hair and you'd only find it when you
brushed it later. "How did THAT get in there?!"

However, if you have a spare supply of MicroSD cards (and maybe a
$100,000 government grant?) I'm willing to put this theory to the
test. ;-P


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On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:51:37 -0000 (UTC), George Musk
<grgmusk@skiff.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige!
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/

That one is based on PC98 design. They also have FLP02 in plans >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6jdCQzlU
which is more usual. But the power switch (at least as shown in prototypes (?) >so far) is kinda not fitting (at least it should be gray).

Oh no. No, no, no. The button HAS to be red! Redder than red. You need
to know it's there.

(although I'd prefer one of those square momentary switches with a red
LED. And maybe with a little plastic cover you have to lift first
before you press it ;-)

I could do without those drive-bay covers molded to look like 5.25"
drives, though.

Still, that one's nice. I think I'd go with the FLP01, though, just
because I never really OWNED a beige desktop PC (I always had towers).
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On 7/27/2025 8:03 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:51:37 -0000 (UTC), George Musk
<grgmusk@skiff.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige!
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/

That one is based on PC98 design. They also have FLP02 in plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6jdCQzlU
which is more usual. But the power switch (at least as shown in prototypes (?)
so far) is kinda not fitting (at least it should be gray).

Oh no. No, no, no. The button HAS to be red! Redder than red. You need
to know it's there.

(although I'd prefer one of those square momentary switches with a red
LED. And maybe with a little plastic cover you have to lift first
before you press it ;-)

THOSE _must_ be the brightest red possible. (The buttons, not the
covers.) So you can countdown before launching your nukes! *ahem* I
mean start your computer.

THAT WILL LAUNCH YOUR NUKES!!!
--
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dirty old man.
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Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 7/27/2025 8:03 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:51:37 -0000 (UTC), George Musk
<grgmusk@skiff.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige!
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/

That one is based on PC98 design. They also have FLP02 in plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6jdCQzlU
which is more usual. But the power switch (at least as shown in
prototypes (?)
so far) is kinda not fitting (at least it should be gray).

Oh no. No, no, no. The button HAS to be red! Redder than red. You need
to know it's there.

(although I'd prefer one of those square momentary switches with a red
LED. And maybe with a little plastic cover you have to lift first
before you press it ;-)

THOSE _must_ be the brightest red possible.  (The buttons, not the covers.)  So you can countdown before launching your nukes!  *ahem*  I mean start your computer.

THAT WILL LAUNCH YOUR NUKES!!!

I would never buy drugs.
I live for drugs.
Freaked out very badly.
Freaked out on acid.
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On 7/27/2025 10:08 AM, Lane "Stonehowler" Waldby wrote:

Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 7/27/2025 8:03 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:51:37 -0000 (UTC), George Musk
<grgmusk@skiff.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige!
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/ >>>>

That one is based on PC98 design. They also have FLP02 in plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6jdCQzlU
which is more usual. But the power switch (at least as shown in
prototypes (?)
so far) is kinda not fitting (at least it should be gray).

Oh no. No, no, no. The button HAS to be red! Redder than red. You need
to know it's there.

(although I'd prefer one of those square momentary switches with a red
LED. And maybe with a little plastic cover you have to lift first
before you press it ;-)

THOSE _must_ be the brightest red possible.  (The buttons, not the
covers.)  So you can countdown before launching your nukes!  *ahem*  I >> mean start your computer.

THAT WILL LAUNCH YOUR NUKES!!!

I would never buy drugs.
I live for drugs.
Freaked out very badly.
Freaked out on acid.

???
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dirty old man.
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Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 7/27/2025 10:08 AM, Lane "Stonehowler" Waldby wrote:

Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 7/27/2025 8:03 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:51:37 -0000 (UTC), George Musk
<grgmusk@skiff.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:16:41 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Not that I need a new computer*, but man... it's so beige!
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/ >>>>>>

That one is based on PC98 design. They also have FLP02 in plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6jdCQzlU
which is more usual. But the power switch (at least as shown in
prototypes (?)
so far) is kinda not fitting (at least it should be gray).

Oh no. No, no, no. The button HAS to be red! Redder than red. You need >>>> to know it's there.

(although I'd prefer one of those square momentary switches with a red >>>> LED. And maybe with a little plastic cover you have to lift first
before you press it ;-)

THOSE _must_ be the brightest red possible.  (The buttons, not the
covers.)  So you can countdown before launching your nukes!  *ahem*
I mean start your computer.

THAT WILL LAUNCH YOUR NUKES!!!

I would never buy drugs.
I live for drugs.
Freaked out very badly.
Freaked out on acid.

???

I was just saying I'm starting to like you guys. My current dog is rec.games.misc.chess. The guy there misunderstood my top-tier post and
did not bother to apologize. He's the resident chess expert, and I'm
not going to put up with such callousness.
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Lane "Stonehowler" Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote at 16:26 this Monday (GMT):
[snip]]

I was just saying I'm starting to like you guys. My current dog is rec.games.misc.chess. The guy there misunderstood my top-tier post and
did not bother to apologize. He's the resident chess expert, and I'm
not going to put up with such callousness.

This is definitely one of the more "active" groups, and it's not
constant arguing like c.o.l.a. is (i still watch it tho bc its fun)
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:40:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

This is definitely one of the more "active" groups, and it's not
constant arguing like c.o.l.a. is (i still watch it tho bc its fun)

I disagree! CSIPGA _is_ constant arguing!

;-)


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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 19:16 this Monday (GMT):

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:40:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

This is definitely one of the more "active" groups, and it's not
constant arguing like c.o.l.a. is (i still watch it tho bc its fun)

I disagree! CSIPGA _is_ constant arguing!

;-)

Constructive argumentation, then.
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The
Augury is good, the signs say:

Lane "Stonehowler" Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote at 16:26 this Monday (GMT):
[snip]]

I was just saying I'm starting to like you guys. My current dog is
rec.games.misc.chess. The guy there misunderstood my top-tier post and
did not bother to apologize. He's the resident chess expert, and I'm
not going to put up with such callousness.

This is definitely one of the more "active" groups, and it's not
constant arguing like c.o.l.a. is (i still watch it tho bc its fun)

comp.os.linux.advocacy?

Xocyll
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I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
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Where are you going to find the matching CRT monitor?

-pw
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On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:44:30 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

Where are you going to find the matching CRT monitor?

Fortunately, that's one obsession that I've never had. I was so glad
to switch from CRTs to flat-screen monitors. I know some people say
the image is (somehow) better on CRTs, but it's never seemed that way
to me, and the increased size and -more importantly- decreased weight
of flat-screens is a blessing.

Although I do miss having the flat surface of a CRT that I could use
to put things on top of. It's really hard to balance a beer on a
flat-screen ;-)


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On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:38:14 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:44:30 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

Where are you going to find the matching CRT monitor?

Fortunately, that's one obsession that I've never had. I was so glad
to switch from CRTs to flat-screen monitors. I know some people say
the image is (somehow) better on CRTs, but it's never seemed that way
to me, and the increased size and -more importantly- decreased weight
of flat-screens is a blessing.

Although I do miss having the flat surface of a CRT that I could use
to put things on top of. It's really hard to balance a beer on a
flat-screen ;-)

*--

I don't want your new retro system to be tacky Spalls. It is all
about matchy-matchy. A flat screen would just not look right with
that box.

Think "garaminals". I thought that clothing line went extinct but I
just looked it up and it is still a strong line of clothing for kids
for parents with no taste and can simply just match a tiger shirt with
a tiger pants or whatever.

Besides, I thought you were an amatuer dumpster-diver and may have a
couple of CRTs in your warehouse :-)

-pw
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:25:12 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:38:14 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:44:30 -0600, PW >><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

Where are you going to find the matching CRT monitor?

Fortunately, that's one obsession that I've never had. I was so glad
to switch from CRTs to flat-screen monitors. I know some people say
the image is (somehow) better on CRTs, but it's never seemed that way
to me, and the increased size and -more importantly- decreased weight
of flat-screens is a blessing.

Although I do miss having the flat surface of a CRT that I could use
to put things on top of. It's really hard to balance a beer on a >>flat-screen ;-)

*--

I don't want your new retro system to be tacky Spalls. It is all
about matchy-matchy. A flat screen would just not look right with
that box.
Think "garaminals". I thought that clothing line went extinct but I
just looked it up and it is still a strong line of clothing for kids
for parents with no taste and can simply just match a tiger shirt with
a tiger pants or whatever.

Heh. I'm fine with tacky. I'm always more about function than form. If
it works, that's the primary goal. Making it look good is an
afterthought.

;-)

Besides, I thought you were an amatuer dumpster-diver and may have a
couple of CRTs in your warehouse :-)

Oh, I see CRTs now and again. But I never grab them. One, their just
too damned heavy, and two, why when I can just grab that flat-screen
sitting next to it? ;-)

I am CRT free. My beige Win95 box plugs into a 40" LCD TV. I'm fine
with that ;-)

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On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:03:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

So, now with a clear view of things, I press down on the microSD card,
and <<SPROING>> the card shoots out, unerringly right through the
narrow gap of the open window and into the lot below. It's gone; just
gone. The springs on the tablet are, it seems, amazingly powerful. ;-o
All I could do was gawp, then hang my head against the window frame.
It felt like something out of a sitcom.
Such is my life sometimes. ;-)

As an aside...

I found that microSD card. Because of course I did. Only after I
bought the replacement, of course. To repeat, "such is my life
sometimes."

Anyway, don't ask me how it happened, but the 'lost' MicroSD card
ended up on the sill of the window the room over. Maybe it bounced off something? Maybe it was the wind? Squirrels? (No, wait; sunspots! I
bet it was sunspots; it's always sunspots!). Anyway, it managed to
wedge itself into the rail that window runs on. It's not a window that
usually gets opened; I only noticed it when I was on a cleaning jag,
opened the window, and there was this little red bit of plastic... the
prodigal storage device returned.

It still worked too, despite it having been out in the sun and rain
for almost a month. Not that I'm going to be relying on it ("worked"
and "is dependable" are two different things). But it was still
readable.

Honestly, MicroSD cards are just too small. I mean, the tech is
amazing; something smaller than my fingernail holding half a terrabyte
of data seems like black magic. But for a removable storage medium,
they're an incredibly shitty form-factor. I'd be happy with the
original SD card form-factor, if only electronics manufacturers
weren't stuck on the whole "thin is best" myth. Or, heck, imagine how
much data you could squeeze on something the size of a CF card
nowadays.

Still, I'm halfway tempted to try and remove my M2 drive from my
computer next to the window. Maybe it will fly out into the air,
disappear, force me to buy a new one, then reappear a month later so I
now have two drives. It could happen! ;-)


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