Oops... - and off to Novacon tomorrow.

[ffutures]

Just accidentally put a cheapish 32mb memory key pod thingy through the wash with my jeans. When I realised and got it out after an hour in the tumble drier it was still damp and hot and didn't work properly - I could see file names but couldn't access them properly. After it cooled down I'm delighted (and a little astonished) to say that it's working perfectly.

You try doing that with a floppy or a zip disk and see how far you get...

This is probably my last post for a couple of days since I'll be heading to the Novacon SF con after work tomorrow. Ought to be back Sunday, may get on line before then since the hotel does have WiFi (albeit horribly expensive) but it's more likely I'll resist temptation and spend any spare time writing. Got my unfinished stories and FF IX on the laptop, I'll try to get at least a couple of hours of writing if I can.

Don't do anything naughty while I'm gone ;-)

Comments

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

According to BBC tests, memory cards can be left in hot coffee cups, on the dashboard of a car in the sun, run over, and still recovered. A lot tougher than CDs!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

This one is already held together with tape because I sat on it and damaged the casing. I have another (128mb) which I'm not using yet because there's only about 10mb on the old one, I think I may tape it pre-emptively before I start to use it.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing this. My husband does...questionable things to his drives, phones, and other technological implements all the time. Good to know the wash won't ruin it, at least it's possible to recover it.