[WEB4LIB] Testimony re: flash pens

Junus, Ranti junus at mail.lib.msu.edu
Mon Aug 30 20:13:08 EDT 2004


Daniel Ferrer wrote for Computers in Libraries Nov/Dec 2003 issue on flash drives.
(http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov03/ferrer.shtml)  I think he'll get a chuckle 
reading your story.  I certainly did. :-)

ranti.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of John Creech
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 12:40 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Testimony re: flash pens
> 
> 
> So to start off a new week, one of my techs just came in with a sheepish 
> grin on his face.  We got some new Flash Drives while he was on vacation 
> and he took one home last Friday to check it out on his home machine. 
> This is a ScanDisk Cruzer Mini 1.0 GB pen.  He was looking everywhere for 
> it frantically at home yesterday.  His wife got out the clean laundry from 
> the dryer ... and lo and behold, there it was freshly washed and dried. 
> And it still works.  File this under innovative ways to freshen your data.
> 
> John Creech, Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian
> Brooks Library
> Central Washington University
> 
> 




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