I’ve spent the last couple of days cleaning out some of the debris in the home office (I figure I can get the whole job done if I can just take a six-week sabbatical). As part of that, I moved all of the old diskettes into one place and realized that I had at least 200 more diskettes than I ever will need again — and most of them had either Quicken or TurboTax data on them.

So I spent part of this morning using a bulk eraser on those diskettes, ensuring that they were unreadable, at least to anyone who just used normal consumer computers and operating systems. It was mindless work, but fun in a weird sort of way.

Then I took the diskettes to RAFT, where they’ll be made available to teachers. Apparently 3-1/2″ diskettes are a hot item for arts and crafts projects!

Our neighbor should be moving from the hospital to a rehab center today; we visited her on Saturday, and she seems to be in pretty good spirits. She can only say one word (“well”) which has to be awfully frustrating, but it’s clear that she understands what everyone around her is saying.

I enjoyed A Flea in Her Ear; the Murky Nooz reviewer thought it was too light and frothy, but it seemed like just the ticket on Saturday. Parking, btw, was no problem — we found ourselves far away from light rail when it came time to head downtown, so we drove.

Some linkage

Yuppie felafel (as if I need more fried food after Hanukkah!).

The Euro conquers England

Need leftovers? (linkrot in a few days; registration probably required; rumor has it that a userid and password of “fubar” work fine)