Nicolas Ward Nov 20, 2022

It's an #introduction post!

I live in #Seattle with my family, my wife @Andrle and our son. We love a lot of the same things — playing #VideoGames and #BoardGames, building with #lego , and reading #books. #StarTrek is of course a huge influence on us, too. 🖖🏻

I've been #vegan since 2015 and like to #cook when I can.

I am a Principal #SoftwareEngineer working at #AWS in #cloud #cybersecurity. I love to mentor newer engineers.

Show threadNicolas Ward Dec 3, 2022
Forgot to post a very important #introduction addendum, the image that I think perfectly captures my relationship with #computers.
Show threadZach PerlmanDec 3, 2022
@ultranurd Maybe I can still buy a Jazz drive on ebay? LOL
Show threadZach Perlman

@ultranurd Man you are giving me flashbacks! So awesome.

"Earlier Jaz drives could overheat, and loading-mechanism jams could leave a disk stuck in the drive. This became known in the profession as the "click of death", because of the clicking sound it made as it tried and failed to eject the disc. Forcibly ejecting a stuck disk could destroy both the drive and disk."

Dec 3, 2022 at 8:41pmWeb
Show threadZach PerlmanDec 3, 2022

@ultranurd
According to Wikipedia:

"In September 1998, a class action suit was filed against Iomega over a type of Zip drive failure dubbed the "Click of Death", accusing Iomega of violation of the Delaware Consumer Fraud Act."

"In 2006, PC World rated the Zip drive as the 15th worst technology product of all time. Nonetheless, in 2007, PC World rated the Zip drive as the 23rd best technology product of all time despite its known problems."